>March Events / Art & Theatre / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / exhibitions / Music / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk February 25, 2015
Events at The Apex
1 Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3FD
Tel: 01284 758000
Sun 1 Mar, 6pm
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra
Beethoven: Leonora overture no.2
Bruch: Violin concerto no.1
Bizet: Symphony no1 in C
Come and support your enthusiastic local community orchestra. The soloist in the popular and beautiful Bruch violin concerto will be Katherine Stonham, who is 16 years old. Conductor Christopher Moore
£6 / U10s free
Mon 2 Mar, 2pm
Down to Earth – An Evening with Monty Don
Monty Don is a renowned gardening writer and BBC television presenter and the nation’s favourite and most respected gardener. Hear him speak about his life and travels visiting gardens all over the world, what really happens behind the scenes when filming, about how he made his own organic garden from a bare field and how understanding and working with nature enriches and empowers us all.
£18
–
3 March – 5 April: Exhibition
‘Writing Wrongs’ by Wayne Tanswell
Exhibition Launch Evening: 6 – 8pm, Friday 13 March 2015
An exhibition of Suffolk-based traditional sign writer Wayne Tanswell’s ‘literal art’. He combines mixed fonts and quotes painted on recycled pallets, merging traditional skills with a contemporary flair. His work has received broad media acclaim with features on the BBC and ITV.
Tue 3 Mar, 7.30pm
The Unthanks
Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and the only British folk representation in The Guardian’s and Uncut’s best albums of last decade (worldwide, all genres).
“Haunting, original and magnificent” – The Guardian
£20 (£18conc)
Wed 4 Mar, 8pm
Trio Da Kali
Three Malian musicians from a heritage of distinguished griots, celebrating the African continent’s finest, most subtle and sublime music. Auspiciously, the trio’s first international appearance was at the BBC Proms in summer 2013; they have since gone on to collaborate with the celebrated Kronos Quartet, and were most recently seen with Toumani Diabate at last year’s London Jazz Festival.
£12.50 (£10.50conc) £5 U25s
Thu 5 Mar, 7.30pm
Doric String Quartet
Described by Gramophone Magazine as ‘one of the finest young string quartets’, the Doric String Quartet has emerged as the leading British string quartet amongst the new generation.
Haydn String Quartet Op 76 No 5
Britten Quartet No 2 in C Op 36
Beethoven Quartet in B flat Op 130
£18, £15, £5 U25s
Sat 7 Mar, 7pm
Bury Bach Choir
Handel’s Messiah
£23-£14
Sun 8 Mar, 8pm
Fat Cat Comedy Club
See www.fatcatcomedyclub.com for line-up.
£12
Fri 13 Mar, 7.30pm
The Manfreds
5-4-3-2-1 It’s The Manfreds! The Manfreds, with “The One In The Middle” Paul Jones, will be performing many of their biggest hits including 5-4-3-2-1, Pretty Flamingo and Do Wah Diddy Diddy, along with a mix of solo hits and jazz and rhythm ‘n’ blues renditions for which they are famous.
£19.50 (£17.50)
Sat 14 Mar, 7.30pm
Suffolk Sinfonia: Crossing the Border
Malcolm Arnold’s Tam O’Shanter Overture, Hamish MacCunn’s Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony and Elgar’s Enigma Variations.
£12/£10/£4
Sun 15 Mar, 7.30pm
Jairo Barrull Flamenco Company
The world premiere of El Llanto Se Mueve (The Cry Moves). Flamenco dancers Jairo Barrull and Irene ‘La Sentio’ are joined by a full cast of award winning gypsy musicians from Seville and Jerez to evoke the pure essence of flamenco’s soul.
£20 (£18conc)
Tue 17 March, 7.30pm
Secret Love:
A Sentimental Journey through the Life and Music of Doris Day.
To celebrate the 90th birthday of Hollywood icon Doris Day, acclaimed jazz singer & West End actress Claudia Morris comes to the Apex with this critically acclaimed show dedicated to her idol.
£18.50
Wed 18 Mar, 8pm
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Purveyors of unadulterated Gypsy brass; fusing infectious, lightning-fast melodies, thunderous drums, unbridled brass and a mischievous, captivating stage presence, Fanfare Ciorcarlia are the unparalleled titans of the Balkan music world.
£18 / £5 U25s
Fri 20 Mar, 4pm-6pm
BurySOUND Unplugged
Local young musicians performing in the bar
Free
Fri 20 Mar, 8pm
Modern Jazz Quartet Celebration
The ‘MJQ Celebration’ is a coming together of some of today’s most celebrated UK jazz musicians, to pay homage to one of the most celebrated jazz ensembles, the ‘Modern Jazz Quartet’. Stellar favourites such as ‘Django’, ‘The Golden Striker’, ‘Bag’s Groove’ and ‘Concorde’ are given enthralling new renditions, whilst staying true to the original intentions of their composers.
£16 (£18conc) £5 U25s
Sat 21 Mar, 7.30pm
Johnny Cash Roadshow
The only tribute show to be endorsed by the Cash family! Featuring all the big hits, including: Ring Of Fire, Walk The Line, Jackson, Boy Named Sue’.
‘Clive captures my Grandfather JUST as he was’ – Caitlin Crowell (Johnny & June Carter Cash’s granddaughter)
£19
Sun 22 Mar, 7.30pm
Licence to Thrill – The Music of James Bond
Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, You Only live Twice, Live and Let Die, Skyfall and many, many more. Be shaken AND stirred by the star-studded Syd Lawrence Orchestra and cast of top London singers.
£22 (£20conc)
Wed 25 Mar, 7pm
The Village
DanceEast’s large-scale community dance performance project returns to The Apex with a compelling new dance production.
Inspired by the hundreds of little villages across England, the cast includes up to 200 performers from local schools
£8 (£6conc)
Fri 27 Mar, 7.30pm
Robin Trower
From his success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and hailed by the media as “The White Hendrix” back in the 70s, Robin Trower is one of the most influential Guitar players to come out of the British Blues Rock scene.
£22.50adv/ £25door
Sat 28 Mar, 8pm
Boogie Night 3
The very best of Soul and Reggae with Imagination (‘Body Talk’, ‘Just an Illusion’, ‘Flashback’), Aswad (arguably Britain’s most successful reggae band, in terms of both popularity and longevity) & Odyssey (‘Native New Yorker’, ‘Going Back To My Roots’, ‘Use it Up Wear It Out’) & Junior (‘Mama Used to Say’). Boogie Nights are always the best in Town!
£27.50
Tue 31 Mar, 7.30pm
Gretchen Peters
Since the release of her “career album” (NPR), 2012’s Hello Cruel World, two-time Grammy nominee Gretchen Peters has been in near-constant motion, touring for the past two years and releasing a live DVD and CD, and appearing at the Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and Cambridge Folk Festivals.
The latest accolade for the Nashville-based singer-songwriter will be her induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2014.
£21.50
—
advert
