Forthcoming Events around Southend
(1 to 10 of 99 Events)
Beecroft Art Gallery Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7RA
Saturday, 9 January 2010 - Saturday, 3 April 2010
For Richer, For Poorer – 200 Years of Wedded Bliss – Exhibition of Costumes. The Beecroft re-opens its doors on 9 January with a wonderful display of wedding costumes dating back over a two hundred years. Southend Museums Service has a very fine collection of historic costumes, housed and cared for at the Beecroft Art Gallery and now there is a chance to see a selection of these donations, some on public view for the first time.
Focal Point Gallery Southend Central Library, 2nd Floor, Victoria Avenue, Southend, Essex, SS2 6EX
Monday, 11 January 2010 - Saturday, 20 March 2010
Tris Vonna-Michell
‘No more racing in circles — just pacing within lines of a rectangle’
11 January to 20 March 2010
Tris Vonna-Michell has recently risen to prominence for his photo-installations and story-telling actions, and it is fair to say that he is now regarded as one of the leading performance artists of his generation. Originally hailing from the greater Southend-on-Sea conurbation (Vonna-Michell was born in Rochford and brought up on the border of Westcliff-on-Sea and Leigh-on-Sea) much of the artist’s work refers to the social and political histories of Detroit, Berlin, Leipzig or the Cold War, yet also contain cognitive relapses back into his formative years in Essex. One could say that this new project in Southend questions the nature of periphery, margin and centre, and effectively maps important events in world history onto ideas of the personal within a local framework. Aside from this reflective sense of regionalism, ideas around travelogue, the recording of experience and memory, and its re-contextualisation in the gallery and library.
Southend Central Library Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6EX
Friday, 12 March 2010 14:00 to 16:00
‘How to Speak Essex’ with Martin Farrell from the Essex Sound Archive.
12 March 2-4pm. Southend Central Library
This event is set to mark the rich cultural diversity of Essex and Southend. Martin is offering a great talk on local dialects and oral history. Be sure to book a place!
Palace Theatre 430 London Road, Southend, Essex, SS0 9LA
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Britain’s greatest drummer Pete Cater presents an evening of Buddy Rich’s music.
Britain’s original king of swing drumming, Jack Parnell says, “A simply terrific band, and nobody could do a better tribute to Buddy Rich than Pete Cater”.
With accolades like this lovers of swinging big band jazz played by the award winning Pete Cater big band will enjoy a great concert. The arrangements are exactly the same as those played by the Buddy Rich Big Band and highlights will include ‘Love for Sale’, ‘Norwegian Wood’ and the classic show stopping medley from ‘West Side Story’.
Southend Central Library Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6EX
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Southend Library are holding a Chinese Language and Culture course, running for ten weeks commencing Saturday January 30th from 10.30am.
The weekly sessions will teach basic spoken Mandarin Chinese, covering a wide range of topics and will concentrate on speaking Chinese rather than reading and writing. There will also be an introduction to Chinese culture as part of each weekly session.
Cliffs Pavilion Station Road, Southend, Essex, SS0 7RA
Saturday, 13 March 2010 16:30
The UK’s original and premier 60s show is back celebrating 25 sensational years!
Bringing together the unforgettable talents of Dave Berry, Mike Pender, Brian Poole, Peter Sarstedt all backed by Vanity Fare with The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Troggs.
Expect all your favourite 60s hits including The Crying Game, Little Things, Sweets for My Sweet, Needles & Pins, Twist and Shout, Do You Love Me, Where Do You Go To My Lovely, Frozen Orange Juice Wild Thing, Love is All Around, Hippy Hippy Shake , Good Golly Miss Molly and many more.
13 Mar 10 4:30 pm
13 Mar 10 8:00 pm
Cliffs Pavilion Station Road, Southend, Essex, SS0 7RA
Sunday, 14 March 2010 19:30
Director: Stephanie Gonley
Soloist: Freddy Kempf, piano
Programme: HANDEL Water Music Suite No.1
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.2 in Bb major, Op.19
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ELGAR Salut d’amour: Chanson du Matin, Chanson du Nuit
SCHUBERT Symphony No.5 in Bb, D.485
We are very pleased to welcome back to the Cliffs Pavilion the English Chamber Orchestra with one of this country’s most popular pianists, Freddy Kempf. The programme begins with Handel’s much-loved Water Music which will be followed by the second of Beethoven’s five great piano concertos performed by Freddy Kempf. After a set of Elgar’s salon music the concert will end with a performance of Schubert’s stirring Symphony No.5.
Palace Theatre 430 London Road, Southend, Essex, SS0 9LA
Monday, 15 March 2010 - Saturday, 20 March 2010
The boys are back in town! To celebrate 70 years of the Home guard Dad’s Army is returning to the stage with a brand new adaptation of the classic sitcom.
Leslie Grantham will be putting his best foot forward as Pte. Walker, while Timothy Kightly who rightly won handsome praise from the critics, will reprise his role as Capt. Mainwaring.
The play features classic episodes hand-picked by legendary writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft and includes adaptations of their own personal favourites, Branded and Mum’s Army.
15 Mar 10 8:00 pm
16 Mar 10 8:00 pm
17 Mar 10 8:00 pm
18 Mar 10 2:30 pm
18 Mar 10 8:00 pm
19 Mar 10 8:00 pm
20 Mar 10 2:30 pm
20 Mar 10 8:00 pm
Cliffs Pavilion Station Road, Southend, Essex, SS0 7RA
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 20:00
Following last year’s sell-out tour and sensational performances on ‘The Royal Variety Performance’, ‘Live At The Apollo’, and ‘Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow’, the Welsh Wonder is back on the road with a brand new show.
Last year, he punched a shop-assistant over the duvet tog-rating system and went berserk over a mince pie. Stung by accusations that he over-reacts, this year Rhod sets out on an emotional rollercoaster of a journey to discover the truth. Is he, as he believes, a visionary in a sea of closed minds, or has he, as everyone else believes, got anger-management problems?
Southend Civic Centre Victoria Avenue, Southend, Essex, SS2 6ER
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 12:15 to 13:00
For Richer, For Poorer - 200 Years of Wedded Bliss
Tris Vonna-michell 
A Very Special Tribute to the Buddy Rich Band
The Solid Silver 60'S Show