ENTERTAINMENT

Gala Performances

All entertainments are included in the residential price, but residents must reserve their free tickets for the Gala Performances by 1st June 2013. The Gala Concerts are open to Summer School customers and members of the general public and tickets can be purchased below.

Tickets will not be dispatched before Summer School starts. Residential customers can collect their tickets from their House Manager in their accommodation upon arrival. Non-residents should collect their tickets on the door of the performance or from the Summer School office from Sunday 14th July 2013.


Tickets can be purchased during Summer School subject to availability. Tickets will be sold at full price from the Summer School office and on the door, subject to availability.

Tickets can be purchased directly online or from:

By Post from Marlborough College Summer School, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1PA. Tel: +44 (0)1672 892388.
Fax: +44 (0)1672 892476. Email: admin@mcsummerschool.org.uk


Sound Knowledge, 22 Hughenden Yard, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1LT. Tel/Fax: (01672) 511106. Tickets to be collected only.

Please make cheques payable to Marlborough College Summer School. All prices are inclusive of VAT.

Treorchy Male Choir

Treorchy Male Choir


WEEK DATE/TIME LOCATION PRICE
1 Tuesday 16th July / 8.00pm College Chapel £15.00


"The master choir of them all”

Sir Anthony Hopkins

The Summer School welcomes back the world-famous Treorchy Male Choir from the Rhondda Valley, Wales. They have made ninety recordings, the most recent of which, ‘Timeless' effortlessly blends classical and contemporary music to critical acclaim. The Choir has shared the stage with some of the world's greatest entertainers. Television programmes with Sir Tom Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Julie Andrews, Sir Harry Secombe and Burt Bacharach was only the beginning of their long association with major celebrities. They have appeared either on stage, screen or in the recording studio with Shirley Bassey, Katherine Jenkins, Iris Williams, Max Boyce, Bryn Terfel, Ozzy Osbourne, Jon Bon Jovi, Cliff Richard, Andrea Bocelli, Russell Watson and Il Divo. They have also enjoyed the distinct pleasure of performing at the Royal Variety Show and have undertaken twelve Royal Command Performances. The College Chapel will be the perfect place to hear the unique Treorchy sound.

Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show

Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show


WEEK DATE/TIME LOCATION PRICE
1 Friday 19th July / 8.00pm Memorial Hall £20.00


The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show, Purveyors of Cool, swing into town with The Greatest Music of the 20th Century. Wonderful memories of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis - a totally live show, successful worldwide.

Every song a classic – Come Fly with Me, Volare, That's Amore, Under My Skin, Mr Bojangles, Mack the Knife and many more of your favourites.

The BBC summed it up in one word MAGNIFICENT!

www.ratpack.biz

Collegium Regale

Collegium Regale


WEEK DATE/TIME LOCATION PRICE
2 Tuesday 23rd July / 8.00 College Chapel £15.00


Collegium Regale is the close harmony group made up of the Choral Scholars of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. As Choral Scholars they sing the daily routine of chapel services throughout term as well as undertaking a busy concert and recording schedule in the vacations. The Choir is of course most famous for the broadcasts of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on BBC TV and Radio each Christmas, which reach an estimated 120 million people worldwide.

The Choral Scholars will sing music to suit all tastes including music from the Renaissance through to folk songs, spirituals, Disney classics and perhaps a bit of Michael Jackson!

Mike d'Abo

Mike d'Abo


WEEK DATE/TIME LOCATION PRICE
2 Friday 26th July / 8.00 Memorial Hall £20.00


The former lead singer of Manfred Mann, together with his band,will perform hits from the 60s,70s and 80s including many of Mike's own songs including the hits 'Build me up Buttercup' and 'Handbags and Gladrags'. Many of his songs have been recorded by some of the great names in popular music including Cliff Richard, The Foundations, Rod Stewart and, more recently, The Stereophonics. He is well-known as a presenter on BBC Radio 2 as well as local radio. Mike d'Abo and his Mighty Quintet will make the evening go with a swing!

Piaf - The Songs

Piaf - The Songs


WEEK DATE/TIME LOCATION PRICE
3 Tuesday 30th July / 8.00pm Memorial Hall £15.00

UK Touring presents the 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR, EDITH PIAF, 19 December 1915 – 11 October 1963


Eve Loiseau sings the songs of Edith Piaf
with Fiona Barrow, violin + Murray Grainger, accordion

Edith Piaf has become synonymous with French Cabaret of the 1940s & 50s and remains France's most popular singer. Piaf's life was the stuff of legend, from her dramatic rise from Paris street urchin to star of international renown. Her life, however, was anything but ‘La vie en rose'. As the 50th anniversary of Piaf's death approaches, this powerful celebration comes from a company whose credentials include Kneehigh Theatre and Canteve Vocale.

‘all of Piaf's best-loved songs, each performed impeccably and with genuine emotion' (4-star) Broadway Baby

'Loiseau and her musicians are 5 star performers' the public reviews

www.piaf-the-songs.co.uk

SingaLongaShow

SingaLongaShow

with The London Pops Orchestra, two guest star West End Soloists and YOU as the chorus!
WEEK DATE/TIME LOCATION PRICE
3 Friday 2nd August / 8.00pm Memorial Hall £20.00


Sing your heart out, in an evening of fabulous Songs from Hit Broadway and West End Shows, accompanied by THE Orchestra for Entertainment - The London Pops Orchestra, and two special Guest West End Star soloists, rehearsed and conducted by West End Maestro, Ian McMillan.

Songsheets are provided to join heartily in numbers from Chicago, Oliver!, Mack and Mabel, The Sound of Music, Cats, The Phantom of The Opera, My Fair Lady, Joseph, Les Mis, and many, many, more!

www.londonpops.co.uk

Come dressed as your favourite character from a Musical to win a very special ‘showbiz' prize!

Marlborough College, Wiltshire SN8 1PA Telephone: 01672 892388