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WHAT’S | ON A HISTORY OF FASHION IN 100 OBJECTS Daily until January 2019 n The Fashion Museum, the Assembly Rooms, Bath A display of 100 items from the museum’s collection. One of the earliest garments is an embroidered waistcoat worn by an aristocratic woman from the time of Shakespeare. The exhibition also includes a jacket by Paris couturier Lucien Lelong, worn by Vivien Leigh in 1948. Tickets: £8.75 / £7.75, £6.75 children. Free with Discovery Card or Art Pass. SEASONAL MUSIC AND CAROLS Saturday 10 December 11am n St Nicholas Church, Bathampton The Freshford Singers, with conductor Bernard Wight, will be singing a mixture of medieval, traditional and new seasonal music. Free admission, retiring collection to support the church. La Serenissima at the Wiltshire Music Centre
Alan Barnes does Dickens jazz style at the Wiltshire Music Centre
Victoria Art Gallery hosts fun activities for children
THE ALAN BARNES OCTECT Saturday 10 December, 7.30pm n Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon Join international jazz saxophonist Alan Barnes for a new take on Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol. There’ll be readings from the novel, with music to bring the story and characters to life. Tickets: £16 / £8 under 18s. Visit: wiltshiremusic.org.uk or tel: 01225 860100. Also at Wiltshire Music Centre this month LA SERENISSIMA Friday 16 December, 7.30pm One of the UK’s leading historical performance ensembles presents a glorious programme featuring work by Dall’Abaco, Bononcini and Torelli as the musicians lead us on a Grand Tour of Bologna and Verona. Tickets: £22 / £11 under 18s. PARAGON SINGERS/FLORILEGIUM Saturday 17 December, 7.30pm Leading local choir the Paragon Singers celebrate the choir’s 40th anniversary. The programme comprises JS Bach’s B Minor Mass and BWV 232. This will be director Keith Bennett’s final concert after 33 years at the helm. Tickets: £22 / £6 under 18s.
EDITOR’S PICK HOT POTATO SYNCOPATORS Saturday 17 December, 7.30pm n The Mission theatre, Corn Street, Bath Have a jolly evening with this trio of dashing daredevils of swing. These wizard chaps serve up a spiffing performance of music from the 1920s, with some tip-top jazz and vaudeville comedy. You’ll find yourself tapping your spats and nodding gently. Tickets: £10 / £8 concessions. Tel: 01225 463362.
TonkyHonk music with the Hot Potato Syncopators at The Mission
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CLUB PARADIS: BURLESQUE AND CABARET Saturday 10 December, 7.30pm n Chapel Arts Centre, Lower Borough Walls, Bath Strap yourselves in for a night of high jinks, with bump’n’grind legend Havana Hurricane topping the bill. Also for your delight are Bath based singers the Belle Fleurs, vaudeville act Miss Betty Blue Eyes and burlesque acts Lilly Laudenam, Starla Bright and Krystal Rouge. Compered by the mysterious Countess and her assistant Teezy Overeazy. Tickets: £20, or £25 on the door. Bookings: chapelarts.org or tel 01225 461700 Also at Chapel Arts this month 20TH CENTURY FOXES Friday 16 December, 7.30pm It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. . . Dress up and join Bath’s cult cabaret crooners for an unusual and uplifting blend of stylish swing ina heady Yuletide tonic flavoured with the spirit of Christmases past, sprinkled with knockabout shennanigans and served warm and smooth. Tickets: £15, or £17 on the door. THE SUPERSKAS Sunday 18 December, 7.30pm Re-booked following their last performances last year due to popular demand. Chapel Arts manager says: “This band will have you dancing from the moment they begin their first song, I guarantee it.” Covering songs made famous by Toots & the Maytals and Desmond Dekker, through to The Specials, Madness, Bad Manners and The Selecter, The Superskas come complete with horn section and male and female vocalists and are guaranteed to get the party started. Tickets: £14, or £15 on the door. Continued Page 54