Hatstand Opera: Highlights Shows
More fun-filled shows featuring favourite opera extracts, presented with wit, flair and a healthy dose of wicked humour! Operatic entertainment with our experienced oepra singers and concert pianists doesn’t get much better than this...
Love, Lust and a Damn Good Chardonnay
A songbook of life’s little essentials, from finding (and losing, and simply mislaying) the love of your life, to winning over the mother of all mothers-in-law...
Love, Lust and a Damn Good Chardonnay sings, sobs and swigs its way through songs from the musicals and cabaret standards via jazz and opera aria favourites. It's where classical singers and stand-up meet – and have a drink or six.
For more information, visit the Love Lust and a Damn Good Chardonnay mini site!
After repeated calls by audiences at Number 8 Community Arts Centre for the return of Hatstand Opera, they snapped up all the tickets in record time to come and see ‘Love, Lust and a Damn Good Chardonnay’. The audiences enjoyed another evening of splendid singing and humour.
A Bite at the Opera
Guests are serenaded between courses with staged extracts from the world's favourite operas. The music can even tie in with your menu! Hatstand provide the ultimate digestif of three 20 minutes segments to make a very special evening of fine food and music.
Less than 24 hours passed... before the thank you messages started to arrive. Our heartiest thanks for another extremely successful evening.
The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Over 25 extracts from all the Savoy operas, including firm favourites from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, and HMS Pinafore, plus some surprises from Iolanthe and Utopia Ltd.
A great introduction for the novice, a veritable feast for the G&S fan!
...tongue-twisting patter songs and liquid cascades of perfectly modulated notes... fun, superbly skilful and served up with a garnish of irreverent wit....