Jersey Opera House Events Guide Jan-May 2013

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JAN - MAY2013 EVENTS GUIDE

JERSEY OPERA HOUSE

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Dramatic New Year Resolutions As another busy year comes to an end, we already find ourselves scheduling the programme for 2014! Far from wishing 2013 away though, we have plenty of fantastic shows lined up from now until this coming May. Highlights include the return of The Circus of Horrors with a brand new show The Curse, an evening with Chris Packham, comedians Patrick Monahan and Julian Clary, and the Shaolin Warriors.

With the studio now very much a part of our operations, we also have a number of small-scale performances planned this season including the monthly Plays Rough readings, Steve Larkin’s confrontational one-man show N.O.N.C.E. and the award-winning Tin Rocket starring Niki McCretton.

La Motte Street Youth Service is also holding regular band nights in the space, recognising the studio as a great gigging venue in the island.

We are constantly adding new shows to the season’s programme for both the studio and the main theatre so, to be the first ‘in the know’, follow us on facebook and twitter and sign up to our newsletter on our website www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk Every month you will get up-todate information about shows and competitions plus what’s on offer at OH! Cafébar. This year our eatery has really taken off, now regularly packed at lunchtimes and booked up on show nights. With set menus from £14.95 2

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for two courses it makes sense to grab a bite before curtain up. You won’t be pushed for time or disappointed with the tasty food and friendly service.

10% discount at OH! Cafebar is just one of the many member benefits when you become a Friend of Jersey Opera House. Why not make a commitment to your theatre in 2013 as one of your New Year resolutions?

Forget the abstinence and all those promises to get fit. Pledging your support to the local arts couldn’t be easier or more satisfying – and there’s no way you can break this resolution! To find out more about our memberships visit: www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk/ support/friends We hope to welcome you here in 2013!

Jasmine Hendry Theatre Director

Designs on Drama The new studio has come alive on Saturday mornings during term-time as the venue for our new children’s drama classes. The inaugural sessions have been a great success with both age groups (the Dragons aged 5 to 7 and the Chameleons aged 8 to 10) well-subscribed.

We set local primary schools the challenge of designing logos for the respective classes and we received some very noteworthy entries. After great deliberation we chose 8 year old Ellie-Mai Longdin’s chameleon design and 7 year old Melanie Dixon’s dragon logo as the new brand identities for the classes.

Our next term begins in January and classes are already booking up fast so if you want to secure your child’s place please email admin@jerseyoperahouse.co.uk Kindly supported by HSBC.

wall to wall art Local artists and photographers have been taking full advantage of the gallery space on the walls of OH! Cafébar. The monthly exhibitions for this season are all booked up with the following showcasing their work: Kevin Brace (7th Dec – 10th Jan) Tracy Peters (11th Jan – 14th Feb) Penny Best (15th Feb – 21st Mar) Kim Jordan (22nd Mar – 25th Apr) Debbie Buterbaugh (26th Apr – 30th May) Richard Close (31st May – 4th July) If you are interested in exhibiting your work at OH! Cafébar please contact admin@jerseyoperahouse.co.uk

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SHOW LISTINGS

JANUARY

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Met Opera: Verdi’s Aida Met Opera: Berlioz’s Les Troyens

Sun 13 Tue 15

NT Live: The Magistrate Met Opera: Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda

Thu 17 Sat 19

p8

New Year Classics

Sat 26

p7

p9

Blue Coupe supported by Del Bromham & STRAY

Sat 2

P10

Hey Diddle Diddle

Tue 12 & Wed 13

P11

Sing-a-Long-a Grease

Fri 15

P12

Met Opera: Verdi’s Rigoletto

Sat 16

P13

Pam Ann

Fri 22 & Sat 23

P14 Caruso & The Monkey House Trial p15

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FEBRUARY

MARCH Fri 1

Jersey Young Musician of the Year Final 2013

p16

Patrick Monahan: Shooting From The Lip Sat 9

Sat 2

p17

Met Opera: Wagner’s Parsifal

Sun 10

p18

N.O.N.C.E. (In the Studio)

Thu 14

P19

VivaSantana

Sat 16

P20

Met Opera: Zandonai’s Francesca Da Rimini Carnival Edge (In the Studio)

Sun 17 Thu 21

P21

The Circus of Horrors: The Curse

Thu 21 - Sat 23

P22

Plays Rough (In the Studio) NT Live: People

Mon 25 Tue 26

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APRIL

p23

Mad About Musicals (A)

Sat 13

P24

Talon: The Best Of Eagles

Sat 20

p25

Julian Clary: Position Vacant, Apply Within Sun 21

p26

National Dance Company Wales

Wed 24

p27

Tin Rocket (In the Studio)

Sat 27

p28

Miss Jersey Battle of Flowers 2013

Sat 27

p29

Chris Packham: Wild Night Out!

Sun 28

MAY

p30

Met Opera: Handel’s Giulio Cesare

Wed 1

p31

Shaolin Warriors

Fri 3 & Sat 4

p32

Liberation Festival

Thu 9

p33

Julian Lloyd-Webber: Travels With My Cello Thu 16

JUNE

p34

Stan Boardman’s Big Variety Show

Sat 22

p35

How to Book

p36

Seating Plan

p37

How to Find Us

p38

Membership

p39

Application Form

All information correct at time of going to print

(A) = Amateur Production

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JANUARY

sun 13 & tue 15 sun 13 jan

Verdi’s aida The Met Opera: Live in HD ENCORE SCREENING

Tickets Adults: £17.50 Concessions: £15 Performance Time 6pm

This screening of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska and Hui He. They share the title role of the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Marco Berti and Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian princess Amneris, sung by Dolora Zajick and Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts this revival, which features recent choreography by Alexei Ratmansky. www.metoperafamily.org

tue 15 jan

Berlioz’s Les Troyens

The Met Opera: Live in HD ENCORE SCREENING A rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic with this encore screening.

Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces. www.metoperafamily.org

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Tickets Adults: £17.50 Concessions: £15 Performance Time 4.30pm

JANUARY

THU 17 & sat 19 thu 17 jan

the magistrate LIVe Screening A fast and furious farce, The Magistrate is sure to have audiences doubled up with laughter.

Academy Award nominee and Tony Awardwinner John Lithgow ((Broadway’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shrek, 3rd Rock from the Sun) takes the title role in Arthur Wing Pinero’s uproarious Victorian farce, with Olivier Award-winner Nancy Carroll (After the Dance) as his deceitful wife.

When amiable Magistrate Posket marries Agatha little does he realise that she’s dropped five years from her age – and her son’s. When her deception looks set to be revealed, it sparks a series of hilarious indignities and outrageous mishaps.

Directed by Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You and Into the Woods). www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive

Tickets Adults: £12.50 Concessions: £11 Performance Time 7pm

sat 19 jan

Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda The Met Opera: Live in HD livE SCREENING

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the world’s most exciting singers, takes on the virtuosic bel canto role of the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots.

Having scored a major success with his production of Anna Bolena, director David McVicar now turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives. Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I. Maurizio Benini conducts. www.metoperafamily.org

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january

sat 26

new year classics jersey chamber orchestra

natalie clein

Tickets £32 / £26 / £21 / £10 Concessions available Performance Time 8pm (Pre-concert Talk: 7pm)

“Plays everything with passion”

The Times

Celebrate the New Year with a trio of classics with BRIT award-winner Natalie Clein.

and Brahms’ Serenade No 1, a showcase for the orchestra often called his first Symphony.

Haydn’s virtuosic concerto for cello and orchestra is a firm favourite with audiences featuring uplifting melodies coupled with dramatic and fiery runs.

Programme:

The Jersey Chamber Orchestra will also perform Siegfried Idyll, a beautiful work composed as a birthday present, 8

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Wagner - Siegfried Idyll Haydn - Cello Concerto in C Brahms - Serenade No 1, Op 11 www.musicjersey.com

MONSTERS OF AMERICAN ROCK

blue coupe supported by

Del Bromham & STRAY

february

sat 2

Tickets £20 Performance Time 8pm Three iconic rock stars from Alice Cooper Group and Blue Öyster Cult make up Blue Coupe.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Dennis Dunaway (bassist of the legendary Alice Cooper Group), multiinstrumentalist Joe Bouchard (founder of Blue Öyster Cult) and his brother Albert Bouchard (master of the drums) are true monsters of American Rock with something to prove.

These revolutionary multi-talented originals were the heartbeat of several of the best known songs in the history of rock including Schools Out and Don’t Fear the Reaper. Note for note, their full-throttle expertise hits you.

Cumulatively the trio has sold over 15 million albums and has been awarded more than 30 gold and platinum records worldwide. Now as Blue Coupe the rock legends will blow your minds and maybe the speakers with their show-stopping performance.

Del Bromham & Stray Touring with Blue Coupe in Britain, STRAY has made a spectacular comeback for a band that’s never been away! Old and new rock fans will appreciate the group’s nononsense well-written and well-played solid songs. www.bluecoupeband.com www.stray-the-band.co.uk BOX OFFICE (01534) 511115

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february

tue 12 & wed 13

Hey Diddle Diddle There’s an air of excitement in Rhyme Town – the secret place where nursery rhyme characters live when they’re not busy with bedtime stories.

It’s the annual Jumping Over The Moon contest; an event which The Cow has won for the past five years.

However, this year, Little Miss Muffet has made a trampoline from Incy Wincy Spider’s web, and is certain she’s going to get the trophy.

Wee Willie Winkie is up to his old tricks and has scared the two judges of the contest – The Dish and The Spoon – so they’ve run away! Without anyone to judge the jump, the contest will have to be cancelled.

Tickets Adults: £10.50 Children: £8.50 Family Tickets: £33 (2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children) Performance Time 11am & 2pm

To save the event, the nursery’s two delightful puppet characters, Jenny and Davey, come to life and visit Old King Cole to borrow his Big Book Of Rhyme. After a game of Hide & Seek, they set off around Rhyme Town to find The Dish and The Spoon.

Hey Diddle Diddle is a magical show full of songs, laughter and audience participation – ideal for children of all ages! www.thepantocompany.com 10

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SING-A-LONG-A GREasE

Tickets Adults: £15.50 Concessions & Upper Circle: £13.50 Performance Time 8pm

fun night “outTheyoumost can have ” Scott Mills, Radio 1

Be a Pink Lady or a T-Bird for the night and sing-along to all the classic songs from the film Grease.

From the producers of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music, this brand new sing-along show screening of the cult movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John will have you boogying in your seats. After an initial vocal warm-up with your show host, you’ll get a lesson in how to ‘hand jive’ and when to use the contents of your free goody bag.

february

FRI 15

Join Danny, Sandy and the rest of the Grease gang for a night of singing and dancing to the lyrics shown on the screen.

Fancy dress is strongly encouraged and full audience participation is obligatory. Grease is the word! www.singalonga.net

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february

sat 16

verdi’s rigoletto The Met Opera: Live in HD livE SCREENING

Based on Victor Hugo’s play Le roi s’amuse, Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Guiseppe Verdi.

This new Met Opera production, directed by Michale Mayer, of this towering tragedy is set in 1960s Las Vegas.

Piotr Beczala sings the womanising Duke, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda.

Approximate running time: 3 hours 30 mins www.metoperafamily.org

Tickets Adults: £17.50 Concessions: £15 Performance Time 6pm 12

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february

fri 22 & Sat 23

PAM ANN around the world 2013

Pam Ann is the brand new face of London Heathrow Sky Team’s Terminal 4 and is touching down in her favourite terminals across the UK. Direct from sell-out tours in Europe, USA and Australia, Pam Ann: ‘Around the World’ is set to take off in February 2013 for 4 weeks only..!

Glamorous, hilarious and outrageous, Pucci-clad Pam has toured with Cher, crewed private jets for Elton John and even Madonna is a huge fan.

Pam Ann takes passengers on a raucous journey from security checkin, to boarding, to hopefully landing.

Fasten your seatbelts, stow your designer hand luggage and prepare to be flown like you’ve never been flown before.

“… cruelly funny…”

Madonna “Camp, kitsch and breathtakingly rude” The Guardian “A delicious comic creation” The Independent “witty and sexy... you’ll be rolling in the aisles!”

Daily Mirror www.pamann.com

Tickets First Class: £26 Business Class: £23 Economy: £20 Performance Time 8pm BOX OFFICE (01534) 511115

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march

fri 1

caruso & the monkey house trial Celebrity. Scandal.

Monkeys. Opera!

When legendary Tenor Enrico Caruso is accused of pinching women’s bottoms at the Central Park Zoo in New York, it’s not his reputation but his whole career that’s at stake. With text drawn from contemporary newspaper accounts, the audience plays the jury and must pass judgement: Did Caruso commit an act of gross indecency? Was he a notorious womaniser or the victim of police entrapment?

Prodigal’s opera hero returns in a new collaboration with Andrew G. Marshall. Featuring live singing from Puccini and Verdi.

“High quality theatre” Edinburgh Spotlight “Impressive” The Stage “Jarquin is a great singer & a natural story teller” The Scotsman

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Tickets Stalls: £14 Dress: £16 Concessions: £2 off Performance Time 8pm

jersey young musician of the year final 2013

march

sat 2

Tickets Adults: ÂŁ7.50 Students: Free Performance Time 7pm

The winners from the Jersey Young Musician string, woodwind, brass and percussion competitions perform to decide who will be crowned Jersey Young Musician of the Year 2013.

Expect an evening of exciting musical performances from some of our island’s finest young musicians.

Organised by Jersey Music Service and once again sponsored by PwC, this prestigious annual event illustrates the wealth of young musical talent in Jersey.

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march

SAT 9

patrick monahan: shooting from the lip! uk tour 2013 Patrick Monahan is back with a brand new show, Shooting from the Lip! Following a sell-out run at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival, Patrick Monahan is touring the UK in Spring 2013.

With an unmistakable style of humour and freewheeling charm, this loveable Teessider is renowned for his brilliant stand-up and superb anecdotes. The IranianIrish comic’s clean and highly accessible material means all the family can enjoy his shows.

Brought up in Middlesbrough by his Iranian mother and Irish father, Patrick has many hilarious and engaging stories about his heritage.

Last year, as well as winning the ITV1 series ‘Show Me The Funny’, he released his debut DVD ‘Patrick Monahan Live’.

“Twinkle-toed, mischievous…

Monahan raised the roof” The Sun “Bright young talent…

High energy and conviction” The Sunday Times “Without doubt a man who can do funny” The Mirror www.patrickmonahan.co.uk Twitter@PatrickJMonahan

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Tickets £17.50 Performance Time 8pm

march

sun 10

wagner’s parsifal The Met Opera: Live in HD encorE SCREENING

Wagner’s controversial opera, full of religious and emotive themes, is based on King Arthur and the search for the Holy Grail.

Met director François Girard’s timeless new vision for the composer’s final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score, while designer Michael Levine creates a surreal landscape.

Tickets Adults: £17.50 Concessions: £15 Performance Time 4.30pm

Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of Parsifal, the innocent who finds wisdom. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.

Approximate runtime: 5 hrs 40 min www.metopreafamily.org

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march

thu 14

n.o.n.c.e. in the studio

Tickets Adults: £12 Concessions: £10 Performance Time 8pm

An underemployed artist lands the job of ‘poet-in-residence’ at a highsecurity prison. Follow him into every dark corner, helping dangerous criminals escape... through creative expression.

N.O.N.C.E stands for Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise - the type of inmate which Steve Larkin worked with while at a British therapeutic prison. Surrounded by paedophiles, rapists and murderers, he introduced them to creative writing as a form of rehabilitation.

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www.stevelarkin.com/N.O.N.C.E..html A semi-autobiographical one-man theatre show written by Steve Larkin and performed by him in the Jersey Opera House Studio.

“A darkly hypnotic, occasionally hilarious mini-masterpiece of slam storytelling” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation “Absolutely spell-binding” Uptown Magazine, Canada “The man is a genius, master of the spoken word” dailyinfo.co.uk

march

sat 16

vivasantana

Tickets £20 Performance Time 8pm

If you missed this group last year or you are just a massive Carlos Santana fan then book early for this phenomenal celebration of the Latin Rock legend’s music.

Twelve years touring the world, this seven piece homage to Santana hits all the right notes, effortlessly recreating all the classic tracks from albums Santana 1, Abraxas, Moonflower and the more recent Supernatural, Shaman and All that I am.

Described by Classic Rock Magazine as “one of the top must see tributes in the UK”, these talented musicians are far more than a cover group.

Soloist Marcos Rodriguez and the VivaSantana family fully immerse themselves to deliver the moods, sounds and atmosphere of Santana’s music with passion, heart, soul and chilling accuracy. www.vivasantana.com

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march

sun 17 & thu 21 sun 17 mar

zandonai’s francesca da rimini The Met Opera: Live in HD ENCORE SCREENING

Riccardo Zandonai’s compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante’s Inferno, returns in the Met Opera’s ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986.

Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts.

Approximate runtime: 4 hrs www.metoperafamily.org

Tickets Adults: £17.50 Concessions: £15 Performance Time 6pm

thu 21 mar

carnival edge an evening of poetry in the studio open mic Katherine Gallagher reads from her latest book Carnival Edge: New & Selected Poems (Arc Publications, 2010).

Katherine Gallagher is a widelyacclaimed North London poet with seven books published as well as four chapbooks. She has five full collections of poetry, most recently Carnival Edge: New & Selected Poems (Arc Publications, 2010).

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Tickets £5 Performance Time 7.45pm ‘There’s always something special about a New & Selected. For Katherine Gallagher, this selection has a Carnival Edge, its natural territory the exotic and unknown, the fringe and carnivalesque . . .’

Jane Holland, Poetry Review www.katherine-gallagher.com

march

THU 21 - sat 23

the circus of horrors: the curse uk tour 2013

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The gruesome group is returning to Jersey by popular demand with a brand new sinister show, The Curse of the Devil Doll.

Transporting audiences on a whirlwind journey back to 1927 Berlin, the weird and wonderful freak show from the Britain’s Got Talent finals, goes back in time to the home of the Devil Doll, the Ventriloquist’s demonic dummy.

Taking on a life of its own in this sequel show, the Doll wages war on the undead ringmaster, Dr Haze.

Tickets Stalls: £25 Dress: £25-£27.50 Upper: £15-£18 Concessions: £2 Off Thurs Eve & Fri/Sat 6pm Shows Only Performance Time Thurs 8pm Fri & Sat 6pm & 9pm Featuring many ‘fangtastic’ daredevil, bizarre acts and performers, you simply can’t afford to miss this phantasmagoria.

Having already achieved cult status, The Circus of Horrors is dragging circus kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.

‘I have never been as scared in all my life’.

Ant & Dec ‘Totally Unbelievable’ Scott Mills, BBC Radio 1 www.circusofhorrors.co.uk BOX OFFICE (01534) 511115

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march

mon 25 & tue 26 mon 25 mar

plays rough in the studio Plays Rough is back for 2013!

Brand new theatre in Jersey now has a regular showcase in the rugged (yet comely) shape of Plays Rough.

This is a monthly night in the JOH Studio, presenting new writing in a loose and informal style and often as performed readings. No set, no costume, no problem. It’s all about the plays.

For the audience, it’s a chance to see theatre in the making and even be part of the creative process. Your opinions and reactions are what it’s all about.

For the writers, it’s an important forum for new work to be presented to the people who matter most – you!

So why not come along and Play Rough?

Into the mix of each evening’s theatre, Plays Rough adds comedy, original poetry, and live music from the best of Jersey’s songwriters – making for a great way to sample the rest of the island’s creative talent.

tue 26 mar

nt live: people

encore screening A new play by Alan Bennett People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing through one’s house.

But with the park a jungle and a bath on the billiard table, what is one to do?

Dorothy, played by award-winning actress Frances de la Tour (star of Harry Potter, Rising Damp), wonders if an attic sale could be a solution.

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Tickets £5 Performance Time 8pm

Tickets Adults: £12.50 Concessions: £11 Performance Time 7pm

Award-winning British playwright Alan Bennett is reunited with Director Nicholas Hytner and Olivier Awardwinning actress Frances de la Tour for the much anticipated People, the sixth of Bennett’s plays to have its premiere at the National Theatre. www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive

april

sat 13

mad about musicals an amateur production

TimpanAli Productions presents Mad about Musicals; a concert featuring favourite musical theatre songs from the last 60 years, performed by UK trained Jersey theatre performers.

The programme will include songs by composers including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, and Rogers & Hammerstein, from shows such as Les Miserables, Chicago and Spamalot.

Tickets Adults: ÂŁ16 Concessions: ÂŁ14 Performance Time 8pm facebook.com/TimpanAli-Productions

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talon music ltd presents

talon - the best of eagles The classic collection tour

Tickets £20 Performance Time 8pm

Talon performs the songs of the “Eagles with reverence and super talent ”

Jack Tempchin (Eagles Hit Songwriter)

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Now in its sixteenth year, Talon is recognised throughout the industry as the world’s definitive Eagles tribute show.

Now made up of seven world class musicians, together they create an immensely powerful vocal harmony and a reputable musical production.

In 2013 the group’s latest tour features all the classic Eagles hits from the timeless back catalogue including Hotel California, Lyin’ Eyes, Take It Easy, Desperado, Take It To The Limit, Life In The Fast Lane, The Last Resort and many more.

Evolving from strength to strength with bigger and better shows year on year, Talon always promises to deliver a night to remember.

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julian clary: position vacant, apply within

april

Sun 21

Julian Clary is looking for love and he’s not leaving town empty handed…..

Master of camp and Celebrity Big Brother Winner, Julian Clary is scouring the land in search of love.

He’s promised to leave no straight unturned.

“Because I’m still considered to be quite a catch and because your town is noted for its heterosexuals on the cusp, there’s bound to be stiff competition”, says Julian.

“Therefore I’ll be hosting ruthless elimination games. You can be sure of one thing.

By the end of the evening, we’ll all be celebrating my new partnership.” A glass of Blue Nun may be available to those who make an effort or anyone named Jason.

But please bring your own confetti.

Recommended age 16+ www.julianclary.co.uk

Tickets Adults: £20 Concessions: £18 Performance Time 8pm

Hilarious... “vintage Clary ” Whatsonstage

You think knob jokes are easy?...Clary “makes them flow like cheap German wine ” The Times

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national dance company wales

Dream evokes the “visceral Olympic rush ” Photo: Roy Campbell-Moore

The Guardian

National Dance Company Wales presents a spellbinding triple bill of exhilarating dance to fall in love with.

The acclaimed Dream, from world-renowned choreographer Christopher Bruce, is a breath-taking celebration of the excellence and achievement of Britain in its Olympic year. Dream has received standing ovations from London to Shanghai as audiences are swept away by the sheer exuberance of physical movement.

Exploring the fantasy and ritual of weddings, Noces by French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj is an astonishing spectacle of dynamic movement and evocative costumes performed to Igor Stravinsky’s exquisite score, Les Noces.

Award-winning Company dancer and House Choreographer Eleesha Drennan presents her latest work with a recording of a newly commissioned percussion concerto from BBC National Orchestra of Wales’ resident composer Mark Bowden.

Book a place on the interactive public workshop in the Jersey Opera House studio on Tuesday 23rd April at 6pm by contacting Box Office (511 115). School Workshops can be pre-arranged for Tuesday 23rd April by contacting participation@ndcwales.co.uk Artists & photographers are invited to attend a dedicated Watch Dance Class on Wednesday 24th April at 12:45pm Call Box Office.

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Tickets Stalls: £14-£16 Dress: £17-£19 Upper: £11-£13 School Price: £8 Concessions: £2 off Performance Time 8pm

april

sat 27

tin rocket in the studio

Tickets Adults: £12 Concessions:£10 Performance Time 8pm

makin projects proudly presents Award-Winning performer Niki McCretton in an evening of comedy, stand-up, space travel and scones.

‘What planet are you on?’ a phrase Niki’s well used to hearing. If you’ve ever felt like you don’t fit in or that The Matrix feels more like a documentary than a work of fiction, then maybe you are on the same planet as her.

Niki’s quest to make sense of it all has taken her to Russia to try on space suits, to the USA to interview a man who’s eaten spaghetti on the moon, and to Northern Ireland to see how her ancestors managed to go from obsessing about potatoes to running a Speak-Easy in the Bronx.

She’s met royalty and strangely Prince Charles thinks she’s very funny.

Should she worry?

Come and find out.

Tin Rocket is co-commissioned by Salisbury Arts Centre ‘A great comic talent’ HRH The Prince of Wales ‘…a deeply comic and sometimes surreal performance…the sheer physicality of certain scenes is breathtaking…a powerfully expressive performance.’

Three Weeks www.nikimccretton.com

Kindly supported by Shopmobility Jersey

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april

sat 27

miss jersey battle of flowers 2013 final

Join us for an evening of nostalgia and entertainment, culminating in the crowning of the 60th Miss Jersey Battle of Flowers.

Tickets Stalls: ÂŁ14 Dress: ÂŁ16.50 Performance Time 7.30pm 28

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This annual competition sees parish title holders and Open Heat winners competing for the prestigious title of Miss Jersey Battle of Flowers 2013, thus beginning a 12 month reign in a special 60th anniversary year.

chris packham wild night out!

april

SUN 28

On stage with his latest exquisite collection of images Chris Packham goes wild across the country with an entertaining and informative look at some of nature’s most popular and interesting species.

Illustrated with his superb photographs from around the world and from his beloved UK, he explains the fascinating ecologies and behaviours of a range of creatures from leopards to barn owls, cheetahs to pond skaters, polar bears to peregrines.

His conversational style, irreverent humour and sometimes controversial opinions make for a hugely rewarding evening’s entertainment. He tells of close shaves and the often bizarre

lengths he’ll go to get the picture, plus he challenges people to think again about the conventions of conservation.

Suitable for 8 to 80 year olds, there is always time for questions at the end... that’s as long as you don’t mind a candid or frank answer and there is sure to be a couple of poodles in there somewhere! www.allelectricproductions.co.uk

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handel’s giulio cesare The Met Opera: Live in HD encorE SCREENING

The opera which conquered London in Handel’s time comes to the Met Opera in David McVicar’s inventive production.

The Guardian praised the director’s “witty, sexy, and tragic post-colonial framing of the classic Caesar and Cleopatra tale,” which incorporates elements of Baroque theatre and 19th Century British imperialism to illuminate the opera’s ideas of love, war and empire-building.

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The world’s leading countertenor, David Daniels, sings the title role opposite Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.

Approximate runtime 4 hrs 30 min www.metoperafamily.org

Tickets Adults: £17.50 Concessions: £15 Performance Time 6pm

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fri 3 & SAT 4

shaolin warriors return of the master The internationally acclaimed Shaolin Warriors are returning to the UK with a brand new show, “Return of the Master” as part of their world tour.

This breath-taking theatrical Kung Fu show continues the story of the warrior, and vividly depicts the rarely-seen Kung Fu Masters’ feats of agility, strength and skill, using Buddhist Meditation and their rigorous martial arts training.

An extravaganza, with gorgeous scenery, atmospheric music, beautiful lights, and hundreds of costumes, this is a fully choreographed spectacular which features 22 professionally trained Kungfu Masters. Audiences will be amazed and thrilled by their death defying disciplines such as qigong, animal imitation boxing, drunken boxing, and fighting with over 20 kinds of dangerous traditional weapons. www.theatre-productions.com/shows/ shaolin-warriors/

“Breathtaking show!”

Jersey Evening Post

Tickets Stalls: £23-£25 Dress: £25-£27 Upper: £17-£19 Concessions: £2 off Performance Time 8pm

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Coming Up Later In The Year International Music Festival

LIBERATION CELEBRATION Thurs 9th May

Seven International Soloists • • • • • • •

Michael Collins Boris Brovtsyn Harriet Mackenzie Jennifer Stumm Leonard Elschenbroich Wu Qian Michael McHale

Concert to be recorded by:

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travels with my cello THURSDAY 16th MAY 8pm Tickets £20-25

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how to book Box Office Call, email or come into the JOH Box Office to get your tickets. We are open Monday to Saturday 9:30am – 5:30pm, and on show days we’re open until the curtain goes up!

Snail Mail Tickets can be posted for an extra charge of 70p.

exceptional circumstances.

• F or a fee of £1 per ticket, tickets may be exchanged for another performance of the same show, subject to availability and with at least 24 hours notice prior to the show.

• Concessions are for children under 12, students, senior citizens and HIE recipients, unless otherwise stated.

• Reservations are held for a maximum of one week before being released for general sale.

• We reserve the right to change the cast without prior notification.

• We reserve the right to refuse admission.

• Latecomers may not be allowed access to the auditorium until a suitable point in the performance.

Booking Ts & Cs • Jersey Opera House does not offer refunds unless in

For a full list of our terms and conditions, please contact Box Office.

Tel: (01534) 511 115 Email: boxoffice@jerseyoperahouse.co.uk Online Choose your preferred seats and buy your tickets online at www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk Please note that there is a nonrefundable transactional fee per ticket for booking online.

CONTACT US

Box Office Tel: (01534) 511 115

Jersey Opera House, Gloucester Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3QR www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk Facebook.com/jerseyoperahouse Twitter - @JerOperaHouse Email: boxoffice@jerseyoperahouse.co.uk

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JERSEY OPERA HOUSE

how to find us

By Foot…

You’ll find us in Gloucester Street in St Helier, opposite the General Hospital. We’re a 5 minute walk from the main town shopping area and the bus terminus, Liberation Station.

By Car… Patriotic Street and Sand Street car parks are both 150 metres from the theatre. Parking is free from 5pm to 8am.

By Bus… Buses coming from the west will bypass Gloucester Street.

The closest stop to the theatre is on the Esplanade and about a 200 metre walk. Other routes will stop at Liberation Station which is a 5 minute walk or taxis are available at the terminus.

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For a small annual membership fee your donation will go towards supporting Jersey Opera House and helping to ensure the longterm future of the theatre for all island communities to enjoy.

As a non-profit making organisation, Jersey Opera House appreciates your support. Both individual and joint memberships are open to all and are priced at £35 and £60 respectively.

For a list of the benefits you receive, including advanced notice of shows, priority booking and discount at OH! Cafébar, please visit SUPPORT US on our website.

Show Business Equally if your company would like to offer its support then there are two corporate memberships available, Lime Club and Pit Club.

For more details of the benefits and prices please visit our website www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more details, please contact admin@jerseyoperahouse.co.uk

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