What's on at Playhouse 2 in 2019

Saturday 1st June to Saturday 8th June 2019 at 7:30 pm

A BUNCH OF AMATEURS

by Ian Hislop and Nickman

This play tells the tale of a washed out former Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele, who is trying to reboot his career by playing King Lear in Stratford upon Avon. Unfortunately, due to a monumental ‘cock-up’ he ends up in Stratford on the Wold playing at a local am-dram society in a barn!

Tickets £9.00 

Saturday 15th June at 8.00pm

ECLIPSE – The Pink Floyd Experience 

The current Eclipse production contains a selection of Floyd classics, including music from The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Meddle and The Division Bell.
The second half of the show includes the whole of their epoch-making album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Apart from a level of musicianship that is second to none, the performance includes spectacular multi-media and laser effects to provide the perfect backdrop for this wonderful music.

Tickets £15.00 advance available 15th April

Sunday 16th  June at 7.00pm

PETERLOO (12A)

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

Tickets £4.00 on sale from 6th May.

Friday 21st June at 8.00pm

THE SWING COMMANDERS

The Swing Commanders are a stunningly vibrant and versatile group that performs an exciting mix of 1940s classics, boogie-woogie, western swing, 50’s jump jazz and more!

Every member of the Swing Commanders sings and plays at least one instrument, sometimes three: Yet what makes them stand out even above their incredible music ability and performing skills is their joie-de-vivre.

Tickets £15.00 advance on sale 22nd April

Saturday 22nd June at 8.00pm

RICKY COOL AND THE IN CROWD present 'A NIGHT AT THE FLAMINGO'

Ricky Cool and the In Crowd return to Playhouse 2 to present their acclaimed stage show ‘A Night at the Flamingo.’ They will take you on a trip back in time to Soho’s most iconic music venue of the early 1960’s and recreate the atmosphere of a typical Flamingo ‘All Nighter.’

Red Hot Rhythm and Blues! Scintillating Ska and Blue beat! Sensational Soul! 

Tickets £15.00 advance on sale from 22nd April

Friday 28th June at 8.00pm

MILNROW BRASS BAND

Annual visit from this local Championship Brass Band.

Tickets £8.50

Friday 5th July at 8.00pm

** Please note date change **

SUBURBAN SWING ORCHESTRA

Seventeen piece big band who specialise in big band and swing, from Basie to Buble. Featuring great vocalists - Lisa, Sarah, Mina and Julian.

Tickets £13.50 advance (£15.50 on the door)

Saturday 6th July at 8.00pm

** Please note date change **

STAX OF SOUL

Reputation needs no introduction. The UK’s genuine Stax of Soul, the original 9 piece band born and bred in Manchester in 1983. We are the ‘Real Deal’.

Tickets £15.00 in Advance (£17.50 on door) 

Friday 12th July at 8.00pm

SNAKE DAVIS SOLO

Up front intimate and personal. Snake brings along more instruments than ever before, tells you about their history, recounts stories from being on the road, takes questions on ANY subject you like.

Tickets £15.00 advance (£17.50 door)

Saturday 13th July at 8.00pm

MAMA - All era Genesis tribute

Mama perform An Evening of Genesis Music, a tribute to the music of British group Genesis.

The band perform pieces from every era of Genesis from the early Peter Gabriel Genesis albums, right through the Phil Collins era in the 70’s and 80’s and up to the final Genesis studio album, We Can’t Dance.

Tickets £18.00 advance (£20.50 door)

Saturday 20th July at 8.00pm

Clock Tower Theatre Company presents

ADRIFT by George Infini

After a failed mutiny, three sailors find themselves cast adrift on a small piece of wood in the middle of the Atlantic; an angry Welsh doctor, a highly strung English first mate and a simple deckhand from the West Country.

Together, they must to decide whether to sit and await rescue or paddle for their lives as they slowly die of hunger and madness, watched over by the Spirit of the Ocean… A show featuring wasps, clothing pegs and sexual references to spaghetti.

Tickets £9.00 on sale 1st June.

Contains scenes of a Sexual Nature, & Strong Language/Swearing.