Cotswolds Lifestyle 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...
Corinium Museum
Park Street, Cirencester GL7 2BX
01285 655611
www.coriniummuseum.cotswold.gov.uk
Thursday 16 January, 7.15pm
Royal Opera House Live Ballet -
Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty has been delighting
audiences in Covent Garden since 1946.
This ballet is sure to cast its spell over
anyone who sees it.
Wednesday 29 January, 7.45pm
Royal Opera House Live -
La Bohème
Puccini’s opera of young love in
19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful
music for Act II’s evocation of Christmas
Eve in the Latin Quarter and a poignant final
scene over which the composer himself
wept. Richard Jones’s production perfectly
captures La Bohème’s mixture of comedy,
romance and tragedy.
Saturday 1 February - Monday 30 March
Stone Age People Trail
Younger children are invited to find the little
people from the Stone Age hidden around
the museum and older children who find
them will answer questions relating to the
prehistoric past. Once complete, children
claim their prize at the end.
Cotswold Playhouse
Parliament Street, Stroud GL5 1LW
01453 488040
www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk
Thursday 16 January - Saturday 25
January
Babes in The Wood
Babes in The Wood is a traditional
pantomime favourite amongst audiences
young and old alike.
With plenty of twists and turns and lots
of fun and laughter along the way this
Pantomime story is guaranteed to put a
smile on your face .. Oh yes it is!
16 -18 & 23-25 January 7.30pm and
matinees 18, 19, & 25, 2.30pm
Babes in The Wood
Babes in The Wood is a traditional
pantomime favourite amongst audiences
young and old alike.
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With plenty of twists and turns and lots
of fun and laughter along the way our
Pantomime story is guaranteed to put a
smile on your face .. Oh yes it is!
Saturday 1 February
Choice Grenfell
Choice Grenfell is a wonderful tribute
featuring some of the best of Joyce’s
hilarious songs and monologues from
Stately as a Galleon and School Nativity
Play to A Terrible Worrier and First Flight.
Joyce is our guide for a delightful delve into
some of her most endearing characters,
ably accompanied by her trusted pianist
William Blezard.
Thursday 6 February
Savage
A thief. A good thief, but stealing from the
wrong people.
Trapped in a swanky office guarded by
hired muscle with no way out, Apollo is
given a proposition that will set her and her
sister free from their office block prison. If
Apollo does what they say, will they truly be
set free? Or is this just the beginning?
Everyman Theatre
Regent Street, Cheltenham GL50 1HQ
01242 572573
www.everymantheatre.org.uk
Thursday 16 January, 7.30pm
Thank You For The Music
This international smash-hit tribute show
brings all of ABBA’s number one hits to
the stage in a production like no other.
The hugely popular show, combines
the unmistakable harmonies, colourful
costumes, and dazzling performances by
an all-star cast that’ll have you thanking
ABBA for the music again and again!
Friday 17 January, 7.30pm
Gladys Knight - Midnight Train to
Georgia
Capturing the essence of the Multi award
winning Ms Gladys Knight, Hayley Ria
Christian portrays her, capturing the true
magic that Gladys Knight provides on stage.
This production is definitely not a tribute
but a faithful portrayal and pays homage to
the Empress of Soul..the one and only Ms
Gladys Knight.
Mon 27 January - Saturday 1 February
Six The Musical
Think you know the rhyme, think again.
From Tudor queens to pop princesses,
the six wives of Henry VIII finally take to
the mic to tell their tales, remixing five
hundred years of historical heartbreak into
an 80-minute celebration of 21st century
girl power. These Queens may have green
sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.
It’s time they told their story.
Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE!
Thursday 13 - Saturday 22 February
Shirley Valentine
Claire Sweeney plays the title role of Shirley
who’s feeling stagnant and stuck in a rut in
her empty nest, preparing egg and chips
for her emotionally distant husband. When
the opportunity arises to leave Merseyside
behind for a holiday in Greece, Shirley
leaves a note and heads for the sun where
she starts to see the world and herself very
differently.
Sunday 16 and Sunday 23 February,
11am & 2pm
Tweedy Presents - The Missing
Company Of Sherlock Holmes
Tweedy is putting on a large scale theatre
production of Sherlock Holmes. He’s built
the set, got the props and booked The
Everyman Theatre for the show. There is
only one problem - Tweedy has lost all the
actors!
Sunday 23 February, 8pm
Ardal O’Hanlon -
The Showing Off Must Go On
Where Ardal comes from there is nothing
worse than showing off. Yet he is a
professional ‘show-off.’ Why does he do it?
Monday 24 - Saturday 29 February
Ten Times Table
Robert Daws leads a star cast in the classic
Ayckbourn comedy.
In the long-since “grand” ballroom of the
local Swan Hotel, a most miscellaneous
assemblage gather to conduct the
business of the Pendon Folk Festival, led
by excitable chairman Ray. Unfortunately
for Ray, his calamitous committee quickly
divides, as his wife Helen has a bone to
pick.
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