Festival Theatre BOX OFFICE: 01684 892277 £ 2.50 per transaction BOOKING FEE Eves 8pm Wed & Sat Mats 2.30pm Mon- Thurs Eves & Sat Mat £ 28.50 £ 26.50 £ 24.50 Wed Mat £ 26.50 £ 24.50 Fri & Sat Eves £ 30.50 £ 28.50 £ 26.50 (£ 1 concessions over 60s/ unwaged) Mon 31st May to Sat 5th June With a career spanning six decades and including nine smash hit singles ( three which became Number One), Neil Sedaka has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, had a street named after him in his hometown of Brooklyn, and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. From the innocent 50s to the cynical 70s and beyond, he has written and performed some of the world's best loved pop songs including ' Oh, Carol', ' Breaking Up Is Hard To Do', ' Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen', ' Solitaire, ' Calendar Girl' ' Amarillo', ' Laughter in the Rain' and many more. Sedaka started songwriting at Broadway's legendary Brill Building, penning his first hit for his girlfriend Carole King. He soon became a teenage idol to rival Elvis but in 1964 his career collapsed as America embraced the Beatles and other bands of the ' British Invasion'. He found salvation by moving to Britain, where he signed to Elton John's Rocket Records label, and remarkably returned to the top of the US charts in 1974 with ' Laughter In The Rain' - remaining a national treasure ever since. Laughter in The Rain - a remarkable story of triumph against the odds. THE NEIL SEDAKA STORY THE SINGER THE SONGWRITER THE SURVIVOR THE LEGEND! BILL KENWRIGHT ANDLAURIE MANSFIELD PRESENT THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY FEATURING ALL HIS CLASSIC HITS HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET SIXTEEN LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN OH! CAROL AMARILLO ( IS THIS THE WAY TO) SOLITAIRE LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER CALENDAR GIRL LITTLE DEVIL KING OF CLOWNS STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN I GO APE BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO AND MANY MORE THE MUSICAL

Thurs 21st Jan 8pm £ 18.50Thurs 28th Jan 7.30pm £ 15Sat 30th Jan 7.30pm £ 16.50 £ 14.50Fri 12th Feb 7.30pm £ 15 ( concessions £ 13) Following the smash- hit success of his BBC Radio 4 comedy series ( Sony GOLD Award Winner - Best Radio Comedy 2009) and sell out tour, Count Arthur Strong, showbiz legend and raconteur, reminds us just what we've been missing since his last television series, ' The Robin Hood Club', was axed in 1960 something. As Arthur himself says, " Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could just turn the telly on after a hard day ... and there I was, smiling back at you, in my own programme". Celebrating 10 successful years One Night of Queen continues to rock sell out audiences worldwide, from the prestigious BBC Proms in the Park, London to extensive tours of the USA. A stunning live concert featuring all the Queen classics; ' Bohemian Rhapsody', ' Under Pressure' and ' Radio Ga Ga'. " For one night only, Queen and Freddie Mercury came back to life." Salt Lake Tribune ( USA) LIVE IN CONCERT Malvern Concert Club presents EMMA JOHNSON clarinet PHILIP DUKES viola JOHN LENEHAN piano Schumann: Märchener- zählungen Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for viola and piano Bruch: Eight Pieces Op. 83 Mozart: Trio in E flat, K. 498 Having won the BBC Young Musician award at an early age, Emma Johnson has since become one of the few clarinettists to have estab-lished an international solo career. Distinguished British colleagues join her in this mostly Romantic programme. David Johnson presents Stewart Lee If You Prefer A Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One Writer, director and comedian, Stewart Lee returns to the live circuit with a new show that begins in a High Street coffee chain and ends in a pear cider which is 100% disappointment. Expect some punchy stuff near the top; inexplicable hostility towards relatively innocuous figures; silences and repetition; sudden and/ or gradual shifts in tone, velocity and volume ... This tour follows his acclaimed BBC TV series Steward Lee's Comedy Vehicle.