FORTHCOMING
PRODUCTIONS
SOUTHERN ENGLAND
(to find a specific production or Theatre, use the
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Theatres featured on this page:-
OXFORD
THEATRES: The Playhouse, The Apollo/New Theatre, The
Old Fire Station Theatre
Chichester
Festival Theatre
The
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor (Near Newbury)
The Theatre
Royal, Brighton
New
Victoria Theatre, Woking
Salisbury
Playhouse [occasional news]
Southampton
- Mayflower
The
Nuffield, Southampton
Mountbatten
Centre, Portsmouth
Mercury
Theatre, Colchester
BRISTOL
THEATRES: Old Vic; Hippodrome; Tobacco Factory
Everyman
Theatre, Cheltenham
Bury
St. Edmunds, Theatre Royal
Yvonne
Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Theatre
Royal, Windsor
Plymouth
- Theatre Royal and The Drum (Studio Theatre)
Exeter – Northcott
Theatre
The Hawth - Crawley, Surrey
Connaught
Theatre, Worthing
The
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
The
Mill at Sonning Theatre
REVIEWERS NEEDED FOR MAJOR VENUES IN THIS REGION
SEE ABOVE & "MAIN MENU" PAGE FOR DETAILS
OXFORD PLAYHOUSE
Beaumont Street,
Oxford,
OX1
2LW
BOX OFFICE: 01865 305305
website: www.oxfordplayhouse.com
THE NEW THEATRE
George Street
Oxford,
OX1 2AG
Ticketmaster: 0870 606
3500
Groups Hotline: 01865
723834
OLD FIRE STATION STUDIO
THEATRE
40 George Street,
Oxford
OX1
2AQ
BOX
OFFICE - 0844 847 2360
CHICHESTER festival
THEATRE
Oaklands Park
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 6AP
BOX OFFICE: 01243 781312
Website: www.cft.org.uk
CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE ANNOUNCES
FESTIVAL 2010
With the possibility
of the country emerging from the shadow of the recession, a sense of optimism
is reflected in
LOVE
STORY by
Erich Segal – WORLD PREMIERE
Music
composed by Howard Goodall
Book
by Stephen Clark
Lyrics
by Stephen Clark and Howard Goodall
29 May – 26 June, Minerva Theatre
(Press Night: Monday 7 June 7pm)
Director: Rachel Kavanaugh
Designer:
Peter McKintosh
Musical
Director: Stephen Ridley
Sound
Designer: Matt McKenzie
Choreographer:
Nick Winston
Inspired by Erich Segal’s best-selling iconic novel, this is a
brand new musical version of Love Story, also
one of the most romantic films of all time.
Howard
Goodall is one of the
The
musical is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, Artistic
Director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Her credits include the hugely popular production of The Music Man starring Brian Conley
(Festival 08). Her other work
includes The Merry Wives of Windsor and Alice in Wonderland for the RSC, Hilda (Hampstead Theatre) and The
Rivals (Bristol Old Vic).
Lyrics
by Al Dubin
Book
by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble
21 June – 28 August, Festival Theatre
(Press Night: Thursday 1 July 7pm)
Director: Paul Kerryson
Set Designer: Ashley Martin-Davis
Choreographer:
Andrew Wright
Lighting Designer: Chris Ellis
Musical
Director: Julian Kelly
Sound
Designer: Matt McKenzie
Broadway
comes to
Paul
Kerryson is Artistic Director of Leicester Curve where
his credits include the acclaimed European premiere of The Light in the Piazza.
He is a renowned director of Stephen Sondheim’s work, including Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Follies, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George
and A Little Night Music.
THE CRITIC by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND by Tom Stoppard
A double bill
2 July – 28 August, Minerva Theatre
(Press Night: Friday 9 July 7pm)
Director:
Designer:
Ruari Murchison
Lighting
Designer: Tim Mitchell
Music:
Matthew Scott
Sound
Designer: Jonathan Suffolk
The
razor-sharp humour of two of
In
The Real Inspector Hound, two critics
blunder out of the auditorium and into the whodunit they have come to review.
The
plays are directed by Chichester Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director
PYGMALION by George Bernard
Shaw
9 July – 27 August, Festival Theatre
(Press Night: Monday 19 July 7pm)
Director and Designer: Philip Prowse
Lighting
Designer: Gerry Jenkinson
Rupert Everett plays Professor
Henry Higgins, the egocentric Professor of Phonetics, who transforms the
speech, manners and life of humble flower girl Eliza Doolittle.
This
role marks a return to the stage for
He
is joined by Stephanie Cole as his
mother Mrs Higgins, making a welcome return to
This
promises to be a dazzling production of one of theatre’s most
entertaining and provocative explorations of sexual politics and class
restrictions. Bernard Shaw’s
plays include Mrs Warren’s
Profession (staged at
Philip Prowse was a Co-Director, and then Artistic
Collaborator, of the Citizens' Theatre in
THE
RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS by Robert Tressell,
a new adaptation by Howard Brenton – WORLD
PREMIERE
15 July – 26 August, Minerva Theatre (Press
Night: Monday 19 July 2pm)
Director: Christopher Morahan
Designer:
Simon Higlett
Music:
Ilona Sekacz
Howard
Brenton’s new adaptation of the famous
political novel about the life and times of a group of Edwardian working men
promises to be colourful, funny and thought-provoking. This exploration of the harsh realities
of economic survival for the working-classes remains as relevant today as when
the novel was first written.
Brenton’s plays include Pravda, co-written with David Hare, performed during Festival 06, Weapons of Happiness, The Romans in
Christopher
Morahan’s credits include the recent production
of The Caretaker (Liverpool Everyman
and the West End), and his work as Associate Director at the National Theatre
which includes the award-winning National Theatre and Broadway production of Wild Honey. He is also a notable television director
whose work includes A Dance to the Music of Time, The Jewel in the Crown and The Glittering Prizes.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a co-production with Liverpool
Everyman and Playhouse.
THE
MASTER BUILDER
by Henrik Ibsen, a new adaptation by David Edgar
– WORLD PREMIERE
9
September – 9 October, Minerva Theatre (Press Night: Wednesday 15
September 7pm)
Director: Philip Franks
Designer:
Stephen Brimson Lewis
Lighting
Designer: Tim Mitchell
Music:
Matthew Scott
David
Edgar has written a new adaptation of Ibsen’s enthralling depiction of
betrayal, guilt and sexual passion.
Following his roles in the acclaimed productions of Taking Sides and Collaboration
(Festivals 08 and 09) which transferred to the West End last year, Michael Pennington returns to
Chichester as Halvard Solness,
the leading architect of his age, who is inspired by a beautiful young woman to
create one final masterpiece – but at what cost?
Edgar’s
adaptations include The Life and
Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Festivals 06 and
07). His plays include Destiny, Maydays, Pentecost and Playing with Fire.
The Master Builder is directed by
Philip Franks. His credits for
ENRON by Lucy Prebble
10
– 18 September, Festival Theatre
Director: Rupert Goold
Designer:
Anthony Ward
Lighting
Designer: Mark Henderson
Composer
and Sound Designer: Adam Cork
Video
and Projection Designer: Jon Driscoll
Choreographer:
Scott Ambler
ENRON returns to
This
compelling study of one of the most infamous financial scandals in recent years
is an audacious theatrical epic which fuses a multitude of styles and uses
music, movement and video.
Rupert
Goold, winner of the London Evening Standard and
Critics’ Circle Best Director Awards for ENRON, has also directed Macbeth
and Six Characters in Search of an Author
at
Lucy
Prebble received the TMA Best New Play award for ENRON in 2009. She also won the George Devine and the
Critics’ Circle Awards for her debut play The Sugar Syndrome.
ENRON was recently
nominated for six Olivier Awards for Best Director, Best New Play, Best Actor,
Best Supporting Actor, Best Lighting Design and Best Design.
The play is a co-production with Headlong and
the
A MONTH
IN THE COUNTRY
by Ivan Turgenev, adapted by Brian Friel
24
September – 16 October, Festival Theatre (Press Night: Thursday 30
September 7pm)
Director: Jonathan Kent
Designer:
Paul Brown
Lighting
Designer: Mark Henderson
Brian
Friel, one of
estate as Natalya struggles to recover after being
consumed by a hopeless love for her young son’s tutor.
Friel’s plays include Dancing at Lughnasa, Translations,
Jonathan
Kent’s recent work includes the National Theatre production of Oepidus starring Ralph Fiennes, and The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne.
Chichester Festival
Youth Theatre
presents
THE
FIREWORK-MAKER’S DAUGHTER by Philip Pullman, adapted by Stephen Russell
30
July – 12 August, Promenade Performances (Regional Press Night: Tuesday 3
August 7pm)
Director: Dale Rooks
Designer:
Amy Jackson
Chichester
Festival Youth Theatre recreates the magical story of a fleet-footed
heroine’s perilous quest to reach the terrifying Fire-Fiend. This is an
adaptation from a story by award-winning children’s writer Philip
Pullman, author of His Dark Materials
trilogy and the ‘Sally Lockhart’ series.
This
enchanting tale will be brought to life by the award-winning Chichester
Festival Youth Theatre in a promenade production in the grounds of the Weald
and
Dale Rooks is Youth Theatre Director at
Chichester Festival Theatre where her previous credits include A Christmas Carol, Toad of Toad Hall, James and
the Giant Peach, Peter Pan, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Oliver! and Pinocchio.
Priority Booking for
Friends of Chichester Festival Theatre opens on Thursday 18 February. To become a Friend of the Theatre and
benefit from priority booking and discounted tickets, call 01243 781312 or join
online at www.cft.org.uk/friends
Online public booking
opens for everyone on Monday 1 March.
Telephone and counter booking opens for everyone on Thursday 4
March. Tickets £12 -
£37 available from the Box Office on 01243 718312 or online at www.cft.org.uk
Chichester Festival
Theatre is working in partnership with Spirit FM to offer reduced ticket prices
for the first three performances of each production in the Festival
Theatre. To book for the Spirit FM
Previews, call the Box Office on 01243 781312 or go online at www.cft.org.uk
WATERMILL THEATRE
Bagnor,
Nr. Newbury,
Berkshire
RG20 8AE
BOX
OFFICE: 01635 46044 or
online at www.watermill.org.uk
COPACABANA
Music by Barry Manilow
Lyrics by Bruce Sussman & Jack
Feldman
Book by Barry Manilow, Jack Feldman,
Bruce Sussman
Directed by Craig Revel Horwood
Musical supervisor and musical arrangements by Sarah Travis
Designed by Diego Pitarch, Lighting
designed by Richard G. Jones,
Sound designed by Gareth Tucker
Thursday 9 September to Saturday 25
September
Regional Press Night: Monday 19th July
National Press Night Wednesday 21 July
Craig Revel Horwood, Sarah Travis and Diego Pitarch, the
creative team behind the award-winning Watermill productions of SPEND SPEND SPEND!, HOT MIKADO and
SUNSET BOULEVARD return with their unique take on Barry Manilow’s hit musical COPACABANA.
Her name was Lola, she
was a showgirl… The young wannabe star
Lola Lamar walks into to the Copacabana nightclub and into the heart of barman
Tony Star. Together they become headliners at the club. But
Lola is seduced by the unscrupulous Rico who promises to make her a big star in
his club the Tropicana in Havana. She falls into his evil clutches and Tony
fears for her future.
SPEND SPEND SPEND!
Music by Steve Brown
Book & lyrics by Steve Brown and Justin Greene
From the book by Viv Nicholson and Stephen Smith
Directed by Craig Revel Horwood
Musical Supervisor and arrangements by Sarah Travis
Designed by Diego Pitarch, Lighting designed by Nick
Richings
Thursday 9 September to Saturday 25
September
It won the 2009 TMA Award for Best Musical and Best Supporting
Actress in a Musical for Kirsty Hoiles and it’s back for
a short Watermill run followed by a 7 venue UK tour.
Described as a cross between BILLY ELLIOT and BLOOD BROTHERS, Craig
Revel Horwood and Sarah Travis’
indomitable show follows the rags to riches to rags story of Viv Nicholson - a coal miner’s wife from
Castleford, who won £152,319 on the pools in 1961, at that time the
biggest sum ever won. The amazingly talented 12 strong cast act,
sing, dance and play all the music, creating a truly extraordinary theatrical
event.
Single Spies
AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD & A QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION
A double-bill by Alan Bennett
Directed by Jamie Glover
Designed by Andrew Edwards
Thursday 30 September to Saturday 6 November
Press Performance: Monday 4 October at 7.30pm
Two award-winning plays from the multi-award winning playwright Alan
Bennett, directed by Jamie Glover who directed the theatre’s
hugely successful EDUCATING RITA earlier this year.
AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD - The Moscow flat of Guy Burgess is the scene
of a reunion between the double-agent and actress Coral Browne. She gives
him gossip and news from home and he gives her his measurements for a new suit
from his London tailor.
A QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION- Sir Anthony Blunt, Surveyor of the
Queen’s Pictures is enamoured with a Titian, which, like he, is not all
it seems. The Queen on the other hand has a good nose for a fake...
The Watermill in association with Two Gents Productions
Kupenga Kwa
HAMLET
Tuesday 9 November to Saturday 13 November
Press Performance Thursday 11th November
They bewitched audiences last autumn with TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA,
now this remarkable Zimbabwean company returns with a unique two-handed
production of HAMLET. Using just a few props, the mesmeric actors play all the
roles, telling the story in ‘township’ style with a simplicity that
is filled with imagination. This production will tour to village halls,
arts centres and regional theatres from 13 October to 6 November.
The Watermill Young Company
BULLETS AND BEETROOT LIPS
Written and Directed by Ade Morris
Lighting designed by Lawrence T Doyle
Wednesday 17 November to Saturday 20 November
Press Performance: Thursday 18 November
A group of Land
Army girls 'digging for victory' arrives at Mason’s Farm near Newbury.
Fifty years later their grand-daughters, become involved in the A34 road
protest of the late nineties. Both groups of young women defend the land as
they plunge into resonant crisis. Funny, poetic, moving and tragic this story
also has another eloquent character, the extraordinary and patient landscape of
West Berkshire itself.
TREASURE ISLAND
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Toby Hulse
Directed by Robin Belfield
Original music and musical director Simon Slater
Designed by Hayley Grindle, Lighting by
Mark Dymock
Thursday
25 November to Sunday 2 January
Press Performances: Saturday 27th November
The Watermill Christmas Show is a new adaptation of the classic
adventure story TREASURE ISLAND. It is directed by Robin Belfield, an
Associate Director at the National Theatre and The Watermill’s previous
Assistant Outreach Director. The music is composed by Simon Slater
who wrote the very hummable score for last year’s show JAMES AND THE
GIANT PEACH.
SEASONAL SAUCE
An annual dose of musical comedy
Devised, compiled and directed by Miss Helen Watson
Lighting by Lawrence T Doyle
Wednesday
26 January to Saturday 5 February
Press Performance Friday 28th January
Miss Helen Watson’s back with another all singing, all dancing, laugh out loud Watermill musical cabaret show.
WATERMILL EXTRAS
Saturday 24 July at 11am - JAMES CAMPBELL’S COMEDY 4 KIDS
The world’s only stand-up comedian for
children. Suitable for 6 years +.
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Monday 26 July at 1.30pm – THE
WATERMILL BOOK CLUB – TRUE CRIME PANEL With Charlie Owen, Ronnie Thompson
and Rob Ryan |
Sunday 8 August at 2.30pm - Yellowtale
Theatre Company
SHAKESPEARE & Co - Directed by Robin Belfield
a joyous romp through the best bits of the Bard
In The watermill gardens.
Wednesday 21 & Thursday 22 July from 6pm - 7pm - COPACABANA
SALSA CLASSES
A special package with Copacabana tickets, learn to dance
salsa.
13 September - 18 October Monday 7pm - 9pm - ADULT ACTING
COURSE
Classes in working with scripts, stage combat, masks, voice,
movement, and improvisation.
PLAY READINGS FOR ADULTS
Wednesday 6th October 2 pm – 4pm Habeus Corpus by Alan Bennett
Monday 8th November 7pm – 8.30pm Shakespeare’s
Sonnets
Saturday 9 October at 11am – SPINNING A YARN
A morning full of poetry, music, stories and fun
for children to celebrate national poetry day.
Wednesday 20 October at 2pm – AN AUDIENCE WITH...MAJOR
GENERAL PATRICK CORDINGLY DSO DSc
FRGS
A Watermill fundraising event
Tuesday 26 October 10am - 11.30am & 11.30am - 1pm – PIRATE
DAY!
Half term activities suitable for 5 to 12 year
olds.
Sunday 31 October (Rehearsals 10am – 6.30pm, Performance at
7.30pm)
THE WATERMILL SCRATCH CHOIR - SONGS
FROM THE SHOWS
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Wednesday
3 November - THE WATERMILL BOOK CLUB WITH COOK AND GARDENER
SARAH RAVEN
Wednesday 15 December 5.15 - 8pm – FATHER CHRISTMAS
VISITS THE WATERMILL IN HIS HORSE-DRAWN SLEIGH
A Watermill fundraising event
SUMMER HOLIDAY COURSES
2 – 6 August - MUSICAL IN A WEEK Ages 12 – 16
yrs
16 – 20 August - PLAY IN A WEEK Ages: 8 – 11
yrs & Ages: 12 – 16 yrs
9 – 13 August - THE WATERMILL ACADEMY Ages: 16 - 21
yrs
An intense, rewarding week designed for those who are considering
a career as an actor.
DIRECTIONS TO THE WATERMILL FROM THE M4
Leave Motorway at Junction 13 and head south on the A34 towards Newbury. Take first exit off A34, signposted to Donnington, then turn right to cross over the dual carriageway. Turn left following signs to Donnington, straight over first mini roundabout. Turn right at second mini roundabout into Grove Road. Follow Grove Road for approximately ½ a mile and then turn right following signs to the Watermill Theatre and Bagnor. Pass through the village of Bagnor and fork left down small drive leading to Theatre car park.
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This Theatre is probably the most unusually beautifully situated theatre in the country. Winter, Spring, Summer or Autumn - the setting is delightful. The Watermill has full facilities for car parking, a first-class restaurant and bar and the most delightful little Theatre producing excellent shows. I can heartily recommend a visit to the WATERMILL !!!! (Editor).
THEATRE ROYAL
BRIGHTON
New Road,
Brighton
Sussex
Box
Office 08448 717 650 (bkg fee)
Groups
Hotline 08448 717 617
Access
Bookings 08448 717 677 (bkg fee)
Website: www.ambassadortickets.com/brighton
The Theatre Royal, Brighton is one of the most elegant of playhouses. Whilst so many of our old theatre have ripped out wooden panels in favour of Formica and replaced chandeliers with florescent lighting, the Theatre Royal skillfully manages to retain its charm and character whilst presenting an eclectic programme of drama, dance, musicals and comedy. Perfectly situated in the heart of Brighton, opposite the Prince Regent's Royal Pavilion, it is also wonderfully convenient for late night trains (thus easily accessible from London), an array of good restaurants and, if you desire, a thoughtful late night stroll along the beach to savour the evening's theatre fare.
Brighton Theatre Royal has many concessions, family tickets and special offers - why not join their mailing list and reap those rewards - contact the Box Office 08700 606 650 for full details.
NEW VICTORIA THEATRE
WOKING
The Ambassadors
Peacocks Centre,
Woking
Surrey, GU21 1GQ
BOX OFFICE 01483 761144
Website: www.theambassadors.com/woking
The New Victoria Theatre is within easy reach of most of Surrey and Exit 11 of the M25. The main line railway connection with Waterloo takes less than half an hour.
SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE
Malthouse Lane
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 7RA
BOX OFFICE: 01722
320333
Website: www.salisburyplayhouse.com
THE MAYFLOWER THEATRE
SOUTHAMPTON
Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1GE
BOX OFFICE: 02380 711811
Website: www.the-mayflower.com
NUFFIELD THEATRE
University Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO17 1TR
BOX OFFICE: 023 8067
1771
website - www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk
MOUNTBATTEN CENTRE
Portsmouth
BOX OFFICE: 023 9266
5122
THE ANVIL
Basingstoke
BOX OFFICE: 01256 844244
MERCURY THEATRE
COLCHESTER
Balkerne Gate,
Colchester,
CO1 1PT.
BOX OFFICE: 01206 573948
BRISTOL - OLD VIC
King Street
Bristol
BS1 4ED
BOX OFFICE 0117 987 7877
THEATRE ROYAL
BRISTOL
Information provided by by Richard Jones for Theatreworld Internet Magazine
BRISTOL HIPPODROME
St Augustine's Parade
Bristol
Avon
BS1 4UZ
BOX OFFICE: 0870 6077500
Website: www.bristol-hippodrome.co.uk
TOBACCO FACTORY
Raleigh Road
Southville
Bristol
BS3 1TF
BOX OFFICE: 0117-902-0344
WYVERN THEATRE
Theatre Square
Swindon
Wiltshire
BOX OFFICE: 01793 524481
EVERYMAN THEATRE
Regent Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
BOX OFFICE: 01242 572573
ROSES THEATRE
Sun Street
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
BOX OFFICE: 01684 295074
THEATRE ROYAL
BURY ST EDMUNDS
Westgate Street,
Bury St Edmunds.
Suffolk
IP33 1QR
BOX OFFICE: 01284 76905
Website: www.theatreroyal.org
Summer Season, 2010
Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds
Please find full
details below of the Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds Summer Season 2010.
Box Office details:
Tel: 01284 769505
All performance times
are 7:30pm unless stated otherwise. Any additional performances at other times,
including matinee performances will be indicated in the listings.
The venue is the
Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds unless stated otherwise.
May
Monday 3 May
Theatre Royal Theatre
Makers
WONDERFUL
WORLDS AND MYTHICAL MONSTERS
Every culture throughout
history has had its monsters. From the gorgon to the dragon, from the serpent
to the mermaid, tales have been told about these mythical creatures. Join the
8–12 year old members of the Theatre Makers as they journey through time
and meet these fantastical beasts of legend.
6.30pm, Tickets:
£5.00 adults, £3.00 children
Tuesday 4 May
Opera della Luna
HMS
PINAFORE
Set sail for a brilliantly fast
and hilarious production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s famous comic opera. Packed
to the brim with toe-tapping tunes, the wit and verve of this production are
proof of Opera della Luna’s 15 years as
the country’s leading exponent of operetta and comic music theatre.
Tickets: £8.50-£25.50
Wednesday 5 –
Sunday 9 May
Cider with Rosie
by Laurie Lee.
In a new adaptation by Daniel
O’Brien
directed by Abigail
Anderson
designed by Dora
Schweitzer
original music
composed by TJ Holmes
As part of its ten week
national tour, Cider with Rosie returns to the Theatre Royal
Bury St Edmunds to once more recreate the charming world of rural
Gloucestershire, 1917. Horses pulling ploughs. Charabanc outings to Weston-super-Mare. The
frozen white winters and
blazing orange summers of memory. Heroic fourteen-year-old
giant Spadge Hopkins. Tyrannical
teacher Old Crabby. The warring ancient rival Grannies
Trill and Wallon. And of
course that first, unforgettable, cider-fuelled encounter in the harvest
fields. Laurie Lee’s story puts on record the England that we have
traded for the petrol engine in an evocative prose poem that sparkles, winks
and wryly smiles.
‘I
belonged to a generation which saw, by chance, the end of a thousand
years’ life.’ Laurie Lee
1st
NIGHT SPECIAL!
Get 3 tickets for the
price of 2 on Wednesday 5 May (cheapest ticket free)
Tickets:
£8.50-£24.50
Sunday 9 May
THE
LARKRISE BAND
Ashley Hutchings, legendary Guv’nor of English folk music and founder member of
Fairport Convention, leads a stellar line-up to celebrate the music, words,
dance and song of Flora Thompson’s Larkrise To Candleford. Originally produced
for the National Theatre’s 1981 adaptation of the novel, these stirring
tunes from a lost age have regained prominence with the popularity of the
BBC’s recent television series.
3pm, Tickets
£8.50-£20.50
Workshop
Bring the world of Larkrise to Candleford to life! Work
with all five members of the band in a relaxed, friendly workshop
where you will try the dances, taste the food and hear,
play and sing the music. Suitable for families and people of
all ages, you can be hands on or simply observe – and bring instruments
if you wish!
11am
– 12.30pm, at The Guildhall.
Tickets:
£8.00
Monday 10 –
Tuesday 11 May
European Arts return
following 2009’s great success with The Pickwick Papers.
THE
STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE
Come, if you dare, on a trip
down the smoggy, gaslit alleyways of Victorian London
to witness a chilling, thrilling and highly entertaining reinvention of this
classic tale. Set in a Whitechapel tavern, circa 1888, a versatile ensemble
cast will use only the things you find in a pub – barrels, tankards, bar stools,
billiard cues and yards of ale – to recreate the gruesome story with
great imagination and horror.
Tickets: £8.50-£22.50.
Wednesday 12 May
THE
JOHNNY CASH STORY
Following their sold-out
performance in 2009, Roger Dean and The Lazy Boys return with their
spellbinding tribute to The Man in Black. Combining biographical excerts of his remarkable rise from poverty in rural
Arkansas, with classic numbers such as Ring Of
Fire and I Walk The Line, this is a fitting eulogy to
one of music’s true legends. ‘Tenderness and fun, style and
verve…and oh, what songs!’ Financial
Times
Tickets:
£8.50-£20.50
Thursday 13 May
Lunchtime Concert
TRINITY
COLLEGE OF MUSIC PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Toe-tapping
jazz, Latin and original compositions, featuring marimba, drums and other
percussion instruments. Lively and loud or quiet in a crowd!
£1.10pm, Tickets:
£7.00
Restoring the Repertoire
Thursday 13 May
A rehearsed reading of
Mrs T.P. Cooke’s
THE
FORCED MARRIAGE
The wife of the famous and
much-loved actor T.P. Cooke (he of Black Eyed Susan and Frankenstein
fame) penned this sweet little piece, so it’s no surprise
that T.P. was first to play the role of the dashing sledge-driver, Ivan Daniloff, who does the honourable thing.
7:00pm, Tickets: £7.00
Friday 14 May
ACTORS’
LIVES AND BACKSTAGE STORIES
Join us on our exciting new
guided tour through the Theatre Royal’s plays and performers, from 1819
to the present day. Learn fascinating facts and even a bit of backstage gossip.
Our Greene Room bar will be open for dinner, snacks and Georgian cocktails.
Dinner reservations recommended 5.30pm-11pm.Guided
tours at 7:00pm, 8:15pm & 9:30pm.
Tickets: £6
adults / £4 children (£1 discount for National Trust
members and concessions) Tours last approximately 80 minutes. Please
note that the tours involve several flights of stairs.
Saturday 15 –
Sunday 16 May
SHAKESPEARE
ON THE STREETS
Discover the romantic side of Bury St Edmunds, with
Shakespeare’s Sonnets as your inspiration. Already a hit
on the streets of New York, London and Liverpool, this new show has been
created especially for the Bury Festival by a host of local professional
actors, artists and musicians. It’s Shakespeare – and Bury –
as you’ve never seen it before, with a few surprises along the way. This
outdoor guided tour starts at The Guildhall on Guildhall Street. First tour at 12.30pm, then at 15 minute intervals.
Tickets:
£8.00-£18.00
Saturday 15 May
AL
MURRAY – THE PUB LANDLORD
Catch Al Murray’s scabrous
alter-ego in a rare intimate show, as he tries out new material. 2009 saw
‘The Guv’ play to over 230,000 people,
including two nights at London’s O2 Arena, on his sold-out Beautiful
British Tour.
Monday 17 May
EDUARDO
NIEBLA
‘A display of supernatural
talent and a spellbinding mixture of flamenco and modern jazz, bursting with
obvious passion and verve.’ The Spectator
A formidable flamenco-jazz
guitar virtuoso, Eduardo Niebla is a master of
today’s generation. His brilliant and passionate flamenco music is
infused with a myriad of Eastern colours and a Gypsy-jazz edge.
Tickets:
£8.50-£18.00
Tuesday 18 May
BALLET
CENTRAL
The stars of the future from
the Central School of Ballet present a new programme combining ballet,
contemporary and jazz dance from some of the world’s leading
choreographers. The tour will include pieces from David Nixon, Christopher
Bruce, Michael Pink and Phillip Aiden, as well as three newly created works.
Tickets: £8.50-£22.50
Wednesday 19 May
BLACK
UMFOLOSI 5
Zimbabwe’s greatest
ambassadors present a show packed with spectacular songs and dances that has
been thrilling audiences worldwide. Their trademark harmonies mixed with
intricate rhythms, clicking and clapping are highlighted during their
brilliantly choreographed performances.
Tickets:
£8.50-£18.00
Thursday 20 May
Lunchtime Reading
GABRIEL
GARCIA MARQUEZ
Escape into
the magical world of this Nobel Prize-winning author, where fairy tales meet
everyday life in surprising, touching and humorous ways.
1.10pm, Tickets:
£5.00
Friday 21 –
Sunday 23 May
The Gruffalo - Live
on Stage!
Kenny Wax Ltd & Nick Brooke Ltd
Tall Stories productions
Based on the
award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler,
this magical, musical adaptation of the award winning picture book
has been a sold-out smash-hit in the West
End and around the world. Join Mouse on his
adventure through the deep dark wood as he scares hungry animals away with tall
stories of his friend, the terrifying Gruffalo. But
what happens when he comes face-to-face with the very creature he imagined?
Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl, a maraca-shaking, party-mad
Snake… and, of course, The Gruffalo! Songs,
laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 to 300! ‘Monstrous fun!’
Daily Mail.
Running
time approx: 1 hour.
The performance at 1.30pm on Friday 21 May will be British Sign Language
interpreted
Tickets:
£7.00-£12.50 (Save 25% on tickets for a family of 4 (must include
at least one adult and one child).
Monday 24 –
Sunday 29 May
The Playhouse
Entertainment Group
WIFE
BEGINS AT 40
directed by Brian Godfrey
designed by Julie Godfrey
lighting designed by Graham Mclusky
It seems that, for some people,
forty is a rather traumatic age. For Linda Harper it certainly appears to be,
as she starts worrying three years before her fortieth birthday. She is
dissatisfied spiritually and physically with her seventeen-year marriage to the
slightly staid George. However, following a drunken night during which George
recounts passionate stories involving a flamenco dancer from the top of a grand
piano, Linda decides to leave. Yet it is George who moves out, giving Linda a
chance to “find herself” through a variety of courses, including
aerobics and sculpting. When, a few weeks later, George returns to the family
home without his ‘crown jewels’, to sort out maintenance
arrangements with the help of neighbours Roger and Betty, he and Linda discover
that the flames of passion are not quite dead, albeit in need of a little
fanning! Accompanied by the Central Band of the Royal Air
Force, Linda helps George to put the ex back into sex. The
25th anniversary production of this delightful comedy is directed by Brian Godfrey,Ray Cooney’s Associate Director of 25 years,
and stars Vicki Michelle (‘Allo ‘Allo),Trevor Bannister (Are You Being Served? and Last of
the Summer Wine) and Mark Curry (Blue Peter).
Tickets:
£8.50-£24.50
Monday 31 May –
Wednesday 2 June
Guess On Stage Ltd
Guess how much I love you?
based on the books
by Sam McBratney
Hop along to the Theatre Royal
as Little Nutbrown Hare and
Big Nutbrown Hare take you on a magical journey
through Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Full of
song, games and laughter, these classic tales are adapted by David Wood OBE,
the UK’s leading writer and director of children’s theatre, whose
previous successes include The Tiger That
Came To Tea, Fantastic
Mr. Fox, The Gingerbread Man, The
Witches and Babe The Sheep Pig.
Suitable for children
aged from 3 years.
Running time:
approx 55 minutes.
Tickets: £7.00-£12.50 (Save
25% on tickets for a family of 4 (must include at least one adult and one
child).
June
Thursday 3 –
Friday 4 June
Independent Ballet
Wales
GISELLE
‘A charming and gifted
company’ Daily Telegraph
Independent Ballet Wales return
to Bury St. Edmunds with a breathtaking version of one of the most famous ballets
of all time. Featuring Adolphe Adam’s stunning
score, Giselle is the passionate story of a peasant girl resurrected from her
grave to protect the man who had originally broken her heart.
‘A charming and gifted company’ Daily Telegraph
Tickets: £8.50- £24.50
Saturday 5 June
THE
CHRIS BARBER BIG BAND
Influential trombonist Chris
Barber leads his 11-piece band in an exciting night of jazz, blues and soul.
From the New Orleans style of signature tune Bourbon Street Parade to Duke
Ellington, Bob Crosby, Sonny Terry, Joe Zawinul and
Miles Davis, Barber provides the perfect soundtrack to a summer party.
Tickets:
£8.50-£25.00
Restoring the Repertoire
Monday 7 –
Thursday 10 June
Experience the world of Georgian Theatre
Travel with us back
into the Theatre’s past and enjoy an exciting programme packed full of
Georgian-themed activities! Running daily from Monday to Thursday, it provides
a very special opportunity to find out more what makes the Theatre Royal such a special
and fascinating place, including a Georgian stage fitted with wind and wave
machines and actors in full period costume. Our Greene Room
restaurant and bar is open for refreshments.
10am – 1pm Schools
programme Tickets: £8/£6
2pm – 5pm Open
for general public Tickets: £8/£6
Wednesday 9 June
TAP
AND CHAT WITH LIONEL BLAIR
Join the legendary Lionel Blair
for a fleet-footed journey through a uniquely colourful career. Amidst
beautifully choreographed songs such as Me And
My Shadow and They Can’t Take
That Away From Me, Lionel captivates his audience with spellbinding anecdotes, from
tea at Number 10 to personal
engagements with Liza Minnelli and his performances with Sammy Davis Jnr.
Tickets:
£8.50-£25.00
Tuesday 8 June
Lunchtime Lecture
JANE
AUSTEN
A rare
opportunity to discover her hilarious early work and unfinished novels.
1.10pm, £7
Thursday 10 June
Lunchtime Concert
REBECCA
WALKER cello & double bass
MICHAEL
SALMON piano
This experienced recital duo present a programme including music
by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff and Rebecca Walker’s original compositions.
This experienced recital duo
present a programme including music by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff and Rebecca
Walker’s original compositions.
1:10pm, Tickets: £7.00
Restoring the Repertoire
Friday 11 June
A rehearsed reading of
A DAY
IN TURKEY
A comedy in five acts
by Hannah Cowley, first performed on 3 Dec 1791 at the Theatre Royal Covent
Garden. Linking perfectly with Staging The East
(see below), this comedy by another successful woman playwright of the Georgian
era has it all: beautiful Russian slaves, a cheeky French servant with his own
ideas about liberty, and a Turkish Bassa in love.
7:00pm, Tickets: £5.00
Restoring the Repertoire
Friday 11 –
Saturday 12 June
STAGING
THE EAST:Oriental Masking in the British Theatre, 1660
– 1830
A conference organised
by Marina Warner and the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies (LiFTS), University of Essex, and Theatre Royal, Bury St.
Edmunds. With generous support from the British Academy.
Join us for two days of talks, performances, and demonstrations exploring the
theatre’s captivation with the idea of the East throughout the long 18th
century, featuring an international group of speakers including authors Daniel
O’Quinn, Mita Choudhury
and Bridget Orr, and theatre director Tim Supple.
Fri 11 from 3pm; Sat 12 9am – 6pm Tickets: £35 (£25 concs) includes lunch and ticket to the rehearsed
reading of A Day in Turkey.
Monday 14 June
Young Talent Week
THE SPIKE
Theatre Royal Youth Theatre
Written and directed by Sally Waters
For those who had fallen on
hard times during the Georgian and Victorian periods there was little or no place
to go except the workhouse door. The 13-15 year old members of the Youth
Theatre look into the history of young people in Bury St Edmunds during this
time.
7.30pm, Tickets:
£7.00 (£3.50 concs)
Tuesday 15 June
PICK
‘N MIX
West Suffolk College,
E0.45 Theatre, E0.45 Dance E0.45 Productions is thrilled to be showcasing
another year of the best work performed by the hottest
talent in the area. It promises to be an exciting
evening of dramatic theatre and sizzling dance numbers. In addition to numbers
by current and graduating students there will be another action packed
presentation of street dance by applicants to the 2010 courses.
7:00pm, Tickets:
£10.00 (concs available)
Wednesday 16 June
Young Talent Week
NATIONAL
YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
World renowned as a glittering showcase for the country’s best
young musicians, a NYJO concert can be enjoyed by non-jazz as well as jazz
aficionados alike.
Tickets: £8.50-£22.50
Thursday 17 –
Friday 18 June
Arbor
Preparatory School
THE
ISLE OF BENDITH
by Joyce Amtower
When Brianna and her school
friends visit The Isle Of Bendith
to study Celtic history, her grandmother gives a
special talisman which must be returned to the island. Bendith gradually reveals the mystery of the talisman and
Brianna discovers the story of her ancestors.
6.30pm, Tickets:
£15.00 adults/£5.00 children
Saturday 19 &
Sunday 20 June
Suffolk’s Big
Weekend
FAMILY
FUN AT THE THEATRE ROYAL
Join us for a weekend of
heritage activities for children and young people
of all ages!
Engage in some Regency recreational entertainment like silhouette-making, blind
man’s buff and quoits. Listen to our story
teller or join us for some taster-tours round the theatre. You can also dress
up and have your photo taken with one of our colourful Regency characters or
take up the camera yourself for our photo exhibition with artist Tessa Farmer.
Saturday: 10am
– 1pm, Taster tours 10.15am & 11.30am
Sun 10:00am,-4:30pm, Taster
tours 2.15pm & 3.30pm
Tickets: £5.00
/ £4.00
Saturday 19 June
JAMES
CAMPBELL’S COMEDY & SONGS 4 KIDS
James Campbell’s brand
new stand-up comedy show is now mixed with funny songs about life, sausages and
how superheroes go to the toilet. ‘My seven-year-old
howled with laughter and so did I.’ Daily Mail
2:00pm, Tickets:
£7.00-£9.00
Sunday 20 June
Lunchtime Reading
E.
NESBIT
A special
lunchtime reading for the whole family, featuring excerpts of some of E. Nesbit’s best known stories.
1.10pm, Tickets:
£5.00
Saturday 19 June
The Greene Room
BAND
NIGHT
The Theatre Royal rocks! A
feast of new music in our Greene Room featuring several up and coming local
bands, including Not Until Tomorrow. ‘Giving
an energy-filled performance of insanely fast guitar riffs and bass lines that
will stick in your head for days, Not Until Tomorrow won over the
audience’s hearts.’ BBC Suffolk
8:00pm Tickets:
£3.00 advance, £6.00 on the door
Tuesday 22 June
Celebrating JANE
AUSTEN
Theatre Tours International
co-written & performed by Rebecca Vaughan
co-written & directed by Guy Masterson
Join us in celebrating
one of the greatest female novelists of all time! AUSTEN’S
WOMEN in a double bill with harpist Danielle Perrett. Thirteen of
Austen’s beautifully-observed women are assembled in one glorious
distillation of 19th century feminism. From high comedy to profound pathos,
Vaughan takes us on a rich journey into Austen’s ‘two inches of
ivory’ featuring Lizzy Bennet,
Emma Woodhouse, the Dashwood Sisters and many more,
as they fall in and out of love, make friends with some, alienate
others and commit notorious improprieties! “Vaughan’s
performance was unfaultable...this is a thoroughly enjoyable exploration of
women & is thoroughly recommended.’ Edinburgh
Guide. From Buckingham Palace to major international
concert halls,
Danielle’ Perretts’s solo recital career
spans the globe. Tonight, she will be taking you on a beautiful journey to the
Regency period.
Tickets:
£8.50-£20.50
Why not make a day of it
with a guided tour and Lunchtime Lecture?
LOVERS’ VOWS AND
OTHER STORIES: Guided tours
at 10.30am and 11.30am
Tickets: £6.00
adults/£4.00 children (£1 discount for National Trust members
and concessions) Tours last approximately 80 minutes.
COMMEMORATING JANE: Austen celebrations and
re-enactments with Dr Gillian Dow, lecturer in English at Southampton University and
Research Fellow at Chawton House Library, celebrates the life and continuing appeal of Jane Austen. 1.10pm
Tickets: £5.00
Wednesday 23 June
BLAZIN’
FIDDLES
With a reputation as one of the
most exciting fiddle ensembles ever to take to the stage, Blazin’
Fiddles continue to capture perfectly the passion and sensitivity of Scottish
music. Their fiery blend of highland tunes and tales from the islands has
delighted audiences from remote village halls to London’s Royal Albert
Hall.
Tickets: £8.50-£22.50
Friday 25 –
Saturday 26 June
Culford
Preparatory School
THE
BATTLE FOR SINGE HILL
by Hilary
McPherson and St. John Weyers
An exciting new musical set in
the American Wild West. The year is 1869 and at the Smoking Cactus Saloon, in
the forgotten town of Singe Hill, the miners and the Mexicans, the cowboys and
the saloon girls, the gamblers and the bank robbers, discover the threat to the
future of their town.
Tickets:
£5.00-£12.00 (Friday 25th all tickets £5.00)
Restoring the Repertoire
Tuesday 29 June – Saturday 3 July
THE
POOR SOLDIER
directed by Colin
Blumenau
a musical comedy in one act by John O’Keefe
music by William Shield
first performed on 4 November 1783 at the Theatre Royal Covent Garde.n
Join us and rediscover the
original Broadway musical! Following the American Revolution our hero returns
home to Ireland with love in his heart and a song on his lips.
But alas! His sweetheart is
being wooed by English officer.
(The Hero sings a
heartfelt musical number on love, fear and emasculation)
To add insult to injury a
ludicrous French servant is also trying to bed her!
(The
Sweetheart sings about love and being far too gorgeous for her own good) Meanwhile
her beautiful friend is being courted by two local peasants!
(Absolutely
everyone sings a big musical number on cows, and of course, love.)
Full of comedy, confusion and
lots of songs, The Poor Soldier was President George Washington’s favourite
play. It was a hit over here (London 1783) and a hit over there (New York
1783). This glorious musical comedy combines the talents of playwright
John O’Keefe (known for the play Wild Oats) and
renowned 18th century composer William Shield. What’s more, it inspired
the very first American professional play (The Contrast by Royall
Tyler 1787) which included two characters watching a performance of The
Poor Soldier.
Tickets:
£8.50-£24.50
TalkOut Thursday
1 July. Where you see the Audio Description logo next to a performance, there
will be a live verbal commentary capturing the key visual elements of the
performance.
Friday 2 July-
Lunchtime Lecture
THE
POOR SOLDIER:
The stage history of a 1780s
hit musical with typical lightness of touch, this Lunchtime
Lecture will look at the history of George
Washington’s favourite piece of theatre
– a play he had performed at his inauguration ceremony!
1:10pm, Tickets: £5.00
July
Monday 5 July
Theatre Royal Theatre
Makers
FANTABULOUS
FABLES
Join the 5-7 year old members
of the Theatre Makers as they explore some of Aesop’s forgotten fables.
You may know the story of The Boy who cried Wolf and The
Tortoise and the Hare, but come along and discover the more unusual tales from
history’s best loved story-teller.
6.30pm Tickets:
£5 adults, £3 children
Tuesday 6 –
Sunday 11 July
Shakespeare’s
Globe
A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
Hermia loves Lysander and
Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia.
When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge
in the woods outside the city, and walk into the midst of a dispute between the
king and queen of the fairies. But they are not alone. So, too, does a group of
amateur actors rehearsing a play. Between the angry fairies, the bumbling
players and the dazed lovers, flies Puck, armed with a love juice capable of
making anyone fall for the first person they set eyes upon – no matter
how unsuitable. Performed on an Elizabethan-inspired stage, a
small troupe of travelling players breathe new life into this amazingly
inventive play. Dreamlike, funny and beautiful, eight talented actors reinvent
renaissance touring theatre for the 21st century with Shakespeare’s
greatest comedy.
‘Summer
is all the sweeter for a Shakespeare road trip.’ Daily Telegraph
Tickets:
£8.50-£24.50
TalkOut Thursday
8 July
Thursday 8 July
Lunchtime Concert
THE
DECIBELL DUO
Trumpeter Ellie Lovegrove and pianist Lyn Carter perform a varied programme
of classical and jazz numbers.
1:10pm, Tickets: £7.00
Friday 9 July
Lunchtime Reading
SHAKESPEARE’S
LOVERS
Complementing The Globe’s
production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we’ll be reading a
selection of Shakespeare’s most passionate love scenes.
1.10pm, Tickets:
£5.00
Monday 12 July
WEST
SUFFOLK YOUNG MUSICIAN 2010
Come and hear the cream of West
Suffolk’s young musicians in the Final of this year’s competition.
Strings, woodwind, brass, voice and piano finalists will compete in two classes,
whilst younger heats winners will showcase their talents, too. Trophies will be
presented by the panel of adjudicators on the night and the West Suffolk Young
Musician 2010 will be announced.
7:00pm £7.00
(£4.00 concs)
Restoring the Repertoire
Thursday 15 July
A rehearsed reading of
ALL
ON A SUMMER’S DAY
a comedy in five acts by Elizabeth Inchbald
first performed on 15 Dec 1787 at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.
Lady Carrol
is wilful, outspoken and likes to flirt. Exchanging love-letters with young
Mooneye and passing her husband off as her father, however, takes things one
step too far! Another rediscovery from the pen of our very
own Bury playwright, Elizabeth Inchbald.
7:00pm, Tickets:
£7.00
Friday 16 July
Concert
Deja Vu
Productions Ltd
TODAY’S
TEARDROPS
A tribute to Roy Orbison &
Gene Pitney, starring Paul Hopkins & his musicians
Two legends captured in
intimate detail by one performer. Paul Hopkins sings all the
classic hits, including; 24 Hours from Tulsa, Pretty
Woman, I Drove All Night, Backstage
and In Dreams.
Tickets:
£8.50-£24.50
Tuesday 20 July
An Evening with
JONATHON
PORRITT
One of the UK’s leading
authorities on globalisation and the environment, Jonathon Porritt
CBE is a zealous campaigner and forthright government advisor. A former
Director of Friends of the Earth and founder of the UK’s largest
sustainable development charity, Forum for the Future, Porritt
is a central figure of our times.
Tickets:
£8.50-£22.50
Wednesday 21 July
BUDDY
HOLLY AND THE CRICKETERS
Enjoy timeless hits such as That’ll
Be The Day and Peggy
Sue with Britain’s greatest and longest running Buddy Holly tribute
act in a fast, furious and funny rock ‘n’ roller-coaster of a show.
Tickets:
£8.50-£24.50
Thursday 22 –
Saturday 24 July
Lip Service
DESPERATE
TO BE DORIS
An outrageous homage to musical
icon Doris Day, featuring a selection of the diva of the duster’s
greatest hits like you’ve never heard them before. Nominated for a Manchester
Evening News Theatre Award, Desperate to be Doris tells the
story of Dean, who works as a buyer for a mail order nightwear firm called The
Pyjama Game. At home he is a legend in his own living room and sings like
Doris Day, but will he dare to share his Calamity Jane with an
unsuspecting world? When his local operatic society, Out of My Range, decides
to stage the hit musical, Dean is suddenly thrown in the limelight. IT ALL DEPENDS ON
YOU…All good musicals traditionally need a cast of thousands, so our
leading ladies will be backed by a flamboyant Bury St Edmunds chorus specially
recruited for this production. If you are interested in joining the community choir, please
contact Lynn Whitehead via lynn@theatreroyal.org. No previous singing experience
required!
Tickets: £8.50- £24.50
TalkOut Thursday
22 July
Monday 26 July
– Friday 6 August
DRAMA
EXTRAVAGANZA
For the first
time, the Theatre Royal is offering two drama extravaganzas at the start of the
summer holidays! 5-12 year olds can come along to either the first OR second
week where the children will experience drama and creative activities with
theatre professionals. This year we will be having an adventure to the depths
of the sea and the crags and crevices of the coastline. Each place costs
£62 for the week, but bring a sibling for only
£45. For further information, contact Amy Wyllie or Sally Waters at the
Theatre Royal on 01284 829933 or 829935 or email amyw@theatreroyal.org or
sally@theatreroyal.org. Book your place now, as tickets sell faster than crabby
patties!
Monday 26 –
Friday 30 July, Monday 2 – Friday 6 August
10am-3pm each day
Wednesday 28 July
AN
EVENING WITH…RABBI LIONEL BLUE
Loved by millions for his
offbeat sense of humour, Rabbi Lionel Blue mixes compassion and common sense
with a delicious sense of the ridiculous.
Tickets:
£8.50-£22.50
Thursday 29 July
ROLL
OUT THE BARREL
Now in its 10th year, this
hugely popular and uplifting show is a wonderful mix of music and memories.
Join Terry Bradford and Sussie Arvesen
on a joyous journey of non-stop nostalgia with over 60 songs that you will know
and love. Including We’ll Meet Again, Down At The Old Bull And Bush, Underneath
The Arches and Pennies From Heaven, you’ll be singing all
the way home.
Tickets:
£8.50-£12.50
Friday 30 July
COMEDY
STORE PLAYERS
London’s legendary Comedy
Store comes to Bury St Edmunds! Some of the most innovative and
hilarious comedians of the last
30 years honed their skills on the Comedy Store’s stage and became
household names on Whose Line Is It Anyway? – now
join the likes of Josie Lawrence and Richard Vranch
on the piano for some improvised chaos.
Tickets:
£8.50-£20.50
August
Tuesday 3 –
Saturday 7 August
KISS
ME KATE
Suffolk Young People’s Theatre
music and lyrics by Cole Porter
book by Bella and Samuel Spewack
by arrangement with MusicScope
Combine Shakespeare’s The
Taming of the Shrew with Cole Porter’s music and lyrics, and you get Kiss Me
Kate, which remains an enduring success with audiences all over the
world. This is a play-within-a-play where each cast member’s on-stage
life is complicated by what is happening offstage. Musical numbers include Brush
Up Your Shakespeare, So In
Love Am I, I Hate Men, Another Op’nin’, Another
Show and many well-known songs.
Tickets:
£7.00-£17.00
16 August
SUMMER
SCHOOL 2010 (age 13 – 21)
Audition for the Theatre
Royal’s renowned Summer School, and if you’re successful you could
be performing on our stage in the last two weeks of August. Working with
theatre professionals, the Summer School Company will rehearse and perform a
play that will be a show for all the family to enjoy. It’s the nearest
thing to real work experience as an actor – hard work and tremendous fun.
COST: £115
(assisted places available).
YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE
Millbrook
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 9UX
BOX OFFICE: (01483)
44 00 00
Website: www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
THEATRE ROYAL
WINDSOR
Thames Street
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 1PS
BOX OFFICE:
(01753) 85 38 88
Website: www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk
PLYMOUTH
THEATRE ROYAL
Royal Parade,
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 2TR
BOX OFFICE: 01752 267222
Group Sales 01752 260960 / Minicom booking (for hard of hearing) 01752 600290
website: www.theatreroyal.com
THE DRUM (STUDIO
THEATRE)
EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE
Stocker
Road, Exeter, EX4 4QB
Box Office telephone number 01392 493493
Admin
telephone number 01392 223999
Email info@exeternorthcott.co.uk
Information kindly provided by Suze
Gardner
THEATRE ROYAL
Sawclose,
Bath
BOX OFFICE: 01225 448844
THE
HAWTH
Hawth
Avenue
Crawley
RH10 6YZ
BOX OFFICE: 01293 553636
Website - www.hawth.co.uk
The
Hawth is a very attractive, modern theatre - opened
in 1988 - on a 30 acre wooded site and with abundant free parking. The Theatre
seats 855 on well raked seating afording a full view
of the stage from any angle.
Also
many exciting shows in the adjacent
studio….apply to the Box Office for details.
THE MILL AT SONNING
THEATRE
Sonning Eye
Oxfordshire
BOX OFFICE: 01189 698000
Website: www.millatsonning.com
Trains Paddington to Reading: 25 minutes
on direct trains. Taxis: Reading station, 15 minutes to Mill at Sonning.
Paddington
18.03 18.06 18.15
18.22 18.30
Reading
22.46 22.55 23.03 23.16
Reading
18.30
18.35 18.41 18.50
18.55 Paddington
23.24 23.35 23.41 00.16
For more details or individual advice/help - email: GPowner@aol.com