Jon Boden performs Live at the RSC
LIVE AT THE RSC
JON BODEN PERFORMS ON THE SWAN STAGE
Live at the RSC: Jon Boden
Sunday 22 January 2017, 7.30pm
The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Box Office: 01789 403493
www.rsc.org.uk/jonboden
Tickets: £21
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Best known as the lead singer and main arranger of Bellowhead, Jon Boden comes to Stratford-upon-Avon’s Swan Theatre for one night only on Sunday 22 January 2017.
Over the course of his career, Jon Boden has become one of the outstanding performers of traditional music of his generation. In one capacity or another, he has won eleven BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Though widely respected for his role as a highly accomplished interpreter of traditional song, Jon Boden has a musical repertoire which extends far beyond the boundaries of just one genre. Now that the exuberant big band Bellowhead, which Jon fronted, has now come to a close, Jon has decided to explore a more simple, pared down sound.
Jon’s 12 years as part of Bellowhead saw them notch up a quarter of a million album sales, land seven singles on the BBC Radio 2 playlist, and sell out hundreds of venues and festival stages. In 2015 Jon announced he wanted to move on – and so Bellowhead performed an emotional but brilliant final show on 1 May 2016.
No stranger to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jon previously composed the scores for the Company’s productions of The Winter’s Tale (2013) and The Merchant of Venice (2011).
Jon Boden said: “"It was a real honour to work as a composer on two shows for the RSC, and I'm so excited to be coming back to the space, albeit in a very different capacity! The theatre is such a beautiful space and there's always something magical about performing in Stratford."
More information on Jon Boden: www.jonboden.com
For more press information and photos please contact:
Dean Asker
RSC Press Office
01789 412660, 0778 9937759
dean.asker@rsc.org.uk
About Live at the RSC
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Live at the RSC events see exciting new music and comedy acts perform on the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre stages for one night only. Since the event began in 2011, audiences have enjoyed performances from Rufus Wainwright, John Grant, Gaz Coombes and Russell Kane among many others.