Salisbury Arts Centre – 14-15th September

Reviewed by Nicky Wyatt

3***

A packed Salisbury Arts Centre plays host to guitar genius Nick Harper as he entertains with his one man show A Wiltshire Tale. I have to confess to not knowing who I was going to see tonight, I was very much in the minority! This man has a huge following, many greeted and chatted about him like he was an old friend to some I think he was. One lady told me that she had travelled from Melton Mowbray over 4 hours away and had been a fan for more than 30 years.

The show splits into two halves, the first half is Nicks poem A Wiltshire Tale. It is without a history lesson of this amazing county that I call home. It is quite a fast but long poem detailing monuments, landscapes, wildlife and historical events. It’s cleverly written and well delivered although I will confess to drifting off a couple of times, especially when I caught sight of some of the images it relates too. The way he told this reminded me of a medieval storyteller or troubadour which I guess is where he gets the strap line ‘Bard of Wiltshire’

The second half is more musical. It is a showcase of Nicks musical ability. The songs he writes are relevant to his surroundings and also what is going on in the world they are personal to him. I really enjoyed the range of notes he is able to sing, my favourite part of the show was the guitar playing, an absolute talent.

FUNNY GIRL STARRING SHERIDAN SMITH –

THEATRICAL TRAILER RELEASED AHEAD OF GLOBAL CINEMA RELEASE

««««« ‘Sheridan Smith is the greatest star by far.’

Daily Telegraph

««««« ‘Michael Mayer’s exhilarating embrace of a production.’ The Independent

The theatrical trailer for Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith is released today ahead of the worldwide cinema release on 24 October. The production opened to critical acclaim at the Menier Chocolate Factory, ahead of a run in the West End, and then on tour. Michael Mayer’s production was filmed during the final week of its run at the Manchester Palace Theatre by Digital Theatre, and will be released in cinemas by Trafalgar Releasing.

Link to the trailer: http://bit.ly/FunnyGirlTrailer

For more information or to find a cinema screening Funny Girl please visit: www.funnygirlincinemas.com

Darius Campbell played Nick Arnstein to Smith’s Fanny Brice, and they were joined by Nigel Barber (Florenz Ziegfeld), Zoë Ann Bown (Mrs. Meeker), Martin Callaghan (Mr. Keeney), Jennifer Harding (Emma), Rachel Izen(Mrs Brice), Joshua Lay (Eddie) and Myra Sands (Mrs. Strakosh); with Rhianne Alleyne, Kit Benjamin, Lloyd Davies, Flora Dawson, Joseph Dockree, Abigayle Honeywill, Brontë Lavine, David Mcintosh, Peter Nash, Gillian Parkhouse, Tom Partridge, Nova Skipp, Alexandra Waite-Roberts, Sam Wingfield and Alexandra Wright.

“Fanny Brice was an extraordinary woman who broke the mould for female entertainment, not only that, she was a brilliant comic! Her lack of vanity and her goofiness made her unique and very special, and the role was an utter joy to play. I’m beyond excited to be able to share our production of Funny Girl with audiences across the UK.” Sheridan Smith

With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Isobel Lennart, the Broadway smash which skyrocketed Barbra Streisand to stardom, was revived with Sheridan Smith playing Fanny Brice, who rose from the Lower East Side of New York to become one of Broadway’s biggest stars under producer Florenz Ziegfield.  While she was cheered onstage as a great comedienne, offstage she faced a doomed relationship with the man she loved.  With a score featuring now-classic songs such as “People”, “You Are Woman, I Am Man” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade”, this new production was a must-see theatrical event.

‘A winningly exuberant performance. The most brilliant comic actress at work today.’

Sunday Times

‘Michael Mayer’s vivacious production has wit, charm and energy, sparkly choreography, and a strong, ebullient cast.’ Financial Times

“Sheridan Smith is one of British Theatre’s truly golden performers – a versatile star who thrills with her ability to be simultaneously touching and hilarious. Here she’s on glorious form.”

Evening Standard

‘An unforgettable star turn… Smith is hilarious, glorious, touching. With a performance that is all-singing, all dancing, all-joking and, somehow, all-soul too.’ The Times

FUNNY GIRL

Music by Jule Styne   Lyrics by Bob Merrill

Book by Isobel Lennart from an original story by Miss Lennart

Revised Book by Harvey Fierstein

Directed by Michael Mayer

Choreography is by Lynne Page, with set design by Michael Pavelka, costume design by Matthew Wright, lighting design by Mark Henderson and sound design by Richard Brooker, the musical supervisor is Alan Williams and orchestrations are by Chris Walker.

The capture of Funny Girl is co-produced by Digital Theatre and Sky Arts.

For more information or to find a cinema screening Funny Girl please visit: www.funnygirlincinemas.com

Twitter: @FunnyGirl_UK              Facebook: /FunnyGirlUK     Instagram: @FunnyGirlUK

GET ON YOUR GLADRAGS FOR A SIZZLING AUTUMN

AT EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE

NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR UK THEATRE AWARDS 2018

The list of nominees has been announced for this year’s UK Theatre Awards, the only nationwide awards to honour and celebrate outstanding achievements in theatre throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• Nominations for Best New Play are The Almighty Sometimes by Kendall Feaver, Black Men Walking by Testament, Gut by Frances Poet, and Home, I’m Darling by Laura Wade

• The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd), Miss Littlewood (Royal Shakespeare Company), Pieces of String (Mercury Theatre Colchester/TBO) and Summer Holiday (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) nominated for Best Musical Production

• All-female Best Director shortlist for the first time: Sarah Frankcom for Our Town, Emma Jordan for Lovers: Winners and Losers and Kimberley Sykes for Dido, Queen of Carthage

• Six nominations for Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, including Best New Play and Best Performance in a Play (The Almighty Sometimes), and Best Director (Our Town)

• Birmingham Repertory Theatre, National Theatre of Scotland and Northern Ballet nominated for Promotion of Diversity award

The full list of nominations is published below and available on the UK Theatre website.

The Awards will be presented on Sunday 14 October at a lunchtime ceremony at London’s Guildhall.

Julian Bird, Chief Executive of UK Theatre, said:

‘It has been been a fascinating year for theatre, with a thrilling array of performances and works presented across the UK – as well as many new initiatives to create positive change in the industry, both on- and off-stage. We look forward to celebrating those individuals and companies who have pushed boundaries, started conversations and made incredible theatre’

Since 2014, as well as awards for performance and management which are decided by expert panels, there has also been an annual £150,000 Clothworkers’ Theatre Award, part of the Clothworkers’ Foundation’s five-year £1.25m Dramatic Arts initiative. 2018 is the final year of this award, with a total of £750,000 awarded to English regional producing theatre in the last five years. The winner this year will be from the East or South East region, and will be one of following theatres invited to compete for the award: Chichester Festival; Chipping Norton; Mercury Colchester; New Wolsey, Ipswich; Nuffield Southampton; Oxford Playhouse; Queen’s Hornchurch; Theatre Royal. Bury St Edmunds; or Watermill Newbury.

The public vote for The UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre Award with Theatre Tokens will close at 12 noon on Tuesday 19 September. For more information visit UkTheatre.org/vote

The recipient of this year’s Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award will be announced soon.

UK Theatre Awards 2018 – nominations

Best New Play

THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES by Kendall Feaver, a Royal Exchange Theatre production

BLACK MEN WALKING by Testament, an Eclipse Theatre Company and Royal Exchange Theatre co-production

GUT by Frances Poet, a Traverse Theatre Company in association with National Theatre of Scotland production

HOME, I’M DARLING by Laura Wade, a Theatr Clwyd and National Theatre co-production

Best Musical Production

THE ASSASSINATION OF KATIE HOPKINS directed by James Grieve, a Theatr Clwyd production

MISS LITTLEWOOD directed by Erica Whyman, a Royal Shakespeare Company production

PIECES OF STRING directed by Ryan McBryde, a Mercury Theatre Colchester and TBO co-production

SUMMER HOLIDAY directed by Elizabeth Newman & Ben Occhipinti, an Octagon Theatre, Bolton production

Best Touring Production

HOT BROWN HONEY directed by Lisa Fa’alafi and Busty Beatz, a Briefs Factory production

THE LAST SHIP directed by Lorne Campbell, a Northern Stage, Karl Sydow and Kathryn Schenker production

LOVE FROM A STRANGER directed by Lucy Bailey, a Fiery Angel in association with Royal & Derngate, Northampton production

THREE SISTERS, a RashDash and Royal Exchange Theatre co-production

Best Show for Children and Young People

THE LITTLE MERMAID directed by Emma Earle and Cameron Carver, a The Egg – Theatre Royal Bath and Pins and Needles co-production

THE SECRET SEVEN directed by Alex Clifton, a Storyhouse production

THE THREE MUSKETEERS directed by Sarah Punshon, a The Dukes production

Best Director

Sarah Frankcom for OUR TOWN, a Royal Exchange Theatre production

Emma Jordan for LOVERS: WINNERS AND LOSERS, a Lyric Theatre, Belfast production

Kimberley Sykes for DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE, a Royal Shakespeare Company production

Best Design

59 Productions for THE SHADOW FACTORY, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production

Jess Curtis for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, a Storyhouse production

Morgan Large for WONDERLAND, a Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company production

Best Performance in a Play

Denise Black for THE CHERRY ORCHARD, a Sherman Theatre production

Jasper Britton for JERUSALEM, a Watermill Theatre production

Norah Lopez Holden for THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES, a Royal Exchange Theatre production

Golda Rosheuvel for OTHELLO, an Everyman Theatre production

Best Performance in a Musical

Seiriol Davies for HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY, an Áine Flanagan Productions, Seiriol Davies and Young Vic co-production

Frances McNamee for THE LAST SHIP, a Northern Stage, Karl Sydow and Kathryn Schenker production

Ashley Zhangazha for GUYS AND DOLLS, a Royal Exchange Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company co-production

Best Supporting Performance

Jonathan Broadbent, Andrew Langtree and Max Parker for THE WIZARD OF OZ, a Sheffield Theatres production

Gemma Dobson for RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO, a Royal Court, Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre, Bolton production

Jean St Clair for THE MEETING, a Chichester Festival Theatre production

Achievement in Dance

Ballet Black for Cathy Marston’s THE SUIT, perfectly paired with Arthur Pita’s A DREAM WITHIN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

National Dance Company Wales for Marcos Morau’s exceptionally artful TUNDRA

Northern Ballet for its bold and varied programming, particularly THE LITTLE MERMAID and its Kenneth MacMillan tribute

Achievement in Opera

Stephen Barlow for the Buxton International Festival at Buxton Opera House, in particular the production of ALZIRA

David Pountney and Tomáš Hanus for their artistic leadership of Welsh National Opera

Stuart Stratford for his adventurous programming at Scottish Opera

The Renee Stepham Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre

Northern Ballet

Nuffield Southampton Theatres

Scottish Ballet

Theatre Employee of the Year sponsored by Integro in Association with Chubb

Angela Nandi – Vivacity Key Theatre

Clare Lindsay – Watermill Theatre

Louie Ingham – Northern Stage

Promotion of Diversity

Birmingham Repertory Theatre

National Theatre of Scotland

Northern Ballet

Achievement in Marketing/Audience Development

Nuffield Southampton Theatres

The Old Vic

Phoenix Dance Theatre

Further details about the UK Theatre Awards can be found here.

@UK_Theatre #UKTawards

Tea Break Theatre presents
Frankenstein
Sutton House, 2 – 4 Homerton High Street, Hackney, London, E9 6JQ
Tuesday 16th October – Saturday 3rd November 2018

A spark of life, a flash… and something new is created. A scientist brings life from death, a young woman invents a new genre of literature and both will be known by the same name: Frankenstein

This Hallowe’en, Tea Break Theatre unravel their new immersive production of Mary Shelley’s twisting tale of the perils of stretching the boundaries of nature. In the 200th year of its publication, this electric adaptation will transport you away from everything safe and familiar into a world of uncertainty, experimentation and danger

Enter Sutton House, step into the past and be swept away into a story which seeks to answer the ultimate question… who is the monster?

Tea Break Theatre’s production sees Victor bringing a female creature to life – the ideal woman who fails to live up to his expectations. The fear, bloodshed and torment that follows is intentionally double-edged as the audience will be torn between whether the true villain is the creature or, in fact, the creator. Through these ideas the company put a feminist twist on the well-known novel, exploring how female identity is shaped by patriarchy and how women are then punished for failing to live up to it

This year’s production is also inspired by a period in the 1980s when Sutton House was occupied by a group of female-led squatters who saved the house from destruction – these underrepresented, often ignored, people who shaped the house’s (and, indeed, the local area’s) history. Using puppetry, shadows and scares, the production will bring both the story and the building to life

Director Katharine Armitage comments, I’m thrilled to be bringing this fearsome feminist Frankenstein to life this Hallowe’en! Our production is going to be bolder and even more unexpected than anything we’ve done and will genuinely be a version of the story audiences have never seen before. In this year, which is both 200 years since Mary Shelley published this incredible book and 100 years since some women were first able to vote, it feels both important and special to be creating work which explores gender roles and expectations whilst also honouring a visionary writer and her wonderfully twisted creation

CELEBRATED BRITISH ACTOR

SIMON CALLOW

RETURNS THIS FESTIVE SEASON TO STAR IN HIS

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ONE-MAN SHOW

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

THE CHARLES DICKENS CLASSIC

DIRECTED BY TOM CAIRNS

RUNNING AT THE ARTS THEATRE FROM 8 DEC 2018 – 12 JAN 2019

A spellbinding piece of theatre – Financial Times

★★★★★

Makes one bounce out of the theatre with heart aglow and eyes misted with tears – Daily Telegraph

★★★★★

Warm-hearted. Enthralling. Reminds us what a true Christmas might be – Daily Express

The traditional Christmas staple of Charles Dickens’ much loved A Christmas Carol, returns this festive season to the West End stage starring Simon Callow, running at the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited season from 8 December to 12 January.  

With critically acclaimed, sell-out seasons in 2011, 2012 and 2016, A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow, has become a traditional and well-loved adaptation for the festive season. Using the adaptation Dickens made for his own public performances, Simon Callow together with director and designer Tom Cairns, have conjured up a moving, funny and fast-paced one-man theatrical spectacular, that is both intensely dramatic and profoundly heart-warming.

Dickens takes us on a man’s astonishing journey through his past, his present and (terrifyingly) his future, led by his three ghostly guides. Will Ebenezer Scrooge, tight-fisted, cruel and bitter, finally re-join the human race and learn to embrace the true generous and humble spirit of Christmas?

From the miser’s dank and creaking house filled with shadows to cosy hearths, from stark graveyards to joyful festivities, this treasured story offers a celebration of goodness, a plea for justice and the promise of redemption.

National treasure, Simon Callow, is returning to reprise his role and is stepping back into Charles Dickens’ shoes following previous performances as the author in the stage productions The Mystery of Charles Dickens at the Playhouse Theatre, Dr Marigold & Mr Chops at Riverside Studios, the film Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale, on television in the BBC’s An Audience with Charles Dickens, and Doctor Who in 2005 and 2011. Callow has even written two books about the author,Dickens’ Christmas in 2003 and Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World in 2012.

The enduring popularity of A Christmas Carol, both as a novel and on stage, is testament to a story that transcends over centuries and it has never been out of print. Within two months of its original publication in 1843, eight stage productions were known to have been mounted, and Dickens himself chose the story to perform not only at his first public reading in 1853 but also at his farewell performance in 1869.

A Christmas Carol is produced by Assembly Festival, directed and designed by Tom Cairns, with sound design by Ben and Max Ringham, and lighting by Adam Povey.

Alongside the return of the critically acclaimed stage production, Simon Callow and Tom Cairns have also reimagined the production especially for the cinema. A Christmas Carol starring Simon Callow is in cinemas nationwide on Tuesday 11 December. Visit www.cinemalive.com for screenings.

LISTINGS

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

8 DECEMBER 2018 – 12 JANUARY 2019

ARTS THEATRE

WRITTEN BY CHARLES DICKENS

DIRECTED BY TOM CAIRNS

STARRING SIMON CALLOW

Performances: Tuesday – Sunday at 3.30pm & 7.30pm

*With exceptions, please check website

Christmas Performances:

Monday 24 December: 3.30pm

Tuesday 25 December: No performance

Wednesday 26 December: 3.30pm & 7.30pm

Monday 31 December: 3.30pm

Tuesday 1 January: No performance

Ticket Prices: From £25 (Previews from £20)

Address: Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB

Box Office: 020 7836 8463

Website: www.artstheatrewestend.co.uk

CHRISTMAS IN LEICESTER SQUARE 2018: BRIEFS TO HEADLINE PROGRAMME FEATURING SHOWSTOPPERS, FRISKY & MANNISH AND GINGZILLA

• Further live entertainment from Frisky & Mannish, Gals Aloud, House of Burlesque & Gingzilla
• Family shows from Showstoppers Kids Show, Monski Mouse’s Christmas Baby Disco & Shakespearience
• European-style Christmas Market, food, bars & Santa’s Grotto in the heart of London
• 9 NOVEMBER 2018 – 5 JANUARY 2019

Underbelly are pleased to announce their third season of festive events in the very heart of London: Christmas in Leicester Square 2018-19.

Briefs the legendary godfathers of ‘Boylesque’ are this year’s headliners with their first ever UK Christmas show: adding tinsel and jingle bells to the glitter-and-neon anarchy of their unique drag-cabaret-circus extravaganza Close Encounters. (9 Nov – 3 Jan)

Families and lovers of a late-night afterparty fear not: Briefs will also be presenting festive editions of their acclaimed kids show Brat Kids Carnival (selected dates 10 Nov – 30 Dec) and their legendary club night Club Briefs (Fri-Sat 9 Nov – 29 Dec).

Fellow Underbelly legends Frisky & Mannish will also be presenting their first ever Christmas show after a sold-out 10^th anniversary special on the Southbank this summer, giving all your favourite Christmas songs a hilarious makeover in some of the most spectacularly festive costumes ever to grace the Spiegeltent. (17 December)

Other shows just announced include an extravaganza from the world’s only drag tribute to Girls Aloud, Gals Aloud (20 Nov & 5 Jan), masters of their art House of Burlesque with The Burlesque Carol Concert (27 Nov & 4 Dec) and one of the breakout stars of the Edinburgh Fringe, the beautiful and statuesque (7ft to be precise) Drag Queen Gingzilla (11 Dec).

The incomparable Showstoppers are also back with their acclaimed Christmas Kids Show – a totally improvised musical for all the family: Batman meets Hermione Granger at the North Pole? Peppa Pig joins Father Christmas on his sleigh? Dora explores outer space with Captain Underpants and creates magical carols? Just shout it out and The Showstoppers will bring it to life in front of your eyes. (Selected dates 2-30 December)

For the tots Monski Mouse’s Christmas Baby Disco will get parents, babies and younger kids alike bopping along to a special mix of Christmas classics and kids and dance favourites: the perfect place for a first Christmas dance. (17-19 December)

In Janauary, blowing away the new year cobwebs, there’s Shakespearience: a bedazzling swagger through the Bard’s greatest works for all the family and the perfect introduction to some of the greatest theatre in the English language. (2-5 January)

Another hit with the kids, returning after huge success last year, is Santa’s Grotto – open every day until Christmas Eve. This special North Pole experience will see Father Christmas himself (the real one!) regale kids with a special festive tale before hearing their Christmas wishes, having a photo with them, and giving them a special early Christmas present.

Winter Windows will also return – a unique exhibition in partnership with local schools which will see pupils design stained glass windows with the best being exhibited around the north and west perimeter of the Leicester Square site for thousands of passers-by to enjoy.

In addition to this amazing seasonal entertainment, London’s home of entertainment Leicester Square will be transformed into a wintery haven with a beautiful European-style Christmas Market with over 25 different stalls featuring a range of fascinating Christmas curios, sumptuous food and delicious drinks.

For the third consecutive year and as part of a new two-year partnership between Molson Coors and Underbelly events, Pravha and Rekorderlig will be the key drink sponsors at this year’s Christmas In Leicester Square.

Underbelly Directors Ed Bartlem and Charlie Wood said:

“Christmas in Leicester Square is back and with a big fat Christmas bang with the boysleque beaus from Briefs headlining and a festive bonanza of treats for families, party-lovers and all-round Christmas-fans. It’s Underbelly’s third year producing Christmas in Leicester Square on behalf of Westminster City Council and we really can’t wait to deck the halls, throw open the gates, welcome Santa back to his grotto and get the festive fun underway with our phenomenal programme of shows, bustling Christmas market and wide selection of food and bars”     

LISTINGS

Christmas in Leicester Square

9 November 2018 – 5 January 2019

Open every day

12pm – 10pm Monday- Friday

10am-10pm Saturday – Sunday

www.christmasinleicestersquare.com

SHOW LISTINGS

Briefs: Close Encounters

Dates: 9^th November – 3^rd January 2019 – 8 weeks only!!
Times: 7.30pm Wednesday – Sunday (additional performance Tuesday 18^th December)
3pm Saturday (except 22^nd December)

Running Time: 100 mins – including interval

Age: 16+

Press Night: Wednesday 14^th November 2018 at 7.30pm

Ticket Prices:
Previews 9^th November 7.30pm and 10^th November 3pm – stalls £21.50/ Posh Seats £26.50/ Private Booth £151.50
Friday – Sunday – stalls £35.50/ Posh Seats £41.50/ Private Booth £221.50

Wednesday – Thursday – stalls £28.50/ Posh Seats £35.50/ Private Booth £186.50

Brat Kids Carnival

Dates: 10^th November – 30^th December

Times: 11am and 1pm Saturday

1pm and 3pm Sunday

3pm Wednesday – Friday

Ticket Prices:

Saturday and Sunday – Stalls £15.50/ Family Price £13.75 (per ticket. Minimum 4 tickets required)

Wednesday – Friday – Stalls £11.50/ Family Price £10.25 (per ticket. Minimum 4 tickets required)

Running time: 45mins

Advice: Recommended ages 4 and up.

Club Briefs

Dates: 9^th November – 29^th December (Friday and Saturday only)

Times:  10.15pm

Ticket Prices: Stalls £23.50/ Concession £22.00

Running time: 90 mins

Advice: Strictly for ages 18 and up

The Showstoppers’ Christmas Kids Show!

Dates: 2^nd – 30^th December

Times: 11am Sunday

                1pm Thursday – Friday

3pm Saturday

Ticket Prices: Standard Seats £14.50/ Sirloin Seats £19.50

Running time: 60 mins

Advice: Recommended for ages 3 and up.

Monski Mouse’s Christmas Baby Disco

Dates: 17^th – 19^th December

Times: 1pm Monday – Wednesday

                3pm Monday and Tuesday

Ticket Prices: All visitors £9.50/ Family Price £8.50 (per ticket, minimum of 4 tickets required)

Running time: 60 mins

Advice: For ages 5 and under. Please note all children must be accompanied by an adult. No more than 2 children per adult. All customers require a ticket with the exception of babies under 6 months, old who go free.

Frisky & Mannish: Christmas!

Dates: 17^th December

Times: 7.30pm

Ticket Prices: Standard Seats £19.00/ Sirloin Seats £24.00

Running time: 60 mins

Club Briefs: The NYE Extravaganza

Dates: 31^st December

Times: 10pm

Ticket Prices: Stalls £41.50/ Posh Seats £61.50/ Private Booth £301.50

Running time: 240 mins

Advice: Strictly ages 18+

Shakesperience

Dates: 2^nd – 5^th Jan 2019

Times: 1pm

Ticket Prices: Standard Seats £10.25/ Sirloin Seats £15.25

Running time: 60 mins

Advice: Recommended for ages 7 and up

Gals Aloud: Not the Tucking Kind

Dates: 20^th November and 5^th January 2019

Times: 7.30pm

Ticket Prices: Standard Seats £15.50 / Sirloin Seats £20.50

Running Time: 60 mins

Gingzilla’s Gingerbread Haus

Dates: 11^th December

Times: 7.30pm

Ticket Prices: Standard Seats £12.50 / Sirloin Seats £17.50

Running Time: 60 mins

The Burlesque Carol Concert

Dates: 27^th November and 4^th December

Times: 7.30pm

Ticket Prices: Standard Seats £14.50 / Sirloin Seats £19.50

Running Time: 60 mins

GLASGOW GIRLS TO MAKE KING’S THEATRE DEBUT

TUESDAY 15 – SATURDAY 19 JANUARY 2019

Cora Bissett and David Greig’s life affirming Scottish drama, Glasgow Girls is to run at the King’s Theatre, Glasgow next year.

The production, which is based on real life events, will make its debut on the big stage from Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 January 2019.

Filled with song-and-dance-filled this true story tells of seven feisty Glaswegian teenagers, whose lives change forever when their school friend and her asylum-seeking family are forcibly taken from their home to be deported. They are galvanised to fight for her rights, inspiring a whole community to unite behind its residents.

Glasgow Girls was an Edinburgh Festival Fringe sell out in 2016 and winner of the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.

James Haworth, Theatre Director of the King’s, said: “I am especially excited to welcome this local production to the King’s Theatre in January.

“Glasgow Girls has become a cultural staple in the city and it has proved itself more than worthy of its praise and accolades to date.

“I just know our audience will love this show and I invite anyone who considers themselves a Glasgow Girl or Glasgow Boy to come along and see this spectacular production.”

Glasgow Girls is presented by Raw Material in association with Regular Music.

Underbelly & Briefs Factory Presents

BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL BOOGIES ON DOWN FOR CHRISTMAS IN LEICESTER SQUARE!

The high octane children’s show BRAT KID’S CARNIVAL, headlining the children’s live shows in the magical Spiegeltent, at Christmas in Leicester Square from Saturday 10 November – Sunday 30 December 2018 

BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL is a high-energy super fun variety show for all the family, from tots to teenagers.Mischief makers Briefs Factory have created a noisy fun show for kids who love spectacle, wild circus skills, flying acrobatics, edgy dancing, pumping music, spectacular aerialists, eye popping party tricks and cheeky clowning antics. A show where the audience gasp and laugh out loud at the world classridiculous acts of amazement.

Put on your party outfit and express yourself with a boogie (on stage!) at the fun and inclusive BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL!

The brilliant Australian Briefs Factory has created their 45 minute children’s show specially to get youngsters excited about circus and getting on stage. BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL will play during the day in the stunning Spiegeltent and features members of the Briefs Factory Family including: the naughty acrobat Mr Monkey all the way from New York, circus supremo Captain Kidd from Close Encounters and the girls from the award-winning Hot Brown Honey, ready to raise the roof with circus skills and vocal prowess! A fantastically noisy, fun, silly afternoon for all ages – not just for mum and dad – but they can come too! So grab a hula hoop and join the carnival!

‘It’s a rare thing that a children’s piece holds its young audience in such high regard… no wishy-washy storytelling: this is as hardcore as you get for children. ★★★★★‘  – The Irish Times

“Best Kids Shows” Melbourne Comedy Festival 2018 – Herald Sun

The festive season starts in Leicester Square with BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL – where all your Christmas wishes come true. Christmas in Leicester Square is transformed into a wintery haven and is the destination for all the family’s festive fun including: Santa’s Grotto, a European-style Christmas market, yummy drinks and food and BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL!

Underbelly & Briefs Factory Presents

Plus Santa’s Grotto, Christmas market, food and drinks all at

CHRISTMAS IN LEICESTER SQUARE

Venue: The Spiegeltent, Christmas In Leicester Square, Leicester Square Gardens, Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA

Leicester Square site open: Monday – Friday 12pm – 10pm, Saturday – Sunday 10am – 10pm

For full programme information on BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL and all shows + Santa’s Grotto, European-Style Christmas market, drinks and foods:

Box Office:      www.christmasinleicestersquare.com

0333 344 4167

BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL – high-energy super fun variety show for all the family

Dates:  Saturday 10 November 2018 – Sunday 30 December

Times:                                                  Saturday: 11am and 1pm

                                               Sunday: 1pm and 3pm

                                                Wednesday – Friday from 12 December: 3pm

Running Time:                  45 mins –  no interval

Age:                                                       Tots to teenagers – recommended 4+

Ticket Prices:

Saturday and Sunday – Stalls £15.50/ Family Price £13.75 (per ticket. 4 tickets required)

Wednesday – Friday –   Stalls £11.50/ Family Price £10.25 (per ticket. 4 tickets required)