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2012
Summer 2012 Complete Listings
Drama Doctor In The House
Civic
Monday 30 April – Saturday 5 May 7.45pm Wed & Sat Matinee: 2.30pm
Do you need a prescription for laughter? The here comes the cure as the classic British comedy, Doctor in the House hits the stage!
Follow the inexperienced young medical student Simon Sparrow beginning his five-year internship at St. Swithin’s Teaching Hospital. Continually running afoul of the irascible head surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt his social life is spiced up when Sparrow is taken under the wings of two student repeaters in the form of Tony Grimsdyke and John Evans to farcical consequences.
Starring one of Britain’s most loved funnymen, Joe Pasquale and star of stage and screen Robert Powell, Doctor in the House has delighted audiences for generations. Refereed by award-winning director Ian Talbot, this is comedy at its very best; the doctor will see you now!
Recommended age: 12 years +
Sat 5 May - Signed Performance – 2.30pm
Tickets: Mon – Thurs & Matinees
Full Price - £21.50 & £19.50
Concessions - £19.50 & £18.00
Fri & Sat Eve
Full Price - £24.50 & £22.50
Concessions - £22.50 & £20.50
Groups – £2.00 off all tickets + 1 In 10 free
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
May
Film Anonymous (12A)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 1 May 8.00pm
130 mins /2011/UK/Germany
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Language: English
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave and David Thewlis
A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford and one-time owner of Hedingham Castle, who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 2 May ` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Film Weekend (18)
Cramphorn
Friday 4 May 8.00pm
96mins/2011/UK
Directed by: Andrew Haigh
Language: English
Starring: Tom Cullen, Chris New and Laura Freeman
A one-night stand that becomes something more, an unconventional love story between two young men trying to make sense of their lives. On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen. And so begins a weekend – in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex – that will resonate throughout their lives.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Mawkin
Cramphorn
Saturday 5 May 8.00pm
Folk rebels, Mawkin are forging a bold new sound that strengthens their instrumental roots and embraces a new, exuberant exploration into the traditional folk music canon from the British isles and beyond.
Mawkin have supported the likes of Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg and Mr Scruff amongst others. Their collaboration with Jim Causley saw them tour nationally, win the stamp of approval of BBC Radio 2 and saw them nominated for 3 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Tickets: £10.00
Concessions: £7.50
Music Essex on Tour’s ‘Variety Night’
Civic
Tuesday 8 May 8.00pm
In aid of Helen Rollason Cancer Charity
Remember the ‘good old days of variety’? Well don’t miss this very special night featuring a fantastic line up of artists bringing you music, cabaret, comedy and magic and help support a truly wonderful charity.
The line up includes one of Joanna Lumley’s favourite’s Lestyn Edwards, BBC Essex’s Sadie Nine, West End stars Drop Dead Diva’s, top jazz musician Claire Harper and British Magical Champion of Comedy Ian Keable.
It promises to be a great night out
Tickets: £12.00
Film Snowtown (18)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 8 May 8.00pm
119mins/2011/Australia
Directed by: Justin Kurzel
Language: English
Starring: Lucas Pittaway and Daniel Henshall
In an Adelaide working class suburb of the 1990s, impressionable 16 year old Jamie forms a friendship with a new man in his mother's life, John Bunting. John is affable and always smiling, but Jamie fears there is something dangerous about this new father figure – a fear that is soon shown to be well founded. This carefully crafted psychological thriller uses the real-life horrific murders that plagued the town as a back drop for this graphically violent plot.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 9 May ` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Drama Macbeth
Civic
Wednesday 9 May 7.45pm
Presented by Icarus Theatre Collective and South Hill Park Arts Centre in association with King’s Theatre Portsmouth
Something wicked this way comes…
The vicious, barbaric undercurrent in Shakespeare’s epic tragedy surfaces in this kinetic, blood thirsty production. Victorious on the battlefield, Macbeth’s nobility and bravery are rewarded by an indebted king. But with each enemy slaughtered to serve Macbeth’s own vaulting ambition, his lust for power takes a deadly turn until he ferociously usurps the kingdom. His reign, baptised in blood, spirals out of control and Macbeth’s deeds come back to tear him down.
Tickets: £15.50
Concessions: £12.50
Schools: £9.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Children/
Family There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
Cramphorn
Friday 11 – Saturday 12 May
Friday 10.30am & 1.30pm
Saturday 11.30pm & 2.30pm
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly… But The People’s Theatre Company do!
And now you can too as they bring one of the world’s best loved nursery rhymes to life for the very first time.
Presented by the team behind How Koala Learnt To Hug, this magical new show has been written especially for parents to enjoy with their children, so come and relive the delights of this most charming of tales with a feast of first class games, colourful animal characters and heart warming family fun.
Recommended age: 4 years +
Friday Tickets: £7.00
Friday Concessions: £5.00
Saturday Tickets: £8.50
Saturday Concessions: £6.50
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Dance Ballet Central
Civic
Friday 11 May 7.45pm
Ballet Central’s 2012 tour features new works from Mikaela Polley (Rambert Dance Company), Sharon Watson (Phoenix Dance Theatre) and Sara Matthews, as well as revivals by Matthew Hart, the late David Fielding, and Ballet Central’s founder, the late Christopher Gable. This exciting programme of ballet, contemporary, jazz and narrative dance will also feature live accompaniment by Musical Director Philip Feeney. Don’t miss this opportunity to see some of the world’s most talented young dancers.
Tickets: £13.00
Concessions: £10.50
Family: £42.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Music Jackson Live In Concert
Civic
Saturday 12 May 2.30pm & 7.45pm
Presented by Sweeney Entertainments
Amir Sharma’s portrayal of Michael Jackson in his prime has to be the most vocally and visually accurate tribute to the King of Pop to have ever toured the UK theatres. Amir is joined on the stage by a cast of musicians, singers and dancers who work their way through all the hits. He’s got the look, the moonwalk and above all, the voice! His renditions of Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean are truly sensational. Pure MJ.
Tickets: £17.50
Concessions: £13.50
Family: £54.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Music Chelmsford Jazz Club
Cramphorn
Sunday 13 May 12.15pm
TBC
Tickets:
£10.00 members
£14.00 Non members
£4.00 under 16's
Musicals Half A Sixpence
Civic
Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 May 7.30pm
Saturday matinee: 2.30pm
Presented by Trinity Methodist Music and Drama
Half A Sixpence follows the story of Arthur Kipps, an apprentice draper who inherits a fortune and the trials and tribulations that subsequently follow. Featuring well known songs that include Flash Bang Wallop (what a picture), If Rain’s Got To Fall and of course Half A Sixpence. A tale of love and laughter for the whole family
Tickets from: £11.50 - £13.50 (depending on performance)
Film Wuthering Heights (15)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 15 May 8.00pm
128mins/2011/UK
Directed by: Andrea Arnold
Language: English
Starring: James Howson and Kaya Scodelario
Academy Award-winning British director Andrea Arnold returns to take on a classic literary story in the form of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Centred on the exploits of an impoverished young boy named Heathcliff who is adopted by the well-to-do Earnshaw family the film follows the relationship that blossoms between our protagonist and the family's youngest daughter, Cathy. Widely applauded by critics on its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Wuthering Heights is set to be one of the year's must-see releases.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 16 May ` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Drama The Dumb Waiter and The Lover
Cramphorn
Wednesday 16 May 8.00pm
by Harold Pinter
Presented by European Arts Company European Arts Company, who recently brought us The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde returns with a very entertaining double-bill of Harold Pinter’s classic short, black-comedies, The Dumb Waiter and The Lover. These witty dramas by the Nobel prize winner still pack the same punch as when first written. Thrillingly powerful with an air of mystery, they will keep you on the edge of your seat. A rare and welcome treat for any theatre lover!
Recommended age: 12 years +
Tickets: £12.00
Concessions: £10.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Film The Iron Lady (12A)
Cramphorn
Thursday 17 May 8.00pm
105mins/2011/UK/France
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Language: English
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent and Richard E. Grant
The Iron Lady tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male–dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and intimate portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman. Meryl Streep won both an Oscar and a Bafta for her portrayal of the Iron Lady.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Community Get On Up And Jam
Civic
Sunday 20 May 3.00pm
Presented by Bam Bam Boogies
A brand new and exciting event which gives dancers and choreographers (aged between 11-18 years) the opportunity to shine and perform in front of a live theatre audience. The performances will be judged by a panel which includes, Crazy Popper – Semi Finalist from Got To Dance 2011; Zoe/Nathan Jasztal – Hair Stylist of the X-Factor 2011 & Creative Directors at Silhouette Du Barry Chelmsford; Rob Gentle – Graduate of London Contemporary Dance School & Artistic Choreographer for Dance Digital.
All tickets: £10.00
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 23 May ` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Music Garfunkel and Simon
Civic
Thursday 24 May 7.45pm
John Hylton shows his guitar skills as Paul Simon and proudly introduces his son, Allen as Art Garfunkel.
Being father and son, their voices blend perfectly in the harmonies of Mrs Robinson, Sound of Silence, The Boxer and Paul Simon’s solo masterpieces such as Late on the Evening and Call me Al. With John Hylton’s talented live band, this show is sure to leave you ‘Feeling Groovy’.
Tickets: £17.50
Concessions: £16.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme Ticket available
Comedy/
Stand-up Jongleurs On The Road
Civic
Friday 25 May 7.45pm
The UK’s top name in comedy returns to the Civic with two hours of laughs from the brightest talent on the comedy circuit. Book your tickets now and head towards the laughter factory.
Recommended age: 16 years+
Tickets: £15.00
Concessions: £13.50
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Film Las Acacias (12A)
Cramphorn
Friday 25 May 8.00pm
86mins/2011/Spain/Argentina
Directed by: Pablo Giorgelli
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: German De Silva, Hebe Duarte and Nayra Calle Mamani
Winner of the prestigious Caméra d'Or and the Cannes Best Film in
Critics' Week Award, Las Acacias tells the story of a long-distance lorry driver who agrees to drive a woman and her five month old child en route from Paraguay to Buenos Aires. A subtle and tender road movie exploring loneliness and the pain of loss, Las Acacias grows into a searingly poignant tale about a passing encounter between two strangers and the unlikely bond that grows between them. With pitch perfect performances from character actor German de Silva and newcomer Hebe Duarte.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music D’Uke’s/ D’Ukulele Festival
Cramphorn
Saturday 26 May 8.00pm
Giving the ukulele a makeover for the 21st century, D’Ukes perform their eclectic mix of music from artists as diverse as the Beach Boys, Amy Winehouse, Deep Purple, Johnny Cash, Blondie, and Radiohead. Whether you like pop or jazz, rock or reggae – this evening is guaranteed to get you singing and smiling!
A mini-ukulele festival, D’Ukulele, is also taking place in the theatre between 12pm and 5pm on the same day. Everyone is welcome.
Tickets for the afternoon festival are £3, available at the door only.
Tickets: £9.00
Music An Evening With Foley & Hepburn
Civic
Saturday 26 May 7.30pm
Foley and Hepburn are an international male vocal duo specialising in popular classical music. Jack Foley is a Tenor from Durham and Franz Hepburn a Bass-baritone from The Bahamas. Apart from extensive UK Charity tours, they have had sell out concerts in Dubai, The Bahamas and USA and the show will feature a range of songs including: Time to Say Goodbye, You Raise Me Up, The Music of The Night, Ol’ Man River, Bring Him Home and The Pearl Fishers Duet.
Tickets: £17.00, £12.00
Concessions: £15.00, £10.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Music Forces Sweethearts
Civic
Tuesday 29 May 2.30pm
2012 is the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year – and Forces Sweethearts will be celebrating the early 50s in style with their tribute to the Coronation through the music of the Demob Sweethearts! Great songs from Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day, Ruby Murray and Alma Cogan. The girls will also be singing all your favourites from Vera Lynn, Gracie Fields, Marlene Dietrich, Carmen Miranda and Anne
Shelton. There’ll be a singalong with George Formby and his little ukulele and with the songs of Flanagan and Allen. Not forgetting the Yanks, great stars like The Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller and Deanna Durbin.
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Tickets: £12.50
Concessions: £11.50
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Film The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 29 May 8.00pm
98mins/2011/USA/UK
Directed by: Terence Davies
Language: English
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddlestone, Simon Russell Beale and Ann Mitchell
Hester Collyer leads a privileged life in 1950s London as the beautiful wife of high court judge Sir William Collyer. To the shock of those around her, she walks out on her marriage to move in with young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page, with whom she has fallen passionately in love. Set in post-war Britain, this adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s classic play, The Deep Blue Sea is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness – but is at heart a deeply moving love story. Stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, what – or whom – should Hester choose?
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 30 May ` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Music The Parson’s Pirates
Civic
Wednesday 30 May ` 7.45pm
Presented by Opera Della Luna
The most hilarious production of The Pirates of Penzance you will
ever see! Opera della Luna are back with their most hilarious show ever. Join the Reverend Arthur Bender of St Michael’s-under-Ware as he auditions his cast for the fastiest, fizziest, and funniest production of The Pirates of Penzance you will ever see. A cast of just six perform Gilbert & Sullivan’s classic comic opera – complete and unabridged (with cuts). You will be dazzled by the singing, choreography and sheer panache of it all.
Tickets: £18.50 & £16.50
Concessions: £16.50 & £14.50
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Music A Vision of Elvis
Civic
Thursday 31 May ` 7.45pm
Featuring his very own The Cadillacs Band with The Sweet Sensations,
Rob Kingsley brings you a full evening of all the classic hits, from the early years through to the sensational “Vegas” era, with the finale being the concert years. Rob Kingsley has the total package: the look, the sound, the charisma and together with his fantastic costumes this show leaves the audience in no doubt that they are witnessing a truly authentic Elvis show.
Tickets: £18.50
Concessions: £17.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
June
Drama Raining Men
Civic
Friday 1 – Saturday 2 June Friday: 7.45pm Saturday: 5.00pm & 8.30pm
When life’s a drag, just put on your dancing shoes!
It’s coming up to Halloween and the nightclub in which the trio all work has no act, so the boys decide to put on a little show of their own! A new comedy by Hen Party Night writer Chris Ponka, Raining Men is the story of Phil the bouncer, Doug the DJ, and Colin the barman and a night where The Full Monty meets Priscilla, Queen of the Desert… a great night out featuring the music of Barbara Streisand, Shirley Bassey and Judy Garland.
But be warned this play is strictly for adults only with strong language and adult content from the start!
“…They danced in the aisles, waved their hands in the air, sang along to Abba’a Dancing Queen, did all the actions to YMCA and gave the all-male cast a standing ovation…Their frocky horror spooktackular had the first night audience howling with laughter.”
Gay Bolton – Derbyshire Times 2010
Recommended age: 16 years+
Tickets: £16.00
Concessions: £14.00
Groups: £14.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 6 June ` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Film Black Gold (12A)
Cramphorn
Wednesday 6 June 8.00pm
130mins/2011/France/Italy/Qatar
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Language: English
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong and Tahar Rahim
A sweeping historical epic set against the dramatic backdrop of the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, Black Gold is the tale of two rival Emirs, the oil that came between them, and the young, dynamic leader who rose to unite the desert tribes. An adaptation of Hans Ruesch's classic novel, The Great Thirst, Black Gold was jointly shot in Tunisia and Qatar and is one of the largest cinematic projects ever undertaken in the Arab world.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Drama Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Cramphorn
Thursday 7 June 8.00pm
Sponsored by The RMT, Wales TUC, Unite, GMB, NASUWT, TUC, PCS UCATT & ACCORD
A hilarious, fast-paced adaptation of Robert Tressell’s classic book about a year in the life of a group of painters and decorators who renovate a three-storey town house, for Mayor Sweater. It traces their hardships and struggles for survival in a complacent and stagnating Edwardian England. These workers are the ‘philanthropists’ who throw themselves into back-breaking work for low wages in order to generate profit for their masters. This enduring an absorbing story is brought to life using comedy routines and entertaining songs of the Music Hall with a few surprises along the way.
“Witty, fast-paced and hard-hitting, this is exactly how
political theatre should be done.” Dan Glazebrook, The
Morning Star
Recommended age: 11 years +
Tickets: £12.00
Concessions: £10.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Film Fire In Babylon (12A)
Cramphorn
Friday 8 June 8.00pm
87mins/2011/UK
Directed by: Stevan Riley
Language: English
Featuring: Viv Richards and Gorden Greenidge
Fire In Babylon is the breathtaking story of how the West Indies triumphed over its colonial masters through the achievements of one of the most gifted teams in sporting history. In a turbulent era of apartheid in South Africa; race riots in England and civil unrest in the
Caribbean, the West Indian cricketers, led by the enigmatic Viv Richards, struck a defiant blow at the forces of white prejudice worldwide. Their undisputed skill, combined with a fearless spirit, allowed them to dominate the genteel game at the highest level, replaying it on their own terms. This is their story, told in their own words.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Comedy/
Stand-up Alex Horne
Seven Years In The Bathroom
Cramphorn
Saturday 9 June 8.00pm
The ultimate stat-based fun-packed thought-provoking experimental and-sometimes-stupid hour-long comedy show in which Alex aims to recreate your entire life in one hour. That’s right, he’ll do everything you’ll ever do but in sixty minutes. So in an average lifetime you’ll spend two years shopping, two weeks kissing and eighteen months looking for lost things. You’ll also spend quite a while eating, queuing, crying and googling yourself. Alex is going to squeeze all those things into one show and it’ll be tremendous. And very funny. So come and laugh at your life.
Recommended age: 13 years +
Tickets: £12.00
Music Chelmsford Jazz Club
Cramphorn
Sunday 10 June 7.45pm
TBC
Tickets:
£10.00 members
£14.00 Non members
£4.00 under 16's
Musicals All Shook Up
Civic
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 June 7.30pm
Saturday matinee: 3.00pm
Presented by Springers AODS
It’s the 1950s, Midwest, our hipswivelling, guitar-playing roustabout, Chad, is released from prison. He heads for the nearest town on his motorbike, leaving a frenzy of excitement in his wake. Based upon Twelfth Night the multiple love triangles then unfold beginning when Chad meets Natalie, the daughter of the local garage owner. A rock‘n’ roll musical and jukebox comedy inspired by the hits of Elvis.
Suitable for all ages.
Box Office: 07765 772059
Tickets: £12.00 - £15.00 depending on performance
Film Tomboy (U)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 12 June 8.00pm
82mins/2011/France
Directed by: Celine Sciamma
Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Zoe Heran, Malonn Levanna and Jeanne Disson
Gender identity and friendship lie at the heart of this sweet, heartbreaking film. After moving into a new home with her mother and sister, ten-year-old Laure willingly poses as a boy after being confused for one by neighbour Lisa. As Michael, Laure soon wins the admiration of neighbourhood boys or her soccer skills and girls for her sensitivity. No matter how imaginative Laure is in dealing with boy issues, keeping her true identity secret will prove difficult as she and Lisa become closer.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 13 June ` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Film Carnage (15)
Cramphorn
Friday 15 June 8.00pm
80 mins/2011/USA
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Language: English
Starring: Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Jodie Foster and Christolph Waltz
Originally penned by playwright Yasmina Reza who also wrote Art, Carnage has been adapted for the big screen. A showdown between two kids about eleven, in a local playground. Swollen lips, broken teeth… Now the parents of the 'victim' have invited the parents of the 'bully' to their apartment to sort it out. Cordial banter gradually develops a razor–sharp edge as all four parents reveal their laughable contradictions and grotesque prejudices. None of them will escape the ensuing carnage.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Community When Children Rule The World
Cramphorn
Sat 16 – Sun 17 June 3.00pm & 5.00pm
Presented by Tomorrow’s Talent
Showcasing the Junior students from Tomorrow’s Talent weekend theatre school, this show features a variety of scenes, dances and songs from hit West End and Broadway plays and musicals. So whether you love street dance, drama, glee choirs or good old fashioned song and dance there’s a little bit of something for everyone. The production is directed by West End performer and Choreographer for BBC1’s Glee Club, Gavin Wilkinson.
For more information about Tomorrow’s Talent visit www.tomorrowstalent.co.uk.
Tickets: £6.00
Film The Kid With A Bike (12A)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 19 June 8.00pm
87mins/2011/France/Belgium/Italy
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc
Dardenne
Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Thomas Doret and Jeremie Reiner
When his father abandons him, 11 year-old Cyril obsessively tries to find his bicycle, after all, his father must have cared about him enough not to sell that off, he reasons. Almost by accident, he becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser. With his wild, unpredictable behaviour and his disastrous search for father figures, Cyril risks losing her, though she refuses to give up without a fight. Full of heartbreaking betrayals and unexpected grace, this is a film about a child, abandoned to the elements, learning to become good.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 20 June ` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Drama David Copperfield
Cramphorn
Tuesday 21 June 8.00pm
Presented by Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Join us in celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth as Mad Dogs and Englishmen bring his classic tale to the stage with a twist and a flourish in their new adaptation. Touring nationally as part of the Dickens bicentennial, this fast-paced and dynamic production is faithful to the book and captures all the hilarity and pathos of Dickens writing. With a cast of two this will be an evening of pure theatre.
Recommended age: 11 years +
Tickets: £12.00
Concessions: £10.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Children/
Family The Tiger That Came To Tea - Live on stage!
Civic
Friday 22 and Saturday 23 June
Friday 1.30 pm; Saturday 10.30am & 1.30pm
Based on the picture book written and illustrated by Judith Kerr. Adapted for the stage with songs and lyrics by David Wood
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger! The tea-guzzling tiger returns!
This delightful family show is packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos! A stunning stage adaptation of this classic tale of teatime mayhem… expect to be surprised!
Recommended age: 3 years +
Running time: 55 mins
Tickets: £11.00
Schools: £9.50
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Comedy/
Stand-up Stewart Lee
Carpet Remnant World
Civic
Friday 22 June 7.45pm
What can a sexless middle aged married man, whose life now consist mainly of watching Scooby Doo cartoons with a four year old boy possibly find to write comedy about? A new full-length show from the acclaimed star of BBC2’s Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.
“The funniest thing on television.” The Guardian
“Superlative *****” Metro
“Flabby and irrelevant.” Frankie Boyle
Recommended age: 16 years +
Tickets: £19.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Film Shame (18)
Cramphorn
Friday 22 June 8.00pm
100mins/2011/UK
Directed by: Steve McQueen
Language: English
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badger Dale and Amy Hargreaves
An outwardly ordinary man must come to terms with his inner compulsions in this powerful drama. Brandon is a successful businessman in his early thirties who lives in New York. To most around him, Brandon seems cool and introverted, but inside he is wrestling with a powerful sexual appetite; he's obsessed with pornography, preferring short-term relationships. Brandon's life is upended when his gregarious sister Sissy comes to stay unexpectedly.
Her presence forces his veneer of calm to crack.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Community Made In Britain Dance Show
Civic
Mon 25 – Weds 27 June
Mon: 5.00pm; Tues/Weds: 7.00pm
Presented by New Hall School
Award winning young dancers from New Hall Dance School, Chelmsford take to the stage in an action packed show featuring a variety of dance styles including Jazz, Latin American, Hip Hop and Ballroom. This special ‘British’ themed show is guaranteed to get your toes tapping. There will be dances to ‘The Beatles’, ‘Rolling Stones’, Elton John’, ‘Queen’, ‘Madness’ and man more great British artists. Come along and celebrate with us the Best of British.
Tickets: £8.50
Concessions: £5.00
Dance Barrull, A Flamenco Legacy
Civic
Friday 29 June 7.45pm
Internationally renowned Gypsy Flamenco dancer Jairo Barrull and his dance company shall make their UK debut here in Chelmsford. This explosive show reflects Jairo’s unique gypsy flamenco upbringing and his very unique personal style of footwork, a style pioneered by his father Ramón Barrull in the 1970s and later adopted and extended by Jairo into his own style. Originally from Seville, Jairo has been performing since he was seven years old. His family are the well known ‘Los Negros de Ronda’, whose artistic legacy stems back to the18th century.
Tickets: £15.00
Concessions: £13.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Film Coriolanus (15)
Cramphorn
Friday 29 June 8.00pm
123mins/2011/UK
Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Language: English
Starring: Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain.
Set in a modern-day Balkan war zone, General Caius Martius Coriolanus is a courageous yet complex figure, who is feared and revered in equal measure. Coriolanus seems indifferent to the suffering of the masses as social inequality widens. When he fails to win their support, his anger sparks a riot and leads to expulsion. Embittered, he allies himself with sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius to take revenge. Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut is a magnificent adaptation of Shakespeare's often overlooked play about political manipulation and power-broking.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
July
Community Absolutely Everybody
Civic
Sunday 1 July – Saturday 7 July 7.15pm
Sat Matinee: 2.30pm
Presented by Hildale Academy of Performing Arts
This exciting song and dance spectacular is one not to be missed. Talented youngsters perform in this inspirational, fast moving dance production, presenting innovative choreography in a variety of dance styles incorporating a variety of Jazz, Classical Ballet, Modern, Tap and
Singing.
Box Office: 01702 205327
Tickets: £16.00
Concessions: £14.50 (sat mat only)
Music Chelmsford Jazz Club
Cramphorn
Sunday 8 July 7.45pm
TBC
Tickets:
£10.00 members
£14.00 Non members
£4.00 under 16's
Film The Descendants (15)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 10 July 8.00pm
115mins/2011/USA
Directed by: Alexander Payne
Language: English
Starring: George Clooney, Beau Bridges, Shailene Woodley and Judy Greer
Set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 11 July
` 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Community Rent – School Edition
Civic
Wednesday 11 July 7.45pm
Presented by Tomorrow’s Talent
Loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished friends struggling to survive and create in New York’s gritty Alphabet City in 1991. Over the course of one year, Rent follows these starving artists as they strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, impending gentrification and the AIDS epidemic. With its single industrial set and a score that shifts easily between pounding rock numbers and pop-style ballads, Rent remains the quintessential rock musical.
Tickets: £15.00
Film Martha Marcy May Marlene (15)
Cramphorn
Sunday 15 July 8.00pm
101mins/2011/USA
Directed by: Sean Durkin
Language: English
Starring: Elisabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson and Hugh Dancy
Elizabeth Olsen stars in director Sean Durkin’s psychological thriller about a young woman who undergoes an explosive crisis of identity after escaping the confines of a rural cult like farming community. Trapped by unsettling flashes of memories from the past and visions of a perilous future, she becomes taken over by an unsettling sense of fear, leaving her consumed by paranoia and a mysterious burden of guilt.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Film The Woman In Black (12A)
Cramphorn
Tuesday 17 July 8.00pm
95mins/2012/UK/Canada/Sweden
Directed by: James Watkins
Language: English
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer and Ciaran Hinds.
Based on the classic ghost story and long-running West End play, the film tells the tale of Arthur Kipps, a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House.
Working alone in the old mansion, Kipps begins to uncover the town's tragic and tortured secrets and his fears escalate when he discovers that local children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. When those closest to him become threatened by the vengeful woman in black, Kipps must find a way to break the cycle of terror.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 18 July 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Film A Monster In Paris (U)
Cramphorn
Friday 20 July 8.00pm
90mins/2011/France
Directed by: Bibo Bergeron
Language: English
Voices of: Vanessa Paradis, Adam Goldberg, Catherine O’Hara and Danny Huston
A wacky inventor, his camera crazy best friend and a madcap monkey make a big mistake when let loose in the Professor’s laboratory! With lotions and potions spilling everywhere, the troublesome trio accidentally create Franc, a musical talent of monstrous proportions. With the help of the beautiful but feisty singer Lucille, the team are on a mission to protect their new friend from the ghastly wannabe Mayor Commissioner Maynott, who has a plan to increase his popularity by capturing Franc and revealing him to be a scary monster to the people of Paris.
Tickets: £5.70
Concessions: £4.90
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £3.70
Community Beauty And The Beast
Civic
Friday 20 July 7.30pm
Saturday 21 July 11:00am, 3,30pm & 7.3opm
Presented by Frances’ School of Drama
This tale as old as time transports you to the heart of provincial life in a French town. We see Belle giving up her freedom to save he father’s life, then taming the unfortunate beast to transform him back into a handsome prince. An enchanting Disney musical for all the family.
This amateur production is presented by permission of Josef Weinberger Ltd.
On behalf of Musical Theatrical International of New York.
Tickets: £15.00
Concessions: £12.50
Community Essex Dance Theatre – Annual Showcase 2012
Civic
Sunday 22 July 3.00pm & 6.30pm
Essex Dance Theatre, with 48 boys training in 2012 established, flourishing and thriving since 1975, is the County Youth Dance Company, representing Essex nationally, regionally and locally. The group study all genres developing their own choreographic skills through GCSE and A Level dance, which they study on Sundays. Key national and international choreographers work with the group on the October week’s residential, and this year Sunday workshops and rehearsals have created works spanning from the Royal Ballet to David Leighton of X Factor and Brit Awards fame.
Tickets: £10.00 & £8.00
Concessions: £8.00
Music The Beatles Tribute Tour
Civic
Monday 23 July ` 7.45pm
Presented by Rock School Club Harwich
A show of Beatles classics performed by a young cast of talented musicians. The Rock School Club Harwich is a registered charity.
Four of the cast played at the National Music For Youth Festival at the Royal Albert Hall and were described as "inspirational to young people" and several of the others have played in Regional Festivals. The show content is selected from the most popular Beatles numbers throughout their career and will be enjoyed by Beatles fans and those who wish to remember the sixties.
Tickets: £10.00
Concessions: £7.50
Family: £30.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
September
Music Chelmsford Jazz Club
Cramphorn
Sunday 2 September 7.45pm
TBC
Tickets:
£10.00 members
£14.00 Non members
£4.00 under 16's
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 5 September 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Drama Fawlty Towers
Civic
Wednesday 5 – Thursday 6 September 7.45pm
Thursday Matinee 2.30pm
After a tour to full houses and standing ovations in 2010, The Seagull Rep make their debut in Chelmsford with three new episodes of this classic BBC sitcom. Watch as Basil attempts to impress The Hotel Inspectors, battle with his car, a drunk chef and his culinary aspirations (“no Riff Raff”) in Gourmet Night and finally lose the plot completely in the all-time favourite The Germans. Join us and relive all the fun and mayhem of the original episodes, meticulously and lovingly recreated, live on stage. Book early to avoid disappointment and the “No vacancies” sign.
Seventies dress actively encouraged with a prize for the best dressed on the night!
“Two hours of unimpeachably enjoyable entertainment!” Eastern Daily Press
Tickets: £13.00
Concessions: £11.00
Family: £40.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
50th Anniversary Theatre Open Day
Civic
Saturday 8 September 10.00am – 5:00pm
Activities include back-stage tours, an exhibition about the history of the theatre, face-painting, live music, plus many more exciting activities throughout the day.
Tours are available.
FREE ENTRY
Community Fusion 2
Civic
Sunday 9 September 5.00pm
Presented by Footwork Dance School
A Fantastic merging of dance teams, styles and music. Featuring the
Footwork Dance School, Dance 21, and the Chelmsford Mencap Gateway Dance Team. Back again to give our dancers a wonderful experience to entertain and have fun! Variety in abundance and a great show! Sit back and enjoy…
For further details please contact
Jean Hunter on 01245 357893
www.footworkdanceschool.co.uk
Tickets: £12.00
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 12 September 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Comedy/
Stand-up Sandi Toksvig
My Valentine
Civic
Wednesday 12 September 7.45pm
Sandi Toksvig – Comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, show-off an international treasure – is embarking on her first major UK solo tour in years to celebrate publication of her new novel Valentine Grey, Long-standing host of Radio Four’s News Quiz and Excess Baggage and regular QI panellist, Sandi will be touring a brand new, uniquely witty evening of stand-up, stories and fascinating facts.
Sandi will be signing copies of Valentine Grey (Virago) after the show.
Tickets: £19.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Music Strictly Stevie
A Night of Wonder
Civic
Friday 14 September ` 7.45pm
Featuring musicians best known for their work on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing. Many of Stevie Wonder’s songs have been featured on the hit TV show and now this incredibly talented group have chosen their favourites to perform live. This is no look-a-like tribute show, but a celebration of one of the world’s best loved song writers by some of the country’s most accomplished musicians. Performing classics including Superstition, Sir Duke, I Wish, and Isn’t She Lovely, this is a true ‘night of Wonder!’
Tickets: £21.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 19 September 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Music Blake
Love Lifts Us Up
Civic
Thursday 20 September ` 7.45pm
Brit Award-winning superstar vocalists Blake, as seen on BBC Breakfast, Daybreak, and Loose Women, amongst others, return with their spectacular 2012 show. Famous worldwide for creating unique harmony versions of pop, classical and West End anthems, the four charismatic British singers take audiences on a musical rollercoaster. The evening features the most uplifting and romantic love songs of all time, plus exclusive new material from their hugely anticipated fourth album.
Tickets: £21.50
Concessions: £19.50
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Drama The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Cramphorn
Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 September 8.00pm
Presented by Early Doors Productions
Firing from the hip and hitting your funny bone, the world’s most infamous chief inspector Clouseau fights for his life and the future of mankind in the most bizarre, dangerous caper of his brilliantly successful / clumsy career. Dreyfus, once his long suffering boss now turned raving lunatic is out to get Clouseau, the man whose undeserved accomplishments have driven him crazy.
Tickets: £12.00
Concessions: £11.00
Community Great Variety Jubilee Show
Civic
Friday 21 September 7.30pm
Enjoy an evening of family entertainment; this fun packed show includes some of the best variety acts, staring Jonathan Wills from ITV Anglia as your host, plus singers, dancers, and entertainers from all corners of the UK. The line up includes West End Singers, a comedian, a magician, and something a bit different. Chelmsford’s very own Josh James Dubovie and James R Hearn singing Swing and more, Scott Conrad with his unique Joe Longthorne Tribute and enjoy the dancing of some of Strictly Come Dancing stars complimented by our very own fabulous dance ensemble.
Also look out for new talent including Laura Broadway...
Tickets: £16.50
Dance An Evening Of Burlesque
Civic
Saturday 22 September 7.45pm
Direct from London’s West End, the newest sizzling spectacular on tour returns with its brand new show featuring an all-star cast of elegant, beautiful girls. It’s all tease, no sleaze as corsets, killer heels, stockings aplenty, sultry vocals, breathtaking choreography, mischief, magic, frivolity and fun collide. Sparkling with couture costumes recalling the golden eras of glamour, enjoy the ultimate tease.
“...enchanting, ethereal, elegant, captivating to watch.” Mail on Sunday
Recommended age: 18 years +
Tickets: £22.00
Concessions: £20.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Musicals Titanic – The Musical
Civic
Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 September 7.30pm
Saturday matinee: 3.00pm
Presented by Chelmsford's Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
Award-winning CAODS return with this true story of the great ship’s maiden voyage, from its departure in Southampton to its sinking in the Atlantic by an iceberg. In this, it’s centenary year, the musical touches on issues such as class, immigration and mankind’s vulnerability in the face of nature, and follows passengers and crew who actually existed and were aboard the fateful Titanic back in April 1912. The 1997 Original Broadway production won five Tony Awards including Best Musical and is an experience not to be missed.
Tickets: £14.00 - £16.00 (depending on performance)
Music Lunchtime Concert
Cramphorn
Wednesday 26 September 1.00pm
TBC
Lunchtime Concerts are FREE, although a small donation of £1 is greatly appreciated
Children/
Family The Selfish Crocodile
Civic
Sunday 30 September and Monday 1 October
Sun: 11.30am & 2.30pm; Mon: 10.30am & 4.00pm
Presented by Blunderbus Theatre Company
This is a funny, heart-warming tale with a very happy ending, which reminds us all that the smallest act of kindness often has the greatest impact. Our storytellers use song, music and a host of handcrafted puppets to bring this watery adventure to life. This is a must-see for
3 – 7 year olds, their grown-ups, and of course, anybody with a pet crocodile! Deep in the forest, by the banks of a great river, lived a large crocodile. He was a very selfish crocodile and he wouldn’t share the river with any other creature. He thought it was his river! So, the animals stayed away. But, one day there was a terrible scream – the crocodile had a toothache. Nobody dared to help him, until a brave little mouse found a clever way to solve this snappy dilemma!
Recommended age: 3 – 7 years
Running time: 55 mins
Tickets: £10.00
Concessions: £7.50
Family: £30.00
October
Comedy/
Stand-up Lee Hurst
Too Scared To Leave The House
Civic
Thursday 4 October 7.45pm
Acid Rain, Global Warming, Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease.
Just a few of the things Lee Hurst ponders as he takes to the road with his latest stand up comedy tour. He takes us through the ‘disasters’ that have been predicted to destroy us along with the dangers facing us from everyday life. Ultimately you choose your own fate...
You can stay indoors, hoarding cans of beans, clutching a Ray Mears book or you can go out and laugh in the face of doom.
Recommended age: 16 years +
Tickets: £16.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Music The Sensational 60s Experience
Civic
Friday 5 and Saturday 6 October ` 7.30pm
Starring The Tremeloes, Herman’s Hermits, The Union
Gap UK and The Ivy League
Don’t miss the ultimate sensational 60s show of 2012 with over 25 hits performed by four of the most influential bands of their time. Step back in time and relive the past during an evening true to the 60s when pop music was at its very best. This quintessential 60s line up is packed with nostalgia and hits such as, Silence Is Golden, Twist And Shout, Do You Love Me, I’m Into Something Good, Something Is Happening, Young Girl, Lady Willpower, Funny How Love Can Be and That’s Why I’m Crying.
Tickets: £26.00
Concessions: £23.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Music Chelmsford Jazz Club
Cramphorn
Sunday 7 October 12.15pm
TBC
Tickets:
£10.00 members
£14.00 Non members
£4.00 under 16's
Music Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
Civic
Sunday 7 October ` 7.45pm
Thundering rhythms on huge taiko drums interweave with layers of percussive soundscapes and delicate bamboo flute in a spellbinding display of precise choreography and sheer athleticism.
Through years of rigorous touring as Europe’s leading taiko drum group, Mugenkyo have developed a gritty passionate style that is uniquely their own, retaining the traditional spirit of taiko yet creatin a contemporary sound and a modern stage show that has captivated audiences everywhere.
“Drumming as an almost religious experience… exhilarating to behold." The Glasgow Herald
Tickets: £19.00
Concessions: £16.50
Family: £62.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Drama Soap Opera
Civic
Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 October 7.45pm
Sat Mat:2.30pm
Starring Leslie Grantham, (aka the infamous Dirty Den from BBC1’s EastEnders), who is joined by Chris Ellison (DCI Burnside from ITV1’s The Bill), Louis Emerick (Mick Johnson from C4’s Brookside/ PC Walsh from BBC1’s Last Of The Summer Wine), and Michelle Gayle (BBC1’s EastEnders) in this hilarious new production. ‘Hollyenders Street’ has been on air for fifteen years an viewing figures are the worst they’ve ever been. So a new, hard nosed producer is brought in to mix things up and save the show. Characters are cut, stories are sexed up and new blood is brought in. Even the theme tune is re-written. Before long, the cast are at war, the writers are on strike and everyone ends up unhappy. And then, somebody snaps. Blood is spilled and a body is discovered. The detective in charge of the investigation, who is a life-long fan of the show, arrives to solve the case. Will the show be saved? Will the murderer be found? Will Detective Emmerside get a full set of autographs? The answer to all these questions and more is… probably.
Tickets: £18.50
Concessions: £17.00
Group: £12.00 (Tuesdays performance only) Call Box Office for details on 01245 606505
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Children/
Family Horrible Histories
Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians
Civic
Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 October
Tudors - Tues: 1.30pm; Wed: 7.00pm; Thurs: 10.30am; Fri: 7.00pm; Sat: 10.30 am & 2.30pm
Victorians – Tues: 7.00pm; Wed: 10.30am; Thurs: 7.00pm; Fri: 10.30am; Sat: 7.00pm
We all want to meet people from history – the trouble is everyone is dead!
So it’s time to prepare yourselves for Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and ground breaking 3D special effects, these two astounding shows – Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians – are guaranteed to thrill you and your children Historical figures an events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips!
Terrible Tudors – From the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth, hear the legend (and the lies!) about the torturing Tudors Find out the fate of Henry’s headless wives and his punch up with th Pope. Survive the Spanish Armada as it sails into the audience!
Vile Victorians – Could you be a Victorian historian? What exactly did a baby farmer do? Can you escape the misery of the mines of the filth of the factories? Do your best to dodge the rotten railway and prepare for the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Don’t miss this horribly good chance to travel back in time!
Recommended age: 6 – 13 years
Tickets: £14.00
Concessions: £11.00
Family: £45.00
Schools: £9.00
Full time students (FE/HE) & registered unemployed: £7.00
Leisure Plus Scheme tickets available
Comedy/
Stand-up Al Murray Pub Landlord
The Only Way Is Epic Tour
Civic
Thursday 1 November 7.30pm
Broken Britain may be staring into an empty pint glass, but don’t lose hope – Al Murray The Pub Landlord is back to fill it up again, with a epic new show. The irrepressible Innkeeper will be serving up his premier brew of ale-inspired acumen and bar-room buffoonery this autumn, as part of his 2012 The Only Way Is Epic Tour.
“A National Treasure – FIVE STARS” Daily Telegraph
www.thepublandlord.com
Parental discretion advised. Show contains adult themes.
Tickets: £26.50
Comedy/
Stand-up Jenny Eclair
Cramphorn
Wednesday 21 November 8.00pm
Welcome to Jenny Eclair’s new stand-up show. After thirty years in the business she should vaguely know what she’s doing? Professional Grumpy Old Woman, writer and panto star; Eclair has been round the block that many times she’s lost count. You may recognise her from Loose Women where she is happy to be one of ‘The Coven’. She is also a Pilates Ninja and a disgrace in her own kitchen. Touring as a stand-up gives Eclair enormous pleasure. It also gives her dreadful varicose veins, but most importantly it gives her partner (St Geof) a bit of a break.
Help him keep her out of the house, by supporting this show!
Tickets: £18.50
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