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Nichola McAuliffe stars in a new adaptation of Great Expectations

Oliver Award-winner Nichola McAuliffe stars in new adaptation

of GREAT EXPECTATIONS

A brand-new production of the timeless classic Great Expectations starring Nichola McAuliffe, comes to Richmond Theatre from Mon 12 – Sat 17 Mar. This stunning new adaptation promises a thrilling and theatrical telling of Charles Dickens’ universally loved masterpiece featuring a powerful cast and innovative set design.

Following a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict, a young Pip is given an unexpected chance to better himself by visiting the reclusive and mysterious Miss Havisham.  In the decaying grandeur of her house, Pip falls in love with Estella and helped by an anonymous benefactor, he moves to the bustling city to pursue his dream of winning Estella’s heart and of becoming part of the educated elite. For lovers of theatre and literature alike, this performance will capture you from the start with its memorable characters and jaw-dropping set design.

Leading the cast is Olivier Award-winning actress, Nichola McAuliffe who is set to play the iconic Miss Havisham. Nichola is best known for her role in the long running ITV sitcom, Surgical Spirit, and the films Tomorrow Never Dies and Chéri. Her many stage appearances include the award-winning role in Kiss Me Kate for the RSC, The Night of the Iguana in the West End & Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van.

This brand-new production is adapted by Ken Bentley, directed by Sophie Boyce Couzens and featuring new and inspiring set design from James Turner, winner of Best Set Design at the 2013 Off-West End Awards for Mercury Fur.

 

This new adaptation is co-produced by Malvern Theatres and Tilted Wig Productions, the same producers who delighted audiences with Travels With My Aunt (2015) and Our Man in Havana last year. This revival is set to revisit the classic story in a way not seen before and for lovers of Charles Dickens, this is not one to miss!

 

 

Great Expectations

Mon 12 – Sat 17 Mar at Richmond Theatre
Tickets: from £19.90* (includes booking fee)

Show link: http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/great-expectations/richmond-theatre

Richmond Box Office: 0844 871 7651* Website: atgtickets.com/Richmond*
*Fees apply.  Calls cost up to 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge.

 

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MURDER, SHE DIDN’T WRITE: THE IMPROVISED MURDER MYSTERY West End Debut Leciester Square Theatre

Degrees of Error & Something for the Weekend present:
MURDER, SHE DIDN’T WRITE:
 THE IMPROVISED MURDER MYSTERY
West End Debut – Leicester Square Theatre
“These are exciting times for the noble art of making it up as you go along.”
The FT on Bristol Improv Theatre – Home to Degrees of Error
“This is a fascinating take on the classic murder mystery genre that keeps all of the intrigue while adding humour and farce” ««««« The Student Newspaper
 “Outstanding performances delivered by a seriously talented cast” ««««« ThreeWeeks
“Sleuth! – an improvisation style mystery play that totally hits the spot!” «««««Theatre Bubble
“A hilarious and incredibly take on the classic murder mystery”««««« Voice Magazine
“An incredibly impressive feat. A funny and outrageous show”««««« Fringe Explosion
 
Fresh from a sell out season at the Edinburgh Fringe, Degrees of Error bring their hilarious and innovativeMurder, She Didn’t Write to the Leicester Square Theatre on the last Sunday of every month duringFebruary, March and April. In this riotous show, the audience becomes both author and sleuth as they are invited to help to create their very own Agatha Christie-inspired masterpiece – and to watch it unfold on stage.
 
Every night, the extraordinarily talented company create a unique space where audiences can unleash their literary prowess and create an original and extremely comical improvised murder-mystery. Miss Crimson poisoned in the parlour? Mr Gold exploded by cannon in Sainsbury’s? You decide! But will you guess whodunit?
 
Using audience suggestions, evidence and ideas, the team create a bespoke world – and one lucky audience member gets to play god, choosing both the murderer and victim.
 
Founded in 2010, Degrees of Error have recently been appointed as the first resident theatre company at the brand new Bristol Improv Theatre – the first theatre in Britain dedicated to the art of improv – where they rehearse and perform regularly. Their improvised murder mystery play Murder, She Didn’t Write has toured the UK and enjoyed sell-out runs at the Fringe since 2013.
 
Degrees of Error invite audiences to take up their magnifying glasses, and don their deerstalkers for a never-before-seen (and never-to-be-seen-again), unscripted murder-mystery, which promises to dazzle, enthral and delight.
 
A unique format and an even more unique experience that will thrill all lovers of both classic crime fiction and top level on-the-hoof comedy.
 
“The combination of clever comedy and suspense keeps the audience excited, satisfied and
guessing until the end.” «««« The Skinny
 “Everything a fringe comedy should be: original, professional, and very, very funny” 
«««« Ed Fringe Review
“Unrestrained bursts of joy.” ««««« Bristol Theatre Review
“Remarkably intricate and engaging… the incredibly sharp company spin out the intrigue
over an hour with wit and skill.” «««« Broadway Baby
“Full of surprises for both audience and cast members…most definitely worth seeing more than once.”
«««« Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
“A live action game of Cluedo, but with far more laughs…” «««« Fringe Guru
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Julia Donaldson’s TIDDLER returns to the stage; new UK Tour opens this week

Adapted from the bestselling books

by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

New UK Tour begins this week

Opening at Churchill Theatre, Bromley

After enchanting audiences in the West End and all over the world, Tiddler is back and swimming around the UK on a brand-new tour, opening at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley this Saturday 10 February. Adapted from the bestselling books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Tiddler and other Terrific Taleswill visit over 40 venues throughout Spring and Summer; full tour schedule attached.

Prepare to go under the sea, out on the farm and into the jungle, as four terrific tales are bought to life on stage with live music, puppetry and a whole host of colourful characters from the best-loved titles:Tiddler, Monkey Puzzle, The Smartest Giant in Town and A Squash and a Squeeze. Funky moves, toe tapping tunes and giggles are guaranteed.

Tiddler and other Terrific Tales weaves together four stories by Julia Donaldson, the multi award-winning author of some of the world’s best loved children’s books, most notably the modern classic The Gruffalo which has sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Julia is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include Zog, Stick Man and Room on the Broom.

Tiddler and other Terrific Tales is directed by Sally Cookson, with music and lyrics by Benji Bower, design by Katie Sykes, lighting design by Elanor Higgins and musical direction by Brian Hargreaves. The Puppetry and Associate Director is Chris Pirie, and the Associate Director is Georgia Green. The cast features Maryam Grace, Anna Larkin and Alex Tosh.

Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales is produced by Freckle Productions, who fire the hearts and minds as well as the imaginations of young audiences who may be experiencing theatre for the very first time, but also changing the awareness of what performance can be for regular followers.

Recommended for ages 3+.

“To call this show lively would be a whopping understatement.

Packed with gleeful songs and jolly good fun”

The Guardian

Website: www.tiddlerlive.com

Twitter: @Freckle_Prods

Facebook: /FreckleProductions

Instagram: freckle_productions

UK TOUR LISTINGS

Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 February 2018

Churchill Theatre, Bromley

Box Office www.churchilltheatre.co.uk

 

Monday 12 – Tuesday 13 February 2018

Richmond Theatre

Box Office www.atgtickets.com/richmond

 

Thursday 15 – Sunday 18 February 2018

Bristol Old Vic

Box Office www.bristololdvic.org.uk

 

Monday 19 February 2018

Guildford G-Live

Box Office www.glive.co.uk

 

Thursday 22 – Friday 23 February 2018

Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

Box Office www.shermantheatre.co.uk

 

Saturday 24 – Sunday 25 February 2018

The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton

Box Office www.thebrewhouse.net

 

Monday 26 – Tuesday 27 February 2018

Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

Box Office www.bournemouthpavilion.co.uk

 

Thursday 1 – Saturday 3 March 2018

Orchard Theatre, Dartford

Box Office www.orchardtheatre.co.uk

 

Sunday 4 March 2018

Artsdepot, North Finchley

Box Office www.artsdepot.co.uk

 

Monday 12 – Tuesday 13 March 2018

Southport Theatre

Box Office www.atgtickets.com/southport

 

Friday 16 – Sunday 18 March 2018

The Lowry, Salford

Box Office www.thelowry.com

 

Monday 26 – Tuesday 27 March 2018

Venue Cymru, Llandudno

Box Office www.venuecymru.co.uk

 

Wednesday 28 March 2018

Lowther Pavilion

Box Office www.lowtherpavilion.co.uk

 

Friday 30 March – Tuesday 3 April 2018

Birmingham Town Hall

Box Office www.thsh.co.uk

 

Thursday 5 – Friday 6 April 2018

Mercury Theatre, Colchester

Box Office www.mercurytheatre.co.uk

 

Saturday 7 April 2018

The Hexagon, Reading

Box Office www.readingarts.com/hexagon

 

Sunday 8 – Monday 9 April 2018

Watford Palace Theatre

Box Office www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk

 

Friday 20 – Saturday 21 April 2018

Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle

Box Office www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk

 

Sunday 22 – Monday 23 April 2018

Lincoln New Theatre Royal

Box Office www.newtheatreroyallincoln.co.uk

 

Sunday 29 – Monday 30 April 2018

The Octagon, Yeovil

Box Office www.octagon-theatre.co.uk

 

Friday 4 – Sunday 6 May 2018

Hertford Theatre

Box Office www.hertfordtheatre.com

 

Monday 7 May 2018

The Hawth, Crawley

Box Office www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk

 

Tuesday 8 – Wednesday 9 May 2018

Winchester Theatre Royal

Box Office www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk

 

Friday 11 – Saturday 12 May 2018

The Cube, Corby

Box Office www.thecorecorby.com

 

Sunday 13 – Monday 14 May 2018

The Gulbenkian, Canterbury

Box Office www.thegulbenkian.co.uk

 

Sunday 20 May 2018

Nottingham Playhouse

Box Office www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk

 

Tuesday 22 May 2018

King’s Hall, Ilkley

Box Office www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

 

Wednesday 23 May 2018

Middlesbrough Theatre

Box Office www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk

 

Monday 28 – Wednesday 30 May 2018

The Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

Box Office www.southendtheatres.org.uk

 

Friday 1 – Saturday 3 June 2018

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

Box Office www.theatreroyal.org

 

Friday 27 – Sunday 29 July 2018

Theatr Clwyd, Mold

Box Office www.theatrclwyd.com

 

Monday 30 – Tuesday 31 July 2018

Newark Palace Theatre

Box Office www.palacenewark.com

 

Thursday 2 – Friday 3 August 2018

King George’s Hall, Blackburn

Box Office www.kinggeorgeshall.com

 

Saturday 4 – Sunday 5 Aug 2018

Lanark Memorial Hall

Box Office www.slleisureandculture.co.uk

 

Tuesday 7 – Wednesday 8 August 2018

Falkirk Town Hall

Box Office www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org

 

Thursday 16 – Friday 17 August 2018

The Woodville, Gravesend

Box Office www.woodville.seatlive.com

 

Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 August 2018

Broadway Theatre, Peterborough

Box Office www.thebroadway.today

 

Monday 20 – Tuesday 21 August 2018

Brighton Theatre Royal

Box Office www.atgtickets.com/brighton

 

Wednesday 22 – Saturday 25 August 2018

Oxford Playhouse

Box Office www.oxfordplayhouse.com

 

Monday 27 – Wednesday 29 August 2018

Stoke Regent Theatre

Box Office www.atgtickets.com/stoke

 

Thursday 30 August – Saturday 1 Sept 2018

New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

Box Office www.atgtickets.com/birmingham

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THE COCKPIT LAUNCHES THEATRE MAKER: classes workshops and seminars on devising and making Motivated Theatre

THE COCKPIT LAUNCHES
THEATRE MAKER
CLASSES WORKSHOPS AND TALKS FOR MAKING MOTIVATED THEATRE
Theatre that can only be made by the people making it.
 
The Cockpit Theatre is delighted to announce the launch of Theatre Maker; a Theatre-Making hub which will centre around classes, workshops, drop-ins, scratch nights and showcases designed to specifically help people make their own work.
Theatre Maker brings new classes together with affordable space hire, showcase opportunities and meet-ups in a scheme designed to appeal particularly to those wanting to create their own work, in their own way, for the audience they choose; to say what they want to say. All are designed to be affordable and easy to work around commitments with prices for the six week classes from £80.
 
Dave Wybrow, Artistic Director of the Cockpit, title explains – “What we most excited about doing, is supporting what we’ve termed “Motivated Theatre” which generally means work that can only be made by the people making it, often characterised by any or all of the following:
 
·       Those involved take total control of all aspects of a collaborative creative work and bear all the risks. There are no absent stake-holders controlling the boundaries of what can happen on stage, no prior decisions taken by rights-holders elsewhere.
·       The work is about creating more than interpreting and often features the presence of creators/devisors as performers/participators. Often from fields beyond theatre.
·       The work is the product of a shared artistic vision or an effort to evolve one, where the audience is aware of a unique personal or group style.
·       The work is driven by the real-life concerns or experiences of the people making it, as well as their energy and abilities as participators.
·       Creative roles – often including technical roles – are dispersed throughout the company rather than contained within a strict creative or production hierarchy.”
 
In keeping with this focus, Theatre Maker opportunities are less about learning audition technique or about how to serve someone else’s vision; more about developing ideas, on your own or with others, and the production methods, skill sets and confidence to see them through. For the most promising, the Cockpit will then support the work as it evolves – right the way through to a fully fledged production. Theatre Maker will be the umbrella for shows the Cockpit helps on their way.
 
 
 
 
THEATRE MAKER – COURSES
 
Theatre Maker will offer short courses and classes aimed at getting work on stage, with tutors to advise, teach, develop, and support throughout the process. Classes will be designed to help arm participants with creative and practical techniques.  Classes will run weekly for five to six weeks, and workshops will generally be one off, usually a full day, or a weekend that focuses, on useful, and specific skills. In addition there will be talks & Q&Asessions focusing on knowledge and practical skills needed to take a show into production.
 
COURSE SUBJECTS:


·       Create your own One Person Show – Making a one person show from scratch.
·       From Theatre Maker to Film Maker
·       Making Theatre Using Visual & Physical Techniques
·       Making Theatre With Improvisation
·       Making Theatre With Storytelling  
·       Making Theatre From Scratch  – Devising from nothing
·       Making Theatre As an Entrepreneurial Artist – understanding business basics and how to market yourself


Workshop subjects:


·       Lighting A Show
·       Making a Film In A Day


Talks & Q&As:


·       Pitching a Show
·       Producing On the London Fringe
·       Making the Best Use Of A Tech Rehearsal
·       Copy, Design, Promotion & Marketing


 
THEATRE MAKER – SHARE
 
Theatre Maker aims to go beyond teaching, to provide its members with opportunities to share ideas, scripts, and performance snippets with an audience.
 
Theatre Maker class participants are automatic eligible to showcase their creations in class via The Cockpit’sTHEATRE IN THE POUND. This popular monthly scratch night in the main space gives performers a 15 minute slot to show an audience their work. This can be any style of performance, at any stage of development, and is followed by an informal, constructive feedback and Q&A session. No artists policy. Anything legal considered
 
Theatre Maker participants are also encouraged to take part in NEW STUFF NIGHT, the Cockpit’s monthly rehearsed readings. This intimate night give writers of all genres a chance to hear their work in front of a small
audience and welcomes any style of writing, at any stage of development, with whoever you choose to read it. This is also followed by an informal, constructive feedback and Q&A session.
 
And lastly all Theatre Makers are invited to DROP IN – a special Happy Hour for Theatre Makers from 6pm in the theatre bar every Wednesday
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Foil Arms & Hog UK Tour Stops Off At Chester’s Storyhouse

Off The Kerb Productions present:

FOIL ARMS & HOG

OINK UK Tour 2018

STORYHOUSE, CHESTER – FRI 6 APRIL

Quite simply, a sensation” – EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE

 

“An effervescent hour of fast-paced gags, fizzing with energy, invention and great lines” – CHORTLE

 

“Very funny” – ROWAN ATKINSON

With nine million hits on their YouTube channel, Foil Arms & Hog have a fast-growing fan-base; their weekly sketches, filmed in Dublin, include the hilarious WTF is Brexit?,US Immigration Test  and How to Speak Dublin.  The boys are equally in their element, however, when performing live to sellout audiences, and for this reason they are taking to the road in 2018 with a big tour of the UK and Ireland and stop off at Storyhouse in Chester on Friday 6th April.

 

If you like the videos, you’ll love the live show OINK, for no better reason than that the show encapsulates all the irreverent mirth of the vids – but with the added bonus of being longer.  And live.

 

OINK is a fast-paced sketch show that features a collection of songs for the elderly, a baggage handler’s interpretive dance, and a shop that naively sells balaclavas and nothing else. Need we say more?

 

And what is, or who are, Foil Arms & Hog? Well they are three young Irishmen by the names of Sean Finegan, Conor McKenna and Sean Flanagan, who met at University College Dublin while studying architecture, engineering and genetics, and decided to give all that up to pursue the noble art of being downright silly, yet observational, yet sometimes very topical and refreshingly philosophical.

 

Since then the boys have come a long way, and as well as fill venues with laughter at their live shows they have embraced the digital universe to become veritable internet stars. Besides the YouTube nine million, they also have well over half a million Facebook followers and a fair few on Twitter too. All because they do concise, tightly-filmed stories that are both culturally relevant and absurd. But most of all, as Rowan Atkinson testifies, the trio are “very funny”.

 

Performing live is what FA&H do best though, and besides their native Ireland they have toured the UK, US and Australia – to rapturous applause. In 2018 they’re touring around Ireland and the UK. It’s guaranteed laughs all round, so go see them live, in the flesh, without a dodgy broadband connection in sight.

 

Further Information & Tickets:  www.offthekerb.co.uk

 

www.foilarmsandhog.ie

www.youtube.com/user/foilarmsandhog

www.facebook.com/foilarmsandhog

@foilarmsandhog

 

TOURING SCHEDULE:

 

MARCH:

 

Wed 14 Mar – Thu 15 Mar     Glasgow Comedy Festival, Garage    0844 873 7353http://www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

 

APRIL:

 

Friday, 6 April             Chester, Storyhouse              01244 409 113            www.storyhouse.com

 

Saturday, 7 April        Birmingham, Town Hall         0121 780 3333            www.thsh.co.uk

 

Thursday, 19 April      Manchester, Dancehouse     0161 237 1413            www.thedancehouse.co.uk

 

Friday, 20 April           Durham, Gala Theatre           03000 266 600            www.galadurham.co.uk

 

Thursday, 26 April      Exeter, Corn Exchange           01392 665938            www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/

 

MAY:

 

Thursday, 10 May      Hammersmith, Apollo           0208 563 3800            www.eventimapollo.com

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TIM RICE AND ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S WORLD RENOWNED MUSICAL MASTERPIECE – EVITA – FROM WEST END TO ‘RAINBOW TOUR’

FROM WEST END TO “RAINBOW TOUR”

 

TIM RICE and ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S

 WORLD RENOWNED MUSICAL MASTERPIECE

 

EVITA

 

 

****

The Independent, The Sunday Times, What’s On Stage, Radio Times, Broadway World, The i, Mail On Sunday, Gay Times, British Theatre

 

*****

‘STUNNING’ Mark Shenton

 

After 10 years in the UK and two West End seasons, Evita is captivating audiences across the world as it continues on an International and UK tour in 2018. Having already visited Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates, the story of an ordinary woman’s meteoric rise to power at a time of extraordinary political unrest is about to embark on a tour of the UK and Italy, opening at Torquay Princess Theatre on the 13 March.

 

Returning to the role of Eva Perón is Madalena Alberto, a role she received critical-acclaim for at London’s Dominion Theatre in 2014. Considered as one of the West End’s prominent leading ladies, Madalena is renowned for some of the most coveted roles in musical theatre, including Fantine in Les Miserábles (25th Anniversary Tour, The Barbican, 02 Arena), Grizabella in Cats (London Palladium) and the title role in Piaf (Leicester Curve). Her most recent credits include The Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Lyceum Theatre), Polly in Pollyanna (Tristan Bates Theatre) and a guest lead in BBC’s Holby City. Alongside her acting career, Madalena is a songwriter and performs solo concerts regularly.

 

Fresh from the recent West End production in July 2017, leading Italian performer Gian Marco Schiaretti will continue in the role of Che, a character who reflects the voice of the Argentine people. Linked to Eva by destiny; he brings balance to the story of Eva’s rise to fame. Gian’s most recently played the title role of Tarzan in Disney’s Musical Tarzan, in Stuttgart. Prior to this he played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet across Italy.

 

Leading London and Broadway performer Jeremy Secomb joins the cast of Evita as Juan Perón. Jeremy most recently starred in the theatre production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Barrow Street Theatre) in the title role on Broadway, previous to which he played Javert in Les Miserables (Queens Theatre) and Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre).

 

The cast is completed by: Oscar Balmaseda (Magaldi); Cristina Hoey (Mistress); Kellie Gnauck (Ensemble); Bethan Jacks (Ensemble); Samuel John Humphreys (Ensemble); Benjamin McMillan (Ensemble); Verity Burgess (Ensemble); Riva Grant (Ensemble); Callum Fitzgerald (Ensemble); Joe McCourt (Ensemble); Emmanuel Alba (Ensemble); Yuval Zoref (Ensemble); Oliver Slade (Ensemble); Jessica Ellen (Ensemble); Kirsty Whelan (Ensemble); Anthony Ray (Ensemble); and Mike Ward (Ensemble).

 

Telling the story of Eva Perón, wife of former Argentine dictator Juan Perón, Evita follows Eva’s journey, which ultimately led her to be heralded as the ‘spiritual leader of the nation’ by the Argentine people.

 

With more than 20 major awards to its credit, an Oscar winning film version starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas, and featuring some of the best loved songs in musical theatre, including Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, On This Night of a Thousand Stars, You Must Love Me, and Another Suitcase in Another Hall; Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extraordinary musical Evita is an iconic classic not to be missed! 

LISTINGS

EVITA 

Lyrics by TIM RICE

Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

Directed by Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright

Designed by Matthew Wright

Choreographed by Bill Deamer

Sound Design by Dan Samson

 

www.kenwright.com

 

DATES & VENUES 

 

DUBAI OPERA HOUSE                                                             dubaiopera.com

Mon 22 Jan – Sat 3 Feb                                                         +971 4 440 8888

Evening Performance: 8pm

Friday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

TORQUAY PRINCESS THEATRE                                            atgtickets.com/torquay

Tues 13 – Sat 17 Mar                                                             0844 871 3023

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME                                                 birminghamhippodrome.com

Tues 20 – Sat 24 Mar                                                             0844 338 5000

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

TRURO HALL FOR CORNWALL                                                hallforcornwall.co.uk

Tues 27 – Sat 31 Mar                                                             01872 262 466

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

SHREWSBURY THEATRE SEVERN theatresevern.co.uk

Tues 03 – Sat 07 April                                                           01743 281 281

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

SWANSEA GRAND THEATRE                       Swansea.gov.uk/swanseagrandtheatre

Tues 10 – Sat 14 April                                                           01792 475 715

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

CHESTER STORYHOUSE                                                          storyhouse.com

Tues 17 – Sat 21 April                                                            01244 409 113

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

BRADFORD ALHAMBRA                                                         bradford-theatres.co.uk

Tues 23 – Sat 28 April                                                           01274 432 000

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

TURIN TEARTRO REGIO TORINO                                            teatroregio.torino.it

Fri 04 – Wed 9 May                                                    +39 011 881 5557

Monday – Saturday: 8pm

Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

Sunday Matinee: 3pm

 

GLASGOW KINGS THEATRE                                       atgtickets.com/Glasgow

Tues 14 – Sat 19 May                                                            0844 871 7648

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

 

NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL                                                theatreroyal.co.uk

Tues 22 – Sat 26 May                                                            0844 811 2121

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

GRIMSBY AUDITORIUM                                                          grimsbyauditorium.org.uk

Tues 29 May – Sat 02 June                                       0300 300 0035

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

*Casting still to be confirmed for the following dates: 

 

WOKING New Victoria Theatre                                              atgtickets.com/woking

Tues 17 – Sat 21 July                                                             0844 871 7645

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

BROMLEY Churchill Theatre                                        churchilltheatre.co.uk             

Tues 24 – Sat 28 July                                                             020 3285 6000

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

BELFAST Grand Opera House                                                 goh.co.uk

Tues 31 July – St 11 August                                      028 9024 1919

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion Theatre                             bournemouthpavilion.co.uk

Tues 21 – Sat 25 August                                                      01202 055 660
Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm


CARDIFF Wales Millennium Centre                            wmc.org.uk

Tues 26 Aug – Sat 1 September                                         029 2063 6464

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

CRAWLEY Hawth Theatre                               parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/the-hawth

Tues 18 – Sat 22 September                                                01293 553 636

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

COVENTRY Belgrade Theatre                                      Belgrade.co.uk

Tues 25 – Sat 29 September                                                02476553055

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

LONDONDERRY Millennium Forum                           millenniumforum.co.uk          

Tues 9 – Sat 13 October                                                        028 7126 4455

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

ABERDEEN His Majesty’s Theatre                              aberdeenperformingarts.com

Tues 16 – Sat 20 October                                                      01224 641 122

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

BRIGHTON Theatre Royal                                           atgtickets.com/brighton

Tues 29 Oct – Sat 3 November                                             0844 871 7650

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

 

SOUTHSEA Kings Theatre                                           kingsportsmouth.co.uk

Tues 13 – Sat 17 Nov                                                             023 9282 8282

Evening Performance: 7:30pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee: 2:30pm

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John Dagleish and George Maguire – A Long Way From Home

Adam Blanshay Productions Present:

John Dagleish and George Maguire in

A Long Way From Home

featuring Adam Sopp on Piano

New Wimbledon Theatre is pleased to announce a brand new show in our intimate Time & Leisure Studio featuring Olivier Award winners and stars of Sunny Afternoon John Dagleish and George Maguire

After sell-out London engagements at Live at Zedel and Pizza Express Live, come share an evening of stories and songs which have inspired them on their journey through life…from early days at home to the brisk winter days of 2018. This promises to be an intimate and up-close show, with music spanning across eras and genres.

John Dagleish (Sunny Afternoon, A Christmas Carol-Old Vic, A Winters Tale– Garrick Theatre, Beaver Falls, Larkrise to Candleford) and George Maguire (Sunny Afternoon, 20th Century Boy, EastEnders) have many things in common: They both have a love for music; they’ve got crazy vocal skills; they’re both very handy with a guitar; they’ve got amazing hair and they’ve both come A Long Way From Home. Last but not least; they both won Olivier Awards for their roles in Sunny Afternoon.

Don’t miss this evening of music in our intimate studio Space

Listings

Show A Long Way From Home

Date Sun 25 Feb

Times 8pm

Website http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/a-long-way-from-home/time-and-leisure-studio/

Booking Line 0844 871 7646

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THEATR CLWYD: RICHARD HARRINGTON JOINS KATHERINE PARKINSON IN WORLD PREMIERE OF LAURA WADES HOME, I’M DARLING

RICHARD HARRINGTON JOINS KATHERINE PARKINSON IN WORLD PREMIÈRE OF LAURA WADE’S HOME, I’M DARLING
 
Theatr Clwyd and the National Theatre today announce star of Welsh crime drama Hinterland, Richard Harrington will join the previously announced Katherine Parkinson in the world première production of Laura Wade’s Home, I’m Darling. Making her National Theatre debut, Tamara Harvey, Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd, will direct this first-time co-production which opens in the Emlyn Williams Theatre on the 3 July with previews from the 25 June ahead of transferring to the Dorfman Theatre in July.
 
On joining the company Harrington said “I’m so excited to be returning to Clwyd to open their first co-production with the National Theatre and I’m thrilled to be working with Laura and Katherine again under the watchful eye of the formidable Tamara Harvey. Tamara has been creating some incredibly inspiring work up in North Wales, staging the première of this play shows her ambition and as usual I’m terrified. Laura’s work has a unique style that through sheer hard graft feels effortless. Katherine makes it look as natural as breathing in and out. Just hope I can keep up!”
 
How happily married are the happily married?
 
Every marriage needs a little fantasy to keep it sparkling.  But behind the gingham curtains, being a domestic goddess isn’t as easy as it looks…
 
Acclaimed Welsh actor, Richard Harrington, returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Johnny, where his credits includeStone City Blue. Other theatre credits include Coriolanus (National Theatre of Wales), Red Bud and Gas Station Angel (Royal Court Theatre), Look Back in Anger (Theatre Royal Bath), Other Hands and Art & Guff (Soho Theatre), Unprotected Sex (Sherman Theatre) and House of America (Fiction Factory/UK tour). For television he is perhaps most well-known for his role in the crime drama Hinterland. Further credits include Death in Paradise, Father Brown, Inspector George Gently, Requiem, Poldark, Wolfblood, Burton, Larkrise to Candleford, Crash, Land Girls, Collision, Missing, New Tricks, Sold, 5 Days, Bleak House, Dalziel and Pascoe, Spooks, Gunpowder; Treason and Plot, Hustle, Rehab, Hidden City, Score and Care. For film his credits includeThe Dark Outside, The Last Summer, Just Jim, Elfie Hopkins, The Shooter, Daddy’s Girl, The All Together, Joyrider, Mathilde, Secret Passage and House of America.
 
Katherine Parkinson will lead the company in the role of Judy. Her recent theatre credits include Dead Funny(Vaudeville Theatre), Before the Party, The Lightning Play (Almeida Theatre), Absent Friends (Harold Pinter Theatre), 66 Books (Bush Theatre), School For Scandal (Barbican Theatre), Season’s Greetings (National Theatre), Cock and The Seagull (Royal Court Theatre), Other Hands and Flush (Soho Theatre), Cigarettes and Chocolate (King’s Head Theatre), The Unthinkable (Sheffield Crucible), Antigone and The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (Gate Theatre), Camille (Lyric Hammersmith), Frame 312 (Donmar Warehouse) and The Age Of Consent (Bush Theatre). Television credits include Humans, Hang Ups, The Kennedys, The Honourable Woman, The IT Crowd, Extras and Doc Martin. Film credits include Guernsey, The Boat That Rocked, St Trinians 2, How To Lose Friends And Alienate People and Easy Virtue.
 
Laura Wade is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her credits include Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, adapted from the novel by Sarah Waters), Posh (Royal Court Theatre and West End), Alice (Sheffield Theatres), Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (Sydney Opera House and Australian Tour, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Royal Festival Hall and UK tour), Other Hands (Soho Theatre), Colder Than Here (Soho Theatre and MCC Theatre New York), Breathing Corpses (Royal Court Theatre), Young Emma (Finborough Theatre), and 16 Winters (Bristol Old Vic Basement).  Film credits include The Riot Club and Britain Isn’t Eating.  
Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd, Tamara Harvey directs. Her inaugural production for Theatr Clwyd was Much Ado About Nothing, followed by the première of Elinor Cook’s award-winning play, Pilgrims, David Hare’sSkylight and most recently the première of Peter Gill’s version of Uncle Vanya. She has directed in the West End, throughout the UK and abroad, working on classic plays, new writing, musical theatre and in film. Her previous credits include the world premières of From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), Breeders (St James Theatre), The Kitchen Sink, The Contingency Plan, Sixty-Six Books and tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! (Bush Theatre), In the Vale of Health (a cycle of four plays by Simon Gray), Elephants and Hello/Goodbye(Hampstead Theatre), and Plague Over England (Finborough Theatre & West End). Other theatre includes Kreutzer vs Kreutzer (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse/Royal Festival Hall), Bash (Trafalgar Studios),Whipping It Up (New Ambassadors), One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Gielgud & Garrick Theatres), Educating Rita (Menier Chocolate Factory & Theatre Royal Bath) and Pride and Prejudice (Sheffield Theatres).
 
Theatr Clwyd 
Listings
Raikes Lane, Mold CH7 1YA
Box Office: 01352 701521
Tickets £25 – £10
Twitter: @Clwydtweets Facebook: /TheatrClwyd
 
THE GREAT GATSBY
The Dolphin Hotel
Thursday 22 February – Sunday 25 March
 
THE ASSASSINATION OF KATIE HOPKINS
Emlyn Williams Theatre
Friday 20 April – Saturday 12 May
 
HOME I’M DARLING
Emlyn Williams Theatre
Monday 25 June – Saturday 14 July
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Cast announced for Bat Out of Hell at Dominion

FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR

JIM STEINMAN’S AWARD-WINNING

BAT OUT OF HELL – THE MUSICAL

AT THE DOMINION THEATRE, LONDON

FROM 2 APRIL 2018

GALA NIGHT ON THURSDAY 19 APRIL 2018

With the show’s stellar leads, Andrew Polec and Christina Bennington, previously announced, the full company has now been cast for the 2018 West End run of Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, winner of the Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical 2017.  Performances will begin at the Dominion Theatre in London on 2 April, with a Gala Night on Thursday 19 April.

The cast of Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical at the Dominion Theatre will be led by Andrew Polec, winner of the Joe Allen Best West End Debut in the Stage Debut Awards 2017, as Strat and Christina Bennington as Raven, with Rob Fowler as Falco and Sharon Sexton as Sloane.  Also starring will be Alex Thomas-Smith as Tink, Danielle Steers as Zahara, Wayne Robinson as Jagwire, Giovanni Spanó as Ledoux and Patrick Sullivan as Blake.  At certain performances the role of Strat will be played by Simon Gordon or Jordon Gage.  Also in the cast will be Kyle Anthony, Emily Benjamin, Christopher Cameron, Georgia Carling, Natalie Chua, Jonathan Cordin, Rob Copeland, Hannah Ducharme, Isaac Edwards, Collette Guitart, Eric Hallengren, Vicki Manser, Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky, Aston Newman Hannington, Eve Norris, Joseph Peacock, Kyle Roberts, Craig Ryder, Dawnita Smith, Courtney Stapleton, Julie Stark, Charlotte Anne Steen and Sam Toland.

Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical wowed critics and public alike when it played limited seasons at Manchester Opera House, London Coliseum and Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre in 2017, and has been seen by nearly 500,000 people so far.  The show has received the most nominations for a musical in the 2018 WhatsOnStage Awards, with eight nominations.

Bat Out Of Hell became one of the best-selling albums in history, selling over 50 million copies worldwide.  16 years later, Steinman scored again with Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell, which contained the massive hit I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That).

For the stage musical, the legendary and award-winning Jim Steinman has incorporated iconic songs from the Bat Out Of Hell albums, including You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, Bat Out Of Hell, I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) and Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad, as well as two previously unreleased songs, What Part of My Body Hurts the Most and Not Allowed to Love.

Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical is a romantic adventure about rebellious youth and passionate love, set against the backdrop of a post-cataclysmic city adrift from the mainland.  Strat, the forever young leader of The Lost, has fallen for Raven, daughter of Falco, the tyrannical, ruler of Obsidian.  

Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical has book, music and lyrics by Jim Steinman, direction by Jay Scheib, choreography by Emma Portner, with musical supervision and additional arrangements by Michael Reed, set design by Jon Bausor, costume design by Jon Bausor and Meentje Nielsen, video design by Finn Ross, lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, sound design by Gareth Owen, orchestration by Steve Sidwell, casting by David Grindrod CDG, fight direction by Stuart Boother and musical direction by Robert Emery.

Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical is produced by David Sonenberg, Michael Cohl, Randy Lennox & Tony Smith.

Website:  www.BatOutOfHellMusical.com

Twitter & Facebook:  @BatTheMusical

 

LISTINGS INFORMATION

Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical

 

Dominion Theatre

268-269 Tottenham Court Road

London W1T 7AQ

Performances:  Mon-Sat at 7.30pm, Wed & Sat matinee at 2.30pm*

*There is no 2.30pm performance on Wednesday 4 April

Tickets:  from £15.00

Box Office:  0845 200 7982

Current Booking Period:  2 April – 28 July 2018

Running Time:  2 hours 40 minutes (including interval)

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Blood Brothers at The Majestic Darlington

This is the play version of the hugely successful musical (which is currently being performed professionally and is not available for amateur performance). Darlington College will perform the lesser known parent of the musical. It tells the tale of twin brothers and what happens when their mother decides to have one of them adopted. Their contrasting upbringing and the hand fate deals them is fast-moving, perceptive and ultimately tragic.

Willy Russell’s career spans more than four decades; born in Liverpool in 1947, he left school at 15, became a women’s hairdresser, part-time singer/songwriter performing on the local folk scene, before returning to education and becoming a teacher Whilst at St Katharine’s College, Willy began writing drama and, in 1972, took a programme of three one-act plays to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

 

This show has been painstakingly put together by performing arts students at Darlington College and please support these young performers.

 

Show starts 1900hrs

Ticket prices £8.50

Tuesday 6 March to Wednesday 7 March

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/228000

The Majestic Theatre – Great Times in the Heart of Darlington

The Majestic Theatre, Bondgate, Darlington, DL3 7JT
P: 01325 633255  
 
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