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Levellers: Chaos Theory 2006

This program presents two live performances by British band the Levellers. First is a complete show featuring 23 songs, including hits "One Way" and "15 Years." Next are highlights from an acoustic set at the Buxton Opera House, with special guests Maddy Prior, Nick Burbridge, Rev Hammer and Nick Harper. The Levellers infuse their music with punk and traditional English styles to create their own brand of anarcho-activist rock.
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A Curious Life 2014

Borne out of the anarcho-squatting free-festival scene of the eighties the Levellers have survived over 25 years of music press vitriol, drink and drug addictions as well as many barren years in the wilderness. But the band had seven consecutive gold albums throughout the 90s, sold out their own festival for the last ten years and run their own creative centre, the Metway. Via the eccentric artist, archivist, whiskey loving bassist Jeremy Cunningham we are taken on a journey; how the band rose to fame and how they survived. A potted history of 25 years of subsidised dysfunctionalism. An uplifting tale of battling demons, that reminds us that behind every band there is always a story of struggle for expression, acceptance and survival.
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The Father 2020 (8.111)

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
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Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical 2020 (5.1)

A musical version of the classic story of the mean spirited Grinch who plots to steal Christmas from Whoville.
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Clybourne Park N/A

Follows events in 1959 and then 50 years later in 2009. The subject of the play is Clybourne Park, a sleepy, “status quo” suburb of Chicago, which is sparked to life when a group of “well-meaning” neighbors convene a meeting to voice their concerns – dripping with politeness, apparent tolerance and searching innuendo. A blistering debate over property lines and community devolves into all-out war.