The Comedy of Errors

LIVE via satellite from The National Theatre London

1st March 2012

Lenny Henry stars as Antipholus of Syracuse in William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

Le Corsaire

LIVE via satellite from The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia

Sunday 11th March

A huge-scale new ballet production of this fantastical tale of pirates, harem-girls and odalisques.

She Stoops To Conquer

LIVE via satellite from The National Theatre London

Thursday 29th March at 6:45pm
Tickets £10/£8

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he's a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle's indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle's appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.

Rigoletto

LIVE via satellite from The Royal Opera House

Tuesday 17th April at 7:15pm
Tickets £15

A gripping story and great music have made Verdi 's Rigoletto one of the best known of all operas. It returns to The Royal Opera in a dramatic production and with a high-octane international cast. This production contains some nudity and scenes of a sexual nature.

Stephen Sondheim's Musical
Company
Recorded Live

Thursday 17th at 7pm
Tickets £10/£8

Company revolves around Bobby, the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. Staged by the world-famous New York Philharmonic, Company was recorded live from the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center, New York in 2011. Songs include Being Alive, Side by Side, The Ladies Who Lunch, Getting Married Today and Company.

Tosca

Recorded live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Thursday 24 th May at 7pm

Tickets £10/£8

Starring Bryn Terfel

Powerful music, a gripping story and a tragic end: Puccini's ever-popular Tosca performed at the Royal Opera House with a fabulous cast. Among the star singers in this revival are Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel.

Frankenstein

Live via satellite from National Theatre London

Thursday 14th June Time TBC

Tickets £10/£8

A memorable, visionary production of this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale. Directed by Oscar winning Danny Boyle.

Raymonda

Recorded live at The Bolshoi Ballet Moscow

Sunday 24 th June at 3pm

Tickets £10/£8

With a lush, exotic score by Alexander Glazunov, Raymonda tells the tale of a French noblewoman betrothed to a knight of the Crusades, and her attempted abduction by a spurned Saracen rival. The ballet ends with the famous celebratory Hungarian dance.