A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER
GROWING UP WITH A BLIND, BRILLIANT AND ECCENTRIC BARRISTER!
TICKETS £12, £10 AND £8
John Mortimer’s autobiographical play paints a realistic but affectionate portrait of his eccentric father, a brilliant barrister who adores his garden, hates visitors, and whose blindness is never mentioned. His handicap does not prevent him continuing to terrorise witnesses under cross-examination – but his son finds it difficult growing up in his father’s shadow. ‘A Voyage Round My Father’ was turned into a TV film starring Laurence Olivier and Alan Bates.
Tues June 1st – 7.30pm
ALADDINSANE
All seats £15
Aladdinsane are the country’s leading tribute to David Bowie. Taking you back to the height of the Glam rock period from Ziggy Stardust, working through Bowie’s colourful career Aladdinsane faithfully recreate the sights and sounds of many of his classic songs. The show combinines Paul Henderson’s stunning vocals with aspects of Bowie’s stage characteristics and theatrics.
Wed June 2nd – 7.30pm
Seabright Productions and Gilded Balloon Productions present
HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI – THE NEARLY NAKED CHEF
All Seats £14 (conc £12)
Grab a seat and tuck in, as a guest of Hardeep Singh Kohli. This celebrated broadcaster, raconteur, writer and cook combines comedy with inventive cuisine in a wonderfully funny, laid back evening’s entertainment. Just think Ready Steady Cook but with great cooking (Hardeep was runner-up on the first series of Celebrity Masterchef) and funny anecdotes, all delivered by Glaswegian Hardeep in his own unique, articulate and utterly charming way. Having debuted at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where the show played to sell-out audiences, this is an extended, two-course version of The Nearly Naked Chef.
Friday June 4th – 7.30pm
JALEO FLAMENCO
All Seats £14
Jaleo are back with a compelling new insight into their flamboyant and magical flamenco world of Andalusian dance, song and guitar. On this tour, the company is joined by new dancers including sensational award-winning new star Mª José León, whose charismatic stage presence, vibrant choreography and stunning technique have won the admiration of the public and praise of the flamenco critics. She has also been a source of inspiration for other dancers of her generation. Fusing the essential elements of flamenco with their own inimitable and charismatic brand of Spanish passion and emotion, Jaleo unleash the raw energy and sensuous rhythms inherent within flamenco. A potent cocktail of explosive footwork, haunting singing, virtuoso guitar playing and percussive handclapping from southern Spain with some of flamenco’s finest artists.
Sat June 5th – 7.30pm
LET’S HANG ON
All seats £14
In this remarkable production Let’s Hang On takes you on a musical journey through the prolific career of one of the most successful bands of all time “Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons”. You will hear the story of these blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who wrote their own songs invented their own sound and took the world by storm all before the age of 30…
June 17th to 26th
SAILOR BEWARE!
MOTHER-IN-LAW-TO-BE SPARKS MUTINY IN COMEDY CLASSIC!
TICKETS £12, £10 AND £8
Beware of mothers-in-law – especially those of the terrifying variety that threaten the future happiness of sailor Albert Tufnell! He is due to marry the glamorous Shirley Hornett, but is keen that his fiancée should not turn out like her fearsome and domineering mother, Emma. Matters take a turn for the worse in Philip King and Falkland Cary’s classic comedy when Shirley weakly agrees to living only three doors away from her mother – a prospect that forces Albert into a drastic rearguard action.
