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SHOW LISTINGS

OKLAHOMA!

Produced by Bristol Light Opera Club

Tuesday 17th - Saturday 21st November

Evenings at 7.30 pm. Matinees on Wed & Sat at 2.30 pm

Tickets: £10.00 £15.50 £19.50 £21.50

Concessions available

www.blocproductions.co.uk

CABARET

Starring Wayne Sleep and Siobhan Dillon (How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria)

Monday 23rd - Saturday 28th November

Evenings at 7.30 pm. Matinees on Wed & Sat at 2.30 pm

Tickets: £10.00 - £32.50

Concessions available

www.kenwright.com

No under 13's will be allowed

THE CHUCKLE BROTHERS IN A CHRISTMAS CHUCKLE

Sunday 29th November at 2.00 pm

Tickets: £16.00

Children: £15.00

www.thechucklebrothersontour.co.uk

LORD OF THE DANCE

Tuesday 1^st – Sunday 6^th December 2009

Performances:

Tue – Fri at 8.00 pm

Sat at 2.30 pm & 8.00 pm

Sun at 2.30 pm

Tickets: £27.50 - £35.00

www.lordofthedance.com

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

STARRING KARA TOINTON (EASTENDERS) AND JOE SWASH (EASTENDERS & I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE)

Sponsored by Robinson's

Friday 11th December 2009 - Sunday 10th January 2010

Performances are 2.00 pm & 7.00 pm except Sundays, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve at 1.00 pm & 5.00 pm. No performances 14/21/25 Dec & 1/5 Jan

Tickets: £16.00 £24.50 £26.50

Concessions available at certain performances

Sign Language Performance/Thur 17^th December at 7.00pm/Interpreter Andy Higgins/Tickets £19.00

Audio Described Performance/Thur 7^th January at 7.00 pm/Describer Irene Richards/Tickets £19.00

Captioned Performance/Wed 6^th January at 7.00 pm/Captioner Chris Lambert/Tickets £19.00

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

Wednesday 13th - Saturday 30th January

Evenings at 7.30 pm

Matinees on Wed at 2.30 pm (except first week when matinee on Thur 14th Jan) & Sat at 2.30 pm

Tickets: £16.50 - £38.50

Concessions available excluding Sat

Sign Language Performance/Wed 27th January at 7.30 pm/Interpreter Andy Higgins/Tickets £26.50

Audio Described Performance/Thur 28th January at 7.30 pm/Describer Irene Richards/Tickets £26.50

Captioned Performance/Wed 20th January at 7.30 pm/Captioner Chris Lambert/Tickets £26.50

www.chittythemusical.co.uk

THE RUSSIAN STATE BALLET OF SIBERIA 2010 UK TOUR

Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake & Nutcracker

Monday 1st - Saturday 6th February

Mon & Tue - Sleeping Beauty @ 7.30 pm

Wed & Thur - Swan Lake @ 7.30 pm

Fri - Nutcracker @ 7.30 pm

Sat - Nutcracker @ 2.30 pm & 7.30 pm

Tickets: £12.50 - £35.00

Concessions available

WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND

Monday 15th - Saturday 20th February

Evenings at 7.30 pm

Matinees on Wed & Sat at 2.30 pm

Tickets: £12.00 - £34.00

Concessions available excluding Saturday evening

www.kenwright.com

DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2

Monday 8th - Saturday 13th February

Performances:

Mon - Thur at 7.00 pm

Fri at 5.00 pm & 8.00 pm

Sat at 2.30 pm & 7.00 pm

Tickets: £17.50 - £32.50

Concessions available for certain performances

www.hsmonstage.co.uk

ABBA FOREVER

Sunday 21st February at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £17.50 £18.50

Concessions available

www.abbaforever.co.uk

OVER THE RAINBOW

THE EVA CASSIDY STORY

Monday 22nd February at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £17.50 £19.50

Concessions available

www.theatre-productions.com

ELVIS ON TOUR

Tuesday 23rd February at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £20.50 £22.50 £23.50

Concessions available

www.elvis-theshow.co.uk

LEE MACK - SOLD OUT

Wednesday 24th February at 8.00 pm

Tickets: £18.50

www.leemacklive.com

ALL STAR SUPERSTAR WRESTLING

Thursday 25th February at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £12.00 (Children £10.00)

Family Ticket: £35.00 - 2 Adults & 2 Children

SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB SHOW

Sunday 28th February at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £25.50

DARA O'BRIAIN

Tuesday 2nd & Wednesday 3rd March at 8.00 pm

Tickets: £20.50

DERREN BROWN

ENIGMA

Thursday 4th - Saturday 6th March at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £30.00

Unsuitable for children under 12 years

www.derrenbrown.co.uk

STEPHEN LYNCH

Sunday 7th March. Doors 7pm

Tickets: £19.50

www.stephenlynch.com

HOT FLUSH

Monday 8th March at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £21.00

Concessions available

www.hotflushthemusical.com

YVETTE FIELDING and the team from Living TV's Most Haunted

Live on Stage

Tuesday 9th March at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £20.00 & £24.00

SNOW WHITE ON ICE

The Russian Ice Stars

Thursday 11th - Sunday 14th March

Performances:

Thur & Fri @ 7.30 pm

Sat @ 2.30 pm & 7.30 pm

Sun @ 2.30 pm

Tickets: £15.50 - £28.50

Concessions available

www.wildroseltd.co.uk/productions.html

** * JULIAN CLARY** *

Lord of the Mince

Wednesday 17th March at 8.00 pm

Tickets: £21.00

Concessions available

On sale Friday 30th October at midday

DERREN BROWN

Thursday 18th March at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £30.00

www.derrenbrown.co.uk

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET - CINDERELLA

Thursday 25th - Saturday 27th March

Evenings at 7.30 pm

Matinee on Sat at 2.30 pm

Thursday at 2.00 pm - Exploring Cinderella

Tickets: £9.00 - £41.00

Concessions available on certain performances

www.ballet.org.uk

LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN

The Neil Sedaka Story

Monday 29th March - Saturday 3rd April

Evenings at 7.30 pm

Matinees on Wed & Sat at 2.30 pm

Tickets: £11.50 - £31.00

Concessions available excluding Saturday evening

www.kenwright.com

RIVERDANCE

Monday 5th - Saturday 10th April

Performances:

Mon - Sat at 8.00 pm

Wed & Sat at 2.30 pm & 8.00pm

Tickets: £25.50 - £42.00

Concessions available for Mon – Thu only

www.riverdance.com

COME DANCING

Bill Kenwright's production of Ray Davies' award-winning musical hit

Monday 12th - Saturday 17th April

Evenings at 7.30 pm

Matinees on Wed & Sat 2.30 pm

Tickets: £11.50 - £31.00

Concessions available excluding Saturday evening

www.kenwright.com

THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN

Sunday 18th April at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £22.00

Concessions available

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA

Tuesday 20th - Saturday 24th April

Tue at 7.15 pm - The Abduction from the Seraglio

Wed & Fri at 7.15 pm - Tosca

Thur & Sat at 7.15 pm - Carmen

Tickets: £7.50 - £39.50

Concessions available

Audio Described Performance/Fri 23rd April at 7.15 pm/Describer Margaret Spittles & Julia Grundy/Tickets £20.00

www.wno.org.uk

BLOOD BROTHERS

Monday 26th April - Saturday 8th May

Performances:

Mon - Fri at 7.30 pm

Wed Mat at 2.30 pm

Sat at 4.00 pm & 8.00 pm

Tickets: £12.00 - £34.50

Concessions available excluding Saturday evening

www.kenwright.com

DAD'S ARMY MARCHES ON

Starring Leslie Grantham

Monday 10th - Saturday 15th May

Evening performances at 7.30 pm

Matinees on Wed & Sat at 2.30 pm

Tickets: £14.00 - £22.00

Concessions available

THAT'LL BE THE DAY

Friday 25th June at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £17.00 £21.50 £23.50

Concessions available

www.thatllbetheday.com

JANE MCDONALD

Saturday 26th June at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £23.50 & £28.50

www.jane-mcdonald.com

STRICTLY COME DANCING

The Professionals

Monday 28th June - Saturday 3rd July

Evenings at 7.30pm

Matinees on Wed & Sat at 2.30 pm

Tickets: £20.50 - £42.50

Concessions available excluding Saturday performances

www.strictlycomedancingprotour.com

ABBA MANIA
Sunday 15th August at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £18.50 & £19.50

Concessions available

www.abbamania.com

GEORGE'S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE

The Birmingham Stage Company

Wednesday 1st - Saturday 4th September

Performances:

Wed at 2.00 pm

Thursday at 7.00 pm

Friday at 2.30 pm & 7.00 pm

Saturday at 10.30 am & 2.30 pm

Tickets: £11.50 £13.50 £15.50

Concessions available

www.birminghamstage.net

THE ARMSTRONG & MILLER SHOW

Thursday 23rd September at 8.00 pm

Tickets: £21.00

Concessions available

ROY CHUBBY BROWN

Monday 11th October at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £21.00

On sale 30th October at midday

MARK WATSON

Thursday 14th October at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £17.50

www.markwatsonthecomedian.com

BOOKING INFO

www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk

Book in person at the theatre Box Office

The Bristol Hippodrome Box Office is open to personal visitors from 12 Noon until 6pm (Monday to Saturday), with closing time extending to 15 minutes after curtain-up on performance evenings. Where a Sunday performance is scheduled, the box office will open two hours prior to evening curtain-up time. Any variations to this will be displayed on our theatre website www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk

The venue Box Office will not be open on Bank Holidays where performances are not scheduled, and Sunday opening hours will apply on Bank Holidays where performances are scheduled.

Groups 10+

0844 372 7272

(Mon-Fri 10-6)

Reviews

Oklahoma

Well, again this bloc production was very good.A bright and colourful set with easy changes of scenery. The story pretty much followed the film and included the original songs such as Oh, what a beautiful mornin' and I'm just a girl who cant say no. The chemistry, however between the two main characters seemed to be missing, while supporting characters Will and Ado Annie had chemistry in abundance.Excellent performances by Tamar Hankinson and Michael Griffiths.An excellent performance also by Simon M Gregory as baddie Jud Fry.If you can manage to sit through a very long first act this is well worth a watch. Rating 5/10

Wozzeck - Potentially a brave decision for the WNO as this opera would not be everybody's cup of tea! However, so far as i could see, the house was full, and if those sitting near me were anything to go by, the audience was extremely enthusiastic in its response to this production of Berg's unusual and sombre piece. As usual the performances were impeccable and, despite the miseries of the story line, some humour even was wrung from the dialogue. The star performance had to be Wozzeck's and Mrie's very young child, who graced the stage in several of the scenes and played his part to perfection. The orchestra deserved boquets for their accomplished performance of what must be a fiendishly difficult score and the conductor held the whole performance together magnificently.

Madame Butterfly- Review

Every note was perfect, every instrument in tune and every singer reaching the high notes. This was certainly brilliantly staged although this didn’t make up for a long and sometimes boring performance. It often lacked excitement and energy. The musical score was amazing and the massive orchestra was faultless. Powerful, big and in parts breathtaking. This night out will stay in your mind. An amazing show but unfortunately the plot was slow and uneventful until the very end. A great evening if your passionate about opera but beware it can lack pace. 7/10

La Traviata -

grand opera indeed, as only Verdi can produce it! The Welsh National Opera's new production of this classic, is a worthy addition to its repertoire. A haunting and touching tale of self-sacrifice and misplaced family loyalties, it naturally all ends in tears, but not before some quite subtle human dilemmas ans interpersonal conflicts have been explored. The Bristol production was graced by the presence of Katio Pellegrino, making her debut in the lead role of Violetta. There were moments when one felt the difficulty of a new member of the cast joining a well formed team, but the beauty and range of Pellegrino's soprano voice overcame any momentary awkwardness as she proved herself to be more than able to meet the challenges of this demanding part. Equally splendid performances were given by Alfie Boe as Violetta's lover Alfredo and Dario Solari as Alfredo's father Germont. But it was perhaps the staging and scene changes that,for me at least, set this production apart as somthing quite special.

WE WILL ROCK YOU

Well, an amazing show from start to finish. From 6 to 60 year olds, this show will keep you bopping in your seat. Although the story was weak and hard to follow, the music and the great cast made up for it and when the legend that is Brian May came on stage the crowd erupted and anyone who wasn't standing beforehand leapt to their feet as he played to a couple of songs. It was by far one of the best shows I've seen this year!

9/10

Annie

A happy and cheerful musical that brought lots of laughter and fun. Sue Pollard was part of an amazing cast that injected so much fun and enthusiasm into the performance. The sets were fabulous and brought you back to New York in the 1930’s. Annie and her lovely dog made everybody in the audience smile from ear to ear. Everything was perfect from the singing to the band – I really couldn’t fault it. 10/10