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October 2022
Live Music : Clun Valley Jazz: Matt Ridley Quintet & Fergus McCredie’s Trio
For details and to book your reservations Text 07768 504322 or Email clunvalleyjazz@gmail.com Saturday 22nd October Matt Ridley Quintet Following on from two critically acclaimed albums on the Whirlwind Recordings label, accomplished bassist and composer Matt Ridley strikes out again with a new quintet featuring some rising stars of the UK jazz scene. Ridley is joined by his go-to drummer of 8 years, George Hart, longtime collaborator Ant Law, and the recent pairing of Tom Hewson on piano and the young Alex Hitchcock on…
Find out more »November 2022
Live Music: Mick Hutton’s Boat-Rockers featuring Mark Cherrie support from Rattle
This will be one of those nights you don't want top miss! Mick Hutton moved to Bishops Castle from London during lockdown following 38 years as a well known jazz bass player performing and recording with musicians as diverse as Nigel Kennedy, Paul Weller, Jack Bruce and Humphrey Lyttleton. For this UNHCR charity concert he has secured some of the best musicians from London's contemporary scene for an exciting programme of music ranging from calypso to jazz with much in…
Find out more »December 2022
SOLD OUT John Kirkpatrick – Carolling & Crumpets
SOLD OUT! Please email liz@sparctheatre.co.uk to go on the waiting list for tickets. We are delighted to welcome John to SpArC Theatre. Taking its title from John’s unforgettable song telling the Nativity story from the point of view of the animals in the stable, this show is a heart-warming look at the timeless rituals found in the folklore and folk music of England at Midwinter. This is also the official Launch of John's new Album- Joy & Jubilation out on…
Find out more »February 2023
Royal Opera House: Barber of Seville
Via Satellite With vocal fireworks, scheming lovers and one very busy barber, Rossini’s comic opera is packed with fun and mischief. When Rosina falls in love with a mysterious young suitor who calls himself Lindoro, she must use all her cunning – and a little help from her local barber – to outwit her calculating guardian Dr Bartolo. Expect heart-melting serenades, ridiculous disguises and a fairytale ending waiting just out of reach. From the barber’s famous opening number ‘Largo al…
Find out more »LIVE MUSIC : Sticky Wicket Swing Dance Night
Bishop’s Castle Arts festival "Sticky Wicket will be bringing a selection of fine musicians from his much acclaimed 17piece Swing Orchestra to be part of the 2023 Bishops Castle Arts Festival for a 'Saturday night dance' at SpArC Theatre on February 25th. On the night the 7piece Swing Band with vocalist Linda Morris will be performing well known tunes from the Swing era with Jive and Rock 'n Roll in there for good measure. Linda is in fact moving to Shropshire…
Find out more »March 2023
LIVE MUSIC COMEDY: GRAFFITI CLASSICS
Comedy Cabaret String Quartet Graffiti Classics bursts the elitist boundaries of the traditional String Quartet with its hilarious all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy show. “They had the audience falling off their seats with laughter”Western Gazette 16 strings, 8 dancing feet and 4 voices with 1 aim: to make classical music wickedly funny and fantastically exhilarating. Graffiti Classics bursts the boundaries of the traditional String Quartet with its hilarious all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy cabaret show. “Graffiti simply mesmerised the audience” Enfield Independent…
Find out more »LIVE MUSIC: SIROM
Širom Slovenian 'imaginary folk' instrumental trio. Handmade and global instrumentation meets fearless sound exploration The intertwining of diverse musical approaches and tools, histories of sounds and unbridled musical imagination and craftmanship is the expansive guiding principle of the Širom trio, whose members stem from the regions of Prekmurje, Tolminsko and Kras. More than a dozen instruments can be found in the repertoire of Iztok Koren, Samo Kutin and Ana Kravanja and at least as many given musical forms that can be…
Find out more »April 2023
The Royal Ballet: Cinderella
Screening via satellite A new production of the much-loved Royal Ballet fairytale classic. Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary this Season. The ballet’s opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received rapturously. After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story returns, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score. A creative…
Find out more »The Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Director David McVicar brings out the revolutionary elements in Mozart’s great comic opera of intrigue, misunderstanding and forgiveness. Servants Figaro and Susanna are filled with excitement on their wedding day, but there’s a hitch: their employer, the Count Almaviva, has dishonourable intentions of his own towards the bride-to-be. With more twists than a page boy’s stockings, the story of Mozart’s comic opera will surprise and delight you at every turn. Come for the music and stay for the cross-dressing…
Find out more »May 2023
LIVE MUSIC: Des & Dan
"Two of the UK's best singer-songwriters reunite to bring their songs and stories to the stage. Des Horsfall Has opened for Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Joe Ely over the years. His last record the critically -acclaimed "The Bastard's Tin" featured members of Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance and a duet with Pete Townsend. MORE ABOUT DES Dan Raza has toured with Joan Armatrading and his songs featured on Neil Young's Living With War website. In recent years, he has also branched…
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