Wed. 6th Feb, 7.30pm

SESSION A9 (MUSIC)

Winners of 2012 Best Live Act at Trad Music Awards, Session A9 have established themselves among today’s most accomplished and exciting traditional music acts. Featuring fiddlers Charlie McKerron (Capercaillie), Gordon Gunn, Adam Sutherland (Treacherous Orchestra), Kevin Henderson (Fiddlers’ Bid, Boys of the Lough) with vocalist/guitarist Marc Clement (formerly of Blazing Fiddles), keyboards, Brian McAlpine and David Robertson (Capercaillie) on percussion. This welcome return visit to the Universal Hall is accompanied by their newly released, highly appraised, CD titled simply “Session A9″.

‘A richness of sound that can verge on the symphonic… from reflective to mesmerising to downright barnstorming.’ The Herald

£14/£12 concs/£10 U16s

Fri 1st Feb, 7:30pm

Peas at 5:30 (FILM)

A man and a woman, two blind people on an extraordinary journey through Russia – a road movie where love is found through blindness. Fate hits Jakob when, through a car accident, he loses his sight. Helpless and distressed, not wanting to live any more, he meets Lily who is blind from birth who offers help, which he rejects. The only wish he has is to visit his terminally ill mother who lives far away in Russia. Through Lily’s insistence to offer help, both find themselves on a long journey into the wild East. This is a film with dry humor that’s not afraid to address taboos.

In German with English subtitles (The title refers to the description you would give to a blind person to describe the whereabouts of food on their plate). Rated: PG-13, Running Time 107 min. Directed by Lars Büchel

£5/£4 concs/£3 U16s

Pay on the door

Fri 8th Feb, 7:30pm

Untouchable (FILM)

An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility, Untouchable has broken box office records in its native France and across Europe. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicapped millionaire (Francois Cluzet) and his street-smart ex-con caretaker (Omar Sy), Untouchable depicts an unlikely camaraderie between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common.

In French with English subtitles. Rated: 15, Running Time 112 min. Directed by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano

£5/£4 concs/£3 U16s

Pay on the door

Source: Universal Hall