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Club Cairo presents... a celebration of live music, dance and theatre from the Middle East and beyond. A super sensory experience aiming to inspire, educate and bring fun and fantasy to the audience. Our theatrical production 'The Serpent Slayer ' is an original story that combines the harsh realities of modern day life in the Middle East with the magic and fantasy of an Arabian fairy tale. The cast of dancers and musicians combine with poetic verse and multi media projections to tell this tale. The entertainment then continues in the form of a live and light hearted set of traditional songs played by Club Cairo's musical ensemble who will be accompanied by a dazzling array of belly dance artists.
*** Please be aware that the performance uses strobe lighting. ***
14/48 takes place on Fri 4th and Sat 5th May 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.
The Y invites you to ‘Celebrate 135 Showcase’, a performing arts showcase by residents and staff at The Y on Weds 9th May at 7:30pm. Come and celebrate The Y’s 135th Birthday with this evening of entertainment; featuring a variety of acts, new theatre, music, spoken word, dance and live music.
All talent is home grown here at The Y, in this unique evening where residents and staff come together to illuminate the stage in Leicester’s oldest theatre.
Tickets are ‘pay what you decide’ on the night and all proceeds will go towards the ‘Challenge 135’ campaign celebrating 135 years of The Y.
Friday 18th May - 19:30
Saturday 19th May - 14:30 and 19:30
Sunday 20th May - 19:30
Tickets: Adults £8.50, Conc £5.50, Family of 4 £25
A magical tale of rags to riches- Poor Cinderella scorned by her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters, destined to a life of despair is granted her wish to attend the Prince’s ball by her Fairy Godmother.
Throw in a pumpkin, a few mice and Cinderella’s dream almost comes true… will she have a happy ending?..
..Who the shoe fits…
This is your chance to Takeover the Theatre!
Now in its forth year, 14/48:UK is once again looking for a team of budding playwrights to work alongside professional writers and create 4 plays in one weekend!
A fantastic opportunity to improve your creative writing skills, share and develop your own ideas and see your play brought to life by professional actors!
Could you be one of our young writers? Hurry spaces are limited!
Please note these workshops are for 8-14 year olds and take place on the 19th, 26th & 27th May between 10:00am and 3:00pm. Final performance takes on Monday 28th May.
A tale of foul and fortune, murder and deceit, Macbeth is a gory, bloody and darkly wonderful tale of one man and his pursuit of power. Is This a Dagger? explores the paths between fact and fiction, myths and truths or a perfect introduction for newcomers or a fresh take for Shakespeare enthusiasts.
By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes…. Andy Cannon, one of Scotland's finest storytellers, takes audiences on a thousand-year journey from fact to fiction and back again, in his telling of Shakespeare's classic tale.
"A tale of sound and fury, signifying first class theatre for everyone over eight.'' (The Herald)
Gather inside our cosy theatre where we bring you tales full of magic, warmth and giggles. Share a bedtime story with hot chocolate and cookies at this ever popular event presented by Leicester Library Services.
Limited spaces available, book early!
2-8 years.
The World's Quickest Theatre Festival is being taken over by Leicester's young writers! What will they produce?
Come and watch 4 plays written by young people and performed by professional actors who bring their scripts to life in just 24 hours!
Find out how you can take part! If you are aged 8-14yrs, you could be one of our young writers. Click for more information.
Join Ballet Theatre UK on this dramatic re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s all-time favourite story of The Little Mermaid, who falls in love with a human Prince and gives up everything to win his love.
The kind hearted Little Mermaid rescues the Prince during a storm at sea, and begins a journey that takes her far from her home beneath the waves. Determined to pursue her love on to the shore she makes a bargain with an evil Sea Witch, but it comes at a heavy price.
Ballet Theatre UK’s charming and poignant ballet explores the nature of longing, how making choices have lasting consequences and how goodness can be rewarded in unexpected ways.
Join Ballet Theatre UK for this new production touring the UK and Ireland Spring 2014.
4 Stars- Whatsonstage.com
“Glittering costumes, expressive dancers...a pleasure to witness a production of this calibre” - Dance Europe
Critics Choice - “Top Five Dance Productions Touring the UK” - The Independent
“A ballet company of great achievement” - The Dancing Times
If you could put together your perfect tribute album to all things Mod, 2-Tone and Ska - then this is it...only live! Covering huge floor-filling anthems with one mission….to make sure the public gets what the public wants!
Now entering their 23rd year, The Moderators came together out of a mutual love of old Jam, Specials and Madness Singles, wearing Fred Perry's and riding their Scooters. They embarked on a mission to recruit the perfect ‘faces’ to enable them to become a live act that demands your attention and your dancing shoes.
The band thrives on raw energy and love nothing more than seeing their huge array of followers skanking, bouncing and sweating along with them at their shows.
Plus support from: Sons of Liberty
UK Guns N Roses are indisputably the Top Guns N Roses Tribute. Formed in 2002 they are the longest running and most established Guns N Roses cover band, having toured extensively throughout The UK, Europe, The Middle East and the United States. With fans on multiple continents, they continue to astonish and entertain crowds with their outstanding, energetic & accurate live shows.
All the classics are lovingly and accurately replicated live from 'Sweet Child O' Mine', 'Welcome to the Jungle' and 'Paradise City' from the all time classic rock album 'Appetite For Destruction' right through to the phenomenal hits like 'November Rain', 'Estranged' and 'Civil War' from the later 'Use Your Illusion' albums.
The band is very proud to be widely recognized by fans, music critics and venue owners, to be the very best at what they do. For the masses of Guns N' Roses fans, UK Guns N’ Roses are also regarded as a very real alternative to the original. Many believe the band to be as close as you will ever get to seeing the original line up of GN'R live and some even rate this tribute to be better than the real thing.
Put simply.... if you want Guns N' Roses, get UK Guns N’ Roses!
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
Lee Hurst, star of BBC1’s They Think Its All Over’ is back on the road in 2018 with his brand new show ‘Mucking About’.
In his new show Lee will be exploring the relationship between...
No he won't, he'll be leaving that old twaddle to comedians at the Edinburgh Festival.
There's no journey or message. If you want to go on a journey, buy an airplane ticket. If you want a deep message, run your voicemail through a sub-base woofer. If you want plenty of laughs this is for you.
Lee will be turning up, lobbing gags and funny stuff at you from all angles.
A hilarious night is about to hit town.
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.
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.