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Twist and Shout

An all-star cast from the West End deliver a musical powerhouse of a show that starts with the explosion of Brit Pop in 1962 through to the era of Flower Power and Free Love of the late sixties!

Twist and Shout

About Twist and Shout

29th October 2025
7.30pm
Reconnect Howden Park
Howden Park Centre Howden, Livingston EH54 6AE
£27 + bf
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A Fun-packed Musical Journey Back to the Swinging Sixties! Twist & Shout – an all-star cast from the West End deliver a musical powerhouse of a show that starts with the explosion of Brit Pop in 1962 through to the era of Flower Power and Free Love of the late Sixties.

Music lovers are invited to return to a time when skirts got shorter and hair got longer as an incredible cast revive the hits of The Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Rolling Stones, Cilla Black, Manfred Mann, Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Sandy Shaw and many more. Superb performances and beautiful, bespoke costumes return us to the sights and sounds of the Swinging Sixties.

The non-stop, 40-song music feast includes She Loves You, Glad All Over, You’re My World, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Something Tells Me I’m In to Something Good, Shout, Ferry Cross the Mersey and so many more. It’s said that “If you remember the Sixties you really weren’t there”. Twist and Shout affords the opportunity to discover just what you missed! This show will get you on your feet and dancing in the aisles!

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