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A selection of local events, compiled by Angela Chantry. Occasionally concerts are offered at very short notice, with a special discount – if you would like to be kept informed of such events, please send an email to angelachantry@gmail.com asking for your name to be added to the Cultural Arts contact list. Cultural Arts Programme – March 2010 BOOK WITH ANGELA FOR THE FOLLOWING Monday 19th – Saturday 24th April: “Holiday Snap” The Javea Players’ next production, to be staged at the Union Musical Theatre in Gata, tells the unlikely tale of a newly marketed Portuguese time share villa which two adulterous couples have inadvertently double booked – comedy at its very best. The normal price for this great evening’s entertainment is 10 euros, but will be 8 euros for those who join the U3A group attending on the first night, Monday 19th April – book and pay with Angela Chantry at the meeting on Wednesday 24th February please. Tuesday 27th April: Classical Concert at the Palau de Musica, Valencia
Leticia Moreno (violin) and Oleg Polianski (piano):- F. Schubert: Fantasía en do mayor para violín y piano, op. 159, D 934; M. de Falla: Suite popular Española; P. Sarasate: Fantasía de concierto sobre la ópera Carmen, op. 25: Aires Bohemios. The coach will leave El Rafalet at 14.30 hrs, with a drop-off near the Bullring in Valencia – time for shopping & refreshments; make your own way to the Palau de Musica (the coach will be outside at 7.30 p.m. to load any bags); the concert takes place at 20.15 hrs in the Sala Rodrigo, and the coach will pick up outside the Palau de Musica at approx. 22.30 hrs for the return journey to Javea. Price: 30 euros pp (concert + coach), to be paid to Angela Chantry at the meeting on Wednesday 24th February – cash please as I need to buy the tickets in advance (best available at the time of booking). Friday 25th June: The three Tenors sing "Il Divo"
Juan Gallego, Tenor - Antonio Magno, Tenor - Pedro Noguerra, Tenor, with José Jaime Hidalgo, Piano The phenomenal success of "Il Divo" has inspired the three tenors to stage a popular programme with a sophisticated mixture of light tenor songs and "hits" of today. At the Heredad de Elias Ferrer (Bullring gardens Alcalali), 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. (see map below). The normal price is €20 – buy your tickets in advance from Angela Chantry and pay 15 euros. Map of Alcalali
OTHER LOCAL EVENTS OF INTEREST Monday 15th to Saturday 20th March: “An Evening with Alan Bennett” Javea Players’ next present “An Evening with Alan Bennett” at “The Studio” (in the road behind Book World Espana, just along from Bar Fuentes). Among familiar faces will be Mabel Kevan, John Harding, Pat Kitching, Sybil and Bill Kent, Pat Doidge and Jennifer-Kellow-Ward, alongside some newcomers. The Studio is an ideal venue for Alan Bennett’s intimate studies of human behaviour: Sybil Kent directs this collection of short plays and monologues. Telephone bookings via Penny Grant on 966471455. There will be a matinee performance at 16.00 hrs on Saturday, 20th March, and Monday-Friday performances start at 20.00 hrs. Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 March: “Some Enchanted Evening”
Artistes from Britain’s musical theatre will be taking time off from professional engagements next month to fly to the Costa Blanca to sing the songs of Rogers and Hammerstein in aid of Caritas - a long established, international charity, which is currently coordinating the relief effort against hunger which has emerged as a real concern in Javea and many Costa Blanca towns. Sue Holley and her musical stage company, MASK are lending their support to Caritas by staging evenings of musical entertainment on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 March at the Casa de Cultura, Calpe, and all the professional cast are dedicating their fees to the charity. The MASK production is billed as ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ and features some of the wonderful songs of the great Rogers and Hammerstein musicals – The King and I, Carousel, Oklahoma, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Show Boat, Flower Drum Song and State Fair. Flying from the U.K. to join Sue in the show will be Loraine Hart, whose West End credits include ‘Bugsy Malone’, ‘A Chorus Line’ and ‘Hello Dolly’; narrator, Jim McManus, who recently completed a year in The Mouse Trap and who has won enormous acclaim in England, Europe and the USA for his recreation of Dickens’ public performances of his own work; singer, Peter Sutherland who has a string of musicals to his credits; musical director, Chris Hocking, who has played, arranged and conducted for many well known stars including Matt Monroe, Tommy Cooper, Harry Secombe, Cilla Black and many, more; Georgina Todd, who recently made her debut at the award winning Watermill Theatre in their annual show, ’ Seasonal Sauce’ and whose musical credits include ‘Grease’, ‘A Chorus Line’, ‘FAME’ and ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, and Tiffany Todd, who has appeared in musical concerts at the London Palladium and whose musical credits include ‘Godspell’, ‘A Chorus Line’, ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘Grease’. Joining the show from Spain will be Barry Britten of The Wireless Years fame and a troupe of child dancers and singers hand picked by Sue to add their own, special brand of sparkle. Tickets are priced at 12 euros and are now on sale at the box office on 618 839 794, Style of Javea (966462581), Style of Orba (965583900) and The English Card and Book Shop, Calpe. Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th May: “Pirates of Penzance” To be performed at the Casa de la Cultura, Calpe, in aid of Caritas and Friends’ of the Children of EMAUS. Further details nearer the time. May (date t.b.c.): “Cash on Delivery” The Careline Theatre’s next production will be Michael Cooney’s farce, “Cash on Delivery”, which will be directed by Jim Sissens and staged at the Careline Theatre in Alcalali in May. Further details nearer the time.
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