Name: Betty Bannerman Award for French Song - Sophie Akka
Start: 2026-10-16T15:00:00
Location: Clonter Opera Theatre

Sophie Akka

Clonter Opera Theatre

Friends & Patrons Evening

The Easy Rollers return to Clonter as part of their 10th Anniversary tour. Delighting audiences with their enormous repertoire of own songwriting and arrangements, The Easy Rollers are a septet who embody the famed spirit and consummate virtuosity of today’s booming British jazz scene and bring it straight back to the music’s roots in 1920s and ’30s Harlem.

The Easy Rollers

Jive Talkin’ is the premier Bee Gees tribute show and the only one that once performed live with the original Bee Gees. Supported by a superb four-piece band, the performance delivered by brothers Gary (Barry) and Darren (Maurice) Simmons, and Darren’s son Jack (Robin), create a ‘soundalike’ quality that is almost indistinguishable from the original Bee Gees. This show leaves audiences singing and smiling long after the show is over.

Goosfest - JIVE TALKIN'

Sophie Akka, winner of the Betty Bannerman Award for French Song 2025, established for students at the Royal Northern College of Music, will give a recital in the neighbouring Clonterbrook Music Room.

Betty Bannerman Award for French Song - Sophie Akka

A love letter in song, Camille celebrates dear friend Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O’Connor, David Bowie, Radiohead, Brel, Nick Cave and more. Chameleon-like on stage, each song has a different character with its story to tell. Camille with long-time collaborator Feargal Murray has created an intimate, heartfelt show with a little bit of joyful, mad chaos as her life unravels, capturing the honest response to those much loved and lost.

Loveletter - Camille O'sullivan

Arguably the most popular event in Clonter’s annual operatic calendar, the Opera Gala consists of a variety of well-loved opera arias, duets and ensembles, and some musical theatre numbers, in a well-established operatic prelude to Christmas, and is ideal for anyone who has not been to an opera before, but would like to dip their toe in the water, before committing to a full-blown one. Each item is set into context, so no prior knowledge is necessary.

Opera Gala

Hailed as one of the world’s greatest gospel choirs, the London Adventist Chorale returns by popular request, to perform their annual Christmas special at Clonter.