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STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Thursday, 1st May 2025 – Saturday, 3rd May 2025 – 7:30pm
Barnstormers present… Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
This play is a beautiful and bittersweet comedy set in the 1980s in deep south Louisiana. Six very special friends bonded together by mutual triumphs and tragedies played by some of our best local actresses. Sharing each other’s strength and loyalty, despite their differences, beautiful and impulsive Shelby, her strong-willed mother M’Lynn, beauty parlour owner Truvy, confident wealthy widow, Clairee, sharp-tongued Ouiser and mousey newcomer Annelle are guaranteed to make you laugh as well as shed a tear.
LEGENDS OF AMERICAN COUNTRY SHOW
The upcoming tour will showcase highly acclaimed tributes to Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Don Williams, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette and Kenny Rogers and new tributes to icons Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, Garth Brooks and the new kid on the block Luke Combs with countless other well-known singalong hit songs in this must-see musical extravaganza. Featuring three superb singers who are all accompanied by a fantastic live band of musicians. Watch that real authentic Tennessee sound coupled with an authentic stage set and state-of-the-art production that is guaranteed to transport you all the way, hand clapping and toe-tapping, to Nashville and back in one night.
THE REGAL FILM SOCIETY – THE LAST SHOWGIRL (cert 15)
Dir Gia Coppola US 2025 88 mins
A ‘bruising and beautiful film’ about a middle-aged Las Vegas showgirl who is faced with an uncertain future after learning that the review she has performed for three decades is scheduled to close.
In a remarkable career turnaround, Baywatch star Pamela Anderson gives a fine, nuanced performance as 57-year-old Shelly Gardner, who has given her life to performing in Le Razzle Dazzle, a classic French-style review at a casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
THE FREDDIE & QUEEN EXPERIENCE
Internationally and critically acclaimed, The Freddie & QUEEN Experience are the UK’s Premier Queen and Freddie Mercury tribute band, who deliver a passionate and energy packed show full of all QUEEN’s greatest hits. The 5-piece band perform, with replica outfits and instruments, a full recreation of QUEEN’s Live shows, based around QUEEN at their very best – the 86 ‘Magic tour’.
UNVERSED
Unversed … An eager young actor in the city of London has got her hands on a discarded copy of Shakespeare’s first folio. Newly printed and the hottest publication in town, all the plays exist together for the very first time. There’s only one problem: the parts are all too out of reach for women to play on the public stage. Come along and be part of the rehearsal as Antonia gives herself permission to speak the verse and explore the profession of being a woman – both onstage and off.
UNVERSED was commissioned and created for the 400TH anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio for Keats House in Hampstead where it premiered to great reviews and has since toured to Doctor Johnson’s House in Fleet Street, John Clare Cottage and The Painted Room in Oxford and will go to Stratford in 2025.
ROYAL BALLET & OPERA : WAGNER’S WALKURE
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began with Das Rheingold in 2023.
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.
DORIAN GRAY
Don’t Go Into the Cellar presents…
Oscar Wilde’s only novel is adapted for the stage in this atmospheric one-man show. What awful secret is stored inside the attic? Only the eternally youthful and charming Dorian Gray knows. But as his appetite for sin leads to ever greater acts of wickedness, Gray will stop at nothing to make sure no one discovers the dreadful truth!
Jonathan Goodwin plays Oscar Wilde in this thrilling one-man performance adapted by himself from the Wilde novel.
THE CONCERT
After its almost sell-out debut concert in June 2024 The Concert is being staged again.
35 excellent local singers form a choir with soloists and are accompanied by a wonderful 20-piece orchestra.
A wide range of light music includes Abba, Miss Saigon, Summertime, Mozart…..
A delightful evening of great music and light-hearted humorous entertainment.
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: MICHELANGELO – LOVE & DEATH
The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless today.
ROYAL BALLET & OPERA : BALLET TO BROADWAY:WHEELDON WORKS
Thursday, 22nd May 2025 – 7:15pm
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. Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
CHRIS MCCAUSLAND : YONKS!
ANNIE JNR
Oasis Theatre Mini’s presents…
Based on the comic strip and adapted from the Tony award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony award-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie Jnr features everyone’s favourite little redhead in her very first adventure
Tickets for all events may be booked in advance online at https://regaltheatre.co.uk/whatson or from the Box Office (Tel 01643 706430) between 9.30am and 12.00pm Monday – Saturday;
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (CERT 15)
Tuesday, 4th February 2025, 7:30pm 118mins
Winner of the Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this gloriously humane film is set In Mumbai where Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Subtitled
MACBETH (cert12a)
Wednesday, 5th February 2025, 7:00pm 114mins
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stella cast in this new production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen.
BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETERS
Thursday, 6th February 2025 – 7:30pm
This breathtaking show has rock ’n’ rolled audiences across the globe and is guaranteed to have everyone singing along to the music and dancing in the aisles.
HEART-WARMING TALES
Saturday, 8th February 2025 – 7:30pm
Alexandra Simson is a gifted storyteller who uses a variety of techniques to bring her huge catalogue of folk tales, myths and legends to her audience.Come along and enjoy her modern take on the traditional art of storytelling. You will not be disappointed.
OASIS PRESENTS – WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
Saturday, 15th February 2025 – 7:30pm
Come and see the local adults and children in our spectacular variety show.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Cert TBC)
Thursday, 20th February 2025 – 7:00pm
National Theatre Live – Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
REGAL COMEDY NIGHT
Saturday, 22nd February 2025 – 7:30pm
The evening will feature a professional line up from the cream of the UK Comedy Circuit
ROYAL BALLET & OPERA: SWAN LAKE
Thursday, 27th February 2025 – 7:15pm
[Captured live April 2024], Running time: 210 minutes, including two intervals.
Classical ballet’s most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness.
JERSEY BEATS – OH WHAT A NITE TOUR
Friday, 28th February 2025 – 7:30pm
A sensational show celebrating the wonderful music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
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