Marlborough Living Jan - Feb 2020

Welcome to our first what’s on guide of 2020!
Here is a taster of what’s happening locally.
From tribute bands, beautiful gardens to visit, shows for the children, there
is something to keep everyone entertained during the winter months...
Bath Bachfest 2020
4 Beau Street, Bath BA1 1QY
01225 463362
www.bathbachfest.org.uk
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 February
Three days of outstanding music-making
of the highest quality to take place against
Bath’s beautiful backdrop.
Devizes Corn Exchange
The Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HS
01380 722160
www.facebook.com/cornexchangedevizes/
Friday 3 January
The Story of a Nutcracker
Think of the famous Nutcracker ballet by
Tchaikovsky... Now turn it on its head and
engage your wildest imagination... Add 6
amazing classical musician/actors, plenty
of interaction and a roller-skating Sugar
Plum Fairy and you might be beginning to
scratch the surface...
Lacock Abbey
Lacock, Chippenham SN15 2LG
01249 730459
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock-abbey-foxtalbot-museum-and-village
Saturday 18 January, 10am - 12 noon
Volunteer Recruitment Day
This volunteer recruitment day is a great
opportunity for you to find out more about
volunteering at Lacock, and hopefully
decide you’d like to join their team.
Marlborough College
Bath Road, Marlborough SN8 1PA
01672 892566
www.marlboroughconcertseries.org
Sunday 19 January, 3pm
Martin Roscoe (piano)
Programme to include: Fantasy in D minor
K 397 - Mozart. Two Impromptus D 899
Nos 3 & 4 -Schubert. Polonaise in A flat Op
53 - Chopin.
Sunday 8 March, 3pm
Southbank Sinfonia
Musical Director Simon Over.
Programme to include: Symphony No 6 in
F major, Op 68 ‘Pastoral’ - Beethoven
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Salisbury Arts Centre
Bedwin Street, Salisbury SP1 3UT
01722 321744
www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk
Saturday 11 January
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD -
Berg’s Wozzeck
South African artist William Kentridge
focuses his extraordinary visual imagination
on Berg’s operatic masterpiece, set in an
apocalyptic preWorld War I environment.
Met Music Director Yannick Nzet-Sguin is
on the podium,with baritone Peter Mattei
making his highly anticipated role debut as
the title character.
Saturday 1 February
The MetropolitanOpera Live in HD -
Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
One of America’s favorite operas returns to
the Met for the first time in nearly 30 years.
James Robinson’s stylish production
transports audiences to Catfish Row on
the Charleston waterfront, vibrant with the
music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of
its inhabitants.
Stourhead House and
Gardens
Stourton, Warminster BA12 6QF
01747 841152
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead
Wednesday 1 January, 11am - 1pm
New Year’s Day Walk
Join Kim, the Head Ranger and Alan,
the Garden & Estate Manager for a walk
through the ancient woods and parkland.
Discover how they look after this historic
estate.
Swindon Arts Centre
Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon SN1
4BJ01793524481
www.swindontheatres.co.uk
Sunday 12 January
Ma Bessie And Her Blues Troupe
“There are not many singers around with
Bessie’s style and certainly few in this
country. An exception is the larger than life
and hugely talented Julia Titus” -
Michael Eagleton, Marlow Jazz Club
Sunday 2 February
The Navy Lark
Coming live to the theatre for the first time
in over 60 years is The Navy Lark.
The Navy Lark sees a cast of three bring
to life three classic episodes from the
much loved radio series which ran for
1959 - 1977 which originally featured Leslie
Phillips, Ronnie Barker, Jon Pertwee and
Dennis Price.
Thursday 6 February
Moby Dick
To celebrate the bicentennial of Herman
Melville’s birth, his classic tale of one man’s
obsessive hunt for the great white whale
is brought to the stage in a stunning solo
performance so real that you’ll swear that
you can taste the salt on your lips.
Thursday 27 February
Matt Richardson - Imposter
Following an acclaimed season at the
Edinburgh Festival, the multi awardwinning
comedian takes to the road with
a brand-new nationwide tour. Fresh from
appearances on ITV2’s The Stand Up
Sketch Show, Celebrity Juice, and Love
Island Aftersun, and Comedy Central’s
Roast Battle.
The Pounds Arts
Centre
Pound Pill, Corsham SN13 9HX
01249 701628
www.poundarts.org.uk
Saturday 18 January
The Schmoozenbergs
Conjuring up the mood of 1930s Paris,
fused with flavours of Eastern Europe and
the energy of a campfire jam session, The
Schmoozenbergs’ uplifting music will put
a smile on your face and a spring in your
step.
Saturday 25 January
Stuart Goldsmith - End Of
Stu’s back with a comic odyssey on how it
works out in the end, and whether anyone
cares. Intelligent stand-up comedy for
everybody, but of particular interest to
people over thirty who’ve lost touch with all
their old friends and can’t eat just the one
pain au chocolat.
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