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September 2019
FILM: ROCKETMAN (15)
An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years. ★★★★★"A sequin-encrusted delight. On paper it reads like a by-the-book biopic; on screen it explodes with the kind of colour and energy that only Elton John himself could invoke."Empire. Full review ★★★★★Taron Egerton is terrific as the singer, but the real star of this electric biopic is director Dexter Fletcher. FULL GUARDIAN REVIEW ★★★★★"The colors are stunning, the settings are striking and the energy is irresistible."…
Find out more »October 2019
Screening: Wise Children
★★★★★ ‘Fantastic. Life-enhancing, brilliantly uninhibited, all-singing and dancing... Stars? I’m not sure why you would stop at five.’ The Observer ★★★★★ ‘It's pure, unadulterated theatre with an airtight company, subject, direction, and production. Rice not only blind-casts the whole piece, but single-handedly gives a masterclass on how to play with gender.’ Broadway World Wise Children By Angela Carter Multi-award-winning director Emma Rice brings her unique, exuberantly impish vision to Angela Carter’s great last novel in this brand-new theatre production. A…
Find out more »LIVE THEATRE: Hey Diddle Diddle
Book for 11am show Book for 1.30pm show Goblin Presents - Hey Diddle Diddle A hilarious adventure filled with music and puppetry, for ages 3+. We have two shows at 11am and 1.30pm for public and group booking Please note priority booking offered to all the primary schools . Show duration approx 1hr When the full moon shines bright here’s magic in the air, and all the animals come out to play.…
Find out more »November 2019
42nd Street – The Musical
42nd Street – The Musical Filmed live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London now on SpArC's big screen ★★★★★ ‘Achingly beautiful revival of an American classic’ THE TELEGRAPH ★★★★★‘Glorious’ THE EXPRESS ★★★★★ ‘Utterly moreish extravaganza of glitz’ THE TIMES ★★★★★‘Extraordinary’THE STAGE 42nd Street, the legendary Broadway musical theatre classic, is a ‘glorious’ (★★★★★ Express) and ‘utterly moreish extravaganza of glitz’ (★★★★★ Times). Telling the story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her…
Find out more »Afternoon Film: Calamity Jane (PG)
★★★★★ Calamity Jane is a 1953 American Technicolor western musical film loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane, and explores an alleged romance between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok in the American Old West. In the lonely Deadwood, Dakota, territory, sharpshooter Calamity Jane (Doris Day) falls for cavalry Lt. Danny Gilmartin (Philip Carey) when she is forced to rescue him from the Indians. Recognizing that the women-starved townsmen long for a "real" woman, Calamity journeys to Chicago to bring back…
Find out more »LIVE: MID WALES OPERA: Mrs Peachum’s Guide to Love and Marriage
PLEASE NOTE: The tickets are sold through Shropshire Music Trust's Ticket Source there may be a booking fee. We are thrilled to be hosting Mid Wales Opera at Sparc for the second year in collaboration with Shropshire Music Trust. "The Wench is married! Do you think your father and I should have liv'd comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Can you support the expense of a husband, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money…
Find out more »LIVE: Castle Player’s Christmas Extravaganza
Tickets on sale soon Friday 29th November 7.30pm Saturday 30th November 2pm & 6.30pm Join our much loved Castle Players for a Festive Feast! Sketches, skits. song, dance, silliness merriment and a truck load of Christmas Spirit! Come along and enjoy a few panto sketches while singing some favourite Christmas songs. More info soon.... J
Find out more »December 2019
LIVE: Mike Sanchez
TICKETS ON SALE SOON We can't believe he's coming to SpArC Theatre Get your dancing shoes on - there will be dancing! British singer and pianist Mike Sanchez is one of the most exciting and charismatic performers of Rhythm & Blues and Rock 'n' Roll in the world today. His indelible image as a frenetic front man, pumping powerful boogie-woogie from the piano, has won him fans from all over the world and attracted a following from many famous rock…
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