Broadway StratfordPhone: 06 765 8255Est 1917The Hobbit: There And Back Again17th July 2014The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug12th Dec 2013Quartet Billy Connolly, Dame Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon star in this comedy about a retired group of opera singers who put on a fund-raising concert to keep their homerunning. This is the directorial debut of screen legend Dustin Hoffman, anadaptation of the stageplay by Ronald Harwood. Lifelong friends Wilf (Connolly),Reggie (Tom Courtenay) and Cissy (Pauline Collins) are residents of BeechamHouse, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday,the residents unite to give a concert and raise funds. But things derail when Jean(Smith) - a former grande dame of opera fallen on hard times, also Reggie’s ex-wife and the fourth and most celebrated member of their former quartet - moves in. Asold grudges threaten to undermine past glories and theatrical temperaments playhavoc with the rehearsal schedule, it becomes apparent that having four of thefinest singers in English operatic history under one roof offers no guarantee thatthe show will go onStarring: Billy Connolly, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith, PaulineCollins, Tom Courtenay, Jumayn Hunter, Luke Newberry Rating: MGenre: ComedyConsumer Advice: Running Time: 2hrs 36mins + intervalCOMING SOONPLAY TRAILER