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Spaghetti Western Orchestra

Spaghetti Western Orchestra made a triumphant return to London’s South Bank last week with their hilarious celebration of the iconic collaborations between Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone. This highly theatrical show features classic themes from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, For A Few Dollars More and Once Upon a Time in the West as well as ingenious recreations of the saloons, spittoons and shotgun-slinging ambience of the  ‘Wild Wild West’. Now Spaghetti Western Orchestra embark on a debut tour of the UK and Ireland throughout February and March 2012.

Dressed in period attire against a dramatic scorched sun backdrop, five brilliant musician performers play over 100 ‘instruments’ which range from the conventional to an incredible array of everyday objects including playing cards, coat hangers and a packet of cornflakes. The musical arrangements are accomplished and endlessly inventive, summoning the power of an entire orchestra and using foley (sound effects) artistry to recreate the punch-ups, gun-shots and jangling spurs evoking the glorious movies that made Clint Eastwood a star.

Spaghetti Western Orchestra burst on to the international scene at The Montreal Jazz Festival in 2007 and has garnered critical acclaim and energetic fans whenever it has played at International Festivals throughout the world.  Two previous visits to the Southbank Centre in 2009 and 2010 were sold out, the show featured on the achingly cool Later With Jools Holland in 2009 and also on the BBC Proms in August 2011.

Spaghetti Western Orchestra UK & Ireland Tour

February 2012
7th BRIGHTON  Theatre Royal
8th OXFORD New Theatre
9th BRISTOL St George’s
10th LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru
12th CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
13th WIMBLEDON New Wimbledon Theatre
15th YORK Grand Opera House
17th SALFORD QUAYS The Lowry
18thb LEEDS  Town Hall
19th SUNDERLAND Empire Theatre
22nd KILLARNEY INEC Theatre
23rd DUBLIN The Helix
24th GALWAY The Black Box Theatre
25th  CORK  Opera House
2th BELFAST The Ulster Hall
29th BASINGSTOKE The Anvil

March 2012
1st  COVENTRY Warwick Arts Centre
2nd NOTTINGHAM  Royal Concert Hall
3rd STOKE ON TRENT Victoria Hall
4th CARDIFF Wales Millenium Centre
6th LIVERPOOL Empire Theatre
7th LEICESTER De Montfort Hall 7.30pm
9th GRIMSBY Auditorium
10th FOLKESTONE Leas Cliff Hall
11th RICHMOND Theatre
12th GLASGOW City Halls
13th EDINBURGH Festival Theatre
14th ABERDEEN Music Hall
16th BIRMINGHAM Town Hall
17th INVERNESS Eden Court Theatre
18th BRADFORD St George’s Hall