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An Evening with Jimmy White & Dennis Taylor.

LIVE-ON-STAGE interview plus your chance to put your questions directly to the snooker legends personally.

Thursday 16th May 2024
7:30pm til 10:00pm
Minimum Age
18+

Thursday 16th May 2024
7:30pm til 10:00pm
Minimum Age
18+

An Evening with Jimmy White & Dennis Taylor.

An Evening with Jimmy White & Dennis Taylor.


About

LIVE-ON-STAGE interview plus your chance to put your questions directly to the snooker legends personally. Hilarious anecdotes, Exclusive Behind The Scenes Stories and the opportunity to meet Jimmy and Dennis for a handshake and a photo after the show.

Exclusive opportunity to spend an evening with "The Whirlwind" Jimmy White MBE and 1985 World Snooker Champion Denis Tayor. Jimmy and Denis will be interviewed LIVE on stage, take part in a Q&A session, plus VIP ticket holders will get to meet the legends up close in person for a photo.

*Please note this is not a comedy show*

Jimmy White

James Warren White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won three seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World champion, 3 time World Seniors Champion (2010, 2019, 2020), 2019 Seniors 6-Red World Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins.

White has won two of snooker's three majors: the UK Championship (in 1992) and the Masters (in 1984) and a total of ten ranking events. He is currently tenth on the all-time list of ranking event winners. He reached six World Championship finals but never won the event; the closest he came was in 1994 when he lost in a final frame decider against Stephen Hendry. He spent 21 seasons ranked in snooker's elite top 16. In team events, he won the Nations Cup and the World Cup with England. He is one of a select number of players to have made over 300 century breaks in professional competition. White was also the first left-handed player, and the second player overall, to record a maximum break at the World Championship.

Dennis Taylor

Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. He is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship final, when he defeated the defending champion Steve Davis in one of the most famous matches in snooker history. Despite losing the first eight frames, Taylor recovered to win 18–17 in a dramatic duel on the last black ball. The final's conclusion attracted 18.5 million viewers, setting UK viewership records for any post-midnight broadcast and for any broadcast on BBC Two that still stand.

Taylor had previously been runner-up at the 1979 World Snooker Championship, where he lost the final 16–24 to Terry Griffiths. His highest world ranking of his career was in 1979–1980, when he was second. He won one other ranking title at the 1984 Grand Prix, where he defeated Cliff Thorburn 10–2 in the final, and also won the invitational 1987 Masters, defeating Alex Higgins 9–8 in the final. He made the highest break of his career at the 1987 Carling Challenge, a 141.

Beginning in 1983, Taylor wore distinctive glasses designed by Jack Karnehm specifically for playing snooker. Often described as looking upside-down, they gave him a unique look on the circuit. Since retiring from the main professional tour in 2000, he has been a regular commentator on BBC snooker broadcasts. He competed on the World Seniors Tour until he announced the end of his competitive playing career in 2021, aged 72. Outside snooker, he appeared on the third series of Strictly Come Dancing, finishing eighth alongside dance partner Izabela Hannah.

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Gardyne Road, Dundee, DD5 1NY

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