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events for 22/05/2008

BEST OF LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL - 08:00PM 22/05/2008
location - www.comedy-festival.co.uk
The Assembly Rooms - The Darwin Suite £12, concessions £10 Leicester Comedy Festival Ltd Presents Best of Leicester Comedy Festival – On Tour This year, the Leicester Comedy Festival has turned 15 and like most teenagers we’re breaking loose and ready to throw a party…. Join us, as we and deliver the best and funniest acts, fresh from this year’s festival fresh from this year’s festival and live in Derby! Paul Sinha is the world's only gay, Asian, GP-turned-stand-up-comedian. Smart, articulate, provocative and a regular on Radio 4's The Now Show, Sinha is one of the funniest social commentators in the UK today. "Intelligent comedy that's accessible and genuinely, from-the heart funny...This is what a good stand up should be" Chortle. Zoe Lyons has previously won the "Funny Women" award and was nominated as Best Newcomer in this years if.comedy Awards. Zoe takes a sideways view of life, picking out the many absurdities and turning them into hilarious routines which she delivers with awesome energy. Carl Donnelly's confident, conversational style and childish sense of humour has seen him become a regular at clubs all over the country in double quick time... Hosted by Andrew Bird "One of the hottest prospects in stand-up." Time Out


TONY STOCKWELL - 07:30PM 22/05/2008
location - The Assembly Rooms - The Great Hall
£19.00 An Evening of Clairvoyance with TV’s Psychic Medium Tony Stockwell Tony Stockwell, the remarkable star of Living TV’s Street Psychic, Psychic School and Zone Reality TV’s Psychic Private Eyes has amazed audiences with his gift for connecting with the Spirit World. In his worldwide theatre demonstrations and television programmes, Tony reunite relatives with their loved ones who have passed over. He gives proof beyond doubt and convinces even the hardest sceptics of the existence of the afterlife. It’s not hypnosis or trickery…..Tony provides evidence of the continued existence of the afterlife. Often compassionate, frequently humorous but always accurate.


Hello Dolly! - 07:30PM 22/05/2008
location - Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Tuesday - Saturday 7:30pm, Wednesday & Thursday 2pm Saturday 2.30pm Winner of 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, New York Drama Critics Circle Award for a Musical, 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards and a Drama Desk Award, Hello, Dolly! is the biggest show stopper in the history of musical theatre. "And what do you do for a living, Mrs. Levi?" asks Ambrose Kemper in the first scene of this hit musical comedy. "Some people paint, some sew...I meddle," replies Dolly. And we are off on a whirlwind race around New York at the turn of the twentieth century, as we follow the adventures of America's most beloved matchmaker! Anita Dobson stars as the irresistible Dolly Levi, alongside Darren Day, David McAlister and Louise English. Hello, Dolly! is full of memorable songs including Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Hello, Dolly!, It Only Takes a Moment and So Long, Dearie. Hello, Dolly! stormed the Broadway stage for 2844 performances and played for nearly three years in the West End - now it’s back and, with a company of over forty and live orchestra, Hello, Dolly! is the show-stopping ‘perfect match’ for every musical fan. Captioned Performance - Thursday 22nd May 2pm


Beyond The Barricade - 07:30PM 22/05/2008
location - Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
The UK’s leading musical theatre concert, Beyond the Barricade is set to return with a ‘Brand New 2008 Production’. Recreating the songs, music and sound of the world’s most popular musicals. This cast of past principal performers from Les Miserables and the West End perform songs from Miss Saigon, The Lion King, Phantom Of the Opera, We Will Rock You, Chicago, Blood Brothers and many more major hit productions. This new production will also include songs from the ‘new shows’ on the block, including Wicked, Spamalot and Billy Elliot, climaxing with a spectacular finale from, of course, Les Miserables! Don’t miss the Musicals Event of the Year!!


Vin Garbutt - 08:00PM 22/05/2008
location - Nottingham Playhouse Theatre, Nottingham
Vin Garbutt is reputed to have said that he is not interested in becoming a big star in the accepted sense. Nevertheless in the area of music where he performs, there is no bigger star Throughout the 70's Vin's reputation grew rapidly until he became "the most sought after performer on the Folk Scene". He has performed all over the globe, and in parts of countries that the biggest stars will never see. This phenomenon has occurred solely by word of mouth, spread by people who have come across him, and felt the need to share this unique experience with their fellow countrymen.


Breaking the Silence - 07:45PM 22/05/2008
location - Nottingham Playhouse Theatre
Caught up in the maelstrom of post-revolutionary Russia, the Pesiakoff family lose their palatial Moscow home and are re-accommodated in a dilapidated imperial train, complete with their maid. Assigned the position of telephone inspector, Nikolai, unflappable and immaculate in his elegant English suit, soon neglects his duties for a private ambition: to be the first man in the world to record sound on film. We invite you to join this exuberant family as they clatter across the Soviet Union, striving to succeed and survive in a world with a dangerous and uncertain future. Stephen Poliakoff is widely regarded as one of the finest playwrights of his generation and Britain's foremost screenwriter. Inspired by the true history of his family, and originally commissioned by the RSC, this is the first major staging of the play in over twenty years. "One of the most thrillingly individual works of the last decade." The Sunday Times Director Esther Richardson Designer Jamie Vartan


Lucy Porter - 08:00PM 22/05/2008
location - Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park, Nottingham
Lucy Porter's show is straight from her sell-out run in Edinburgh. Lucy invites you to her Love-in where she will examine every aspect of that crazy little thing called love. £12/15 NUS DISCOUNT


The Zombies and The Yardbirds in concert - 07:30PM 22/05/2008
location - De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Flying Music proudly present rock legends The Zombies (Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Keith Airey, Jim Rodford & Steve Rodford) and The Yardbirds (Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Ben King, John Idan & Billy Boy Miskimmin) in concert. As part of "The British Invasion" in the 1960s, following The Beatles in 1964 The Zombies were the second UK group to score an American #1 hit. The Zombies were uniquely different, with a subtler style, often jazzier and more inventive chord structures, the prominent keyboards of Rod Argent, and the distinctive voice of Colin Blunstone. She's Not There and Tell Her No were quick hits, but despite continually stunning musical output that has influenced other artists ever since, another hit record was more than four years away, after they'd broken up! The band went their separate ways and eventually, in pieces, the ex-Zombies generated more U.K. chart action during the 70s than they had as bandmates in the 60s. Since regrouping in 2001 the richness of The Zombies' entire catalog been discovered by a whole new generation of fans.


Footsteps in the Forest - 02:00PM 22/05/2008
location - Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LE
Ticknall Limeyards are an important archeological and wildlife site on the Calke estate. Come and discover some of their hidden secrets. Meet at the main visitor car park. Adult £2.00. Car park charges apply. Booking essential


Pushy Mothers Free Taster Session - 02:00PM 22/05/2008
location - Woodthorpe Grange, Woodthorpe Park, Nottingham
Pushy Mothers is an outdoor exercise system designed specifically for new mums. The idea is that the new mums bring their babies to the park and take part in a one hour work out. The workout involves burning off the excess ”baby fat” with lots of cardio, pushing, intervals, tightening and toning the muscles with resistance training and aims to improve core stability for a healthier back and flatter abs. It’s great for mums and babies, gets them out in the fresh air meeting others in a similar position and getting fit in the process!


The Shadow Box - 07:30PM 22/05/2008
location - University of Derby
2Play Theatre Company presents The Shadow Box by Michael Christofer. Prfits will be donated to CWAC- Children with Aids Charity.


Alice in Wonderland - 01:24PM 22/05/2008
location - The Y Theatre, Leicester
Time: 6.30pm Thur-Sat, 2.30pm Sat & Sun Tickets: £7.50 Adults/£6 child & Snr Citizens/£24 family ticket The ever popular Braunstone & Wycliffe Operatic Society present a musical for children based on the stories of Lewis Carroll. Tickets and more information available from Charles Pole, 0116 299 4390.