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CLASSICfest
ClassicFest, created by the organisers of Buxton’s popular
International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, will include opera,
oratoria, operetta, musical theatre and pop.
QUAKER
GIRL
North West Productions
Tuesday 21 August
7.30pm
Harrogate Theatre
This delightful Edwardian comedy is about Prudence, a Quaker
Girl who escapes from the dullness of her life in an English village to sample the
high life of Paris. Performed by
students of Liverpool Theatre School and College this will certainly be an
original and lively production. So,
“Come to the Ball” and enjoy a wonderful evening’s entertainment.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
AN
AFTERNOON OF FLANDERS & SWANN
Wednesday 22 August 3.00 pm
Majestic Hotel
Andrew
Nicklin and Simon Theobald have delighted audiences around the country with
their “Flanders and Swann” show which includes all the old favourites…. The
Hippopotamus Song, The Gnu, Madeira M’Dear, The Gas Man Cometh and many
others.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
CHESS
Fusion
Theatre, Northern Ireland
Wednesday 22 August 7.30pm
Harrogate Theatre
Two of the world’s greatest chess masters battle it out at the
world chess championships but their greatest contest is for the love of one
woman. Written by Tim Rice and ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, CHESS has one of the greatest musical scores
of all time including “I Know Him So Well.”
Fusion Theatre was founded in 2000 as part of an effort to
build bridges between young people from different political and religious
backgrounds in the Lisburn area and has emerged as Northern Ireland’s premier
youth theatre group winning numerous awards.
In 2010 the group won a well-deserved place in the televised live heats
of the Channel 5 show “Don’t Stop Believing”.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
THE MERRY
WIDOW
Trent Opera
Thursday 23 August 7.30pm
Harrogate Theatre
Often called 'The Queen of Operettas', The Merry Widow has
certainly enjoyed extraordinary success since its 1905 premier in Vienna. Parisian high society is aflutter when the
young, beautiful and stupendously wealthy widow Hanna Glawari arrives looking for
a man who will love her and not her fortune. The dashing Count Danilo seems the
perfect match, but no-one knows that he’s broken her heart before. Can she
forgive and forget, or will a new admirer win her love? The
melodies and songs – “Vilja", "The Merry Widow Waltz",
"You'll Find Me At Maxim's" to name but a few - are sung the whole
world over.
Trent Opera has won many awards including the International
Trophy at the G&S Festival in Buxton and first prize at the Waterford
Festival in Ireland.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
MEET THE
MOUSETRAP MAN
David Turner
Friday 24 August 3.00 pm
Majestic Hotel
David
Turner is Europe’s most experienced adjudicator of musical theatre, but that is
just his hobby. His actual day job for
many years has been general manager and artistic director of Agatha Christie’s
“The Mousetrap” – the world’s longest running play at London St Martin’s
Theatre. Come and join him at the
Majestic Hotel to listen to his
entertaining, humorous and informative talk on “The Wicked Side of Life in
Theatre”.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
A LITTLE
NIGHT MUSIC
Trent Opera
Friday 24 August 7.30 pm
Harrogate Theatre
Set in a weekend country house in turn of the century
Sweden, Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music brings together surprising liaisons,
long simmering passions and a taste of love’s endless possibilities. Hailed as
witty and wildly romantic, the story centres on the elegant actress Desirée
Armfeldt and the spider’s web of sensuality, intrigue and desire that surrounds
her. Featuring the popular song “Send
in the Clowns” this will be a sparkling performance by Trent Opera who won
first prize with this production at the Waterford International Festival of
Light Opera .
BOOK TICKETS HERE
HMS PINAFORE
The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
Saturday 25 August 2.30 pm and
7.30 pm
Royal Hall, Harrogate
All aboard
as a brand new production of HMS Pinaforesets sail. This is one of the most
popular Gilbert & Sullivan operas, just brimming with infectious,
toe-tapping tunes. A nautical tale of
romance and mistaken identities, it features some of Gilbert’s wittiest
characters and with its lampooning of the British class system pokes
good-natured fun at party politics and the rise to authority of people who are
just not qualified for the job! With
memorable classics such as We Sail the
Ocean Blue, I’m Called Little Buttercup and I am the Monarch of the Sea you can be sure of a night filled with
Gilbert & Sullivan’s hilarious capers.
The
professional Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company are renowned for producing
simply the very best G&S to be seen anywhere in the world and this
sparkling productions stars Simon Butteriss as Sir Jospeh Porter, Ian Belsey as
Captain Corcoran, Oliver White as Ralph Rackstraw, Charlotte Page as Josephine
and Sylvia Clarke as Little Buttercup.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
JUBILEE
CHORAL SPECTACULAR
Sunday 26 August 3.00 pm
Harrogate International Centre
Join in
the celebrations as our 500 strong choir raise the roof of the Harrogate
Auditorium with a rousing programme of the very best English music. From Sullivan to Lloyd-Webber, Monckton to
McCartney this will certainly be a fabulous afternoon to remember. Special guests and soloists will also
entertain.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
DIE
FLEDERMAUS
Festival Production
Sunday 26 August 7.30pm
Harrogate Theatre
All of Viennese high society is
going to Prince Orlofsky’s Ball. They just don’t want each other to know this.
Eisenstein should be going to prison so he’s keeping a low profile. For obvious
reasons his wife and her lover Alfred are also keen to conceal their
identities. Their maid Adele should be tending to her sick aunt, not partying.
Eisenstein’s best friend Falke however is plotting revenge on him for making
him walk through the city dressed as a bat. By the end of the night all masks
will be lifted, identities will be known and truths will be revealed.
Die Fledermaus is Johann Strauss’ most
brilliant and best-known stage work
- a glittering comedy packed with
Viennese music that has become a firm favourite in opera houses all over the world
.
This is the first “CLASSICfest” Festival
Production. The show was cast in May from
performers who auditioned from around the country. Everyone will get together the week before
the show to rehearse with award winning International Director, Alisatir Donkin
and it promises to be a stupendous evening.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
THE MIKADO
The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
Monday 27 August 2.30 pm
and 7.30 pm
Royal Hall, Harrogate
The Mikado
is the most frequently performed and most popular of all the G&S
operas. Set in the town of Titipu, this
hilarious production pokes delicious fun at politics and politicians and its
bountiful score and witty lyrics never fail to amuse. Including all-time favourites such as Tit
Willow, Three Little Maids, I’ve Got a List, A Wand’ring Minstrel I, Let the
Punishment Fit the Crime and The Flowers
that Bloom in the Spring, The Mikado is
simply a joy.
The
Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company are renowned for producing simply the best
G&S to be seen anywhere in the world and this brand new production will
certainly be a wonderful evening’s entertainment. The professional cast includes Simon
Butteriss as Ko-Ko, Oliver White as Nanki-Poo, Simon Masterton-Smith as The Mikado,
Bruce Graham as Pooh-Bah, Sylvia Clarke as Katisha, and Annette Wardell as
Yum-Yum.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
Show Dates and Times
Book Tickets online now or ring our box office on 01423 502 116
| 21 August 2012 |
7.30pm |
Tickets Available |
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| 22 August 2012 |
3.00pm |
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| 22 August 2012 |
7.30pm |
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| 23 August 2012 |
7.30pm |
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| 24 August 2012 |
3.00pm |
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| 24 August 2012 |
7.30pm |
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| 25 August 2012 |
2.30pm |
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| 25 August 2012 |
7.30pm |
Tickets Available |
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| 26 August 2012 |
3.00pm |
Tickets Available |
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| 26 August 2012 |
7.30pm |
Tickets Available |
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| 27 August 2012 |
2.30pm |
Tickets Available |
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| 27 August 2012 |
7.30pm |
Tickets Available |
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Pricing Information
Harrogate Theatre Performances
Circle: £19.50
Stalls: £17.50
Balcony: £15.50
Royal Hall PerformancesGrand Circle: £28
Grand Hall: £25
Dress Circle: £23
Harrogate International CentreAl tickets £25
Majestic HotelAll tickets £10
Where?
Venue : Multiple Venues
Auditorium : Multiple Venues
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