Beyond the Barricade, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
IT’S the non-stop showstoppers musical express from Saigon to Paris.
View ArticleJoe Bonamassa, BIC
IT’S five years since Joe Bonamassa played his first UK gig at Mr Kyps, a smaller, more intimate venue, along the Wessex Way in Poole.
View ArticleStereophonics, BIC
“IT’S good to be back at the seaside,” said Kelly Jones as his band neared the end of this triumphant return and judging by the regularity of their visits, it’s a surprise the boys don’t have their...
View ArticleThe Priests, BIC
Introducing the show, the Priests promised a “sermon, raffle and collection-free zone”, much to the audience’s amusement.
View ArticleFrom the Jam + One Man Destruction Show, Mr Kyps
The Bank Holiday weekend rocked ’n’ rolled its way into Kyps on Saturday night with From the Jam and One Man Destruction Show both entertaining the crowd in their own impressive ways.
View ArticleBlack Dyke Band, Pavilion, Bournemouth
THE idea was for a once only charity event - 12 years and 17 concerts ago. Now a permanent fixture on the town's cultural calender, this latest of the Wessex Heartbeat's Best Of British Brass nights...
View ArticleSouled Out, Mr Kyps
IT’S rare I dust off my dancing trousers these days, but with these boys it’s rude – and frankly impossible – not to cut a rug.
View ArticlePlan B + Bombay Bicycle Club, Bournemouth Uni Summer Ball
WITH a shortened version of his current live tour set, Plan B and his band put on one of the best headline shows of recent Summer Ball history.
View ArticleKenny Rogers, Windsor Hall, BIC
Country music legend Kenny Rogers strode onto the BIC stage to wild applause from his adoring audience and then proceeded to throw insults and 10 dollar bills at them in equal measure.
View ArticleJohn Otway: Forest Arts, New Milton
ONE of the great eccentrics of our age, John Otway careers happily through a life that is an object lesson in controlled chaos.
View ArticleThe Rusty and Not So Rusty Musicians Orchestra: Lighthouse, Poole
What a privilege! Every year the BSO - a world class orchestra by anyone’s reckoning - invites rusty musicians across Dorset to dust off their instruments, attend a series of workshops and then play a...
View ArticleThe Producers: Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne
THE irony of being in a band that first hit the road 20 long years ago, travelled the world, were praised by all and sundry but then ended up back where they first started is clearly not lost on The...
View ArticleBlondie, O2 Academy
Everybody knows more Blondie songs than they think.Having arrived at the O2 expecting to know three of four songs, I found myself singing along for most of the hour and a half set.
View ArticleBournemouth Bach Choir, Christchurch Priory
The Armed Man, Karl Jenkins’ multilingual masterpiece emerged from the millennium celebrations and is a pointed and poignant castigation of warmongers.
View ArticleSeussical the Musical, BOS Musical Company, the Regent Centre
Packed with everything from planets as small as a speck of dust to elephants with wings, it would have taken a cynic beyond redemption not to warm to this inspiriting production based on the...
View ArticleTony Jacobs Swing Jazz Cabaret, Regent Centre, Christchurch
IT’S not just the memories, it’s the quality. That’s what Tony Jacobs believes keeps the music of the great American swing composers from Irving Berlin onwards alive, and with a high spirited tribute...
View ArticleThe Correspondents + Movits, 60 Million Postcards, Bournemouth
“THERE is a new thing, called Electro Pop Swing,” announces Dean Hewitson, manager of the first Electro Swing Night at 60 Million Postcards, and despite the bizarre amalgamations that hit the music...
View ArticleJoe Longthorne: Pier Theatre, Bournemouth
Where can you find Tony Bennett dueting with Max Bygraves or Dorothy Squires doing a turn with Ken Dodd and Tom Jones?
View ArticleHMS Pinafore, Opera della Luna, Lighthouse, Poole
THE ever excellent Opera della Luna triumphs again with this joyous production of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic HMS Pinafore.
View ArticleAnnie Get Your Gun, Wimborne Musical Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne
IT’S astonishing how many classic hits are tucked away inside this show – and even if you weren’t aware where they came from on the way in, be prepared to be singing them all the way home!
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