Make a resolution to visit Blackpool's Grand Theatre in 2008 and you will experience everything from opera, ballet, plays, comedies, musicals, contemporary drama and dance to fun children's shows and of course pantomime!
Just announced, to top off an already eclectic and exciting 2008 programme at the Grand, is the smooth return of the Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas; the non-stop Motown party Dancing In The Streets; gory and fun kids favourite Horrible Histories, the rocking return of Solid Silver 60s, spooky psychic medium Colin Fry, outrageous A-list air-hostess Pam Ann and classical superstar Alfie Boe!
The sensational sound of Motown hits Blackpool's Grand in Dancing In The Streets from Monday 21st April to Saturday 26th April. Experience all the energy, the excitement, the emotion and the electricity of Motown in spectacular celebration of classic music from the heart of the Motor City – Detroit!
Featuring the classic hits I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Baby Love, My Girl, Dancing in the Streets, Shop Around, I'll Be There, Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours, Please Mr Postman and Tracks of My Tears. You'll be dancing in the aisles! Tickets from £10.50, Kids come face to face with history at its most horrible with Horrible Histories on Tuesday 29th April and Wednesday 30th April.
Using actors and ground-breaking 3D special effects, this thrilling adaptation of Terry Deary's famous books make historical figures and events from the Tudor and Victorian periods come alive on stage. See the legends (and the lies!) of the torturing Terrible Tudors, find out the fate of Henry Vlll's headless wives & dodge the Spanish Armada's cannon balls which seem to shoot straight out over your head! Discover how the Vile Victorians survived the filth of the 19th century factories and the misery of the mines.
Its slums and sewers, ghosts and graveyards all the way plus some seriously silly music hall songs and take part in the charge of the Light Brigade too! These are the bits of history your teacher never tells you! Tickets from £9, From Monday 5th May to Saturday 10th May 2008 the Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas slides into town. This spectacular production celebrates the incredible talent of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr & Dean Martin - three world famous entertainers and performers who produced some of the finest music and song that has ever been recorded. With a talented cast and 15-piece orchestra, take a trip back to the glamorous, hot, glitzy nights of Las Vegas in the 50s and 60s. Experience Frank, Sammy & Dean's world famous classic recordings and more in this sensationally staged production that brings the music and lives of these legendary characters together again.
Experience An Evening of Clairvoyance with Psychic Medium Colin Fry on Friday 16th May. Colin's extraordinary psychic abilities and communication with the two worlds continues to give fascinating and foolproof revelations and indisputably accurate facts from the other side. Colin uses his gifts on two levels: Mediumship - to receive information from those who have passed over and Soul to Soul - which provides life guidance to others using psychic intuition. Colin believes his vocation is to comfort those who need to hear or understand that a friend or loved one or someone they cared about still exists. Death is not enough to separate people who love each other. Tickets from £18
The UK's original and premier 60s show makes its rocking return on Monday 12th May. The Solid Silver 60s Show brings together the unforgettable talents of 60s superstars Gerry & The Pacemakers, Swinging Blue Jeans, Dave Berry and very special guests Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick And Tich! Enjoy Gerry & The Pacemakers' How Do You Do It, I Like It, and famous Liverpool anthem You'll Never Walk Alone. The Swinging Blue Jeans' Hippy Hippy Shake, Good Golly Miss Molly, Don't Make Me Over and It's Too Late Now. Dave Berry performs his classic hits The Crying Game, Little Things, and Memphis Tennessee and Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick And Tich bring back Hold Tight, Bend It, Zabadak and the chart-topper Legend of Xanadu. Tickets from £19
Pam Ann – Terror at 41,000 Feet jets into the Grand on Sunday 25th May. Written and performed by Caroline Reid, wickedly caustic comic Pam Ann is back! Whatever happened to the golden age of flying? When the ladies always wore a heel, donned their finest couture and had hairdos so big they could barely get on board. In those days passengers would sit in the cockpit drinking champagne with the captain en-route to LA. The only exciting thing about flying these days is the thought that we may not all get off the plane alive! Where's the glamour? Where's the fun? It's here – Pam Ann, the A-list air-hostess to the stars is back with an hilarious new show which she promises will bring the thrill back to flying. Ticket prices to be confirmed
Classical superstar Alfie Boe wowed audiences earlier this month when he joined the Salvation Army Band in seasonal song. The Fleetwood-born tenor will return to the Grand in 2008 to give a thrilling concert for his many local and regional fans. Dates and ticket prices to be confirmed. -- www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
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