JOHN Robins – one of the most exciting and distinctive voices in comedy and winner of Edinburgh Comedy Award 2017 – comes to The Haymarket on Sunday, 8 April, reflecting on love, loss and lamenting the fact he can’t break up with himself.

John has firmly established himself on the comedy circuit since his debut in 2005, and with fellow comedian Elis James has enjoyed a meteoric success with The Elis James and John Robins Show on Radio X, which has spawned one of the UK’s most popular podcasts. The pair recently completed an acclaimed UK tour, selling out Shepherd’s Bush Empire within minutes.

Powerful, angst-ridden comedy at its finest, he’ll shout, snarl and sneer in his attempts to grapple with life’s fall-outs in what promises to be a pivotal moment in his being. This is a must-see from one of the UK’s brightest talents.

He will headline the upcoming series of Live from the BBC, and is a regular face on television, with recent appearances including Mock The Week, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and Russell Howard’s Good News. He also has a host of radio credits under his belt including BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show, The News Quiz and Dilemma.

Pianist David Fray makes his debut at The Anvil on Wednesday, 11 April when he joins the Philharmonia Orchestra as they perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no 2. The concert, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, also includes Maher’s Symphony no 1.

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 2 shows the young composer breaking away from Mozart’s model into his own world of emotion, with a tender slow movement and mischievous and sprightly finale.

Mahler’s first symphony proceeds from a magical, hushed opening, via a folk-dance second movement and strange, disconcerting funeral march, to a jubilant finale, and shows the twenty-four year old composer excitedly extending the range of orchestral expression.

Don’t miss Jaws in Concert on April 13, the original summer movie blockbuster screened at The Anvil whilst The Czech National Symphony Orchestra plays live in concert the Academy Award®-winning score that made John Williams a household name.

Based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley and directed by Steven Spielberg, the nail-biting drama tells the tale of a small New England seaside community terrorized by a predatory great white shark during the busiest weekend of the tourist season.

The score ranks as some of the most terrifying music ever written for the cinema and, according to a 2005 survey by the American Film Institute, among the top 10 most memorable scores in film history. It certainly played its part in the film becoming such a huge world-wide hit.

Enjoy the power of a live symphony orchestra performing the entire score in sync with this masterpiece of suspense, in the ultimate film-with-orchestra experience.

For more information or for tickets, visit anvilarts.org.uk or call the Anvil Arts box office on 01256 844244.