His face will be familiar, and so too his voice; Ramin Karimloo has played leading roles in both of the West End's longest running musicals - The Phantom and Raoul in The Phantom of the opera, and a number of plump parts in Les Miserables.
But don't rock up at The Stables expecting classic renditions of tracks like That's All I Ask Of You. Thursday's (Jan 12) set sees Ramin joined by the Broadgrass Band, and together they will incorporate a range of influences - from the rootsy sound of bluegrass to the passionate drama of theatre. Sure you'll get Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, and Music of the Night, but with a twist.
Rob Richings is supporting. You can hear more from him on the album Parks and Boots, or click here to find what makes him tick musically: http://totalmk.co.uk/music/on-track-singer-songwriter-rob-richings-in-the-total-mk-hotseat
Friday night (Jan 13) at the venue will be something approaching atomic when Bootleg Blondie go wild. 'Are they any good?' you wonder.
Well, they've been endorsed by the real group...
Signed, Sealed Delivered return on Saturday night (Jan 14) and the powerhouse band will be steaming through equally sterling tracks - from Papa Was A Rollin' Stone to Reach Out I'll Be There, and the song that gave 'em their name. It's not sold out yet, but it is 100% souled out.
Globe-trotting laughter master Stephen K Amos returns with his new show on Tuesday (Jan 15) In the last twelve months, Stephen has performed his unique brand of feel-good comedy all over England, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Australia, Tazmania, New Zealand, and the Seychelles.
What did he find when he got there? People. People like you and me and some of them said the most ridiculous things. To his face!
“For the first time in a long time, I am feeling really annoyed,” Stephen admits, “So when I’ve been trying out new stuff with audiences, I’ve been warning them, ‘You know what, I’m pretty annoyed at people’. And for some reason they all laugh at that, perhaps because I’m not normally seen as a confrontational type.”
And his main annoyance? It’s social media. Find out more when he makes a welcome return to the venue.
After two sell out UK tours in 2011 and 2013 , The Pitmen Poets planned world tour was put on hold when Bob Fox was offered a starring role as The Songman in the West End production of Warhorse. Now that Bob has stopped horsing around for a while, it is time for the Poets to ride again – though Bob will be returning, soon to that particular ‘mount’…but before all that, catch them at the Wavendon haunt on Tuesday (Jan 17).
Since the first Pitmen Poets tour in 2011, Sam West's revival of the seminal ‘Close the Coalhouse Door’ has completed a triumphant UK tour and Lee Hall's ‘Pitman Painters’ has been a hit in the West End and also on Broadway. Interest in the North East's mining tradition has never been more intense. What better time could there be for an opportunity to experience the brilliant entertainment of The Pitmen Poets?
The Pitmen Poets celebrate the songs, humour, and culture of North East England's Coal Mining tradition, bringing together four of the region's leading champions of it's musical heritage. Ex-Lindisfarne & Jack The Lad singer and writer Billy Mitchell, song man from London’s west end musical Warhorse, Bob Fox, leading exponent of Tyneside song Benny Graham, and much-covered BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nominee songwriter Jez Lowe - individually and collectively, The Pitmen Poets.
With archive footage and photographs, this is a journey through the centuries of a once-great industry, from the songs that saw it thrive and dominate, to those that saw it's demise and the resulting aftermath, and it arrives at the Wavendon haunt on Tuesday (January 17).
Last up this week, funny fella Miles Jupp who takes the mic on Wednesday night (Jan 18), but last time we checked there was just the one ticket left.
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