What's on in Peterborough this week - including a great new musical
Look out for a brand new musical packed with 60s hits, Peterborough Jazz Club, great theatre and more across the city this week.
Caroline: A New Musical at New Theatre, May 19-23
Caroline dreams of something more than stacking shelves at the local greengrocers. Her days are routine, but her nights come alive, walking the pier, sharing laughs with her best friend Mary, and spinning records with Robbie, her music-mad boyfriend who’s big on charm but short on direction. Featuring smash-hit music from the 60s, including The Kinks, the Spencer Davis Group, The Rolling Stones, The Four Tops, The Who, and Lulu.
Peterborough Jazz Club: Mark Nightingale Sextet
Key Theatre Studio, May 15
An all star sextet playing a full programme of jazz classics, led by two of the country’s foremost jazz musicians, Mark Nightingale (trombone) and Alan Barnes (saxophones).
With the addition of young jazz trumpet phenomenon James Davison this becomes a truly formidable front line.
The equally star-studded rhythm section comprises Graham Harvey on piano, Jeremy Brown on bass and Ian Thomas on drums.
Dial 1 for UK, Key Theatre Studio, May 14 Every night in New Delhi, Uday Kumar (UK) answers panicked calls to the Goldmine Crypto GB Helpline fantasising about being British himself, filling his YouTube channel with visions of a sophisticated new life of affluence, fish and chips and tea with the royals.
Peterborough Playgoers: Cluedo, Key Theatre Studio, May 20-23
On a dark and stormy night, six enigmatic guests are summoned to a secluded mansion for a dinner party with deadly secrets on the guest list. When their host is found murdered, suspicion grips the house and everyone has something to hide.
Men United in Song
Peterborough Cathedral, May 16
Join the project choir for a fantastic live performance featuring choral favourites, ballads and songs from the shows.
Supporting Prostate Cancer UK.
The Legend Of Barry White – Let The Music Play
The Cresset, May 15
Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist William Hicks also known as “the big man with the big voice” and his Soul Unlimited band.
Peterborough Local History Society
St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Netherton, tonight at 7.30pm
The speaker for the evening will be Society secretary Julie Nicholson, on the subject of “Barrett’s - the story behind Peterborough’s renowned emporium”. Visitors welcome, entry £3.
The Peterborough Art Society annual exhibition
St John’s Church, city centre, May 16-23
The exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to engage with the work of local artists and win a prize by voting for their favourite painting at the show! Open 10am-4pm weekdays.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo, New Theatre, until Saturday Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape.
KPOP Fantasy
The Cresset, May 17 (2pm)
A high-energy theatrical celebration of the global phenomenon that is K-pop inspired by the biggest K-pop moments from music, TV, and film.