November 18 Circo Mamma Mia

This great little show is travelling the island over the next few months and is worth a visit by both children and adults. We managed to catch it in the municipal theatre of Muro.
A show, that rather than move into the realms of cirque nouveau, sticks with the traditional circus theme. From the very beginning this team make you feel welcome with a free cup of cider whilst guiding you through to your seats.
They only have one animal, the family pet poodle performing, which is good to see, plus if they had anymore it might get a bit messy on the stage. Here you will find the acts you would expect to find in the circus of 20 or 30 years ago and it is great to see. The clowns, the lassoo show, the strongman, acrobats and a magician all with a good amount of humour. This is a hard working troupe who will cheer you up, bring back memories for some of you, and create some nice new ones for those of you that are too young.

Keep an eye out in digame over the next few months or check the website http://www.digamemallorca.com/, to see when they are performing near you.

17 november Barber of Seville

Every year the Palma Auditorium stage their opera season. 4 nights with 4 different operas. La Traviata by Verdi, Don Giovanni by Mozart, La Boheme by Puccini and The Barber of Seville by Rossini were on offer this year.
As a first time visitor to the opera my expectations were low, but I was pleasantly surprised. what with a live and very good orchestra performing from the pit and a group of performers that appeared to be enjoying themselves this was very good entertainment. From the famous opening through to the final curtain my attention was kept even though I did not understand the language too well. Although as this production and most operas are in Italian I was far from being alone.
A good evening of entertainment, well worth the visit and a type of entertainment I will go to again.

16 November Chris Barron

Another unusual Mallorcan venue for music, which according to Hawaiin born, singer songwriter, Chris was a first for him. The Posada de Biniatro in Campanet was full to watch this Spin Doctor perform material from his solo album Pancho & the Kid and nobody seemed disappointed. Even the Mayor was up on his feet with words of praise and presented Chris with a Campanet plaque and a bell (I assume this has a link to campanology/ Campanet). Also included in his set was the chart topping song Two Princes, which was as expected, great. Not much has changed this relaxed performer who sounds as good now as he did 15 years ago when he and the other Spin Doctors first burst on to the music scene in New York and then across the world. This was a great solo performance from another platinum record performer who we have been lucky enough to see here on Mallorca. He is hoping to get back, with a band, in the summer for an outdoor performance which will be another concert not to miss, I am sure.

8 November Dolores O'Riordan

This was a fantastic concert that really rocked. Dolores (The voice of The Cranberries) really showed us how to enjoy a gig. She kept the whole audience on their feet for just about the complete show, stamping their feet, clapping and singing along to some fantastic music, both new and old. She finished, far too soon, with one of my favourite tracks of all time, Dreams, and by the sound of the audience reaction I was not alone. The shouts for more could only be stopped by Snr. Ferragut putting the curtain down!

Watching this surprisingly small, but extremely gifted singer, songwriter and musician was a real privilege and probably one of the best concerts in Mallorca in 2007. (Sorry Joe, she pipped you)

A performance by a real bona fide rock star, whose closing line "see you in 2008, Mallorca" sent a lot of people of to the box office to get first in the queue! Can't wait to see if she does come back, let's hope so, but if she does it will sell out damn quick.

31 Oct Dolly Varden

3 out 0f 5 = 10 out of 10

An unusual venue for a concert, the ARCA building in the old town of Palma saw 3 of the band Dolly Varden performing material from both their new album along with some songs from older albums.

The gothic surroundings didn't quite reflect the style of music, alternative country would be the best way to describe it. With moody ballads and up beat tunes this was a very good concert in a room with surprisingly good acoustics and around 100 very appreciative listeners.

Hopefully they will make a second trip to Mallorca in the near future with the rest of the band.

Well done to Joan of Pecan Pie for consistently tracking down and bringing us some very good acts - keep it up!