5 of the best
Your guide to events you must not miss this week
Scarborough Jazz Club 1
The Cask, Ramshill, Wednesday, March 6, doors open at 7.45pm Scarborough Jazz Club welcomes back the Gaz Hughes Trio. Riding on the success of their 2023 UK tour, the trio showcases eight original compositions from their latest album Nuclear Bebopalypse.
They pay homage to jazz legends, blending heritage with a modern twist that strikes the perfect balance between tradition and innovation. The tunes draw their influences of pianists Horace Silver and Bud Powell and a touch of Ellington too, but these are reference points and the compositions stand on their own merits. With three acclaimed albums under his belt, Gaz Hughes has established himself as one of the premier jazz drummers in the UK. The trio also features Andrzej Baranek on keyboard and Ed Harrison on bass.
Minimum £5 donation on door
Fascinating Aïda – the 240th
Anniversary Show Scarborough Spa, Friday, March 1 at 7.30pm
Celebrating 40 years on the road, Dillie, Liza and Adèle, Britain’s raciest and sassiest musical cabaret trio, are bringing their new show to town.
Uniquely charming, with diamond-sharp satire, filthy, hilarious, belligerent, political, poignant and outrageous, the indomitable trio are still the mistresses of their craft. Marking this astonishing milestone, the show will feature muchloved favourites and some wickedly hilarious new songs.
Tickets: 01723 376774 3Scarborough Spa, Saturday, March 2 from 7pm
Get on the dancefloor as Stephanie Hirst's Belters delivers the finest dance anthems of the 1990s and 2000s.
Chance to dance the night away.
Tickets: 01723 376774
Stephanie Hirst's Belters The Light House by Alys
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Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, Thursday, February 29 at 7.45pm
A real-life story of falling in love and staying in love, even when the lights go out and you're lost in the dark. It’s a love letter to life.
Join the emergency response as we dance in the kitchen, sing in the streets and try to turn the lights back on. Tickets: 01723 370541 and www.sjt. uk.com 5Rutter: Shakespeare's Royals Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, Friday, March 1 at 7.30pm
Join Barrie Rutter for one night only in this new show celebrating the Bard's Kings and Queens – their achievements, conquests and foibles – with anecdotes and memories from a career of playing and directing
Shakespeare's Royals. Tickets: 01723 370541 and www.sjt.uk.com
Oh! What a Lovely War 6Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, Wednesday, March 6 to Saturday, March 9
Wildly satirical, visually stunning and deeply moving, it’s the musical that revolutionised modern theatre; an exhilarating, noholds-barred assault on the military incom petence and incon ceivable disregard for human life the First World War has come to represent. Brimming with songs, razorsharp satire and high jinks, Oh! What A Lovely War is a hilarious, heart-breaking snapshot of life for those caught in the crossfire of conflict, a unanimous voice from the trenches war. Tickets: 01723 370541