Not now, Bernard and Other Stories

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London Mozart Players
Ruth Rogers director
Polly Ives narrator
Rosie Brooks artist

Words, music, pictures and lots of laughs for children and grown-ups! London Mozart Players’ family concerts are always popular, and this will be no exception.

What would you do if you found a monster in the garden? Bernard tries to tell his parents but keeps getting the brush off – with dire consequences! David McKee’s classic story Not Now, Bernard is beloved by youngsters and has a powerful message for parents too!

Also on the programme is the thoroughly engaging Isabel’s Noisy Tummy, David McKee’s delightful laugh-out-loud story of a little girl’s gurgling tummy and how it takes her from zero to hero. While in James Mayhew’s The Knight Who Took all Day, a vain and foolish knight manages to loses both the girl and the dragon because he’s such a big show-off!

Narrator Polly Ives tells these hilarious tales with sparkling verve and energy, while Bernard Hughes’ lightly-scored and child-friendly music, performed by LMP, effortlessly builds an enchanting musical framework that anchors the stories, conveying all the necessary drama and colour. To add the pictures to the words and music, artist Rosie Brooks will sketch along to the stories live, with her illustrations projected behind the orchestra, bringing the characters to life. What an irresistible combination!

PLUS: all ticket holders can buy a copy of Not Now Bernard at Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace after the concert – £1.50 off each copy.

Ticket prices:
Standard £15
Concessions (65+) £13
Child (under 18) £5

Carnival at Crystal Palace

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London Mozart Players
Simon Blendis leader
Alex Ashworth Noye
Kate Symonds-Joy Mrs Noye
Father John Pritchard as ‘God’
Crystal Palace Recorders
Will Vann conductor

The SE19 community comes together for an animal extravaganza at St John’s Upper Norwood.

Britten Scenes from Noye’s Fludde
Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals

An incredible tempest, a massive boat and an angry God take centre stage in this imaginative, community opera re-telling of the biblical story of Noah, his family, and their unlikely cargo of animals as they fight for survival for 40 long days and nights on the ark.

After the animals have alighted the ark, they’ll make their way to the centre stage to showcase their mischievous personalities in Carnival of the Animals, accompanied with poems written by Martin Smith.

Ticket prices:
Priority £25 (includes reserved seating, interval drink)
Standard £18
Concessions (65+) £16
Young Person (16-25) £10
Child (under 16) £5