What's On
Below is a list of all the exciting events and activities we have coming up. From gigs and films to creative workshops for children and adults, there's something for everyone at The Hive.
Jan
28
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Feb
4
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Feb
4
Fri
20:00
In Bloom
Tickets from £6
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society
Georgia, 2013, subtitled, 97 mins, cert 15
A civil war in the former Soviet republic of Georgia provides the background to this remarkable teenage coming of age story in a turbulent, unpredictable and largely unforgiving society.
Feb
11
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Feb
12
Sat
15:00
Darwin's Bees Pottery Workshop
Tickets from £8
Darwin was fascinated by bees and how they engineered their honeycombs. Join us in this Pottery workshop, to engineer your own honeycomb tile accompanied by a glazed bee. Well let you know when your bee tile has been fired in the kiln and ready to collect from us at The Hive. This workshop is part of the DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival 2022.
Feb
18
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Feb
18
Fri
20:00
Three Faces
Tickets from £6
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society
Iran, 2018, subtitled, 96 mins, cert 15
An Iranian road trip movie that takes us deep into the countryside through the eyes of three generations of film makers, each with a different view on their country and its future.
Feb
19
Sat
20:00
Mark Lockheart - Dreamers
Tickets from £12
With his brand-new project 'Dreamers' saxophonist Mark Lockheart explores his multi-faceted outlook on music through a new set of original compositions. The quartet features three cunningly intuitive musicians: Elliot Galvin (keyboard), Tom Herbert (Bass) and Dave Smith (Drums). Urgent, exciting grooves and textures all cleverly crafted together within Lockhearts unique but memorable tunes with influences from Ellington and Shorter, to John Zorn, the Beatles and even Kraftwerk. Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start.
Mar
4
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Mar
4
Fri
20:00
Who You Think I Am
Tickets from £6
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society
France, 2019, subtitled, 98 mins, cert 15
Divorcee Claire creates a fake profile on social media and engages in a journey of self-discovery under her alias. But as the real and virtual start to mesh together, considerable complexities arise...
Mar
11
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Mar
12
Sat
20:00
Brandon Allen - The Stanley Turrentine Project
Tickets from £12
Firmly established as one of the UK's most in demand saxophonists Brandon Allen returns to SJN at the Hive with his 'Stanley Turrentine Project. Soulful playing with a superb hard-swinging and funky rhythm section of Will Barry (keyboard), bassist Conor Chaplin and Dave Ingamels (drums). Drawn from Turrentines releases on the Bluenote and CTI labels together with some of his rock/pop hits of the 60s and 70s. Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start.
Mar
18
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Mar
18
Fri
18:30
Everybody Knows
Tickets from £6
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society
Spain, 2018, subtitled, 128 mins, cert 15
Directed by Ashgar Farhadi, this is an intricately plotted drama starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem: a psychological thriller that uncovers family secrets the way only Fahardi can!
Mar
25
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Mar
25
Fri
19:45
Blair Dunlop
Tickets from £15
From the outside, when listening to the music of Blair Dunlop, you get the impression that though hes something of a natural talent he continues to work hard to progress both his songwriting and musicianship. you can hear the folk heritage coursing through his veins as well as the originality he brings to the genre. (Songwriting Magazine 2021)
Apr
1
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Apr
1
Fri
18:30
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Tickets from £6
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society
UK, 1943, 156 mins, cert U
One of the greatest British films of all time, this is an epic tale of friendship, honour, romance and ageing. Shot in glorious Technicolour and beautifully restored, it still looks wonderful.
Apr
8
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats
Tickets from £6
Join musical magpie Mary Keith on a busy, buzzy beat-filled musical journey. Using bodies, percussion instruments and voices we will fill the morning with joyous sound and song! No background tapes here!
For babes in arms, crawlers, walkers under 5's and their carers. We encourage the carers and parents to be fully involved - why should the little ones have all the fun?!
Apr
9
Sat
20:00
Matt Ridley - The Antidote
Tickets from £12
'The Antidote' is both an album released during 2021 (to widespread critical acclaim) and an exciting new band led by bassist Matt Ridley, featuring Alex Hitchcock (saxophones), Ant Law (guitar) Tom Hewson (keyboards) and Marc Michel (drums). With a line-up of this quality expect an evening of Jazz with a focus on melody while drawing on a rich history of influential rock, folk and classical music.
Apr
22
Fri
20:00
The Perfect Candidate
Tickets from £6
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society
Saudi Arabia, 2019, subtitled, 105 mins, cert PG
From the director of "Wadjda" comes another tremendous drama from Saudi Arabia, this time telling the forceful tale of a local doctor running for office in the local city elections.
Apr
24
Sun
19:45
Charm of Finches
Tickets from £14
Charm of Finches from Melbourne, Australia, make intricate, dreamy indie folk with many stringed things, awash with seamless blood harmonies traversing melancholy and wonder in equal measure. The sister duo, Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes, grew up busking old time tunes and singing on festival stages around Australia.
Their 2019 sophomore album Your Company won the 2020 Independent Music Awards' Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album and was nominated for the 2020 Music Victoria Best Folk Album Award and 2020 Australian Music Prize.
May
6
Fri
14:00
Making it Green: The Creativity vs. The Destruction Paradox
Tickets from £25
PART OF THE MAKING IT GREEN: A PATHWAY TO ECO-FRIENDLY ART COURSE
Develop your knowledge of more environmentally friendly visual art and learn how to reduce your creative carbon footprint. These 4 workshops will explore sustainable creative practice and discuss artistic experimentation of several artists who have led the way with greener art forms. Workshops delivered by local artist Tom Hayes. tomhayes.uk. Must be 16 years + to book.
Workshop 1: An introduction to going green with your art. Examining how and why we create new things when we often need to destroy other things to give us the resources.
Special focus on: Land Art and reducing, reusing and recycling.
May
6
Fri
20:00
Under The Tree
Tickets from £6
Presented by the Shrewsbury Film Society
Iceland 2017, subtitled, 88 mins, cert 15
A dispute between neighbours escalates in extraordinary ways in this Icelandic black-comedy, leading to a bizarre encounter with a nail gun, and much else besides. A fun finale to our season!
May
13
Fri
14:00
Making it Green: A Pathway to Eco-friendly Art
Tickets from £80
FULL COURSE OF 4 WORKSHOPS
Develop your knowledge of more environmentally friendly visual art and learn how to reduce your creative carbon footprint. These 4 workshops will explore sustainable creative practice and discuss artistic experimentation of several artists who have led the way with greener art forms. Workshops delivered by local artist Tom Hayes. tomhayes.uk. Must be 16 years + to book.
Workshop 1: An introduction to going green with your art. Examining how and why we create new things when we often need to destroy other things to give us the resources. Special focus on: Land Art and reducing, reusing and recycling.
Workshop 2: Deep dive into natural mediums and how to make more environmentally conscious decisions when deciding upon art materials. Special focus on: Using organic materials from the natural world.
Workshop 3: A study of temporary art forms that challenge our materialistic lives. We will consider primitive art and how their ideas and values have been reimagined for the twenty first century. Special focus on: Installation Art and Performance Art.
Workshop 4: An exploration of new technologies and their relative environmental impacts. We will explore how to extend our current creative practices through incorporating new media. Special focus on: Digital Art, video and photography.
May
13
Fri
14:00
Making it Green: Working With Nature's Riches
Tickets from £25
PART OF THE MAKING IT GREEN: A PATHWAY TO ECO-FRIENDLY ART COURSE
Develop your knowledge of more environmentally friendly visual art and learn how to reduce your creative carbon footprint. These 4 workshops will explore sustainable creative practice and discuss artistic experimentation of several artists who have led the way with greener art forms. Workshops delivered by local artist Tom Hayes. tomhayes.uk. Must be 16 years + to book.
Workshop 2: Deep dive into natural mediums and how to make more environmentally conscious decisions when deciding upon art materials.
Special focus on: Using organic materials from the natural world.
May
20
Fri
14:00
Making it Green: Embracing Impermanence
Tickets from £25
PART OF THE MAKING IT GREEN: A PATHWAY TO ECO-FRIENDLY ART COURSE
Develop your knowledge of more environmentally friendly visual art and learn how to reduce your creative carbon footprint. These 4 workshops will explore sustainable creative practice and discuss artistic experimentation of several artists who have led the way with greener art forms. Workshops delivered by local artist Tom Hayes. tomhayes.uk. Must be 16 years + to book.
Workshop 3: A study of temporary art forms that challenge our materialistic lives. We will consider primitive art and how their ideas and values have been reimagined for the twenty first century.
Special focus on: Installation Art and Performance Art.
May
27
Fri
14:00
Making it Green: Beyond Material Production
Tickets from £25
PART OF THE MAKING IT GREEN: A PATHWAY TO ECO-FRIENDLY ART COURSE
Develop your knowledge of more environmentally friendly visual art and learn how to reduce your creative carbon footprint. These 4 workshops will explore sustainable creative practice and discuss artistic experimentation of several artists who have led the way with greener art forms. Workshops delivered by local artist Tom Hayes. tomhayes.uk. Must be 16 years + to book.
Workshop 4: An exploration of new technologies and their relative environmental impacts. We will explore how to extend our current creative practices through incorporating new media.
Special focus on: Digital Art, video and photography.