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Leamington based band Man Made Moon immerses you in a genuine, timeless style that crosses many genres, drawing influences from Indie, Folk, Rock, Pop and everything in-between. Supported this gig by the fabulous Stylusboy.
07.09.24 Temperance, Leamington Spa
Award-winning âbroken folkâ experimentalists â Lunatraktors strip Anglo-Celtic traditionals to the bare bones of vocal harmony and percussive dance, expanding into weird, playful spaces with eclectic acoustic beats, accordion, whistles and deep drones. Ancient and contemporary, mournful and joyously deranged, Lunatraktors are âsimply differentâ (RTÉ Lyric FM).
10.09.24 The Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Elizabeth Pepys knows all about her diary-keeping husbandâs dissolute doings in the fleshpots, theatres and coffee houses of Restoration London for, while it took scholars many years to decipher the system of shorthand in which Samuel wrote his famous diaries, Elizabeth mastered the code from the beginning and has only to read last nightâs entry to find out what the âDirty Little Devilâ was up to yesterday.
12.09.24 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
A tale of witchcraft, wonder and wit from the days of King Arthur. A knight betrayed, can Sir Marrok ever find a way to serve his people again? Based on a 12th Century French Lais, this inspiring story is brimming with beautiful imagery, survival against the odds, and the triumph of good over evil.
18.09.24 The Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, âHancockâs Half Hourâ redefined comedy and continues to entertain audiences to this very day. Hambledon Productions are delighted to be recreating three, âlostâ episodes from the original television series. Missing from the BBC archives, this UK Tour will mark the very first time these hilarious scripts have been brought to life since their original broadcast.
21.09.24 Forum Theatre, Malvern
Packed with witty gems, Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope is a gloriously uplifting celebration of the urgent necessity to be yourself.
22.09.24 Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton
This monologue follows the story of a teenage girl growing up on a rural Wiltshire council estate. After a big night out takes a turn for the worst, Destinyâs life spirals out of control as she desperately tries to learn how to love and be loved.
26.09.24 The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and Gulf Coast Records recording artist, Jimmy Carpenter is on a tear. Having won the 2021 and 2022 Blues Music Awards for Best Instrumentalist/Horn, he was nominated again in 2023 - his 8th nomination overall. He is also a Grammy-Winning Composer, for a composition he contributed to the New Orleans Nightcrawlersâ winning album, Atmosphere.
27.09.24 Temperance, Leamington Spa
Festival and radio regular John Hegley returns with a story of family, fantasy, love, loss - and the long unseen son's stamp album. A Caravaggio and a wry dry stone-waller are also thrown into the mixture. The show contains a good deal of yet-to-be-published material alongside some back catalogue favourites. Devised for adults but not unsuitable for the odd nine-year-old. Drawings will be provided. But not biscuits.
04.10.24 MAC, Birmingham
The inspirational story of the legendary pioneering hero â Walter Tull â is brought to the stage in a new musical drama by award winning playwright Dougie Blaxland and celebrated composer Chris Anthony.
08-10.10.24 The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
One of the UKâs most successful songwriters, Mark Chadwick, has co-written 20 chart singles and 6 Top 40 albums (including a Number 1) as part of the Levellers, the band he has fronted for over 25 years. Still going strong, the Levellers are festival favourites and have cemented their cherished status with headline performances at Glastonbury, Isle Of Wight, Cambridge Folk Festival, Bestival and Boomtown and many European and UK events.
12.10.24 Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek
The Windrush Secret, set in 2018, is about a young white far-right racist party leader, a black Caribbean diplomat and a white Oxford educated Home Office government official who are giving speeches on the same day, at different times, in separate locations about a millionpeople who migrated from the Caribbean to Britain between 1948 and 1973 (The Windrush Generation), and the British political scandal which began in 2018.
19.10.24 The Brewhouse, Burton-upon-Trent
We welcome former lead singer from the Beautiful South who will be bringing her new band, Southern Beauty to Temperance. They will be playing Beautiful South songs, in an avant-garde jazz style together with other classic jazz standards. This will be a very special evening and another not to be missed.
19.10.24 Temperance, Leamington Spa
Do you have stupid and silly dreams at night? Well, Mr. Sleepybum does, and heâs going to re-enact them all for you in this high-energy, silly comedy show for the whole family.
27.10.24 MAC, Birmingham
An experiment to separate virtue from wickedness in his own nature results in the respectable Dr. Jekyll releasing the demon within: a malevolent force which will eventually possess him body and soul. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONâS classic story has enthralled and fascinated the world for more than a hundred years... perhaps because a Mr. Hyde lurks deep within us all, watching... and waiting...
28-29.10.24 The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Three very funny men seek refuge in a grand but abandoned old house. Grandfather, father and son tell tales of growing up; one of them used to be Pinocchio and it turns out heâs had quite a life! Using the classic elements of this tale â a poor woodcarver, the tell-tale growing nose, the dream of becoming a real boy â Stuff and Nonsense add their hallmark hilarity, cleverness, puppetry, music, incredible staging, outstanding performers and extraordinary physical tricks.
30.10 - 03.11.24 Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham
A riveting drama inspired by the true story of Frankie Lucas, a young black boxer navigating the vibrant yet challenging world of 1970s London. At the heart of the play, we witness Frankie winning the National ABA middleweight title twice and follow his dreams of sporting glory.
31.10.24 The Y Theatre, Leicester
6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dadâs welcome home dinner. Itâs a good thing his mum Valeria is a professional chef and knows a song to help with the recipe. Mannyâs grandma is preparing the dessert, but Abuela doesnât like boys in the kitchen â after all, it wasnât like that before. But Manny feels differently. Why canât he become a chef? Or a superhero like Mighty Mujer? Or both?!
03.11.24 MAC, Birmingham
Santi and Naz are bestest-best friends living in a village in pre-partition India. When Naz is betrothed to a tailor from the soon-to-be capital of Pakistan the threat of separation for the young women looms on the horizon. Bound by their love for each other we learn how far they will go to avoid the inevitable.One Sikh, one Muslim; they have little understanding of how religion will divide them.
7.11.24 Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
Founded in 2004 by Marcella Puppini, the band pioneered the neo burlesque/swing scene with their immaculate close harmonies and went on to worldwide success releasing 6 albums. The first of which became the fastest selling jazz album of all time and gathering a multitude of fans around the globe including Michael Bublè and HM King Charles!
13.11.24 Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick
Fiery, satirical, political and personal spoken word, dub poetry, acoustic songs and early music punk on ancient instruments. He really doesnât sound like anything else. And his material is very, very up to date.
04.12.24 The Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
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