The Savoy Theatre, Monmouth will celebrate its 90th Anniversary with a selection of variety acts, comedians, silent films and singalongs that reflect the artists that have graced its boards and screens since 1928.

Across the 90th anniversary weekend (Saturday, March 3rd – Monday, March 5th) The Savoy will celebrate with a mixture of cinema and live entertainment, local, national and international.

A recent family film favourite gets the fancy dress / sing-a-long treatment as the Savoy Youth Theatre present Frozen at 2pm on Saturday, March 3rd and 4th.

To mark the celebrations in style, two local amateur theatre companies will come together for one night only (Saturday March 3rd, 7:30pm) to present an evening of music and comedy. Monmouth Musical Theatre will deliver the music and Monmouth’s Off Centre Theatre will provide the humour with sketches.

Miles Jupp, presenter of the ever-popular BBC Radio 4 News Quiz, will be gathering a collection of his comedy chums to present a gala evening of good humour on Sunday, March 4th (7:30pm).

To top off the celebrations, on Monday, March 5th, there will be a screening of the very first film that opened the then New Picture House on Church Street, exactly 90 years to the day. A rare opportunity to see a classic of the Silent Comedy era on the big screen; the legendary Harold Lloyd, Hollywood star of the early twentieth century, takes the lead as ‘The Kid Brother’ (7:30pm).

Tony Robinson, Savoy Patron, will be presenting a double bill on Saturday, March 17th to cater for both young and old. For his matinee performance (2:30pm), Tony will be bringing to life his successful series of history books for Children ‘The Weird World of Wonders.’ Take the children along to join Tony, the Curiosity Crew and Nits the dog as they gallop headlong through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, smelly and disgusting bits. In the evening (7:30pm) Tony will be sharing stories from his autobiography ‘No Cunning Plan’; from Baldrick and Blackadder to Comic Relief and Knighthood.

Tickets for all 90th Anniversary events available via The Savoy Theatre Box Office on 01600772467 or www.monmouth-savoy.co.uk.