Shoddy Theatre, Joshua Beaumont and Matthew Emeny present: A Shoddy Detective and The Art of Deception

A laugh-out-loud slapstick whodunnit featuring four actors, a dozen characters and a whole load of chaos.

When a priceless painting goes missing at a private auction, Detective Stuart Pidcock is called upon to uncover the mystery. However, when he cannot solve it himself he is forced to enlist the help of an old nemesis. Together, the pair must interrogate the many characterful suspects that reside at the manor, in order to catch the conniving culprit and solve the crime of the century!

Fresh from selling out their run at The Ed Fringe, Camden Fringe, New Normal Festival and a 2022 Spring Tour. Shoddy are back with their hit show “A Shoddy Detective”. Grab you tickets now for the slapstick comedy that's taking the country by storm.

REVIEWS:
“HAD THE AUDIENCE LAUGHING THROUGHOUT”
North East Theatre Guide

“SHODDY BY NAME BUT NOT SHODDY BY NATURE”
London Pub Theatres Magazine

“WITTY, ENDEARING AND GOOD CLEAN FUN”
The Reviews Hub

★★★★ Theatre Scotland

★★★★ London Pub Theatres Magazine

★★★★ Ed Fringe Review

★★★★ North East Theatre Guide

Shoddy Theatre, Joshua Beaumont and Matthew Emeny present: A Shoddy Detective and The Art of Deception

A laugh-out-loud slapstick whodunnit featuring four actors, a dozen characters and a whole load of chaos.

When a priceless painting goes missing at a private auction, Detective Stuart Pidcock is called upon to uncover the mystery. However, when he cannot solve it himself he is forced to enlist the help of an old nemesis. Together, the pair must interrogate the many characterful suspects that reside at the manor, in order to catch the conniving culprit and solve the crime of the century!

Fresh from selling out their run at The Ed Fringe, Camden Fringe, New Normal Festival and a 2022 Spring Tour. Shoddy are back with their hit show “A Shoddy Detective”. Grab you tickets now for the slapstick comedy that's taking the country by storm.

REVIEWS:
“HAD THE AUDIENCE LAUGHING THROUGHOUT”
North East Theatre Guide

“SHODDY BY NAME BUT NOT SHODDY BY NATURE”
London Pub Theatres Magazine

“WITTY, ENDEARING AND GOOD CLEAN FUN”
The Reviews Hub

★★★★ Theatre Scotland

★★★★ London Pub Theatres Magazine

★★★★ Ed Fringe Review

★★★★ North East Theatre Guide

Join us this May for the first show in our inaugeral Regal Opera Festival.

In this intimate version of Bizet's Carmen, scored for four voices with piano accompaniment and a new English script by Director Bronwen Stephens-Harding, Rogue Opera presents a compact production re-imagined to bring you the essence of the story, the complexities of the characters and the beauty of the music.

Synopsis
Bizet’s Carmen is more than just a grand spectacle or operatic tragedy. Bizet broke operatic convention by celebrating proletarian and immoral ways of life, vividly bringing to life the character of Carmen as a complex, proud and spirited woman.

Rogue Opera strips away the pomp and pageantry to present a raw and intimate piece of theatre, examining the human emotions at the core of this tale of seduction, obsession, rejection and revenge.

Carmen and the gypsies seek a bohemian life, finding freedom outside of the law. José, drawn to Carmen, is torn between love, duty and honour. Micaëla, innocent and pious, represents a simpler way of life, and the charismatic bullfighter Escamillo soon becomes a rival for Carmen’s affections. The dramatic resolution of the opera’s story was shocking and unconventional in depicting such violence at its premiere in 1875. Just as shocking is that this tragedy is still pertinent today, where the simple act of saying ‘no’ too often turns love and passion into abuse and fatal revenge.

Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.

Filmed at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, SIX the Musical Live! features the six original West End queens – Jarnéia Richard-Noel, Millie O'Connell, Natalie Paris, Alexia McIntosh, Aimie Atkinson and Maiya Quansah-Breed - each reprising their roles for a one-off, showstopping cinematic experience.

Watched by audiences of over 3.5 million, the box office smash-hit and double TONY award-winning SIX the Musical has reigned supreme as a global theatre phenomenon since its 2017 debut at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With 5* reviews from the Telegraph, Express, Sunday Mirror, Evening Standard and more, the electrifying show follows the long-misunderstood wives of Henry VIII as they strut out of the shadow of their infamous husband to reclaim their narrative and finally tell their stories in their own words - with plenty of royally good fun along the way.

Written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, this musical for the ages sees the six queens - Catherine of Aragon (Richard-Noel), Anne Boleyn (O’Connell), Jane Seymour (Paris), Anna of Cleves (McIntosh), Katherine Howard (Atkinson) and Catherine Parr (Quansah-Breed) - take back the microphone through a series of infectious, empowering performances. The queens are accompanied by the sensational on-stage band, the Ladies in Waiting.

SIX the Musical Live! was recorded at the Vaudeville Theatre, London with the original cast reprising their roles. The show was directed for stage by Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage and directed for film by Liz Clare, and produced by Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes, George Stiles and Dione Orrom.

Alistair brings you the comedy and impressions for which he is known and loved, reads from his newly-published poetry collection (‘Masterly’, Simon Cowell) and plays short piano favourites by Chopin, Grieg, Elgar, Satie, Bill Evans and others. Expect beautiful music, funny and poignant poems and spot-on mimicry. It’s a unique evening - and three great shows in one!

Join us in the Regal Auditorium for a very special night of Jazz with Mark Latimer and friends with grand piano!

Join Dick Pearce on trumpet, James Hunt on sax, Miles Levin on drums and Peter Cabara on bass. And of course Mark on piano.

About Mark Latimer:
Mark Latimer is an acclaimed English pianist renowned for his extensive repertoire of over 75 piano concertos. His performances include the monumental Concerto for Piano and Chorus by Busoni and the Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano, for which he made the first live recording. A gifted composer, Latimer has had numerous works performed and recorded.

Remarkably, he performed Rachmaninoff's 3rd piano concerto at age 12 and went on to play Rachmaninoff's 3rd and Prokofiev's 2nd piano concertos at 16, followed by both Brahms piano concertos (No. 1 and No. 2). By age 18, he became a professor of music at the London College of Music.

Latimer is also celebrated for championing works by lesser-known composers such as Sorabji, Reger, Honegger, and Lambert. His versatility extends to the organ, with notable recordings including the hour-long improvisational CD Zeitgeist. His jazz contributions are highlighted by his ongoing "Take" CD series and his suite "Exhibitionist at the Pictures".

Additionally, Latimer has shared the stage with jazz legends Stan Getz and Chet Baker, further cementing his reputation as a versatile and accomplished musician.

Returning to the Regal due to popular demand! This event is part of our inaugural Regal Opera Festival.

Enjoy a gala evening of beautiful arias, duets and ensembles by composers such as Bizet, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Puccini and more!

Featuring professional opera singers soprano Erika Mädi Jones, mezzo soprano Charlotte Wicks, tenor Andrew Henley, baritone Felix Kemp and the incomparable Charlotte Forrest at the piano, joined by the Neen Sollars and Milson Community Choir . Whether you're a long-time opera aficionado or new to the genre, you're in for a treat with this evening of beautiful music and singing.

What the audience said last year:

"One of the best nights ever at the Regal"

"Superb, exceeded all expectations with professional performances, excellent programming, and delightful humour."

"An amazingly talented group, delivering the most exciting and fun aspects of opera, enjoyable for everyone from opera buffs to children."

"The theatre buzzed with anticipation; top-notch performers combined great artistry with evident humour."

Meet the Talented Artists:

Soprano Erika Mädi Jones
Erika debuted to critical acclaim as Elisabeth Tannhäuser at Longborough Festival Opera in summer 2016 working with Anthony Negus. She sang Ellen Orford Peter Grimes in a project curated by Dartington International Music Festival with Sian Edwards at the baton in 2017. Other roles performed include Sieglinde Die Walküre (Edinburgh Opera Players), Micaëla Carmen (Rogue Opera), Donna Anna Don Giovanni, (Moon-Little Theatre & Co Opera Co). Leonore  Fidelio (Guildford Opera). Erika was a chorister at Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2015.

 Erika won the 2017 Dvořák Society for Czech and Slovak Music Prize at the Emmy Destinn Young Singers competition and highly commended in the finals of the 2015 UK Wagner Society singing competition. She was a semi-finalist in the 9. Internationale Wagnerstimmen Wettbewerb in Karlsruhe in 2018. She was a Les Azuriales young artist in 2015.

Together with pianist Panaretos Kyriatzidis she won the 2018 British Song Competition awarded by Roger Vignoles in his masterclass as part of the London Song Festival. The duo have been performing together since they met at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance where they won first prize in the Elisabeth Schumann Lieder Duo competition. The duo have performed in masterclasses with Ian Partridge CBE in the 2014 Oxford Lieder Festival, Thomas Quasthoff and Eugene Asti and have performed in venues such as St James’ Piccadilly, The Red House, Aldeburgh, and Blackheath Halls.

A Britten Pears Young Artist, Erika performed in the 2016 Aldeburgh Festival as part of the Thomas Quasthoff Brahms song course. Erika is and extremely passionate recitalist and sings a wide variety of song repertoire including well known works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Strauss, Wagner, Britten, Debussy, Duparc and lesser known works by Berg, Korngold, Poldowski, Alma Mahler, Frank Bridge, Rebecca Clarke amongst others.

In concert Erika has performed orchestral works such as Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Ravel’s Shéhérazade and worked with conductors including Howard Williams, Diego Masson and Gerry Cornelius. Oratorio works performed include soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem.

Erika graduated from the Cardiff University Music School with honours before pursuing vocal studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Gaining Distinctions in both Masters of Music and Postgraduate Artist’s Diploma, her studies were supported by the Robinson Hearn Scholarship, Stopford Westminster Bursary, the Kathleen Roberts Scholarship, Trinity Laban
www.erikamadijones.co.uk

Mezzo-Soprano Charlotte Wicks:
Born in Manchester, Mezzo Soprano Charlotte Wicks studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy Opera course graduating in 2009. She is an Independent Opera Fellow and graduate of the Solti, Te kanawa Academia di Bel Canto.    

Roles for RAO include Cherubino/The Marriage of Figaro, Celia/La Fedelta Premiata, Hänsel, Diana /La Calisto, Vava/Cheryomushki . For British Youth Opera charlotte covered Gertrude/Romeo and Juiliette and sang Minsk Woman/Flight.

Charlotte made her debut with Glyndebourne Touring Opera singing Valetto/L’incoronazione di Poppea and has performed Annio / La Clemenza di Tito with English Touring Opera and Kate Pinkerton and Cousin in Mid Wales Opera Production of Madam Butterfly. Other tiles in productions include Nancy/Albert Herring at Opera North, Carmen Garden Opera’s 2013 UK tour and cover Kate Pinkerton for Raymond Gubbays production of Carmen at the Royal Albert Hall and chorus in Opera De Monte Carlo’s production of Peter Grimes. Charlotte returned to Glyndebourne festival opera in 2015-2017 to cover the role of Ramiro in La Finta Giardiniera and sing the role of an apprentice in Wagners’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg.

A Samling scholar she has sung as a soloist at the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, St Martin in the Fields, St John’s Smith Square, The Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and The London Handel Festival. She teaches singing at St. Andrews Prep in Eastbourne and is co founder of Intergenerational Opera.

Tenor Andrew Henley
Hailing from Monmouth, British-Irish tenor Andrew Henley studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and is a graduate of the National Opera Studio, where he was supported by the WNO Sir John Moores Award. He was with winner of the 2019 Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year and is the recipient of the 2023 John Scott Award from Scottish Opera.

Operatic engagements have included The Tenor Trauernacht, Tybalt Romeo and Juliet and Voleur de Lune Der Mond with Opéra de Lyon, Heinrich der Schreiber Tannhäuser with the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Father Grenville Dead Man Walking and Candide (cover) Candide with Welsh National Opera, Officer and Armand (cover)Thérèse, Tenor Soloist on the Spring 2023 Opera Highlights Tour and Nemorino (cover) L'elisir d'amore with Scottish Opera, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (cover) with the Glyndebourne Autumn Festival, Barigoule Cendrillon with Buxton International Festival, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni with Clonter Opera, Novice Billy Budd with the St. Endellion Festival, Lechmere Owen Wingrave with British Youth Opera, Major (cover) Patience with English Touring Opera, Ostrogotho La Fiera di Venezia with Bampton Classical Opera, Kekikako Bataclan with West Green House, Adam A+E at the Grimeborn Festival, Christoph Kommilitonen! with Welsh National Youth Opera and chorus with Glyndebourne and Wexford Festival Opera. Roles at RWCMD included Fenton Falstaff, Albert Albert Herring and Schoolmaster The Cunning Little Vixen. Upcoming engagements include Tybalt in Gounod Roméo et Juliette at the Immling Festival in Bavaria, Barbarigo in Verdi I due Foscari with Chelsea Opera Group and The Son in Stanford The Critic and Rodolfo The Passion of Puccini with Wexford Festival Opera.
 
Concert engagements have included Mendelssohn Elijah at Cadogan Hall with the City of London Sinfonia, an opera highlights concert with the WNO Orchestra conducted by Carlo Rizzi at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Mozart Mass in C Minor at Wells Cathedral, Verdi Requiem at St. Paul's Covent Garden, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and Purcell The Fairy Queen, conducted by Nicholas McGegan, both with the CBSO at Birmingham Symphony Hall.
www.andrewhenleytenor.co.uk

Baritone Felix Kemp
A Britten-Pears Young Artist and Momentum Emerging Artist, Felix Kemp was a finalist in the 2021 International Handel Singing Competition and he made his Royal Opera House debut in Don Carlo in the 2022/23 season. In the current season Felix covers Marcello (Bohème) for English National Opera and joins the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company as Strephon (Iolanthe) and Florian (Princess Ida).

 In the previous season, Felix performed the roles of Falke (Fledermaus) for If Opera, Belcore (Elisir) for Celebrate Voice and created Dick Dewy in the world première of Paul Carr’s Under the Greenwood Tree for Dorset Opera. In 2022, Felix sang Papageno (Zauberflöte) for Dorset Opera and made his debut with Welsh National Opera creating the role of Adham in the world première of Will Todd’s Migrations.

 On the concert platform, this season Felix performs Britten Curlew River for Britten Pears Arts at the Aldeburgh Festival directed by Deborah Warner and filmed for BBC broadcast, Duruflé Requiem with Sinfonia Viva at Southwell Minster, Handel Messiah at the London Handel Festival and at Winchester Cathedral with Florilegium, Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony at Hereford Cathedral, Verdi Requiem at York Minster and Zelenka Lamentations on tour with Ensemble Diderot to Opéra de Rouen and Kölner Philharmonie.

 In recital, Felix’s performances have included the ROH Crush Room, London Song and Oxford Lieder festivals, collaborating with pianists including Simon Lepper, Huw Watkins and Sholto Kynoch. Felix’s recordings include Joseph Phibbs Juliana and Ethel Smyth Fête Galante. Broadcasts include In Tune for BBC Radio 3. www.felixkemp.com

Pianist Charlotte Forrest: A Senior Vocal Coach for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and currently a regular member of visiting music staff for English National Opera, Grange Festival, Garsington Opera, Longborough Opera and Opera Holland Park, Charlotte spent 10 years as a member of music staff at Opera North and collaborated regularly with Sir Graham Vick for Birmingham Opera Company. Internationally, she has worked at the Bregenzer Festival, Estonian National Opera, Bergen Opera and L’Opera Comique in Paris.

She regularly gives masterclasses as a visiting lecturer and coach at the Royal Academy of Music, London, as well as the Royal Welsh College of Music and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Committed to bridging the divide between higher education and the profession, Charlotte has worked regularly for British Youth Opera, coached the Jerwood Young Artists at Glyndebourne, the Jette Parker Young Artists at the Royal Opera House, the Alvarez Young Artists at Garsington and has worked closely with the ENO Harewood Artists.

As a recitalist Charlotte is heard regularly on BBC Radio 3 and made her Wigmore Hall debut in 2011, going on to perform regularly there as well as at the Pisa Duomo, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Versailles and Paris Salle Pleyel. For nearly 20 years she has been Associate Keyboardist with the Monteverdi Choir and its orchestras, collaborating in over 30 projects with Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Join us at the Regal for a captivating evening with the classic 1923 silent romantic-comedy, Safety Last!, featuring the daredevil antics of Harold Lloyd. This unforgettable screening includes live piano accompaniment by the acclaimed Darius Battiwalla, Leeds City Organist, known for his masterful live scores for silent films.

Film Synopsis:
A young man leaves his quiet country life behind, aiming for success in the bustling city with hopes that his sweetheart will soon join him. His journey is filled with comedic escapades and thrilling moments, culminating in the iconic clock-tower stunt that has enthralled audiences for nearly a century.

Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor
Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother

About Darius Battiwalla:
Darius began accompanying silent films in 2008, and in the last few years has been increasingly in demand as a silent film accompanist on both organ and piano.  After a sell-out performance of Nosferatu in 2009 at the Sheffield Festival, he has accompanied Phantom of the Opera, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on the organ, and on the piano has played for the premieres of the newly restored Helen of Four Gates. For several years he played for a monthly series of films at the National Media Museum, and he makes regular appearances at the Leeds International Film Festival, and has also appeared at the Mayfield Festival, Deer Shed Festival, and many other venues throughout the UK.  This year sees films in Sussex, Leeds, London and Newcastle. Darius now teaches improvisation for organists at the Royal Academy of Music.

Join us for this LIVE Broadcast coming directly from Covent Garden and presented by Royal Ballet & Opera. This event is part of our Regal Opera Festival

On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde.

WOTAN Christopher Maltman
BRÜNNHILDE Elisabet Strid
SIEGLINDE Natalya Romaniw
SIEGMUND Stanislas de Barbeyrac
HUNDING Soloman Howard
FRICKA Marina Prudenskaya
HELMWIGE Maida Hundeling
ORTLINDE Katie Lowe
GERHILDE Lee Bisset
WALTRAUTE Claire Barnett-Jones
SIEGRUNE Catherine Carby
ROSSWEISSE Alison Kettlewell
GRIMGERDE Monika-Evelin Liiv
SCHWERTLEITE Rhonda Browne

Creatives:
DIRECTOR Barrie Kosky
CONDUCTOR Antonio Pappano
MUSIC Richard Wagner
LIBRETTO Richard Wagner
SET DESIGNER Rufus Didwiszus
COSTUME DESIGNER Victoria Behr
LIGHTING DESIGNER Alessandro Carletti

The Penguin Lessons is a heartwarming adaptation of Tom Michell’s bestselling memoir, presented as a very special preview ahead of its UK release on 18 April. Set in Argentina in 1976, the film follows English teacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) as he arrives at a prestigious boarding school, only to find himself struggling with a nation in turmoil and a class of unruly students. His life takes an unexpected turn when he rescues a small penguin from an oil-slicked beach. Naming it Juan Salvador, Tom soon realises the bird is more than just a pet – it becomes a source of wisdom and transformation for him and those around him, including the school’s headmaster, Buckle (Jonathan Pryce). Directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) and adapted by Jeff Pope (Philomena), The Penguin Lessons is a poignant tale of friendship, resilience, and the surprising ways we find hope in difficult times.

Join Tenbury Town Band for a concert that commemorates the music and musicians celebrating anniversaries in 2025, intertwined with a poignant tribute to the end of World War II. Our evening will also include Tenbury Town Band's comedy team ensuring entertainment for the whole family. This concert promises to be a blend of music, reflection and laughter—truly a celebration for all ages.

Charlie Heller is a brilliant but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack. When his supervisors refuse to take action he takes matters into his own hands, embarking on a dangerous trek across the globe to track down those responsible, his intelligence serving as the ultimate weapon for eluding his pursuers and achieving his revenge.

Directed by: James Hawes
Cast includes: Rami Malek, Laurence Fishburne, Rachel Brosnahan

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.

FOOL’S PARADISE
Luminescent and shimmering, Fool’s Paradise marked the first of Wheeldon’s many collaborations with composer Joby Talbot. It was created in 2007 for Wheeldon’s own company, Morphoses, and first performed in 2012 by The Royal Ballet.

THE TWO OF US
The wistful songs of Joni Mitchell set the scene for the UK premiere of The Two of Us, a duet of deep intimacy and yearning. It was created in 2020 for the Fall for Dance Festival in New York, and had American ballet dancers Sarah Mearns and David Hallberg in its original cast.

US (DUET)
Us is a tender duet danced by two men. It was created in 2017 for BalletBoyz and is set to Keaten Henson’s music.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (BALLET)
The Royal Ballet celebrates Wheeldon’s extraordinary success in musical theatre by performing the ballet scene from his Tony Award-winning musical An American in Paris. Set to Gershwin’s jazzy melodies, the musical is inspired by the 1951 film of the same name starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. The musical went on to win four Tony awards. The full musical depicts a blossoming romance between the American G.I. Jerry Mulligan and a French ballerina, Lise Dassin. The ballet excerpt was Wheeldon’s take on one of the most memorable scenes from the film – an extended sequence in which the two central characters dance through Paris.

Cast:
To be confirmed

Creatives:
CHOREOGRAPHY Christopher Wheeldon
CONDUCTOR Koen Kessels
ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

MUSIC:
Joby Talbot
Joni Mitchell
Keaton Henson
George Gershwhin

Ben Ottewell is a British musician best known as the gravelly-voiced frontman of the indie rock band Gomez. Born on June 23, 1976, in Chesterfield, England, Ottewell began his musical journey at a young age, inspired by his father's eclectic record collection. In 1996, he co-founded Gomez with Ian Ball, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, and Olly Peacock while studying at university in Sheffield.

Gomez quickly gained attention with their debut album, "Bring It On," released in 1998, which won the Mercury Music Prize. Ottewell's distinctive vocals and songwriting contributed to the band's unique sound, characterized by a blend of blues, folk, and rock elements. The band went on to release several critically acclaimed albums, including "Liquid Skin" (1999) and "In Our Gun" (2002).

Throughout Gomez's career, Ottewell's soulful voice and introspective lyrics resonated with fans, earning him a dedicated following. His solo career saw him exploring a more stripped-down acoustic sound, showcasing his raw talent and emotive storytelling. In 2011, Ottewell released his debut solo album, "Shapes & Shadows," followed by "Rattlebag" in 2014 and ‘A Man Apart’ in 2017

With a career spanning over two decades, Ben Ottewell continues to captivate audiences with his powerful performances and evocative songwriting, cementing his legacy as one of the most distinctive voices in British rock music.

Join us for the world’s greatest celebration of the life and work of one of the best-selling singer-songwriters of all-time, Neil Diamond.

Using evocative imagery, video and narration to enhance the magic, this acclaimed production will take you on a musical journey through Neil Diamond’s glittering 50-year career.

In this exciting live show you’ll be transported from the Bang Years to the present day and soon be singing along to all the hits including Sweet Caroline, Cracklin’ Rosie, Forever in Blue Jeans, Song Sung Blue, Hello Again, Love on the Rocks, America and many more.

“Close your eyes and you could be in the presence of one Neil Leslie Diamond...A spellbinding recreation of a Neil Diamond concert.” – Nottingham Post

“Absolutely Mesmerising” – Steve le Fevre - Sky TV

TALON MUSIC PRESENTS
TALON THE ACOUSTIC COLLECTION
HANDLE WITH CARE 2025

Sitting on bar stools and armed with no more than their trademark four-part vocal harmony, acoustic instruments and laid-back banter, Talon will leave you simply spellbound.

“ESSENTIAL LISTENING IF YOU APPRECIATE GREAT MUSICIANSHIP, MAJOR LABEL PRODUCTION STANDARDS AND THE TIGHTEST HARMONIES YOU WILL HEAR THIS SIDE OF CROSBY STILLS NASH”‘MAVERICK’
(The UK’s Leading Country Music Magazine)
*****

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