What's On

42nd Street The Musical 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 big break on Broadway, this is the largest ever staging of the Tony Award-winning musical and it was filmed live at the magnificent Theatre Royal in the heart of London’s West End. Starring national treasure Bonnie Langford as Dorothy Brock and featuring iconic songs 42nd Street, We’re In The Money and Lullaby of Broadway, this is pure magic on the big screen.

Cert: PG Running time: 144 mins (including intermission) Dates: Fri 24 Booking and More Information

Back To Black (15) Dir: Sam Taylor-Johnson | UK, USA | 2024 | Run time TBC
Cast | Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville

The story of Amy Winehouse, her phenomenal talent and stratospheric rise to fame.

Nowhere Boy director and artist Sam Taylor-Johnson’s hotly awaited biopic follows singer Amy Winehouse (Marisa Abela) from her early days in Camden through to the making of her groundbreaking 2006 album, Back to Black, which catapulted her to global fame.

Told through Winehouse’s eyes and inspired by her profoundly personal lyrics, Back to Black explores the making of an iconic artist, her triumphs and struggles in the public eye, and the tumultuous and painful love story at the centre of her sensational music. With Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville.

Dates: Fri 10, Sat 11, Tue 14 Booking and More Information

Biberty Bobbity Boobies - Adult Panto Productions In a far off magic Kingdom
Fairy Hanny is at play,
She's altered all our treasured songs,
To bring you naughty caberet.

So join us at the Guildhall
To hum or dance along,
For you'll recognise the music
But the lyrics will all be wrong.
Dates: Fri 17 Booking and More Information

Carmen - Royal Opera The Royal Opera
Bizet CARMEN
[New production]
Cast: Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczala, Kostas Smoriginas, Blaise Malaba, Sarah Dufresne, Olga Kulchynska, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Pierre Doyen, Vincent Ordonneau, Grisha Martirosyan
Conductor: Antonello Manacorda | Director: Damiano Michieletto
LIVE: Wednesday 1 May 2024, 6.45pm BST
ENCORE: Sunday 5 May 2024, 2pm BST
Running time 225 minutes (TBC), One interval
Sung in French with English subtitles

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 and Emmanuel Villaume conduct an exciting international cast with Aigul Akhmetshina in the title role. Dates: Wed 01 Booking and More Information

Challengers (15) Dir: Luca Guadagnino | USA | 2024 | 131 mins
Cast | Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist

Zendaya plays a romantically challenged tennis pro in the ménage à trois sports drama by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Bones and All, I Am Love), scripted by playwright Justin Kuritzkes (Guadagnino’s repeat collaborator on the upcoming Queer) and sound-tracked by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

A former tennis prodigy turned coach, Tashi (Zendaya) lands on a surprising strategy to bring her former champion husband Art (Mike Faist) back to form – a ‘Challenger’ match against the washed-up Patrick (Josh O’Connor) – Art’s ex-best friend, and Tashi’s former lover. As the trio reunite, memories of their youthful love triangle arise and new feelings of jealousy, lust and betrayal come to the fore. Tashi must ask herself: what will it cost her to win?

One of the most feverishly anticipated films of 2024, Challengers promises to be a punchy, sensationally watchable blend of romance, tennis and high drama, both on and off the court.
Dates: Fri 31 Booking and More Information

Civil War (15) Dir: Alex Garland | UK, USA | 2024 | 109 mins
Cast | Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nick Offerman

An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a fractured America balanced on a razor's edge.

Sparking discussion (and fear) around its release in a US election year, with the tribalism of American politics consistently hovering around fever pitch following the January 6 riots, Ex Machina and Men writer-director Alex Garland’s dystopian action thriller envisions the ultimate breach: a second US Civil War.

In a near-future dystopia, the US has been torn apart under the authoritarian rule of a three-term president (Nick Offerman). Amidst a backdrop of spiralling violence, a journalist (Kirsten Dunst) makes her way across the freshly divided states of America.
Dates: Fri 17, Sat 18 Booking and More Information

Dean Friedman In Concert Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Dean Friedman has achieved legendary, pop-icon status for chart-topping hits, Ariel, Lucky Stars, Lydia, McDonald’s Girl and more.

Following Friedman's sold-out, 40th Anniversary Tour, Friedman returns to the stage armed with a stunning collection of his insightful and compelling, true-to-life ‘story songs’ - songs of pathos and humor that deal with family, friends, neighbors, work and the seemingly trivial, yet ultimately essential stuff of everyday life.

"Soundtrack of our lives!" – NYTimes; "Songsmith extraordinaire!” – MusicWeek; “Dean Friedman is entirely unique and utterly brilliant” – ThreeWeeks; “Stunning Musicianship!” - Hot Press

In addition to his familiar radio hits, album releases and touring, Friedman composes and produces music soundtracks for TV and film, including the music to the hit Central TV series BOON, NBC’s Eerie Indiana, Nickelodeon’s Nick Arcade and the indie horror classic, ‘I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle’. He’s also published a respected tome on the art and craft of songwriting titled, ‘The Songwriter’s Handbook’, based on songwriting workshops and songwriting masterclasses he’s conducted at universities and music conservatories around the world, including L.I.P.A. (the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts).

A consummate entertainer, Friedman will be performing solo, on guitar and keyboard, featuring songs from throughout his four-decade career, including familiar, radio hits and fan favorites, drawn from his eight studio albums. Invite family and friends and join Friedman for an evening of powerful, poignant and hilarious songs about the ordinary and extraordinary lives we share. Dates: Fri 03 Booking and More Information

Disco Toddlers 2024 Dates: Mon 20 Booking and More Information

Drag Bingo Evolution - May Dates: Fri 10 Booking and More Information

Forever Elton - The Greatest Hits Award winning film composer Phil Mountford brings his band to the Guildhall Arts to pay tribute to the music of most enduringly successful singer/songwriters of their generation, Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
With a back catalogue and sales that was only exceeded by Elvis and The Beatles, Phil and his band performs all the greatest hits to perfection and totally live.

Take a musical journey with us, as you hear Elton's best loved songs that include Your Song, I’m Still Standing, Circle Of Life, Crocodile Rock, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down, Benny And The Jets, Candle in the Wind and many more.

So if you’re a massive fan of Sir Elton as Phil is, make sure you don’t miss this performance. Dates: Sat 18 Booking and More Information

Frankie Archer “Have you ever been there at the start of something new? Something exciting?
Something that crackles with possibilities?” Gavin McNamara (Bristol 24/7) witnessed the
power of Frankie Archer’s music. She is fresh on the scene and shaking up genres and
traditions, sharing the lesser told sides of stories, championing women, challenging
perspectives and calling for a fairer future, all to a unique mix of synths, manipulated
samples, drum tracks and earthy fiddle and voice.
Frankie Archer’s imaginative and bold mash of electro alt-trad shows her Northumbrian
fiddle roots, her deep love of electronic music and her immersion in soulful folk songs
from the North East of England and around the world. Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 2)
described her music as “fascinating and intoxicating”.
Frankie's unique, fresh sound has pricked up the ears of fans and press, earning
wonderful reviews from Tradfolk and Fresh on the Net. Her music has been played on
BBC Radio 2, 3 and 6music. Over the Border was chosen by Fatea for their Showcase
Session and Close the Coalhouse Door was included on the BBC Introducing Mixtape. Dates: Fri 24 Booking and More Information

Funhouse Comedy - May 2024 SILKY
ROB DEERING
Nick Everitt
Compere Spiky Mike
Paul ‘Silky’ White is a comedian and musician from Liverpool. Since 1994 he has avoided adulthood, wealth and financial security by doing something he loves instead.

Rob Deering performs stand-up comedy with music, using a guitar, a loop pedal and his voice to create impressive rock and pop soundscapes – and do jokes, of course. Dates: Thu 23 Booking and More Information

Funhouse Comedy May (Cellar Bar)
Alan Francis
Since winning Channel 4’s So you Think You’re Funny at the 1991 Edinburgh Festival, Alan has been a regular on the UK and International Comedy Circuit.

He has appeared in numerous TV shows including Psychoville, Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, Knowing Me Knowing Yule, Alistair McGowan’s Big Impression, Ancona and Co, Alas Smith and Jones, The BBC Stand-Up Show, the Alan Davies Show, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, Between the Lines and Taggart.

He has acted in the West End and at The Royal Court Theatre, for The National Theatre of Scotland and at the RSC.

Last year Alan 's show Inside Alan Francis was broadcast on Radio 4 Extra as was his comedy drama Eking which was on Radio 4.

A brilliant Observational Stand-Up.... **** The Scotsman

Brazen, dark and clever…. **** The List. Dates: Sat 04 Booking and More Information

George Colligan Stamford Methodist Church
Doors - 7pm
Start - 7.45pm
Finish - 10pm

George Colligan is not only one of the great jazz pianists of his generation, but he has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist( drums, trumpet, organ, keyboards), composer, accompanist, teacher, and bandleader. Winner of the 2015 DownBeat magazine Critics Poll (Keyboard), he has had a long association with living jazz legend Jack DeJohnette. With over 130 albums to date as an accompanist, Colligan has worked with a long list of jazz greats, including Buster Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, and many others. HIs latest album, “Nation Divided“(Whirlwind Records) is his 30th as a bandleader. Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor at Portland State University.

PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

"Captivating and unpredictable."
★★★★ The Guardian

"More Powerful showcases Colligan's colourful use of a jazz vocabulary in the modernist tradition... It's far more than a blowing session."
Jazzwise Magazine

"This set of sprightly numbers all penned by Colligan, don't hold back at any time... The sheer vitality of his playing is truly remarkable, his tunes uniformly memorable and vibrant."
★★★★ All About Jazz

“Boundless creativity without ever forgetting the importance of a beautiful melody.”
Radio REC

"More Powerful" may be one of the hardest-hitting contemporary jazz records you'll hear this year."
Step Tempest

"Swinging with pinpoint accuracy and real force, the perfect foundation for Colligan’s fast, boppish melodies and high-energy extrapolations."
Stereo Gum

"A thoughtfully programmed, impressively accomplished affair that should win Colligan plenty of new admirers."
London Jazz

“This is powerful, accessible, exciting contemporary jazz by a crack team of high-level operatives, treading a fine line between maintaining the tradition and pushing at the frontiers.”
Jazz Views

“Colligan’s writing continues to showcase a talent for clen, clear melodies that stay with the listener long after the album is finished.”
Herald Scotland

An impressive offering from Colligan. The standard of the musicianship is excellent throughout, sometimes dazzlingly so, these musicians have ‘chops’ in spades.
★★★★ The Jazz Mann
Dates: Sat 11 Booking and More Information

Gong Bath Meditation 2024 A deeply restorative experience for the mind, body and soul. All you have to do is lie comfortably on your mat and be open to sound vibrations.

Please bring a yoga mat, a blanket and a small cushion.

Age 13+

Sally will create a soundscape using light percussion instruments and gongs. All you have to do is to lie on a mat in a comfortable space and be open to receiving the enveloping sound vibrations which can help bring you into a restorative state of balance and relaxation.

Please bring a yoga mat, a blanket and a small cushion.

It is recommended that you do not have a gong bath if:

you are in the first trimester of your pregnancy

you have any condition which is sound sensitive or could be triggered by sound such as Tinnitus, Meniere’s or Epilepsy

you have a significant Metal Implant/Pacemaker

or you have a serious mental health condition

If you have any queries, please contact [email protected] Dates: Fri 10 Booking and More Information

Guided Walking Tours of Stamford 2024 Start and finish tours at Stamford Arts Centre

Join Stamford Sights and Secrets Tours on a 90-minute guided walking tour around the beautiful, unspoilt town of Stamford. See the sights, discover the secrets and meet the faces behind the Georgian façade.

Regular tours at 11.00am on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Special themed tours on advertised Saturdays.

MEET THE GEORGIANS – Stamford is well known as a Georgian town, but how did people live and who were they?

STAMFORD’S LOVERS – uncover romantic trysts and love stories in some of Stamford’s charming and historic locations.

Dates: Wed 01, Sat 04, Wed 08, Sat 11, Wed 15, Sat 18, Wed 22, Wed 29 Booking and More Information

I'll Get My Man By Philip King St Peter's Hill Players -
Peter Graham, TV series hero, seeks refuge at the country rectory with his mild clerical Uncle Humphrey from all the females who continually chase after him, and in particular from Pixie Potter.
Humphrey, horrified by the threatened loss of his housekeeper who has been dismissed by his formidable sister, advertises for a wife... These two occurrences resoundingly shatter the peace of the village. Dates: Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11 Booking and More Information

Kidnapped (12a) Dir: Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany | 134 mins | Subtitled
Cast | Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi

Veteran Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio (Fists in the Pocket, The Conviction) brings to life a true story lifted from the pages of a shocking history.

Bologna, 1858: A six-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, is taken from his family by the Catholic Church amid claims that he was baptised by the family’s maid as a baby. While the distraught Mortara family fight to get him back, they find themselves at the epicentre of a wider historical battle between the forces of Catholic authoritarianism and the growing opposition movement.

A gripping portrait of a Jewish community in turmoil, shot in glowing dark tones like a Caravaggio painting come to life, Kidnapped sees Bellocchio examine a problematic part of Italy’s past and the perennial need to resist totalitarianism.
Dates: Mon 20, Tue 21 Booking and More Information

Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG) Dir: Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine | USA | 2023 | 94 mins
Voice cast | Jack Black, Awkwafina, Bryan Cranston, James Hong, Ian McShane, Ke Huy Quan, Dustin Hoffman, Viola Davis

Jack Black returns to voice loveable panda Po, the world’s most unlikely kung fu master, in this hilarious, action-packed new chapter in the beloved action-comedy franchise, Kung Fu Panda.

Po must train a new warrior when he's chosen to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. However, when shape-shifting sorceress Chameleon (Viola Davis) sets her eyes on his Staff of Wisdom, he suddenly realises he's going to need some help. Teaming up with a quick-witted thief, corsac fox Zhen (Awkwafina), Po soon discovers that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.

Dates: Sat 25, Wed 29, Fri 31 Booking and More Information

Lord Of The Flies - Eastern School Of Performing Arts Lord of The Flies.
Written by William Golding.
Adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams.

Kill. The. Pig.

In a near dystopian 1980s world, where England is forced into civil war, a group of school students
are evacuated by plane, only to be shot down in an abandoned city. Where there are no people,
where there are no grown-ups.

Cut. Its. Throat.

Hanging onto the idea of civilisation, Ralph, with the help of outcast, Piggy, is elected leader over
unpredictable Jack, and the group of survivors are divided. Those who build, and those who hunt.
With no one to govern them, to keep civilisation alive, the children, driven by the lack of
accountability and lust for power, descend into the darkest places, where there is no coming back.

Spill. It’s. Blood.

Performed by full time Acting students from the Eastern School of Performing Arts. Dates: Wed 22 Booking and More Information

Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma Tony and BAFTA Award winner Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra, Schindler's List, Coriolanus) and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma (Present Laughter, Game of Thrones, Luther) star in a brand-new ‘full-voltage visceral’ (★★★★ Daily Telegraph) production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Filmed live at Dock X, a custom-built theatre space in London, this critically acclaimed staging of Macbeth ‘that quickens the pulse, then goes for the jugular’ (★★★★ Financial Times) will be unmissable on the big screen.

Directed by Simon Godwin (Antony & Cleopatra, Romeo & Juliet, Hansard¬) with set and costume design by Frankie Bradshaw (Jerusalem, Blues for an Alabama Sky), this is a cinematic and ‘beautifully staged’ (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) production that brings ‘Shakespeare’s tragedy pulsing into the present day’ (★★★★★ The I).

Macbeth is coming. A couple corrupted by their relentless lust for power have blood on their hands. Witness the gripping tale of greed, murder, deception, and superstition in cinemas for a limited time only. Once you cross the line, you can never turn back. Part 1 7pm to 8.10pm
interval 15mins
Part 2 8.25-9.35pm Dates: Thu 02, Mon 13 Booking and More Information

Maybe Dick MAYBE DICK
By John Hewer
Based on the novel 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville
Directed by Bruce Knight

Herman Melville's classic tale of revenge and retribution is retold in this inventive, comedic adventure on the high seas from the company behind ‘Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show’ and ‘Dracula! One Bloody Fang After Another’.

Nantucket, 1841. Ishmael signs on to the Pequod, and witnesses the perils of nature, obsession, punning and physical comedy, as Captain Ahab conducts a reckless pursuit of the savage white whale, Moby Dick.

All plot will be lampooned. All jokes will be harpooned.
Dates: Tue 14 Booking and More Information

Meditations & Habits of Happy People - Drolma Meditation Led by Buddhist nun Kelsang Malaya
Four Week Course:

Thursdays 1-2pm
May 30th to June 20th
May 30th - Turning a Good Idea Into a Habit - Meditation
June 6th - How to maintain a light, joyful mind whatever life throws our way.
June 13th - The Importance of Acceptance
June 20th - Cultivating Gratitude

Exploring four different wisdom ways of thinking and daily behaviours that enable us to create authentic and reliable happiness in everyday life.
In this series of meditation classes, learn to dissolve away the biggest obstacle to finding that happiness – the constant inner noise and turbulence.
Get new tips each week for making your mind clear, bright, and most importantly, quiet. In this way, you’ll develop the power to be happy and maintain that happier state, no matter what challenges life brings.
Practical life changing advice for everyone. Come and feel uplifted. Everyone Welcome Dates: Thu 30 Booking and More Information

Message in a Bottle - Presented by The Royal Opera House Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
[Recorded production]
Cast: TBC
Choreography: Kate Prince Music: based on the songs of Sting
AS LIVE: Thursday 30 May 2024, 7.20pm BST
ENCORE: Sunday 2 June 2024, 2pm BST
Running time 90 minutes (TBC)

Message In A Bottle, the acclaimed dance theatre production by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, set to the music of Grammy Award-winning artist Sting, has been filmed for cinema release in partnership with Sadler's Wells and Universal Music UK. The international refugee crisis is at the centre of this production – an imagined story about one displaced family, and a universal story of loss, fear, survival, hope and love. Songs including 'Every Breath You Take', 'Roxanne', 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' and 'Fields of Gold' feature in new arrangements. Dates: Thu 30 Booking and More Information

National Theatre Live: Nye a new play by Tim Price
directed by Rufus Norris

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. Dates: Thu 09 Booking and More Information

On The Waterfront (PG) Dir: Elia Kazan | USA | 2024 | 108 mins
Cast | Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint

Re-issued on its 70th anniversary in a stunning 4K restoration, Elia Kazan’s timeless classic features a transformative performance from Marlon Brando.

The winner of eight Oscars – including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay – Kazan’s devastating crime drama casts Brando as the longshoreman who finds himself increasingly isolated when he challenges the might of the corrupt New York City dockers' Union. Rod Steiger is his elder brother, torn between union loyalty and family bonds, Lee J. Cobb the all-powerful union boss, Eva Marie Saint the girl with whom Brando falls in love.

Deeply felt and intensely moving, with an electrifying Leonard Bernstein score, On the Waterfront is a milestone in American cinema and film acting.
Dates: Tue 07, Wed 08 Booking and More Information

One Life (12a) Dir: James Hawes | UK | 2023 | 109 mins
Cast | Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Olin, Romola Garai

Anthony Hopkins stars as the late British humanitarian Nicholas Winton – whose actions helped save Jewish children from a horrific fate on the eve of World War II – in James Hawes’ profoundly moving feature debut, supported by an all-star cast including Helena Bonham Carter, Romola Garai and Lena Olin.

On the eve of the war, young stockbroker Winton (played in youth by Johnny Flynn) helps rescue 669 children from the Nazis ahead of the German invasion into Prague, bringing them to safety in England via an ambitious Kindertransport project. But decades later, he’s haunted by the fate of those he couldn’t save. Only when a live TV show surprises him with the surviving children, now adults, can he finally begin to make peace with the guilt and grief of his past.

“Handsome and soberly stirring” ★★★★ The Telegraph
Dates: Wed 08, Thu 09 Booking and More Information

Pride And Prejudice After last year’s tour of ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Hotbuckle are back with their unique style of adaptations of classic novels. The virtuoso company have been entertaining audiences for over twelve years with their inventive interpretations of familiar texts. Previous productions have included, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Tess of the D’urbervilles, Wuthering Heights, David Copperfield and Les Miserables, as well as Austen’s Persuasion and Emma.
Hotbuckle are renown for their fast -paced, multi-role playing adaptations which cross age and gender traditions, and in their latest offering Hotbuckle invites us to enter the world of The Bennets. From the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet to the proud Mr Darcy, Hotbuckle’s rich characterisations abound in this latest adaptation by skilled writer Adrian Preater. Full of humour and invention, this is story-telling at its finest, as we meet five sisters who deal with marriage, morality and misconceptions in unique Hotbuckle style. This is Jane Austen as you’ve never experienced her before, so, get your tickets and Hotbuckle up, for the carriage ride of your life! Dates: Thu 23 Booking and More Information

Pride And Prejudice (Guildhall Arts Centre) After last year’s tour of ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Hotbuckle are back with their unique style of adaptations of classic novels. The virtuoso company have been entertaining audiences for over twelve years with their inventive interpretations of familiar texts. Previous productions have included, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Tess of the D’urbervilles, Wuthering Heights, David Copperfield and Les Miserables, as well as Austen’s Persuasion and Emma.
Hotbuckle are renown for their fast -paced, multi-role playing adaptations which cross age and gender traditions, and in their latest offering Hotbuckle invites us to enter the world of The Bennets. From the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet to the proud Mr Darcy, Hotbuckle’s rich characterisations abound in this latest adaptation by skilled writer Adrian Preater. Full of humour and invention, this is story-telling at its finest, as we meet five sisters who deal with marriage, morality and misconceptions in unique Hotbuckle style. This is Jane Austen as you’ve never experienced her before, so, get your tickets and Hotbuckle up, for the carriage ride of your life! Dates: Fri 24 Booking and More Information

Pure Floyd A stunning 13 piece production pay tribute to the pinnacle of Pink Floyd's live performances with a show reminiscent of the unforgettable Pulse and Delicate Sound of Thunder tours. After celebrating Dark Side of The Moon in 2023, Pure Floyd are excited to perform the anthemic hits from The Division Bell and Momentary Lapse of Reason (renown for their incredible guitar solos and arrangements). This breathtaking concert will also include the familiar circular screen, lasers and lighting show that secured Pink Floyd as the greatest show on earth. It will certainly be a night to remember and one that features some truly classic hits from this legendary band.

Dates: Sat 18 Booking and More Information

Quo Fish Rob Quo & Pearl Fish are two songwriters with distinct voices who blend their meandering folky musings to create a unique, captivating contemporary roots duo. Rob was born and raised in a small village in the rural midlands of England, and moved to pursue a career as a musician in London as soon he was of age. Pearl, hailing from Peckham, grew up in the multicultural heart of South London and now lives upon the waterways North of the river. From these quite opposite backgrounds, they met on London’s burgeoning Folk scene. A mutual respect was quickly formed and they soon began sitting in with one another, developing a musical chemistry that would form the foundation of their sound.
Featuring plenty of vocal harmony, with accompaniment on acoustic guitars, shruti box and percussion; their songs meander from pensive/melancholic to light-hearted and humorous, tackling the full breadth of subject matter inc. Between them they have played up and down the country and abroad taking in shows at Cambridge Folk Festival, Celtic Connections and Glasgow’s King Tut’s. After an extensive UK tour last Autumn, Quo & Fish are back on the road with new arrangements and new material to share. Dates: Fri 31 Booking and More Information

Rock Into 2024 - Grantham Twinning Association The Rock into 2024 show has again brought together some excellent local talent to put on a great show and raise much needed funds for a Grantham based charity. The line up includes 6-piece Swinging 60s band Premier Cru, The Trio Band Dunne and Rusted, popular vocalist Terry Carey, Rock and Roller and former Merseybeats band member Trevor Leeson and Jazz singer Hattie Johnson. Compere for the show is Dennis George. The Rock into 2024 show is sponsored by Grantham Twinning Association and aims to raise money for the Mayor’s charity, 'The Grantham Foodbank'. Dates: Thu 02 Booking and More Information

Sam Braysher Quartet - Jazz In The Cellar Bar Sam Braysher is an east London-based jazz saxophonist who has won plaudits for his warm, delicate sound, his deep knowledge of the standard repertoire, and his thoughtful improvisational concept. When leading his own bands he takes a particular interest in interpreting lesser-played items from the American Songbook and jazz canon. His two albums as a bandleader to date - both of which feature renowned international collaborators - have been met with glowing reviews from critics around the world.

He has played at venues including: Ronnie Scott’s, 606 Club, Pizza Express Jazz, Vortex Jazz, Cadogan Hall, Barbican Hall, Royal Festival Hall, London Jazz Festival, Marlborough Jazz Festival, Cork Jazz Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Festival and many others.

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“Braysher's cool, modernist twist on old songs is just superb” Simon Adams, Jazz Journal

"the warm-toned young London saxophonist Sam Braysher is a prize-winning investigator of the early recordings and published music of Jerome Kern, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and many others, and imagines a new jazz closely attuned to an old world." John Fordham, The Guardian

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Full line-up:
Sam Braysher - Saxophones
Matthew Ratcliffe - Piano
Martyn Spencer - Double Bass
Andrew 'Woody' Wood - Drums Dates: Fri 10 Booking and More Information

Seize Them! (15) Dir: Curtis Vowell | UK | 2024 | Run time TBC
Cast | Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan, Lolly Adefope, Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes, James Acaster

Brimming with warmth, humour and swordfights, Seize Them! is an iconoclastic female-led road movie set in Dark Age Britain with an all-star British comedy cast.

Clueless Queen Dagan (Aimee Lou Wood) is master of all she surveys, with an ego to match – until she's toppled by a revolution led by the charismatic Humble Joan (Nicola Coughlan) and becomes a fugitive in her own land. With the help of Shulmay (Lolly Adefope), a former servant holding a lot of secrets, and Bobik (Nick Frost), a philosophical ‘shit-shoveller’ who wants more out of life, Dagan embarks on a voyage to win back her throne. Can she become Queen again? Can she become a better person while she does it? And what if she has to choose?
Dates: Fri 03, Sat 04 Booking and More Information

SIMFestival 2024: Beethoven String Quintet Join us for a delightful Saturday morning of classical music at 11am. Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of Beethoven’s String Quintet as our musicians bring this masterpiece to life in SIMFestival 2024’s penultimate concert. Dates: Sat 18 Booking and More Information

SIMFestival 2024: Festival Finale Concluding SIMFestival 2024 is a brilliant lineup of three masterpieces, weaving through nearly two centuries of classical music. The evening begins with a selection of arias from Mozart’s Opera, ‘The Magic Flute’, skilfully arranged for four violins. Following this Ligeti’s Horn Trio, a heartfelt homage to Brahms’ Trio for the same forces, creating a seamless bridge between eras. Bringing the festival to a close is the triumphant Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major. Dates: Sat 18 Booking and More Information

SIMFestival 2024: Haydn, Janacek, Dohnanyi An evening of great chamber music including Janáček’s “Pohádka for Cello and Piano”, a musical fairy tale weaving poignant narratives through the enchanting interplay of cello and piano. Following this, Haydn’s Opus 20 No. 1 Quartet composed in 1772. Concluding the performance is Dohnányu’s Sextet for strings, winds and piano, offering a dynamic and virtuosic conclusion to the concert. Dates: Fri 17 Booking and More Information

SIMFestival 2024: Late Night Brahms A late night rendition of Brahms Clarinet Quintet. The second concert of Stamford International Music Festival 2024 sees the musicians gather for a late night concert of Brahms’ hauntingly beautiful Clarinet Quintet. Dates: Thu 16 Booking and More Information

SIMFestival 2024: On An Overgrown Path, Guest Narrator A reimagining of Janacek’s piano work for String Quartet and Clarinet with special guest. This year SIMFestival celebrates the music of Leos Janacek. This concert presents his celebrated piano work ‘On An Overgrown Path’ reimagined for String Quartet and Clarinet. An extraordinary piece which contains elements of autobiographical writing: from the deeply personal, depths of despair to pure elation. Each movement will be interwoven with spoken word narrated by a very special guest. Dates: Fri 17 Booking and More Information

SIMFestival 2024: Opening Concert An evening of Telemann, Mozart, Smetana and more. Stamford International Music Festival returns to Stamford Arts Centre for the 5th edition of this annual chamber music festival. Violinist, Freya Goldmark, is joined by a select group of Europe’s finest musicians for three days of fantastic chamber music spread across seven concerts.

Programme:
Telemann – Four Violin Concerto in G major, TWV 40:201
Mátyás Seiber – Clarinet Divertimento
Mozart – Horn Quintet, K. 407
Interval
Smetana – Piano Trio, Op. 15 Dates: Thu 16 Booking and More Information

SIMFestival 2024: Solos and Duos Janacek, Bizet, Szymanowski and more! The perfect opportunity to get to know Stamford International Music Festival musicians in this intimate concert of solos and duos. From Bizet’s Jeux d’Enfants for piano four hands to Szymanowski Mythes for violin and piano, this concert promises to surprise and delight. Dates: Fri 17 Booking and More Information

Stamford Walking Tour - Past Lovers
Meet at 11.00 am at Stamford Arts Centre for a guided walking tour to uncover romantic trysts and love stories in some of Stamford’s charming and historic locations.
Dates: Sat 25 Booking and More Information

The Chapel Hill Duo - Music In Quiet Places Join The Chapel Hill Duo on a journey of musical exploration showcasing the versatility and boundaries of what’s possible with a violin and cello. Enjoy the simplicity of Einaudi’s ‘I Giorni’ and the beauty of Karl Jenkins’ ‘Benedictus’. The Duo’s virtuosic arrangements will delve into familiar songs by Louis Armstrong and Queen, and tackle the epic symphonic scores from Star Wars. Clap along to rousing reels and weep to longing traditional airs as the Duo take you through the Scottish Highlands. Expect a mixture of genres and moods, demonstrating the best of what music, and the Duo, has to offer! Dates: Thu 30 Booking and More Information

The Duke (12a) Dir: Roger Michell | UK | 2020 | 95 mins
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode, Fionn Whitehead

Jim Broadbent gives a brilliant performance in director Roger Michell’s (Notting Hill, Enduring Love) final film, The Duke, a delightful swan song and a true crime yarn worthy of an Ealing comedy.

1961: To his wife’s (Helen Mirren) chagrin, retiree Kempton Bunton (Broadbent) is waging a one-man war on BBC licence fee collectors that eventually lands him in prison. Not one to let a grudge lie, he launches a one man mission to abolish the licence fee for pensioners. The purchase of Goya’s ‘Portrait of the Duke of Wellington’ from the public coffers is the straw that breaks the camel’s back, setting him off on a stranger-than-fiction caper.

Richard Bean (National Theatre’s One Man, Two Guvnors) and Clive Coleman’s excellent script probes at the reasons for Kempton’s quixotic path, making The Duke an absorbing character study as well as a rousing, warmly old-fashioned shaggy dog tale.

“A glorious performance from Jim Broadbent” ★★★★★ The Observer
Dates: Wed 15, Thu 16 Booking and More Information

The Greatest Show 2024 - Star Academy All singing all dancing parade of talent from Star Academy Junior and Senior Students. We will perform scenes, songs, and dances from popular shows, put together in one explosive musical spectacular. Join us for a performance of high energy fun, providing entertainment to suit all ages. You’ll be gripped to your seats and leaving us on a tremendous high! Dates: Sat 04 Booking and More Information

The Groove - 2024 Dates: Sat 25 Booking and More Information

The Little Prince A collaboration between Lyngo Theatre and Norwich Puppet Theatre.
Ages 5+
'Has a sheep on a star eaten a rose?' If that sounds silly then you might be like the King and the Business-Man on their lonely asteroids, forgetting that the most important things can only be understood with the heart. The Little Prince is here to remind us in Lyngo's new collaboration with Norwich Puppet Theatre. Through mesmerising puppetry and beautiful music the boy who fell to earth teaches his friend the Aviator about love, life and real happiness in this adaptation of one of the best-selling children's books of all time. Dates: Tue 28 Booking and More Information

The Little Prince - Guildhall Arts Centre Suitable for ages 5+. A collaboration between Lyngo Theatre and Norwich Puppet Theatre.

'Has a sheep on a star eaten a rose?' If that sounds silly then you might be like the King and the Business-Man on their lonely asteroids, forgetting that the most important things can only be understood with the heart.

The Little Prince is here to remind us in Lyngo's new collaboration with Norwich Puppet Theatre. Through mesmerising puppetry and beautiful music the boy who fell to earth teaches his friend the Aviator about love, life and real happiness in this adaptation of one of the best-selling children's books of all time. Dates: Wed 29 Booking and More Information

The Little Prince Workshop - GAC Dates: Wed 29 Booking and More Information

The Nick Ross Orchestra - D Day Concert Dates: Fri 31 Booking and More Information

The Path to Peace - Drolma Meditation Led by Buddhist nun Kelsang Malaya

Five Week Course: All of us know what it feels like to deal with circumstances and worries that drag us down and wear us out. Nowadays we may feel that peace is hard to find.

“All the happiness there is in this world arises from wishing others to be happy.” ~ Shantideva (AD 687-763)

The path to inner and outer peace begins with finding balance and peace for ourselves, because we can't bring happiness to others if we aren't happy ourselves. From there we can learn to love more unconditionally -- and with growing acceptance, understanding, and empathy we become more and more resilient. By bringing the path of peace into our lives, we will bring about positive change in our spheres of influence, which are our families, our friend circles, and the groups and communities with which we are connected.
Practical life changing advice for everyone.

Come and feel uplifted. Everyone Welcome. Dates: Thu 02, Thu 09, Thu 16 Booking and More Information

The Teacher's Lounge (12A) Dir: İlker Çatak | Germany | 2024 | 99 mins | Subtitled
Cast | Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer

Oscar-nominated for Best International Feature, İlker Çatak’s (I Was, I Am, I Will Be) captivating drama depicts school as a microcosm of society.

After a series of thefts at her school, dedicated young teacher Carla’s (Leonie Benesch – The White Ribbon, Babylon Berlin) relaxed rapport with her pupils comes under pressure. A staff investigation leads to accusations and mistrust among outraged parents, opinionated colleagues, and angry students. Caught in the middle of complex dynamics, Carla tries to mediate – but the more she tries to help, the more desperate her position becomes.

A riveting, uncompromising study in power dynamics, The Teacher’s Lounge shows how an idealist may be painfully caught between clashing sides.
Dates: Wed 15, Thu 16 Booking and More Information

The Winter's Tale - Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet
THE WINTER’S TALE
[Revival]
Cast: TBC
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Joby Talbot
LIVE: Wednesday 22 May 2024, 7.15pm BST
ENCORE: Sunday 26 May 2024, 2pm BST
Running time 195 minutes (TBC), Two intervals
Act 1 :7.30pm
interval 8.35-8.50pm
Act 2 :8.50pm
2nd interval 9.38-9.50pm
Act 3: 9.50pm
Finish 10.25pm
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter's Tale is an award-winning modern ballet classic adapted from Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss. Dates: Wed 22 Booking and More Information

Two Tickets To Greece (15) Dir: Marc Fitoussi | France | 2022 | 110 mins | Subtitled
Cast | Laure Calamy, Olivia Côte, Kristin Scott-Thomas

Laure Calamy and Olivia Côte play old friends reuniting for a Greek holiday in Marc Fitoussi’s fizzy comedy.

Recently divorced, and watching helplessly as her only son leaves home, Blandine (Olivia Côte) is struggling to find her footing – so when her loud, fearless former best friend Magalie (Call My Agent’s Laure Calamy) invites her on a surprise trip abroad, she allows herself to be spontaneous for a change.

An unashamed crowd-pleaser that also features Kristin Scott Thomas letting down her hair down as hippie jewellery maker ‘Bijou’, Two Tickets to Greece is a breezily delightful tale of female camaraderie, intermingled with laughter, tears and great scenery around Amorgos, where Luc Besson’s cult favourite The Big Blue was shot.
Dates: Fri 24, Sat 25, Wed 29 Booking and More Information