Last chance to see JIM BROADBENT in A CHRISTMAS CAROL

LAST CHANCE TO SEE

JIM BROADBENT as Ebenezer Scrooge in

A Christmas Carol

By PATRICK BARLOW
Adapted from the Christmas story by Charles Dickens

Presented by SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS 

Must end its limited run on Saturday 30 January

Director PHELIM MCDERMOTT
Designer TOM PYE
Director of Movement TOBY SEDGWICK
Lighting Designer PETER MUMFORD
Sound Designer GARETH FRY
Music Supervisor STEVEN EDIS

 

Last chance to see Academy Award-winner Jim Broadbent in A Christmas Carol at the Noël Coward Theatre. Must end its limited run on Saturday 30 January.

This new comic re-telling of A Christmas Carol, adapted by Patrick Barlow from Charles Dickens’ classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh-hour redemption opened in the West End on 30 November starring Jim Broadbent as Ebenezer Scrooge with Adeel Akhtar, Amelia Bullmore, Keir Charles, Samantha Spiro and puppeteers Jack Parker and Kim Scopes.

From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig, Patrick Barlow’s imaginative and comic adaptation of A Christmas Carol brings some of Dickens’ most memorable characters to life at the Noël Coward Theatre this winter.

This innovative new work is created by some of our most loved and mischievous maverick theatre-makers. The play is written by the Olivier award-winning and Tony nominated Patrick Barlow (The 39 Steps) with whom Jim Broadbent performed for many years in Barlow’s cult comedy troupe The National Theatre of Brent. A Christmas Carol is directed by Olivier award-winning Phelim McDermott, Artistic Director of Improbable, one of Britain’s most inventive theatre companies, who is responsible for the iconic production Shockheaded Peter. McDermott also directed Theatre of Blood at the National Theatre in which Broadbent last appeared on stage over ten years ago. Joining them is the critically-acclaimed designer Tom Pye (The Testament of Mary, The Death of Klinghoffer, The Low Road) and Toby Sedgwick (War Horse, The 39 Steps) as Director of Movement, Peter Mumford designs the lighting and Gareth Frydesigns sound.

Listings:

Performances:

Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm

Matinee performances on Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm

Noël Coward Theatre, St Martin’s Lane, London

Final performance: Saturday 30 January 2016

Tickets:

Tickets from £20

Front row £10 day seats available for every performance throughout the run. Available to buy in person from the Box Office from 10.30am, limited to two tickets per person.

Website: www.achristmascaroltheplay.com

Box Office: 0844 482 5140

All tickets are subject to a booking fee and restoration levy

St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal 2015
A Christmas Carol
and The Mackintosh Foundation are proud to be supporting St Martin-in-the-Fields’ Christmas Appeal by donating 50 pence for each ticket purchased. Customers, as part of the purchasing process, will be asked if they would also like to donate 50 pence with each ticket purchased. Registered charity no 1156305/261359.

FERRIS & MILNES ANNOUNCE ST. JAMES STUDIO RESIDENCY & RELEASE SONDHEIM VIDEO

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ANNOUNCE ST. JAMES STUDIO RESIDENCY

AND RELEASE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF ‘33 SONDHEIM NUMBERS IN 5 MINUTES’

FOLLOWING ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCE AT SONDHEIM’S 85th BIRTHDAY GALA, AT THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE

The producers of Ferris & Milnes, the musical theatre comedy cabaret performed by Dominic Ferris and Martin Milnes, are delighted to announce the duo’s 2016 residency at the St. James Studio, London. To coincide with the announcement, an exclusive new video of Ferris and Milnes’ ‘33 Sondheim Numbers in 5 Minutes’ has been released, giving theatre-lovers the chance to see the medley which was performed live to great acclaim, at Sondheim’s 85th Birthday Gala at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

The first show of the St. James Studio residency will be Ferris & Milnes: Live at the St. James – Let’s Go On With The Show!, which will be performed for two nights only, on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 January.  The production offers an eclectic and vitality-packed musical programme, ranging from the Golden Age of Broadway and Hollywood to current favourites and pop classics, all performed in Ferris & Milnes’ original musical arrangements. The numbers sit alongside Dominic’s and Martin’s unique brand of ‘banteriffic’ comedy, which has always found audiences ‘expecting the unexpected’.  Ferris & Milnes will perform further shows on Saturday 26 March and Tuesday 26 April. Details of these shows, and further dates, are to be announced.

Ferris and Milnes were invited to the St. James Studio by St. James Theatre’s Creative Director James Albrecht following their sell-out performances at The Pheasantry, and their show-stopping turn at Stephen Sondheim’s 85th Birthday Gala at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.  An exclusive studio version of the “33 Sondheim Numbers In 5 Minutes” medley, which Ferris & Milnes devised and performed as a unique tribute to the acclaimed composer, is now available to watch here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B08hMm9v9Xg

Dominic Ferris and Martin Milnes are a unique combination. Dominic is a pianist extraordinaire, regularly showcasing his skills touring the world as one half of The Piano Brothers – his Steinway & Sons accredited piano duo. Martin has ‘two voices’- excelling as both a tenor and in his acclaimed falsetto register, having diversely crossed the musical worlds between West End and opera. Together, Dominic and Martin combine comedy, music and vocals in a dynamic cocktail of explosive Broadway glamour and fun.

The St. James Studio residency is produced by Richard Douglas Productions, and created and devised by Dominic Ferris and Martin Milnes.

Website: www.ferrisandmilnes.com  Twitter: @ferrisandmilnes 

LISTINGS

Ferris & Milnes: Live At The St James – Let’s Go On With The Show!

St James Studio, St James Theatre, 12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA

Tickets: £15-25; transaction fees apply to online and telephone bookings

Online bookings: www.stjamestheatre.co.uk/studio/lets-go-on-with-the-show/

Telephone bookings: 0844 264 2140

Saturday 30 January 2016: 8.00pm (doors open 7.15pm)

Sunday 31 January 2016: 7.00pm (doors open 6.15pm)

Saturday 26 March 2016: date confirmed; further details to be announced

Tuesday 26 April 2016: date confirmed; further details to be announced

Further dates to be announced.

Running time: 2 hours (including interval)

STORYSTOCK RETURNS TO THE BUSH THEATRE THIS FEBRUARY HALF TERM

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17 – 19 February

  • Tickets on sale now for children’s story-telling festival at the Bush Theatre
  • Featuring A Pocketful of Grimms & Arabian Nights from Story Pocket Theatre – winner of Primary Times Best Children’s Show Edinburgh Fringe 2015
  • STORYSTOCK 2016 will continue to Clapham Omnibus in April, Wilderness Festival in August & more dates to be announced

Tickets are now on sale for the hugely popular travelling story circus STORYSTOCK, taking place during spring half-term. The autumn edition of the circus at the Bush Theatre attracted nearly 3000 visitors over three days. STORYSTOCK is a festival of storytelling for children aged 2-11 and their families.

Bookish acts will bring stories to life through live shows, storytelling, creative workshops, parties and a story treasure hunt. Hosted by the fabulous Storymaster with an all-day creative doodling café, pop-up author signings, competitions, Tales on Moon Lane bookshop, quizzes and games.

STORYSTOCK is for writers, readers and lovers of stories – 3 days of fun for 2-11 year olds and their families.

STORYSTOCK is sponsored by angels & urchins magazine, Finlay Brewer, Keystone Tutors, Science Wizards and Song Academy and is produced in partnership with the Bush Theatre.

 

Storystock                                                                                          Listings

Storystock 2016
17-19 February 2016
Bush Theatre
7 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 8LJ

Box Office: 020 8743 5050 / bushtheatre.co.uk

Tickets range from £2 to £15 and are on sale via the Bush Theatre box office.

Find out more at storystock.co.uk or follow the festival on twitter @StoryStockFest

 

DAILY PROGRAMME: 17, 18, 19 FEBRUARY
AUDITORIUM
Start Finish Age Tickets
0930 1015 The Secret Garden – A Musical Storytelling Show 2-5yrs £8/£6
1100 1200 Story Pocket Theatre presents A Pocketful of  Grimms 5+yrs £12/£10
1245 1345 The Myth Marathon Show – 26 Myths in 26 Minutes 4-11 yrs £8/£6
1430 1515 The Tempest in a Tea Cup Puppet Show 5+yrs £8/£6
1600 1700 Story Pocket Theatre presents Arabian Nights 4-11 yrs £12/£10
THE STORY STUDIO
Start Finish Age Tickets
1000 1030 The Tiger who came to STORYSTOCK 2-5 yrs £2/£4
1100 1130 Gruffalos, Giants & Sticks 2-5 yrs £2/£4
1200 1230 Once Upon a Fairytale 2-5 yrs £2/£4
1300 1330 The Tiger who came to STORYSTOCK 2-5 yrs £2/£4
1400 1430 Gruffalos, Giants & Sticks 2-5 yrs £2/£4
1500 1530 Once Upon a Fairytale 2-5 yrs £2/£4
1700 1800 The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 4-7 yrs £15
ATTIC
Start Finish Age Tickets
0930 1100 Story Scribblers – Creative Writing Workshop 7-11 yrs £15
1145 1315 Puppet Making Workshop 7-11 yrs £15
1400 1530 Caractacus Pott’s Science Workshop 7-11 yrs £15
1615 1745 Sing Your Story – Song Writing Workshop 7-11 yrs £15

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What’s On At The Grand

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(Basically there’s loads on!)

There’s a heady mix of comedy, drama, dance, music and musical theatre at Leeds Grand this year.  With big names including Pixie Lott taking the role made iconic by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s,Alexandra Burke in The Bodyguard, Strictly’s Pasha, Paddy McGuinness, Sean Lock, Ray Mears, Jodie Prenger, Derren Brown, Jane McDonald and many more.

Big Musicals include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Guys & Dolls, The Commitmentsand Blood Brothers.

Booking details: leedsgrandtheatre.com / 0844 848 2700

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UNTIL 27TH FEBRUARY

OPERA NORTH

present

ANDREA CHENIER

COSI FAN TUTTE

L’ELISIR D’AMORE

Visit operanorth.co.uk for further details

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SUNDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2016

PADDY MCGUINNESS

Star of ITV’s Take Me Out returns to his performing roots with his brand new show Daddy McGuinness.

Tickets: £28 – £38

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THURSDAY 3RD TO SATURDAY 12TH MARCH 2016

NORTHERN BALLET PRESENT

SWAN LAKE

A treasured classic reimagined; a timeless ballet for a modern audience.

Haunted by the tragic death of his brother, and confused by his feelings towards his two best friends, Anthony looks to the water for answers – in whatever form they take.

Tickets: £10 to 347.50

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TUESDAY 22ND TO SATURDAY 26TH MARCH

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

X Factor winner Joe McElderry stars in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sparkling family musical. Retelling the Biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours, this magical musical is full of unforgettable songs including Any Dream Will Do.

Tickets: £19 to £33.50

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Monday 28th March to Saturday 2nd April

BLOOD BROTHERS

The legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, we parted at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks only to meet again with fateful consequences.

Tickets: £22.50 to £38

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SUNDAY 3RD APRIL

RAY MEARS – TALES OF ENDURANCE

Monday 4th to Saturday 9th April

In this heart-stirring presentation audiences can expect to be shocked, amazed and inspired to succeed by the stories of our fellow human beings and the incredible circumstances they have overcome.

Through carefully selected stories Ray Mears explores all of these topics and more providing an insight to what makes a survivor.

Tickets: £16 to £22

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MONDAY 4TH TO SATURDAY 9TH APRIL

PIXIE LOTT STARS IN

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S

Truman Capote’s classic tale of Holly Golightly is being given a new lease of life as a stage play with music in this sophisticated production starring the multi award-winning Pixie Lott as Holly.

Tickets: £18.50 – £37

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TUESDAY 12th – SATURDAY 16th April

ALAN BENNETT’S SINGLE SPIES

Alan Bennett’s comedy masterpiece – a double bill – explores Russian spies and royalty, chronicling the lives of two members of the notorious ‘Cambridge Five’ spy ring in the 1950s, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt.   With forgery, fraud and hilarious blunders Single Spies gives us a glimpse into a life full of espionage, secret identities and even an interrogation by the Queen.

Tickets: £19.50 – £35

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SUNDAY 17TH APRIL

SOLID SILVER 60S SHOW

Peter Noone, Dave Berry and very special guest from USA, Brian Hyland get together in Leeds with as well as Solid Silver 60s favourites New Amen Corner and special guests The Merseybeats.

Tickets: £34

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TUESDAY 19TH TO FRIDAY 22ND APRIL

RIVERDANCE

With two decades of global success since the show first burst into the public’s heart at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1994, this is a  chance for UK audiences to reconnect with what the Irish Times described as ‘the original… the best’.

Tickets: £34.50 – £48.00

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SUNDAY 24TH APRIL

SEAN LOCK – KEEP IT LIGHT

Every three years the comedian Sean Lock writes and tours a new stand-up show. Come and see what he’s blithering on about this time.

Tickets: £27

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TUESDAY 26TH APRIL

PASHA KOVALEV

IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU

After his successful UK Tour Life Through Dance, the winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2014 brings his new and exciting dance spectacular to Leeds. From Ballroom to Latin audiences can expect a high energy production fabulous music and wonderful costumes; great entertainment for the whole family.

Tickets: £31

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WEDNESDAY 27TH APRIL

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER AND DON BLACK’S

TELL ME ON A SUNDAY

STARRING JODIE PRENGER

Following her acclaimed performance in Calamity Jane, Jodie Prenger steps into this classical musical charting the romantic misadventures of an English girl in New York during the heady days of the 1980s.  Featuring an original score including Unexpected Song and the chart-topping Take That Look Off Your Face. The show includes a post-show chat with Jodie.

Tickets: £23 – £30.50

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SATURDAY 30TH APRIL

RUSSELL WATSON

2015 was a phenomenal year for Russell with a sell-out UK tour, special guest performances at US national Memoria Day in Washington DC, the Caracalla Unicef Concert in Rome and BBC Proms in the Park, the UK’s best-selling classical crossover artist returns to the stage with a stunning collection of best-loved songs.

Tickets £25 – £49

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TUESDAY 3RD TO SATURDAY 7TH MAY

FLAVIA CACACE AND VINCENT SIMONE IN

THE LAST TANGO

The Strictly superstars prepare to dance in their final ever show. Twenty years of dancing together has seen them become Strictly Come Dancing favourites, World Dance title-holders and create and star in their own West End productions – but now it’s time for the nation’s best-loved Argentine Tango Champions to say goodbye with this brand new performance.

Tickets £21.50 to £39

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TUESDAY 10TH TO SATURDAY 21ST MAY 2016

ALEXANDRA BURKE STARS IN

THE BODYGUARD

The award-winning musical, based on the blockbuster film, is heading to Leeds. Starring three-time Brit-nominee and X-Factor winner, Alexandra Burke as Rachel Marron (played by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film). Featuring a host of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits including Saving All My Love, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and, one of the greatest hit songs of all time, I Will Always Love You.

Tickets: £24 – £52.50

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TUESDAY 24TH TO SATURDAY 28TH MAY

GUYS AND DOLLS

The sizzling New York tale of gamblers, gangsters and nightclub singers makes for a glorious evening featuring some of Broadway’s greatest show-stopping tunes including Luck be a Lady and My Time of Day.

Tickets: £23 – £49.50

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MONDAY 30TH MAY TO SATURDAY 4TH JUNE

DERREN BROWN

MIRACLE

Back by popular demand the acknowledged master of psychological illusion returns to Leeds with his most provocative show yet.  Derren Brown delivers an evening of mind-altering genius as extraordinary events unfold live on stage.

Tickets: £42.50 & £44

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MONDAY 20TH JUNE TO SATURDAY 2ND JULY

CATS

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking 2015 Olivier award-nominated musical Cats comes to Leeds direct from its sell-out seasons at the London Palladium. A blend of fantasy, drama and romance, Cats is a magical musical.

Tickets: £23 – £47.50

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MONDAY 22ND TO SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST

SISTER ACT

The habits have hit the road again! A brand new production directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood this feel-amazing musical comedy is based on the smash hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith.

Tickets: £22.50 – £44

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SUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER

JANE MACDONALD

Jane presents an exciting, emotionally charged evening of music and laughter. Featuring many of Jane’s best loved songs and hits from her incredible career, including some of her own compositions. Together with her musicians and backing singers Jane this is the ultimate feel-good show.

Tickets £37.50

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MONDAY 5TH TO SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER

THE COMMITMENTS

The Commitments is the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians and friends into the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced.

The Commitments musical has been adapted from the novel by Booker prize winning author Roddy Doyle himself and is directed by award-winning Jamie Lloyd.

Tickets: £25 – £49.50

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FINAL CHANCE TO SEE LA SOIRÉE IN LONDON, MUST END 17 JANUARY 2016

ROLL UP, ROLL UP!
LA SOIRÉE

www.la-soiree.com / @LaSoireeLive / #LaSoiree

  • FINAL CHANCE TO SEE LA SOIRÉE IN LONDON, MUST END 17 JANUARY 2016

  • CABARET SUPERSTAR CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN CONTINUES WITH LA SOIRÉE UNTIL 17 JANUARY
  • MELANIE CHY AND YAMMEL RODRIGUEZ CONTINUE IN THEIR SPECTACULAR DEBUT SEASON WITH THE SHOW ALONGSIDE DENIS LOCK’S BRAND NEW BUBBLE ACT
  • LA SOIRÉE PLAYS IN LONDON UNTIL 17 JANUARY 2016 IN THE LA SOIRÉE SPIEGELTENT AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE

After a spectacular winter season in London, La Soirée will be waving goodbye to its sumptuous Spiegeltent at the Southbank Centre on 17 January 2016. Joining the troupe for their final weeks in the capital is cabaret superstar Camille O’Sullivan, who made her long-awaited return to La Soirée on 21 December.

TAKE A PEEK AT THE WORLD OF LA SOIRÉE HERE

The crowned winner of this year’s prestigious Olivier Award for Best Entertainment and fresh from a magnificent world tour, the awe-inspiring cabaret sensation La Soirée returned home to London for a sixth season in the capital on 27 October 2015, to rapturous audience reception and garnering five-star reviews.

La Soirée’s triumphant return to London features much loved acts such as the legendary English Gents, astonishing contortionist Captain Frodo, critically-acclaimed comedian Asher Treleaven, unforgettable quirky comedienne Mooky, punked-up aerial ballet star Bret Pfisterand exceptional showman Mario Queen of the Circus. Making their London debuts this year are the heartstoppingly talented Melanie Chy and mesmirising aerial artist Yammel Rodriguez.

La Soirée will be soon be heading down under to play Perth’s Fringe World Festival from 22 January until 6 March 2016. The irresistible theatrical phenomenon has now seen more than 75 artists take their place on the iconic red stage across five continents, with over 150 acts between them. Audiences and critics alike have been wooed by La Soirée’s ever-expanding, fabulously dysfunctional family in more than 25 cities, from Darwin to Manila, stopping off at Hong Kong, Melbourne, Montreal, Paris and New York along the way.

So Londoners have just a few weeks to dust off the cobwebs and sashay on over to the La SoiréeSpiegeltent, a velvet draped salon of carved wood, polished mirrors, crystal and leadlight.

Prepare to be amazed, astonished and aroused by the very crème de la crème of the cabaret world.

La Soirée is presented in London by Brett Haylock, Mark Rubinstein and Mick Perrin.

Flare Path

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Casting has been announced for the extended national tour of Terence Rattigan’s war-time classic Flare Path, which comes to Darlington Civic Theatre in April

The highly acclaimed 2015 national tour of Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path, directed by Justin Audibert, has been extended due to popular demand and will visit Darlington Civic Theatre from Tuesday 12 to Saturday 16 April. The cast will be led by Graham Seed as Squadron Leader Swanson, Lynden Edwards as Peter Kyle and Hedydd Dylan as Patricia Graham. They will be joined by Claire Andreadis as Countess Skriczevinsky, William Reay as Flying Officer Count Skriczevinsky and Corporal Jones, Jamie Hogarth as Sergeant Miller, Charlie G Hawkins as Percy, Polly Hughes as Mrs Miller and Emma Carter as Betty.

Graham Seed is perhaps best known for playing Nigel Pargetter in the BBC radio series The Archers for 27 years until his dramatic exit at the beginning of 2011. He is the recipient of the Broadcaster of the Year Awards 2010 from the Broadcasting Press Guild and the Voice of Listener & Viewer Special Award 2010. Graham’s recent work in theatre includes An Audience with Jimmy Savile opposite Alistair McGowan (London’s Park Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015), The Mousetrap (National Tour), Yes Prime Minister (National Tour) and Toad of Toad Hall (West End).

Lynden Edwards’s West End credits include Mr Lindquist and Carl Magnus in Trevor Nunn’s Tony Award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (Garrick & Menier Theatres), Les Misérables (Palace Theatre) and The Mousetrap (St Martin’s Theatre).

Hedydd Dylan’s recent theatre credits include The Watchman/Cassandra/Cilissa/Athene in The Oresteia (HOME Theatre), Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jackie Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer and Jane Damport in The Shoemaker’s Holiday (all for the Royal Shakespeare Company).

Based on Rattigan’s experiences as a tail gunner during World War II, Flare Path paints an evocative portrait of life in wartime Britain for the life-and-death existence of the RAF bomber crews, and their wives and sweethearts who were left waiting their return.

Set in 1942 against a backdrop of heartache and quiet bravery, Flare Path tells the story of former actress Patricia, the wife of RAF pilot Teddy, whose marriage is tested to the limits by the surprise arrival of Patricia’s ex‐lover and Hollywood idol Peter Kyle. An unexpected and dangerous mission over Germany puts Patricia at the centre of an emotional conflict as unpredictable as the war in the skies.

Flare Path combines highly charged drama with a truly authentic taste of the fear, camaraderie and passion experienced by the men and women who fought to save their country, their families and each other.

Flare Path runs at Darlington Civic Theatre from Tuesday 12 to Saturday 16 April with a free post show talk on Wednesday 13 April.

Recommended age 12+. Tickets* are £17 to £25.50. For tickets and more information visit darlingtoncivic.co.uk or call 01325 486555.

*All prices include a £1 restoration levy

Ghost The Musical

York Stage Musicals Presents

GHOST THE MUSICAL

 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE YORK

Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 February 2016

 

The dazzling West End and Broadway hit musical Ghost, based on the Oscar winning Paramount Pictures film written by Bruce Joel Rubin and starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, comes to the Grand Opera House stage next February in an electrifying new production.

When Sam Wheat is murdered on a New York street, he finds himself trapped between this world and the next. After many attempts at trying to communicate with girlfriend Molly he seeks the help of a phony psychic in the hope of saving her from his murderer. As time begins to run out both Sam and Molly learn the hard way to keep their friends close and their enemies even closer.

Ghost features a stunning score from Grammy Award-winning legends Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) and Glen Ballard (writer of Michael Jackson’s Man In The Mirror), and also includes the unforgettable Unchained Melody.

Nominated for five Olivier Awards and three Tony’s Ghost has wowed audiences the world over and now York Stage Musicals bring this timeless classic to the city centre for audiences to experience…

Be ready to believe.

Tickets from £10 from box office on 0844 871 3024 or to book online go to www.atgtickets.com/york

LAST CHANCE TO SEE ‘FORGET ME NOT’ AT BUSH THEATRE

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  • Run ends 16 January
  • Two weeks left to see new play about the transport of British orphans to Australia in the 1940s, 50s and 60s
  • Production marks Eleanor Bron’s return to the stage after more than a decade

FORGET ME NOT by Tom Holloway, directed by Steven Atkinson will end its run at the Bush Theatre on 16 January 2016.  The production opened at the Bush Theatre in December, starring Eleanor Bron, Russell Floyd, Sarah Ridgeway and Sargon Yelda. 

This European premiere reunites the Bush Theatre with HighTide Festival Theatre as co-producers on FORGET ME NOT.

Under an agreement between the British and Australian Governments, between 1945 and 1968, over three thousand British children were told they were orphans and sent to Australia on a promise of warmth, fresh air, abundant food and boundless opportunity. Instead they arrived to deprived institutions where neglect and abuse were the norm.

Tom Holloway’s tender new play unearths a secret buried by time that, in turn, exposes a world of historical injustices currently in the limelight. This European premiere reunites the Bush Theatre with HighTide Festival Theatre (Incognito by Nick Payne, 2014) and is directed by HighTide’s Artistic Director, Steven Atkinson.

Russell Floyd plays Gerry, Eleanor Bron plays Mary, Sarah Ridgeway plays Sally and Sargon Yelda plays Mark.

Tom Holloway is an award-winning Australian playwright. Plays include Beyond the Neck(Performing Lines, Tasmania, 2008 – winner of the Australian Writers’ Guild award for Writing For The Stage), Don’t Say the Words (Griffin Theatre Company and Tasmania Theatre, 2008),Red Sky Morning (Red Stitch Actors Theatre, 2008 – Green Room Award for Best New Australian Play), And No More Shall We Part (In Australia, Griffin Theatre Company, 2011 Winner of the Australian Writers’ Guild for Writing for the Stage and the Louis Esson Victorian Premier’s Award for Literature, in the UK, Hampstead Theatre London and Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, 2012) and Love Me Tender (Company B Belvoir St/ Griffin Theatre Company and Thin Ice, 2009 & 2010), Gambling (Soho Theatre/ Eleanor Lloyd Productions, London 2010), Fatherland (The Gate Theatre, London 2011 and Munich Yung Og Radikal Festival), Forget Me Not (Co-commissioned by Liverpool Everyman and Belvoir Street Theatre and produced by Belvoir, 2013).

Steven Atkinson is the co-founder and Artistic Director of HighTide Festival Theatre. His directing for HighTide includes Lampedusa (Soho Theatre/HighTide Festival), peddling (Arcola Theatre/Off-Broadway/HighTide Festival), Pussy Riot: Hunger Strike (Bush Theatre/Southbank Centre), Neighbors (Nuffield Theatre/HighTide Festival), Bottleneck (Soho Theatre/UK tour), Clockwork, (HighTide Festival), Bethany (HighTide Festival/Public Theater, New York), Incoming (Latitude Festival/HighTide Festival), Dusk Rings A Bell (Watford Palace Theatre/HighTide Festival), Lidless (Trafalgar Studios/HighTide Festival), Muhmah (HighTide Festival), The Pitch (Latitude Festival). His other direction includes Three Card Trick (Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse), The Afghan and the Penguin (BBC Radio 4), Freedom Trilogy (Hull Truck Theatre) and Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Edinburgh Festival).

FORGET ME NOT will be followed by PINK MIST, the acclaimed Bristol Old Vic Production (21 January – 13 February 2016).

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5 Star Wrestling next week at Sheffield Arena

5 STAR WRESTLING

Rey Mysterio v AJ Styles

SHEFFIELD ARENA
Thursday 14th January 2016

Serious Parody Ltd, the Dundee games development studio behind the 5 Star Wrestling video game series, last year announced that former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio, had signed on to be a character in their PlayStation 4 title – 5 Star Wrestling: ReGenesis.

And that’s not all. Serious Parody also launched 5 Star Wrestling as a major new wrestling promotion: 5 Star Wrestling The ReGenesis Tour.

Next week, on Thursday January 14th at the Sheffield Arena, for the first time ever, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio, will take on the former IWGP and TNA World Heavyweight Champion, AJ Styles, in a truly historic dream match that has never been possible before now.

“AJ Styles is arguably the greatest wrestler on the planet today. Top tier wrestling personalities including Stone Cold Steve Austin, Taz and Jim Ross, have all recently pointed out that he should be applying his trade in the WWE. To have him go one-on-one with Rey Mysterio… there honestly isn’t a bigger match that a wrestling promoter other than Vince McMahon himself could make right now. It’s never been possible before and who knows if it will ever happen again and I’m so excited to be able to give wrestling fans an opportunity to see this match.” said Hinkles.

Tickets for this historic event are on sale now, with a jam packed roster including: Ring of Honor, World Heavyweight Champion: Jay Lethal, Lucha Underground star John Hennigan (Morrison, WWE) and the former WWE United States Champion Carlito, going up against the very best of British wrestlers: including Global Force Champion, Nick Aldis (Magnus, TNA), Jimmy Havoc, Will Ospreay, Joe Coffey, Marty Scurll and MANY, MANY, MORE! (line-up subject to change).

Do not miss out on this record breaking, epic event!

Tickets are available from the Sheffield Arena box office on 0114 256 56 56 or online at www.sheffieldarena.co.uk priced £33 & £49.50 (including booking fee) with a limited number of VIP tickets priced £165 (including booking fee) this includes tickets in front 2 rows, a meet & great with Rey Mysterio plus limited edition signed merchandise from every wrestler on the roster.

Bring Me The Horizon, Sheffield Arena, Sunday 6th November

BRING ME THE HORIZON
SHEFFIELD ARENA
SUNDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2016

The latest home grown band to take to the Sheffield Arena stage are Sheffield rockers Bring Me The Horizon who will perform their biggest hometown gig to date on Sunday 6th November 2016.

Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday 8th January, available in person at the Arena Box Office, by phone on 0114 256 5656 or online at www.sheffieldarena.co.uk.

Tickets purchased online or by phone are priced £38.50 including booking fee.  Tickets purchased in person at the Arena box office are priced £36.75 including booking fee.

One of the most ambitious of modern metal bands they have toured relentlessly they have conquered the festival scene and provoked extreme reaction both at home & abroad.  BMTH broke out of the metal-core ghetto with their irrepressible tunes, intelligent lyrics and vibrant, untameable spirit bringing in pop fans and alternative kids alike and become the most exhilarating, boundary-smashing rock band on the planet.

The heaviest of bands with a lightness of touch. In a world where too many bands stay safely in their designated lanes, BMTH are busting out of theirs and taking their hardcore fans with them, all the while attracting new listeners.

BMTH will be making their Sheffield Arena debut on Sunday 6th November 2016 with tickets going on general sale at 9am of Friday 8th January available in person at the Arena Box Office, by phone on 0114 256 5656 or online at www.sheffieldarena.co.uk.