Throughout the festive season, Square Chapel centre of the Arts will be showing classic Christmas favourites, from The Muppet Christmas Carol to It’s a Wonderful life.
Watch out for Matilda the musical and performances from independent artists!
See what’s on at the Square Chapel
Get into the spirit of Christmas in your local independent venue.
Square Chapel centre for the Arts is fully accessible. Don’t forget to stop by the theatre’s cafe for some refreshments!
You are invited to join us in celebrating our 250th anniversary on Saturday 3rd of December at Square Chapel Arts Centre.
We will be showcasing the history of our fantastic site as well as the talents of our diverse community and of those who have a special connection with Square Chapel. An opportunity to network, or just enjoy the festivities with friends. Come help us commemorate the milestone of not only 250 years since the chapel was constructed but also 30 years since receiving arts centre status and 1 year since re-opening.
The event kicks off from midday and will include live music, historic talks, and free tasters from our new menu.
Please feel free to share this invitation within your networks, the itinerary for the day is as follows:
Live Music
12:00-19:45 Live Acoustic Music in the Atrium
Join us in our Atrium space from 12:00 for back-to-back acoustic performances from musicians that have featured previously in our weekly Friday Night Live showcase.
Admission to our Atrium is FREE, but please register here.
19:00-22:30 250 Years of Square Chapel Celebration Concert
Celebrating 250 years since the original building was constructed, 30 years since receiving Arts Centre status and one year since officially reopening to the public. Featuring local talents who have a special connection with Square Chapel making for an enjoyable, inclusive and accessible evening. We are also delighted to announce that Channel 4 will be with us to capture some of the performance for an upcoming documentary.
This event is ticketed, please purchase your tickets here.
20:00-23:00 Live DJs in the Atrium
From 20:00 our celebration will culminate with back-to-back DJ sets, including an unmissable hour with Phoenix FM’s NRG X-Press host and Calderdale Pride icon Bazz/Dame Shirley Bazzey.
Admission to our Atrium is FREE, but please register here.
Historical Talks & Tours
12:30-13:00 David Glover – Tombstones: In Celebration of Square Chapel’s 250th Year: 1772-2022
A 30-minute stroll around the graveyard at Square Chapel with David Glover hearing stories of some named on the stones: the Bradley engineers, the Kershaws, the early Crossleys, the Glendinings, Thomas Rawlinson and the last Tristram.
This tour is weather permitting and will be replaced with an indoor presentation in Cornerstone if the weather is poor, this event is ticketed, please purchase your tickets here.
14:15-16:00 David Glover – An Illustrated Presentation to Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Square Chapel
David Glover returns with a commemorative presentation in celebration of Square Chapel’s 250th year, spanning the era of Titus Knight all the way to the 21st Century expansion.
This event is ticketed, please purchase your tickets here.
Food & Drink
12:45-20:30 Free Food Samples in the Atrium
Samples of our new menu launching in 2023 will be served throughout the day in collaboration with Bam Bam’s Vegan Kitchen. Our Seven Bro7hers bar will be open all day as usual serving a range of real ales and keg beers, wines, spirits, hot and soft drinks.
Admission to our Atrium is FREE, but please register here.
We do hope you can join us, on behalf of the Square Chapel team.
The Cube Choir will be performing Songs of Peace and Joy of Christmas at the Square Chapel for the Arts this year.
They will sing Christmas favourite songs for everyone to enjoy and have some festive cheer.
Tickets are £12 per person or £10 for concessions.
To book, visit www.squarechapel.co.uk or call 0343 208 6016
Tickets can be bought from the Square Chapel as well.
The venue is accessible to wheel chair users.
The cafe will be open to serve refreshments.
CalderdaleCreates the cultural partnership for Calderdale are really excited to announce a series of network and training events that will be happening across Calderdale.
Cash For Your Cause – Square Chapel Centre For the Arts
November 15th or 16th 9:30 – 16:30
Cash For Your Cause – Download PDF
Booking Essential – Booking Deadline November 5th
Link to join the mailing list: https://www.wherecreativityflows.co.uk/contact-us/
Main Programme: November 1st
CalderdaleCreates Launches new Training & Events programme. The key partnership for culture in Calderdale is excited to announce a new series of network events & industry training events that is live from September onwards. The events and training specifically cater to the sector in Calderdale coming out the priorities identified in the cultural strategy ‘Where Creativity Flows’ and link in with the Culturedale brand.
Full programme. https://www.wherecreativityflows.co.uk/training-events/
Launch Event:
CalderdaleCreates in discussion with Martin Sutherland OBE the road to Calderdale Year of Culture 2024
If you’re a creative professional, living in or working in Calderdale come along to the launch of the CalderdaleCreates network on Tuesday 1st November at Artworks The EveryBody School of Art 2pm – 5pm for the chance to network and shape the future of culture in the borough. Keynote Speaker Martin Sutherland OBE, CEO Coventry City of Culture 2021
Full Detail: https://www.wherecreativityflows.co.uk/training-events/culture-in-calderdale/
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/calderdalecreates-network-launch-tickets-371252635627
Halifax’s very own local historian David Glover will be hosting a series of Illustrated Historical and Heritage Talks and what a more appropriate venue than the Square Chapel of the Arts to host these.
These talks will be running throughout the year and they are a fantastic opportunity to learn a variety of little known facts that have shaped the borough. See Halifax as it was and get a flavour of what life was like.
Tickets are £6.00 per person.
You can purchase via Quaytickets or book Online via the Square chapel website or by calling 0343 208 6016
List of talks:
Next up: Wednesday 27 April at 2.15pm
The Halifax slasher – panic and vigilantism on the street in 1938.
For aficionados of true crime, find out how in the brink of the 2nd World War, Halifax entered an unprecedented and scary lockdown during the last week of November 1938. As war clouds gathered over Europe, a mysterious attacker had been cutting the clothes of local people (mainly women) in the dark, sometimes causing wounds. Dubbed ‘The Halifax Slasher’, his description varied, and the story was publicised by Press across the UK. Paranoia and resulting vigilantism in the district were astonishing, and it took a team from Scotland Yard to identify what was happening and prosecutions followed.
May 25th : Old Halifax Photos – 10 – New Selection!
August 31st : Halifax in the 1970s
September 28th : Father to Gentleman Jack : The life of Captain Jeremy Lister
October 26th : The life story of Halifax Parish Church – Now Minster
November 30th : Fine Halifax Houses for Men, Small Flats for Women – and Almshouses
On Tuesday 10 April, 1:00pm at the Red Brick Auditorium of the Square Chapel Arts Centre, Fenella Billington will be speaking on Romance, Realism and Revolution 1700-1800.
France under Louis XV in the 18th century saw the age of Rococo. The works of Watteau, Boucher and Fragonard are compared to the more sombre paintings of Chardin and Oudry. In England, the contrasting art of Gainsborough, Stubbs and Hogarth is considered briefly. The French Revolution, followed by the rise of Napoleon once more changed styles in fashionable art.
This lecture considers the many rich threads of art being woven in France and in England in the 18th century, a time that witnessed a radical change from one social system to another.
Admission: £6 (£4 concessions)
Wednesday 28 March 2018 – 2pm to 4pm
Our Grade II* listed historic house at Shibden dates from 1420 and has been extensively remodelled from its original design by generations of residents.
From the disputes between the Oates and Savile family in the late 15th Century, through the thriving Waterhouse years, and on to the fascinating diversity of the Listers, David traces a story of absorbing interest.
Tickets available from Square Chapel Arts Centre.
For more information about this event contact Box Office on 01422 349422.
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