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C740CA4 WOW TAKES A LOOK AT SOME OF THE LATEST THEATRICAL HIGHLIGHTS

F70C{B >= THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Until 19 Jan www.birmingham-rep.co.uk Tue 29th Jan - Sat 2nd Feb A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings: Curve, Leicester Sleeping Beauty Milton Keynes Theatre Thu 31st Jan The King & the Corpse: Sheema Mukherjee Black Bottom Club, Northampton Fri 1st Feb - Sat 23rd Feb One For The Road Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton Sat 2nd Feb Farm Boy Stantonbury Campus Theatre, Milton Keynes Sun 3rd Feb - Mon 4th Feb The Gruffalo’s Child Loughborough Town Hall Mon 4th Feb - Sat 9th Feb The Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show. Curve, Leicester Tue 5th Feb Boogie Nights Royal & Derngate, Northampton Tue 5th Feb - Sat 9th Feb The Anastasia File Harborough Theatre, Market Harborough The Ladykillers (Touring) Curve, Leicester

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One For The Road -BVSJF 4BOTPN EJSFDUT IJT GBSFXFMM QSPEVDUJPO FRI 1 - SAT 23 FEBRUARY One of Willy Russell’s funniest and most poignant plays, One for the Road is directed by Royal & Derngate’s Laurie Sansom, as his last production before he leaves to head up the National Theatre of Scotland. This hilarious play takes to the Royal stage from Friday 1 to Saturday 23 February, featuring cast of well-known faces, comprising Michelle Butterly, Con O’Neill, Nicola Stephenson and Matthew Wait. One For The Road is a hilariously observant ‘80s comedy by one of the country’s most acclaimed writers, responsible for such well-loved classics as Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, as well as the hugely popular musical Blood Brothers. The play finds Dennis, on the eve of his birthday, making a desperate attempt to ditch the trappings of his newly acquired middle class life. Imprisoned on Phase Two of a new housing estate and surrounded by Tupperware parties, Richard Clayderman fans and garden gnomes,

Dennis yearns for his youth of road trips and music festivals. Once neighbours Roger and Jane arrive to help celebrate his birthday it is not long before he reaches breaking point. As the day spirals out of control, it becomes clear that the mindless vandalism inflicted on the estate may not be down to local teenagers after all, and his wife and friends

may not be quite what they seem. Dennis must attempt a break for freedom. ONE FOR THE ROAD can be seen at Royal & Derngate from Friday 1 to Saturday 23 February, and tickets, priced from £13 to £28 can be booked by calling Box Office on 01604 624811 or online at www.royalandderngate.co.uk.

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A comedy classic $PPQFE DPNFT UP UIF 3PZBM %FSOHBUF TUE 15 & SAT 19 JANUARY When beautiful, fawn-like Laura du Lay arrives in the remote county of Northumberlandhamptonshire to take up her position as confidential secretary to the reclusive Forbes Murdston, she uncovers a tangled web of murder, love and mistaken identity. She has ignored for as long as she can the unsettling rumours that surround her new employer, his ominous manservant Klaus and the ancient mansion. But Murdston’s violent mood-swings can only signify one thing... Cooped is directed by Cal McCrystal, comedy director of the National Theatre’s recent hit One Man Two Guv’nors, and director of the forthcoming Alan Ayckbourn revival Mr Whatnot at Royal & Derngate. Cooped

was created by Spymonkey in collaboration with McCrystal in 2001, and toured internationally following a sensational reception across the UK. Time Out called it, ‘A beautifully crafted melodrama packed with physical humour, silliness and exquisite performances from start to finish’, and The Stage declared, ‘It is simply not possible to have more fun at the theatre than this. The End’. Spymonkey bring COOPED to Royal & Derngate from Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 January, Tickets are priced between £33.50 and £10, and can be booked at the Box Office on 01604 624811 or online at www.royalandderngate.co.uk. The show is recommended for ages 14 and above.

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Sun 10th Feb Bolshoi Ballet Recorded Live: Don Quixote Harborough Theatre, Market Harborough Mon 11th Feb - Sat 16th Feb Driving Miss Daisy (touring) Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Tue 12th Feb - Sat 16th Feb Steptoe & Son Curve, Leicester Goodnight Mister Tom (Touring) Milton Keynes Theatre

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Sue, twitchy about the party her fifteen-year-old daughter, Abigail, is throwing over the road. As Beverly plies the guests with alcohol, cigarettes, Demis Roussos and nibbles, this horribly compelling evening descends into drunkenness and debauchery. Comedy, drama and tragedy combine into an

Wed 13th Feb - Thu 14th Feb The Gruffalo’s Child (Touring) Royal & Derngate Theatre Thu 14th Feb Valentine’s Comedy Burlesque The Musician, Leicester The Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show: Ceri Dupree Loughborough Town Hall Fri 15th Feb Russian Winter: Coull Quartet Embrace Arts, Leicester Tue 19th Feb Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival: Circus Of Horrors De Montfort Hall, Leicester Tue 19th Feb - Sat 23rd Feb Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Touring) Royal & Derngate Theatre Wed 20th Feb Royal Opera House: Live: Harborough Theatre, Market Harborough Thu 21st Feb The Parsnip Tales: Parsnips Youth Theatre Harborough Theatre, Market Harborough Thu 21st Feb - Sat 23rd Feb High School Musical Stantonbury Campus Theatre, Milton Keynes

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iconic piece of theatre. This ruthlessly accurate and painfully funny observation of the pretensions of suburbia comedy became an instant classic when it first appeared as a BBC Play For Today in 1977, the year of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. Hannah Waterman, Martin Marquez, Samuel James, Katie Lightfoot and Emily Raymond star in Abigail’s Party, one of the most popular plays ever written. ABIGAIL’S PARTY is at the Nottingham Royal Centre, Theatre Square, Nottingham, NG1 5ND. Call the Box office: 0115 989 5555. Tickets: £27.50 - £14 plus concessions Website and online booking: www.trch.co.uk

One Man, Two Guvnors -JGF BOE EFBUI PO UIF &OHMJTI 3JWJFSB 29 JANUARY – 2 FEBRUARY The National Theatre’s smash-hit comedy, now a West End and Broadway sensation, comes to Nottingham with a cast including Rufus Hound as Francis Henshall. Richard Bean’s award-winning play is a glorious celebration of British comedy: a unique, laugh-out-loud mix of satire, songs, slapstick and glittering one-liners. Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe... but Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother... who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a job with one Stanley Stubbers. To prevent discovery Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.

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uplifting tale of reconciliation and forgiveness. THE WINTER’S TALE is at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 24 January - 23 February. Ticket Hotline 0844 800 1110 Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. www.rsc.org.uk This production will tour the UK from March 2013 and will be at Milton Keynes Theatre 13 - 16 March and Theatre Royal Nottingham 26 - 30 March

TUE 30 APRIL - SAT 4 MAY From the company that brought you the dazzling ‘Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’ and the fabulous ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ comes a funny, vibrant, rip-roaring show with a fabulous score by the great Cole Porter. ‘Anything Goes’ promises to be another crowdpleaser for Kettering audiences. The humorous intricacies of the plot, combined with well-loved songs like “I get a kick out of you�, “It’s Delovely� and “Blow Gabriel Blow�, and of course the title song “Anything Goes�, will have you chuckling and toetapping along. Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter, Book by Guy Bolton, P.G.Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse.

ANYTHING GOES is at the Lighthouse Theatre Kettering Conference Centre Thurston Drive, Kettering NN15 6PB Tuesday 30th April to Saturday 4th May. ‘EARLY BIRD’ TICKET OFFER – ALL seats ÂŁ10 if booked between 1st and 31st January 2013. NO OTHER OFFERS FOR THIS SHOW. From February 1st Tickets ÂŁ12 (Tuesday evening and Saturday Matinee) and ÂŁ14 (Wednesday to Saturday evenings) For tickets, call the Box Office: 01536 414141 or Email: enquiries@lighthousetheatre. co.uk

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In defiance of their families and in secrecy from their closest friends, hopeful young lives burn amidst a celestial and cataclysmic backdrop. Sun and moon shine down on starcrossed lovers as they hide their passion and sexuality from their warring families and their closest friends. Misadventure, family pride, and ancient quarrels abort and bury the

most joyous of beginnings, the most hopeful of love stories as Romeo and Juliet, driven apart, find their world becoming a constricting, single mausoleum of fate and death. ROMEO & JULIET Thu 21 Feb The Core at Corby Cube Tue 16 & Wed 17 Apr De Montfort Hall, Leicester

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Viennese whirls +PIBOO 4USBVTT 0SDIFTUSB BU 3PZBM %FSOHBUF SATURDAY 19 JANUARY Irrepressible showman and conductor Rainer Hersch leads the Johann Strauss Orchestra on a light-hearted journey through a sparkling assortment of song and dance, from the classic works of the Strauss family including The Blue Danube Waltz, Radetzky

March, Thunder and Lightning Polka and Songs of Love Waltz, to timeless dance music from Tchaikovsky and Lehar. The Orchestra will be accompanied by the graceful Johann Strauss Dancers in glorious period costume, giving

Northampton audiences a taste of a traditional Viennese new year. Completing the line-up for this glittering concert is star soprano Charlotte Ellett, whose credits include engagements with the Halle Orchestra and Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and an Associate Artist role at Welsh National Opera.

Thu 17th Jan Up Close And Personal: Peter Andre + The Risk + Sam Gray De Montfort Hall Leicester Fri 18th Jan Lets Play...David Bowie! The Donkey Leicester Sat 19th Jan The Smyths The Met Lounge Peterborough Tues 22 Jan. Ronan Keating Theatre Royal Nottingham Fri 25th Jan New Generation Superstars O2 Academy Leicester Sat 26th Jan Sacconi Quartet Uppingham School Lets Hang On Stamford Corn Exchange

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Royal & Derngate hosts One NIGHT IN VIENNA on Saturday 19 January at 7.30pm, with tickets priced from £30 to £16. To book, call the Box Office on 01604 624811 or visit www.royalandderngate.co.uk

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Ruthie Henshall

Sun 27th Jan Janina Fialkowska, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), Fabien Gabel Royal & Derngate Theatre Northampton Special Brew The Donkey Leicester

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FEBRUARY Fri 1st Feb Eternal Light: Oakham School Chamber Choir Oakham School Chapel The Total Stone Roses + Oaysis The Met Lounge Peterborough The Classic Rock Show De Montfort Hall Leicester East Park Reggae Collective O2 Academy Leicester as some of the defining songs of her life, onstage and off. The evening draws from a broad range of genres, right through from the great American songbook to contemporary tunes significant to Ruthie now.

Richard Digance " /BUJPOBM 5SFBTVSF SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY Many people sing, play guitar and tell stories but not many have supported Steve Martin, Robin Williams or played a guitar duet with Brian May of Queen, Richard Digance has. Richard is also a BAFTA Nominated entertainer and received The Gold Award from The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in 2003 and is featured in The Virgin Anthology of Songwriters. It was Dennis Norden on the ITV programme ‘30 years of Comedy’ who said that Richard Digance trod a unique and dangerous path, telling stories like no other without taking the obvious tried and tested gag route. It’s on stage Richard is most comfortable, giving two hours of original material with

Tickets for this unforgettable evening are priced £20 (£18) and can be purchased by calling the Box Office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk

Wed 6th Feb The Meat Loaf Story: Steve Steinman Royal & Derngate Northampton One Night in Vienna: The Johann Strauss Orchestra, The Johann Strauss Dancers De Montfort Hall Leicester Thu 7th Feb The Billy Fury Years 30th Anniversary Special: Royal & Derngate Northampton Fairport Convention + Fake Thackray De Montfort Hall Leicester Fri 8th Feb The Paradimes O2 Academy Leicester

just a guitar, no support acts, no gimmicks, just one man with a treasure chest of stories collected over 40 years in the music and entertainment industry. RICHARD DIGANCE is at Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre, Broad Street, Stamford Saturday 16th February. For tickets call 01780 766455.

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Sat 9th Feb The Fortunes Stamford Corn Exchange Hank Wangford & The Lost Cowboys The Donkey Leicester Eskimo Dance O2 Academy Leicester Mon 11th Feb Dead Wolf Club + The Wayward Charm + Madame Fade O2 Academy Leicester

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Tue 12th Feb 35th Anniversary Rumours Tour: Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac Royal & Derngate Northampton Paloma Faith + Josephine De Montfort Hall Leicester Wed 13th Feb Cash O2 Academy Leicester Fri 15th Feb Molls & Mollteasers The Picturedrome Northampton The Soldiers Royal & Derngate Northampton Sat 16th Feb Battle Of The Bands 2013 County Final New Roadmender Northampton Mon 18th Feb Thy Art Is Murder O2 Academy Leicester Tue 19th Feb Delphic O2 Academy Leicester Thu 21st Feb Joe Brown De Montfort Hall Leicester Fri 22nd Feb Complete Madness Stamford Corn Exchange Fri 22nd Feb Mr Cat & the Jackal The Donkey Leicester Mon 25th Feb The Enemy O2 Academy Leicester Wed 27th Feb Bird O2 Academy Leicester Mon 28 Little Mix Theatre Royal Nottingham

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Janina Fialkowska Plays Chopin 3PZBM 1IJMIBSNPOJD SFUVSO UP 3PZBM %FSOHBUF SUNDAY 27 JANUARY French conductor Fabien Gabel makes his Northampton début leading the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Janina Fialkowska Plays Chopin, a concert featuring three of the Romantic era’s most distinguished composers. Brahms’ darkly powerful Tragic Overture introduces Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2. Performed by Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska, it is a work of variety, containing lyrical melodies, elaborate ornamentation and Polish folk music influences. Finally, the audience is transported to the countryside to revel in the glorious musical landscape of Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony, its popular ‘storm’ movement surrounded by music of sunny grace and rustic charm. Janina Fialkowska is internationally renowned for her interpre-

tations of the classical and romantic repertoire, and the piano works of Chopin in particular. Her highlypraised recordings include the 24 Chopin Études, and three CDs released during the 2010 Chopin anniversary year to huge acclaim. 2010 also saw the world premiere of a Chopin-inspired piano concerto written for Fialkowska by John Burge, and her celebrated period instrument debut playing Chopin’s

E Minor Concerto on an historic Pleyel 1848 piano with the Tafelmusik Orchestra in Toronto. JANINA FIALKOWSKA Plays Chopin at Royal & Derngate on Sunday 27 January at 7.30pm, with tickets priced from £32.50 to £14, and a family ticket £68. To book, call the Box Office on 01604 624811, or visit www.royalandderngate.co.uk.

Valentines Jazz 8FFLFOE GFTUJWBM BU UIF $BTUMF FRI 15 – SUN 17 FEB The Castle have the perfect Valentine’s weekend for jazz! From Fri 15 – Sun 17 Feb, The Castle will be filled with fantastic jazz bands set to entertain as part of the popular Valentines Jazz Festival! Starting the weekend in style will be Basin St to Basie and Beyond on Fri 15 Feb 8pm, starring Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends. Their performance also features very special guest Alan Barnes on clarinet and sax. The Hot Club of Cambridge continue the weekend on Sat 16 Feb, 12.30pm with special guest Andy Aitchison. They perform great gypsy jazz in the style of Django Reinhart and Stephane Grappelli. Featuring members of

the Chris Barber Band in a joyful evening of the best in Traditional and Dixieland jazz are Richard Exall’s Shooting Stars performing on Sat 16 Feb, 8pm. Closing the festival will be Colin Kingwell’s Jazz Bandits on Sun 17 Feb, 12.30pm. They are Britain’s premier and accomplished exponents of the great sounds of classic New Orleans jazz and guaranteed to entertain!

Tickets to each performance are £12.50 (£10.50), with a special Valentines Jazz Season Ticket for £40 for all 4 performances. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Box Office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk.

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to adventurous contemporary styling. Head Candy also offer permanent hair straightening and are specialists in wedding hair and hair up for proms. The best quality hair products from Wella’s System Professional and Sebastian will maintain your look between visits. Bookings by appointment only or feel free to drop in, have a look around, meet the team and discuss a fresh new look.

this present day. Now beautifully restored and modernised by current business owner Leah, Head Candy hairdressing offers a high standard of professional hairdressing services for both female and male clientele. The ambience is relaxed and friendly and offers traditional styles through to contemporary hair. Head Candy promises to provide a relaxed oasis and

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calming atmosphere. The stylists regularly attend training workshops with top British hairdressers at the Wella studios in London, keeping up to date with knowledge and inspiration to create beautiful classic haircuts through

HEAD CANDY 26 Church Street Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7AA 01858 464395 www.headcandyhairdressing. co.uk Open Monday to Saturday.

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Moscow City Ballet 5IF QFSGFDU TUBSU UP UIF /FX :FBS MON 21 – SAT 26 JAN Moscow City Ballet brings two of the most famous ballets of all time to Royal & Derngate, staging The Sleeping Beauty from Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 January, and The Nutcracker from Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 January. Tchaikovsky’s inspired bal-

lets are at the very heart of Russian culture, and the Moscow City Ballet and Orchestra are famed for their spirited choreography and outstanding virtuoso performances. The Sleeping Beauty, the evergreen tale of the love of a handsome prince and beautiful princess based on the story by the Brothers

Grimm, is a glamorous jewel in their repertoire. Set on Christmas Eve, The Nutcracker has become a wintertime staple, climaxing with the enchanting Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy with its distinctive and evocative melody line played on the celesta. Artistic Director Victor Smirnov-Govolanov’s ver-

sion of the ballet is infused with an invigorating freshness that is sure to delight. With beautiful costumes and sets, consummate skill, and the magical ingredient of Russian soul, this world-class company provides the perfect start to the New Year, and the ideal introduction to ballet for children.

MOSCOW CITY BALLET perform The Sleeping Beauty at Royal & Derngate between Monday 21 and Wednesday 23 January at 7.30pm, with a 2.30pm matinee on Wednesday. The Nutcracker is staged from Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 January, with a 2.30pm matinee on Saturday. Tickets are priced from £34 to £17.50, and can be booked at the Box Office on 01604 624811 or online at www.royalandderngate.co.uk.

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THUR 17 & FRI 18 JANUARY Strictly Come Dancing stars Anton du Beke and Erin Boag bring some vintage Tinseltown glamour to Royal & Derngate when their dazzling new show Anton & Erin Go to Hollywood comes to town on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 January. The UK’s favourite dance duo pay tribute to the Golden Years of the MGM musicals, with sassy tunes, sensational choreography and sparkling costumes to conjure up all the fizz and razzmatazz of glamorous Hollywood. Anton and Erin will be joined by singer Lance Ellington, superb guest dancers and a 25-piece orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe. The exhilarating programme will include Strike Up the Band, Everything’s Coming Up Roses (from Gypsy), Ah Yes, I Remember It Well (Gigi), Almost Like Being in Love

The Lock In 'PML UBLFT PO )JQ )PQ JB B EBODF üPPS TUBOE PGG WEDS 6 & FRI 15 FEB Get ready for The Lock In the UK’s top Folk & Hip-Hop

dance extravaganza – where some of the UK’s oldest forms of dance are brought bang up

to date as they collide with some of the youngest in an exciting new dance show. The Lock In does for English folk dance what Riverdance did for Irish dance and Diversity did for street dance, bringing some lesser-known forms of dance into the mainstream. Fast-paced and innovative, the show brings together some of the UK’s top clog, sword and Morris dancers with their counterparts from the worlds of B-boying, popping and krump. THE LOCK IN is at Loughborough Town Hall Weds 6 Feb www.loughboroughtownhall.co.uk and at The Stables, Milton Keynes on Fri 15 Feb. www.stables.org

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(Brigadoon), Steppin’ Out With My Baby (Easter Parade) and That’s Entertainment. Professional partners for over seventeen years, Anton and Erin were chosen in 2004 to star in the first series of Strictly Come Dancing and have appeared in every series since then, partnering celebrities including Julian Clary, Jerry Hall, Lesley Garrett and the incomparable Ann Widdecombe. Their many television and stage appearances have established a legion of loyal fans across the country, and Anton & Erin Go To Hollywood will be their fifth national tour.. Anton & Erin Go To Hollywood comes to Royal & Derngate on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 January at 7.30pm, with tickets priced at £41, £37.50 and £35.50. To book call the Box Office on 01604 624811 or visit www.royalandderngate.co.uk.

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If you only go to 20 comedy gigs this month… with DJ Fontana Fri 18th Jan Jim Tavare Uppingham Theatre Fri 25th Jan Jethro The Lighthouse Theatre Kettering Screaming Blue Murder Comedy Club: Rob Heeney, Loretta Maine, Paul Kerensa Royal & Derngate Theatre Northampton Thu 31st Jan Hoodwinker: Pete Firman The Core Theatre at Corby Cube Corby The Comedy Club : Danny Buckler, Pierre Hollins, Junior Simpson Northampton Saints Rugby Club Fri 1st Feb Funhouse Comedy Club: Ali Cook, Shazia Mirza, David Whitney, Scott Bennett Market Harborough Leisure Centre Fri 8th Feb Jigsaw Uppingham Theatre Screaming Blue Murder Comedy Club: Alan Francis, Robert White, Debra-Jane Appleby Royal & Derngate Northampton Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival: On The Road: Milton Jones

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THURSDAY 31 JANUARY Following a sensational run in BBC1�s hit show The Magicians, Pete Firman brings an all-new box of tricks to The Core at Corby Cube on Thursday 31 January with Hoodwinker. The Middlesbrough boy’s trademark blend of comedy and jaw-dropping magic has thrilled audiences on three previous

national tours, and Firman’s appearances on The Magicians have won him an even larger following. His tricks on the programme included pulling a wriggling maggot from his eye and making a donkey vanish from Weymouth Beach, leading the Daily Telegraph to appoint him ‘The new poster-boy for British comedy magic’.

To book tickets for PETE FIRMAN – HOODWINKER at The Core at Corby Cube on Thursday 31 January, call the Ticket Line on 01536 470 470 or visit www.thecorecorby.com. Tickets are priced at £15.50, concessions £13.50, and the show starts at 7.30pm.

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dynamic original and creative comics will be Steve Gribbin, and your resident host with a super

Over (BBC) and Paramount City (BBC) just to name a few will be Curtis Walker, alongside two confident and razor sharp comedians as seen on Michael McIntyre Roadshow BBC 1 the woman with issues Zoe Lyons and Asian comic Imran Yusuf, arguably one of the most

confident playful personality and oozing charisma as seen on Get me the Producer (Ch4) and Funny Business (BBC2) will be Rudi Lickwood. Royal & Derngate, Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP. Doors open at 7.00pm show time 8.00pmprompt, suitable for 18 years and over. Tickets are priced at just ÂŁ12.50 from the Box Office:01604 624811 or book on line via www.royalandderngate.co.uk .

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WEDNESDAY 27 FEBRUARY After walking the wall in the West Bank, becoming Guinness World Record holder for political protests and chasing arms dealers around the country Mark Thomas turns his attention to matters closer to home with a show about his father. First commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Bravo Figaro is the true tale of a selfemployed builder’s love of opera, degenerative illness and how to

put opera on in a bungalow in Bournemouth. It is about love, death and the search for peace in an imperfect world, with some gags thrown in for luck and told by one of the finest storytellers in the country. MARK THOMAS is at The Stables, on Wed 27 Feb at, 8:00pm. For tickets call 01908 280800 or go online at www.stables.org

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WEDNESDAY 20 FEBRUARY Fast-paced and intelligent humour from the Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning stand-up and TV regular.

RUSSELL KANE is at De Montfort Hall as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival on March 20. Also at Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 1st March and Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry on 3rd March.

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Trash is turned into treasure. 7BM )VOU BU /PSUIBNQUPO .VTFVN 2 FEBRUARY – 17 MARCH ‘Reincarnated Rubbish’, a solo exhibition of work by creative recycling artist Val Hunt, retrieves those everyday things we throw away and presents them in a new and fascinating dimension. Drinks can metal, foil take-away containers, computer parts and even babies’ dummies have been fashioned into eyecatching creations. Val says” Experimenting is

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the key when working with any sort of artistic material. I love finding new ways of reworking recycling material to make it into a creditable craft piece and give it a new meaning.” Val’s work is incredibly intricate and visually stunning, yet still proves accessible with an underlying sense of humour. Despite her use of manufactured materials much of her inspiration comes

from natural forms, botanical, aquatic, animals and birds. A life-sized model of The Queen with her corgi, made from all sorts of ‘rubbish’, (including gallery leaflets) is one of the exhibits. This has become quite an exhibition mascot. ‘Reincarnated Rubbish’ is full of witty, humorous and thought provoking constructions. The aim of the exhibition is to whet the appetite, inspire and encourage everyone to

experience the fun of creative recycling. The exhibition will be on display at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery from the 2nd February – 17th March. Opening times are Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm and Sundays 2pm – 5pm. Admission is free Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 1DP. Telephone: 01604 838 111

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HITCHCOCK: Fri 22 – Thu 28 Feb 2013 ( +10.30am Tue 26 & Thu 28 Feb 2013) Forum Cinema, Weston Favell Centre, Northampton For screening times, please call 01604 837 300 CERTIFICATE: 12A GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR: Sacha Gervasi STARS: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette RUNNING TIME: 1hr 38mins

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Hitchcock #SJMMJBOU CJPQJD BU UIF 'PSVN $JOFNB UIJT 'FCSVBSZ FRI 22 – THU 28 FEB In 1959 Alfred Hitchcock is looking for a new project to direct after his huge success with North by Northwest. Wanting to push the boundaries of the thriller genre, he is inspired by a new, uncompromising novel ‘Psycho’. However, encountering problems with funders, censors and the studios, he finds support from his devoted wife, Alma. Hitchcock unfolds against the backdrop of the making of his seminal film Psycho and tells the story of one of the most influential film makers of the last century.

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There is no cash alternative or alternative prize. Only one entry per person. Winners must adhere to the rules set out by prize providers, which may be obtained by contacting them directly. Minimum age 16. WOW Magazine reserves the right to withdraw or alter the prize at any time.

8JO B SPNBOUJD NFBM GPS DPVSUFTZ PG )PUIPSQF )BMM Hothorpe Hall, is a stunning and romantic venue situated on the border of rural Northants and Leicestershire. We are able to offer two lucky WOW readers the opportunity to spend Valentine’s Night, Thursday 14th February, dining over a romantic candle lit three course meal (worth £19.95 per person). Enjoy your Valentine’s Day in the romantic setting of Hothorpe Hall over a lovely three course meal. Each dish will be designed with romance in mind and will be served in a candle lit dining room accompanied by a pianist. The bar will be open in the lounge area for you to relax in prior to and after dinner. The staff Hothorpe Hall at shall look forward to giving you a warm Valentines welcome. All entries must be in by 10 Feb and the lucky in love couple, will be notified by email / telephone on the 12 Feb 2013. Please include yours and your partners name in all entries. Good luck with your entry.

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