A foot-tapping variety show with nearly fifty singalong hits from the fifties and swinging sixties, led by Andy Eastwood and the Wendy Richardson Band.
Those Were The Days comes to the Belgrade Theatre on Thursday 25 February 2027, a matinee starting at 1.30pm. It's a musical variety show that looks back at the post-war years, pulling from the fifties, the swinging sixties and beyond, with nearly fifty singalong hits across the afternoon. The whole thing runs for about two hours and twenty minutes, with an interval in the middle.
On stage are Andy Eastwood and Pete Lindup, with vocalist Helen Farrell and crooner Chris Ritchie. Ritchie takes on two roles: he performs as Matt Monro in the first half and as Neil Diamond in the second, and the whole line-up is backed by the Wendy Richardson Band. It's a variety format, so you'll get a mix of singers and a live band rather than a single act.
This is part of Andy Eastwood's wider nostalgia repertoire. He also puts on The Fab 50s and Swingin' 60s, fronted by Alan Mosca, who worked alongside Freddie Garrity, and Spirit Of The Blitz, which toured in 2025 to mark the 80th anniversary of VE-Day. Those Were The Days sits alongside them, with the same focus on the music of the mid-century.
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The show is at the Belgrade, the largest professional theatre in Coventry, which works as both the city's commercial and producing house. It's known for its community and education work, and welcomed Laura Elliot as Chief Executive and Corey Campbell as Creative Director in January 2022. Tickets start from £20, with a group rate of £18 for parties of 11 or more.
