I’ve just turned 50, the kids have left home and my cat has just died.

The Madness frontman takes to the stage in an hilarious, yet moving, one man tour de force playing to rave reviews. The death of Suggs’ beloved cat on his fiftieth birthday triggers a personal quest to discover what happened to the father he never knew. Stunned by what he learns, Suggs is taken back to his childhood on the tough streets of the 1970’s Soho and his first appearance on ‘Top of the Pops’ at the age of 18. Is it a play? Is it standup comedy? Is it Music Hall? Whatever it is hold on to your seats as Suggs goes on to stumble and plummet through the trap door of failure. Then trampoline back to catch the passing trapeze of show business success.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2qiCW2l378&feature=player_embedded

With musical accompaniment and uncalled for interjection from

Deano his loyal manservant-cum-pianist.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz18f

Heritage Opera kicks off the 2013 season with a perennial favourite.

What do you do if the girl you love is locked up all day by her over-protective guardian? You might enlist the help of the local ‘fixer’, a dodgy barber called Figaro, who suggests that you try a series of ridiculous disguises to gain access to your beloved. It turns out that the simple solution is never the best one in Rossini’s madcap opera, full of fabulous melodies, crazy characters and zany situations.

 Heritage Opera present The Barber of Seville, set in 18^th century Seville, sung in a brand new English Translation, and accompanied by the five-piece Heritage Opera Ensemble.