The world's best-loved nursery rhyme comes to life just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pam Adams' best-selling book!

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

The Haymarket

Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Have I Got News for You, and QI, Kiri Pritchard-McLean has had a busy few years. As well as hosting Live at the Apollo, fronting the Radio 4 panel show Best Medicine, and starting a comedy school, she's become a foster parent.

Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Neighbours star Ryan Moloney (AKA, Toadie Rebecchi) is heading on the road for his exclusive solo tour, Toad on the Road.

Toad on the Road

Spend an evening in the company of Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE – "the world's greatest living explorer" – as he goes beyond his record-breaking achievements to explore the man behind the myth.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

The Anvil

As the singer, co-writer, and frontman of Go West, Peter Cox has enjoyed a career spanning four decades, and has been behind huge songs such as We Close Our Eyes, Call Me, Don't Look Down, and Goodbye Girl.

Peter Cox

Originally hailing from the high desert of Northern New Mexico, Cahalen Morrison has made a name for himself over the past decade touring solo, as a duo with Eli West, or with his roadhouse country band Western Centuries.

Cahalen Morrison

She's back! Expect exhilarating swing from award-winning jazz vocalist and long-time Radio 2 and Jazz FM broadcaster Clare Teal and her marvellous band, who return with a fabulous new show celebrating the hits and hidden gems of the Great American and British Songbooks, plus contemporary covers and originals. The concert will also include favourites from her DVD, The Fireside Sessions.

Clare Teal Five

A Country Night in Nashville takes you on a journey through the history of the genre, recreating the energy and atmosphere of a buzzing Honky Tonk in downtown Nashville.

A Country Night in Nashville

Leo has spent over five decades as a brilliant singer and songwriter, and this year will see the release of his upcoming autobiography, Just A Boy. With this performance, Leo and his band bring boundless energy, exuberance, and a hit-packed show to some of his favourite venues across the country.

Leo Sayer

Dr Louise Newson, leading medical expert on menopause and hormones, is embarking on her inaugural UK tour, accompanied by Dublin-based comedian, Anne Gildea.

Dr Louise Newson

Formed in 1917, during the First World War, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a British institution. National and British Open Champions on numerous occasions, the band's contest successes remain heroic.

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Dublin native Aoife Ní Bhriain is one of her generation's most versatile and gifted violinists, a dazzling musician who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage. From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch has also built an impressive classical career and ventured into unchartered musical territory, most notably through her award-winning collaborations with Seckou Keita and Cimarrón.

Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain

The Annie Keating Band features Annie Keating on acoustic guitar and vocals, rising star Joe Coombs on electric/slide guitars, Scott Warman on bass, and Jamie Dawson on drums.

The Annie Keating Band

Celebrating over 50 years since the formation of the legendary West Coast country rock band The Eagles in 1971, The Illegal Eagles make a welcome return to Basingstoke with a brand-new production, promising more of their trademark musical prowess, acute attention to detail, and incredible showmanship.

The Illegal Eagles

The world's premier show in celebration of 'The Kings of Reggae'. Experience all the hits from The UB40 Years, culminating in over 100 million record sales.

Promises and Lies The UB40 Years

The Basingstoke Variety Show returns, showcasing some of the best talent from across the borough.

Basingstoke Variety Show

Grammy-nominated, post-punk pioneers The Tiger Lillies present a new show on a theme which has always run through their work – the meaninglessness and absurdity of existence. Brimming with wit, wisdom, and humanity, they argue that our achievements will come to nothing – like throwing stones into a pond, the effects of our actions will ripple away into nothingness.

The Tiger Lillies

Maths and music, synths and soundtracks, with composer and keyboardist Will Gregory – one half of electropop duo Goldfrapp – and the ultra-versatile orchestra Britten Sinfonia.

Will Gregory's Moog Ensemble with Britten Sinfonia

Join them for an electrifying, live vocal, drag-stravaganza, where dancing queenz and disco dreams collide for the party of a lifetime. After two trailblazing years of touring the country, a run in London's West End, and accumulating countless five-star reviews, Queenz has rapidly ascended as one of the world's most successful drag shows.

Queenz – Drag Me to the Disco!

Beautiful young Bulgarian Raina has heroic ideals, betrothed as she is to Major Sergius Saranoff. Her fiancé is away, fighting alongside her father, Major Petkoff, in the war against Serbia, but when escaping Serbian Captain Bluntschli climbs into her bedroom through the balcony window, she finds herself hiding him behind the curtains in spite of herself.

Arms and the Man

Americana/alt-country songwriter Karen Jonas is a powerhouse creator and storyteller with a voice to match.

Karen Jonas

Join us for a free pre-concert talk to discover more about the pieces being performed.

Pre-Concert Talk: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The impulse behind the Pastoral symphony was Beethoven's own love of the Austrian countryside. The five movements include a solitary walk by a brook, a peasants' dance, a spectacular summer thunderstorm, and a final, tranquil hymn of thanksgiving.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Welcome to a world where the very best of musical theatre showstoppers meets jaw-dropping circus spectacular, as everyone's favourite West End songs combine with breathtaking amazing aerialists, incredible contortionists, and thrilling feats of agility and flair.

Cirque – The Greatest Show

After more than 60 years at the very top of his profession, Jimmy Tarbuck OBE relives many of the most prominent moments of a life on stage and screen.

An Evening with Jimmy Tarbuck

Come and join the UK's favourite snooker stars as they recreate the matches that saw them rise to the top of their profession. Seven-times World Snooker Champion Stephen Hendry takes on the Welsh potting machine Mark Williams. Who is your favourite to win?

An Evening with Snooker Greats

Leveret is a distinctive collaboration between three of England's finest folk musicians: Andy Cutting (button accordion), Sam Sweeney (fiddle), and Rob Harbron (concertina), each regarded as exceptional performers and masters of their instruments.

Leveret

BAFTA nominee and star of Taskmaster, Lucy Beaumont is going to let loose and let slip on her roller coaster world. With off-beat stories, unusual anecdotes, and bizarre journeys through modern day womanhood, life through the Beaumont lens is more surreal than you could ever imagine.

Lucy Beaumont Live

The band who have changed the face of folk music over their fifty five years together, Steeleye Span's new album, The Green Man Collection brings together tracks from recent releases with new versions of three hits, including a reworking of Hard Times, featuring Status Quo's Francis Rossi.

Steeleye Span

Spend an entertaining evening with the stars of Channel 4 hit Escape to the Chateau, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, and experience the Chateau like never before.

Dick and Angel: Forever Home

Following a huge 2023 with Haircut 100 playing the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room, a sell-out London reunion show at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, and a joyous tour of the UK and Ireland; Nick Heyward sets off on his first solo tour since the renowned Woodland Echoes album release tour in 2018.

Nick Heyward

One of the UK's premier live concert experiences, The Story of Guitar Heroes has garnered success both at home and abroad for its incredible homage to some of the most influential guitarists from the past 50 years of popular music.

The Story of Guitar Heroes

Returning once again, the Oceanaires Big Band from the Bands of HM Royal Marines are thrilled to be bringing a new and refreshing programme back to where the band's reincarnation began.

The Oceanaires Big Band

He was the boy treble who captivated the world with his angelic voice. Selling over seven million albums, Aled was the original, classical crossover star. His recording of Walking in the Air, from the animated film The Snowman, firmly established him as a household name and he has become an integral part of the nation's festivities.

Aled Jones

A spectacular celebration of music from the heart of the Motor City – Detroit, Dancing in the Streets is a concert full of huge tracks that have shaped generation after generation.

Dancing in the Streets

Pre-Concert Talk: Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo

We're delighted to welcome this distinguished orchestra to The Anvil for the first time, with one of the world's great violinists. They begin with an enticing rarity from one of Japan's most popular composers of the last century, who was as much at home in the film studio as the concert hall.

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo

Canterbury based singer-songwriter Luke Jackson has been touring and recording for over ten years now, steadily developing an enviable reputation for himself in the folk, roots, americana, and acoustic circuits.

Luke Jackson Trio

The year is 1897. Mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change, scientific mastery, and media innovation. But poised between traditional beliefs, the threat of the unknown, and the shock of the new world, an altogether darker fear is emerging. As a new shadow looms large over England, a small group of young men and women, led by Professor Van Helsing, are plunged into an epic struggle for survival.

Dracula

Fresh from her victory as the winner of this year's Britain's Got Talent, Sydnie Christmas is thrilled to embark on her debut UK tour, My Way.

Sydnie Christmas

A Night at the Movies – The Soundtrack of Your Life is a spectacular live concert featuring all the greatest hits from your favourite films, including Back To The Future, Top Gun, The Greatest Showman, Dirty Dancing, and many, many more.

A Night at the Movies

Join your favourite Milkshake! friends on holiday with Chase and Marshall from Paw Patrol, Dora, Pip, and Posy, Blue from Blues Clues and You!, Milo, Milkshake! Monkey, plus two of your Milkshake! presenters for an all-new adventure.

Milkshake! Live on Holiday

See our characters write to the Zoo. Who will be delivered? A cheeky monkey, a jumpy frog, and of course, a perfect puppy.

Dear Zoo Live!

Known for their impeccable live performances, their catalogue of hits sees the band seamlessly transition from art-pop to mock-reggae and impressively harmonised ballads, to prog rock epics Somewhere in Hollywood and Feel the Benefit.

10cc

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night's Dream. Think drunken donkeys, fandangled fairies, and mullered mechanicals... it's hard to imagine anything more magical, right?

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare

Slide guitar supremo Michael Messer with multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel (Ian Dury & the Blockheads). It doesn’t get better than this!

Michael Messer & Chaz Jankel

2024 sees The Puppini Sisters celebrate 20 years together. Founded in 2004 by Marcella Puppini, the band pioneered the neo burlesque/swing scene with their immaculate close harmonies, and went on to worldwide success releasing six albums, the first of which became the fastest selling jazz album of all time, and gathering a multitude of fans around the globe, including Michael Bublé and HM King Charles!

The Puppini Sisters

John Barrowman – Laid Bare is his newest show, unwavering and uncensored about his passion for life, and his profound love of song and story.

John Barrowman

Tubular Bells is world-renowned for its bold fusion of classical, jazz, folk, progressive rock, and electronica. The music was celebrated and used for The Exorcist, and had its legacy cemented with Oldfield's performance of the album’s main theme at the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells Live in Concert

Guitarist/composer Juan Martín has absorbed his art in the land of its origin, Andalucia and later Madrid, and introduces his compositions within the forms of the great tradition of flamenco. His distinctive sound has been honed through a lifetime of concerts and recordings, and performing with the likes of Rafael Romero and Eva la Yerbabuena.

Juan Martín

When Jo Smith arrives for an audition with director Vyvian Jones, it turns out she's actually been invited to the theatre by his twin brother Beverley, who wants her to impersonate her own twin sister Fiona. This is a terrible rouse to hide Beverley and Fiona's affair from both his fiancé and his twin.

The Comedy of Terrors

The stars of The Rat Pack – Swingin' at the Sands bring the ultimate Christmas party this festive season, following a sold-out show at the Adelphi Theatre last December.

The Rat Pack

Strictly Come Dancing superstar and judge, Anton Du Beke, returns to The Anvil stage with a brand-new show for 2024.

Showman – An Evening with Anton Du Beke

The most tuneful job application in history, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are a tirelessly inventive showcase of his skill in writing for orchestra. Brilliantly varied instrumental combinations and a never-ending stream of memorable melodies have deservedly made these six exuberant pieces among the most popular and well-known of all.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

HurlyBurly Theatre presents You are the Sun, a love song to nature for 0-2s and their grown-ups that explores the interconnectedness of life on earth.

You are the Sun

The award-winning and highly renowned band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec's progressive francophone folk movement.

Le Vent du Nord

Beethoven's stirring and dynamic overture brilliantly sets the scene for Goethe's play about a noble opponent of tyranny in the sixteenth century.

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra's 95th season opens with Brahms' rousing Academic Festival Overture – a potpourri of joyful student tunes, brimming with youthful exuberance.

Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra

Join presenter and gardening writer Monty Don as he shares his passion for gardens and the role they play in human inspiration and wellbeing.

An Audience with Monty Don

Brit Floyd returns with P·U·L·S·E, their biggest and most spectacular production to date, a celebration and faithful recreation of Pink Floyd’s final Division Bell Tour, complete with a stunning laser and light show, renowned circular screen, inflatables, and theatrics.

Brit Floyd

Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories' magical, musical adaptation of the definitive picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, celebrating 25 years this year.

The Gruffalo

The nation's twelfth-favourite doctor brings his brand-new show to Basingstoke, fresh from a record-breaking run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Adam Kay

After last year's success, Imperial Classical Ballet returns to enchant you with the delightful production of Swan Lake.

Swan Lake

Turin Brakes strips back to basics for this intimate acoustic performance.

Turin Brakes Acoustic

Nish Kumar, one of The Guardian and The Telegraph's 50 Best Comedians of the 21st Century, is back on tour with his brand-new, politically charged stand-up show, Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe.

Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe

After three sell-out tours, the ultimate Irish-inspired Christmas concert is back with an even bigger production for 2024!

Fairytale of New York

Based on the hit film, join the pupils and teachers at St. Bernadette’s Primary School as they stage their very own musical Nativity.

BATS: Nativity The Musical

Christmas is a time for families and old friends – for well-loved tunes and good cheer. But it's also a time of mystery and wonder: of silent nights, and sounds that echo across centuries.

The Sixteen

Get ready to step back in time and relive the sounds of the greatest musical era as the The 80s Show transports you on a nostalgic journey, celebrating and showcasing the unforgettable hits that defined a generation, with an electrifying production to match!

The 80s Show

After a year off, Rick Wakeman's traditional Christmas tour returns this year with an all-new show. In a change from his usual solo yuletide concerts, Rick will be joined by two very special guests: his son and fellow keyboard player Adam Wakeman, and Mollie Marriott, daughter of the late Steve Marriott, both of whom performed so brilliantly with Rick on his Return of the Caped Crusader tour.

The Rick Wakeman Yuletide Christmas Show

Join Rosie the Owl on her enchanting adventures, as she finds herself nestled amidst the branches of a family's new Christmas tree. Witness the joy and wonder as the family discovers their unexpected visitor and endeavours, to help her back home to the forest.

The Owl Who Came for Christmas

Experience the enchantment of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, The Nutcracker, brought to life with lavish costumes and glittering sets by Ballet Theatre UK.

The Nutcracker

The Albion Christmas Band are widely regarded as the premier seasonal show, which has been touring for 25 years and attracts sell-out audiences across the UK. Indeed, many people say that their Christmas doesn't start until they have seen the group perform.

The Albion Christmas Band

The fabulous family pantomime at The Anvil promises a laugh-a-minute extravaganza with stunning sets, top musical hits, fantastic costumes, and exciting special effects to keep audiences both young and old entertained!

Sleeping Beauty

As seen at the Adelphi and Savoy theatres in London's West End, The Chicago Blues Brothers have put the band back together to bring you their Respect greatest hits tour.

The Chicago Blues Brothers

Always a sell-out, Chapterhouse Theatre Company is proud to return with A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' famous tale of hope and redemption.

A Christmas Carol

There's something irresistibly Christmassy about the sound of brass instruments, their warm tones blending together like a choir of carol singers.

Philharmonia Brass at Christmas

For many people, a firm fixture of the festive period is the combination of Steeleye Span’s Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band. They have been producing their fun take on beloved Christmas music ever since 1984. This musical partnership has made many albums including Carols & Capers, as well as, a concert experience like no other.

Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band

Oh What A Night! takes you back in time on a musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

Oh What A Night!

The Tennessee Country Christmas Show returns to celebrate renditions of festive favourites in a country style, combined with some of the biggest-selling hits from the genre's superstars.

Tennessee Country Christmas – Dolly Parton and Friends Tribute Christmas Show

When December draws near, The Unthanks will release and tour In Winter – a double-album, dream-like winter fantasia, embracing both the dark and the light in the most ritualistic of seasons.

The Unthanks in Winter

As snowflakes fall outside, the warm glow of the open fire sends flickering shadows across the boughs of the Christmas tree and all the presents beneath.

The greatest romantic ballet of all time is brought to life by Tchaikovsky's haunting and unforgettable score.

Swan Lake 2025

Immerse yourself in the ultimate fusion of rock 'n' roll, pop, and comedy with That'll Be The Day, the UK's longest-running theatre show. Experience a captivating journey through music history, from the '50s to the '80s, filled with electrifying performances, and era-defining tunes.

That'll Be The Day

We are delighted to welcome the new Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth, in a programme which highlights connections in Viennese music across generations.

Following on from a sold-out tour in 2024, Wet Wet Wet are bringing their huge show to The Anvil next year.

Wet Wet Wet

The opening movement of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto is full of tension and drama. The slow movement is a lyrical dialogue between the soloist and woodwinds, while the vivacious finale is a rondo, punctuated with quicksilver piano cadenzas, which bounds to a joyful conclusion.

Philharmonia Orchestra

This magical production features superb choreography, breathtaking live vocals, and mesmerising circus performers. With an eclectic and stand-out musical soundtrack including Wings, Mad World, Sweet Dreams, The Show Must Go On, Relight My Fire, I'll Put a Spell on You, and many more.

Cirque Enchantment

An amazing opportunity for rock fans, young and old, to celebrate three decades of the world's greatest classic rock music, with a stunning multi-million dollar sound and light show to match.

The Classic Rock Show

The star of BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers, BBC One's The Impressions Show, and Channel 4's Partygate takes his brand-new show on the road.

Jon Culshaw

The ELO Show – the world's greatest tribute to Jeff Lynne and ELO – are back with a stunning new stage production, featuring a band of amazing musicians, complimented by a female string section, playing hit after hit from the group's vast back catalogue.

The ELO Show

There are few acts that accomplished the level of success that Boyzone and Westlife respectively achieved as two of the defining groups of 90s and 00s boy band era, with an incredible amount of UK No.1 singles and countless millions of audience members performed to worldwide.

Boyzlife

Directed by Ellen Kent, this brand-new production is traditionally staged and features beautiful sets and costumes.

La bohème

The programme opens with Dvořák's spine-chilling symphonic poem based on a Czech folk tale.

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Starring Peter Andre – The Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is a spectacular, high-pitched celebration of music from one of the biggest selling groups of all time. This nostalgic musical journey pays tribute to the life and career of those four boys from Jersey, who started singing under a streetlamp, but soon went on to become one of the most recognised groups in history.

Starring Peter Andre in The Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Prokofiev's second violin concerto was written in the same summer as the ballet Romeo and Juliet, and shares its drama and lyricism. The tender slow movement is one of the composer's most beautiful, while the finale is an exuberant dance.

Written for the 37th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Shostakovich’s bubbling Festival Overture is full of unapologetic merriment and embodies a grand celebration.

Chris de Burgh celebrates a remarkable and rare career milestone during 2024; half a century as a recording artist. To celebrate, Chris will be embarking on a solo tour throughout Europe and beyond.

Chris de Burgh

Jason Donovan brings a spectacular celebration of his remarkable career in music, theatre, film, and TV to Basingstoke.

Jason Donovan

Brit Floyd returns in 2025 with their biggest and most spectacular production to date, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s album Wish You Were Here, complete with a stunning laser and light show, circular screen, inflatables, and theatrics.

Internationally renowned Emilio Santoro brings his award-winning Elvis Presley show to the UK.

Emilio Santoro as Elvis

Nick Stapleton is an expert investigative journalist, and for over a decade, he's delved into the shadows, unravelling scams, frauds, and unethical practices. He has spent much of his career pretending to be somebody else – be it undercover as an employee working inside a dodgy business, or posing as a customer on a sting operation.

How to Beat Scammers

Sibelius' last symphony absorbs the traditional four movements into a single, fascinating arch of music. Each section grows out of the previous one, developing the musical material to make a truly organic whole.

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