Love Actually is coming to Swansea this Christmas, with a full orchestra playing the soundtrack live as the film runs on a huge screen.
The show, Love Actually Live in Concert, plays Swansea Building Society Arena on Sunday 6 December, for one night only.
It is the only Welsh date on a 14-stop UK tour that opens at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on 30 November and finishes at Portsmouth’s Guildhall on 22 December.
Outside Wales, the nearest stops are Bath’s Forum on 4 December and Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on 14 December.
Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy on the big screen
Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy lead the cast.
Laura Linney, Martine McCutcheon, Rowan Atkinson and Martin Freeman also star.
Grant plays a Prime Minister who falls for a junior member of his Downing Street staff, played by McCutcheon.
Nighy is an ageing rock star chasing the Christmas number one, while Neeson plays a widower helping his stepson through his first crush.
Richard Curtis wrote and directed the 2003 film, a set of linked stories about love, friendship, family and heartbreak in London in the weeks before Christmas.
Craig Armstrong’s score, played live in time with the film
The whole film is shown in high definition while the orchestra plays Craig Armstrong’s score in sync with the action on screen, organisers say.
More than two decades on, the film is back on television every year and has become a Christmas tradition for millions, according to the promoters.
Tickets for the Swansea Arena night on 6 December
Tickets are available through the tour website, loveactuallyinconcert.com.
Our reviewer Jonathan Marshall will be at the arena on the night, and his verdict will follow.
Last month he reviewed Q The Music’s James Bond Concert Spectacular at the Grand, and called it “a wonderful night out”.
Before then, Harry Enfield brings his first solo tour to the arena on Monday 12 October.
The tour is promoted by JOY. Concerts, a Brighton promoter that has been putting on shows since 2008.
Discover more from Swansea Bay News
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
