Various, UK
Tossed together in 1984 on a ‘let’s see what we come up with’ basis for a Yuletide Radio 2 broadcast, what began as a one-off session in a village hall in Cumbria has endured for over twenty years and has become something of a tradition in its own right!
Fortunately it shows little danger of fossilization as both parties keep coming up with new ideas. The 2001 collaboration and fifth album, ‘Gold Frankincense and Myrrh’ introduced a good deal of Arabic and African-influenced music into the equation. The next project explored the lives of eighteenth century female soldiers and the ballads they inspired. For what comes after that, keep watching this space!
Dates:
Thurs 1st December Borough Theatre Abergavenny
Friday 2nd December Sundial Theatre Cirencester
Sat 3rd December Theatre Royal Margate
Sun 4th December Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Tue 6th December The Platform Morecambe
Wed 7th December Huddersfield Town Hall Huddersfield
Thurs 8th December ARC Stockton Arts Centre Stockton On Tees
Fri 9th December The Atkinson Southport
Sun 11th December Cast Doncaster – WITH CHOIR
Mon 12th December Majestic Theatre Retford
Tue 13th December Roses Theatre Tewkesbury
Wed 14th December Theatre Royal Winchester
Thurs 15th December St George’s Bristol
Fri 16th December St Mary In The Castle Hastings
Sun 18th December The Stables Milton Keynes
Mon 19th December Cadogan Hall London – WITH CHOIR
Tue 20th December The Apex Bury St Edmunds
Wed 21st December SJE St John’s The Evangelist Church Oxford
Thurs 22nd December Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham – WITH CHOIR