Guitar Virtuoso John Etheridge at the Cheltenham Playhouse Theatre

Sunday 14 April 2013
The Playhouse Theatre, Bath Road

The Venue Jazz Club continues its thrilling program of events at The Cheltenham Playhouse on Sunday 14th April and are bringing in one of the country’s top jazz guitarists, John Etheridge to the theatre. John, rightly enjoys a glowing reputation throughout the jazz world and beyond and has been described by American legend Pat Metheny as, "One of the best guitarists in the world". He is a prodigiously gifted and creative player whose approach to music can only be described as 'eclectic' as he refuses to accommodate or even acknowledge artificial musical boundaries. John’s range is well illustrated by his years of touring and recording with the iconic violinist Stephane Grappelli while simultaneously doing likewise with the legendary jazz-fusion group, The Soft Machine. John is equally at home on acoustic and electric guitar and his willingness to engage with so many styles is matched by his ability to excel in any of them. He has played with John Williams, Yehudi Menuhin, Dizzie Gillespie, Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe, Nigel Kennedy, Pat Metheny, Birelli Lagrene, Barney Kessel, Vic Juris and countless others. John will be appearing giving a unique up close and personal performance at The Cheltenham Playhouse.

Tickets: £12 Telephone: 01242 522852

THE JERRY LEE LEWIS STORY

19 April 2013
The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham

Starring the sensational Peter Gill, this exhilarating show tells the story of the first wild man of rock and without doubt rock 'n' roll’s most exciting performer. From his meteoric rise to fame through hits such as ‘Great Balls of Fire’ and ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ to his equally as fast fall from grace when he married his 13 year old cousin, back to his reinstatement as one of music’s biggest names with his triumphal return to the top in the mid 1960s when he performed at The Star Club in Hamburg. Featuring more than 20 of 'The Killer’s' greatest hits, performed with an energy that Jerry himself would have been proud of.

Box Office: 01242 258002

Cheltenham Connect Swishing Evening

17 April 2013
The Tivoli, 34 Andover Road Cheltenham GL50 2TJ 

Cheltenham Connect is holding a Swishing (clothes swapping) evening to enable women to "create a new look for less". The concept is simple: attendees bring at least three items of clothing or accessories and are given credits which they 'spend' on new items brought by other attendees, while their previously loved items go to a new owner. There will also be a Trendwatch talk on "What's hot for summer?' from image consultant Nicki Price. A designated fitting area and mirrors will be available and alternations can be arranged if needed.

The event takes place on Wednesday 17th April upstairs at the Tivoli from 6.45pm. Money raised will be split between Cheltenham Connect's community initiatives and local charity Cotswold Care Hospice, who will also take any clothes left over at the end of the evening. Tickets cost £10 including a free drink. For more information please visit www.cheltenhamclothesswap.weebly.com or email Karen Wilson on karen@cheltenhamconnect.co.uk

Mr Maugham at Home - Coming Soon To Cheltenham Playhouse

8 - 11 May 2013
Cheltenham Playhouse

Anthony Smee (The English Patient, Star Wars, Channel 4’s The Queen) delivers the performance of a lifetime in this hugely entertaining one man drama of the life of William Somerset Maugham written by Anthony Curtis.

Bridging Oscar Wilde and James Bond, Somerset Maugham wrote almost to his dying day aged 91 in December 1965. Fabulous wealth flowed from his books and plays and he became the interwar toast of Hollywood, Broadway and the West End. The Razors Edge, Of Human Bondage, The Painted Veil, The Letter and Rain are just a handful of his classic novels and short stories. Playwright Anthony Curtis, brings the panorama of Somerset Maugham's life to the stage with an extraordinary performance by Anthony Smee; the stricken child, the student in Heidelberg, the doctor in Lambeth’s slums, the struggling writer in Paris, the stretcher-bearer on Flanders’ fields and, incredibly, the international spy. Finally, after glittering success, the tragedy of a life ending in misery, paranoia and social opprobrium.

Mr Maugham at Home can next be seen at The Cheltenham Playhouse on 8th,9th,10th & 11th May 2013
Box office: 01242 522 852