Varied programme from the Lichfield Garrick this May
Sir Bob Geldof
Legendary Sir Bob Geldof is heading to the Lichfield Garrick stage this May.
The Irish rocker and anti-poverty campaigner is set to play a two-night run at the theatre on Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 May.
This sensational programme will include songs from his new album including How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell, and of course the fantastic hits of The Boomtown Rats.
Bob will also perform Like Clockwork, Banana Republic, I Don't Like Mondays and Rat Trap, plus many more.
Sir Bob co-wrote Do They Know It's Christmas for Band Aid which was one of the best-selling singles of all time! In total, Live Aid raised over £150 million for famine relief. Geldof was subsequently knighted at the age of 34.
Sir Bob Geldof will perform at the Lichfield Garrick on Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 May, from 7.30pm.
Tickets cost £30, and can be booked from www.lichfieldgarrick.com, or by calling the Box Office on 01543 412121.
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Swan Lake
Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 May, at 7.30pm
Saturday matinee at 2.30pm
One of the best known love stories will be performed by the ever popular Vienna Festival Ballet at the Lichfield Garrick this month.
Lavish costumes, stunning scenery, international stars, and the glorious music from Tchaikovsky make this a night not to be missed.
Swan Lake is the most popular ballet in the world. It's the ballet that captures like no other the full range of human emotions - from hope to despair, from terror to tenderness, from melancholy to ecstasy.
The story centres around Prince Siegfried. While out hunting, the prince meets with a flock of swans led by a queen swan who is under the evil spell of a magician, Baron Rothbart. He falls in love with the queen of the swans and tries to free them all. However, the magician has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Vienna Festival Ballet’s Swan Lake has the glamour of royalty, with the palace and lakeside sets enhancing the experience of ballet’s most popular story. The ballet is one of the greatest love stories, it stands alongside Romeo & Juliet, but with a different twist because only the company producer decides if evil is to triumph over good – or the other way round.
Will Prince Siegfried perish for his love of swan-princess Odette, or will sorcerer Baron Rothbart and his accomplice Odile, impersonating Odette, pay for their trickery? See the ever-popular Vienna Festival Ballet’s ultimate classic to find out.
Swan Lake will run at the theatre from Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 May 2012.
Tickets cost from £10, and can be booked at www.lichfieldgarrick.com, or call the Box Office on 01543 412121.
01543 412121
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www.lichfieldgarrick.com
Lichfield Garrick
Castle Dyke
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 6HR
