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Theatr Brycheiniog Looks Ahead To 2008
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Theatr Brycheiniog launches its new season brochure later this month with a programme featuring the best of performing arts from around the world.
Highlights of Winter/Spring 2008 include Lorna Luft with a tribute to her mother Judy Garland on Saturday 2 February, Soweto Gospel Choir’s brand new show on Wednesday 13 February and the ever-popular poet and entertainer Pam Ayres on Tuesday 11 March.
Other highlights include the contemporary folk sound of Bellowhead on Sunday 3 February, the return of the Richard Alston Dance Company after an 18 month break on Thursday 6 March and the Irish singing duo Foster And Allen on Tuesday 15 April.
For families and children, local amateurs Westenders present their annual pantomime – Mother Goose - at the end of January. Theatr Na N’Og have an Easter Holiday treat for 5-7 year olds with a musical play called Me, A Giant (based on Jack And The Beanstalk). And on Sunday 20 April, The Mr Men And Little Miss Show will bring Roger Hargreaves’ wonderful characters to life in a brilliant new show for the young and young at heart.
Music-lovers are spoilt for choice in early 2008. The Canadian percussion group ScrapArtsMusic will excite the senses on Sunday 10 February, former Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell is on concert on Tuesday 26 February and on Saturday 29 March, Suzette Dorsey presents her electrifying recreation of a Tina Turner concert.
In addition, Swinging Down Memory Lane celebrates the American songbook on Valentine’s Day, tribute band G2 will replicate the complex sounds of mid-era Genesis on Saturday 23 February and The Legends Of Motown gives audiences a two-in-one celebration of The Drifters and The Four Tops on Friday 29 February.
Big band fans get a whole night of the Syd Lawrence Orchestra on Friday 7 March, Queen and ELO fans will be delighted at the return of Two Kinds Of Magic on Wednesday 12 March and Japanese drumming sensation Yamato will raise the roof on Thursday 3 April.
Opera-lovers can look forward to seeing two brilliant companies at Theatr Brycheiniog this winter. On Thursday 21 February, Opera della Luna presents their sparkling production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado and Swansea City Opera follow up the massive success of The Daughter Of The Regiment with the Mozart masterpiece The Magic Flute on Saturday 8 March.
Dance aficionados are well catered for this winter. Marea von Stockert presents her new production on Saturday 5 April and Cardiff-based physical theatre company Earthfall premiere their new show on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 April. On Saturday 19 April, The Big Ballet promises to be a sparkling cocktail of dance fantasies guaranteed to warm the hearts of Brecon audiences.
The Circus Of Horrors returns to Brecon on Saturday 1 March with a brand new mix of the bizarre and grotesque and, in complete contrast, on Thursday 17 April cricket commentator Henry Blofeld pays homage to his insatiable passion for cricket in An Evening With Blowers.
The winter/spring brochure 2007 is enriched by co-productions and companies new to Brecon audiences thanks to support from the Welsh Assembly Government and the Arts Council Of Wales through the Arts Outside Cardiff fund.
Tickets for all the shows in the new season, including those for The 11th Rorke’s Drift Concert, are available from Theatr Brycheiniog’s ticket hotline on 01874 611622.
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