Events at The Apex

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

Tel: 01284 758000

www.theapex.co.uk

 

Sun 3 Nov, 8pm

Hot Club of Cowtown

New release Rendezvous In Rhythm is the Hot Club of Cowtown’s first-ever dedicated foray into the Gypsy jazz and French swing of Paris in the 1930s and features the band’s sparkling spins on standards made famous by Reinhardt and Grappelli including Crazy Rhythm, Minor Swing, Dark Eyes, The Continental, I’m in the Mood for Love, Douce Ambiance, and many more.

£16 (£14conc) / £5 U25s

Mon 4 Nov, 7.30pm           

Evgenia Rubinova (piano)

Evgenia Rubinova was the sensation of the 2003 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition where she won the Silver Medal. Critics raved about her performances; Andrew Clements of The Guardian said: “Rubinova had the audience on the edge of the seat”

Beethoven                   Sonata Op. 106 “Hammerklaviersonate”
Prokofiev                    10 Piano Pieces Op. 12
Rachmaninov 3 Moments Musicaux from Op. 16 (No. 2, 5 & 4)

£18/£15 (£16/£13) £5 U25s

Thu 7 Nov, 1pm & 8pm

Bellowhead

SOLD OUT

Fri 8 Nov, 7pm

BurySound Final

This annual competition endeavours to uncover and promote some of the best up and coming young music in the area. Special guest headliner tbc.

£4 adv

Sun 10 Nov, 8pm

Fat Cat Comedy Club

Check out www.fatcatcomedyclub.com for line-up.

£12

Mon 11 Nov, 7.30pm

Pam Ayres

SOLD OUT

Wed 13 Nov, 8pm

Lisbee Stainton

Following substantial support from national press & radio, folk-pop starlet Lisbee Stainton has recently toured with Joan Armatrading, Paul Carrack, Gretchen Peters and Seth Lakeman.

“Lisbee’s appeal is clear: slowly revolving rhythms, wistful English melancholy with a soul undertow and a sweet folk-pop voice.”– The Times

With special guest Eleanor McEvoy

£15

Fri 15 Nov, 7.30pm

Aurora Orchestra

With the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge to perform Britten (arr Imogen Holst):  Rejoice in the Lamb & Mahler (arr Glen Cortese): Das Lied von der Erde.

£21/£18 (£19/£16conc) £5 U25s

Sat 16 Nov, 7.30pm

Suffolk Sinfonia

A tribute to Benjamin Britten in his centenary year alongside other distinguished British composers. Britten’s “Courtly Dances” from “Gloriana“, Vaughan Williams’ well-known ‘Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis’, Holst’s ballet “The Perfect Fool”, Coates’ London Suite of 1933 & Richard Rodney Bennett’s “Murder on the Orient Express”.

£10/£8/£4

Sun 17 Nov, 8pm

Eddi Reader

It was the short-lived but warmly remembered Fairground Attraction that really brought Eddi into the limelight, with single ‘Perfect’ and album First of a Million Kisses both topping the British charts.

Eddi was awarded the MBE in 2006 for services to singing.

£20 (£18conc)

Tue 19 Nov, 7.30pm

Paper Aeroplanes

Alternative pop band from West Wales as heard on BBC drama Lip Service,  6Music’s Lauren Laverne, Nemone & Cerys Matthews and Steve Lamacq & Bob Harris on Radio 2.

£8adv/£10door

Wed 20 Nov, 8pm

Ballaké Sissoko Quartet

Classical soundscapes of African beauty: One of Mali’s greatest exponents of the kora, the 21-stringed harp of the Manding people, Sissoko’s music is steeped in ancient West African traditions. He earned his reputation by performing solo, with Toumani Diabate, Taj Mahal, Ludovico Einaudi, and more recently, in an award-winning collaboration with French cellist Vincent Segal (that came to the Apex as part of Bury Festival in 2012).

£12.50 (£10.50conc) £5 U25s

Thu 21 Nov, 7pm

Perse School Cambridge

Senior Symphony Orchestra, Senior String Orchestra, First Wind Band, Senior Chorale & Big Band/Jazz Band. Programme includes Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bald Mountain

£7

Fri 22 Nov, 19.30pm

The Mikado – Co-Opera Co

The world’s favourite Gilbert and Sullivan opera performed by Co-Opera Co., regular visitors to The Apex with their innovative productions of Carmen, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni.

£26/£19 (£24/£17conc) £5 U25s

Sat 23 Nov, 7.30pm

Path To Peace Concert

RAF Honington Voluntary Band will pay a moving tribute to servicemen and women of our Armed Forces.

£13

Sun 24 Nov, 2.30pm

U3A Musical Afternoon

Joseph Tong, concert pianist, The Chris Ingham Trio modern jazz & Corrina Dolso, an excellent, Australian, operatic soprano.

£10

Sun 24 Nov, 7.30pm

Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert

A sensational recreation by Pete Long’s All-Star Goodmen Orchestra for the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert.

£18 (£16conc) £5 U25s

Tue 26 Nov, 7.30pm          

John Williams

A foremost ambassador of the guitar, this concert will include works by Bach, Albeniz, Sculthorpe, Goss, Hand, Koehne, Barrios and his own compositions.
£23/£19 (£21/£17) £5 U25s

 Cantor’s Theatre School