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Trevor.
JANUARY 2025
The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky
Friday 3rd January, 2025
This is a matinee performance starting at 2.30 p.m. at the London Colliseum.
Embark on a fantastical journey alongside Clara and her enchanted doll, as Nutcracker is brought to life by over 100 dancers and musicians.
This new re-telling of the classic ballet is choreographed by English National Ballet’s Artistic Director Aaron S. Watkin and Olivier Award-winner Arielle Smith. Spectacular sets and costumes designed by Dick Bird transport you from Edwardian London to a frozen winter wonderland and the colourful Land of Sweets. English National Ballet Philharmonic perform Tchaikovsky’s iconic score live.
From the sound of the orchestra tuning up, to the final bows and applause, a trip to English National Ballet’s new Nutcracker is an unforgettable Christmas treat for audiences of all ages. Be amongst the first to see it in London this winter.
The seats are in the upper balcony, front and second rows, with very good views.
COST - £56.00 for the seat (FV £70.00) + coach fare tbc.
Please book by the 14th October, 2024.
If you are interested in this visit please contact: TREVOR
APRIL 2025
OLIVER
TUESDAY 29TH APRIL 2025 AT 7.00PM
Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver!, which he has fully reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, will open in London at the end of the year.
Oliver! will begin performances at Gielgud Theatre on Saturday 14 December 2024. Priority booking begins on Friday 26 April with tickets on general sale from Monday 29 April.
The cast includes Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Shanay Holmes (Miss Saigon, The Bodyguard) as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI, Wicked) as Bill Sikes, Billy Jenkins (Les Misérables, BBC’s Dodger) as the Artful Dodger and Philip Franks (The Rocky Horror Show, Witness for the Prosecution) as Mr Brownlow.
Produced and revised by Cameron Mackintosh, Oliver! is directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne and co-directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy. Designed by Lez Brotherston, lighting is by Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs, sound design by Adam Fisher, video design by George Reeve, original orchestrations by William David Brohn adapted by Stephen Metcalfe; music supervision is by Graham Hurman.
With a sensational score, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more, the Olivier, Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece vividly brings to life Dickens’ ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more.
COST: Seats £59.50 (FV£95.00) per person + Coach fare tbc.
Please note that only the theatre tickets will need to be paid for at this time as the coach fare will be collected nearer the date of the performance.
LAST BOOKING DATE : 31st OCTOBER 2024 (After this date the price rises to £69.50)
If you are interested in this visit please contact: TREVOR
If anyone is interested in joining this theatre trip please contact me on trevor.u3a@btinternet.com before the deadline date.
Please note: Coach costs for day and theatre trips are based on a minimum of 36 members travelling – this cost will decrease as numbers increase above 36. Also the allocation of seats on the coach will be a permanent arrangement now, as it has proved very successful.
On trips, you would only need to pay for the theatre tickets at the time of booking as the coach fare would be collected at a later date.
Please note: Coach costs for day trips are based on a minimum of 35 members travelling – this cost will decrease as numbers increase above 36.
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