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A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT’S ON DURING OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015
ROH LIVE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Mon 05 Oct @ 6.45pm, Encore – Sun 11 Oct @ 2pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Opera in four acts Sung in Italian Often considered a perfect opera, Le nozze di Figaro represents Mozart’s genius at its most lively and delightful. Based on a play that was originally banned for its political content, the fast-moving libretto creates realistic characters made even more human by Mozart’s outstanding music. David McVicar’s popular staging of this comedy returns in the hands of the leading British conductor Ivor Bolton. The cast is led by the star bass Erwin Schrott, who has sung the role to great acclaim at Covent Garden before, partnered with star Romanian soprano Anita Hartig in the role of Susanna.
BALLAD OF MARTHA BROWN - ANGEL EXIT THEATRE Wed 07 Oct @ 7.30pm Angel Exit’s latest original drama is based on the life and times of Martha Brown, the last woman publicly hanged in Dorset in 1856. It is a tale of jealousy and passion; a murder, a wrongly accused horse, a black silk dress, the hangman from London and the mob at the hang-fair who gawp in glee. Standing close to the gallows, on that fateful day, was the young Thomas Hardy, who was haunted by the hanging: “I remember what a fine figure she showed against the sky as she hung in the misty rain and how the tight black silk gown set off her shape as she wheeled half round and back.” Presented in the company’s rich visual style, blending inventive storytelling and striking physicality, this show is spliced through with wicked humour, an original score, live music and macabre songs.
LIVE SCREENING –
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Thurs 08 Oct @ 7.15pm Don’t miss celebrated actor and Poirot star David Suchet as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s much loved masterpiece which is being broadcast LIVE to cinemas from London’s Vaudeville Theatre. Directed by Adrian Noble (Amadeus, The King’s Speech, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Wilde’s superb satire on Victorian manners is one of the funniest plays in the English language – the delightful repartee and hilarious piercing of hypocrisy and pomposity will make you laugh out loud!
TRISH CLOWES QUINTET Sat 10 Oct @ 8pm
Saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes’ star is firmly in the ascendant. Her music explores a fascinating hinterland between jazz and contemporary classical music, combining fluent, thrilling improvisation with languid, evocative melodic lines and shifting textures. She creates moods and sensations with quiet intensity - potential modern standards combining innovation with her love of the jazz tradition. Whilst Clowes’ playing has often been compared to that of Stan Getz, her major influence is Wayne Shorter. Tonight’s performance features star pianist Gwilym Simcock alongside Chris Montague (guitar), Calum Gourlay (bass) and Joshua Blackmore(drums). “Trish Clowes is one of the most agile and original jugglers of
improv and adventurous composition to have appeared in the UK in recent times”-John Fordham, the Guardian.
NT LIVE – HAMLET Thurs 15 Oct @ 7pm Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart.
Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
SECKOU KEITA Sat 17 Oct @ 8pm The extraordinary Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita is striking out in 2015 with a new solo album and UK tour. Variously described as a ‘griot (praise singer), composer, djembe master, virtuoso and pioneer’, Seckou is a rare type of musician, seated in tradition whilst constantly pushing the boundaries of his art. A true master of the kora - a 22 stringed West African harp - Seckou, from the Casamance area of Southern Senegal, was a childhood prodigy, born of a line of griots and kings. In his new album 22 Strings, Seckou gives us the kora in its purest guise, a wondrous instrument that can soothe the bloodlust of warriors and take the human spirit to a place of deep meditation, stillness and beauty.
LT COL CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
OBE - LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE Sun 18 Oct @ 2.30pm Lieutenant Colonel Chris Davis OBE BA(Hons) MMus DMA LRAM gives a personal insight into life in the Royal Marines Band Service. Come and hear a fascinating insight into Chris’
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