Adults £15 / Under 18s £2For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a world-beating cast of opera’s leading lights, including tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois, and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as Eboli. Bass-baritones Eric Owens and John Relyea are [read more…]

£5 | RHT Friends £4Rushen Heritage continues with an illustrated talk by historian PETER KELLY MBE! This one is going be brilliant. Historian Peter Kelly will take the audience on a pictorial tour of the Island, with views from Edwardian postcards accompanied with his light-hearted yet informative commentary.

Adults £5 / Members £4 / Under 18s £2An illustrated talk by ALLISON FOX. The talk explores the history of the south of the Island, as Allison Fox, Curator of Archaeology at Manx National Heritage, presents a specially curated discussion of the familiar, and not so familiar, artefacts that have been discovered and the stories that they tell. 

Adults £15 / Under 18s £2In recent seasons, soprano Nadine Sierra has brought down the house at the Met with virtuosic vocalism and captivating stage presence as Gilda in Rigoletto, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Ilia in Idomeneo. Now, she takes on one of the repertory’s most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by in-demand Australian theater and film director Simon Stone, conducted [read more…]

Adults £15 / Under 18s £2When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to sound this good… Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn’t always be picked up, but Dean’s Hamlet rises to the challenge.” Now, this riveting contemporary masterpiece arrives at the Met, with Neil Armfield, who directed the work’s premiere, bringing his acclaimed staging to New [read more…]

Adults £10 / Under 18s £2Penny Productions Presents the long-awaited official Asila's Song book launch and theatrical spoken word extravaganza by triple Manx Litfest Poetry Slam Champ, Jackie Morrey-Grace.Support from Bill Strutt, Owen Atkinson, Annie Kissack, Simon Smart, Kim Kneen, Maire Stephens & Georgia Lisette.

Winston Churchill is one of the most famous Englishmen that has ever lived. They say that behind every great man, there is a great woman. What of Clementine, his wife of 56 years? Did he bully her like he did so many other people? Did Clem have any influence on him at all? Or was she ‘the little lady at home’? All these questions will be answered, and many more, in Liz Grand’s superb, moving, [read more…]