March

Showcasing the very best in emerging and local musical talent, every Tuesday and Thursday evening.

League fixture. Tickets £8, concessions available for OAPs, students & juniors.

Joel Coen & Ethan Coen / USA 20007 / 2h2m. Contains strong bloody violence. Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald. Texas, 1980. Out hunting antelope, Lewellyn Moss stumbles on the gory aftermath of a drug deal and decides to make off with the cash. The decision transforms his life into a nightmare of pursuit, as he is hunted across country by the local sheriff and remorseless assassin Anton Chigurh. Adapted from the novel by Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men is both a searing thriller and an elegy for a collapsing society. Tickets £5 (£4) available online @ www.thebooth.co.uk or on the night at the VisitScotland box office counter. Tickets subject to availability. Doors open half an hour before screening.

David Mackenzie / UK 2007 / 1h36m. Contains very strong language and strong sex. Cast: Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciarán Hinds, Jamie Sives, Maurice Roëves, Ewen Bremner. Hallam lives with his father and stepmother in a lavish but lonely country pile. His projects include spying on the neighbours’ sex lives and trying to implicate his stepmother in his mother’s mysterious death. Time to leave home, perhaps... but a new life in Edinburgh brings new confusion, in the comely form of Kate. This is a fiercely original romance, as charming on the surface as it is dark at heart. Tickets £5 (£4).

Hawick Music Club present a quartet of singers from Scottish Opera with popular arias from opera and operetta. Tickets £7, £6 and £1 available at the door.

League fixture. Tickets £8, concessions available for OAPs, students & juniors.

League fixture. Admission price - voluntary contributions by bucket collection during the game.

Victor Fleming / USA 1939 / 1h38m. Contains mild fantasy horror. Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley. When Dorothy’s neighbour, Miss Gulch, threatens to take away her precious dog, Toto, Dorothy decides to run away from home, but she and her house are caught in a twister and blown to the garish, colour-saturated Land of Oz. Dorothy must follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City, where the great Wizard of Oz can help her return to Kansas. Along the way, Dorothy picks up some new friends. Tickets £5 (£4).

Randal Kleiser / USA 1978 / 1h51m. Contains mild sexual references. Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn, Eve Arden. Wholesome Australian exchange student Sandy and duck-tailed, leather- jacketed Danny enjoy a summertime romance, but when Sandy unexpectedly turns up at Danny’s school at the beginning of term, he decides she cramps his style and he dumps her. In response, Sandy begins dating a dorky athlete, but, as a hedge, she also joins the gum-chewin’, tough talkin’ clique known as the Pink Ladies. One of the most beloved musicals of all time. Special show arranged by Hawick High School. Both screenings will have an intermission and some live music from “Diesel”, showing in Hawick Town Hall 29th April to 3rd May.

Tim Burton / USA/UK 2007 / 1h56m. Contains strong bloody violence. Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen. Tim Burton’s translation of the hit musical is a spectacular triumph of theatre fused with cinema. Having unjustly spent 15 years in prison, barber Benjamin Barker returns to London, and vows to avenge his cruel punishment as meted out by the evil Judge Turpin. He re-opens his barber shop in Fleet Street, above the pie shop run by the amorous Mrs Lovett, and hatches a bloody plan. Tickets £5 (£4).

A Hawick Amateur Operatic Society presentation with cabaret seating available on the Saturday night. Tickets £8 (£7).

Hawick Art Club present a demonstration by Chris Rae entitled The Use of Light.

Paul Haggis / USA 2007 / 2h1m. Contains strong language, moderate grisly images and nudity. Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, Jason Patric, James Franco, Josh Brolin. Hank Deerfield, a hard-minded retired Army MP, learns that his son, Mike, has returned from Iraq without alerting his family and has gone AWOL. Hank drives to Mike’s New Mexico base to find out what’s happened, and soon finds himself involved in a criminal investigation, learning more than he ever imagined about his son and about a new culture of service and warfare that he doesn’t understand. Tickets £5 (£4).

Joe Wright / UK 2007 / 2h3m. Contains very strong language, bloody injuries and moderate sex. Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave. England, 1935. 13-year-old Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege. Briony, a fledgling writer, is a girl with a vivid imagination. Through a series of catastrophic misunderstandings she accuses Robbie, the housekeeper’s son and her sister Celia’s lover, of a crime he did not commit. This accusation destroys Robbie and Cecilia’s love and dramatically alters the course of all their lives. Special fundraiser for Hawick Rotary Club. Show starts with a 30 minute Hawick pictorial at 7pm, followed by 30 minute break then a screening of Atonement at 8pm. Tickets £7.50 from Evelyn-in-Solutions and Derek Lunn, photographer.

League fixture. Tickets £8, concessions available for OAPs, students & juniors.

League fixture. Admission price - voluntary contributions by bucket collection during the game.

A meeting for riders of vintage and classic motorcycles. All welcome.

Matt Reeves / USA 2008 / 1h25m. Contains strong sustained threat and moderate horror. Cast: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, TJ Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel. Rob and his friends emerge from their apartment to discover a monster rampaging through New York, decapitating the Statue of Liberty and destroying bridges with a flick of its scaly tail. What is it and where did it come from? We never find out, because Cloverfield’s brilliantly simple gimmick is to take a traditional monster movie scenario and shoot the carnage from the ground up, using a camcorder carried by one of the protagonists. Tickets £5 (£4).

Quality home grown produce, directly from the producer.

Jake Kasdan / USA 2007 / 1h36m. Contains very strong language and strong nudity, sex and drugs references. Cast: John C Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J Barry, Margo Martindale, Kristen Wiig. Rock star biopics are mercilessly mocked in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, a spoof that skewers musomovie cliches while also boasting a terrific, toe-tappin’ score and a charismatic central performance from its lead, John C Reilly. Cox rises from humble beginnings to worldconquering success, guzzling drugs and wooing women en route. Tickets £5 (£4).

Hawick Reivers Festival kicks off with the brilliant Scocha in Concert, hosted by Hawick Callants Club. Main Hall - Cabaret Style seating and bar facilities £10. Balcony £8. Tickets available from Evelyn in Solutions, Hawick.

Step back in time and experience the sights and sounds of the days of the Border Reivers, with the help of our costumed crafts people, wandering musicians and traders. See some well-known local characters experience “rough justice” and punishment in the “stocks”.

Drumlanrig/St Cuthberts Primary P6/7 present a play based on the rescue of the famous Reiver from Carlisle Castle by Scott of Buccleuch as immortalised in the border ballad. 'A Reiver's Romance' presented by Stirches Primary P7 The story of Muckle-Mou'd Meg Elliot and Will Scott and how a reiving raid ended in a wedding. Times to be confirmed. See website www.hawickreivers.com for details.

Based on traditional Border tales and adapted for stage by musician and composer Ian Lowthian, children from Howdenburn Primary School in Jedburgh tell these two well known stories in word, song and dance. Also featuring music from young Border Musicians Tickets £5 (£3) from Evelyn in Solutions, Hawick. This performance will be repeated on Sunday 23rd March 7pm in Jedburgh Town Hall. Tickets £5 (£3) from Caroline Keatinge on 01835 823827.

Build a miniature Medieval Townhouse from stoneware clay. This will be fired in a kiln and can be collected (or posted to you) later. The sessions will be run by Andy Norman, art teacher at Hawick High School. No art skills required! Come and have a go! Price £2.

Drop-in art workshops for children aged 5 to 12 years, lead by local artists. Help create an artwork illustrating the Reivers stories using paint, drawing and collage. Admission Free.

Assemble in Common Haugh Car Park. Procession starts 6.45pm. Now one of the main highlights of the Festival, the torchlight procession makes its way along the banks of the River Teviot, crosses the river and wends its way to the Volunteer Park. Torches are on sale to those aged 16years and older. Suitable alternatives are available for younger children. The torchlight procession is followed by a spectacular Bonfire and Fireworks Display to round off the outdoor activities. This year there is a special competition the winner of which will launch the Fireworks Display. Tickets for a prize draw priced £1 are available at outlets around Hawick.

A guided walk followed by lunch and concert in Foreman Hall, Roberton. Those wishing to join the walk please assemble at Common Haugh, Hawick. This will be a strenuous walk over testing country. Appropriate footwear and clothing are essential. Those wishing to attend the lunch and concert must purchase a ticket in advance. There will be no admission to the hall without a ticket. Following lunch there will be a “Reivers’ Concert” featuring well-known local artists lead by Ian Landles. Tickets are also available to those not wishing to take part in the walk. Limited parking available at Roberton. Tickets £7 available from Evelyn in Solutions, Hawick.

Enjoy a family day out in the company of Clanranald Trust and experience the sights and sounds of life in the 16th Century. Falconry displays, Children’s battles and many other attractions. For more details visit our website.

Guest Speaker Jules Horne. The Storymaker’s Secrets: The magic ingredients of Border tales and ballads. Hawick-born author Jules Horne reveals the secrets behind the great Border tales and ballads. What’s their enduring fascination? Why are they read and loved all over the world? A look at the art and drama of Borders storytelling, and how the people of the past still speak loud and clear to the present. Hawick Rotary Club plays host for this event which includes High Tea Advanced booking essential. Tickets £12.50 from Evelyn in Solutions.

Sample the delights of the Continent from professional traders selling top quality products.

Jay Russell / USA/UK 2007 / 1h52m. Contains mild language and fantasy danger. Cast: Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Joel Tobeck, David Morrissey, Ben Chaplin. Missing his soldier father, a Scottish boy seeks comfort in a new friend in this WWII-set adventure. Angus finds a mysterious egg, out of which emerges a baby Loch Ness Monster. As he tries to hide his rapidly growing find from his mother and the resident regiment, Angus makes another friend, a human one this time. An old-fashioned fantasy adventure that will keep the whole family entertained. Tickets £5 (£4).

East League Division One. Admission price - voluntary contributions by bucket collection during the game.

Premier League Division One. Tickets £8, concessions available for OAPs, students & juniors.

Susanne Bier / USA/UK 2007 / 1h58m. Contains strong language and hard drug use. Cast: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry. Following the death of her husband, a young mother seeks out his former friend in an attempt to rebuild her family’s emotional life. But the friend is a long-term heroin addict, who must deal with his own problems before he can help anyone else. Halle Berry and Benicio both give superb performances as people thrown together by tragedy and helping each other to move forward. Tickets £5 (£4).

Adam Ravetch & Sarah Robertson / USA 2007 / 1h26m. Contains mild scenes of threat involving animals. Documentary. From the people who brought us March of the Penguins, Arctic Tale is an epic adventure that explores the frozen North. The film follows a walrus and a polar bear on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the Arctic wilderness. Once a perpetual winter wonderland of snow and ice, life for the walrus and the polar bear is changing as the ice melts from underneath them. Tickets £5 (£4).

Age Range: 5+ yrs Duration: 50 minutes. Turtles are old, millions of years old, as old as dinosaurs, as old as some hills. Go to Turtle Hill and experience an imaginative journey through the evolution and learning of this most fascinating and ancient creature. In the beginning turtle was shiny and fast, always impatient, always in a hurry, but then one day he had a terrible accident. This is a tale about following your dreams, told with shadows, table-top puppets and traditional storytelling. Tickets £5 (£3).

Age Range: 7+ yrs Duration: 55 minutes. A magical, comical and multi-sensory adaptation of Jean Giono’s well-loved story. Accompanied by his faithful dog, a French shepherd sets out to plant a forest and revive a barren and desolate land. Hear the wind, feel the rain and smell the lavender growing on the mountainside in this memorable blend of comedy, puppetry and inspired storytelling. Hilarious, yet profound, it is a wonderful parable of life. This show is back in the Borders due to popular demand and is not to be missed! “It is very, very rare to find something that appeals as effortlessly to children and adults as this magical show from Edinburgh’s Puppet State Theatre Company.” ***** Scotsman. Tickets £5 (£3).

National League Division Three. Admission price - voluntary contributions by bucket collection during the game.