Greg Davies adds 2nd date of ‘The Back Of My Mum’s Head’ to Hammersmith Apollo

Due to incredible public demand, the very funny Greg Davies has added a second date to the Hammersmith  Apollo in London.

Following the extended sell-out success of ‘Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog’, ‘The Back Of My Mum’s Head’ is the new stand up show from the hilariously funny Greg Davies.

The big man himself – Greg Davies

Famous for his role as the psychotic Head of Sixth Form from E4’s hit comedy The Inbetweeners, Greg Davies has added a further date to London’s Hammersmith Apollo for 27 November 2012, tickets for this very funny show are available from Friday 5 October 2012 from Britevents.com.

Greg is next appearing at the Plough Arts Centre in Great Torrington, which has now sold out, but check http://www.britevents.com for all Greg Davies tickets available throughout the UK.

Greg Davies, formerly a real teacher from Wew in Shropshire, is now starring in his own sitcom on BBC3 called ‘Cuckoo’ alongside American actor and star of Saturday Night Live Andy Samberg.

Check out a sketch from this very funny TV show: –

John Bishop is due to kick start his Rollercoaster Tour of 2012

After his warm up gig at The Slaughterhouse in Liverpool last week John Bishop is more than ready to take on his epic 2012 tour of the UK.

John Bishop announced that he would be trying out his new material for his up and coming Rollercoaster tour in Liverpool on Radio City radio station with all proceeds from the gig going to the Liverpool charity CASH FOR KIDS.

John Bishop on Rollercoaster Tour 2012

The gig quickly sold out and certainly warmed up the Liverpudlian to kick start his new tour which starts tonight at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff (25 September).

Most of the dates for the Rollercoaster Tour 2012 are either sold out or have limited availability on John’s website, but BritEvents.com are pleased to announce that we have John Bishop tickets for all his UK dates available now.

John Bishop will not tour in 2013

If you are a fan of John Bishop, then make sure you gab those tickets while they are still available, as the ‘Fighting Talk’ comedian has announced on Twitter today that he will NOT be touring next year.

Speaking to fans on the social media site, @JohnBishop100 told them: “2014 earliest probably 2015 so best come this year”.

Not totally surprising news as Bishop will be touring from now until 11 November 2012, where he finishes his mega tour at The O2 in Dublin.

Are you ready to rap yourself to stardom with Open Mic UK?

Open Mic UK are auditioning for rappers all over the country to take part in a battle of the rapper, with a prize pool value of £50,000.

Rap Battle with Open Mic UK

Rap Battle with Open Mic UK is singing competition that searches for rappers and vocalists from all over the UK that can perform either covers or their own original material.

The competition offers artists to perform live in front of large audiences, big shows, big judges as well as big prizes.

There were over 9,000 acts in the Open Mic competition in 2011, making it the largest national music competition for solo artists in the UK.

This year the addition of a rap battle will see rappers take to the mic against each other in front of  judges made up from the music industry. These include national radio, BBC Introducing, regional press and celebrity judges.

last year the panel of judges were made up from Radio 1 DJ Ras Kwame, R’n’B performer Shola Ama and DJ/boyband singer Dane Bowers.

What’s on. When It’s On.

The competition is touring all over the UK and BritEvents.com is proud to be able to help promote this unique opportunity for up and coming performers.

The Open Mic competition will be coming to a city or town near you including Pitsea Leisure Centre in Basildon, the Bedford Corn Exchange, Dingwalls in Camden, London, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Palace Hotel in Manchester, LG Arena in Birmingham, Sheffield City Hall, Highlight Club in Watford, Ferneham Hall in Fareham, Yorkshire Dance Studio, Hove Centre, Liverpool’s Liner Hotel and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff.

The winners from the auditions will go through to the live showcases in the UK, and will perform in front of a judging panel and a live audience at some of the Britain’s most prestigious live music venues.

With the introduction of the rap battle, rappers will be able to take to the mic against each other whilst judged by a panel of music industry judges. The rap acts that enter the Open Mic UK  rap auditions, will get the chance to progress through the competition to play the Grand Final at the UK’s most recognised venue, London’s O2 Arena.

So, If you think you have what it takes to make a rap star then book your auditions here: – www.openmicuk.co.uk

Hairy Bikers UK Stage Tour stops at Shrewsbury

Comedy cooking duo – The Hairy Bikers have added an additional 38 dates to their new UK-wide tour Hairy Bikers: Larger than Live.

These extra dates for 2013 are expected to sell out very quickly as demand to see these television chefs are high.

Dave Myers and Si King have fronted many a series which have combined travel and cooking, these include – The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook, The Hairy bikers Ride Again and The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain.

Hairy Bikers In Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn

Shrewsbury will be welcoming The Hairy Bikers to Theatre Severn in February 2013

Included in the additional 38 dates is Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury where the Hairy Bikers will be parking up on 21 and 22 February 2013.

Dave and Si are no strangers to Shrewsbury. In 2010 they were one of the main attractions to the famous Shrewsbury Flower Show, and  have been filmed pheasant shooting in The Stiperstones and visiting the Market Hall during their Food Tour of Britain screened in 2009.

The chefs said about their up and coming tour of the UK: ” It’s now been over two years since we did our last stage tour, a complete sellout and one of the best times of our lives. It’s for those reasons that we can’t wait to do it all over again – only this time it’s going to be bigger, bolder, funnier, and packed with more food and laughs than ever before.”

They are fantastic to watch, as I have seen them at the Shrewsbury Flower Show and I was lucky enough to have VIP tickets to see The Hairy Bikers at the BBC Good Food Show at the NEC in Birmingham, so don’t miss this opportunity to see them in your home town.

Tickets to see The Hairy Bikers are available from today 18 May 2012 from Theatre Severn’s box office  in Shrewsbury on 01743 281281, be quick as they are hot to trot!!

Somerset House presents the Summer Series

The Summer Series in Somerset House is set in a 18th century courtyard – a perfect setting for open air gigs.

Summer Sessions at Somerset House

Sponsored by American Express the Summer Series at Somerset House has been an annual fixture since it started in 2001, and is set in the neo-classical space of The Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court at Somerset House in London’s Strand.

With the feeling of an intimate venue, the acoustics are superior and the  atmosphere is electric…even when it’s raining.

Tickets for Tim Minchin

There are some fantastic acts for this years Summer Series which kicks of on the 7 July with Ozzy comedian and musician Tim Minchin.

Tim Minchin has been performing his musical comedy since his UK debut in 2005, he has become a household name after recently writing the music and lyrics for Matilda the Musical.

Tickets to see Tim Minchin have sold out on-line But BritEvents.com have a few tickets available but be quick!

Tickets For Katy B

Katy B is one of the most successful artists of 2011 and the Summer Series will be pleased to welcome her on 8 July. Tickets for Katy B are very limited but BritEvents.com have a few available but they are selling very quickly, so beat the rest and get the best!

Tickets for Jill Scott

Jill Scott is a triple Grammy Award winner and one of the worlds foremost soul divas. Her debut album Who Is Jill Scott. Words and Sounds Vol.1. released in 2000 went double platinum. Two more albums followed which catapulted her into a worldwide tour!

Tickets to see Jill Scott on the 9 and 10 July are now available on http://www.Britevents.com

Tickets for The Temper Trap 

The Temper Trap have sold more than a million copies of their debut album Conditions, it also won them a Brit Nomination for International Breakthrough Artists. The band have also enjoyed two sell-out UK tours.

BritEvents.com  have Tickets for The Temper Trap on 11 July at the Summer Series, but be quick they are selling fast!

Tickets for Anna Calvi

Born in London, Anna Calvi has always wanted to be a successful singer. Her self titled debut album is about her life, exploring intimacy, passion and loneliness.

Tickets to see Anna Calvi at the Summer Series on 12 July are selling fast so grab them from www.britevents.com

Tickets for The Enemy

Since The Enemy’s debut album, We’ll Live And Die In These Towns exploded in the charts they have found success playing with the likes of Paul Weller at the Roundhouse and sporting Oasis on their stadium tours. They have now made a dramatic comeback with their guitar-heavy third album Streets In The Sky.

Tickets to see The Enemy on 13 July at Somerset House are available from BritEvents.com.

Tickets to see DJ Abrantee presents Afrobeats

Pulling out all the stops for this special night Choice FM’s DJ Abrantee will be featuring a wealth of names from the Nigerian superstar Olu Maintain, Angola’s Capo Snoop, Gahna’s Atumpan, the UK’s hottest Afrobeats female May7ven and Vibe Squad.

To see this wealth of names from the exploding Afrobeats on 14 July just go to Britevents.com for all your Summer Series tickets.

Tickets to see Tindersticks

Tindersticks will be playing at Somerset House on 15 July during the hazy days of Summer sessions. After reforming in 2006 after a three-year hiatus they have come back stronger and more pertinent than ever . Their ninth album The Something Rain is a top 30 album in six countries across Europe.

You can get Tindersticks tickets from BritEvents.com and listen to them  perform their melodic storytelling at the Summer Sessions.

Tickets to see M83

The French electronic artist Anthony Gonzalez better know as M83 has been celebrating his recent sold out gigs at Heaven in London and the Shepherds Bush Empire. Hailed for his synth pop you can catch M83 at the Summer Session on 16 July, with tickets from www.britevents.com.

Tickets to see Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith will be closing the Summer Sessions at Somerset House on 17 and 18 July. Paloma has been busy recording her second album Fall to Grace which will be available from 28 May. This album has had help from the Queen of pop herself Madonna and Massive Attack producers Nelle Hooper and Jake Gosling.

Tickets to see Paloma Faith perform at the 2012 Summer Sessions are available from http://www.britevents.com.

So grab those tickets and have a Summer of Sessions at the beautiful Somerset House in London’s Strand.

Please Sir Can I Have Some More?

Tony Award winner Lionel Bart’s masterpiece Oliver! is to star Neil Morrissey and Brian Conley and will tour the UK in 2012

 

 

Neil Morrissey and Brian Conley will be staring as the iconic character the fabulous pickpocket Fagin in the hit musical Oliver! at different venues around the country.

Fagan has been played by many actors over the years including Russ Abbott, Jim Dale, Roy Hudd, Barry Humphries, Robert Lindsay, Ron Moody, Jonathan Pryce, Rowan Atkinson, Omid Djalili and Griff Rhys Jones.

The last person to receive an award for this part was ‘My Family’ star Robert Lindsay,who won an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Fagin in 1997.

Neil Morrissey is best known for playing Tony in the hit series ‘Men Behaving Badly’ and funnyman Brian Conley has been in a number of West End shows and has had his own show on ITV1 ‘The Brian Conley Show’ and the highly successful ‘An Audience With Brian Conley’.

This Dickens classic celebrated 50 triumphant years in 2010 and has now been brought back to life with Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production, which has just recently completed a hugely successful two-year run at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, and is set to tour the UK this year.

This production is set to be a corker and with all the toe tapping musical numbers including Consider Yourself, Food Glorious Food and You’ve Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two, you will not be disappointed.

Tickets to see Oliver! are available from BritEvents.com

So,on this occasion “You couldn’t ask for more!!”

Watch Neil Morrissey miraculously turn in to Fagin!

3rd week is added to Tony Award winning Wonderful Town

The Tony Award winning musical ‘Wonderful Town’ adds an another week due to popular demand

Wonderful Town

Connie Fisher winner of  BBC 1 talent show ‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria’ stars in the award-winning musical Wonderful Town and due to popular demand the show has been extended for another week taking the run of this fantastic musical to 21 April at The Lowry in Manchester.

The show will then move to the Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre starting from 22 May 2012.

Wonderful Town  first premiered in New York in 1953, where it won 5 Tony Awards including the prestigious gong for The Best Musical. In 2003 the revived show also won a further Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.

Based on a book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, this brilliantly choreographed production  is set to music by the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein who wrote the score for West Side Story and stars The Sound Of Music star Connie Fisher.

Connie plays the part of aspiring writer Ruth Sherwood who, along with her sister Eileen arrives in New York.  During their time in The Big Apple the sisters meet an array of colourful characters, and set about creating havoc in their search for love, success and a free meal at Walgreens Deli.

An unmissable musical set against a 1930’s  New York City backdrop with fabulous costumes dazzling choreography a full orchestra and a world renowned conductor, what more could a musical and theatre goer want?

Wonderful Town tickets are available for the Birmingham Hippodrome theatre through www.britevents.com

So for a great foot tapping  night out grab your tickets today!

 

Comedian Tim Vine invites you in for a chat.

Winner of 2010’s best joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Tim Vine chats to his guests

The Tim Vine Chat Show

The Tim Vine Chat show invites members of the audience to join him in a chat. The King of pun will be plucking members of the audience to share their story with him.

The beauty of this show is that the audience members who are picked by Tim to share their stories are the real stars of the show, who knows what’s in store during the evening.

The stand-up comic is well-known for his quick fire one liners and puns and has previously broken the Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour with 499.

This mini tour with Pun-expected gags sees Tim Vine interview members of the audience with childlike enthusiasm. As Tim always says “everybody has a story” (please note the production cannot guarantee that everyone will have a story).

The tour kicks off at Mechanics in Burnley on 27 February where he will then make his way around the country calling in at Burnley, Redhill, Norwich, Harlow, Cheltenham, Epsom, Andover, Colchester, Aldershot,  Leicester Square in London and finishing at the Babbacombe Theatre in Torquay in Devon on 24 March 2012. 

Critically acclaimed by The Mirror “He delivers the funny goods time and time again” and “Vine is superb” by The Guardian, this show is expected to deliver a lot of laugh out loud comedy.

For more information on The Tim Vine Chat Show mini tour, go to www.britevents.com and have an evening to remember.

Watch him reel off his puns time and time again!!!

 

 

La Soiree must end on 29 January 2012

Time -out magazine calls La Soiree “Pure adrenalin-fuelled entertainment at its best.

This international sensation has been heralded as “sheer feel good entertainment”. La Soiree is the smash hit fusion of cabaret, new burlesque, circus sideshow and contemporary variety and has taken the world by storm.

Showcasing the worlds best acts

The show brings you the very best of cabaret entertainers which include the stars from the Olivier-Award winning La Clique and features a line-up of rare, unforgettable and awe-inspiring  performers from around the world.

Following their successful season in The Roundhouse in Camden, London and the sensational premiere at the South bank Top in 2010, this jaw-dropping show returned to the Roundhouse in November and has seen this theatrical phenomenon sell out at every show.

La Soiree receives critical acclaim

This sexy funny and dangerously arousing show has received 5 stars from Time-Out magazine and 4 stars from The Daily Telegraph.

Le Gateau Chocolat

Prepare yourself to be amazed, amused, appalled and shocked with the ever-changing mix of showstopping performers from around the world including Le Gateau Chocolat a frocktastic act which includes rock pop to opera, the cult striptease act from Ursula Martinez or be amazed by the aerial bathtub teases from Bath Boy!

Warnings of nudity and sexual content during this amazing show just adds to the exitement!

La Soiree has brought the house down from New York to Edinburgh and Stockholm to Paris, the show has filled the Hippodrome in London and has sold out three of their previous seasons in Sydney Australia.

This is an unmissable show with some amazing and appalling acts that will shock and rock you with laughter.

For La Soiree tickets go to BritEvents.com or check us out more information on La Soiree

One for the 2012 Calendar girls: Well known actresses appear naked on stage in Birmingham

Calendar Girls is based on a true story and returns to the Midlands by popular demand.

Calendar Girls visits Birmingham

Calendar Girls is the extraordinary true story of a group of WI women who set out to raise money for a friend’s husband who was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in February 1998.

The close-knit community of their small village of Cracoe in Yorkshire rallied round to support John and Angela, determined to do something positive to help.

Before John was diagnosed, the WI were talking about their annual calendar and thought that it would be funny to produce one in the style of Pirelli.

This idea was brought back to the drawing board when they found out about John’s illness, hoping that it would raise some money for the Leukemia Research Fund, they also thought that it would entertain John in the process.

John made a point of telling his wife Angela that they would not have the nerve to go ahead with it, “It will never happen – you are all talk,” he would say.

Just five months after the diagnosis, John passed away.

The calendar idea was soon underway with 11 WI women baring their all in the noble cause.

The story goes from there with the hilarious task of photographing these ladies, with each posing for a month of the year.

It was hoped that they raised enough funds with the 3000 print runs of the calendar, but who would have guessed that they would become famous.

The story takes them from their small Yorkshire community to appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles the interest from the international media anxious to report the feel-good story was phenomenal.

Lynda Bellingham bares it all in Calendar girls

 

Uplifting and inspiring, this quirky, poignant and hilarious true story comes to The Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre during January and February and stars Loose Women panelist Lynda Bellingham, hi de hi’s Ruth Madoc, Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley, star of Howard’s Way Jan Harvey,  actor Joe McGann and Hollyoaks actor Kevin Sacre.

For more information and to buy tickets for The Calendar girls, go to www.britevents.com