For fans of opera the live transmission of Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’ from the Royal Opera House to the Wellesley Cinema, Wellington, on Wednesday 4 April offers them a wonderful opportunity to share a production that has been reviewed as ‘astonishing’ and ‘musically formidable’. Based on Shakespeare’s play, the cast features Serbian baritone Željko Lučić and Russian […]
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Happy days are here again – or they will be very soon when Wellington Operatic Society’s production of the musical ‘Happy Days’ takes over the stage at the Wellesley Theatre in May. Based on the sitcom which became one of the biggest hits in US TV history between 1974 and 1984, the stage version focuses […]
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Wellington Choral Society is returning Handel’s ‘Messiah’ to its origins as a celebration of Easter in its performance on Saturday, 24 March 2018, at St John’s Church, Wellington. Many will know ‘Messiah’ from its regular performance at Christmas but fewer will know that it was written in just 24 days in 1741 for its first […]
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The Emporium Somerset in Mantle Street, Wellington is offering brides-to-be a chance to host a hen party with a difference – to learn the basics of chalk painting so they can upcycle their own furniture at home. Cato Cooper, Co-owner of The Emporium Somerset on Mantle Street, said: “These days brides-to-be and their hens […]
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Friday sees a bluegrass double-bill at the Beambridge Inn with Newcastle’s very own The Often Herd, currently touring their debut album. The Often Herd comprise some of the players from The Kentucky Cow Tippers, who were guests at The Beambridge a few years ago. Their top-notch playing and singing has vowed audiences all over UK, […]
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LIVE events at The Wellesley in March begin on Tuesday 6 March with the Royal Opera’s highly controversial production of Bizet’s opera, ‘Carmen’. This radical reworking of one of the most popular operas by Director Barry Kosky has attracted diverse comments from critics. The Spectator’s critic called it ‘a colossal bore’ whilst The Stage’s reviewer […]
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