Henry’s keen to stress though that it’s not all cricket, in fact most of it isn’t and that every show is different. So, even if you’ve been before you can be sure that it’ll never be the same twice.
“People gather round afterwards in the foyer and say, ‘We had no idea it was like this. We thought it was a cricket show.’ But it’s not. And if you think you’re going to learn how to play a forward defensive, you’ll be sadly disappointed.”
Instead, the talk is based, in the loosest sense, on Henry’s life story, although there’s time for as many after-dinner anecdotes and meandering digressions as there is in a Test Match Special rain break.
The show itself is very tongue-in-cheek and Henry spends a lot of time poking fun at himself and subjects veer from intergalactic travel, to horticulture to mountaineering. Audiences are always sure of an evening of great tales from this quintessential Englishman.
Wayne Sleep looks back over a glittering career spanning five decades, with a little bit of dance and the unique opportunity of a Q&A. Using rare film footage and photos Wayne will run through career highlights including The Morecambe and Wise Show, starring alongside Sean Connery and appearing in The Real Marigold Hotel. He will also talk about his long-standing association with the Royal Family and his close friendship with Diana, Princess of Wales. Of course, any evening with Wayne wouldn’t be complete without a dance step or two and the audience will not be disappointed.
Join Britain’s most popular soprano for a delightful evening of song, reminiscences and chat.
Lesley's behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes will give audiences a unique insight into her life on the stage. As well as performing on the opera and concert stage both in the UK and internationally, Lesley has recently starred in Carousel and The Sound of Music and appeared on television shows including Strictly Come Dancing and Loose Women. She has also performed with artists as diverse as Michael Ball, Renee Fleming, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel and Lily Savage.
Wayne Sleep looks back over a glittering career spanning five decades, with a little bit of dance and the unique opportunity of a Q&A. Using rare film footage and photos Wayne will run through career highlights including The Morecambe and Wise Show, starring alongside Sean Connery and appearing in The Real Marigold Hotel. He will also talk about his long-standing association with the Royal Family and his close friendship with Diana, Princess of Wales. Of course, any evening with Wayne wouldn’t be complete without a dance step or two and the audience will not be disappointed.
Join Britain’s most popular soprano for a delightful evening of song, reminiscences and chat.
Lesley's behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes will give audiences a unique insight into her life on the stage. As well as performing on the opera and concert stage both in the UK and internationally, Lesley has recently starred in Carousel and The Sound of Music and appeared on television shows including Strictly Come Dancing and Loose Women. She has also performed with artists as diverse as Michael Ball, Renee Fleming, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel and Lily Savage.
Join Britain’s most popular soprano for a delightful evening of song, reminiscences and chat.
Lesley's behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes will give audiences a unique insight into her life on the stage. As well as performing on the opera and concert stage both in the UK and internationally, Lesley has recently starred in Carousel and The Sound of Music and appeared on television shows including Strictly Come Dancing and Loose Women. She has also performed with artists as diverse as Michael Ball, Renee Fleming, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel and Lily Savage.
Adam’s love for the great outdoors started from a young age when he helped on his grandparent’s allotment. His fascination with watching plants and vegetables grown and the wildlife it attracted has stayed with him and he remains passionate about passing this on to future generations.
He regularly appears on the BBC’s coverage of RHS Flower Shows has also featured on The One Show, DIY SOS, as well as The Alan Titchmarsh Show.
"Creating a garden doesn't need to be complicated.” - Adam Frost
One of the best-loved and most versatile opera stars of the last 40 years, Sir Willard White's illustrious career has taken him to the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls throughout the world.
Now audiences have the opportunity to share an evening with Sir Willard as he reminisces about his life on stage & screen and sings some of the songs that have been important to him from the Nat King Cole of his youth in Jamaica, through the first truly complete recording of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in 1976 to the songs that made the Bass-Baritone singer Paul Robeson famous in the 1920s and ‘30s.
Sir Willard will be accompanied by the Kymaera guitar duo comprising Shane Hill and Simon James who have been performing together for over twenty years. Highlights of the partnership which features guitarists Shane Hill and Simon James have included appearing with the classical vocal legend Maria Ewing as well as the late UK jazz vocal legend Frank Holder.
An evening of wartime letters between the actress Celia Johnson and her husband Peter Fleming read by their daughter, Lucy Fleming, and Simon Williams. These touching and amusing letters from Celia to her husband tell of her experiences during the war – from coping with a large isolated house full of evacuated children, learning to drive a tractor, dealing with rationing, becoming an auxiliary police-woman and all the while accepting offers, when she could get away, to act. She went on to act for David Lean, Noel Coward, wartime propaganda films & broadcasts, and ultimately in 1945 starring in Brief Encounter for which she received an Oscar nomination.
Peter Fleming was away for most of the war - he writes about his adventures and trials working on deception in India and the Far East. Not only are the letters highly engaging but they also provide a fascinating historical insight into a time of true austerity and fearfulness.
Wayne Sleep looks back over a glittering career spanning five decades, with a little bit of dance and the unique opportunity of a Q&A. Using rare film footage and photos Wayne will run through career highlights including The Morecambe and Wise Show, starring alongside Sean Connery and appearing in The Real Marigold Hotel. He will also talk about his long-standing association with the Royal Family and his close friendship with Diana, Princess of Wales. Of course, any evening with Wayne wouldn’t be complete without a dance step or two and the audience will not be disappointed.
‘Silver Screen’ is an affectionate and nostalgic romp through the first hundred or so years of cinema. Starting with the Lumiere Brothers in Paris in 1895 and ending with ‘BOND 22’ at Pinewood Studios in 2008, we meet on our way Charlie Chaplin, Mae West, Mickey Mouse, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Groucho Marx and many, many others - the journey sweetened with musical interludes from Scott Joplin, George Gershwin through to John Barry’s ‘James Bond’ Theme.
Wayne Sleep looks back over a glittering career spanning five decades, with a little bit of dance and the unique opportunity of a Q&A. Using rare film footage and photos Wayne will run through career highlights including The Morecambe and Wise Show, starring alongside Sean Connery and appearing in The Real Marigold Hotel. He will also talk about his long-standing association with the Royal Family and his close friendship with Diana, Princess of Wales. Of course, any evening with Wayne wouldn’t be complete without a dance step or two and the audience will not be disappointed.
Wayne Sleep looks back over a glittering career spanning five decades, with a little bit of dance and the unique opportunity of a Q&A. Using rare film footage and photos Wayne will run through career highlights including The Morecambe and Wise Show, starring alongside Sean Connery and appearing in The Real Marigold Hotel. He will also talk about his long-standing association with the Royal Family and his close friendship with Diana, Princess of Wales. Of course, any evening with Wayne wouldn’t be complete without a dance step or two and the audience will not be disappointed.