Visit the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, this August to see ‘Facing the Music’ with Patricia Routledge and Edward Seckerson on 21st, and ‘An Audience with Reverend Richard Coles’ on 24th

Brought to you in association with Clive Conway Productions, are two unmissable shows that are guaranteed to entertain. 

On Sunday 21st August, you can see ‘Facing the Music with Patricia Routledge & Edward Seckerson’ live at 3pm. 

It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in musical theatre, both in this country and in the United States of America.

Her many awards include a Tony for her Broadway performance in the Styne-Harburg musical Darling of the Day and a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Her one woman show Come for the Ride toured the UK in 1988 and in 1992 she played Nettie Fowler in the highly acclaimed production of Carousel at the National Theatre.

In this fascinating encounter with the writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson she recalls this very special part of her career with access to some rare and treasured recordings. Writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson is former Chief Classical Music Critic of The Independent newspaper and a founder member of The ArtsDesk.com.

He wrote and presented the long-running BBC Radio 3 show Stage and Screen where he interviewed many of the biggest names in the business. During his journalistic career he has written for most major music publications and is on the review panel of Gramophone magazine.

Booking link: https://churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/tickets-facing-the-music-with-patricia-routledge-bromley-2022

On Wednesday 24th August 2022, see live ‘An Audience with Reverend Richard Coles’ at 7:30 PM

Meet the star of Strictly Come Dancing, Saturday Live (BBC Radio 4), and The Communards!

In this ever-popular evening, he discusses his attempts to live a hybrid life as the 59th Vicar of Finedon, hatching, matching, and dispatching among the gingerbread stone houses, neighbouring Weetabix factory and Primark Distribution Centre, alongside his alternative life as a broadcaster, writer, panel game show contestant, Strictly veteran, and (thanks to being voted Most Whimsical Vicar on the wireless) borderline national trinket. 

From his ordination during the season of Petertide, through Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter, he gives us a unique insight into his daily experience in the ministry, with all the joy, drama, difficulty, and humour which life, and indeed death, serves up in varying measures. 

He is also the only vicar in Britain to have had a number-one hit single. He read Theology at King's College London, and after ordination worked as a curate in Lincolnshire and subsequently at St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge, London. He is the author of Lives of the Improbable Saints and two memoirs, the bestselling Fathomless Riches and Bringing in the Sheaves.

Along the way, he’ll connect the euphoria and mayhem of being Top of The Pops in the 80s when he was a key member of The Communards, to his present circumstances as Church of England priest, radio broadcaster, and television show panelist answering amongst many burning questions “How do you go from pop star to priest? And why?”

Booking link: https://churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/tickets-rev-richard-coles-bromley-2022