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| BARNEY LIVE! - THE LET'S GO TOUR | | | Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st July 2008 | | Barney, BJ and Baby Bop are going on a super-dee-duper musical adventure to a tee-rific toy factory and introducing their newest dino friend, Riff in the All-New Barney Live! The Let's Go Tour. Featuring 25 songs, including original compositions as well as classic Barney favorites, Barney Live! The Let's Go Tour invites audiences in Lincoln to sing, dance, tap and clap along with Barney, BJ, Baby Bop...and Riff as they meet dancing teddy bears, out of this world robots, larger than life toys and much more! Performance times - Wednesday: 3.30pm, Thursday: 11am & 2pm. Duration: 90 minutes. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| | | | Wednesday 20th to Saturday 23rd August 2008 - 7.30pm | Boogie Nights is a sensational show with an absorbing storyline featuring amazing dance routines and funky seventies costumes! The show is packed with classic seventies floor fillers including Boogie Wonderland, Celebration, Disco Inferno, Enough is Enough, I Will Survive, Play That Funky Music, Street Life, We Are Family and YMCA. Boogie Nights is a celebration of the undying spirit of the decade that brought us glam, funk, flares and disco! Performed by local young people aged 9-24, see the first amateur licenced performance of Boogie Nights in the West Midlands performaned to professional standards. Matinee performance on Saturday at 2.30pm. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK |
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| Wednesday
26th to Saturday 30th August 2008 - 7.30pm |
The
Great American Trailer Park Musical is written
by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso. It was performed
in the first annual New York Music Theater
Festival in 2004. Trailer Park opened off-Broadway
at Bows at Dodger Stages on September 27,
2005. The Great American Trailer Park Musical
made its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival in 2008. It then made its English
premiere later that year in Birmingham,
England.
Matinee performance on Wednesday &
Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets on sale from
Wednesday 2nd July. (back
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| Friday
5th September 2008 - 8pm |
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mind-blowing show written, devised and starring
David Friend and Simon Morley; two handsome,
well-endowed Australians who manipulate their
manhood into various shapes, objects and landmarks.
A video camera projects intimate details of
these phenomena onto a large screen ensuring
little can be missed. Discover the Loch Ness
Monster! Be blown away by the Windsurfer!
Coax the Slow Emerging Mollusc from its shell....
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| HARRY & HIS BUCKET FULL OF DINOSAURS | | | Saturday 6th September 2008 - 2.30pm | | Launching in February 2008, Premier are delighted to be bringing this popular CCI Entertainment and Five, Milkshake television show to the stage for the first time. Based on a series of best-selling books, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs features a five-year-old boy who is transported to Dino World by jumping into his bucket with his 6 toy dinosaurs. Ideal for children aged 3 to 7. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| | | | Friday 12th September 2008 - 8pm | Stand-up Tim Vine co-starred in the BBC One sitcom No Going Out and both series of ITV1’s The Sketch Show is also a TV host, having devised and presented Fluke for Channel 4, which was nominated for a Rose d’Or Award. He was also the first man to appear on Channel Five when presenting quiz show Whittle. Tim has also starred in The Tim Vine Christmas Present for Five, Saturday Live (ITV) and The Stand Up Show (BBC1). Tim recently became the Guinness World Record Holder for telling the most jokes in an hour – smashing the previous record with a total of 499. He has appeared on the Royal Variety Show alongside Shirley Bassey and Kylie Minogue, and hastoured the UK with his The Joke Machine Gun show. He burst onto the stand-up circuit by winning the Perrier Best Newcomer Award for The Tim Vine Fiasco at the Edinburgh Festival in 1995. That followed a runner-up prize in the Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year competition in 1993. Tim’s solo shows in Edinburgh include Tim Vine Flat Out (1998) and I’m Vine Thanks and Tim Vine and the Minotaur (both 1999). (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| | | | Thursday 18th September 2008 - 7pm | John Edward is best known for his tv shows Crossing Over and John Edward Cross Country. Anyone attending a John Edward seminar should feel as if they are part of a large television gallery. There will be Question and Answer sessions, a guided meditation and messages from the other side. No one attending a seminar is guaranteed a reading. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| GUAVA
JELLY WITH OLIVER SAMUELS | | | Sunday 21st September 2008 - 8pm | BJ Harmony & Harmony Productions present Guava Jelly. A bittersweet comedy starring Oliver Samuels, Audrey Reid and Volier Maffe Johnson. Ambitious Ascot sends money back home to his family, yet while being away, his wife's ex-husband has moved in. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| THE MIKADO - CARL ROSA OPERA COMPANY | | | Tuesday 23rd to Saturday 27th September 2008 - 7.30pm | The
most popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera,
and arguably the most popular opera ever
written. This opera has delighted audiences
for more than a century, and spawned a number
of imitations. But none were nearly as good
as the original, which represented both
Gilbert and Sullivan at the height of their
creative geniuses. More infomation to follow.
Matinee performance on Wednesday &
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| | | | Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd October 2008 - 7.30pm | | By jove, here is an evening full of laughter and songs from comic genius and showbiz legend Ken Dodd. Bringing his famous Happiness Show to town, he will be dispensing liberal doses of his tickle tonic. You are sure to be chortling all the way home. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| | | | Saturday 4th October 2008 - 7.30pm | | Voted 2005 outright 'best in the world' winner of Canada's annual prestigious Elvis Festival – the award winning 'Elvis - The Legend Continues'' features a full evening show from the early days of ‘pure hip-swivelling ‘ rock n roll to the ‘Come Back Special’. The Las Vegas style production features Lee 'Memphis' King , his orchestra/band and singers. - ‘This show leaves the audience in no doubt they are witnessing the world’s No 1 Elvis show'. The show lasts 2 hours with a 20 minute interval half way through. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| | | | Sunday 5th October 2008 - 8pm | | Known for his absurdist observation and unique brand of dry humour, Moran is a master of comedy combining his talents as an actor, writer and performer to incredible effect. His stand-up performances continue to pack theatres, with sell-out runs in Australia, UK, New York, Los Angeles, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Gothenburg. Dylan is also the creative force behind Channell 4’s Black Books in which he appears as a foul-tempered eccentric and drink-fuelled proprietor of a grubby book shop who would really rather not have customers if he could help it. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| ROMEO & JULIET - THE MUSICAL (Shakespeare 4 Kids) | | | Monday 6th October 2008 - 10.30am & 1.30pm | | Their acclaimed Theatre Company produces these shows in top theatres and venues across the UK and increasingly in other countries of the world. Year after year they introduce hundreds of thousands of children and young people to the world of William Shakespeare. Daytime performances ensure that school parties can attend during school time and the evening shows are suitable for every member of the family. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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OVER
THE RAINBOW - THE EVA CASIDY STORY |
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| Tuesday
7th October 2008 - 8pm |
| Starring
Faye Tozer from Steps. Over the Rainbow
is a compelling Musical which tells the Life
Story of this legendary artist, following
Eva’s life through dramatic scenes and
stunning live renditions of her music including
a haunting interpretation of ‘Somewhere
Over the Rainbow’. This Show follows
her life from the age of 10 growing up in
a musical family, to her first professional
gig aged 18 at the Wild West World theme park,
her first meeting with her boyfriend and mentor
Chris Biondo, a rabble-rousing rendition and
recording at Blues Alley with Chuck Brown
and culminating in her poignant and tragic
death. Before she died at the tender age of
33, she was unknown outside Washington, USA
but within 2 years, she was discovered by
Terry Wogan who promoted her music to the
top of the album charts in the UK and now
Europe, Australia and throughout the World.
A talented and world-class Cast of Actors
and Musicians recreate her original arrangements
and recordings which have received accolades
from Mick Fleetwood and Sting and tributes
from Nora Jones, Katie Melua and Chris De
Burgh. This Show pays a genuine and heartfelt
tribute to a true Artist who was not interested
in fame and fortune, but wanted nothing more
than to create beautiful music. From its’
first performance in 2004, Over the Rainbow,
has moved people immensely with sell-out performances
and standing ovations throughout the UK. This
is more than the Life Story of Eva Cassidy
which is an absolute must-see for all Eva
Cassidy Fans, its’ a Show for anyone
who’s lost someone they love. (back
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| COLIN FRY - AN EVENING OF CLAIRVOYANCE | | | Wednesday 8th to Friday 10th October 2008 - 7.30pm | | Colin Fry, one of the countries most well known and respected Mediums, continues his country-wide tour of the UK. Colin has a special gift. He can communicate with spirits, decipher their messages and share them with those who have lost people dear to them. He uses his gift on two levels – Mediumship – to receive information from those who have passed over and soul to soul which provides life guidance to others using his psychic intuition. Colin believes his vocation is to comfort those who need to hear or understand that a friend or loved one or someone they cared about still exists. Death is not enough to separate people who love each other. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| | | | Saturday 11th October 2008 - 7.30pm | | British singer Boy George combined a strong, soulful singing voice with a provocative sense of fashion, both of which were first brought to the attention of English and American audiences in the group Culture Club, for whom he served as lead singer from 1982 to 1986. The group wrote and played impeccable pop music, and Boy George's androgynous persona -- heavy makeup and outrageous costumes -- gave the group a distinct video image in the dawn of MTV. That very distinctiveness, however, made the group date quickly, and at the same time Boy George encountered highly publicized personal difficulties. He re-emerged as a solo singer in 1987 with Sold, which contained a U.K. number one cover of Bread's "Everything I Own," but was unable to duplicate this success in the U.S. Boy George enjoyed four British singles' chart entries in 1987 and another three in 1988. His second album, Tense Nervous Headache (1988), was not picked up for release in the U.S.; his third, Boyfriend (1989), was a Europe-only release, though Virgin Records cobbled the second and third albums together to present a second U.S. album, High Hat (1989). In 1991 came The Martyr Mantras, another patchwork album largely made up of previously non-LP dance singles. In the U.K., it was credited to a new group, Jesus Loves You, and released on Boy George's own More Protein record label, though Virgin in the U.S. billed it as a Boy George album. By 1992, Boy George had faded at home, and in the U.S. his solo career had never taken off. Then he was brought in to sing a version of the '60s chestnut "The Crying Game" in a production by the Pet Shop Boys, as the title song for a movie that became the sleeper hit of the winter of 1992-1993, resulting in his first substantial U.S. hit as a solo artist. Cheapness and Beauty followed in 1995, and four years later Boy George resurfaced with the rarities collection Unrecoupable One Man Bandit. Throughout the '90s, he delved back into the club scene that birthed his early romanticism, and made a name for himself as DJ in demand. It became more than a hobby toward the end of the millennium, and Boy George garnered attention in the U.K. and U.S. club circuits; such musical creativity was captured on Essential Mix, released in fall 2000. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | | we also recommend... | 0844 847 2277 | | | |
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| | | | Sunday 12th October 2008 - 8pm | | With over one hundred sold out tour dates already to his name, comedy's hottest property, Frankie Boyle, is extending his live tour due to phenomenal public demand. In the last three years, Frankie has propelled himself into the premiere league with a host of brilliant performances, both on stage and screen, including every episode of Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You and They Think It's All Over to name but a few. Alongside his work in front of the camera, Frankie is also a highly-regarded writer. He has written for several series including 8 out of 10 Cats, the UK version of Live Floor Show, 2DTV and 29 Minutes of Fame. Through the facets of Frankie's career, his live performances stand strong. He recently enjoyed a sell-out run at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, selling all 13,000 tickets for the run before the festival had even begun and has played to over 100,000 people since the tour began last October. (back to top) | | | to book by phone, call | | alexandra theatre | |
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