SPRING has well and truly sprung at the Memorial, with a full and varied programme of entertainment to suit all tastes over the coming months.
The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines – Saturday 12th March, 7.30pm: Following last year’s 20th anniversary concert, Frome Royal Naval Association are once again delighted to welcome back the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines.
Join the Memorial once again and experience this wonderful evening of music, pomp and humour.
Ticket Prices – £17.00.
The Circus of Horrors – 21st Anniversary tour – ‘Welcome to the CarnEvil’ – Friday 18th March, 7.30pm: The show that stormed into the finals of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and now a West End smash marks its 21st Anniversary in spectacular style.
The last few years has seen the profile of The Circus of Horrors jump tremendously after rampaging into the finals of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and to this date it is still the only circus ever to reach the finals. Its appearances on various subsequent TV shows have turned what set out as a cult show into a household name – taking the extreme to the mainstream, Its TV credits now boast ‘The X Factor’, ‘The Slammer’, ‘Daybreak’, ‘Fairground Attractions’, ‘Who wants to be a Millionaire’, ‘Body Shockers’, ‘Fake Reaction’, ‘This Morning’, ‘Ant & Dec’, ‘The One Show’ and ‘A Royal Command Performance’.
Last year saw another giant leap for the show when it began a series of dates in London’s West End becoming the first circus to appear in a West End Theatre for 100 years. and in 2015 sees the show return to The Fuji Rock Festival in Japan.
The Circus of Horrors started it’s gruesome begging’s at the 1995 Glastonbury Festival and became an instant hit, touring all over the world from Chile to Chatham, Argentina to Aberdeen, Japan to Jersey, including festival appearances with Alice Cooper, Eminem, Motley Crue, Oasis, Iron Maiden, The Manic St Preachers, Foo Fighters and many more.
The latest incarnation ‘Welcome to the Carnevil’ is set in Victorian London in 1899, Jack the Ripper was still at large and this was the age of the Freakshow, a young girl dreamt of running away to join the Circus only to see her dream become a nightmare in a decrepit and corpse ridden Carnevil, plagued by a swamp of Killer Klowns, Sword Swallowers, Demon Drawfs, Death Deifying Aerialists, A Guinness World Record holding Hairculian Diva swinging solely from her hair, back flipping & fire limboing acrobats and lots, lots more. A show ruled by the undead and climaxing in an awesome flaming apocalypse.
The story twists and turns with grisly murders and sensational shocks – all interwoven with some of the greatest and most bizarre circus acts on earth, performed by an almighty cast with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek and the devil drivern rock n’ roll of Dr Haze & The Interceptors from Hell.
The Circus of Horrors – The Night of the Zombie is on tour throughout the UK. www.circusofhorrors.co.uk
If Quentin Tarantino had directed Cirque Due Solely then you would be only half way there.
Ticket Price £22.00 Concessions £20.00 Students aged 16-18 £19.00 Groups of 10+ £19.00. Pre show meals available
Trevor Marriott presents ‘The UKs Worst Serial Killers’ – Friday 1st April, 7.30pm, at the Assembly Rooms: Following the success of ‘The World’s Worst Serial Killer’ show, retired murder squad detective Trevor Marriott has, due to public demand, now compiled a new show entitled ‘The UK’s Worst Serial Killers’.
The show is a two-hour audiovisual show in which he tells the stories behind some of the UK’s worst serial killers from the late Victorian period up to the present day.
Note: No one under 16 will be admitted without a parent or appropriate adult.
Pre-show meals available. Ticket Price* – £12.00 – Concessions ‘over 60s’ only £10.00.
Vienna Festival Ballet presents SWAN LAKE – Music by Tchaikovsky- Saturday 9th April, 7.30pm: One of the best known love stories, performed by the ever popular Vienna Festival Ballet.
Lavish costumes, stunning scenery, international stars, and the glorious music from Tchaikovsky make this a night not to be missed. www.viennafestivalballet.com
Tickets £20, O’60s £19, U16s £15, Groups, one free ticket per 10 purchased.
For further information on booking tickets contact the box office, tel: 01373 462795 (open 9.30am-1pm except Bank Holidays); email: info@fromememorialtheatre.co.uk or visit fromememorialtheatre.org.uk
