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1-16 July 2017
Box Office 01242 850270
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#cheltmusicfest
Two weeks of sublime and surprising
musical adventures for all ages centred
around Cheltenham Town Hall
and Pittville Pump Room
“Wide-ranging and adventurous as ever”
Daily Telegraph
The Story of Enigma
Friday 21 July, 7.30pm, Pittville Pump Room
Dr Mark Baldwin presents one of the Second World War’s most fascinating
stories - that of the Allied codebreakers, who deciphered German secret
messages and used the intelligence gained to hasten Allied victory.
Dr Baldwin has studied the code-breaking work at Bletchley Park, and
U-boats has prepared an entertaining instructive show on this subject. The
show includes a hands-on demonstration of one of the very few surviving
Enigma machines.
Codebreakers
Tickets: £18.00
Halfway to Paradise
The Billy Fury Story
Sunday 23 July, 7.30pm, Cheltenham Town Hall
A shy young boy from Liverpool is re-christened Billy Fury and becomes
one of Britain’s best loved rock stars. Now in its 16 th year and still furiously
rockin’, his own band, Fury’s Tornados, re-live his timeless hits - Last Night
Was Made For Love, I Will, Jealousy, Halfway to Paradise and many more.
With the stunning Colin Gold as Billy Fury and set to a giant nostalgic
moving backdrop of this wonderful era and personal movie footage of
Billy, this is a night to remember.
Tickets: £24.50
Rhythm of the Dance
Wednesday 26 July, 7.30pm, Cheltenham Town Hall
Bryn Terfel • CBSO & Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla • Chineke! Orchestra
I Fagiolini’s semi-staged L’Orfeo • The Hallé • John Tomlinson
Pavel Haas Quartet • Sheku Kanneh-Mason • The Nash Ensemble
Monteverdi’s Vespers in Gloucester Cathedral • Florilegium
Alex Mendham Dance Orchestra • Gould Piano Trio
New English Ballet Theatre • Roderick Williams • Tasmin Little
Tenebrae in Tewkesbury Abbey • Martyn Brabbins
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists • Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
40 living composers – over 20 premieres
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This incredible live show creates a new era in Irish entertainment,
featuring world champion dancers, a traditional Irish band, and the
handsome Young Irish Tenors, who keep audiences wowed all over
the world. Rhythm of the Dance celebrates a renewed vigour in Irish
culture, embracing the traditional and current to the ancient sean-
nós dance style. Internationally rated as one of the most popular and
successful Irish Step Dance shows on tour by critics, audiences, and
millions of fans around the world.
Tickets: £26.00; Under 16s: £16.00
The Bob Dylan Story
CHANGE OF DATE! 13th Jan 2018, 7.30pm, Cheltenham Town Hall
The Bob Dylan Story is the new stunning and definitive tribute to a
songwriting genius who spoke for a whole generation. Experience
the thrill and energy of a full-blown Dylan concert, enhanced by a top
backing band and planted firmly in the 1960s. The Bob Dylan Story
will remind you what real nostalgia feels like, with true classics from
Blowin’ in the Wind and Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door to Subterranean
Homesick Blues and All Along the Watchtower.
Tickets: £22.00
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