Musicals and Stage

• Hollywood Musicals | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This 3 DVD box set celebrates the golden era of Hollywood musicals in the 1940s 1950s and 1960s. Using movie trailers and interviews with stars such as Ann Miller and Shirley Jones these programmes pay tribute to the heyday of song and dance on celluloid. Hollywood Musicals Of The 1940's:In the 1940s America was just emerging from The Great Depression. War engulfed half the world and the future looked uncertain. The Hollywood musical had the recipe to make things better. With the Hollywood musical people still believed that dreams really do come true. Glamour spread across the screen. In glorious colour and even in black and white the screen glittered. Join the biggest stars as we celebrate the great musicals of the 1940s when Hollywood put its best feet forward - dancing feet. In the 1940's from nostalgia to contemporary jazz the Hollywood musical had it all. Hollywood Musicals Of The 1950's:Relive the excitement of Opening Night as the curtain is raised on the Hollywood Musicals of the 1950s. All the music dancing the exotic locales the comedy and the drama are included in a salute to the greatest musicals ever to grace the motion picture screen. From the artistry of the ballet in An American In Paris to the Arabian Nights fantasy of Kismet there are stars shining in all their glory. Gene Kelly Howard Keel Fred Astaire Donald O'Connor and Cyd Charisse are but a few of the luminaries included. Enjoy again the depiction of the early days of talking pictures in Singin' In The Rain. Clap your hands to the songs and dances aboard the Show Boat. Watch as Shakespeare comes alive again in the musical comedy Kiss Me Kate. Thrill once more to the enchantment of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers The Band Wagon and Damn Yankees. Fall in love again with the romance of Royal Wedding Oklahoma! and Silk Stockings. Hollywood Musicals Of The 1960's:The 60's were the last great decade for the American movie musical but it was also probably its best. With blockbusters like The Sound of Music West Side Story My fair Lady Mary Poppins Oliver! and Funny girl the artform reached its peak. Join us on a singing and dancing tour from the Austrian Alps to the vauderville halls of Brooklyn... from dancing in the streets of Spanish Harlem to the shores of River City... from the chimneys of Old London to the sound stages of Hollywood. These are the best and biggest extravaganzas ever!

• Guitar World: How To Play The Jimi Hendrix Experience's... | DVD | (22/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Arena Di Verona | Blu Ray | (24/06/2022) from £70.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Weinberg: Die Passagierin | Blu Ray | (08/07/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mary Wilson Of The Supremes - Up Close - The Copa Room | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mary Wilson is best known as a member of the Motown soul and pop group The Supremes. On this DVD Wilson performs her 2005 show ''Up Close & Personal'' at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas where she sings ballads and standards in addition to Supremes' hits. Wilson was the only Supreme who remained in the group from the time it was formed in 1959 as The Primettes until the very end when the group was disbanded in 1977. The Supremes (Diana Ross Florence Ballard and later Cindy Birdsong along with Mary Wilson) enjoyed twelve US number-one hit records.

• The Fabulous Dorseys | Blu Ray | (14/12/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• European Concert 1991 | DVD | (15/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The programme recorder live in the Smetana Hall Prague on the 1st May 1991 includes music by Mozart - 'Overture To Don Giovanni' and 'Symphonies Nos 29 and 35'.

• Giuseppe Verdi at Macerata Opera Festival | Blu Ray | (21/10/2022) from £43.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Till The Clouds Roll By | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The biographical material in Till The Clouds Roll By is almost completely unmemorable as Jerome Kern led a relatively calm life and even his death was marked by restraint - the composer simply died while out walking on the street in 1945. What is memorable from the triumphant opening night of Showboat to Frank Sinatra finishing up with 'Ol' Man River' is a remarkable filmed legacy of one of the worlds greatest and most beloved composers of all time.

• Beyonce | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £8.45   |  Saving you £-2.46 (-41.10%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Beyonce

• Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-2.79 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Kirov Ballet At The Mariinsky Theatre / Viktor Fedotov - Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker CFMDVD2 40490 Music: Classical

• Die Berliner Solisten | DVD | (27/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Die Berliner Solisten

• Great Conductors - Ferenc Fricsay | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Filmed just three years before Fricsay's death in 1963 this performance of Smetana's 'Die Moldau' is highly acclaimed as one of the most exciting ever.

• Fred Sokolow - Electric Blues Guitar | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-4.04 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Starting at the beginning with first-position key-of-E blues licks Fred Sokolow shows how to play lead and backup like a modern blues guitarist. You'll learn: - Several moveable scale patterns and licks for soloing. - Moveable chords and chord based licks for backup. - How to play melodies chord backup and improvised solos on blues classics Stormy Monday Everyday I Have The Blues Killing Floor and Baby Please Don't Go. - Intros and endings. - Enough theory to understand the 12-bar blues structure and be able to play backup and solo in any key. - Boogie bass lines vibrato note-bending and more

• Boston Guitar Play-Along Vol.1 | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Guitar Play Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch, listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then, the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from multiple viewing options; fret hand with tab, wide view wit...

• Volpone | DVD | (13/12/2010) from £80.98   |  Saving you £-20.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A brand new series of classic plays aimed at the student teacher lecturer and theatre lover alike. Each production is highly polished using professional actors and directors at London's award-winning Greenwich theatre which specialises in productions for young people. Filmed in crystal clear High Definition these DVDs have been designed to deliver the look and feel of a live performance to be watched and enjoyed again and again. Theatre on DVD - the new way to enjoy stage plays and bring set texts to life! Volpone has long been a popular choice as a set text for students. Written by Ben Jonson it was first produced in 1606. Billed as a comedy it also includes elements of tragedy and even animal fable (Volpone is Italian for 'fox'). In essence it's a dark satire on greed and lust and remains Jonson's most performed work. The action takes place in seventeenth-century Venice over the course of one day. The chief characters are Volpone a rich libertine and conman and Mosca his self-seeking servant. They cause chaos with an audacious fraud designed to part the city's wealthiest from their fortunes. The tale twists and turns as all the characters attempt to deceive each other until the whole scheme finally collapses with disastrous consequences for Volpone.

• Chris Duarte - Axploration | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Duarte developed his monster Strat chops by studying the styles of fellow Texans Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Johnson as well as guitar masters like Jimi Hendrix. In this DVD Duarte draws on his considerable experience to provide valuable insights into his style and musicianship. Duarte explains: - Practice routines - Improving your sense of time - Working with scales - Adding 'colour' to solos - Chord rhythms and solos - Adding tension and release to solos - Using musical equipment to get your own sound - Tips on jamming and gigs

• A Hard Days Night (Special Edition, 4K-UHD+Blu-ray+2 Bonus-DVDs) | Blu Ray | (23/06/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fred Astaire RKO Collection | DVD | (03/04/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A wonderful 4 DVD box set of four of Fred Astaire's greatest dance films for RKO Pictures including Flying Down to Rio, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, A Damsel In Distress and The Sky's The Limit. Fred's co-stars include Ginger Rogers, Dolores Del Rio, Joan Leslie, George Burns, Joan Fontaine and Robert Ryan.

• Grease (Gift Set) | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Grease is not just a nostalgic look at a simpler decade - it's an energetic and exciting musical homage to the age of rock 'n'roll.