NEW! Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) 2018 Celebrates its Eighth Year
01/04/2018
Leicester Hosts Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) 2018
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From 29 April to 12 May, Leicester will host the eighth edition of Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF). In different venues across the city, discussions, performances, workshops, masterclasses and films will reflect on the traditions of dance from the African and African Caribbean diaspora. Read more
NEW! Gloucester Choral Society’s Hubert Parry’s Centenary Celebrations in May 2018
30/03/2018
Parry and His Pupils: A Centenary Celebration in Gloucester
A number of centenaries will be marked in 2018, not least the commemoration of the end of World War I. One important musical anniversary will be the centenary of the death of Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918).
Sir Charles Hubert Parry
NEW! Chess at the London Coliseum from 26 April for 5 Weeks
26/03/2018
CHESS BY BENNY ANDERSSON, TIM RICE & BJÖRN ULVAEUS
PREVIEWS FROM 26 APRIL 2018 AT THE LONDON COLISEUM
(L-R Murray Head, Cassidy Janson, Phillip Browne, Michael Ball, Alexandra Burke, Sir Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and director Laurence Connor)
The first West End production of Chess since 1986 stars Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Murray Head as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and Philip Browne as Molokov. This epic musical love story will open at the London Coliseum on Thursday 26 April 2018 for a strictly limited 5 week season. Read more
NEW! The Three Choirs Festival 2018: A Preview
23/03/2018
The Three Choirs Festival in 2018
The Three Choirs Festival, which was first held in 1715, is probably the oldest music festival in the world. The Festival is held in turn in one of the three cathedral cities of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester. This year the Festival takes place between 28 July and 4 August and, by rotation, it will be hosted by the cathedral and city of Hereford. All the performances mentioned in this preview will take place in Hereford Cathedral unless otherwise stated. Read more
NEW! 2018/19 Season at the Royal Opera House
21/03/2018
The Royal Ballet and Royal Opera’s programme for 2018/19 include world premieres, major new productions and classic revivals.
The Royal Opera House auditorium © ROH/Sim Canetty-Clarke
Details of the Royal Opera House’s 2018/19 Season have been announced. Read more
NEW! 2018 Cheltenham Music Festival – 30 June to 15 July
21/03/2018
A Star-studded line up at 2018 Cheltenham Music Festival from 30 June to 15 July 2018
The 74th Cheltenham Music Festival brings the very best of classical music to the widest possible audience (30 June – 15 July). A star-studded line-up includes a Festival debut from Maxim Vengerov, András Schiff with the OAE, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Sarah Connolly, James Gilchrist, Mahan Esfahani, Steven Isserlis, Benjamin Grosvenor and The King’s Singers plus Sir Mark Elder and Louise Alder with The Hallé and Martyn Brabbins with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Read more
NEW! Staatsoper Unter de Linden in 2018/19
20/03/2018
Matthias Schulz and Daniel Barenboim announce the program for the 2018/19 season at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Read more
NEW! St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Bring Swan Lake to London in August
14/03/2018
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
ST PETERSBURG BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS
SWAN LAKE
LONDON COLISEUM
Wednesday 22nd – Sunday 26th August
The internationally acclaimed St Petersburg Ballet Theatre are set to make a welcome return to the London Coliseum this summer, with their full-length classic production of Swan Lake. The Company’s 2015 season was a total sell out with over 25,000 seats sold. The 2018 season is strictly limited and takes place between Wednesday 22nd – Sunday 26th August.
Irina Kolesnikova in Swan Lake © KT
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