Velvet Magazine April 2017

Entertainment
The Stage
Take a look at what’s taking
to the stages of Suffolk and
Cambridge this month!
comedy
at Cambridge
Corn Exchange
Take a look at just two of the top
comedy stand-ups at the Corn
Exchange over the coming few weeks
TOP PICK
Russell Kane
In this brand new show,
Russell Kane unleashes
another blisteringly-funny,
award-winning standup
performance about
growing up and growing
down. Multi-award winning
comedian, presenter, actor,
author and scriptwriter Russell
Kane is best known as the host
of three series of BBC3‘s
Live At The Electric, regular
appearances on BBC1’s Live
At Apollo, BBC3’s Unzipped,
ITV2’s Celebrity Juice and
I’m A Celebrity Get Me
Out of Here! Now!
Sunday 7th May | 8pm
Jimmy Carr
Jimmy has been gathering a selection
of his very best jokes along with brand
new material for this ultimate comedy
show. A man who has devoted his life
to crafting perfect jokes and has left
a trail of laughter in his wake, Jimmy
Carr’s new tour will distill everything
we love to laugh at and be shocked by,
into one incredible, unparalleled night of
entertainment.
Jimmy Carr has been on the stand-up
scene for a decade and a half. In that
time he’s performed 9 sell-out tours,
playing nearly 2,000 shows to over
2 million people across 4 continents.
He’s won the British Comedy Award
for ‘Best Live Stand-Up Tour’ and
been nominated for the Perrier Award.
Now all that experience is being put to
good use - you can see all the greatest
material from his extraordinary career
in one show - this is the very best of
Jimmy Carr.
Friday 19th May | 8pm
Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, CB2 3QE | www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk
ONE TO
WATCH
Not Dead Enough
Following the huge sell-out success
of The Perfect Murder and Dead
Simple, the thrilling work of multimillion
selling author, Peter James
returns to Cambridge with the world
premiere production of Not Dead
Enough. Starring Laura Whitmore,
(Strictly Come Dancing 2016), Stephen
Billington, (Hollyoaks and Coronation
Street) and Bill Ward (Emmerdale,
Coronation Street) as DS Roy Grace.
Olivier award-winner, Ian Talbot, directs
Not Dead Enough - the third novel in
Peter James’ award winning Roy Grace
series and the third play in his box office
smash hit and critically acclaimed stage
franchise. Don’t miss your chance to see
this ingenious new play from one of the
UK’s favourite crime writers.
Monday 15th - Saturday 20th May
7:45pm | Cambridge Arts Theatre,
Cambridge, CB2 3PJ
www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
Big Girls Don’t Cry
Celebrating the music of Frankie Valli &
The Four Seasons. Number 1 hits, Walk
Like A Man, Sherry, Working My Way
Back To You, Rag Doll and Let’s Hang
On combine with Frankie’s My Eyes
Adored You and Grease in this criticallyacclaimed
spectacular. Reviving the
sublime harmonies of New Jersey’s finest,
including Frankie’s incredible falsettos, oh
what a night awaits music fans!
Friday 21st April | 7:30pm
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds,
IP33 1QR | www.theatreroyal.org
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