A new staging of Ben Jonson's wacky comedy about three women conning their way through naive priests, greedy businessmen, lovelorn bank clerks and needy shopowners.
Bill turned up with a drum to his first audition in 1973. He was told to beat it and has never looked back. Early on in his musical career he discovered that it is really difficult to sing and play the trombone at the same time. After 50 years of entertaining audiences near and far […]
Montmorency live at The Unicorn Theatre Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon. Saturday 25 May 2024 Montmorency return to Abingdon with their brand of upbeat folk music, intertwined with blues, country and rock influences. They have made a name for themselves over the last few years around Oxfordshire by taking old folk songs and reworking them for new […]
A veteran of the scene, Benji Kirkpatrick is well known as a rhythmic driver of such outfits as Bellowhead and Faustus, with his "memorably aggressive" (MOJO) style. Enlisting fellow ex-Bellowhead member, Pete Flood on drums and Jackie Oates and Megan Henwood collaborator, Pete Thomas on bass, Benji formed a power trio, going by the name of 'The Excess'. The band recorded […]
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Tom Stoppard’s best known work, the absurdist tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, gives us much more than skin-deep laughs. It relates the story of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s classic, Hamlet - the courtiers Rosencrantz (Kieran Madden) and Guildenstern (Chris Bedford) plus the Player (Michael Ward) and the […]
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Tom Stoppard’s best known work, the absurdist tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, gives us much more than skin-deep laughs. It relates the story of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s classic, Hamlet - the courtiers Rosencrantz (Kieran Madden) and Guildenstern (Chris Bedford) plus the Player (Michael Ward) and the […]
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Tom Stoppard’s best known work, the absurdist tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, gives us much more than skin-deep laughs. It relates the story of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s classic, Hamlet - the courtiers Rosencrantz (Kieran Madden) and Guildenstern (Chris Bedford) plus the Player (Michael Ward) and the […]
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Tom Stoppard’s best known work, the absurdist tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, gives us much more than skin-deep laughs. It relates the story of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s classic, Hamlet - the courtiers Rosencrantz (Kieran Madden) and Guildenstern (Chris Bedford) plus the Player (Michael Ward) and the […]
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Tom Stoppard’s best known work, the absurdist tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, gives us much more than skin-deep laughs. It relates the story of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s classic, Hamlet - the courtiers Rosencrantz (Kieran Madden) and Guildenstern (Chris Bedford) plus the Player (Michael Ward) and the […]
Banter are: Simon Care on melodeon, Nina Zella on keyboards & vocals, Tim Walker on drums, percussion, brass, vocals & dance calling and Mark Jolley on bass, fiddle, guitar & vocals. Four fine musicians who’s roots are firmly in the traditional English genre, but who enjoy stretching the limits. Formed in 2015, they realised that […]
We are pleased to welcome Tukay & Ryan to The Unicorn Theatre. Tu-kay & Ryan are a multi-award winning acoustic duo blurring the lines between folk, Americana and roots music. They are known for lush harmonies and heartfelt lyrics in songs that encourage a positive outlook on life, even when things may be tough. They […]
We are very pleased to welcome the very entertaining Belinda O'Hooley to The Unicorn Theatre. Belinda O’Hooley is an exceptionally gifted pianist, singer, songwriter, and composer who has become renowned for her highly individual, emotional, yet sensitive musicality. She is also one half of the much-loved Yorkshire folk duo O’Hooley & Tidow alongside her wife […]
