Coventry & Warwickshire Cover May 2018 .qxp_Coventry & Warwickshire Cover 23/04/2018 18:32 Page 1 SHAZIA MIRZA PLAYS Your FREE essential entertainment guide for the Midlands WARWICK ARTS CENTRE COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE WHAT’S ON MAY 2018 2018 ON MAY WHAT’S WARWICKSHIRE & COVENTRY Coventry & Warwickshire ISSUE 389 MAY 2018 ’ WhatFILM I COMEDY I THEATRE I GIGS I VISUAL ARTS I EVENTSs I FOOD On warwickshirewhatson.co.uk inside: PART OF WHAT’S ON MEDIA GROUP GROUP MEDIA ON WHAT’S OF PART Yourthe 16-pagelist week by week listings guide MOUNTAINS... theatre to tantalise the tastebuds at the Belgrade TWITTER: @WHATSONWARWICKS TWITTER: @WHATSONWARWICKS MARMOZETS Knowing What You Know Now at Coventry’s Kasbah FACEBOOK: @WHATSONWARWICKSHIRE GET 40% OFF admission to the National Sea Life Centre! Voucher inside... WARWICKSHIREWHATSON.CO.UK (IFC) Warwickshire.qxp_Layout 1 23/04/2018 18:41 Page 1 Contents May Warwicks_Worcs.qxp_Layout 1 23/04/2018 15:04 Page 2 May 2018 Contents Under the sea - discover ‘what lies beneath’ at the region’s National Sea Life Centre - feature page 28 Fleabag Sari Schorr OperaUpClose the list Maddie Rice on stepping into A Force Of Nature from present a contemporary staging Your 16-page Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s shoes... across the pond... of Mozart’s final masterpiece... week-by-week listings guide feature page 8 page 17 page 24 page 51 inside: 4. First Word 11. Food 17. Music 20. Comedy 22. Theatre 36. Film 38. Visual Arts 43. 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We endorse the recycling of our magazine and would encourage you to pass it on to others to read when you have finished with it. All works appearing in this publication are copyright. It is to be assumed that the copyright for material rests with the magazine unless otherwise stated. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in an electronic system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recording or otherwise, without the prior knowledge and consent of the publishers. First Word Warwickshire May.qxp_Layout 1 23/04/2018 17:42 Page 1 Entertainment news from around the region Mountains of food in In-Sook Chappell’s new play Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre is this month presenting a new play telling the extraor- dinary story of the women behind famous Manchester restaurant Sweet Mandarin. Written by award-winning playwright In-Sook Chap- pell, Mountains - The Dreams Of Lily Kwok shows at the venue from Wednes- day 30 May to Sat 2 June. To find out more, visit bel- grade.co.uk Art on show both indoors The popular two- Conservatoire’s opening day community and outdoors at Croome event takes place in festival now under way The first two in a series of outdoor sculpture Sutton Park on Sat- Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s opening and indoor art exhibitions are currently on urday 30 June and festival is now under way. display within The Walled Gardens at Sunday 1 July. A 15 month-long event, the festival features Croome Court in Worcestershire. To purchase tickets, performances by, among many others, Sir One of the exhibitions comprises outdoor ring 0121 296 9543 Lenny Henry, Julian Lloyd Webber, Peter sculptures created by artists Simon Probyn or visit townhallsut- Donohoe, Nitin Sawhney and Jennifer Wal- and Diccon Dadey; the other is a celebration toncoldfield.co.uk she. The event’s programme also includes of the local Worcestershire landscape, as cap- the Flatpack Film Festival and the Super- tured by photographer Shirley Jones. sonic Festival. For more information, visit For more information about these and up- A pint of foaming science bcu.ac.uk/opening-festival coming exhibitions, visit croomewalledgar- please, landlord... dens.com Public science festival Pint Of Science is com- ing to Coventry for the first time this year, with experts from the universities of Warwick and Coventry talking about their research work in a selection of pubs and venues around the city. The event takes place from Monday 14 to Wednesday 16 May. More infor- mation is available at pintofscience.co.uk Replica LIVE! returns to Coventry Cathedral Ruins A live music show featuring tributes to Queen and Fleetwood Mac is returning to Coventry CBSO to perform outdoor Cathedral Ruins this month (Friday 11 May). fiesta programme The Replica LIVE! line-up also includes spe- cialist live karaoke band Rockaoke, who’ll The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra not only be performing themselves but also will perform an ‘outdoor fiesta’ programme offering audience members the chance to when they headline Sutton Coldfield’s 2018 take to the stage and belt out some numbers. Concerts In The Park celebration, with more For more information or to book tickets, visit performers set to be announced in the com- bit.do/Replica2018Coventry ing weeks. 4 whatsonlive.co.uk First Word Warwickshire May.qxp_Layout 1 23/04/2018 17:42 Page 2 First Word Gareth Malone kicks off UK tour at Warwick Arts... BAFTA-winning TV choirmaster Gareth Malone is visiting Coven- try’s Warwick Arts Centre on Sunday 27 May. Gareth will be joined by close harmony singers The Swingles to present a show combining ‘the feelgood, singalong ses- sions for which he’s known, with spectacular performances from some of the very best vo- calists in the business’. To book tickets, call 024 7652 4524 or visit warwickartscentre.co.uk Les Misérables heading back to the Midlands region The phenomenal Les Misérables is making a welcome return to Birmingham Hippodrome next year. Cameron Mackintosh’s hit musical, based on the novel by Victor Hugo and written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, will visit the Hurst Street venue from 2 April to 11 May. The part of Jean Valjean will be played by Killian Donnelly, who is currently starring in the role in the West End production. Coventry woman Les Mis has been seen by over 120 million people worldwide in 45 countries and 22 languages. in GB’s special The epic show features a raft of now-classic songs, including I Dreamed A Dream, On My Own, Stars, Bring Him Home, Do You Hear The People Sing?, One Day More, Empty Chairs At Empty Tables and Olympics team Master Of The House. Tickets for the show’s Hippodrome performances are on general sale from 21 A Coventry woman has beaten June and can be purchased by calling 0844 338 5000 or visiting birminghamhippodrome.com hundreds of other entrants to represent Great Britain at the Special Olympics World Sum- mer Games. Happy 90th Popular women’s cycling event pays a visit Gymnastic gold medallist Emily The Coventry to Warwickshire for the third time Crilly, 21, is one of six people se- Savoy Opera Soci- The OVO Energy Women’s Tour cycling event will next month visit Warwick- lected to represent her country ety is next month at gymnastics during next year’s shire for a third time (Friday 15 June). celebrating its games, which take place in Abu Starting in Market Square, Atherstone, the third stage of the race will weave 90th birthday by Dhabi in March. its way through the county on a 151k route that ends in Leamington Spa - mak- presenting a semi- ing the Warwickshire leg of the event the longest of the 2018 race. staged concert ver- Last year, the race was a huge success throughout the whole county, with an sion of Gilbert & estimated 95,000 spectators lining the streets. A total of 312,000 people Sullivan’s The watched coverage of the event Mikado. on ITV4, and it was broadcast in The performance more than 100 countries, includ- will take place on ing every country in Europe for Saturday 9 June at the first time. the Warwick Road For further information about United Reformed the Warwickshire stage of the Church in Coven- tour, including a detailed map of try. Tickets can be the route it will be taking, visit purchased by ring- warwickshire.gov.uk/womens- ing 07581 012773. tour. whatsonlive.co.uk 5 First Word Warwickshire May.qxp_Layout 1 23/04/2018 17:43 Page 3 First Word One for the ladies at Microscopic Warwick Racecourse magic from local Race-goers are being spurred on ‘to dress to artist Willard impress’ at this month’s Warwick Race- A Midlands artist who’s be- course’s Ladies Night, one of the region’s so- come internationally cial highlights of the year (Saturday 12 May). renowned for his micro- Commenting on the event, Andre Klein, Gen- scopic sculptures has created eral Manager of Warwick Racecourse, said: a beautiful ballerina for his “Ladies Night is one of our most popular fix- latest work.