September's Events at Wiltons Music Hall
2009-09-11
"London's most beautiful 'lost' theatre" promises an exciting lineup for September.
WRECKED- a new play by John East and Pete Reed
Set against the political instability of Ninetenth Century Paris, Wrecked tells the tumultuous true story of the artist Théodore Géricault. His paintings and surviving historical documents create the visual and dramatic world in which a doomed love affair takes him from the brink of madness to the creation of his greatest painting, The Raft of Medusa.
Friday 11th September, 8pm
Tickets: £10, £6 students.
Call the box office on 0207 702 2789 or book online. All profits from this production will go towards saving this beautiful, but semi - derelict, 150 year old 'lost' theatre.
STRANGER THAN PARADISE
Roll up, roll up! Stranger than Paradise is coming to Wilton's for a circus-cabaret-musical-extravaganza! With a huge line-up, this will be a weird, wonderful and epically entertaining evening.
Satuday 12th September, 7pm - past your bedtime
Tickets £10. All the gory details can be found on our website...click here for more info.
ITALIANS IN 18TH CENTURY LONDON
In 1770, the Oxford Magazine poured scorn on the craze for all things Italians. However, the impact of Italian culture on the London music world was enormous. This concert explores that, from the ground breaking virtuosity and colour of Corelli, through to the last great Italian arrival of the century, Marie Antoinette’s violinist, Viotti. Pre-Concert talk - ‘Reinventing String Instruments’: Wiltons is delighted to welcome the charismatic virtuosa, Chi Chi Nwanoku, principal bass of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Kreutzer Quartet: Peter Sheppard Skærved. Guest Artist: Chi Chi Nwanoku.
Sunday 13 September, 6pm - 8:30pm
Pre-concert talk at 5.30pm, concert starts at 6pm. Tickets £10. For bookings call 020 7702 2789 or book online.
NOEL WALLACE 'ONE IN FOUR'
Noel Wallace, choreographer and dancer, made British Ballet history as the English National Ballet's first Black dancer. He has also danced with Béjart Ballet, collaborated with Brian Eno, photographer Dennis Morris and David Fielding. Join us for this one off, electric performance. An evening of stunning dance solos.
Wednesday 16th September, 8pm
Tickets £20. Call 0207 702 2789 to make a booking. Book now as tickets are extremely limited!
JOHANNES AND CLARA
Our fantastic in-house ensemble, The Kreutzer Quartet, perform compositions from Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Joseph Joachim. Clara Schumann’s stopped composing in 1853, almost half-a-century before she died. Her penultimate work is a set of Romances for violin and piano, which she premiered with Joseph Joachim in Hanover, the same year that they met Johannes Brahms for the first time. Despite the paucity of her output, the subtlety of her approach to the piano, as composer and player, can be heard in everything that Brahms would write for, and inspired by her.
Sunday 27th September
5.30pm pre-concert talk, 6pm concert starts
Tickets £10. For bookings, please call 020 7702 2789 or book online.
A CLOUD IN TROUSERS
Poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky, performed by Samantha Bloom.
Samantha performed here at Wilton's in July and we're delighted to have her back here for a five-day run of this performance. Mayakovsky was a Russian poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism. A Cloud in Trousers was Mayakovsky's first major poem and it depicted the heated subjects of love, revolution, religion and art, written from the vantage point of a spurned lover. The script features poetry from a collection of his works.
This show is mesmeric and fuses poetry and music, Sam is accompanied by two musicians.
Monday 28th September - Friday 2nd October, 8pm
Tickets £10. Call 020 7702 2789 or book online.
