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Southend Theatre Scene's Kim will be running the Brighton Marathon on 14th April raising money for the Alzheimer's Society - if you would like to donate to her JustGiving page, please click the link below! THANKS!
Bugsy Malone
Stage Production by Alleyn Court Preparatory School
Palace Theatre Westcliff on Sea
20th – Friday 22nd March 2019
Apply to perform on the Theatre Stage at The Village Green on July 13th 2019
​Click the pic to find out how!
REVIEW HERE
2019 is a special year for Dixon regulars Lindisfarne as they celebrate ten years of performance at this popular studio theatre, they came to the Dixon Studio back in February 2009 with Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and their 28th production will be:
 
ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN by Alan Ayckbourn
19th - 23rd March 2019
DAVID GRAY
Announces
New Album: Gold In A Brass Age – March 8, 2019
Twenty Four Date European Tour 2019 
inc. London’s Royal Festival Hall - Sun, 17 March
SOUTHEND'S CLIFFS PAVILION ON 20TH MARCH 2019
AN EVENING WITH
THE HAIRY BIKERS
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Friday 22nd March 2019
ALL ROUND TO THE HAIRY BIKERS’ FOR A NIGHT OF COOKING CONVERSATION WITH SI KING AND DAVE MYERS
Mike & The Mechanics, who have sold over ten million records worldwide – announce their 2019 nationwide ‘Looking Back Over My Shoulder Tour’  They will be stopping at Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 23rd March 2019 - find out more!
BRENDAN COLE
presents
‘SHOW MAN’
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
​Sunday 24th March 2019
We chat to Southend Operatic & Dramatic Society's Bonnie & Clyde director, Suzanne Walters along with Declan Wright and Sophie Cave who are playing the infamous bank robbers!
THE SCRIPT
ANNOUNCE INTIMATE UK DATES FOR MARCH 2019
INCLUDING A TEENAGE CANCER TRUST SHOW AT LONDON ROYAL ALBERT HALL
and SOUTHEND'S CLIFFS PAVILION on Wednesday 27th March 2019
Southend Shakespeare Company 
present
The Killing of Sister George
Dixon Studio, Palace Theatre, Westcliff on Sea
26th - 30th March 2019
Peter James' The House on Cold Hill comes to the Palace Theatre, Westcliff on Sea from the 1st to 6th April 2019 and will be starring Joe McFadden (Heartbeat, Holby, Strictly Come Dancing) and Rita Simons (Eastenders)
COMPETITION TIME!
​We have 2 pairs of tickets to give away!
THE FULL MONTY
​STARRING    GARY LUCY ANDREW DUNN    LOUIS EMERICK 
JOE GILL    KAI OWEN &    JAMES REDMOND
ABC
PERFORMING ‘THE LEXICON OF LOVE’ IN ITS ENTIRETY
APRIL 2019 UK TOUR
Sunday 7th April 2019
With the Southbank Sinfonia
Conducted by Anne Dudley
The Palace Theatre's Summer Youth Project are holding AUDITIONS on 7th April - click the pic below to find out more!
Ant Middleton, best known as the Chief Instructor for Channel 4’s hit shows, SAS : Who Dares Wins, Mutiny and Escape has announced a brand new fully immersive show for 2019, The Mind Over Muscle Tour which will be coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 9th April 2019
Our favourite Canadian comedian, Tom Stade, returns to Southend with the
'I Swear To' Tour
at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff on Sea
on the 12th April 2019
​INTERVIEW COMING SOON!
WIN TICKETS TO SEE LED ZEPPELIN MASTERS!
Marking fifty years since the release of Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album – and its follow-up, Led Zeppelin II - Australia’s celebrated live concert event Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin Masters will return to the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on 12th April!  Find out more!
LESLEY JOSEPH TO JOIN
THE AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL CALENDAR GIRLS
BY GARY BARLOW AND TIM FIRTH
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
23-27 April 2019​
Strictly Come Dancing’s very own Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec have confirmed they will be heading back out on tour in 2019 with their brand new show Remembering The Movies - stopping at Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 28th April 2019
​Little Theatre Company
bring 'The Greatest Show on Earth'
SIDE SHOW
to the Palace Theatre, Westcliff on Sea
1st - 4th May 2019
INTERVIEW WITH KAREN GIBSON - CONDUCTOR OF THE KINGDOM CHOIR HERE

ROYAL WEDDING GOSPEL SINGERS
THE KINGDOM CHOIR HEADING TO SOUTHEND'S CLIFFS PAVILION
THURSDAY, MAY 2nd 2019
Global audience of two billion watched The Kingdom Choir perform Stand By Me at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The Kingdom Choir are now to tour the UK
REGINALD D HUNTER
FACING THE BEAST UK TOUR
Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea
Sunday 5th May 2019
UB40 Announce First New Album In Five Years and 40th Anniversary Tour
coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 18th May 2019
Katherine Jenkins OBE announces the release of her new album, Guiding Light plus new 2019 Tour coming to the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on 21st May 2019!
​ANNE-MARIE
ANNOUNCES 2019 UK & IRELAND TOUR
THE BIGGEST UK DEBUT ARTIST OF THIS YEAR WILL BE COMING TO SOUTHEND'S CLIFFS PAVILION ON 23 MAY 2019!
INTERVIEW with HOWARD JONES
who will be coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion 
on Friday 24th May 2019
with special guests, China Crisis
Secret Affair are very proud to announce the 40th Anniversary Tour of the album Glory Boys
heading to Chinnerys, Southend on 24th May 2019
JUST A BOY AT 70
Leo Sayer heads home for a 25-date, UK Tour stopping off at the
Palace Theatre, Westcliff on Sea
31st May 2019
BBC Strictly Come Dancing favourite, Kevin Clifton, is set to headline the World’s leading Ballroom dance show, BURN THE FLOOR, when it tours the UK in 2019.  He will be heading to the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on 5th June 2019 with Strictly's Graziano Di Prima and Johannes Radebe! Read More!
INTERVIEW with KEVIN & GRAZIANO HERE
The original and the best classical cross over group of all time, Il Divo will return to the UK in 2019 with their Timeless Tour, which will see them perform all their greatest hits live. Coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 21st June
Tickets go on sale 23rd January for John Barrowman at the Cliffs Pavilion this June!
WOMAN TO WOMAN HEAD OUT FOR 2019 TOUR
Judie Tzuke, Beverley Craven and Julia Fordham 
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
20th June 2019
International Whitney Houston tribute show comes to Southend – ahead of West End return
Critically acclaimed international stage sensation Whitney - Queen of the Night
is heading to Southend on 3rd July
The first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s iconic musical GREASE will tour the UK and Ireland in 2019, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips and starring Peter Andre as Teen Angel at 2 dates when it comes to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion next July - find out more!
HERE COME THE BOYS
STRICTLY COME DANCING STARS ALJAŽ ŠKORJANEC, GIOVANNI PERNICE AND GORKA MARQUEZ ANNOUNCE 38-DATE TOUR FOR BRAND NEW SHOW ‘HERE COME THE BOYS’
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
​28th July 2019
Presale tickets will be available from ticketmaster.co.uk from 10.00am on Wednesday, 16th January
General tickets will go on sale at 10.00am on Friday, 18th January
The BAFTA Award-Winning CBeebies Children’s TV Show 
Returns to the Stage with a New Show and its First Major UK Theatre Tour
In the Night Garden Live
At
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
​10th and 11th August 2019
INTERVIEW
Aled Jones and Russell Watson will be at the
Cliffs Pavilion on the 23rd September
​Check out our fab interview with Aled Jones, who talks about how him and Russell got together for their very first duets album and how excited they are to be touring next year!
Two both hugely respected artistes in the world of classical music, but this is the first time they’ve created a record together, Aled Jones and Russell Watson announced their new album, In Harmony, which also coincides with the announcement of a UK Tour, coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 23rd September 2019
DIVERSITY
Presents
BORN READY
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR
CREATED BY ASHLEY BANJO
EXTRA DATES ADDED DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND
Sunday 13th October 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
LISA STANSFIELD 
ANNOUNCES
‘AFFECTION’ 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
Monday 21st October 2019
​Squeeze 
announce 2019 UK Tour
plus special guests HEAVEN 17
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
Sunday 27th October 2019
Happy Mondays
Announce Greatest Hits Tour For 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
1st November 2019
Tickets on sale Friday 22nd February at 10am
Presale Wednesday 20th February at 10am
Marillion with Friends from the Orchestra
Live in 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
​15th November 2019
From selling 5 million tickets worldwide to being in the midst of their 30th anniversary celebrations, The Australian Pink Floyd Show have announced a brand new tour for 2019 ‘All That You Love’, featuring classics from Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were here, Animals, The Wall and many more
coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 18th November 2019
Steve Hackett returns to the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend next year with his Genesis Revisited Tour 2019
​27th November 2019
TIM MINCHIN, award-winning comedian, actor and composer, will return to the stage for his first UK tour dates since 2011 heading to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion for 3 nights!! 28th, 29th and 30th November 2019
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN! 
ASHLEY BANJO AND DIVERSITY WILL IGNITE THE CLIFFS PAVILION STAGE IN ROBIN HOOD AND THE MERRY MEN!
Following their record-breaking Cliffs Pavilion pantomime debut in Aladdin last year, Ashley Banjo and Diversity are back to star in this year’s festive production of Robin Hood and the Merry Men. ​
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