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More bands in festival line-up
Darren Hayman and Belle and Sebastian’s Stevie Jackson are among a host of new artists joining the line-up for Indietracks 2012.
Big band and organ concert
THE Pipes In The Peaks venue at Thorpe, near Ashbourne, is to host a concert entitled The Organ, The Big Band and Me, on June 9.
Chorus heads for the seaside
Derbyshire’s own Barbershop Choir, The Grand Central Chorus, is off to the sea side this week end but there’ll be no buckets and spades just bottles of water and tuning forks.
Jason to tackle brand new role
Jason Donovan will return to the cast of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds for The New Generation Tour, dropping in at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena on December 9.
Dark humour with Adam
To celebrate the success of his debut solo show at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011 and a suitably smutty Christmas show at London’s Lyric Theatre, Amateur Transplants frontman Adam Kay packed up his piano to sing his way across the UK with his own unique brand of smutty songs.
Brass and choir in close harmony
The critically acclaimed Tideswell Male Voice Choir and the Sir Richard Arkwright’s Masson Mills Band once again bring their unique brand of musical entertainment to The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield, on Sunday, May 27, starting at 7pm.
Celebrating 60 years in song
MATLOCK Musical Theatre members are to celebrate the Queen’s forthcoming diamond jubilee with performances of a new show at four different venues across the area next month.
Performers hit the heights
One of the most daring, breathtaking and stunning family shows to come out of China – ShangHi by Cirque Du Ciel – is coming to the UK for its first tour, stopping off at Buxton Opera House on May 25 and 26.
Air guitars at the ready
GET you air guitar at the ready for when the Guitar Anthems show comes to the Darwin Suite at Derby’s Assembly Rooms on Thursday, May 31, from 8pm.
Join duo for a nostalgic tale
MAN is the name of a new comedy, devised by the Leicester-based Citizen598, and it can be seen at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre on Friday, May 25, from 7.30pm.
Russian double bill with Halle
THE Halle make an eagerly-awaited appearance at the Assembly Rooms in Derby on Wednesday, May 30, from 7.30pm.
Four take to the stage at Vic Inn
FOUR bands will be in action at The Victoria Inn, Derby, on Friday, May 25.
French fancies in NSO concert
NOTTINGHAM Symphony Orchestra’s next concert is an all-French affair, to take place at the city’s Albert Hall on Saturday, May 26.
Hall the fun of the festival
THERE will be live music, 18 real ales and ciders and other fun activities at the Hartington Hall Festival 2012, taking place on Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26.
Really hot stuff at The Flowerpot
THE Flowerpot in Derby welcomes Really Hot Chilli Peppers through its doors for a gig on Friday, May 25.
It’s a slick and fast production
BIG numbers from jazz to ballad and high-paced dancing earn Wonderful Town (Theatre Royal, Nottingham, until Saturday, May 19) the classic description of an all-singing, all-dancing show.
Bands galore at Rock City
WHITE Widow, Serpentine and Dante Fox are the visitors to Rock City in Nottingham on Saturday, May 26.
Choir concert at Belper church
Belper-born Dawn Sherley-Dale (nee Oldknow) returns to her home town on Saturday, May 19, in the company of chamber choir Voxcetera, to perform a cross-section of traditional and contemporary songs from around the British Isles.
Company in summer shows
THE Derby-based New Opera Company will present a Summer Concert on Thursday, June 14, staring at 7.30pm, at Little Eaton Village Hall and Friday, June 15, from 7.30pm at St. Mary’s Church Hall, Derby.
Festival sells out again
THIS weekend’s Bearded Theory Festival at Kedleston Hall is a sellout with music lovers from Derbyshire and beyond snapping up all of the tickets.
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Arts Council England has announced that Derby Theatre will receive funding to produce a wide range of theatre.
Chicago is on tour
THE UK national tour of smash-hit musical Chicago is coming to Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall from August 13-18.
Audition planned for Pan panto
Buxton Opera House will shortly be recruiting talented young actors for its 2012-13 production of Peter Pan.
Frankie’s extra date
COMEDIAN Frankie Boyle has added an extra tour date to his latest trip around the country and will now be appearing at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall on Thursday, August 9, as well as Wednesday, August 8.
Comic look at the world of sport
THE acclaimed Reduced Shakespeare Company will be making two visits to the area to perform their latest show, The Complete World Of Sports (abridged).
Get ready for a Led Zep tribute
Acoustic Zeppelin, the duo formed by Fred Zeppelin singer Steven Gale and Sack Sabbath guitarist Russ Saxton, appear at the Half Crown, Long Eaton, on Saturday, May 19.
Getting to grips with two greats
BIG Daddy Vs Giant Haystacks is a British heavyweight champion comedy by Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon that can be seen at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre on Thursday, May 17.
Hometown gig for singer Dawn
Belper-born Dawn Sherley-Dale (nee Oldknow) returns to her home town on May 19 in the company of chamber choir Voxcetera, to perform a cross-section of traditional and contemporary songs from around the British Isles.
Magnetic night of vocal music
EXPecT an evening of sheer musical magnetism when a capella group The Magnets perform in the Darwin Suite at Derby’s Assembly Rooms on Thursday, May 24.
Come and try out for Falconettes
THE call has gone out for Derbyshire girls to join the Falconettes squad.
Let there be rock at Assembly Rooms
Celebrating some of the greatest guitar songs ever written, the show Guitar Anthems takes you back to a time when the guitar was indeed the star, and can be seen at Derby’s Assembly Rooms on May 31.
McClean’s on the team again
MOTORMOUTH Mancunian Mike McClean has signed up for his second successive Derby Assembly Rooms’ panto by hooking up with Larry Lamb for this year’s production of Peter Pan.
Hot Rhod is back
MULTI-award winning Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert is back at the Royal Concert Hall on May 15 and 16 with his latest intriguingly titled show.
Wonderful night out is in store
LEONARD Bernstein’s musical comedy Wonderful Town follows up a smash-hit run at The Lowry in Salford by dropping in to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from May 15-19.
Tale of murder in high places
THERE will be menace and murder in high places when Dead Ringer, by Charles Ross, is staged at Derby Theatre from June 18-23.
Bitesized ballet comes to town
Birmingham Royal Ballet, one of the most revered companies in the country, is coming to Buxton Opera House with a programme of excerpts from some of the most famous ballet classics, on May 15 and 16.
Music festival to boost charity
THE Teenage Cancer Trust is to benefit from Derbyshire’s Bloodstock Open Air festival for the second year running.
Mammoth tour for Izzard
Eddie Izzard has announced his brand new world tour, which will see him perform at Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on May 13 and Capital FM Arena Nottingham on May 23 2013 and Motorpoint Arena Sheffield.
Musical take on Sillitoe’s book
NOTTINGHAM author Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is to be presented in a new musical version at Nottingham Playhouse from May 8-12.
Tripping the light fantastic
RICHARD Alston Dance Company make a return to Nottingham Playhouse on May 15-16 with a new show.
Hear what Simon says
The award-winning comedian, actor/screenwriter Simon Amstell brings his new stand-up tour to Nottingham Playhouse on Sunday, May 13.
Friday night gig for the Mondays
THE reformed Happy Mondays will be joining forces with Inspiral Carpets for a gig at Nottingham’s Rock City on Friday, May 18.
Touch of class at The Vic Inn
THE Famous Class will be playing in a gig at The Victoria Inn at Derby on Friday, May 11, in an event also featuring sets from Down To A Science and Every Story Ends.
Horrible Histories on the rampage
Watch out for head-chopping Henry VIII and the amazing Charge of the Light Brigade as those Horrible Histories are on the rampage again.
Larry to head cast in city panto
There is only one actor who can take on the role of a manipulative East End villain at the same time as playing one of the nation’s most sensible and loveable Dads in an award-winning comedy.
Panto king is back for 29th year
He’s back! The legendary Kenneth Alan Taylor returns to the stage as Nurse Nelly Noggins in Nottingham Playhouse’s pantomime later this year.
Anniversary bash from Ash
IRISH rockers Ash will be playing a gig at The Venue in Derby on Thursday, June 7.
Art club’s work goes on display
The Chesterfield Art Club will hold the first of its four annual Art Exhibitions this year at Ashover Parish Hall, to coincide with the village May Day Carnival.
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