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E ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT E SPRING FESTIVAL OF THE BAROQUE 23rd-25th March 2018 cheltenham bach choir Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier B minor Mass Baroque Singing Competition A selection from Bach’s great collection of Preludes and Fugues for solo keyboard, performed on the piano by CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR THE MUSICAL AND AMICABLE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA The second year of this competition showcasing young professional singers of Baroque music competing for the Cedric Virgin prize. CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PRINCE MICHAEL HALL, DEAN CLOSE Saturday 24th March at 19:30 Sunday 25th March starting at 14:00 with the finalists concert at 18:30 Bach LUKA OKROS COMEDY MUSIC Jonathan Pie: Back to the Studio TIME 7.30PM DATE TUESDAY 13 MARCH LOCATION CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PRICE £24.50, CONC AVAILABLE AGE OVER 16 The frustrated news reporter is back and he’s angrier than ever. Jonathan Pie returns to the stage with a brand new show of political satire at its finest. Pie attempts to host a night of serious discussions on current affairs while simultaneously attempting to smash the system from within. Join him for a night of political comedy that soon descends into chaos.  Levellers Acoustic TIME 8PM DATE WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH LOCATION CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PRICE £27 AGE UNDER 14S MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Brighton folk-punk band Levellers are touring the release of an acoustic album recorded at Abbey Road Studios with legendary producer John Leckie. With an impressive back catalogue of recorded music, The Levellers sold more platinum, gold and silver albums in the 1990s than any other act. Winner of more than ten top international prizes and awards MUSIC Suggs – A Life in the Realm of Madness CHAPEL ARTS, CHELTENHAM TIME 7.30PM DATE THURSDAY 15 MARCH LOCATION CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PRICE £30.50 Due to huge popular demand, after his first smash hit tour My Life Story, Suggs is treading the boards again with a brand new show. If the first show was about how on Earth he got there, A Life in the Realm of Madness is about the surprises that awaited him when he did. Friday 23rd March at 19:30 For tickets or more information please visit www.cheltbachchoir.com cheltbachchoir COMEDY Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room TIME 8PM DATE FRIDAY 16 MARCH LOCATION CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PRICE £21.50 AGE OVER 14 What does Canada’s first woman to have a worldwide Netflix special have in common with Britain’s first woman to have a worldwide Netflix special? They are both single mothers with too many pets. And they are both Katherine Ryan. As seen on ‘QI’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, and ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’, Katherine brings her brand new stand-up show to the UK. MUSIC Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra – An English Celebration 2  18 Jan - May 2018 WWW.CHELTENHAMTRUST.ORG.UK TIME 7.30PM DATE SATURDAY 17 MARCH LOCATION CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PRICE £12, £15, £18; CONC AVAILABLE In their second English Celebration concert, the CSO brings you that gentle conjuring of pastoral England, Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending, played here by the rising star, violinist Savitri Grier. Then two works from Elgar, his Cockaigne Overture (in London Town) and his First Symphony, a work first performed in 1908. The adagio is some of Elgar’s most sublime music. WWW.CHELTENHAMTRUST.ORG.UK Jan - May 2018 19