autumn at colston hall Colston-Hall_seasons_autumn_pocket-planner_5jt.indd 1 13/07/2016 14:34 02 | 0844 887 1500 supporters We would like to thank our sponsors and funders for their support principal sponsors major sponsors trusts corporate partners in kind support pp02-03_LOGOS_2re.indd 2 13/07/2016 13:53 www.colstonhall.org | 03 sponsors If you would like to find out more about supporting Colston Hall, please contact Development on 0117 204 7176 or email [email protected] pp02-03_LOGOS_2re.indd 3 13/07/2016 13:53 04 | 0844 887 1500 on sale now 3 little pigs monteverdi 450 families classical wed 24 – sun 28 aug wed 12 apr, mon 8 may 11am & 2pm, £13 incl. bf, groups & sun 28 may 2017 of 10+ £11.83 incl. bf, over 3s 7.30pm, premium ticket £64.99, £55, £45, £25, £15, u25s £8.50, u18s £1 incl. bf, series discount available Maestro Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir present a landmark semi-staged series of Monteverdi’s three surviving operas – Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, I’Incoronazione di Poppea From the award-winning writers of the and L’Orfeo – to mark the composer’s international smash hits Mary Poppins 450th birthday. Together with his choir and Honk! comes a “great big little and period instrument ensemble plus a West End show” for audiences of three stellar cast of soloists including Krystian years old and up. He can huff and puff Adam, Hana Blažíková, Kangmin until the cows comes home, but will the Justin Kim, Lucile Richardot, and Furio big bad wolf get the better of the three Zanasi, Sir John Eliot Gardiner will take little superstar piglets in this brand new the audience on a voyage through nail- retelling of the classic story? Full of biting myth and murky Roman history. catchy songs, jokes and japes for little Colston Hall is thrilled to be presenting ones and parents alike, this endearing the UK premiere of these operas, with musical will leave you squealing with other venues on the tour including glee and howling with laughter. Venice, Lucerne, Barcelona and Paris. We’re announcing Discover new shows all groundbreaking the time artists and comedians in Don’t miss out on tickets to see your favourite The Lantern – artists – hear about new shows before they look out for go on sale by signing up to our weekly e-news. the Sign up at www.colstonhall.org pp_pages_6je.indd 32 13/07/2016 14:53 www.colstonhall.org | 05 bellatrix sun 18 sep p08 september ch_Planner#13_SEPT_8je.indd 5 13/07/2016 11:31 06 | 0844 887 1500 pajama men 2 man, 3 musketeers comedy “Sketches and silliness abound” fri 2 sep (ThreeWeeks) as the shape-shifting US duo attempt the lantern, start 8pm, to stage an epic romance novel in under an hour. £16.13 incl. bf “With little more than a couple of chairs and the considerable musical talents of Kevin Hume, over 16s, seated show they have created a rollicking and often hilarious adventure through the intrigues of 17th-century France” (Broadway Baby). “It's hard not to feel nostalgic listening to the easy musical chemistry between the principals” The Guardian the jayhawks Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Tim O’Reagan rock and pop and Karen Grotberg perform material sat 3 sep from the Jayhawks’ new album, Paging Mr Proust. the lantern, start 8pm, It’s their first batch of new material since 2011’s sold out Mockingbird and was co-produced by Louris, REM’s Peter Buck and Tucker Martine (My standing show Morning Jacket). New music in The Lantern sponsored by daniel Donegal’s beloved crooner returns to the stage o’donnell following the release of his new album, The Hank Williams Songbook, in which he covers some of light entertainment the country and western star’s best-loved tracks. It fri 9 sep follows a great run of form for Daniel who, in 2012, start 7.30pm, £45.69, became the first artist to have a different album in £42.46 incl. bf the UK charts every year for 25 consecutive years. ch_Planner#13_SEPT_8je.indd 6 13/07/2016 11:31 www.colstonhall.org | 07 bristol doors We are delighted to once again be taking part open day in Doors Open Day on Saturday 10 September. We will be conducting pre-bookable tours of our community historic cellars and backstage areas, which will be sat 10 sep one of your final chances to see them before we 10am – 4pm, free close for redevelopment in spring 2018. “Great songwriting has always made Keating stand out … the vocalist more than satisfied the fanatical audience” The AU ronan keating Ronan Keating calls Time of My Life “my best rock and pop yet”, describing the songs as “very optimistic and sun 11 & mon 12 sep positive”. The lead track, Let Me Love You, was start 7.30pm, £37.63 released at the beginning of this year and sees incl. bf the superstar take his music in an acoustic folk direction. jason manford, stand out – stand up for slapstick jack dee & co. Big names abound at the sixth annual fundraising event in aid of Slapstick Festival. Jason Manford comedy returns to his day job following a stint on the wed 14 sep stage playing Leo Bloom in The Producers. He’s start 7.30pm, £29.50 joined by the spectacularly sardonic Jack Dee, BBC incl. bf Radio 4 regular Susan Calman and “cynical, over- over 14s analytical … thought-provoking” (Manchester Evening News) comedian Richard Herring. ch_Planner#13_SEPT_8je.indd 7 13/07/2016 11:31 08 | 0844 887 1500 jesu/sun kil “Kozelek hasn’t necessarily ‘gone metal’ here, but moon he’s definitely using his voice in different ways,” says Pitchfork of the collaborative album between rock and pop Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) and Justin Broadrick fri 16 sep (aka Jesu and co-founder of industrial metal band start 8pm, £26.88 Godflesh). It is a “record driven by love”, says incl. bf Consequence of Sound. over 16s “The Godfather, almost indisputably, stands as one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time” Daily Review the godfather with manchester camerata live Considered by many as the greatest film of all time, we screen The Godfather with classical Manchester Camerata providing a live orchestral sun 18 sep accompaniment. See Pacino and Brando start 7.30pm, VIP performing the film-adapted masterpiece of Mario £64.50, £51.06, Puzo’s best-selling novel, alongside the spine- £40.31 incl. bf tingling sound of a full live orchestra reinforcing over 15s the tension throughout Nino Rota’s score. bellatrix with eva lazarus & the afronauts and china bowls rock and pop sun 18 sep The world champion beatboxer, double bassist and the lantern, start 8pm, singer treats us to a multi-tasking show in which adv. £12.90 incl. bf she loops, sings, plays and, of course, beatboxes as she explores genres, timbres and sounds. In support over 16s, standing show is Eva Lazarus & The Afronauts and China Bowls. New music in The Lantern sponsored by ch_Planner#13_SEPT_8je.indd 8 13/07/2016 11:31 www.colstonhall.org | 09 ahir shah machines comedy “Passionate, poetic and powerfully funny” tue 20 sep (The List) stand up Ahir Shah wants to believe in a the lantern, start 8pm, future where democracy flourishes and technology £13.44 incl. bf liberates us from work. But he’s anxious about the state of the world after getting caught up in the seated show Paris attacks. His is a “potent and articulate comic voice” (The Scotsman) – and one “that’s well worth listening to” (The Guardian). “This five-piece Irish-American supergroup have become a phenomenon” The Guardian the gloaming “The Gloaming are that rarity: a folk band who folk manage to be classy, original and commercial,” says wed 21 sep The Guardian. The Irish-American quintet released start 7.30pm, £25.50 their self-titled debut in 2014 and were awarded incl. bf rave reviews across the board, The Sunday Times calling it “thoroughly polished” and Songlines saying it was “brilliantly innovative”. an evening with special guest sam gleaves with peggy “She may be folk royalty, but there’s nothing either reverent or nostalgic about this joyous seeger and intimate performer,” enthused The Guardian folk following Peggy Seeger’s show last summer. thu 22 sep Everything Changes, her 2014 album, is “a triumph”, the lantern, start 8pm, says Music OMH. adv. £16.50 incl. bf seated show New music in The Lantern sponsored by ch_Planner#13_SEPT_8je.indd 9 13/07/2016 11:31 10 | 0844 887 1500 tcha budapest gypsy orchestra limberger Bursts of soaring musical tragedy from multi-instrumentalist Tcha Limberger and his jazz orchestra of hand-picked musicians from Budapest. sat 24 sep Csardas, verbunks and laments “as intoxicating the lantern, start 8pm, as a vintage dessert wine” (Songlines) will be £19.35, conc. £16.13 performed in true Hungarian gypsy band style, as incl. bf the musicians switch between passionate intensity seated show and smouldering pathos. “Urram is bold, it's imaginative and it's a thrill to listen to” Folk Radio karen On her 2015 album, Urram, Karen matheson Matheson worked with Seckou Keita and Soumik Datta to give her collection of all-Gaelic folk material “some unique and wonderful twists mon 26 sep and turns” (Folk Radio). “This is the voice of the lantern, start 8pm, Capercaillie exploring and revisiting her roots,” adv. £17.20 incl. bf says Herald Scotland. seated show New music in The Lantern sponsored by graham parker with steven wilson jnr & brinsley Graham Parker and Brinsley Schwarz have worked together since 1975, forming the band schwarz Graham Parker and The Rumour.