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"Everybody's
Talking About Jamie" |
Sunday
18th November 7.15 pm |
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"Made
in Dagenham- the Musical" [LIVE] |
November
19th-23rd 7.30 pm , 24th
2.30pm & 7.30 pm |
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| In
June 1968, when the women workers at the Dagenham
Ford factory go on strike over proposals to downgrade
their skill set and subsequently their pay, Rita,
an ordinary working class mum of two, and machinist
for the plant, almost by accident finds herself
leading the fight for justice. |
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| In
a stand of unity the Ford machinists in Liverpool
also join the cause, so U.S executives of Ford try
to fight the girls by ‘laying off’ the
men and causing hardship for many families. |
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Can the girls win their fight for equal pay and
justice in the workplace? |
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| Performed
by Spotlight Theatre’s youth group, Northern
Lights Theatre, this heart-warming,
uplifting and inspiring musical includes some classical
British banter, and a lot of comedy, uplifting musical
numbers and some moments of sobriety. |
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Note, there is strong “Factory Language”
used in this production |
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Adult £10 Child £7 |
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"La
Bayadère" RoH Ballet |
Sunday
25th November 7 pm |
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| An
iconic 19th-century Russian ballet, La Bayadère
was originally performed at the Bolshoi Theatre
in St Petersburg in 1877, and was regularly performed
within the former Soviet Union throughout the 20th
century. |
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| Nikiya,
a temple dancer, is in love with the warrior Solor. |
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| The
High Brahmin pursues Nikiya, and when she rejects
him, he plans to take revenge on Solor by telling
his fiancée about his affair but his plan
ends in disaster. |
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La
Bayadère remained unknown
in the West until 1961 and was first performed by
The Royal Ballet in 1989. |
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All £16 |
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"Christmas
with Steptoe and Son" [LIVE] |
Wednesday
28th November 7.30 pm |
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| Christmas
simply wouldn't be Christmas without a visit to
26 Oil Drum Lane to catch up with the nations favourite
rag and bone-men and indulge in some classic, festive
misadventures! |
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| Albert
and Harold united by blood, divided over everything
else, seem doomed to spend Christmas in each others
company. But Harold has his flights of fancy including
a flight he fancies abroad or to throw the biggest
Christmas party London's ever had to offer! |
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| His
dirty old man Albert, of course, has other ideas.
Who wouldn't want to spend Christmas at Mrs. Boxwoods
B&B in Bognor Regis anyway?? |
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| Another
much-loved episode of classic comedy from Ray Galton
and Alan Simpson,freshly adapted for the stage and
presented by Hambledon
Productions, the company behind
the recent sell-out successes“Just Like That!
The Tommy Cooper Show”and “Steptoe and
Son" |
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Adult £12 Child £7 |
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"Troilus
and Cressida" NT |
Friday
30th November 7 pm |
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| Shakespeare's
play explores heroism, love and betrayal during
the Trojan War. |
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The
Greek army is camped outside Troy, and Achilles
- their military hero - refuses to fight,while,inside
the city, Troilus, the Trojan King's son, falls
in love with Cressida, whose father has defected
to the Greek camp. |
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| Cressida
is exchanged for a Trojan prisoner of war. As he
attempts to visit her in the Greek camp, Troilus
glimpses Diomedes flirting with her, and decides
to avenge her perfidy. |
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| Achilles
is prompted to return to battle only after his dear
friend and possible lover, Patroclus, is killed
by Hector before the Trojan walls. |
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| Virtuoso
percussionist Evelyn
Glennie collaborates with RSC Artistic
Director Gregory Doran to create a satirical futuristic
vision of a world resounding with the rhythm of
battle. |
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All £16 |
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"The
King and I" from the London Palladium |
Saturday
December 1st 7 pm, Sunday 2nd 3 pm |
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| Starring
Kelli
O’Hara (Anna) Ken
Watanabe (The King) and Ruthie
Ann Miles (Lady Thiang) this unmissable
event was filmed
at London’s
iconic Palladium. |
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Based on the Margaret Landon novel Anna and the
King of Siam, Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the
musical for Broadway in 1951. |
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It tells the story of a British teacher, Anna, who
is hired by the King of Siam as he tried to modernise
his country, but the pair’s relationship is
marred by conflict throughout the musical. |
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Featuring the well-known numbers “Something
Wonderful”, “I Whistle a Happy Tune”,
“I Have Dreamed” and “Shall We
Dance?”, the King and I is a testament to
the lavish heritage of gloriously romantic musical
theatre – arguably the greatest musical from
the golden age of musicals. |
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Adult £16 Child £10 |
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"A
Christmas Old Time Music Hall" [LIVE] |
December 4,5,6,11,12,13 7.30 pm |
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| Ladies
and Gentlemen!. |
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| Members
of Spotlight Theatre are pleased
to present an evening of popular songs, from the
era of Music Hall including traditional christmas
carols, melodrama and tom foolery, where talented
artistes will titillate, amuse and wring your withers. |
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| You
are promised an evening of good old fashioned fun
and laughter which is simply not be missed. In fact…
proper Music Hall. |
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| A
pre festive cheer, to start your Christmas Holidays. |
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Adult £10 Child £7 |
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Jonas
Kaufmann "Under the Stars"  |
Friday
7th December 7.30 pm |
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| Regarded
as one of the world's greatest living tenors, Jonas
Kaufmann has captivated audiences
for years with his incredible voice. |
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| Captured
live this summer at the Waldbühne amphitheatre
(Berlin), performing famous arias and popular songs
from his bestselling album Dolce Vita, this is a
big screen treat not to be missed. |
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| The
Dolce vita album includes arias and songs from Puccini,
Leoncavallo, de Curtis, Rota and others. |
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All £16 |
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"The
Nutcracker" RoH Ballet |
Saturday
8th December 7 pm |
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| Clara
is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas
Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downstairs
to find a magical adventure awaiting her and her
Nutcracker |
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| The
magician Drosselmeyer transforms the drawing room
for a battle between mice and toy soldiers, and,
during the battle, Clara saves the Nutcracker's
life - so breaking a magical spell that turned him
from a boy to a toy - and the Mouse King is defeated. |
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| In
celebration, Drosselmeyer sweeps Clara and the Nutcracker
off to the Kingdom of Sweets, where they meet the
Sugar Plum Fairy and take part in a wonderful display
of dances. |
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| Tchaikovsky’s
sumptuous, sugar-spun music is the most recognizable
of all ballet scores. |
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Adult
£16 Child £10 |
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"The
Madness of George 111" NT |
Sunday
9th December 7 pm |
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| Written
by Alan Bennett
this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning
film following its premiere on stage in 1991. |
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| The
cast of this new production includes Olivier Award-winners
Mark Gatiss
and Adrian Scarborough
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| It’s
1786 and King George III is the most powerful man
in the world, but his behaviour is becoming increasingly
erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. |
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| With
the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic
pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince
of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the
Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and
a man. |
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All £16 |
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"Sleeping
Beauty" Pantomime |
December
14,21- 7.30 pm, 16,23,24,26,30,31-
2.30 pm, 15,22,28,29 2.30
& 7.30 pm, January 4,5- 2.30
& 7.30 pm, 6- 2.30 pm
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| Don't
get caught snoozing this festive season, book your
Panto tickets now for this new spectacular,
must-see production from Styletrax. |
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| By
pricking her finger on an enchanted spinning wheel
a beautiful Princess is placed under a curse and
forced to sleep for 100 years. Can the Princess’s
Nanny and Best friend Joey, help save her?. |
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| Of
course it only takes one kiss from a prince to awaken
her, but who will outwit the evil Carbosse and foil
her wicked plans? |
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| Spotlights
intimate auditorium gets you right into the thick
of the action. |
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| With
a young and energetic cast, supported by technical
wizardry of the LED screen, laughs and jollity are
guaranteed. Boos and cheers are most welcome too. |
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Adult £11 Child £8 |
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"La
Traviata" Met Opera New York |
Tuesday
18th December 7 pm |
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| In
Verd's
La Traviata, as one of the most beautiful courtesans
of Paris, the alluring Violetta has many admirers
but has let none of these wealthy suitors near her
heart,preferring their generosity with their wallets
to their baser attentions. |
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| It
is in this world she meets Alfredo, a handsome yet
penniless member of the bourgeois who wins her love
and whisks her away to a countryside idyll in the
hope of escaping her past life. |
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| Can
their passion survive the reality of poverty, reputation
and illness, or will everything they have fought
to flee overwhelm the strongest emotion of them
all? |
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All £16 |
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André
Rieu New Year Concert from Sydney |
Sunday
January 6th 7 pm & Sunday 13th 3 pm |
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| The
King Of Waltz André Rieu brings to millions
of fans across the world, his New Years concert
recorded live in Sydney’s stunning Town Hall. |
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| Join
the maestro for a magical evening of music and dance
featuring his world class sopranos, the Platin tenors
and plenty of surprises. |
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| With
show tunes, classical music and plenty of festive
fun it promises to be a great way to start the new
year! |
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| Enjoy
backstage access, interviews with André and
his special guests, musical favourites and much,
much more, exclusive to cinema. |
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Adult £16 Child £10 |
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"Antony
& Cleopatra" NT Olivier Theatre |
Sunday
20th January 7 pm |
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| Broadcast
live from the National Theatre, Ralph
Fiennes and Sophie
Okonedo play Shakespeare’s
famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics,
passion and power. |
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| Caesar
and his assassins are dead. |
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| General
Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders
of Rome. |
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But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian
Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely
in love. |
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In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession
becomes a catalyst for war. |
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All £16 |
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"Adriana
Lecouvreur" Met Opera New York |
Saturday
12th January 5.55 pm |
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| Adriana
Lecouvreur was the only successful opera by Francesco
Cilea |
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action takes place in the year 1730, in Paris. |
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| Adriana
Lecouvreur, an actress at the Comédie-Française,
is in love with Maurizio, the Count of Saxony,but
he cannot decide if he loves Adriana or the Princesse
de Bouillon. |
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| The
show centers on the rivalry between Adriana and
the Princess as they fight for Maurizio's love. |
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| Meanwhile,
Michonnet, the stage manager at the Comédie-Française
is also in love with Adriana. |
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All £16 |
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"The
Queen of Spades" RoH Opera |
Saturday
26th January 6.45 pm |
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Based on a short story by Alexander Pushkin, one
of his favourite writers, Tchaikovsky began work
on The Queen of Spades in 1889. |
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| The
penniless soldier Gherman has fallen in love with
Liza, even though she is engaged to his friend Yeletsky.
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| Gherman
learns that Liza's guardian the Countess knows a
winning three-card formula, so he determines to
get it, to gain a fortune through gambling and marry
Liza. |
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| Tragedy
ensues and Gherman is haunted by a ghost. |
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"Carmen"
Met Opera New York |
Saturday
2nd February 5.55 pm |
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| Georges
Bizet’s Carmen is one of the
most successful operas ever written. |
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| Its
gorgeous melodies have secured the opera’s
hold on the popular imagination – Escamillo’s
Toreador Song, Carmen’s Habanera, Don José’s
Flower Song and many passages for orchestra and
chorus are among the most widely known pieces of
Western classical music. |
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| Don
José falls in love with Carmen and sacrifices
everything to be with her. |
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| When
Carmen becomes infatuated with the toreador Escamillo,
she loses interest in Don José, whose love
quickly turns to violent jealousy ending in tragedy
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All £16 |
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"La
Traviata" RoH Opera |
Sunday
3rd February 6.45 pm |
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| As
one of the most beautiful courtesans of Paris, the
alluring Violetta has many admirers but has let
none of these wealthy suitors near her heart,preferring
their generosity with their wallets to their baser
attentions. |
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| It
is in this world she meets Alfredo, a handsome yet
penniless member of the bourgeois who wins her love
and whisks her away to a countryside idyll in the
hope of escaping her past life. |
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| Can
their passion survive the reality of poverty, reputation
and illness, or will everything they have fought
to flee overwhelm the strongest emotion of them
all? |
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| Richard
Eyre's stunning production of Verdi's
best-loved opera. |
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All £16 |
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"I'm
Not Running" NT Lyttleton Theatre |
Saturday
16th February 7 pm |
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| I’m
Not Running is an explosive new play by David
Hare, premiering at the National
Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. |
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| Siân
Brooke stars as Pauline Gibson
who has spent her life as a doctor, and is now the
inspiring leader of a local health campaign. |
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| When
she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart
loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s faced
with an agonising decision. |
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| What’s
involved in sacrificing your private life and your
piece of mind for something more than a single issue?
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Does she dare? |
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All £16 |
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"Don
Quixote " RoH Ballet |
Sunday
24th February 7 pm |
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| Don
Quixote and his servant Sancho Panza set out to
have a chivalrous adventure. |
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They meet Kitri and Basilio, a young couple who
cannot marry because Kitri's father is determined
to marry her off to the wealthy Gamache. |
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| Don
Quixote decides to intervene. |
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| Don
Quixote is one of
Marius Petipa's much-loved 19th-century
classics - its story is drawn from Miguel de Cervantes's
classic novel and set to Ludwig Minkus's score. |
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The ballet has long been acclaimed for its virtuoso
dancing, beautiful and technically demanding 'vision
scene' and the famously bravura and breath-taking
Act III pas de deux. |
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All £16 |
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"The
Daughter of the Regiment" Met Opera New
York |
Saturday
2nd March 5.55 pm |
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| Marie,
the adopted daughter of the 21st Regiment of the
French army, has fallen in love with a young man
who has saved her life, but is from an enemy nation. |
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| Fortunately,
the regiment backs down when they hear of how the
young man saved their lovely Marie but their plans
to wed are shattered when news about Marie’s
birth family arises and she must leave the regiment. |
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| The
soldiers of the regiment are distraught and none
seem able to deal with the change, but Tonio resolves
to rescue Marie with the aid of the other soldiers,
but will he be successful? |
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| With
its lovely melodies, vocal fireworks, and quick
wit Donizetti's work
is the perfect piece to brighten your day.
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All £16 |
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"The
Tragedy of King Richard the Second" NT |
Sunday
3rd March7 pm |
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| As
the first in Shakespeare's five history plays, Richard
II chronicles the wasteful habits and gradual demise
of the last Plantagenet king who is irresponsible,
foolish and vain. |
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| His
weak leadership sends his kingdom into disarray
as the more he taxes the land, the more the nobles
and citizens resent their ruler. |
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| Then
the exiled Henry Bolingbroke returns to seize power.
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| Instead
of a dramatic defeat in battle, Richard is left
to ruminate his own ruin in prison, bemoaning 'I
wasted time and now time doth waste me'. |
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| From
the Almeida theatre Simon Russell Beale
stars in this new production of Shakespeare’s
play about the limits of power. |
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All
£16 |
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"Blowin'
in the Wind' [LIVE] |
Friday
March 8th 7.30 pm |
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| Andante
Live presents “Blowin’
in the Wind”. Combining the vocal harmonies
of Vee
Sweeney
and Mark Rowson,
16 instruments between them and outstanding musicianship,
they perform an uplifting and inspiring show to
give you a fabulous evening of unforgettable music. |
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| This
show takes you back to the era of PEACE , PROTEST
& LOVE with uniquely arranged classic songs
such as “Mr Tambourine Man’, ‘Imagine’,
‘The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down’,
‘Big yellow Taxi’,‘The Sound of
Silence’, ‘All you need is Love’
and many more. |
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| When
Dylan, Baez and friends sang their songs of peace,
protest & love, “times certainly were
a- changin’..” |
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Adult
£12 Child £8 |
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"Die
Walküre" Met Opera New York |
Saturday
30th March 5 pm |
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| The
second opera in Wagner's
Ring Cycle holds special appeal for audiences with
its dramatic power and remarkable music, including
the famous ‘Ride of the Valkyries’.
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| In
the highly emotional world of humanity love animates
the actions of all the leading characters: |
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| Wotan
wants to protect his children but is forced to forsake
them. |
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His twin offspring Siegmund and Sieglinde fall passionately
in love, and his warrior daughter Brünnhilde
defies Wotan by trying to protect the twins. |
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| He
punishes her by stripping her of her immortality
and putting her to sleep surrounded by a wall of
flames that only the greatest hero can brave. |
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All £16 |
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"La
Forza Del Destino" RoH Opera |
Saturday
6th April 6.15 pm |
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| La
Forza Del Destino is one of Verdi's
most ambitious scores, with some of his most brilliant
choral writing, plus one of his most memorable overtures. |
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| The
Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora
to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro. |
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| The
lovers attempt to elope, but the Marquis catches
them and in the ensuing altercation, Alvaro accidentally
kills the Marquis, who curses his daughter as he
dies |
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| Leonora
and Alvaro become separated during their escape
but Leonora's brother Don Carlo di Vargas decides
to find them and avenge his father. |
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| Don
Carlo joins the Spanish army under a false name,
little knowing that Don Alvaro has done the same
thing and complications ensue....... |
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All £16 |
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"Faust"
RoH Opera |
Sunday
5th May 6.45 pm |
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| Disillusioned
with life, the aged philosopher Faust calls upon
Satan to help him. |
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| The
devil Méphistophélès appears
and strikes a bargain with him: he will give him
youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite,
if Faust will hand over his soul. |
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| Faust
agrees, and Méphistophélès
arranges matters so that Marguerite becomes infatuated
with Faust who,however, soon abandons her. |
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Her brother Valentin returns from war and is furious
to find his sister pregnant. Will Faust repent his
destructive actions, and can his soul, and Marguerite's,
be saved? |
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| Gounod's
Faust (1859) was one of the world's most popular
operas from the 1860s to World War II. |
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All £16 |
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"Dialogues
Des Carmelites" Met Opera New York |
Saturday
11th May 5 pm |
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| Composed
by Francis Poulenc
this is the tragic story of the nuns of a Carmelite
convent who, during the Terror following the French
Revolution, live in hope and fear under the constant
threat of the guillotine. |
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The ever-fearful Blanche de la Force joins the Carmelite
order but when the order is suppressed under the
Revolution, the sisters swear that they are willing
to die a martyr’s death for their faith. |
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In the turmoil, Blanche flees to her home; in the
meantime, however, her father has become a victim
of the Terror and when she learns that the other
sisters are to be victims of the Terror Blanche
overcomes her fear of dying and joins them. |
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All £16 |
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"
Ballet Triple " RoH Ballet |
Saturday
18th May 7 pm |
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| The
contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in
works from three of today's leading choreographers. |
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| Wheeldon's
Within the Golden Hour is based
around seven couples separating and intermingling,
to music by Vivaldi and Bossi and lit with rich
colours suggested by sunset. |
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| Pite's
Flight Pattern, revived for the
first time, uses Górecki's familiar music
and a large dance ensemble for a poignant and passionate
reflection on migration |
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| Between
them, a new work
created on The Royal Ballet by the acclaimed choreographer
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
has its premiere to bring the contemporary truly
up-to-date. |
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All £16 |
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"Romeo
and Juliet" RoH Ballet |
Saturday
15th June 7 pm |
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| Romeo
and Juliet fall passionately in love, but their
families are caught up in a deadly feud, and having
married in secret tragic circumstances lead Romeo
to fight and kill Juliet's cousin Tybalt. |
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| As
punishment, he is banished from the city, and when
Juliet's parents force her to marry Paris, she takes
drastic action by drinking a potion to make her
appear dead so she can escape to join Romeo. |
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| Her
plan fails however with further tragic consequences. |
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| Kenneth
MacMillan's passionate choreography
for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its
dramatic finest while Sergey
Prokofiev's iconic score provides
the basis for the ballet's romantic pas de deux
and vibrant crowd scenes. |
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All £16 |
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