No Strapline

RICK WAKEMAN – THE PIANO PORTRAITS TOUR

Wednesday 22 November 2017

Currently celebrating his 50th year as a professional musician, keyboard player, songwriter and broadcaster, Rick Wakeman recently made chart history when his Piano Portraits album became the first solo piano album to enter the UK’s Top 10.

Initially inspired by the unprecedented reaction to his performance of David Bowie’s Life On Mars on BBC Radio 2 in early 2016, Piano Portraits features instrumental versions of hits Rick originally performed on (Space Oddity, Morning Has Broken & Wondrous Stories) as well of others specifically chosen for their wonderful melodies, including Stairway To Heaven, Help and Eleanor Rigby.

He has also added a selection of some of his favourite classical pieces (Berceuse, Clair de Lune and Swan Lake).

The show will include at least eight of the pieces on the album, plus other musical surprises, and all will be interspersed with hilarious anecdotes from this well-known and accomplished raconteur.

Rick’s one man shows are extremely popular and consistently sell out – a trend that looks likely to continue with the success of Piano Portraits.

http://www.rwcc.com

 

Approx Running Times
7.30pm – 9.40pm

Interval 8.25pm – 8.45pm

Wednesday 22 November 2017

Latest News

A shadowy figure stands in a doorway in the promotional image for The Haunting play

GHOST STORY THE HAUNTING TO FEATURE SPINE-TINGLING ILLUSIONS AND MAGIC PERFORMED IN-THE-ROUND

A thrilling supernatural tale from one of Britain’s best-loved authors The Haunting combines the essential hallmarks of a great Victorian ghost story…

Read Article >
News Article

BORDERLINES’ STRATHCROSS CELEBRATE THE BARD’S BIRTHDAY IN THEATRICAL STYLE

“For tea or not for tea, that is the question!” Strathcross, a community group for adults with learning difficulties, took to the…

Read Article >
News Article

NO LABOUR’S LOST FOR NEW VIC EDUCATION PRACTITIONER BECKY SALT AS SHE TOURS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY’S FIRST ENCOUNTERS: ROMEO AND JULIET AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

New Vic Education Practitioner and former New Vic Youth Theatre member Becky Salt is currently working with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)…

Read Article >