The Bootleg 60s with The Overtures
2nd September 2010
The Sixties were, without doubt, the most dynamic and innovative of decades, and their impact upon society is still being felt throughout the world even now. The Overtures have devised a special concert, suitably titled The Bootleg Sixties. This fully self-contained two hour plus show is packed with great music from all the classic artists of the decade, and is back dropped by fantastic visual footage, including archive material from each town and city hosting the show.
Matt Monro Jnr - One Man, A Lasting Legacy
3rd September 2010
Matt Monro Jnr was born to sing … he has come a long way since the impromptu duet with his Dad back in 1977. Now a world performer in his own right, Matt is poised for superstardom. MMj sings Matt Monro classics plus a contemporary mix of his own style of music from standards to pop, big band to Latino and swing to jazz.
Ester's Flamenco School - End of Year Show (A)
4th September 2010
Ester’s Flamenco Academy presents An Evening of Flamenco. Ester Tal (professional Flamenco dancer, choreographer and teacher) presents her Academy in this show of Flamenco dance and music, full of exhilarating rhythmical footwork and exciting choreographies.
Call of the Hunter
5th September 2010
Certificate: 18
Caroline Fenton ran her own TV production company. She was also obsessed with Herne the Hunter. After the mysterious disappearance of her cousin Ted on a camping trip in 1968, Caroline made it her mission to discover the truth of what happened that night in Windsor Forest.
The Bowlly Years
8th September 2010
This is a new musical portrayal of the life and times of Al Bowlly. It is a musical and theatrical gem that honours the life and career of one of Britain’s finest singers in this captivating and entertaining afternoon that is full of Bowlly magic.
The Boy Friend (A)
9th - 10th September 2010
Sandy Wilson’s lavish, romantic musical is set around the premise that every young lady needs a boyfriend! The problem is that poor Polly Browne is stuck inside Mme Dubonnet’s finishing school for debutantes in Nice, where decorum demands that boyfriends are forbidden for being socially undesirable fortune hunters.
Beatles, Blues and Blue Violin Project
11th September 2010
Former E.L.O. and Electric Light Orchestra Part ll members and current members of The Orchestra, Phil Bates & Mik Kaminski with Tina McBain from the Eleanor Rigby Experience - Beatles, Blues and Blue Violin Project. Now on its fifth UK tour, the highly acclaimed acoustic 'Beatles, Blues and Blue Violin Project' comes to town and does exactly what it says on the tin exploring some new arrangements of Beatles songs, especially where the Beatles and the Blues meet.
Voice of the Heart - Karen Carpenter
12th September 2010
This terrific show from the producers of the hit musical Forever In Blue Jeans, will recreate and celebrate the magical, musical memory of The Carpenters.
Stephen Fry - Live!
13th September 2010
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, this special event marks the publication of Stephen Fry’s new volume of autobiography The Fry Chronicles.
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo - Subtitled
14th - 15th September 2010
Certificate: 18
A journalist gets tangled in the underworld when he is hired to write the saga of a powerful family.
The Michael Jackson Experience
17th September 2010
The Michael Jackson Experience is a fitting and explosive tribute to the undisputed King of Pop. Reminiscent and loyal to his incredible world tours, the show displays a true representation of Michael Jackson in his prime – the dynamite performer and showman!
Toy Story 3
20th August - 18th September 2010
Certificate: U
Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape
Last Night of the Proms - Bournemouth Concert Brass (A)
19th September 2010
The award winning Bournemouth Concert Brass return with a rousing rendition of all those Albert Hall favourites from Nimrod to Jerusalem and, naturally, Pomp and Circumstance. Don’t forget to bring your Union Jack hats and flags.
Princess Ida - Christchurch Gilbert & Sullivan Society (A)
22nd - 25th September 2010
Composed in 1884 between Iolanthe and The Mikado, Princess Ida is unique in the Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire for being written in three acts. Containing some of the finest music in all the Savoy Operas, it is a witty satire on the feminist movement of the day and Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Heartbreaker - Subtitled
26th - 28th September 2010
Certificate: 15
Daniel is a professional home-wrecker and his sister and brother-in-law are partners in this lucrative activity which nonetheless has one golden rule: Daniel only agrees to get involved with women who are unhappily married.
Blood Brothers: The Play
29th September - 1st October 2010
Fast moving and perceptive,entertaining and thoughtprovoking,funny yet ultimatelytragic, it tells the tale of twinbrothers who are born into a largeworking-class family and whathappens when their mother decidesto have one of them adopted. BloodBrothers looks at the differencesand conflicts of their upbringings,their relationships with each otherand with their real and adoptedmothers.Tickets £10.00, Concessions £9.00
And Finally Phil Collins
2nd October 2010
This successful show is a celebration of Phil Collins’ solo final farewell tour in 2004, utilizing some of the top musicians in the UK tribute field.
The Mayor of Casterbridge (A)
5th - 8th October 2010
Following their acclaimed successful productions of Jamaica Inn and The Crucible, Regent Rep now turn their attention to Thomas Hardy’s classic The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Das Rheingold - Wagner
9th - 13th October 2010
Robert Lepage’s new production of the Ring cycle opens with the prologue to Wagner’s epic drama with Bryn Terfel singing the leading role of Wotan for the first time with the company, heading an extraordinary cast.
Chris Dean’s Syd Lawrence Orchestra – Live
10th October 2010
Life on the road is just one big party! Chris Dean proves this time and time again with his latest big band offering Live.
Andy Kirkpatrick - Off the Wall
14th October 2010
The UK’s only “stand-up mountaineer” Andy Kirkpatrick, is a natural performer with talents to rival the top comedy acts in the UK. His inimitable style coupled with his love for all things extreme make for a unique evening of entertainment, with stunning images and footage accompanying his tales of terror from the steep. Contains strong language.
The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular
15th October 2010
Fun all the way as the “Purveyors of Cool” come to town with a sensational show and the greatest music of the 20th century.
Swan Lake - The Rudolph Nureyev Russian State Ballet Academy
16th October 2010
The Ballet Academy is named after legendary Rudolph Nureyev, who was a star of the London Royal Ballet for over fifteen years and the permanent partner of Margot Fonteyn, the company’s prima ballerina. The heritage of the greatest dancer of the 20th century, his high professionalism and self devotion makes the Ballet Academy one of the world’s best choreographic schools.
Julie Felix in Concert - Year of the Tiger
17th October 2010
Julie Felix is a true icon of the swinging 60s and the protest movement that went with it. This legendary folk/rock singer/songwriter arrived in England in 1964. Within a year she had released her first album, filled the Albert Hall and become resident singer on The Frost Report.
Peter Alliss - An Evening with the “Voice of Golf”
21st October 2010
With his father, Percy Alliss, being amongst the finest players of his generation, it was perhaps inevitable that Peter would also make a career in golf. Percy hired Peter as his unpaid assistant at Ferndown Golf Club, allowing him time off during midweek to compete in tournaments.
Roy Orbison & Friends Live in Concert
22nd October 2010
Barry Steele, who portrays the Big O, has toured extensively across the UK, Denmark, New Zealand, Holland, Belgium and Germany. He performed as the Big O to rave reviews in the hit show Rockin on Heavens Door, before leaving in April 2009 to concentrate on his own show.
Boris Godunov - Mussorgsky
23rd - 29th October 2010
Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky’s soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation.
The Billy Fury Story - Halfway to Paradise
24th October 2010
Now in its 14th sensational year on tour, Billy’s own original band, Fury’s Tornados, join with Colin Gold, first seen on Stars in Their Eyes, for this incredible show.
High School Rocks
27th October 2010
A high energy, foot stomping, totally interactive production featuring all the very best hits from High School Musical 1, 2 and 3, Hannah Montana, Camp Rock and Glee!
Frankenstein - The year without a summer - At Shelley Manor
27th - 30th October 2010
The Dorset Corset Theatre Company bring their own unique style of theatrical magic, live music and drama to this fantastic tale that will thrill audiences across the south! Performed in the as yet unrestored Shelley Theatre in Shelley Manor by candelight.
The Screwtape Letters by C S Lewis
28th October 2010
This award winning satirical comedy is set in Professor Screwtape’s study in the timeless dominion of Hell. The play follows his attempts to train two junior devils, including his nephew Wormwood, in the fine art of temptation.
Katy Setterfield as I’m Every Woman in Concert
30th October 2010
Following her acclaimed solo tour and sell out residences in Las Vegas and Europe, Katy is delighted to present her brand new one woman show, celebrating the music and style of some of the legendary Queens of Pop: from bee-hived soul legend Dusty, through to the iconic Cher, Annie Lennox, Tina Turner and much, much more.
Tamara Drewe
31st October - 3rd November 2010
Certificate: 15
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale
Frankenstein: The Year Without A Summer
2nd November 2010
In May 1816 Mary and Percy Shelley travelled to Lake Geneva to stay with the infamous Lord Bryon. It was here, late at night by candlelight, that Mary discussed her fascination of the medical experiments of the 18th century, specifically the ability of animating dead matter and the horrors of restoring a corpse to life.
Around the World with P & P - Poole & Parkstone Productions
5th - 6th November 2010
Join P & P as they take you on a journey of musicals around the world.
Juke Box Legends
7th November 2010
If you can remember spinning all those 45s on a giant Art Deco Wurlitzer at your local Milk Bar, this show is for you!
The Band of the Royal British Legion Christchurch Armistice Concert 2010
9th November 2010
The RBL Band Christchurch return for another Armistice Concert after the success of their concert in 2008 in support of the Band and the local Poppy Appeal.
Joe Brown
12th November 2010
This country’s premier rock & roll legend Joe Brown is back! 2008 marked Joe’s 50th year as a professional entertainer and he truly is one of this country’s best loved, enduring, and most acclaimed musicians.
Don Pasquale - Donizetti
13th - 20th November 2010
James Levine, Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, John Del Carbo. Anna Netrebko returns to the role that made her a Met star
Metamorphosis (Studio Theatre)
19th - 21st November 2010
Inspired by Franz Kafka's renowned story - the parable of Gregor Saamsa, a humble, industrious man, who, upon waking one norning, finds himself transformed into a gigantic beetle-like insect. Hisd metamorphosis is physical and psychological, and through his harrowing and absurdly comic journey Gregor comes to represent the quintesential outsider and alien. Tickets £10, £9.00 concessions.
South Pacific
24th - 27th November 2010
Considered by most critics to be among the greatest musicals of the twentieth century the story for Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1949 musical, South Pacific, is drawn from a Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel by James A. Michener, entitled Tales of the South Pacific, which dealt largely with the issue of racism
Don Carlo - Verdi
11th December 2010
Director Nicholas Hytner makes his MET debut with this new production of Verdi's profound, beautiful and most ambitious opera
Beyond The Barricade
17th December 2010
Back by over whelming public demand, the most successful and popular touring show of its kind ‘Beyond the Barricade’ returns with a ‘Brand New 2010’ production of the show.
La Fanciulla Del West
8th January 2011
Puccini’s wild-west opera had its world premiere in 1910 at the Met. Now, on the occasion of its centennial, all-American diva Deborah Voigt sings the title role of the “girl of the golden west,” starring opposite Marcello Giordani. Nicola Luisotti conducts
Iphigenie en Tauride - Gluck
26th February 2011
Susan Graham and Plácido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also returns to Stephen Wadsworth’s insightful production, first seen in 2007. Patrick Summers conducts
Lucia Di Lammermoor - Donizetti
19th March 2011
Natalie Dessay triumphed as the fragile heroine of Donizetti’s masterpiece on Opening Night of the 2007–08 season in Mary Zimmerman’s hit production. Now she returns to the role of the innocent young woman driven to madness, opposite Joseph Calleja, who sings her lover Edgardo
Le Comte Ory - Rossini
9th April 2011
Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau
Capriccio - Strauss
23rd April 2011
On Opening Night of the 2008–09 season, Renée Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang the final scene of Strauss’s wise and worldly meditation on art and life. Now she performs the entire work, in which the composer explores the essence of opera itself. Matthew Polenzani and Sarah Connolly also star, and Andrew Davis conducts.
Il Trovatore - Verdi
30th April 2011
David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered in the 2008–09 season. James Levine leads this revival, starring four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.
Die Walkure - Wagner
14th May 2011
A stellar cast comes together for this second installment of Robert Lepage’s new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine. Bryn Terfel is Wotan, lord of the Gods. Deborah Voigt adds the part of Brünnhilde to her extensive Wagnerian repertoire at the Met. Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek star as the twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde, and Stephanie Blythe is Fricka.
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