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Opera returns to Tunbridge Wells pub

Wetherspoon A view from a theatre balcony looking over a group of people on table's looking up at the opera house's stageWetherspoon
Die Fledermaus will be performed at the Opera House

A Wetherspoon pub is once again preparing to host an opera inside its Grade II listed building.

Die Fledermaus will be performed at the Opera House in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 16 February.

The building, which opened in 1902, was originally constructed to be an opera house and performances have taken place at the pub for the past 20 years.

The site became a cinema in 1931 and then a bingo hall nearly 40 years later, before converting to a pub in 1996.

Wetherspoon A view from the street of the Opera House in the evening. It is a large, regal building with "Opera House" written in white letters on the front.Wetherspoon
The Opera House has hosted performances for the past 20 years

Die Fledermaus will be performed by The Merry Opera Company at 14:00 GMT and 19:30.

It will be the 15th year running that the company has performed at the pub.

The show is also being brought to London, Surrey and Norfolk by the Chiddingstone-based company.

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