Cinema The Midwife (12A)
Cramphorn
Monday 2 October 8.00pm
117mins/2017/France
Director: Martin Provost
Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet
Claire is a tightly wound midwife in a maternity hospital. She a devoted midwife and gives herself entirely to her patients. However her maternity unit is about to close its doors and Claire determined not to work in the new modern hospital she regards as a "baby factory". She is single and does not make friends easily. To make matters worse, her student son Simon is gradually leaving home, as he is developing a relationship with his new sweetheart Lucie. It is that moment when Béatrice, her dead father's former mistress, chooses to resurface. The eccentric, spendthrift, sensual, amoral woman (her polar opposite) is the last person she needs to mix with. But the two women come to rely on each other after Béatrice reveals she is suffering from brain cancer and she has nobody else to turn to. Torn between rejection and duty, what is Claire going to do?
Contains infrequent brief nudity, surgical detail
Tickets: £6.90
Concessions: £5.90
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £4.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Cinema
Event La Boheme
Cramphorn
Tuesday 3 October 7.15pm
Live from the Royal Opera House, London
Starring: Nicole Carr, Michael Fabiano, Mariusz Kwiecień, Nadine Sierra
Director: Richard Jones
Music: Giacomo Puccini
When Rodolfo, a penniless poet, meets Mimì, a seamstress, they fall instantly in love. But their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo learns that Mimì is gravely ill.
Acclaimed director Richard Jones brings his characteristically acute insight to this much-loved classic, visualized in Stewart Laing's spectacular, stylized 1850s setting.
Puccini's romantic depiction of bohemian Paris has captivated audiences around the world, making La bohème one of the best-loved of all operas.
Tickets: £14.50
Concessions: £13.00
PREMIUM seats £2.00 extra
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
A £1.50 booking fee is applicable per transaction, except for cash and
debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Comedy Rich Hall's Hoedown
Civic
Tuesday 3 October 7.45pm
Rich Hall's critically acclaimed new show begins its second leg of touring. There has never been a better time to be an American comedian in the UK. Hall's precision dismantling of the tenuous relationship between two countries is as freewheeling and deadly accurate as ever. His BBC Four documentaries, most recently Rich Hall's Countrier Than You and Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match and BBC Radio 4 series Rich Hall's (US Election) Breakdown have built him a new legion of followers, as has appearances on Have I Got News For You and QI. But if you've only ever seen Hall on TV, you've short-changed yourself.
"As close as it gets to a guaranteed good show"
(Scotland on Sunday)
The Hoedown begins as a withering dissection of Trump's America, but ends up being a celebration of Americana. There's stand-up, improvised ballads, cracking good musicianship, and ultimately a hilarious, foot-stomping, shit-kicking good time to be had by all. Even if you don't own a hoe.
"Blissfully Funny" (Guardian)
Tickets: £17.00
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 4 October 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is
greatly appreciated
Music Buddy Holly and the Cricketers
Civic
Wednesday 4 October 7.45pm
For quarter of a century, this breathtaking show has rock 'n' rolled audiences across the globe from Cardiff to California, Barking to Bangkok and Swindon to Sweden and is guaranteed to have everyone singing along to the music and dancing in the aisles. It stars some of the finest actor/musicians in the UK whose combined West End credits include Buddy, Lennon, Forbidden Planet and Jailhouse Rock. The hits featured include That'll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, Heartbeat, It Doesn't Matter Anymore, Raining In My Heart, Oh Boy! And much more. Whatever the season, whatever the excuse to party, make your
Heartbeat a little faster with the show that has thousands of fans the world over saying: "I can't believe it's not Buddy!"
"The audience were dancing in the aisles and roaring for more" The Stage
Tickets: £19.00
Concessions: £17.50
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Included in the Pick 'n' Mix Offer
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Drama A Princess Undone by Richard Stirling
Civic
Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 October 7.45pm
Sat mat: 2.30pm
Presented by Entico Theatrical Productions Ltd
Kensington Palace, 1993. She was the Diana of her day. That day has gone. But HRH The Princess Margaret has a final chance to be of service. Acquiring potentially sensational letters from Charles and Diana, she means to burn them all. But there are other papers, relating to Margaret herself. And when an ex-gangster admirer shows up, the Queen's sister has the choice to make or break her family yet again. Inspired by actual events, A Princess Undone visits the Civic Theatre prior to a London run - starring Harriet Thorpe
"An amazing performance" British Theatre Guide
"A completely barnstorming performance" Cambridge News
"Richard Stirling's literate, elegant script threaded with surprising humour as well as devastating pathos" Eastbourne Herald
Tickets: £24.00
Concessions: £22.00
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Included in the Pick 'n' Mix Offer
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Cinema The Red Turtle (PG)
Cramphorn
Thursday 5 October 8.00pm
81mins /2016/USA
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
Language: English
Starring: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy
A nameless man is shipwrecked on a beautiful island devoid of humans and must make the most of what he has to survive. Watched on by a group of sand crabs, he attempts to escape but is thwarted by the weather and a red turtle with a vendetta. Then an unexpected visitor arrives who will alter the man's fate for all time. 'The Red Turtle' is a wordless wonder that recounts the milestones in the life of a human being. The film was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film for the 89th Academy Awards.
Contains mild threat
Tickets: £6.90
Concessions: £5.90
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £4.00
AD available
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Cinema Baby Cinema - The Midwife (12A)
Cramphorn
Monday 9 October 10.00am
117mins/2017/France
Director: Martin Provost
Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet
Baby friendly cinema
Claire is a tightly wound midwife in a maternity hospital. She a devoted midwife and gives herself entirely to her patients. However her maternity unit is about to close its doors and Claire determined not to work in the new modern hospital she regards as a "baby factory". She is single and does not make friends easily. To make matters worse, her student son Simon is gradually leaving home, as he is developing a relationship with his new sweetheart Lucie. It is that moment when Béatrice, her dead father's former mistress, chooses to resurface. The eccentric, spendthrift, sensual, amoral woman (her polar opposite) is the last person she needs to mix with. But the two women come to rely on each other after Béatrice reveals she is suffering from brain cancer and she has nobody else to turn to. Torn between rejection and duty, what is Claire going to do?
Contains infrequent brief nudity, surgical detail
Tickets: £6.90
Concessions: £5.90
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £4.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 11 October 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is
greatly appreciated
Cinema
Event Coriolanus
Cramphorn
Wednesday 11 October 7.00pm
Live from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon
Starring: Sope Dirisu
Director: Angus Jackson
A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome.
Caius Martius Coriolanus is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader. His ambitious mother attempts to carve him a path to political power, but he struggles to change his nature and do what is required to achieve greatness. In this new city state struggling to find its feet, where the gap between rich and poor is widening every day, Coriolanus must decide who he really is and where his allegiances lie.
Tickets: £14.50
Concessions: £13.00
PREMIUM seats £2.00 extra
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
A £1.50 booking fee is applicable per transaction, except for cash and
debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Dance The Dreamboys
Civic
Wednesday 11 October 7.45pm
The Dreamboys, the UK's ultimate Magic Mike style show, are back and hotter than ever with a brand new show and UK tour for 2017.
The Dreamboys are without a shadow of a doubt the UK's top male strip show, perfect for a girls night out with all your friends. Their showcase is unquestionably the most famous male stripper act the UK has ever produced. With special guest appearances on some of the UK's biggest TV shows such as The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Celebrity Big Brother, Loose Women, This Morning, Geordie Shore and The Only Way Is Essex, plus massive sold out Worldwide tours, it's no wonder The Dreamboys have earned themselves the title of the only male strip group in history to have celebrity status.
If you're looking for the very best girls night out in the UK, look no further than these incredible stripping hunks. An action packed 2 hour show from start to finish, these boys will literally have you begging for more.
This is one action packed show full of Music, Muscle, Magic and Mayhem that will leave you breathless which you simply cannot afford to miss.
Book your tickets now before it's too late.
Strictly over 18 years
Tickets - Stalls A - E: £27.50
Stalls F - T: £24.50
Balcony: £22.50
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and
debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Music Andy Fairweather Low and the Low Riders
Cramphorn
Thursday 12 October 8.00pm
Featuring the Hi Riders Soul Revue
Andy Fairweather Low first came to prominence as the lead singer in Amen Corner. He then went on to have three internationally acclaimed Solo Albums with A & M including the massive hit single Wide Eyed & Legless. Since the early days, Andy has gone on to work with Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Roger Waters and hundreds more. Andy brings the Big Band with him for this special night.
Tickets: £22.00
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Cinema A Man Called Ove (15)
Cramphorn
Friday 13 October 8.00pm
113mins/2015/Sweden
Director: Hannes Holm
Language: Swedish with English subtitles
Starring: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg
59 year old Ove is your typical angry old man next door who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but still keeps watching over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terraced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools.
Contains suicide themes
Tickets: £6.90
Concessions: £5.90
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £4.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Comedy Phil Jupitus: Juplicity
Civic
Saturday 14 October 7.45pm
TBC
Tickets: TBC
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Music Tales of Offenbach
Civic
Tuesday 17 October 7.45pm
Two crazy operas in one unforgettable evening.
CROQUEFER
& L'ILE DE TULIPATAN
By Jacques Offenbach
Sung in English in a completely new version by Jeff Clarke
Opera della Luna return to Chelmsford with two hilarious one-act operas by the French master of comic opera.
CROQUEFER
The Last of the Paladins
Croquefer has abducted the daughter of his arch-rival: Rattlebone, with whom he has been at war for 23 years. Despite having lost most of his body parts, including his tongue, at the Crusades, Rattlebone is determined to fight one last battle to save his daughter. Their bloody final fight-to-the-death is only prevented by the deft interference of Croquefer's aide Fireball, who cunningly poisons the wine, thereby inflicting on all the combatants a devastating and debilitating dose of the squits.
L'Ile de Tulipatan
On the island of Tulipatan, King Cacatois XXII is unaware that his only son and heir, Alexis, is in fact biologically, his daughter. Knowing how desperate he was for a son, the doctors concealed the child's true sex from the king, who has now grown increasingly despairing of his son's gentle disposition.
Coincidentally, in order to avoid her child being conscripted into the army, the wife of the King's Field Marshall has also lied to her husband about their daughter, who is in fact, a boy. How extraordinary it would be if these two bizarrely brought-up children were to meet and somehow fall in love........
☆☆☆☆☆ No company in the land can match this company's collective know-how in bringing out to the max the humour of these pieces. Genuinely hilarious. George Hall THE STAGE
☆☆☆☆ Irresistable high jinks. The Blackadder level of humour is perfectly pitched. Rupert Christiansen DAILY TELEGRAPH
☆☆☆☆ Utterly ludicrous; utterly glorious. AUDIENCE MEMBER
Tickets: £22.00 & £20.00
Concessions: £20.50 & £18.50
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Included in the Pick 'n' Mix Offer
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Cinema Another Mother's Son (12A)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 17 October 8.00pm
101mins/2017/UK
Director: Christopher Menaul
Language: English
Starring: Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Julian Kostov
Based on the inspiring true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set during World War II on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey. Alongside her brother and sister and the village postmaster, Louisa bravely descides to harbour in an escaped Russian Prisoner of War, soon striking up a bond and treating him as her own. The tension mounts as it becomes clear that Churchill will not risk an assault to recapture the British soil, and the island-community spirit begins to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty. Against this backdrop, Louisa fights to preserve her family's sense of humanity and to protect the Russian boy against all odds.
Contains moderate violence, gruesome images
Tickets: £6.90
Concessions: £5.90
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £4.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 18 October 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is
greatly appreciated
Talks/
Lectures National Trust Talk
Cramphorn
Wednesday 18 October 7.45pm
'The History of Chelmsford High Street' By Alan Pamphilion
Admission is £3 per Group member or NT Volunteer and £5 per Non-Group member
For more information contact Colin Jay, tel. 01245 350955 or online at
http://www.chelmsfordntgroup.org.uk
Comedy Stewart Lee - Content Provider
Civic
Wednesday 18 October 7.45pm
After four years writing and performing his TV show Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, Content Provider is Stewart's first brand new full-length show since the award-winning Carpet Remnant World.
"The most consistently funny show of his brilliant career… I laughed till it hurt"***** The Times
"Characteristically twisty and frequently brilliant" **** The Guardian
"Venomously funny"**** Standard
"The delusional ravings of a man who has lost his way in the world"***** Mail on Sunday
Tickets: £24.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Talks/
Lectures TEDx Chelmsford
Civic
Thursday 19 October 9.30am
In its third year TEDxChelmsford will be in the Civic Theatre with a larger capacity and more talks from inspiring speakers with ideas worth spreading.
The full day event will feature presentations of 18mins or less in TED style, sharing ideas that spread. Ideas that could change your thinking, change your life or possibly, change the world. There will be ample opportunities to meet fellow audience members, discuss ideas you hear, mingle with speakers or network with partners and sponsors.
Tickets are available for purchase (full price and concessions) with community tickets available from selected channels.
Please go to www.tedxchelmsford.com/gettickets to find out more and book your place. Please be aware that tickets are not available to purchase over the phone.
Cinema Hampstead (12A)
Cramphorn
Friday 20 October 8.00pm
103mins/2017/UK
Director: Joel Hopkins
Language: English
Starring: James Norton, Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson
Emily is an American widow who meets Donald, who's lived in a shack on 'Hampstead' Heath for 17 years.
Initially gruff and reclusive, Donald gradually opens up to her and a tentative romance begins to blossom. And when a property developer tries to evict him so they can build luxury apartments on his land, he and Emily team up to try and save his home.
You can find love anywhere - even on 'Hampstead' Heath - with this charming comedy drama starring screen legends Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson.
Contains moderate bad language
Tickets: £6.90
Concessions: £5.90
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £4.00
AD available
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Family Singalonga Beauty and the Beast
Civic
Saturday 21 October 2.00pm & 7.00pm
Singalonga Productions invite you to "Be our Guest" at Sing-a-Long-a Beauty and the Beast. Join us as we celebrate the brand new adaptation of Disney's iconic fairy tale with on-screen lyrics so everyone can join in!.
This is your chance to sing your heart out to the Disney songs of your childhood such as "Be our Guest", "Belle", "Gaston" and not forgetting the "Beauty and The Beast". Sing along with Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor and Emma Thompson in this romantic fairy tale and see if you can stop those tears at the end.
Our Singalonga host will start with a pre-show where they will warm up your voices, teach you some hand actions, show you how to use the famous Singalonga props bag during the film and when to boo the arrogant Gaston and of course judge the fancy dress competition!
For those of you who have been abandoned somewhere on a desert Island and don't know the story… Belle (Emma Watson), a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast (Dan Stevens) in its castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the beast's hideous exterior, allowing her to recognize the kind heart and soul of the true prince that hides on the inside.
So come along and celebrate this "tale as old as time", dress as your favourite character and get ready to feel part of a real fairytale.
Tickets: £16.00
Under 16s: £11.00 Family: £48.00
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Included in the Pick 'n' Mix Offer
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Cinema
Event Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Cramphorn
Monday 23 October 7.15pm
Live from the Royal Opera House, London
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Joby Talbot
At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents' friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole events become curiouser and curiouser… Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland burst onto the stage in 2011 in an explosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. The delicious result shows The Royal Ballet at its best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment.
Tickets: £14.50
Concessions: £13.00
PREMIUM seats £2.00 extra
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
A £1.50 booking fee is applicable per transaction, except for cash and
debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Family Milkshake Live
Civic
Tuesday 24 October 12noon & 3.30pm
Starring Milkshake! favourites Bob the Builder, Little Princess, Noddy, Fireman Sam, Shimmer & Shine, Pip from Pip Ahoy!, Winnie and Wilbur, Wissper, Milkshake's very own Milkshake! Monkey and two Milkshake! presenters, this all singing, all dancing, musical masterpiece, will take audiences on a journey through the world's favourite fairy tales.
Set amongst Milkshake's magical bookcase, this brand new live show is sure to amaze and delight! The Milkshake! cast will be singing songs and sharing stories that audience members, young and old, will know and love.
Tickets: £15.00
Under 16s: £13.50 Family: £52.00
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Included in the Pick 'n' Mix Offer
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Cinema Whitney: Can I Be Me? (15)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 24 October 8.00pm
105mins/2017/UK/USA
Director: Rudi Dolezal, Nick Broomfield
Language: English, French
Starring: Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown
From acclaimed director Nick Broomfield comes a new film about one of the greatest singers of all time. Whitney Houston was the epitome of superstar, an "American Princess," the most awarded female artist ever. Even though Whitney had made millions of dollars, had more consecutive number ones than The Beatles, and became recognized as having one of the greatest voices of all time, she still wasn't free to be herself and died at just 48 years old. Made with largely never-seen before footage and exclusive live recordings, WHITNEY 'Can I Be Me' tells Whitney Houston's incredible and poignant life story with insights from those closest to her.
Contains strong language, drug references
Tickets: £6.90
Concessions: £5.90
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £4.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 25 October 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is
greatly appreciated
Music Sensational 60s Experience
Civic
Wednesday 25 October 7.30pm
Without doubt the most explosive 60's show touring the UK, for one night only. Five legendary names take to the stage and deliver to you a night never to be forgotten. Mike Pender (original voice of The Searchers), Chris Farlowe, Herman's Hermits, The Fortunes, New Amen Corner. With the definite feel good factor this is must see 60's show for 2017. Step back in time to when pop music was at its very best. Hits include Needles and Pins, Out Of Time, I'm Into Something Good, plus many more
Tickets: £27.00
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Included in the Pick 'n' Mix Offer
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Music Maddy Prior
Cramphorn
Wednesday 25 October 8.00pm
Maddy Prior In Concert
A true legend of British music, Maddy Prior has built her career on exploring various musical avenues. Latest album 3 For Joy is no exception, a further exploration of the tradition that she loves. Together with new musical partners Giles Lewin (Carnival Band) and young accordion player Hannah James, Maddy returns to perform the music of England, the British Isles and Eastern Europe - all delivered in her own unique style.
"Folky three join up for joyously beardless collaboration."
(David Quantick - Q Magazine - 4 Stars.)
"3 For Joy is an exultant meeting of generations and traditions, but stamped with the strong musical personalities of each member."
(Tim Cumming - Songline Magazine - 4 stars.)
Tickets: £18.50
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Included in the Pick 'n' Mix Offer
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Drama Private Lives
Civic
Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 October 7.45pm
Sat mat: 2.30pm
London Classic Theatre present a major new touring production of Noël Coward's sparkling comedy. In Private Lives, strong passions and stronger personalities set the stage for a classic battle of the sexes. 1930. The South of France. Two newly-married couples occupy adjoining honeymoon suites in the same hotel. As a distant orchestra plays, Sibyl gazes adoringly at charismatic husband Elyot, while Victor admires his new wife, the vivacious and sophisticated Amanda. Champagne flows and the sea shimmers in the moonlight as the newlyweds prepare for the evening ahead. But when Amanda overhears a familiar voice singing a forgotten song, an old spark reignites, with spectacular consequences. Full of razor-sharp wit and quick-fire dialogue, Private Lives is Noël Coward's most popular and enduring stage comedy. Extraordinarily written in only three days, Private Lives opened at
London's Phoenix Theatre in August 1930 to packed houses. Since then, this charming comedy of manners has retained its remarkable appeal, captivating audiences all over the world.
Tickets: £16.50
Concessions: £15.00
Schools: £10.00
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Included in the Pick 'n' Mix Offer
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Cinema
Event Le Corsaire
Cramphorn
Sunday 29 October 4.00pm
Pre-recorded from the Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow
Starring: The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet
Music: Adolphe Adam
Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky
Amidst a bustling market, the pirate Conrad falls in love at first sight with the beautiful Medora, the ward of the slave merchant Lankedem's bazaar.
Inspired by Lord Byron's epic poem and reworked by Alexei Ratmansky from Petipa's exotic 19th century classic, this miracle of the repertoire is one of the Bolshoi's most lavish productions. Complete with a magnificent awe-inspring shipwreck and dramatic scenery, this grand romance is made especially for those who seek miracles in theatre.
Tickets: £14.50
Concessions: £13.00
PREMIUM seats £2.00 extra
Group Booking: 1 in 10 Free
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
A £1.50 booking fee is applicable per transaction, except for cash and
debit card payments made in person or by telephone.
Cinema The Graduate (12A)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 31 October 8.00pm
101 mins/1967/USA
Director: Mike Nichols
Language: English
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross
50th Anniversary Restoration
Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) a disillusioned college student is rescued from his boredom when he is seduced into a clandestine affair with a middle-aged married friend of his parents, Mrs Robinson (Anne Bancroft). That liaison is soon complicated by Benjamin's infatuation with her college-age daughter.
The Graduate is back in cinemas with a £4K restoration to mark its 50th anniversary, The film was a sensation on its original release in 1967 earning Mike Nichols the Oscar for Best Director. The film also introduced the music of Simon & Garfunkel to a wider audience and featured one of the most famous seductions scenes in cinematic history. The Graduate also introduced the world to Dustin Hoffman, perfectly cast as the jaw-droppingly naïve Benjamin.
Contains moderate sex references, infrequent brief nudity
Tickets: £6.90
Concessions: £5.90
PREMIUM seats: £2.00 extra
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £4.00
AD available
A £1.50 transaction fee is applicable per booking, except for cash and debit card payments made in person or by telephone
Music City of London Sinfonia: M&G Classical Concert Series
Civic
Sunday 29 October 4.00pm
M&G 30th Anniversary Classical Concert Series
Alexandra Wood (Violin/Director)
Dobrinka Tabakova - Organum Light
Purcell - Fantasia Upon One Note
Arvo Part - Fratres
Bach - Double Violin Concerto
Avro Part - Summa
Bach - Selection from The Musical Offering
John Woolrich - Ulysses Awakes
Mozart - Serenata Notturna
Pre-concert talks free to ticket holders
Buy all four M&G concerts and get 10% off the total ticket price.
Tickets: £25.00, £21.00, £17.00
Concessions: £22.50, £18.50, £14.50
Under 16s: £7.00
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Essex Roads Policing Officers have made 126 arrests on suspicion of driving whilst over the alcohol limit, made 95 arrests for drug driving offences and 36 arrests for failure to provide.
When are Junior Doctors striking in Chelmsford?
Junior doctors at all major hospitals in the mid and south Essex area are scheduled to strike for three days, starting at 7am on Wednesday, 20 December, and ending at 7am on Saturday, 23 December.
How to contact Chelmsford City Council over Christmas and New Year
Here's how to contact Chelmsford City Council over the busy festive period.
