http://www.theastor.org/ en-us 2012-09-15T11:50:16+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/09/skip_mcdonald.html Saturday 15th September, Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm Born in Ohio, Skip is a true innovator, known for his fusion of blues, dub, electronica and gospel. His varied career has even included highlights such as playing on Grandmaster Flash’s seminal The... 4200Blues Nights brian 2012-09-15T11:50:16+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/08/luke_maxwell.html August 1st - 19th Launch of one-month photography exhibition by local photographer Luke Maxwell.... 4450Exhibitions brian 2012-08-19T11:28:42+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/08/crosstown_light.html Saturday 18th August, Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm Charles Shaar Murray is one of Britain’s best known music journalists having worked on Oz, NME and acclaimed Hendrix biography Crosstown Traffic. He is also a prodigious guitar collector, contributor to Guitarist magazine... 4200Blues Nights brian 2012-08-18T11:35:55+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/08/music_club_lian.html Friday 3rd August, Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm - Cabaret Seating Liane Carroll double BBC Jazz Award Winner Having been something of a stalwart of the British jazz scene for many years, Liane has in the last few years gone... 4150Music brian 2012-08-03T13:08:40+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/08/raw_deal_1.html Thursday 2nd August, Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm - Standing A night of the finest local metal/thrash/rock bands. Photo ID required, SIA Licensed Security Staff present at all times £3 on the door... 4150Music brian 2012-08-02T10:53:54+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/08/music_hall_1.html Wednesday 1st August, Performances are at 2.30pm and 7.30pm - Theatre Seating It's back to "The Good Old Days" with a stroll down Memory Lane in Song, Dance, Comedy, and old style Variety, with "Your Worthy Chairman" Mr Gordon... 4150Music brian 2012-08-01T10:51:50+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/julie_bull_gull.html July 9th - 31st   Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown are the focus of this exhibition by local artist, Julie Ann Bull and up and coming photographer, Jodie Johnson. They combine forces to present a varied collection of work, portraying... 4450Exhibitions brian 2012-07-31T11:24:05+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/last_picture_cl_20.html Monday 30th July, 8pm Starring Michael Shannon & Jessica Chastain Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. (15) Membership £15 per... 4050Films brian 2012-07-30T10:46:31+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/last_picture_cl_19.html Monday 30th July, 3pm Starring Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband... 4050Films brian 2012-07-30T10:41:11+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/the_hideout.html Saturday 28th July, Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm The Hideouts final hometown show. With Support from Save Target As & Crashgate Tickets £3... 4150Music brian 2012-07-28T10:37:38+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/astory_or_two_d_6.html Thursday 26th July, Doors open 6.30pm In the Greig Studio All over the UK, a quiet revolution has been happening for the past twenty or more years as adult audiences have re-discovered the powerful magic of listening to and... 4300Literary Events brian 2012-07-28T10:34:50+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/kast_off_kinks.html Friday 27th July, Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm - Limited Seating The iconic British rock band, The Kinks, are often cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time. Their first hit, You Really Got... 4150Music brian 2012-07-27T10:35:56+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/burlesque_works_8.html Saturday May 26th, 2pm Saturday June 23rd, 2pm Saturday July 21st, 2pm Is there an inner Minx in you? Would you love to express yourself in a glamorous , sexy and powerful way - all with a air of... 4350Workshops brian 2012-07-21T12:27:48+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/mari_wilson.html Friday 20th July, Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm Mari Wilson (The Neasden Queen of Soul) first arrived on the scene in the early eighties with her skyscraper beehive hairdo, bizarre sense of fashion and fully choreographed twelve piece band The... 4150Music brian 2012-07-20T10:32:18+00:00 http://www.theastor.org/content/2012/07/smugglers_sessi_8.html 
Thursday 19th July, Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm - Cabaret Seating New young folk bands with big ideas and foot stomping tunes always a great night £5... 4150Music brian 2012-07-19T10:30:49+00:00