Danielz and his great band return for the eagerly anticipated return visit of the world's only officially acclaimed definitive tribute to Marc Bolan and T Rex.
Bring along your bopping shoes, warm up your vocal cords and sing and dance the night away to all your favourite hits including Hot Love, Metal Guru and Jeepster.
One of The Y's most eagerly awaited shows - book early to avoid disappointment!
"Absolutely amazing! If there's anyone who can step into Marc's shoes I'd like it to be him." June Bolan
“Amazing, fabulously entertaining”–Jonathan Ross
“A wonderful blend of infectious songs packed with sharp, clever wordplay... Harry and Chris’ family friendly set leaves the audience with a smile on their face and the catchy tunes stuck in their head for the rest of the day.”★★★★★ The Sunday Post
On the day
On arrival you’ll meet your instructor who will take you through your training and provide you with your jumpsuit and harness. You’ll ride up to altitude in a Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft that has been specially converted for skydiving. During the 20 minute flight you can enjoy the beautiful views of the British countryside.
You and your instructor will exit the plane at approximately 13,500ft and you will freefall for about 45 seconds, reaching speeds of over 120mph. At 5,000ft your instructor will deploy the parachute slowing you down for a gentler ride, during which you’ll be able to try steering. Your instructor will take control for the landing and debrief you afterwards.
How to book
More information and registration form will be available here soon. If you’d like to know more you can contact the fundraising team on fundraising@leicesterymca.co.uk or 0116 2046224.
*** This is for tickets for the afternoon convention only ***
Twin lead guitar legends Wishbone Ash will start their XLIXUK Tour with a very special event at the Y Theatre on Saturday October 13th. Doors will open at 7.30pm for a fully extended concert featuring special guests to celebrate their 49th Anniversary.
This will be preceded by their annual fan club convention commencing at midday. The event will feature a tribute band, a solo acoustic set by an ex member of the band and a matinee set by Wishbone Ash themselves.
Tickets for the main evening performance are priced at £23 and for the afternoon convention at £12.
*** This is for tickets for the Evening Performance only ***
Twin lead guitar legends Wishbone Ash will start their XLIXUK Tour with a very special event at the Y Theatre on Saturday October 13th. Doors will open at 7.30pm for a fully extended concert featuring special guests to celebrate their 49th Anniversary.
This will be preceded by their annual fan club convention commencing at midday. The event will feature a tribute band, a solo acoustic set by an ex member of the band and a matinee set by Wishbone Ash themselves.
Tickets for the main evening performance are priced at £23 and for the afternoon convention at £12.
Fairport Convention has been making great music for over fifty years.Credited with originating British folk-rock music, they retain a passion for liveperformance. Whether you are a long-time fan or a newcomer to their music,an evening with Fairport Convention is sure to surprise and delight you.
“Impressive musicians with a great back catalogue... (they) take chances andclearly enjoy themselves.” The Guardian
“Vigorous and confident...the music leapt around the room.” The Mirror
Tickets - £10
In the shadow of darkness,humour is the beacon of light from where people can take courage and strengthto move on and keep going. This light-hearted event in aid of LOROS triesto give a break from the everyday struggle. There'll be stand up comedy, a short play, plenty of music and a raffle.
Get your tickets now!
Tickets - £12
Make way for protest singer, LGBTQ+ activist, folk singer, socialist and social commentator Grace Petrie.
Smart, witty, a talented lyricist and an electrifying live performer, Grace Petrie can take the most hostile room and by the end of the night they will be singing along - ‘stand up today that we might save tomorrow!’ Given all of this, it’s no surprise she’s toured in support of Billy Bragg, toured for ten years as a self-sustaining DIY artist with virtually no mainstream media coverage and yet, when this May she announced a Kickstarter campaign for the recording of her first full studio album ‘Queer As Folk’, she reached the £10,000 target in twenty-four hours and almost doubled that amount by the end of the two week campaign.
The album includes Grace’s take on traditional folk track 'An Old Man’s Tale', retitled 'A Young Woman’s Tale', a blistering cover of Richard Thompson’s 'Beeswing' and the show-stopping 'Back Tie', which challenges gender stereotyping in missive to her Year 11 self.
Them Heavy People are ‘wowing’ audiences with every gig, as their stage show includes projections and iconic costume changes that all add up to make this band the closest interpretation of a Kate Bush show.
Nadine Turner has been an active fan of Kate’s for many years, and has spent time as a solo act, perfecting her Kate impression. She has an uncanny vocal resemblance to Kate, with note perfect renditions of many of Kate’s hits, and is backed by a band of seasoned professionals that strive for authentic recreations of Kate’s songs.
This band is a 'must see’ for any Kate Bush fan!
Austentatious is saddling the horses for a Grand Tour of the United Kingdom!
Austentatious is an improvised comedy play starring a cast of the country’s quickest comic performers. Every single show the cast conjure up a brand new ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel based on nothing more than a title suggested by the audience.
The show comes fresh from six sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, a monthly residency in London’s West End and a BBC Radio 4 special to mark the bicentenary of Austen’s death. Now their show will be appearing at two dozen theatres across the country to entertain and astonish audiences in equal measure.
Previous ‘lost’ masterpieces have included Sixth Sense & Sensibility, Double 0 Darcy and Mansfield Shark, and no two shows are ever the same. Performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment, this is a Regency treat guaranteed to delight Austen novices and die-hard fans alike.
★★★★★ “Ridiculously silly…wickedly funny” –The Times
★★★★ “A joy to behold” The Guardian
★★★★ “Supersmart and terrifically funny” The Scotsman
“A bravura slab of improvisation” – Independent
Age Rec: 12+
Austentatious said:“We are thrilled to be travelling the length and breadth of the country, rediscovering the lost classics Austen wrote and promptly forgot about. We love and admire Jane’s works and the public deserve an intimate acquaintance with them, particularly the very prescient ones about Donald Trump.”
Austentatious is performed by:
Amy Cooke-Hodgson
Andrew Hunter Murray
Cariad Lloyd
Charlotte Gittins
Daniel Nils Roberts
Graham Dickson
Joseph Morpurgo
Rachel Parris
Line-up varies. Each show stars 5-6 members of the cast.
Spark's magic rhymes can turn anything into anything.
He'll turn the bogeys up his nose into some pink ribbons and bows. He'll make a gorgeous high heeled shoe out of a pile of donkey poo...
However, something terrible begins to happen in the enchanted forest. Here be wasps,were wolves and wily wickedness!
Maybe not even Spark's spells will be enough to stop a strange new power threatening the woods and everyone in them...
With lyrics,laughs and lots of joining in, poet Dommy B needs your help to save the day!
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Dommy B haswon Saboteur's award for Best Spoken Word Artist, New York's famous Nuyorican Poetry Cafe Slam and UK Superheroes of Slam. This show follows his sell out tour of 2017's The Boy Who Cried Wolf. He has performed his poetry for children on national TV on BBC Rhyme Rocket.
For children 5+ and their families
The Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt embarks on a solo acoustic tour of the UK in October this year under the guise of The Custodian. With a back catalogue of over two hundred self penned songs to choose from, written over the last four decades, Hunt says that the idea of becoming The Custodian came from a conversation with one of his musical heroes.
“I was in New York a few years back and was invited to guest at a Tom Robinson solo show. Tom has long been an inspiration to me and given the opportunity to perform with him... well, lets just say I couldn’t polish my boots quick enough. During our brief rehearsal together on the afternoon of the show Tom asked me who I felt now owned the songs that I have written over all these years. I answered that whoever the publishing company I signed with probably did, but ultimately, I did. Tom was quick to correct me pointing out that all of my songs now belonged to my audience. Going on to explain that the songs I have written have been part of the sound track to thousands of people’s live and it is those people that now truly own them. He said that my position was now of The Custodian, the person who’s job it is to see that the songs are treated and performed with the respect the audiences deserve. It was an incredibly important thing to have said to me and something I have not and will not ever forget.”
With this in mind Hunt has rehearsed over sixty of his best loved compositions to perform in chronological order on his upcoming UK tour.
“There are a couple of songs from the back catalogue that I just couldn’t bring myself to sing again. Either a lazy or nonsense lyric, or just a rotten set of chords. When you’ve been at it as long as I have I don’t think anyone could expect a 100% strike rate. But really there are only two or three songs I would prefer not to revisit.”
As well as performing songs Hunt will also be reading a handful of excerpts from his three acclaimed books, ‘The Wonder Stuff Diaries’.
“I’m so very thankful to my younger self for keeping hand written diaries during the early years of The Wonder Stuff’s activities. I’m fortunate that I do have a pretty decent memory of what went on in those days, but to have the actual voice from the past, recorded on the page, to tell me straight how things were and how I felt about what was going on, well, I would like to buy that young man a beer for having the foresight to give such a gift to his elder self.”
Ali Cook returns with his own brand of awe-inspiring magic and off-beat comedy. Expect to be genuinely amazed.
Suitable for ages 8+ (Recommended Guidance)
Star of the West End magic spectacular ‘Impossible,’ ‘Penn & Teller: Fool Us’ (ITV1), 'Dirty Tricks' (Ch4), 'Monkey Magic' (Five), ‘Psychic Secrets ‘(Five).
“The Show is Perfection” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby
“Jaw dropping” ★★★★ Metro
“Awe-inspiring” ★★★★ Chortle
Tickets: Stalls - £22.50; Balcony - £20 Jamaica Vs Africa returns to LEICESTER by popular demand, WAHALAComedy clash, The last show was completely sold out, do not miss this event,two brand new teams do battle. This is the only comedy show where comedians battle in an all-out war. It gets personal, heated and is hilarious.
TEAM JAMAICA
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ANNETTE FAGON - Queen Of Comedy
DADRIAN - Son of Jamaican legend Charles Tomlin
SHABBA - Wahala Clash Champion
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KOJO - Wild N Out USA
ADE - Wahala Battle Legend
ABS - Bad Boy Of Comedy
TIME
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DOORS : 6:30pm
SHOW START : 7:30pm
SHOW END : 11:00pm
GENERAL INFORMATION
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07931 275 497
“…Laughter is how I cope with pain. I have seen and experienced some horrible things but laughter helped me cope. Telling jokes is repaying the favor. This show is my thanks to the laughter.” DALISO CHAPONDA JUNE 2017
Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide.
The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world renowned solo artist) Gary Moore.
Limehouse Lizzy enter their 21st year with their most explosive show and critically-acclaimed line-up yet.
Its therapy you can dance to!
Following last year’s total sell-out tour RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE favourite JINKX MONSOON and lyrical genius MAJOR SCALES return to showcase new music from their upcoming album... however Jinkx worries that her best years are behind her. In order to avoid a breakdown of diva proportions Major must act as both pianist and therapist to the Manic Miss Monsoon. Music and mental health collide in this witty, biting look at the dark side of Drag fame.
14/48 takes place on Fri 16th and Sat 17th November at 8pm and 10.30pm each day
Ticket Price: £7/£5 conc (Festival Ticket £10/£8)
The World’s Quickest Theatre Festival
We give 70 professional artists 24 hours to write, direct, rehearse, score, design and perform 7 world premier plays for you to enjoy. And that’s not all. The artists do it all over again the next day, performing no less than 14 plays in 48 hours!
The World’s Quickest Theatre is back for its eighth festival as fresh, raw and exciting as ever, complete with a live band.
Come and find out why Leicester is talking about 14/48.
Leicester Musical and Drama Society present 'Babes in the Wood'.
A tale of the sneaky Sheriff of Nottingham who tries to steal the fortune of the two children left in his care by having them killed by his wicked cohorts. Can anyone save them? Their hopes rest on Dan the Would-Be Outlaw, Nurse Honey Potts, Maid Marion and the dashing Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Follow their antics in this rumbustious rollicking rehash of the story. Lots of jokes, songs and opportunities to get involved. Oh, yes there is!
Back on TV this summer reprising his role as the voiceover man ”Love Island fans go wild for” (Daily Mail), the in-demand comedian will then be back to doing what he does best, as he hits the road to perform his acclaimed smash hit show one last time.
Join the ‘star of comedy’ (The i) as he explores dinner party etiquette and the pressures on a generation brought up in a world of instant gratification. How has modern living affected our ability to find long term happiness? Can social media ever reflect real life? And why is the floor lava?
★ ★ ★ ★
Metro
‘At his best the Edinburgh native is an unhinged free-form anecdotist – his closing tale of a disastrous CBBC gig is a belter’
★ ★ ★ ★
Mail On Sunday
'Provides an intriguing twentysomething perspective on the current state of his nation'
The Guardian
We bring to you a magical, musical tour of the most revolutionary band there ever was! With great skill, power, humour and love, The Silver Threetles explore the melodies, harmonies and studio wizardry that make this music as alive today as when it was first created.
Take a walk down Penny Lane, watch Lucy in the Sky and let Golden Slumbers fill your eyes! Tackling a lot of the superb later songs the Beatles never performed live, we will also Get Back to some early rockers, Gently Weep through many acoustic wonders and even Here and There, throw in our own take on some beloved masterpieces. Find your coat and grab your hat, and let’s Come Together for a festival evening of Beatle Sounds.
Join Ballet Theatre UK with one of themost enchanting love stories of all time, “Beauty and the Beast”.
Inspired bythe original tale, this production tells the story of Belle, a beautiful andintelligent young woman who feels out of place in her provincial Frenchvillage. When her father is imprisoned in a mysterious castle, Belle’s attemptto rescue him leads to her capture by the Beast, a grisly and fearsome monster. Little does she knowthat he is a Prince cursed by a magical Enchantress. The only way the Beast maybecome human again is if he learns to love and be loved in return. The curseset by the Enchantress is bound by a magical rose. If the final petal falls allhope will be lost and he will remain a Beast forever. Their feelings grow everdeeper as the clock ticks and petals continue to fall - will they confess theirlove for one another before it is too late?
Set to a stunning classical scorethis production will showcase new choreography by Artistic Director,Christopher Moore, as well as feature new sets and costumes created especiallyfor this production.
This Christmas Mr B brings his banging banjolele driven beats to The Y with a special show filled with his own unique take on the traditional Christmas ditty, such as the classic All I want for Christmas is an Original Jawa With Vinyl Cape and the festive I Saw Your Father Beat A Man To Death In Tesco's.
So put on your finest tweed, wax your moustache, order a large G&T and get ready for this sophisticated start to the seasons festivities!
Welcome to a very special charity Christmas edition of Homage áTrois.
Leicester's finest musicians join together to reinterpret classicand modern classic Christmas hits in their own way. Each band or artist takes adifferent song and does it in their own style.
Expect weird and wonderfulre-imaginings.
Tickets - £15
Age Suitability – 16+
After a sell-out national tour in 2017, Ed Gamble is back with another bracing flurry of idiocy.
Off of BBC Two's ‘Mock the Week’, Sky's ‘The Russell Howard Hour’, Comedy Central's ‘At the Comedy Store’ and ‘Drunk History’, BBC Two's ‘The Apprentice - You're Fired’, Channel 4's ‘Man Down’, TBS's ‘Conan’and a short film he can't remember the name of where he killed a man from ITV's ‘The Bill’ with a spade.
“This is a super show from a comic who may be about to become more of a force in the game” (Chortle.co.uk)
Tickets: £10
StillMarillion are Europe's top tribute to the legendary UK progressive rock band Marillion. StillMarillion feature Martin Jakubski who also sings in Marillion's own guitarist's solo outfit The Steve Rothery Band.
They will be performing two special afternoon shows at The Y Theatre during Marillion's own UK convention. Each show on the Saturday and Sunday afternoon's will be different sets crammed full of tracks from the first four Fish Era albums along with B-sides and rarities.