Jacob & Drinkwater

Join Jacob & Drinkwater as they celebrate 10 years of the duo with a UK tour throughout May & June 2024.

They first began performing together back in 2014. They have since released an EP, a live album, and two studio albums, taken in plaudits from BBC6 and BBC Introducing, performed at Glastonbury and toured extensively in the UK and Europe. With a core sound built around acoustic guitar, double bass and vocal harmonies their live show has been described as “intense and spellbinding” by Folk Radio UK, all its energy, musical chemistry and spontaneity drawing comparisons with the virtuosic pairing of John Martyn and Danny Thompson.

Their strongly folk influenced sound is full of vitality, dynamism and surprising musical departures. Jacob’s sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment; the fluidity and precision of his finger-picking underpinned by Drinkwater’s nimbly rhythmic double bass; at times sweetly soaring, haunting, percussive and driving, the layers of depth a perfect counterfoil. The added complement of stirring vocal harmonies nicely rounds off the mix.

       

With the duo now living 11,000 miles apart they only tour the UK once a year so catch them while you can!

‘they draw the audience into their world with a powerful mesmerising set.’ - FRUK

‘Exactly the kind of deep intense and brilliant thing we’ve come to expect from Jacob & Drinkwater’ -  BBC Music Introducing

‘more innovative explorations in songwriting’ - Fresh On The Net

“Inventive and thrilling” – R2: Rock n Reel

Tickets:General Admission £13

All ticket prices include a £1 booking fee

Accessible seating is available by calling the box office on 01404 384050, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Our bar will open 1 hour before the performance starts.

The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2023/24

ANDREA CHÉNIER

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Music Umberto Giordano

Conductor Antonio Pappano

Director David McVicar

Set Designer Robert Jones

Costume Designer Jenny Tiramani

Lighting Designer Adam Silverman

Movement Director Andrew George

Andrea Chénier Jonas Kaufmann

Maddalena Di Coigny Sondra Radvanovsky

Carlo Gérard Amartuvshin Enkhbat

Bersi Katia Ledoux

The Incredibile Alexander Kravets

Roucher Ashley Riches

Contessa Di Coigny Rosalind Plowright

Pietro Fléville William Dazeley

The Abbé Aled Hall

Madelon Elena Zilio

Major-Domo Simon Thorpe

Mathieu James Cleverton

Fouquier-Tinville Eddie Wade

Dumas Jamie Woollard

Schmidt Jeremy White

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Co-production with China National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing and San

Francisco Opera

Synopsis

At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned

denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror,

transforming the power balance between Chénier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gérard, the

man who could destroy him...

Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar’s spectacular staging, under the baton of long-

time collaborator Antonio Pappano – who conducts Giordano’s epic historical drama of

revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.

Running time 195 minutes (including one interval)

Tickets: Adults £17, Students £11

All tickets include a £1 booking fee

Accessible seating available by contacting the Box Office

The bar opens 1 hour before the performance starts

MY NATIONAL GALLERY

Directed by Phil Grabsky and Ali Ray

Running time 100 minutes

The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom? The power of great art lies in its ability to communicate with anyone, no matter their art historical knowledge, their background, their beliefs.

This film gives voice to those who work at the gallery – from cleaner to curator, security guard to director – who identify the one artwork that means the most to them and why. An assortment of people from all walks of life who have a strong connection to the gallery make surprising choices of both well-known and lesser-known artworks. Finally, some well-known celebrities explain what they head for when they visit the gallery.

These stories are used as a lens through which to explore the 200-year history of the National Gallery and what the future may hold for this spectacular space.

Everyone in this film has a special connection to the National Gallery, making for some heart-warming, moving and surprising stories.

Beloved celebrities, devoted staff members and world class experts come together to paint a unique portrait of this iconic British institution for its 200th birthday.

Tickets: General Admission £13.00

All ticket prices include a £1 booking fee

Accessible seating can be booked by calling the box office on 01404 384050

Our bar opens 1 hour before the screening begins