Join Dynamix Dance Academy for a night at the movies! We’ll be dancing and singing along to your favourite soundtracks and theme songs from iconic movies, old and new! So grab your popcorn, switch off your phones, and experience the cinema, LIVE!
Out hunting, Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans. One among them transforms into the beautiful human Odette and he is immediately enamoured. But Odette is bound by a spell which keeps her captive as a swan during the day. Can Siegfried free her?
Tchaikovsky’s sensational score combines with the evocative imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane to heighten the dramatic pathos of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s quintessential ballet classic. Swan Lake remains to this day one of the best-loved works in the classical ballet canon.
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Created to celebrate 200 years since Clara Wieck Schumann’s birth in 1819, I, Clara tells her extraordinary life story in her own words. It is the sixth Composer Portrait created by Lucy Parham, receiving its London premiere at Kings Place in October 2019. Lucy Parham is joined for this special performance by internationally acclaimed actor Dame Harriet Walter
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An exciting programme opening with the 'Poet and Peasant Overture,' followed by 'Night on the Bare Mountain,' which will transport you to a terrifying world of demons on a stormy mountain top. The evening will end with Borodin Symphony no.2, a four movement symphony, which packs a powerful musical punch with a triumphant and thrilling finale.
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Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet's score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda conducts an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina performing the title role.
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Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.
Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia will be broadcast live from the National Theatre.
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King Leontes of Sicilia is crippled with an all-consuming jealousy when his friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia, stays with him and his wife Hermione. What follows is a tale where a marriage is destroyed, a child is abandoned and all hope is seemingly lost for two lovers.
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Winter's Tale is an award winning modern ballet classic, packed with emotional turmoil heightened by Joby Talbot’s compelling score and Bob Crowley’s atmospheric designs.
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The peaceful village of Bebko is alive with joyous celebrations. Suddenly, under attack, everything changes forever. Three siblings, Leto, Mati and Tana, must embark on perilous journeys in order to survive.
Message In A Bottle is a spectacular new dance-theatre show from five-time Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince, inspired by and set to the iconic hits of 17-time Grammy Award- winning artist Sting, including Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Walking On The Moon and more. With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, high-energy footwork and breath-taking athleticism, Message In A Bottle tells a unifying and uplifting story of humanity and hope.
Message In A Bottle is the latest masterpiece from the ground breaking creator behind West End hits Some Like it Hip Hop, Into the Hoods, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (choreography) and SYLVIA (Old Vic), and features the astonishing talents of dance storytelling powerhouse, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company.
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The award winning Abingdon Concert Band and the Marsh Tompsett School of Dance join forces for an afternoon of 'Dance Music'. Covering a wide range of dance styles the concert will feature music from Riverdance, West Side Story, Putin' on the Ritz, 42nd Street and more with some fantastic dancers accompanying the live music.
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At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Chénier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gérard, the man who could destroy him...
Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar’s spectacular staging, under the baton of long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano – who conducts Giordano’s epic historical drama of revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.
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We are delighted to offer you the opportunity to join us for the latest in our popular series of rugby evenings with another iconic name from the World of rugby, Shane Williams MBE.
Shane is considered to be one of the greatest wingers ever to play Rugby Union, playing 87 times for Wales and a further 4 times for the Lions. He is Wales' record try scorer and the 4th on the World all time list. He was voted World Player of the Year in 2008. Since retiring, Shane has built a great reputation as a pundit and businessman as well as staying fit by completing many Iron Man challenges.
Shane has a wealth of stories and insights into a glittering career and it promises to be an evening to remember.
We will chat to Shane about his career and then follow with an opportunity for the audience to get involved with a Q&A session.
Tickets are priced at £20 plus booking fee. There are also a limited number of VIP Tickets available priced at £40 plus booking fee which will include a “Meet & Greet” with Shane, a photo opportunity and ONE signature from the man himself plus seats in the front two rows.
PLEASE NOTE THERE MAY BE SOME ADULT LANGUAGE
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Mostly Books presents: An Evening with Reverend Richard Coles as part of our Independent Bookshop Week celebrations.
Richard Coles is a writer, broadcaster and an Anglican priest. He co-presented Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 for eleven years and appears, from time to time, on QI, Have I Got News For You, and Would I Lie To You? He has won Christmas Masterchef, Celebrity Mastermind twice, and captained Leeds to victory in Christmas University Challenge in 2019. A contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, he scored a lamentably low mark for a Paso Doble.
He writes regularly for the Sunday Times, and is the author of half a dozen books, including a bestselling autobiography, Fathomless Riches, and the bereavement bestseller The Madness of Grief, after the death of his partner, Rev David Coles. Murder Before Evensong and A Death in the Parish, the first two books in the Canon Clement Mystery series, were both instant number 1 Sunday Times bestsellers. Murder at the Monastery is the third book in the series.
Canon Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover takes respite at the monastery where he was a novice. But the monastery doesn't allow the break he needs, for tensions are building there too. A mysterious death occurs, and Daniel thinks it might be murder.
Meanwhile back at Champton, Daniel is the subject of village gossip, his mother Audrey is up to something again, there's trouble at the dress shop, trouble up at the big house, and the puppies are running riot.
As dark secrets unfold, can Daniel solve the mystery at the monastery without the help of Detective Seargeant Neil Vanloo?
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Melbourne sister duo Charm of Finches deliver intricate folk-pop that is simultaneously graceful and darkly bewitching. Their seamless blood harmonies traverse melancholy and wonder in equal measure.
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Mini Professionals Dance Academy celebrates their 10th Anniversary in style with their incredible Summer Showcase! Students aged 2 to 18 will take to the stage presenting dances in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, contemporary, tap and music theatre. The show will take you on a journey through the ages celebrating music from the 1920s to present day, as well as delving into what the future might hold. This show is not to be missed!
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