New Season 2017
Welcome to the new website which is a work in progress. Comments welcome - email us at uhallpromo@gmail.com. Details of the concerts, events and films in Spring 2017 are now posted below - scroll down to reveal. To ensure our future as a venue please consider becoming a 'Supporter' - click on the 'Supporters' tab at the top for more details. And don't forget to sign up for our email newsletter if you live in the area - click on the 'Get Newsletter' tab at the top and enter your email address in the space provided
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Phill Jupitus Tues. 25th July, 8pm
Join stand-up comedian, poet, improviser, and TV stalwart Phill Jupitus for over an hour of tales, laughs and diversions. Watch in delight and/or horror as this experienced funnyman smashes laughs out of the chaos of his own life and the uncertain world that surrounds it. Adult themes and situations, but delivered childishly. Phill became a familiar face when he started as team captain on BBC2’s pop quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks. In addition he does live stand up shows all over the UK, and appears as a regular guest on QI (BBC2) and Alan Davies As yet Untitled (Dave), and in 2012 returned to television stand-up for the first time since 2000 with an appearance on Live at the Apollo (BBC1).
The show is suitable for ages 14+ (some strong language).
Doors at 7.30pm for 8pm start
£16 plus £1 booking fee at the Phoenix Stores and 10% online – to buy online click here
Find out more »Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham (music) Wed 2nd Aug, 7.30pm
Aly and Phil have become a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion. They bring their traditional music excellence to this very welcome return to the Universal Hall. Individually they pursue other ventures in performance, television and education but it is when they get together that they truly shine with their finely honed musical skills and hilarious banter. Book early! Paper tickets will be in the Phoenix Stores soon but online tickets are available now.
To see a video click here
£16/£14 concs/£12 U16’s
to buy tickets online (10% booking fee) click here Paper tickets also at the Phoenix Stores (no booking fee)
Find out more »Blazin’ Fiddles (music) Fri. 18th August, 8pm
Take a group of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands, mix with some wonderfully sympathetic piano and guitar arrangements, and you’ve got Scotland’s multi-award winning Blazin’ Fiddles. Over the last two decades, no other band has quite managed to capture the excitement, passion and sensitivity of Scottish music. With a Blazers performance comes the rare opportunity to hear the regional expressions and individual styles of playing. Come to this show at the Universal Hall and the Scots Trad Music Awards’ Folk Band of the Year 2013/14 will remind you why they are perennial favourites here.
£15/£13 concs/£11 U16s
To buy online (10% booking fee) click here To see a video click here
Find out more »Dougie MacLean (music) Wed 11th Oct, 7.30pm
“Dougie MacLean OBE is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national musical treasure” (SingOut USA) who has developed a unique blend of lyrical, ‘roots based’ songwriting and instrumental composition. He is internationally renowned for his song ‘Caledonia’, for music in the ‘Last of the Mohicans’ movie and for countless inspired performances. His songs have been covered by Paolo Nutini, Amy MacDonald, Ronan Keating, Mary Black and many other top performers. He has received two prestigious Tartan Clef Awards, a place in the Scottish Music Hall of Fame, and a Lifetime Achievement Folk Award from BBC Radio 2. A welcome return to the Universal Hall for this great artist.
£16/£14 concs/£12 U16’s
To buy tickets online (10% booking fee) click here To see a video click here
PICTURE – ROB MCDOUGALL www.RobMcDougall.com 07856222103 info@robmcdougall.com
Find out more »Newton Faulkner (music) Fri 20th Oct, 7.30pm (doors time)
Big, beat-conscious and astonishingly diverse are not the adjectives that might have sprung immediately to mind with regard to Newton Faulkner in the past. He was the singer-songwriter once tagged ‘the British Jack Johnson’ and tossed in alongside sensitive, strumming troubadours in the tradition of Jackson Browne and James Taylor. He was the guy with the dreadlocks he had been cultivating since the age of 15, the one who flayed the hell out of an acoustic guitar whenever he played live. That was then. These days, Newton Faulkner is a different proposition, and his audacious new album, Human Love, is a colorful statement of intent. His fifth studio collection, and his first for new label BMG, it is an alluring maelstrom of rhythm and harmony. Embracing racing drums, African percussion, chanted choruses, ambient interludes and the most imposing hooks of his career to date.
Tickets at one price £22.50 plus £1 booking fee in the Phoenix Stores
for online tickets click here (10% booking fee) Paper tickets also at the Phoenix Stores (£1 booking fee)
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