What if your first true love was someone you’d been told you must hate? Set in a world very like our own, this Romeo and Juliet is about a generation of young people born into violence and ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents. The most famous story of love at first sight explodes with intense passion and an irresistible desire for change, but leads all too quickly to heartbreaking consequences.
Expect a great atmosphere, a selection of the best soul and funk music from the last 40 years. The night will feature two headline sets from the Bristol-based supergroup the LBJBs. They celebrate the music of the JBs, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, and Sly and the Family Stone.
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2018 and VAULT Comedy Award 2017 Adele Is Younger Than Us is the culmination of years of optimistic frustration wedged into an hour of musical stand-up. Watch as Sally and Rhiannon emerge from the cocoon of long and painful adolescence into the world of womanhood, only to realise they weren’t Adele-like butterflies at all. They were moths.
This is a science fiction adventure for the family starring Oprah Winfrey. Directed by Ava Duverney, with a glittering cast that includes Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Chris Pine, this family film is an epic adventure through one girl’s transformative journey led by three celestial guides. We discover the strength comes from individuality and that the best way to triumph fear is to travel by one’s own light.
George Frideric Handel’s Saul, which was recorded live at Glyndebourne in 2015 David has vanquished the giant Goliath, but not everyone rejoices in his victory. Jealous of the young warrior, King Saul turns against him, descending into violent, destructive madness that forces his children to choose between loyalty and love, tearing both a family and a nation apart. Handel’s vision of a Lear-like king is astonishing in its psychological complexity, offering a musical portrait of mental collapse few have since matched.
The most authentic Oasis tribute act. Oasiss is the UK’s leading celebration of the nineties Britpop legends. Let’s Roll With It with: -Bri: Leed Vocals (Liam Gallagher) -Lee: Lead Guitar, Backing Box (Noel Gallagher) -Robin: Rhythm Guitar -Chip: Bass Guitar -Karl: Drums They have been perfecting their set and looking at every detail to give their audience the feel of being as close to the real thing as possible.
Britain’s best loved R&B band was formed in 1971, and is known for songs such as She Does it Right, Roxette, and Milk and Alcohol, which reached the top ten. Formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s, Dr. Feelgood remains one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the world.
A special warm-up show before Bestival for the multi-award-winning hip-hop DJ and producer, who headlines festivals and clubs around the world. No typical club DJ, his interests lie in finding fresh and unique ways to bring turntables out of the club and getting involved in bespoke collaborations. Working with classical composers to neuroscientists; brass bands to film directors; Dr Dre to Dame Evelyn Glennie; Banksy to Mark Ronson; BBC Radio 4 to the BFI, he reinvigorates his craft with wry invention and humorous intent.
This is a special of our regular jazz night celebrating the best from “Great American Songbook” ~ the location is special: in our bar overlooking Lyme Bay Vocalist Elaine Davies is also a multi-instrumentalist, playing saxophone, flute and clarinet. She has appeared many times on television with the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra. She played in the Algy Davies Quartet, supporting many national jazz musicians.
Join us as we take you back to the era of peace, protest & love with uniquely arranged classic songs of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Baez. Andante Live presents “Blowin’ in the Wind”. Combining the vocal harmonies of Vee Sweeney and Mark Rowson, with 16 instruments between them and outstanding musicianship, they perform an uplifting and inspiring show to give you a fabulous evening of unforgettable music.
A Lyme Regis Carnival special event, with half the profits donated to the local shindig! Children (0-10 yrs) and their families can hit the dance floor for a pre-carnival party. With a real DJ spinning records from the 70s to present day, this young people’s ‘club night’ is very different to a normal ‘children’s party’, with face painting and craft activities.
If you like the Beach Boys songs, you will love this band – the leading UK’s leading celebration of the sixties superstars. Guaranteed to leave everyone with a smile on their face, a song in their heart and a truly memorable live music experience to cherish, this is a show fans do not want to miss. The performers of this show, the Beach Boyz Tribute Band, deliver authentic harmonies that will take your breath away.
Set in Dorset and adapted by Ian McEwan from his bestselling novel, the drama centres on a young couple from contrasting backgrounds in the summer of 1962. Following the pair through their idyllic courtship, the film explores sex and societal pressure, leading up to their wedding night. The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough, Emily Watson, and Samuel West.
In collaboration with the Northcott Theatre, we are offering an opportunity for 15 talented young people to make challenging theatre in a professional setting. It’s a 5 day course for 11 to 15 year olds, culminating with a performance. Students will be spending a fun, practical week creating their own piece of theatre from scratch.
Samuel Barber’s Vanessa broadcast live from Glyndebourne A rare opportunity to see Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work – opera from the age of Hitchcock, with an atmospheric score and tense, psychological twists. Abandoned by her lover Anatol, Vanessa retreats from the world, waiting and hoping with only her mother and her niece Erika for company. But when, 20 years later, Anatol’s handsome young son arrives unexpectedly, he shatters the calm of this shuttered household of women.
‘This fizzling musical is a blast of fresh air’ ~ The Times Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future.
With recent news of a possible reunion and the release of the Mama Mia film this Summer, there couldn’t be a better time to celebrate the seventies pop group. From Super Trouper to Dancing Queen, expect all the hits from this acclaimed live band – known as one of the most-authentic tributes in the country. The unique Abba sound is replicated with an incredible attention to detail, using a six-piece band featuring electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards and piano, drums and bass guitar.
Four comics perform in this great value night, headlined by the lead actor from I Daniel Blake This evening is headlined by the lead actor from I Daniel Blake, Ken Loach’s critically acclaimed and multi award winning film, which won the much coveted Palme D’or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. As well as an actor, he’s a celebrated comic who has made guest appearances on many television programmes, including Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of Ten Cats and The Football’s On. Bridport comedian Tom Glover hosts and there’s support from Dan Thomas and Karen Bayley.
Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith have let the cameras in on a friendship that goes back more than half a century. Together, they are 342 years old. They are in their seventh decade of cutting-edge, epoch-defining performances on stage and on screen.
A screening and Q&A with director David Wilkinson and writer Emlyn Price. Chaired by Anthea Simmons, Devon For Europe This is film made by and featuring those who voted Remain in the UK’s EU Referendum vote, the 48%, to show the other 27 EU Member States that they believe it was far from a landslide victory and just why they are fighting to stay part of the EU. Starring Patrick Stewart, Miriam Margolyes and Bob Geldof .
Part of Lyme Folk Weekend, the multi-award winning duo, otherwise known as Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere, will perform along with three of their own favourite acts – the brilliant Dorset trio Kadia, virtuoso guitarist Will McNicol, and superb a capella group The Teacups. Ninebarrow are a multi-award-winning folk duo, who are impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Described by Mark Radcliffe as sounding ‘like two halves of one voice’ and by Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely amazing’, Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere combine breath taking vocal harmonies and melodies, delivering original songs that are inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British Isles.
Saturday night is party night of Lyme Folk Weekend with the exuberant sound one of the most exciting live bands to have emerged in recent years. Winners of both the Best Band and Best Live Band at the 2018 Folking.com awards, Merry Hell have been blazing a trail in the north of England with their high-energy, foot-stomping folk-rock, and are making a rare visit to the South West especially for Lyme Folk Weekend.
Lyme Folk Weekend culminates with the South West favourites presenting a special one-off retrospective filled with songs from their early years together. Show of Hands began their musical journey 25 years ago here in West Dorset. The band’s first CD was recorded live in Bridport at the Bull hotel, while Steve Knightley has written a host of songs about the people, stories and landscape of this area.
A new version of August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London. Vanessa Kirby (The Crown, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in the cast of this brand new production, directed by Carrie Cracknell (NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea) and broadcast live from the National Theatre to the Marine. Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party.
A post-roast music session in our lovely bar overlooking the Cobb This is a relaxed Sunday afternoon event with the best in local musical talent. The launch is hosted by Street & Matthews, an acoustic duo who are one half of popular local band DeltaTango7. They play a selection of blues and classic songs, and will be presenting a line-up of other local surprise guests.
This is a South-West exclusive: the brand new BFI film, with a talk and questions from its star James Lavelle. The Man From Mo’Wax is the energetic and phenomenal journey, charting the life and career of DJ icon, music producer and global trip hop mogul, James Lavelle, his pioneering record label Mo’Wax and his phenomenal rise to fame with the genre defining UNKLE album, Psyence Fiction. The film gives audiences a remarkable ‘behind the curtain’ look at the music industry and a rare opportunity to experience never before seen personal archive and exclusive home videos from both James Lavelle & DJ Shadow (one of UNKLE’s many collaborators).
The only way is Windsor in this new production of Shakespeare’s merry comedy. Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. Unknown to him, it’s the women of Windsor who really pull the strings, orchestrating Falstaff’s comeuppance amidst a theatrical smorgasbord of petty rivalries, jealousies and over-inflated egos.
Duotone weaves a plethora of instruments with orchestral power – including his pioneering cello playing and vocal loops. This concert marks a new album – A Life Reappearing – released on 4 May, which was inspired by a book of paintings by Victoria Crowe, which charts the life of Scottish shepherd Jenny Armstrong. Duoton learnt the cello at age six, he went on to study at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and to win a scholarship in baroque cello at the Royal College of Music.
Star of the John Bishop show, Andy’s routine includes offbeat original comic songs and parodies. A talented musician with a captivating voice, popular songs have been re-written and given a perverse twist to tremendous comic effect. With a wickedly dry sense of humour, Andy’s darker material is sweetened by his innocent and impish demeanour which never fails to leave audiences in the palm of his hand.
Our regular jazz night overlooking Lyme Bay from our terrace bar: Jade Gall plays Blue Note’s Stanley Turrentine Jade Gall is a classically trained saxophonist who has studied both at Dartington and the Royal Welsh College of Music. She has also rapidly become the go-to choice for jazz, swing, soul and ska bands, including ‘The Simmertones’ who have recently had many plays on Radio 2 with their single ‘Perhaps’ which features Doris Day, and ‘Michael Campari and the Solar System’ with whom she played at Glastonbury Festival. She will be focusing on the music of Stanley Turrentine, accompanied by Philip Clouts at the piano.
A female guitar prodigy, at fourteen Chantel was told by major labels that she had a “great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that!” Wisely ignoring the comments, she enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark, with 18 distinctions. Chantel left with the college’s musician of the year award.
Due to huge demand we have added an extra date – Thursday 20 September. Not for the faint-hearted, the bawdy legend visits Lyme on his new tour. An ex-miner and carpenter, Jethro is famous for his proud heritage as Cornwall’s best-loved comic.
Invisible Music is an unforgettable, immersive, gig- theatre experience What happens when the soundtrack to your life changes; when you are listening but hearing differently? Pete Flood (arranger/percussionist with Bellowhead) and Jules Bushell, P4’s long-term sound designer, have created a 5- piece band full of acoustic delights; supported by stunning projections, this is music, and verbatim audio clips, that are mesmerising, evocative, celebratory and profoundly moving. This Platform 4’s first major project since the acclaimed Memory Points (The Guardian’s Top 10 shows of 2015).
Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear at the Marine. Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this ‘nuanced and powerful’ (The Times) contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play.
Ffar Cotton Promotions presents the blues and soul duo that has worked alongside Gregory Porter and ZZ Top Bruce James and Bella Black joined forces in Austin, Texas in 2011 and have been spreading their special blues and soul since. Their music springs from the tradition of the Southern Soul from Texas, New Orleans and Memphis. The foundation of James & Black is the voices and stories in their songs.
The young folk singer performs at the Marine as part of his new UK album tour for Notes from an Island Following the release of his critically acclaimed 4th album ‘Notes From An Island’, award winning British guitarist, singer and songwriter Blair Dunlop plays a show at the Marine this autumn as part of a UK tour. Looking forward to performing the new songs live, Blair thinks the record is “easily my best yet.”.
The 70s singer, 6Music DJ, and activist plays the classic album Power In The Darkness, alongside other hits. Born in Cambridge in 1950, Tom Robinson first became known in the late 1970s as a musician and LGBT activist with the Tom Robinson Band (TRB) who were early supporters of Rock Against Racism and Amnesty International. In 1977 their Top 5 debut release 2-4-6-8 Motorway became one of the landmark singles of the UK punk era.
Superstar soprano Anna Netrebko makes her Met role debut as Aida in this thirtieth-anniversary revival of Sonja Frisell’s production. Verdi’s drama is set in Ancient Egypt, where the Ethiopian Aida lives a life of slavery. She and the Egyptian warrior Radamès, sung by tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko, have fallen in love, although the princess Amneris—mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili—is an implacable rival for Radamès’s affections.
This is an intimate evening with the Only Fools And Horses actor John Challis, who famously played Boycie. In this one-off show the national treasure will reveal secrets from the set with stories and anecdotes from his career. Having worked with some of the biggest names in show business, he’ll be spilling the beans about Only Fools and Horses co-stars like Sir David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Matthew Floyd Jones in the sell-out hit parody of Richard Carpenter In a world where rainy days and Mondays collide, one man’s solitary journey to find himself has only just begun… The piano player from Frisky & Mannish plays the piano player from The Carpenters in a razor-sharp parody play about a life spent playing the piano. Richard used to be on top of the world, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen. Now he’s back with a vengeance, only to find out it’s not exactly yesterday once more anymore.
A laughter-filled parody of the D.H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley welcomes home her husband, Clifford, from a war that has left the world in tatters.
Alan Bennett’s Multi-award-winning drama will be broadcast live to the Marine, in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse. Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van), this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following its premiere on stage in 1991. The cast of this new production includes Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall, NT Live Coriolanus) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey, Upstairs Downstairs, After the Dance).
Chris Wood is an uncompromising guitarist and singer whose music reveals his love for the unofficial history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. A self-taught musician, composer and song writer, Chris is a lifelong autodidact whose independent streak shines through everything he does.
Award winning Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor teams up with acoustic and slide guitar virtuoso Martin Simpson. The pair shares the stage throughout the performance – adding to each other’s songs and instrumental pieces, taking them to new areas of creative inspiration. Martin Taylor was name-checked on BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show as being considered the best guitarist by no less than Jeff Beck – leading to a live session on the show the next morning.
