Tickets

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Songkick (e-tickets only)

Ticketweb / 08444 771 000

Estimated times

All times are subject to change on the night

19:00 - Doors, Bar and Margins Cafe serving hot homemade food open

20:00 - The Transports

22:30 - Curfew

Union Chapel Bar open after the show.

Margins Cafe

Margins Cafe serves hot homemade food. It is open to all ticket holders when doors open at 19:00. Limited 18:30 dinner reservations are now FULLY BOOKED. The Bar is also open at 18:30 to Union Chapel members who have tickets to the show.

On the Menu at Margins Cafe:

Mains

Prawn, Cavolo Nero & Red Pepper Curry

Oven Roasted Aubergines with Tomato & Halloumi (v)

Smaller Bites

Shallot and Goats Cheese Quiche with Salad

Broccoli and Stilton Quiche with Salad

Dessert

Apricot & Almond Tart

Access to the cafe at 18:30 is via the side gate to the left of the main entrance to the Chapel on Compton Terrace.

Find out more about Margins Cafe & their food

Please note you must have a ticket to the show to come to Margins Cafe & Union Chapel bar.

Useful Information

There's lots of useful information in the Visiting section of our website.

As our venue is entirely seated and seating is unreserved it is best to arrive early.

For the latest up dates please check Facebook and Twitter.

The Transports - A Tale of Exile & Migration

★★★★★ “Stunning…truly a transport of delight” Alfred Hickling, The Guardian

Join some of Britain’s leading folk musicians for a timely re-telling of Peter Bellamy’s legendary folk ballads The Transports. Here is a rare chance to see BBC Award Winners THE YOUNG’UNS, FAUSTUS, NANCY KERR, RACHAEL McSHANE AND GREG RUSSELL together on stage.

Storyteller MATTHEW CRAMPTON presents fresh narration for the show, amplifying its central tale into a broader exploration of exile and migration. New musical arrangements have come from PAUL SARTIN of BELLOWHEAD and FAUSTUS.

After a sell-out tour in 2017, The Transports tours Britain again in January 2018 – and we’re delighted to bring the show to the Union Chapel.

The Transports tells the incredible tale of families destroyed by poverty and crime, but resurrected by exile to Australia in the 1780s. With fresh script and musical arrangement, these famous songs by Peter Bellamy re-emerge within a modern context of mass migration.

★★★★ “an ensemble success….ten voices uniting in magnificently lusty, rousing chorus” Rob Adams, The Herald

“Truly stunning ensemble singing and individual instrumental virtuosity” Chris Kenny, Songlines

Find out more about the show at http://www.thetransportsproduction.co.uk/

For the PARALLEL LIVES project, the creative team behind The Transports is working with refugee and migrant organisations in each town the show visits. The project contrasts the lives of those forced to leave Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries with those who have recently arrived. In London we’re delighted to be partnering The Refugee Council. https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/

Mass migration is a defining dilemma of today. There’s seldom been a more vital moment to bring back The Transports – not just a great music experience, but a sharp reminder of folk music’s power in portraying the way the world actually works.

Watch Parallel Lives in action in Shrewsbury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPJbFrBQkls

Read local stories we’ve already gathered http://www.thetransportsproduction.co.uk/parallel-lives/