Another cracking month coming up this May with a variety of shows and TWO already sold out performances! Remember to keep an eye out next week for the months special offer here.
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman | Saturday 04 May | 8pm | £15
Duos come and duos go… And some nurture and fine tune their art and watch it grow into something totally original, captivating and award-winning. Bonded by an unseen alchemy, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have entwined their professional and personal relationship into an enviable class act of imaginative songwriting and musicianship.
Tom Allison Debut Album ‘Chapter One’ Launch | Wednesday 08 May | 8pm | £5
Come support local musicians with the launch of Tom Allison’s debut album ‘Chapter One’!
Thea Gilmore | Thursday 16 May | 8pm | £20
Thea Gilmore releases “Small World Turning” on May 17 – her first new collection of songs since 2017’s “The Counterweight” which was her 3rd successive top 40 album. She also embarks on a UK tour with her band and support from Matt Owens (Noah And The Whale). The Fuse is the first release from her new album:
Strange Face: Adventures With A Lost Nick Drake Recording | Friday 17 May | 8pm £12.50
A quirky, funny and poignant award-winning solo show. The Times newspaper’s top pick of the Edinburgh Fringe two years running. You don’t need to know anything about Nick Drake to warm to this show. It’s a celebration of music, photography, life, coincidences and the legacy of one of the most influential singer songwriters of the last fifty years. A truly compelling experience that will make you laugh and cry.
Gyles Brandreth: Break A Leg | Saturday 18 May | 7:30pm | SOLD OUT
They say all political careers end in tears. In Brandreth’s case it’s tears of laughter as the actor, author, ex-MP, One Show reporter and QI, Have I Got News For You and Countdown star is back on tour with his new show celebrating all things theatrical. Without hesitation or repetition (and just a touch of deviation), Just a Minute regular Gyles delivers a dazzling hour of wit, wisdom, high drama, low comedy, and hilarious name-dropping.
Magenta 20th Anniversary Show ‘Angels and Damned’ | Sunday 19 May | SOLD OUT
Award winning progressive rock band Magenta will celebrate 20 years as a band with this unique, not to be missed performance at Arlington Arts, Newbury on May 19th. The band will perform a two hour show, featuring a selection from their back catalogue, including a special extended selection from their 2006 album “Home”.
The Zoots: Sound of the Sixties | Thursday 23 May | 8pm | £16
THE ZOOTS are here to make your whole family bop to the ’60s beats that everybody loves – with legendary numbers by The Beatles, The Stones, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Searchers, The Four Seasons, Elvis and dozens more of your favourite artists. Feel the groove that’s thrilling audiences of stage and screen, in more than 30 countries! Discover why national critics call THE ZOOTS “impressive”, “authentic”, and “impossible not to like”!
Live/Wire: The AC/DC Show | Friday 24 May | 8pm | £17.50
Live/Wire is The AC/DC Show. The hugely successful and unique six-man tribute to rock music’s greatest band AC/DC, complete with cannons, a wall of Marshalls’ and over two hours of High Voltage Rock ‘n’ Roll in a show critically acclaimed for its closeness in look and sound to the real thing.