Brendan Cole: A Night to Remember
Thursday 4 February, Concert Hall, 7.30pm, £37, £35, £33, £30
Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole is once again set to dazzle audiences across the UK with his latest show A Night To Remember. Brendan will host throughout as he leads his cast on a journey of music and dance in a spectacular night of theatrical entertainment. Loaded with ballroom magic and Latin excitement, Brendan’s newest live music and dance extravaganza will be 2016’s must see show!
The Magic of Motown
Friday 5 February, Theatre, 7.30pm, £26.50, £22.50, £19.50, £16.50
The unstoppable Magic of Motown embarks on a super-sensational nationwide tour that also honours the 50th anniversary of chart-topping single Reach Out I’ll Be There. Revel in hit after hit by solid-gold artistes including the Supremes, Temptations, Jackson 5, Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and more.
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler
Friday 5 February, Theatre, 7.45pm, £14
Multi award-winning comedian, adventurer and world record holder Tim FitzHigham has lots of bad ideas (he rowed the English Channel in a bathtub). Now, inspired by centuries-old bets, recorded in the betting books of revered gentlemen’s clubs, Tim attempts a host of new feats including pushing a wheelbarrow 25 miles, in a bet with Top Gear’s Richard Hammond (as first attempted by Goliath Shadbolt in 1789), standing on one leg for 12 hours (a bet from the year 1815), cycling from London to Dover before his friend can draw a million dots and more besides!
Mini BSO Family Concert
Saturday 6 February, Theatre, 11.15am, Adults £7, Children £4
The Mini BSO return with another fun and lively concert filled with rhythm, vitality and tunes galore. A great introduction to the world of the symphony orchestra and classical music.
Locus Amoenus
Saturday 6 February, Studio, 8pm, £12
Three strangers catch a train at 5.07am. An hour later, the train is derailed and all three are killed. What thoughts go through the minds of people who don’t know they are about to die? Catalan theatre company ATRESBANDES are rapidly establishing a reputation as creators of sharp, perceptive work for international audiences.
The Classic Rock Show
Saturday 6 February, Concert Hall, 7.30pm, £32.50, £22.50
A virtuoso band of the finest musicians on the planet will take you on a two and a half hour foot-stomping ride featuring the music of The Who, Led Zeppelin, ELO, Bruce Springsteen, ZZ Top, Van Halen, AC/DC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Queen, & much, much more! This show will rock you to your core … classic rock doesn’t get any better than this!
BSO Concert: Great Britons
Wednesday 10 February, Concert Hall, 7.30pm, £42, £34, £31, £29, £26, £23, £14.50
MacMillan – Little Mass
Mendelssohn – Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage
Elgar – Enigma Variations
Kirill Karabits
The MacMillan Choir
Dr John Cooper Clarke
Wednesday 10 February, Theatre, 7.45pm
Dr John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original ‘people’s poet’. Since then his career has spanned cultures, audiences, art forms and continents.His latest show is a mix of classic verse, extraordinary new material, and hilarious ponderings on modern life, good honest gags, riffs and chat – a chance to witness a living legend at the top of his game.
Secondary Cause of Death
Thursday 11 – Friday 12 February, Theatre, 7.45pm, £16
Inspector Pratt arrives at Bagshot House with grim news for Colonel Craddock, but that’s just the beginning. Who is the strange Polish Count? Is Henrietta really an army Captain? How does the eccentric thespian, Longfellow fit in to the equation? These are just some of the characters who make Pratt’s return a chaotic nightmare as the bodies pile higher and higher. Starring Jeffrey Holland (Hi-de-Hi!), Judy Buxton (On the Up) and David Callister (The Bill).
Mads Mathias
Friday 12 February, Studio, 8pm, £13
Already a star in his native Denmark, where he regularly fronts the Danish Radio Big Band, Mads Mathias is a vocalist/songwriter and saxophonist, who has captured the hearts of music lovers with his charismatic performances, spirited personality and creative original songs.
The Ugly Duckling
Saturday 13 February, Studio, 11am & 2pm, £7, Family Ticket £25
Join in the adventures of this famous ‘under-dog’ in Hans Christian Andersen’s much-loved tale of transformation, brought to you in Thingumajig’s house style – beautiful puppet characters, live music, captivating story-telling and a generous sprinkling of theatre magic.
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Saturday 13 February, Theatre, 7.30pm, £13.50
Experience an extraordinary collection of short films from the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival. Follow the expeditions of some of today’s most incredible adventurers, see amazing footage of adrenaline packed action sports and be inspired by thought-provoking pieces shot from the far flung corners of the globe.
BSO Concert: Heroes and Aliens
Saturday 13 February, Concert Hall, 7.30pm, £34.75, £30.75, £26.75, £24.75, £21.75, £16.75, £11.75
Join Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and boldly go where no orchestra has gone before in another fantastic blockbuster concert featuring music from some of the most iconic and successful space movies of all time, including Apollo 13, Star Wars, Star Trek, ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Avatar and War of the Worlds … plus many more. Conductor: Pete Harrison
Armonico Consort – Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) / Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)
Tuesday 16 February, Theatre, 7.30pm, £20, £18, £16
Whilst Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas is the only complete opera written during his short life,
it has become a work at the heart of British musical heritage. One of the world’s leading baroque voices, Elin Manahan Thomas, performs the title role in this stunning and dramatic
concert performance of the first masterpiece in English opera. From the short life of one composer to another, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian court composer who died at the age of just 26. Written in the final weeks of his life, this deeply moving piece is widely recognised as the definitive setting of the spiritual text, and has been described as ‘the master work of Latin music’.
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Tuesday 16 February, Studio, 8pm, £12
Platform 4 presents The Legend of the Holy Drinker, based on the novella by Joseph Roth. A bar in the Rue de Tournon, Paris; it is 2.00a.m; closing time, but two street performers persuade a tired landlady to give them one ‘last’ drink and to hear their story. Three performers, one puppet, a ukulele and an accordion, songs, dance, a bar, the night, a drink or two … and ‘The Legend of the Holy drinker’.
The Magic Beanstalk
Wednesday 17 February, Studio, 11am & 2pm, £7, Family Ticket £25
A new show for primary school children, their teachers, carers and families. Set in present day Cornwall, beautiful hand carved puppets, illusion and amazing experiments are used to re-tell the classic story of Jack and the Giant who lives through the clouds and over the rainbow.
BSO Concert: Hadelich Plays Tchaikovsky
Wednesday 17 February, Concert Hall, 7.30pm, £42, £34, £31, £29, £26, £23, £14.50
Stravinsky – Dumbarton Oaks
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto
Schumann – Symphony No.1 “Spring”
Kirill Karabits
Augustin Hadelich
Pongo’s Party
Thursday 18 February, Studio, 2pm, £11, Childern £9, Family Ticket £36
A brand new show with CBeebies’ Justin Fletcher and Nicole Davis as the voices of Pongo the Pig and Molly-Moo the Cow. Today is the day that Pongo the Pig has been waiting for – that’s right, it’s his birthday!
Brian Conley: Alive and Dangerous
Friday 19 February, Theatre, 8pm, £22.50
The multi-talented and irrepressible Brian Conley returns to the stage in this all-new show. Showcasing his many talents, there’ll be singing, laughs, and much, much more in this latest variety show from one of Britain’s most loved performers.
Youth Makes Music
Friday 19 February, Concert Hall, 7pm, £9.50
The Salvation Army presents its annual Youth Makes Music concert.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: The Minging Detective Tour
Friday 19 February,Studio, 8pm, £12
Earth’s funniest footwear return with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence with extra added satire, and cops and robbers. This show tackles crime, plus includes the best of their recent sketches and brand new stuff too. Will it be Pump Fiction, The 39 Insteps or The Usual Sockspects?
The Remarkable Tale of Oliver Twist
Saturday 20 February, Studio, 3pm, £9, Family Ticket £30
Everyone has heard of the small boy who dares to ask for more, but do you know the original story of Oliver Twist? Packed full of surprises for a modern audience, Red Earth’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s masterpiece recreates a colourful cast of larger than life characters on stage. Sign Language Integrated & Captioned Theatre.
Kodo
Saturday 20 February, Concert Hall, 7.30pm, £28.50, £25, £22.50, £19.50
Taking Kodo to yet another frontier, this new performance transcends the real world to enter one where sacred beasts appear. This mysterious experience will transport the audience into darkness, a place with a nostalgic air that conjures the spirit of the Japanese people and their indigenous nature. Through the music of Kodo the profound world of ‘mystery’ will unfold.
BSO Concert: Fantastic Berlioz
Wednesday 24 February, Concert Hall, 7.30pm, £42, £34, £31, £29, £26, £23, £14.50
Mussorgsky – A Night on the Bare Mountain
Scriabin – Piano Concerto
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Alexander Vedernikov
Yevgeny Sudbin
NT Live: As You Like It
Thursday 25 February, Cinema, 7pm, £15
Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre for the first time in over 30 years, with Rosalie Craig (London Road, Macbeth at MIF) as Rosalind. With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden. There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love.
Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio
Friday 26 February, Studio, 8pm, £14
Dennis has been at the forefront of British jazz for two decades as a soloist and leader, while also appearing as a virtuosic sideman for many funk and pop bands. The Veolcity Trio is Rollins’ latest project – a brilliant marriage of contemporary jazz arrangements with simmering grooves.
The Mousetrap
Monday 29 February – Saturday 5 March, Theatre, Evenings 7.45pm, Wed & Sat matinee 2.30pm
The legendary, record-breaking, Box Office smash hit thriller returns! In her own inimitable style, Dame Agatha Christie has created an atmosphere of shuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricate plot where murder lurks around every corner.
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