Lochside Theatre Junior Players

Zoom! & The Selfish Ladybird

Friday 6 & Saturday 7 June 7.30pm £5.00 (£4.00)

'Zoom!'

By Craig Hawes

Based upon The Tortoise and the Hare, Zoom is a sparkling musicalcomedy which retells the famous fable in an usual way.

Harvey Hare, wealthy business tycoon, is running for Mayor of Evergreen Valley, but his methods are rather underhand. When his small, shell-shuffling employee Toby Tortoise discoversthe truth, he challenges Harvey and the stage is set for the race of all time.

It 's a race between fast and slow, big and small, right and wrong...but who will win in the end?

'The Selfish Ladybird'

By Brendon Renwick and Anne Gibson

What is Lucinda Ladybird's secret?

a moral tale of Lucinda the ladybird who lives in a beautiful country garden. When she refuses to share a precious secret, she looses her ladybird friends. Lucinda goes in search of advice, discovering butterflies, grasshoppers, beetles and spiders along the way. Eventually she arrives at the bottom of the garden and listens to the wise words of an oak tree, who helps her to understand that sharing is the key to making friends and keeping them. Predictably, there is a happy ending !

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Backbeat Beatles

Thursday 23 October 7.30pm £12.00

The band was formed in 1994 by musician/actor Chris O'Neill inspired by his successful acting performance in the BAFTA Award winning Beatle film 'BACKBEAT'. The lads are all from the Liverpool area and have long shared a mutual admiration for The Beatles and had played alongside Chris in other bands previously.

Following numerous TV appearances and a country wide P.A. tour they were snapped up to appear in the highly successful 'Ultimate Tribute Show' late in 1994 which toured major UK theatres and cities.

1995 and 1996 saw their popularity increase with several UK and European tours of major venues including their own complete history of the Beatles show which toured Apollo theatres and appearances on The Big Breakfast. The Backbeat Beatles and Chris O'Neill himself has also been the subject of several articles in the press.

"The Backbeat Beatles are probably the nearest you will get to the real thing" The Daily Mirror.

"BACKBEAT is one of THE great 'rock n roll' movies ever. Chris O'Neill (George Harrison) shows he is as charismatic on stage as he is on screen" Empire.

The Backbeat Beatles don't just give a Beatles history lesson by preaching about song release dates and repeating every quip John Lennon ever made like other tribute bands do, which often leads to a very flat show. They perform with an energy and spontaneity that makes for a fun, enjoyable evening for everyone involved.

The Backbeat Beatles are undoubtedly the best Beatles tribute band on the circuit and have built up an unrivalled reputation. They were recently asked to perform at the Sporting Club of Monaco for the Forte International Hotels Conference, where they were received exceptionally well. The manager of the Sporting Club said they were the first band he has asked to do an encore in fifteen years! This is remarkable when you consider that top international stars have played there.

The Backbeat Beatles offer superb renditions of favourite Beatles hits from love Me Do through to Let It Be wearing both classic Beatles suits and full Sgt. Pepper regalia. Along With this, their excellent level of musicianship and irrepressible scouse wit and humour means that their success continues to spiral and their fan club is beginning to bulge at the seams!

It may have been "forty years ago today" but in 2007 their music has never been more relevant

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