Events at The Apex

1 Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3FD

Tel: 01284 758000

www.theapex.co.uk

Thu 1 Dec, 7.30pm

One Night of Elvis

Lee Memphis King, Europe’s most successful Elvis Presley tribute artist, recreates ‘The ’68 Comeback Special’ and The ‘Vegas’ years with consummate ease and an almost unbelievable combination of stunningly accurate vocals and incredible passion in every performance.

£25

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Fri 2 Dec, 7.30pm

Just Joe – Joe Brown Solo SOLD OUT!

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Sat 3 Dec, 7.30pm

BBC Radio Suffolk Carol Concert

Featuring musicians from across the county as well as festive readings by your favourite BBC Radio Suffolk presenters. The event raises money for the BBC Children in Need Appeal.  It’s recorded for broadcast on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on BBC Radio Suffolk.

£12.50

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Sun 4 Dec 11am-3pm

St Edmundsbaby Christmas Fayre & Sunday Brunch

Bring your family along to ‘Sunday Brunch’ in the Apex Lounge; your children can join in with games & activities while you unwind with the weekend papers and listen to live acoustic entertainment. There will also be a delicious food menu available.

Christmas crafts, stalls & activities for families.

Free entry

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Sun 4 Dec, 3pm

Voice Squad Christmas Snowstoppers

The Voice Squad Youth Choirs present festive frolics for all the family, from traditional seasonal offerings to flat-out fun!

£9 (£7concs)

Mon 5 & Tue 6 Dec, 7.30pm

Elaine Paige

‘Stripped Back’ will see Elaine & a small group of musicians perform her favourite tracks from an array of contemporary songwriters, including Randy Newman, Jim Webb, Burt Bacharach, Leonard Cohen, Sting, Elton John and Lennon & McCartney.

Elaine has released 22 solo albums (4 multi-Platinum and 9 Gold) and has had major worldwide hits with songs such as Memory (Cats) & I Know Him So Well (Chess). She has starred in more smash-hit West End & Broadway musicals than anyone of her generation and continues to present the hugely successful weekly BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday.

£28.50-£99

Wed 7 Dec, 8pm

Turin Brakes

Lush, melodic, folk-inflected rock from one of the finest indie bands of the last decade. They have sold over a million records to date, and latest album Lost Propertystormed into the UK Top 40 album charts in January this year, resulting in Radio 2 airplay.

£20adv

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Thu 8 Dec, 7.30pm

Let’s Hang On: The Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Following huge demand after last year’s performance, Let’s Hang On returns with an anthology of classic hits including Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Bye Bye Baby, December 1963 (Oh What A Night!), Walk Like A Man, Sherry, Working My Way Back To You, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Grease and many more!

£23

Sun 11 Dec, 2.30pm

An Afternoon with Gervase Phinn

Dubbed “the James Herriot of schools”, the best-selling author, radio & TV personality and entertaining raconteur has been sharing his hilarious and sometimes poignant tales of life as a schools inspector in the Yorkshire Dales for over 10 years.

£17.50

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Sun 11 Dec, 8pm

Fat Cat Comedy Club

See www.fatcatcomedyclub.com for line-up.

£12

Mon 12 Dec, 7.30pm

Belcea Quartet

The Belcea Quartet is one of the world’s leading quartets and we’re delighted that we’ve managed to tempt them to come and perform at The Apex.

“A world class ensemble” The Guardian

Schubert String Quartet No.10, D. 87

Shostakovich  String Quartet No.8, Op. 110

Schubert String Quartet No. 14  D. 810, “Death and the Maiden“

£20 / £15 / U25s £5

Tue 13 Dec, 7.30pm

Glenn Tilbrook

Armed with ready wit, raucous vibes and a shed load of grin-inducing great songs, from the plentiful back catalogue of Squeeze to his new solo work, there are few musicians able to connect with their audience on such an immediate and warm level.

£20adv / £22 door

Wed 14 Dec, 8pm

Big Country

Celebrating the 30^th Anniversary of their album, ‘The Seer’. Famously, the album included an appearance by Kate Bush, joining the late Stuart Adamson on the title track, and the single ‘Look Away’ was the group’s biggest UK single, reaching Number 7 in the charts.

The band will perform the album in its entirety, as well as classic hits and live favourites including ‘Fields of Fire’, ‘In A Big Country’, Chance’,  ‘Wonderland’, ‘Look Away’, ‘The Teacher’ & ‘East of Eden’.

£22adv / £24door

Thu 15 Dec, 2pm

Raymond Froggatt Christmas Matinee Show

Song writer for Sir Cliff Richards for ten years, there are not many artists that Froggie has not written for or recorded with, such as Isaac Hayes & Sir Elton John.

£18.50

Thu 15 Dec, 7.30pm

Let’s Twist Again

Love 50’s and 60’s music? Starring BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing singer Chris Madin, with a full company of critically acclaimed artistes and musicians, the show combines fun and laughter with the greatest hits of Elvis, Dusty, Buddy, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Lulu, Sandie Shaw and many more

£23.50

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Sun 18 Dec, 6pm

Orchestral Carols by West Road Church

Free concert – donations to St Nicholas Hospice Care

Mon 19 Dec, 7.30pm

Jazz at the Movies: A Swinging Christmas

Joanna Eden & the Chris Ingham Quartet present jazzy festive favourites from the silver screen, sprinkled with tunes from their superb new album Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

£15

Tue 20 Dec, 8pm

Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band

Carols & Capers 2016, with the legendary voice of Steeleye Span. Mixing renaissance, modern & ethnic instruments, with a refreshing cavalier attitude and plenty of humour, to put their inimitable stamps on a range of familiar and not-so-familiar festive fare.

£22.50

Wed 21 Dec, 7.30pm

Carols by Candlelight

In lavish period costume, and in front of an evocative candlelit setting, The Locrian Ensemble perform seasonal favourites including carols, string medleys of familiar Xmas tunes. They are joined by the evergreen Jill Washington, West End star soprano of Phantom of the Opera.

£19.50

Fri 23 Dec, 11.30am & 2pm

Father Christmas needs a Wee

At every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him. But when he reaches number ten he realises that he’s forgotten to do something rather important and he really, really, really needs a WEE! TaleGate Theatre Productions hit the perfect combination of witty humour, fantastic music and the extra sparkle for which they have become known in this fabulously funny and brilliantly bouncy musical adaptation of Nicholas Allan’s much loved book.

£12 / £10 (Family £38)

Fri 23 Dec, 8pm

An Albion Christmas

Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention), Kellie While (Albion Band) Simon Care (Edward II) and Ashley Hutchings (founder of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span & The Albion Band), take you on a guided tour through the Christmas customs of Britain.

£18

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Fri 30 Dec, 2.30pm & 7.45pm; Sat 31 Dec 2.30pm; Mon 2 Jan 2.30pm & 7.30pm

CATS!

Children’s Theatre Company bring Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical to life.

£20 adults / £18 children 

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