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SUMMARY:Paul Nicholas
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nPaul Nicholas started out with a pop career\, but soon changed to musical theatre\, playing the lead role in Jesus Christ Superstar at the West End’s Palace Theatre in 1972. Later\, in the 1970s\, he returned to the pop charts\, and he began an acting career – starring in the 1983 BBC sitcom Just Good Friends. The show won a BAFTA and Paul was nominated for best comedy performance. \nAfter the TV series ended\, he returned to musical theatre and various other entertainment roles\, including producing and directing. He is also known for his more recent television role in EastEnders and The Real Marigold Hotel. \nIt is a pleasure to return to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s private theatre for writer\, broadcaster and interviewer Edward Seckerson’s conversation with Paul Nicholas about his life and career. \nBy kind permission of Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber \n\n\n\nTickets\n£20 \n(includes £1.25 Corn Exchange booking fee) \nBooking Dates\nPlatinum Friends Priority booking – from 10.00am Tuesday 11 February 2025\nGold Friends booking – from 10.00am Wednesday 12 February 2025\nFriends booking – from 10.00am Thursday 13 February 2025 \nJoin the Friends of the Festival now to get access to the priority booking window. \nPublic booking – from 10.00am Tuesday 25 February 2025 \n
URL:https://www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk/event/paul-nicholas-2/
LOCATION:Sydmonton Court Chapel\, Sydmonton\, Old Burghclere\, Newbury\, Berkshire\, RG20 9NJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Spoken word
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SUMMARY:Ballet Central
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nFollowing a highly successful tour in 2024\, Ballet Central returns to Newbury Spring Festival in 2025 with a brand-new programme of classical ballet and contemporary dance.   \nThe repertoire includes Frederick Ashton’s miniature masterpiece Foyer de danse (1932). Animating Edgar Degas’ iconic paintings and pastels of Paris Opera Ballet dancers\, this will be the first staging of the ballet in over 90 years\, following its recreation by Ursula Hageli for The Frederick Ashton Foundation. Principal Character Artist of The Royal Ballet\, Kristen McNally\, presents a vibrant modern ballet with a glorious new musical composition by Central’s Tabor Music Director\, Philip Feeney. FEAST allows the audience to catch a glimpse of a colourful community where conversation is punctuated and interactions explode with character.   \nIn contrast\, Ballet Central presents contemporary works by Dickson Mbi and Thick & Tight. Thick & Tight’s theatrical work Keeping Up with the Apocalypse will combine dance\, theatre and mime. The piece is a meditation on greed\, vanity and the absurdity of a species bringing about its own undoing. Dickson Mbi’s work depicts the energetic ambition and perseverance required to pave new pathways in dance theatre and performance. Drawing from the Earth’s vibrations and warmth\, this piece explores the practices of ritual and shared human experience.  \nSponsored by Mrs Katherine Astor\, and Mr and Mrs Malcolm Kimmins \n\n\n\nTickets\n£30 / £25 \n(includes £1.25 Corn Exchange booking fee) \n
URL:https://www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk/event/ballet-central-2025/
LOCATION:Corn Exchange\, The Corn Exchange\, Market Place\, Newbury\, Berkshire\, RG14 5BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Family,Musical Theatre, Dance
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SUMMARY:Fantasia Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nTom Featherstonhaugh returns with his orchestra after their acclaimed BBC Proms debut in 2024\, with a classical programme featuring music by Gluck\, Mozart and Haydn. \nBoth halves open with arresting passion. Gluck’s Dance of the Furies from his opera Orpheus and Euridice is a high-octane frenzy\, and Haydn’s F minor Symphony no. 49 ‘La Passione’ is typical of the Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) style of writing from the period. \nContrasting these stormy scenes are two sunny and tranquil works by Mozart. His Horn Concerto no. 4 is melodious and ever-popular\, and the A major Symphony\, no. 29\, is charming\, spirited\, and abounding in spring-tide optimism. \nHorn player Zoë Tweed\, frequent member of Fantasia Orchestra\, will be the soloist in Mozart’s remarkable concerto. \nSupported by Doves Farm Foods and an anonymous supporter \n\n\n\nPerformers\nZoë Tweed horn\nTom Fetherstonhaugh conductor \nProgramme\nGluck Dance of the Furies (from Orpheus and Euridice)\nMozart Horn Concerto no. 4\nHaydn Symphony no. 49 in F minor La Passione\nMozart Symphony no. 29 in A major \nTickets\n£25 / £20 \n(includes £1.25 Corn Exchange booking fee) \n  \n
URL:https://www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk/event/fantasia-orchestra-2/
LOCATION:St Lawrence’s Church\, Hungerford\, St Lawrence's Church\, Parsonage Lane\, Hungerford\, Berkshire\, RG17 0JB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Chamber Music & Recitals,Orchestral
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