Bristol

Show Time, Downend

What is it: At each session we show a DVD from the great days of musical comedy.

When is it: Generally twice a month on Thursdays, curtain up at 2pm prompt

Where is it: Castle Suite, Badminton Gardens, Beaufort Rd, Downend BS16 6UE

For more detail please see the Annual Bulletin, latest News Sheet or click on 'send a message' above to contact the convener.

Just turn up with your card; Easy access; No dedicated Parking - may find some nearby; 5 mins to bus stop

Updated 23/7/18 BC

Dates for your Diary
Thu Nov 1st LAND OF SMILES - Captivating film version of Lehar's beloved operetta particularly famous for the song "You are my heart's delight", with René Kollo & Dagmar Koller (100 mins)
Thu Nov 15th OKLAHOMA! - Rodgers & Hammerstein's first, and possibly best, collaboration. A story of frontier life combining tender romance and violent passion. (145 mins)
Thu Nov 29th THE MIKADO - Jonathan Miller's wacky and very funny production of the Gilbert & Sullivan favourite for English National Opera, with Felicity Palmer, Eric Idle, Richard van Allen, etc (130 mins)
Thu Dec 13th DIE FLEDERMAUS - Johann Strauss's masterpiece in a production for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden with Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey & Benjamin Luxon (176 mins)
Thu Jan 3rd CHICAGO - Six Academy Awards including Best Picture for this musical gangster movie set in the Jazz age of the 1920s with Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones & Richard Gere (103 mins)
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