Events at The Apex

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

Tel: 01284 758000

www.theapex.co.uk

Sun 2 Oct, 7.30pm

Jairo Barrull Flamenco Company

Presenting ‘Gitano’ with special guest Gema Moneo and featuring the core flamencos styles of Gypsy flamenco dance – ‘Bulerías’, ‘Alegrías’, ‘Seguiriya’ and ‘Soleá’.

£20

Mon 3 Oct, 7.30pm

Joe Swift: A Man About The Garden

TV presenter Joe Swift digs deep to reveal his fascinating story from his Rock n Roll youth to becoming one of the country’s top Garden Designers. Hear what really happens behind the scenes at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and Gardeners World and find out what it takes to get a Chelsea Show Gold Medal?

£16

Thu 6 Oct, 7.30pm

Budapest Café Orchestra

Led by jazz violin superstar Christian Garrick The BCO play traditional folk and gypsy flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and beautiful ballads such as the theme to Schindler’s List and Waltz Lacrimoso.  Evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires –  with a few surprises along the way –  it’s good enough to make you want to book a holiday along the Danube!

£16.50 / £5 U25s

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Sun 9 Oct, 8pm

Fat Cat Comedy Club

See www.fatcatcomedyclub.com for line-up.

£12

Thu 13 Oct, 7.30pm

Vonda Shepard

Vonda first shot to fame through her long running appearances, performances and musical accompaniment on the smash hit US TV show Ally McBeal. The theme song ‘Searching My Soul’ reached the top 10 in the UK and Vonda released a series of Ally inspired albums which went on to sell a staggering 12 million copies worldwide.

£24.50

Sat 15 Oct, 7.30pm

Shane Richie and his band

Known for Eastenders, hosting TV game shows and live theatre, Shane is also a keen musician. His passion is unleashed in this rare show, when he gets to play some great 1980s hits, complete with comedy banter & anecdotes delivered in Shane’s unique style.

Support from Donovan Blackwood, lead vocalist in the multi-platinum band Heatwave.

£26.50

Sun 16 Oct, 7.30pm

Allegri Quartet

The Allegri Quartet is Britain’s oldest chamber music group, having celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2014. The quartet is renowned for its key role on the British musical scene and its current line up continues to attract glowing reviews.

Mozart String Quartet No.19 in C, K465, “Dissonance”

Alec Roth String Quartet No. 3 “Autumnal”

Ravel String Quartet in F

£20 / £15 / U25s £5

Wed 19 Oct, 7.30pm

Ned Boulting’s Bikeology

Sports journalist and best-selling author Ned Boulting has covered every Tour De France for ITV since 2003. From the humble commuter to the winner of the yellow jersey, Boulting takes an off-centre look at what it means to ride a bike, drawing on his own underwhelming adventures in the saddle to his fourteen summers spent hurtling around France in pursuit of the sport’s biggest names.

£20.50

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Fri 21 Oct, 7.30pm

Legend of a Band – The Moody Blues

Drummer Gordy Marshall and keyboard player Paul Bliss performed together with The Moody Blues for over 20 years. They are joined by current 10cc lead singer Mick Wilson, Leona Lewis and Westlife guitarist Tim Maple and James Blunt and Joss Stone bass player Malcolm Moore.

Hear impeccable performances of classic Moody Blues hits including Nights in White Satin, Go Now, Tuesday Afternoon, Forever Autumn and Eve of the War (from Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds).

£24.50

Sun 23 Oct, 11.30pm

Songbook Sundays

The Chris Ingham Trio, with Emily Dankworth. Part of the jazz royalty lineage that includes bassist father Alec, singer aunt Jacqui and grandparents John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Emily is forging a reputation on the UK jazz scene as a characterful singer in her own right, drawing fulsome praise from fellow musicians (“gorgeous, smooth, lush…shall I go on?” RALPH SALMINS) and audiences alike.

£9.50adv/£11.50door

Tue 25 Oct, 7.30pm

Midge Ure

Returning after last year’s sell-out show, Midge present the ‘Something From Everything Tour’: with at least one song from every album he has released – from the Rich Kids in 1977, via Visage & Ultravox, to recent solo albums.

£20

Wed 26 October, 8pm

Afro Celt Sound System

Afro Celt Sound System celebrate their 20th anniversary with a stunning new album, ‘The Source’ & tour.

‘A delirious mix of primal intensity, spiritual beauty and explosive rhythms…..a colossus of an album.”  fRoots Magazine

£22.50

Thu 27 Oct, 7.30pm

Bob Marley & The Wailers – A Celebration

Classic album tracks and greatest hits lovingly recreated by Legend, whose members have worked with reggae greats such as Dennis Brown, Rankin Roger, The Beat, Burning Spear, Errol Dunkley, Desmond Decker, Musical Youth and many more.

£21 seated / £19.50 adv standing (£21 door)

Fri 28 Oct, 7.30pm

Heaven 17 & British Electric Foundation

Heaven 17 celebrate the 35^th anniversary of their seminal debut album, ‘Penthouse and Pavement’, by playing the album in full.  They are joined on the night by British Electric Foundation, playing tunes from across their back catalogue, with special guests Glen Matlock (The Sex Pistols), Mari Wilson, Peter Hooton (The Farm), and Glenn Gregory.

£37.50

Sat 29 Oct, 7.30pm

Slade & Mud II

Cum On Feel The Noize! Slade play all their greatest hits. Mud II features members of Les Gray’s Mud playing hits including Tiger Feet.

£34.50

Sun 30 Oct, 7.30pm

Lucy Parham: Elégie – Rachmaninoff – A Heart in Exile
Lucy Parham’s fifth ‘Composer Portrait’ chronicles the life of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff, from his youth in Russia, through his subsequent self-imposed exile in 1917 and finally to California USA, where he died in 1943.

The programme includes many of his best-loved works for solo piano, including a selection of Preludes, Etudes-Tableaux and Moments Musicaux, the haunting Elégie, as well as works by Scriabin and Tchaikovsky. Lucy is joined by the impressionist, comic and actor, Alistair McGowan for a narrative scripted from letters and diaries.

£20 / £15 / £5 U25s

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