Jack stayed on when the guns fell silent, to search the battlefields for the boys that could not go home - for the dead and the missing, for both enemy and friend - and amongst the rusty wire and unexploded bombs Jack is looking for something - looking for someone. He has a promise to keep and a debt to repay, and now there is this strange request from the generals.
Join an incredible line up of comedy stars for a unique night of comedy in our very own Michael Edwards Studio Theatre!
Felicity Ward and Fin Taylor will be returning to Cutty Sark after thei popular previews in Pre-Edinburgh Comedy Season, joined by first time sailors Ed Gamble, Ellie Taylor and Brennan Reece!
A unique fusion of Renassiance choral music and jazz trumpet, plus 21st century sea songs, with the BBC Singers, conductor James Morgan and jazz trumpeter Tom Gardner, celebrating the Cutty Sark’s 149th birthday and in preparation for the 150th celebrations in 2019.
Saturday 24 November 2018
This November, Cutty Sark will be 149 years old. We are very excited to host BBC Singers in celebration of this anniversary, the first of a series of event in the lead up to a big year ahead in 2019.
Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Gilbert & Sullivan, sea shanties and a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson's much loved poem Christmas at Sea which is 150 years old this year.
The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand; The decks were like a slide, where a seamen scarce could stand...Christmas at Sea, Robert Louis Stevenson
As if that wasn't enough, your ticket will include a mulled cider and a mince pie slice! Non-alcoholic options will be available.
"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence." – Longfellow
Daughter of a fortune-teller, granddaughter of a woman who returned from the dead, storyteller Olivia Armstrong is a weaver of tales, a mistress of enchantment who has been captivating audiences for over ten years.
"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence." – Longfellow
Daughter of a fortune-teller, granddaughter of a woman who returned from the dead, storyteller Olivia Armstrong is a weaver of tales, a mistress of enchantment who has been captivating audiences for over ten years.
"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence." – Longfellow
Daughter of a fortune-teller, granddaughter of a woman who returned from the dead, storyteller Olivia Armstrong is a weaver of tales, a mistress of enchantment who has been captivating audiences for over ten years.
Brand new work-in-progress material from comedy favourites Alan Carr and Rob Beckett will be performed aboard Cutty Sark in a series of late summer and autumn previews.
Join us in our very own Michael Edwards Studio Theatre in the Lower Hold of the historic tea clipper, Cutty Sark.
Available dates:
Wednesday 22 August - THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
Saturday 01 September - THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
Sunday 02 September - THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
Brand new work-in-progress material from comedy favourites Alan Carr and Josh Widdicombe will be performed aboard Cutty Sark in a series of late summer previews.
Join us in our very own Michael Edwards Studio Theatre in the Lower Hold of the historic tea clipper, Cutty Sark.
Available dates:
Saturday 22 September - THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
Sunday 23 September - one ticket left!
Monday 24 September - THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
Brand new work-in-progress material from comedy favourites Alan Carr and Romesh Ranganathan will be performed aboard Cutty Sark in a one-off autumn preview.
Join us in our very own Michael Edwards Studio Theatre in the Lower Hold of the historic tea clipper, Cutty Sark.
This is the only available date to catch Alan and Romesh. Book now to avoid disappointment later!
