54. A.N. Wilson on the story of the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree

Plus Matthew Bourne on Patrick Hamilton, the inspiration for his ballet The Midnight Bell and Christmas favourite Nutcracker! We’re reading: The King and the Christmas Tree by A.N. Wilson We’re booking: Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell https://new-adventures.net/the-midnight-bell#overview Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry 10 th – 13 th November Eden Court, Inverness 18 th – 20 th November Theatre Royal, Bath 23 rd – 27 th November Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! https://new-adventures.net/nutcracker#overview Theatre Royal, Plymouth 15 th – 20 th November The Lowry, Salford 23 rd November – 4 th December Sadler’s Wells, London 7 th December – 30 th January Then touring to Birstol, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Liverpool , Canterbury, Cardiff, Southampton, Newcastle, Nottinghm and Woking till 23rd April 2022 Produced by Audio Coast