A brand new production featuring the music and moves
from the golden age of Big Band.
Tickets are now on sale for SIMPLY BIG BAND a dazzling roller-coaster ride of a show, featuring the very best in American big band music, which is to tour the UK throughout 2010 and 2011, playing dates in London, Liverpool, Sheffield, Cardiff and Glasgow to name but a few.
From the raging razzmatazz of Harlem's Cotton Club in the 20s, to the halcyon post-war days of swing and Sinatra’s bobby-sox girls, and the glamorous glitz of Las Vegas in the swinging 60s, SIMPLY BIG BAND will take the audience back to when music meant magical songs, larger-than-life performers and legendary venues. You’ve seen Strictly Come Dancing on TV. Now, witness your favourite dances first hand on stage, take the chance to Jive, Salsa, Lindy Hop, Tap and Foxtrot along in the aisles to some of the most memorable music in history.
Comparing the evening and singing some of Ole Blue Eyes’ greatest hits, ‘Perfectly Frank’ star David Knopov is sure to blow even the most discerning Frank fan away with his realistic interpretation of one of the world’s greatest music stars. David recently performed his Frank Sinatra impersonation for the Queen.
The heartbeat of the night will be the wonderful big band itself, an electrifying 26-piece orchestra comprising some of the finest musicians in the land, the perfect complement for spine-tingling performances by a roster of top guest singers.
Featuring a selection of classic songs including ‘Take The ‘A’ Train’, ‘Georgia’, ‘Minnie The Moocher’, ‘It Don’t Mean A Thing’, ‘God Bless The Child’, ‘Sing Sing Sing’, ‘Manteca’,’ Let The Good Times Roll’, ‘Night Train’ and ‘Stardust’. SIMPLIY BIG BAND is the show that puts the ‘show’ into showbiz.
Backed by a tasty cocktail of tango, salsa, tap, foxtrot, lindy hop and jive dance routines from the ballroom, glittering costumes as sharp as a needle factory and classic archive big-screen footage from some of the most famous venues of the time, SIMPLY BIG BAND is the show that brings this truly golden era back to glorious life. The audience will be transported back to a pulsating musical period when immortals such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles ruled the boards, and legendary big band leaders such as Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Quincy Jones were the musical masters of their generation.
SIMPLY BIG BAND will have you clicking your fingers from the first beat, bopping in your seat by the interval and dancing in the aisles by the final encore.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Gateshead – The Sage
Sat 16 Oct 2010, 7.30pm
Tickets: £19.50, £24.50, £28.50
How to Book: In person at The Sage box office, St Mary's Square Gateshead Quays
Gateshead NE8 2JR. Alternatively; call 0191 443 4661 or click www.thesagegateshead.org
Liverpool – Philharmonic Hall
Mon 18 October, 7.30pm
Tickets: £33.50, £28.50, £25.50
How to Book: In person at The Philharmonic Hall box office, Hope Street
Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 9BP. Alternatively; call 0151 709 3789 or click www.liverpoolphil.com
Basingstoke – The Anvil
Tue 19 October, 7.30pm
Tickets: £25.50 & £28.50
How to Book: In person at The Anvil box office, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, Hants, RG21 7QR. Alternatively; call 01256 844244 or click www.anvilarts.org.uk
Croydon – Fairfield
Thu 21 October, 7.30pm
Tickets: £26.50 & £28.50
How to Book: In person at The Fairfield box office at Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1DG. Alternatively; call 020 8688 9291 or click www.fairfield.co.uk
Norwich –Theatre Royal
Fri 22 October, 7.30pm
Tickets: £18.00, £22.00, £25.50, £28.50
How to Book: In person at The Theatre Royal box office, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RL. Alternatively; call 01603 630 000 or click www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
Salford – The Lowry
Sun 24 October, 7.30pm
Tickets: £25.00 & £28.50
How to Book: In person at The Lowry box office, Pier 8 Salford Quays, Salford, M50 3AZ. Alternatively; call 0843 208 6000 or click www.thelowry.com
Nottingham – Concert Hall
Thu 28 October, 7.30pm
Tickets: £24.50, £26.50, £28.50
How to Book: In person at The Concert Hall box office Royal Centre Theatre Square, Nottingham
Nottinghamshire, NG1 5ND. Alternatively; call 0115 989 5555
click www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.
London - Cadogan Hall
Fri 29 October, 7.30pm
Tickets: £29.50 & £32.50
How to Book: In person at the Cadogan Hall box office Sloane Terrace,London, SW1X 9DQ. Alternatively; call 0207 730 4500 or click www.cadoganhall.com
Cambridge - Corm Exchange
Sat 12 February 2011, 7.30pm
Tickets: £22.50, £26.00, £28.50
How to Book: In person at the Corn Exchange box office 3 Parsons Court, Wheeler Street,
Cambridge, CB2 3QE. Alternatively; call 01223 357 851 or click www.cornex.co.uk
Cardiff – St David’s Hall
Sun 13 February 2011, 7.30pm
Tickets: £24.50, £26.50 & £28.50
How to Book: In person at the St David’s Hall box office The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH. Alternatively; call 0292 087 8444 or click www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
Sheffield – City Hall
Sat 27 February 2011, 7.30pm
Tickets: £24.50 & £28.50
How to Book: In person at the City Hall box office Barkers Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA. Alternatively; call 0114 2789 789 or click www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk
Aberdeen – Music Hall
Fri 1 July 2011, 7.30pm
Tickets: £25.50 & £28.50
How to Book: In person at the Music Hall box office, Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1QS. Alternatively; call 01224 641122 or click www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
Glasgow – Royal Concert Hall
Sat 2 July 2011, 7.30pm
Tickets: £25.50 & £28.50
How to Book: In person at the Royal Concert Hall box office, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow,
G2 3NY. Alternatively; call 0141 353 8000 or click www.glasgowconcerthalls.com
Edinburgh – Usher Hall
Sat 30 July 2011, 7.30pm Part of Edinburgh Jazz Festival.
Tickets: £24.50, £26.50 & £28.50
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