IN THE lead up to this year’s Remembrance Day, join the BBC Big Band and singer Annie Gill at The Anvil on Saturday, 22 September as they capture the spirit of the 1940s.

With the famous speeches of Winston Churchill, and the best tunes of the time from the dance halls and wireless, Our Finest Hour looks back in words and music at the momentous turning point of World War Two, and Britain’s finest hour, from the miracle of Dunkirk to the decisive victory of the Battle of Britain.

This evocative and very special tribute is presented by Kevin Whately, best known for playing Robbie Lewis in Inspector Morse and Lewis.

From Vera Lynn and Gracie Fields to the Andrews Sisters and Glenn Miller, the songs and music of the 1940s are as well-loved today as ever. Celebrate the songs that won the war, including We’ll Meet Again, The White Cliffs of Dover and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, and thrill to the brilliant music it inspired including the Dam Busters March, and highlights from the Last Night of the Proms.

Breaking Tradition, the UK’s leading folk and hip hop dance company, come together with award-winning folk powerhouse The Demon Barbers at The Haymarket on the same evening, September 22.

When Kai’s sister disappears it’s down to him to find her, but should he be looking in the real world? Or somewhere else…

Quest ventures inside an extraordinary computer game world fusing Morris, clog and sword dance with popping, locking, breaking and martial arts to the beat of new songs and traditional melodies with an electronic edge to create a rousing family show suitable for those aged seven to 12-years-old.

Also at The Haymarket during the last week of September, catch the sparkling new adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel.

They seek him here, They seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? Is he in hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel. Adapted from the Baroness Orczy novels, The Scarlet Pimpernel is set against the background of the French Revolution and the guillotine. The 'cleverest woman in Europe' Marguerite St. Just is torn between three men, her husband, her brother and the power hungry, aristocrat-hating Chauvelin.

As the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel swashbuckles his way through Paris, will he be in time to save the life of yet another innocent victim? Or will Marguerite's past come back to haunt her and snatch her from her new life as the wife of the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, to the guillotine?

This sparkling new adaptation from award winning writer Louise Page (Salonika, Golden Girls, Real Estate) brings to the stage romance, blackmail, faith and heroism.

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