Nottingham Playhouse Spring 2014

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We’re just 7 minutes’ walk from Old Market
Square, just off Derby Road near St Barnabas’
Cathedral. Follow our banners on Maid Marian
Way and Derby Road. We’re in Castle Zone.
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Use M1 junction 25 (south) or 26 (north) and
follow signs to City Centre and Castle Zone.
Please note that on-street parking around
Wellington Circus is now metered between
6 – 8pm. Parking after 8pm is free.
Public Transport
Bus: 7 minutes’ walk from Old Market
Square, 15 minutes’ walk from Victoria and
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Tram: 7 minutes’ walk from stops at either
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Parking in the NCP car parks on Mount Street
and St James’s Street is available at a special
discounted rate of £5 for up to 7 hours. To claim
your discount present your parking ticket to a
member of our Front of House team, who will
validate it. There are also Park Mark Award car
parks offering reduced rate evening parking on
Upper Parliament Street and Talbot Street.
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THEATRE FOR EVERYONE
WELCOME TO YOUR PLAYHOUSE
STOP PRESS!
thu 6 mar 6.15 – 7pm • Neville Studio
Free Money Magic Show
Ian Saville’s witty investigation of the real meaning of money. Pre-booking essential. free
Photo: David Baird
thu 6 mar 8pm • Neville Studio
Front cover photo: Ros Kavanagh
Brecht on Magic
Ian Saville re-enacts his transition from bourgeois magician to socialist conjurer
supervised by playwright (and ventriloquist’s dummy) Bertolt Brecht. Tickets £9
‘Gloriously witty and consummately theatrical’
Time Out
More from The Threepenny Opera
Sat 22 Feb 6.15 – 7pm
Pre-show lecture
Ustinov Room, FREE
‘The Only Way Down from the
Gallows is to Swing: Satire
and the Threepenny Opera’
Dr Sam Haddow,
University of Nottingham
Wed 26 Feb
Post-show discussion
With director Jenny Sealey
and members of the cast
Tue 4 Mar 6.30 – 7.15pm
Pre-show talk
Neville Studio, FREE
‘The
Playhouse
taught me
to think’
At the end of May we bring
back the city-wide festival
of European art and theatre,
neat14. Further details of all
the events and venues to be
announced in March, but this
brochure gives you a taste of
the wide range of things to
come. Page 6
We hope you like what you see in this
brochure and that it will encourage you
to spend time being entertained at the
Playhouse this year.
‘Good live theatre
has something
magical about it; it
is emotive, thought
provoking, inclusive’
A highlight this Spring is our
new co-production of The
Threepenny Opera, a funny
and hard-hitting musical that
gave the world, among others,
the song Mack the Knife.
As well as being a knock-out
show, co-directed by Jenny
Sealey (who co-directed the
London Paralympic Opening
ceremony) and Peter Rowe,
this version of The Threepenny
Opera also has the distinction
of being a fully-integrated
cast and production. With
a diverse group of brilliant
performers/musicians, every
show will be captioned,
signed and audio described.
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‘Such a
welcoming,
inspiring and
exciting place
to be’
This Autumn we present
three plays as part of our
Time and Memory season, by
J. B. Priestley, Tom Stoppard
and Peter Arnott. Each
spans two time periods and
explores the impact the past
has on the present and the
future. Pages 10 – 14.
‘Why Brecht still makes sense’
John Bird,
Founder of The Big Issue
Pre-booking essential
Book online at nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk or call 0115 941 9419
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In a year that marks
significant anniversaries
relating to the start of both
world wars, we continue
our commitment to new
writing with a timely
new play by Peter Arnott.
Propaganda Swing explores
the extraordinary true story
of how Nazi propaganda
corrupted and made use
of jazz music in wartime
Germany. Page 12. In the
Neville Studio we will be
programming new events and
activities that reflect on the
themes of the season in many
different ways.
‘At times when I felt
my worst, I sat in the
Playhouse and filled
myself up again’
Fiona Buffini, our new
Associate Director, is
expanding the participation
work we offer both in the
theatre and around the
region: work that we know
means a huge amount to
generations of people, and
which continues to offer
life-changing opportunities to
take part, learn and develop
new skills. Details are in
the middle of this brochure
(pages 18 – 22). Also, look out
for news of a huge, city-wide
project that will pay unique
tribute to Nottingham’s
greatest Olympians, Torvill
and Dean, 30 years after their
triumphant Bolero ice-dance
in Sarajevo.
‘It’s the best
place in the
world, it’s
made me
who I am’
Amongst a rich variety of
visiting work, we are offering
one of our most diverse
dance seasons this year,
with a fascinating range of
performers and contemporary
styles. Fabulous Beast’s
Rite of Spring is a particular
highlight. Page 33
‘Incredible
opportunities for
young people and
budding actors’
We look back on 2013 and
our 50th anniversary year
with huge pride; record
attendances, so much positive
audience and critical feedback
and our new participation
companies going from
strength to strength. Our
co-production of 1984 has
just moved on to the Almeida
Theatre in London before an
expected run in the West End,
and The Kite Runner returns
by popular demand before a
national tour. We received a
generous capital grant from
the Arts Council which will
allow us, over the next year,
to upgrade this building
to make it cheaper, and
therefore more sustainable to
operate for the next 50 years.
But we also ended the year
with multiple threats to our
core funding.
‘It’s a hub of
creativity &
activity for
all ages’
In difficult financial times,
every organisation must
work extra hard to give its
customers what they want;
when the Nottinghamshire
County Council announced
proposals to remove 100% of
their grant to us (undecided
at the time of going to press),
we were overwhelmed with
the number of heartfelt
responses we received,
from people of every age,
and from every part of the
region. You talked about this
theatre with real passion
and concern; it was the place
where you learned to think, to
communicate, find your voice
and understand the world.
This is your Playhouse, so please
never stop telling us what you think.
Text headings on these
pages taken from audience
responses to the Playhouse
in 2013/14.
Giles Croft
Artistic Director
Stephanie Sirr
Chief Executive
‘An important theatre
telling stories
significant to city,
county and country’
We believe that we do still
give you – our audience
members, participants,
sponsors and other
supporters – what you want,
and that we continue to be
worth funding and fighting
for. The next few months
will be challenging ones,
as longer-term funding
decisions are made for all
arts organisations, and your
support is so important to us.
Photos: Robert Day, Tristram Kenton, Alan Fletcher
‘I teach 16 to
19 year olds
who need this
theatre’
Nottingham Playhouse Trust Ltd is funded by:
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© Nottingham Playhouse Trust Ltd (registered charity number 1109342). All information correct at time of going to press.
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Photo: Patrick Baldwin
A Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company, Graeae Theatre Company,
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich and West Yorkshire Playhouse production
by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
When times are tough who is the real criminal?
From the writer of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Caucasian
Chalk Circle and Mother Courage this musical is brought bang
up-to-date and given an anarchic twist in this exciting new
production directed by New Wolsey Theatre’s Peter Rowe and
Graeae’s Jenny Sealey MBE. Jenny is best-known for codirecting the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony.
Imagine a world where evil goes unpunished and lowly souls
remain on the poverty line. London’s most notorious criminal,
Macheath, has recently married Polly, the daughter of Jonathan
Peachum, leader of the beggars.
‘It’s a painting done in crimson; you could sign it Mack the Knife’
With well-known songs such as Mack the Knife and Pirate
Jenny, and music played on stage by the actors themselves, this
is one riotous show you’ll be begging to see!
All performances include live audio description and a creative
combination of BSL interpretation and captioning.
English translation of the dialogue by Robert David MacDonald.
English translation of the lyrics by Jeremy Sams.
Original German text based on Elisabeth Hauptmann’s German translation
of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera.
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FRI 21 FEB – SAT 8 MAR
Main House
FRI-SAT EVE £11.50 – £28.50
MON-THU EVE £10.50 – £26.50
MATINEES £10.50 – £15
PREVIEW £9.50 – £12
GROUPS 8+ 20% OFF
see page 61 for details
PRE-THEATRE MEAL FOR 2 +
TICKETS FROM JUST £50
related EVENTS
see inside front cover for details
Directors Peter Rowe and
Jenny Sealey
Designer Neil Murray
Musical Director and Arranger
Robert Hyman
Movement Director Mark Smith
Performance Musical Director
Joey Hickman
Casting Director Debbie O’Brien
Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth
Sound Designer Drew Baumohl
Projections Designer Mark Haig
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Photo: Julian Hughes
mon 26 May 7pm • Neville Studio
THE SECOND MINUTE
by Andy Barrett
Nottingham’s second European Arts and Theatre festival
Welcome to neat14.
Our first festival, neat11, took the
theme “We Are Europe” as the basis for a
programme that showcased Nottingham
as a culturally vigorous European city.
With neat14 “Europe Then and Now” is
our provocation, the ‘then’ being 1914.
Once again events will be City-wide in
traditional and found spaces, working
with our Nottingham partners to invite
local and European artists to bring
Nottingham alive for 10 days, with
theatre and performance from Croatia,
Belarus, France, Ireland, Spain, Albania,
Poland and Germany sharing the bill with
work from Hyson Green, the Meadows
and St Ann’s.
Complementing the core programme
there will be talks, exhibitions and
films, as well as a programme of free
performances that will ensure that this
is a festival for all. Full details will be
available in March; here is a taster of
work being presented at the Playhouse.
Visit www.neatfestival.co.uk
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During the First World War around nineteen
thousand mailbags crossed the channel
every single day and the art of letter writing
enveloped the country, as people of all ages
and from all classes tried to keep in touch with
sons, brothers, husbands and lovers. To mark
the centenary of the First World War, Andy
Barrett has worked with the letter collection
from the archive of the Sherwood Foresters
regiment to create an uplifting new show
that weaves together heroic, comic, and heartbreaking tales of soldiers and families through
their own words. Ticket £9, Concessions £7 and
under 26s £5
Zagreb Youth Theatre present
Sat 24 May 2pm & 7pm • MAIN HOUSE
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
A huge hit in Europe, The Seagull brings
Chekhov’s classic story of thwarted passion
and crushed ambition alive for modern
audiences, the production is bold, funny,
poignant and captures the beating heart of this
great play.
On the one hand there’s a comedy, three female
roles, six male roles, four acts, a landscape
(a view of a lake), much conversation about
literature, little action, and five tons of love; and
on the other there are our daily losses translated
into famous dialogues and sentences.’
Tickets £13, Concessions £11 and under 26s £6
Serbo-Croat – English surtitles
Proto-type Theater present
thu 29 May 8pm • MAIN HOUSE
The Good, the God and
the Guillotine
A show that steals its style from the gig, the
opera and the recital, The Good, the God and the
Guillotine is a music-driven piece of theatre like
no other. Three performers and three laptop
musicians create an atmospheric, cross-genre
journey through a tangle of relationships and
technologies, all set against reactive objects,
lights and hand-drawn animations. Ticket £13,
Concessions £11 and under 26s £6
Music composed and performed by MMUle
Animation by Adam York Gregory | www.proto-type.org
Sat 31 May & sun 1 jun 7.30pm • MAIN HOUSE
BOLERO
by Michael Pinchbeck
An assassin raises his gun.
A conductor raises his baton.
A piece of music that lasts 17 minutes has begun.
In 1928, Maurice Ravel wrote Bolero in
Paris. In 1984, Jayne Torvill and Christopher
Dean danced to it at the Winter Olympics
in Sarajevo. Eight years later the stadium
where they won gold was bombed. Working
with the music as a bridge between these
two stories, Nottingham writer and theatre
maker Michael Pinchbeck (The Ashes) takes
a journey from Paris to Sarajevo, from 1914
to 1994, from the First World War to the
Bosnian War. Six performers from the UK,
Bosnia & Herzegovina and Germany, and a
local community cast of thirty weave together
a devised biography of Bolero. Ticket £13,
Concessions £11 and under 26s £6
Bolero is a Making Tracks project developed by Theatre Writing
Partnership. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts
Council England, British Council, Sarajevo War Theatre, ODA
Theatre (Pristina) and Nottingham Playhouse.
www.makingbolero.wordpress.com
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based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini
Ahead of the National Tour, Khaled Hosseini’s hugely
successful international best-selling novel, The Kite Runner,
returns to the Playhouse.
Fri 29 Aug – Sat 6 sep
This haunting tale of friendship spans cultures and continents
and follows one man’s journey to confront his past and find
redemption.
FRI-SAT EVE £11.50 – £28.50
MON-THU EVE £10.50 – £26.50
MATINEES £10.50 – £15
PREVIEW £9.50 – £12
GROUPS 8+ 20% OFF
Afghanistan is a divided country on the verge of war and
childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart.
It’s a beautiful afternoon in Kabul and the skies are full of the
excitement and joy of a kite-flying tournament. But neither of
the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon,
an event that is to shatter their lives.
‘Exhilarating’
‘A hit’
‘Gripping’
‘Mesmerising’
The Times
The Guardian
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Main House
Age: 14+
Director Giles Croft
Daily Telegraph
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Photo: Robert Day
UK Productions Presents a Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse production
A Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company production
TIME & MEMORY SEASON
TIME AND
THE CONWAYS
by J.B. Priestley
If the future is broken, can the past be fixed?
1919. A World War has just ended. A seemingly happy family
gather to celebrate a birthday party. Eighteen years later, we see
that the future is far from the one they imagined that night.
What has determined the future?
Priestly offers us many answers; complacency and class
arrogance, their own mistakes and the interference of others
have all led to the darkening of their lives. Beneath the surface
of this simple family story, Priestly explores the political and
social history of Britain between the wars, and the nature of
time itself.
FRI 12 – SAT 27 SEP
Main House
FRI-SAT EVE £11.50 – £28.50
MON-THU EVE £10.50 – £26.50
MATINEES £10.50 – £15
PREVIEW £9.50 – £12
GROUPS 8+ 20% OFF
Can we change the course of our lives?
‘Remember what we once were and what we
thought we’d be. And now this.’
Director Fiona Buffini
Designer Madeleine Girling
Lighting Designer Mark Jonathan
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A Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company and The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry co-production
by Peter Arnott
How did the Devil have the best tunes?
fri 3 – SAT 18 OCT
The jazz scene in 1930’s Berlin was one of the most vibrant and
exciting in the world – a time captured brilliantly in the musical,
Cabaret. But what happened to those talented singers and
musicians as the Nazis’ grip tightened?
Main House
Propaganda Swing throws a spotlight on the gripping true story
of ‘Charlie and his Orchestra’. Featuring a fantastic swing band
live on stage, this enthralling show reveals the characters behind
the story of how some of the greatest German jazz musicians
of the day entered into a Faustian pact with the Fascists – they
could keep playing their beloved music at the price of seeing it
corrupted by evil.
The captivating combination of WWII intrigue and drama set
against a backdrop of glitz, glamour and Big Band swagger,
makes Propaganda Swing a must-see show this autumn.
FRI-SAT EVE £11.50 – £28.50
MON-THU EVE £10.50 – £26.50
MATINEES £10.50 – £15
PREVIEW £9.50 – £12
GROUPS 8+ 20% OFF
Director Hamish Glen
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ARCADIA
by Tom Stoppard
A serious comedy about science, sex and
landscape gardening.
1809: Lust, longing and literary rivalry seize the inhabitants
of Sidley Park, a grand house in Derbyshire, where proposals
for the remodelling of the landscape are being contemplated.
In the midst of this, the teenage Thomasina Coverly is making
a scientific discovery that could change the way people
understand the world.
The present: Rivalry once again seizes the inhabitants of Sidley
Park, as academics Bernard and Hannah compete to unpick
the historic secrets of the estate and its earlier occupants. Who
was the mysterious hermit? Do the scrawlings in a young lady’s
notebook show her to be a scientific genius? What – if anything
– was Lord Byron up to?
Arcadia is an exuberantly funny, thought-provoking and
touching masterpiece which has dazzled audiences from the
National Theatre to Broadway.
‘Tom Stoppard’s richest, most ravishing
comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect,
language, brio and…emotion.’
FRI 31 OCT – SAT 15 NOV
Main House
FRI-SAT EVE £11.50 – £28.50
MON-THU EVE £10.50 – £26.50
MATINEES £10.50 – £15
PREVIEW £9.50 – £12
GROUPS 8+ 20% OFF
Director Giles Croft
Designer Madeleine Girling
Lighting Designer Mark Jonathan
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by Kenneth Alan Taylor
Prepare to be spellbound with Kenneth Alan Taylor’s 31st
pantomime at Nottingham Playhouse!
FRI 28 NOV – SAT 17 JAN
Join us as we tell the magical tale of Sleeping Beauty, a princess
cursed by a wickedly evil witch. Will a handsome young prince
be able to save our beautiful princess and help her live happily
ever after?
Main House
Featuring everything you have come to love about Playhouse
pantomimes such as dazzling costumes, stunning sets,
mischievous fun and thrilling musical numbers that will excite
the whole family.
Director Kenneth Alan Taylor
Designer Tim Meacock
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We welcome back long-standing Playhouse favourite John
Elkington as the Dame Nurse Tilly Trott and Rebecca Little as
Queen Gertrude.
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Child & Concessions£22.50 £24
Family Ticket*** £6524, 26 & 27 Dec
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£28.50
Sat 17 Jan
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£29.50
Adult group 10+ £22.50£24
School group 10+£10 * Mon – Thu excluding 18 Dec – 3 Jan inclusive
** All Fri, Sat & Sun 18 Dec – 1 Jan inclusive
***Four people (max 2 adults) valid Mon – Thu, excluding 18 Dec – 3 Jan
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John Elkington as the Dame Nurse Tilly Trott
NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE
PARTICIPATION PRODUCTIONS
FRI 25 apr 6pm & 8PM • NEVILLE STUDIO
thu 19 – FRI 20 jun 8PM • NEVILLE STUDIO
Intermediate Youth Theatre presents
THE PLAYHOUSE ENSEMBLE, Nottingham Playhouse’s
Community Theatre Company, presents
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley adapted by Philip Pullman
This play examines the monster’s situation
in a sympathetic light, and shows how the
experiment to create an artificial human being
went horribly wrong. Tickets £5
Director Sarah Stephenson
Designer Eleanor Field
Lighting Designer Steph Bartle
(Oxford Playscripts, © Philip Pullman 1990, by permission
of Oxford University Press.)
Paradise
by Nick Wood
The time – now. The place – anywhere
A close community gets torn apart as civil
war strikes, turning neighbour upon
neighbour. Trust no one!
This chillingly relevant play has been newly
adapted for the Playhouse Ensemble. TICKETS £6
Director Allie Spencer
Assistant Director Amanda Hall
(The Playhouse Ensemble will be taking new members from
September 2014.)
mon 11 – sat 16 AUG 7.30PM
sat matinee 2PM • NEVILLE STUDIO
take part
Whatever your previous experience, we aim to offer creative, enriching
and affordable opportunities for you to take part at the Playhouse.
drama
Little Playhouse
youth theatre
A fun and interactive session for little ones and their parents/carers. Little Playhouse sessions
stimulate the senses by using music, movement,
pretend and sensory play.
Our highly acclaimed Youth Theatres are open
to ages 9 – 21 and offer the chance to learn and
perform in a professional theatre environment,
whatever your ability.
Price: £5 (accompanying parent free)
including tea/coffee in CAST afterwards.
Junior youth theatre 9 – 12 yrs
Guide age range: 2 – 4
Monday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00am
from Mar 17.
30 Apr to 9 Jul
Wednesdays 4.30 – 6pm
Intermediate youth theatre 11 – 13 yrs
1 May to 10 Jul
Thursdays 4.30 – 6pm
senior Youth Theatre 13 – 15 yrs
Advanced Youth Theatre presents
29 Apr to 8 Jul
Tuesdays 4.30 – 6.30pm
by Peter Shaffer
The Junior, Intermediate and Senior Youth
Theatres cost £55 for 10 sessions. Please note
tht demand for these groups is high; please
book well in advance via our box office.
Equus
A teenage boy, caught between a religious
mother and an atheist father, finds friendship
and companionship in horses. Then, seemingly
inexplicably, he blinds the horses with a spike.
The psychiatrist brought in to treat the boy
discovers his own life is paradoxically examined.
Tickets £8, CONCESSIONS £6
advanced Youth Theatre 14 – 21 yrs
Meets during the half-term holidays.
The next session takes place 17 – 21 Feb
10 – 4pm each day, and will be based on
Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera. £60
Director Sarah Stephenson
Lighting Designer Steph Bartle
Contains scenes of a sexual nature.
Equus is presented by special arrangement with Samuel
French Ltd.
drama
WRITING
EASTER SCHOOL
Playhouse Young Company
Young Playwrights Group
Pendrop
Come and spend an AMAZING Easter with
like-minded young people rehearsing and
performing the amateur youth version of
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Parts
for everyone. £180 book through Box Office
on 0115 941 9419.
If you’ve got some acting experience then
why not audition for our Playhouse Young
Company and perform in our studio space.
18 – 25 yrs
Develop your playwriting skills with our
new Young Playwrights Group open
to ages 16 – 25.
Whether it’s stories, words, songs, plays,
comedy, sketches or monologue, Pendrop
offers fun, informal sessions to help inspire
your writing.
Performances on Saturday 19 April 2014,
12pm, 4pm and 7pm £6 per ticket.
Auditions 30 June 2014 for
September entry.
Sessions take place on Mondays
6.30 – 8.30pm.
9 – 19 April 2014 10am – 4pm* Ages 9 – 15 yrs
Playhouse Ensemble
Director Allie Spencer
Musical Director Brian Humpherson
Choreographer Amanda Hall
Playhouse Ensemble is open to everyone
aged 12+ whatever your acting ability. Take
part in inspiring weekly sessions and work
towards a performance.
* Young people will be required until 6pm on 17, 18th April
and until 9pm on 19 April 2014.
The Ensemble will be taking new members
from September 2014.
Sessions take place on Wednesdays
7 – 9pm. Places cost £75 per term
(£70 BSP Members, £60 Under 18s).
Sessions take place 6.30 – 8.30pm on
Tuesdays and cost £60/£48 Concessions.
New members welcome from September 2014.
For more information please email
[email protected]
Open to ages 16+, sessions take place on
19 Feb 16 Apr, 14 May, 18 Jun & 16 Jul
6.30 – 8pm.
spoken word
If you’re aged 16 – 30 and have an interest in
the spoken word then the Mouthy Poets can
help you create and command your words, as
well as give you event management experience.
Sessions take place every Friday 5 – 8pm
and cost £3 per session.
Due to huge demand, the
Mouthy Poets is unable to welcome new
members until September 2014. Please
email [email protected] to express
your interest.
OVER 50s
WORK EXPERIENCE
READERS GROUPS
Encore
Anyone is welcome, although these groups
are structured with the over 50s in mind.
Encore is our friendly theatre club for
over 50s. Hear talks, watch rehearsals, see
performances and take part in workshops.
All are welcome and activities are suitable
for everyone.
All Quiet on the Western Front.
These sessions will explore both the novel by
Erich Maria Remarque and Robin Kingsland’s
adaptation for the stage.
Tuesdays: 29 April, 6 May, 13 May, 20 May 2014 10.30am – 12pm, £6.00 a session or
£20 for all four.
Sessions take place on the second Tuesday
of the month 1.30 – 3.30pm and cost
£50 for 10 sessions.
cOMING IN THE AUTUMN…
Enabled UPSTART!
Following the success of our Barnardo’s
UPSTART! in 2010, we are excited to
announce the launch of Enabled UPSTART!
a specially adapted version of our UPSTART!
work related programme. It is for students
aged 15 – 20 with physical and learning
disabilities, enabling them to take part in
a week’s work experience at the Playhouse,
culminating in a short performance.
Upstart!
Our work experience scheme, Upstart,
is open to Year 10 – 12 students and offers
the chance to gain valuable experience working
in a professional theatre environment. For
more information please visit our website at
www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk
22 September to 26 September
Anyone interested in applying, or
wanting more information should contact
[email protected]
Response to a previous Barnardo’s project:
‘What I really appreciated the most
were the high standards you set for
the young people. The young people
were challenged, given a real sense of
inclusion and most importantly their
parents and teachers could see what
they were really capable of. I really
believe they have all learned valuable
skills from this’
Lucy Fisher, Project Co-ordinator, Barnardo’s
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visiting DRAMA
A Gramophones production
Fri 14 – Sat 15 Mar 8pm
sat matinee 4pm • Neville Studio
Playful Acts of Rebellion
Inspired by courageous protesters who risk
everything for what they believe in, Playful Acts
of Rebellion questions what makes something
worth the fight, what effect can an individual
have and how does trying to change the world
end up changing us? Tickets £11, Concessions &
‘Okoh’s play is punchy and
funny, and generates much
laughter of recognition.’
The Stage
Under 26s £9
‘A beautiful show’
The Scotsman
A West Yorkshire Playhouse production
Fri 28 Mar 11am & 7.45pm
Sat 29 Mar 7.45pm • Main House
A Menagerie Theatre Company and a Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds production
Fri 4 – Sat 5 Apr 7.45pm • Main House • Supermalt-themed cocktails available in Cast
Refugee Boy
by BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH
Two of the UK’s most prolific and revered poets,
Benjamin Zephaniah and Lemn Sissay, come
together in this heartbreaking and hilarious
production that pulses with energy, love, loss
and hope.
Alem is fourteen, in London with his father on
the best holiday he has ever had, only then the
unthinkable happens; he awakes to find himself
alone, a stranger in an unfamiliar country.
Overnight he has become a refugee. As a violent
civil war rages back home, Alem’s Ethiopian
father and Eritrean mother are forced to make
a heartbreaking decision. Amidst this turmoil
Alem determines to transcend his refugee
label, to become Alem Kelo – an African, a
Peacemaker and no longer just a Refugee Boy.
Pre-show event Mehraba Welcome
Neville Studio 28 Mar 5pm-7pm
An opportunity to find out more and to
welcome some of Nottingham’s Refugee,
Asylum Seeker and New Communities.
Storytelling, music, visual art and delicious
food samples plus a performance from the
Word Jam collective. FREE – first come
first-served, no tickets required.
£13 (Concessions £11, Schools £9) £36 Family Ticket*
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A fast, furious and funny family drama
about intergenerational and cross-cultural
relationships from award-winning writer Janice
Okoh, which had a sell-out run in London last year.
As the Anyias, a British-Nigerian family, pack
their suitcases and prepare to head home to
Lagos for a memorial service in honour of the
late Mr Anyia, they soon realise they will need
to get rid of some excess baggage first! Will the
family be able to settle their differences over a
nice bowl of egusi soup?
Menagerie is one of the UK’s leading
independent new writing theatre companies
who support talented writers in order to
develop and produce innovative new theatre.
On both nights, after-show Afro-Beat DJ event
in CAST with Hemulen Soundz.
£13, Concessions £11
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Sat 26 Apr 8pm • Neville Studio
thu 8 may 8pm • Neville Studio • 12+ yrs
The Way I Wear
My Hair
POWER GAMES
I am a woman. I am black. I am 5’6’’. Single
and from Nottingham. I am a strong black
woman… am I? What does it mean to be
a strong woman?
Rachael Young will take you on a satirical
biography of her hair: natural to synthetic,
straight to kinky and everywhere in between,
questioning the labels we give ourselves in her
quest to find an alternative female identity.
Tickets £9, Concessions £7
Think you’re in control of your life? Think
again…
Blending character-driven physical theatre
with contemporary and South Asian dance,
this stunning new work by Altered Skin
explores the forces that shape our destiny.
Deepak is a wealthy banker whose life is
spiralling out of control. Influence the outcome
of his story by voting in a TV-style game show.
But who really is in control?
At the end of the show there will be a Q&A
session with members of the company.
Tickets £11, concessions £9
fri 28 feb 7.30pm • Neville Studio
STOP PRESS! the endings
Comedian and actor Sara Pascoe (Live at the Apollo, QI, Twenty Twelve, The Thick of It)
offers a public rehearsed reading of her new play The Endings. The play is a series of playful
and dramatic games performed over the course of nine months by three siblings trapped
in a house that they have never been permitted to leave. Rehearsed Reading
(with feedback session for audience members who wish to contribute).
free pre-booking essential
Wed 12 Mar 8pm • Main House
Vincent Dance Theatre: Motherland
Winding its way through airbrushed beauty,
boob jobs and Botox, victim blaming, ‘slut
shaming’, the might of motherhood and the
challenge of childlessness, Motherland is a
funny and moving show about having it all.
Spurred on by Simone de Beauvoir, Caitlin
Moran and the Spice Girls, Vincent Dance
Theatre’s brilliant, multi-talented ensemble of
men, women and children take a look at the
gender they were born into and the price they
are paying for it.
Uncompromising yet utterly accessible,
Motherland has a broad appeal for both sexes
through its potent blend of theatre, live music
and dance.
At the end of the show there will be a Q&A
session with members of the company.
Tickets £11, £15, £17, £19
Under 26 & schools £9.50
Groups 8+ 20% off
*excludes £11 tickets
‘Astonishing original’
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Mon 31 Mar 8pm • Main House
Balletboyz:
theTALENT
Tue 29 Apr 8pm • Main House
Richard Alston
Dance Company
The Balletboyz return to the Playhouse
following a sold-out performance in 2012 and
triumphant UK and international appearances
on stage and screen.
Britain’s most celebrated contemporary
dance company returns with a programme
which features the shimmering beauty of
Ravel, the exhilaration of Benjamin Britten
and the lighting energy of Bang on a Can
All-Stars.
This phenomenally popular company
featuring 10 exceptional dancers presents
an evening of exciting and explosive dance
with two dance pieces by internationally
celebrated choreographers Russell Maliphant
and Liam Scarlett.
Led by former Royal Ballet lead dancers
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, the
company thrills audiences and critics with its
distinctive style, fusing spectacular dance with
stunning music and film.
Tickets £11, £15, £17, £19
Groups 8+ £16, £14
‘It took the entire
train ride home for
my adrenaline to stop
pumping. Wow’
Daily Express
Shimmer is danced to the sun-drenched music
of Ravel played live. Julien Macdonald’s
fabulous, jewel-encrusted cobweb costumes
illuminate dazzling streaks of limpid
choreography in a ravishingly beautiful piece
of theatre.
Revived for last year’s centenary of Benjamin
Britten, Illuminations paints a vivid picture of
the wild young genius Arthur Rimbaud.
To end the evening, Martin Lawrance’s
Madcap is fast paced, thrilling and set to
the driven music of ultra-cool New York
band, Bang on a Can All-Stars. Madcap was
rapturously received by audiences and critics
alike last season.
Pre-show talk 7pm
FREE Pre-booking essential
Tickets £10, £14, £16, £18
UNDER 26S & SCHOOLS £8.50
Family Ticket £50
SAT 17 MAY all ages • 7PM • Main House
Dance4 with Nottingham Playhouse presents
Hercules: A Dance Cabaret
‘This is physical comedy with
brains, I laughed ‘til my face hurt’
The Observer
This story of Hercules is told through hilarious
dance routines and amazing speciality acts. It’s
a modern cabaret the whole family will enjoy.
Even grumpy teenagers.
‘Downright Funny’
You get a pantomime, a history lesson and a
party all rolled into one side-splitting adventure.
‘I don’t want to leave. Can I stay
for the next show’
Created by and starring the award winning
dancing comedy double act Tom Roden and
Pete Shenton of New Art Club. With a cast of
stunning professional performers and talented
local dancers, this irreverent, innovative and
life-affirming show will have you up on your
feet wanting to dance.
New York Times
Ruben (Audience member aged 7)
Tickets £10, concessions £8
Family Ticket £30
Originally commissioned by Dance4, as part of Big Dance, East
Midlands 2012. Co-produced 2014 by Nottingham Playhouse,
Dance4 and New Art Club. Supported using public funding by
the National Lottery through Arts Council England
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Photo: Ros Kavanagh
Hercules is best known for his incredible
strength. But who knew the guy could dance?
FRI 2 & SAT 3 MAY 8pm • 16+ yrs • Main House
Dance Touring Partnership presents
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre
The Rite of Spring & Petrushka
The two halves of Michael Keegan-Dolan’s
thrilling dance theatre double bill are a contrast
in light and dark that mirrors the Stravinsky
music of the same name. The imagery in The Rite
of Spring is dark, shocking, violent and sexual.
The rhythmic elements of the music are played
out in scenes of a pagan fertility rite, as age is
sacrificed and mother earth is worshipped.
By contrast Petrushka is white and bright and
light. Elements of folk dances and warmer days
are conjured as couples dance for approval from
their ancestors.
Photo: Chris Nash
Performed by an international cast of 13,
both works are theatrical interpretations of
the original music that created such outrage
and excitement in the early 20th century.
Contains nudity, sexual imagery and smoking
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Q&A session with members of the company
Tickets £11, £15, £17, £19
Under 26 & schools £9.50
Groups 8+ 20% off
*excludes £11 tickets
The UK tour is funded by the National Lottery through Arts
Council England and the Arts Council of Wales, and supported
by Culture Ireland. The Rite of Spring & Petrushka is a Fabulous
Beast Dance Theatre production in collaboration with Sadler’s
Wells, co-produced with Movimentos Festwochen der Autostadt
in Wolfsburg, Brisbane Festival, Galway Arts Festival and
Melbourne Festival. The Rite of Spring was developed as a
co-production between English National Opera and Fabulous
Beast Dance Theatre. Performances of The Rite of Spring and
Petrushka are given by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music
Publishers Ltd.
‘Glorious’
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Fri 27 – Sat 28 7pm and
Sun 29 Jun 4pm • Main House
U.Dance 2014
Come and see the future of dance!
A focal point of U.Dance 2014 (the National
Youth Dance Festival); Nottingham Playhouse
will host three distinct shows that bring
together hundreds of talented young dancers
from across the UK.
You will be able to see three inspiring and
distinctive performances of new work in
a range of dance styles from dance theatre to
vogueing, hip hop to ballet & contemporary
to kathak.
Visit: www.u-dance.org for more information.
Wed 2 Jul 8pm • Main House
Ballet Black
This company of black and Asian classically
trained dancers has achieved great success and
garnered numerous awards, including the 2012
Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best
Independent Company.
For their debut at the Playhouse, the company
present a triple bill of new work with exciting
ballets from two of Britain’s best choreographers,
Christopher Marney (Gothenburg Ballet, New
Adventures), and Martin Lawrance (Richard
Alston Dance Company). Award-winning
dance maker, Arthur Pita (Showboat, The
Metamorphosis) creates Ballet Black’s newest
narrative ballet.
Tickets £9, £13, £15, £17
Under 26 & Schools £9
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comedy
Sun 23 Feb 7.30pm • Main House
Russell Kane
Smallness
Russell brings his critically-acclaimed
Edinburgh show to the Playhouse. Watch him
ejaculate thoughts about smallness; on keeping
things small when life gets big. Tickets £17.50
Tue 1 Apr 8pm • Main House • 15+ yrs
Thu 20 Mar 7.45pm • Main House • 18+ YRS
Jerry Sadowitz:
Comedian, Magician,
Psychopath!
Wed 19 Mar 7.45pm • Main House
Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Bible: The Complete
Sat 15 Mar 8pm • Main House
David Baddiel:
Fame not The Musical
From accidentally stealing the spotlight at
Russell Brand’s wedding, to realising Andrew
Lloyd Webber thinks he’s Ben Elton, David
Baddiel examines his strange relationship
with the New Lad / Token Jew / comedy
rock’n‘roller’ / football singer-songwriter
persona he’s co-existed with for 20 years.
Tickets £21
Jerry Sadowitz is best known as an offensive
comedian but he is also one of the world’s
most skilled and creative card magicians.
In this show you’ll get to see some amazing
sleight of hand and some original magic
projected on a large screen which means you
automatically get a front row seat without
having to actually sit near him. Tickets £19.50,
Concessions £17.50
Festival of The Spoken
Nerd: FULL FRONTAL NERDITY
Whether you loved or loathed the school
science lab, Festival of the Spoken Nerd is here
to feed your brain, tickle your ribs and light
your Bunsen burner.
Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker,
experiments maestro Steve Mould and geeky
songstress Helen Arney mix astonishing
science with statistically significant comedy –
and maybe a few things that go BANG! Don’t
let kids have all the fun with science… the bar
is open, there’s no homework to hand in and
you won’t have to sit an exam at the end at the
night. TICKETS £15, CONCESSIONS £13
Works of God (abridged)
Sun 18 May 7.30pm • Main House
An affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride
from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the
bad boys of abridgement tackle the great
theological questions. Whether you are
Catholic or Protestant, Muslim or Jew, Atheist
or Jedi, you will be tickled by the RSC’s romp
through old time religion.
Return of The Grumpy Old Women-Fifty
Shades Of Beige.
Tickets £19, Concessions £16, Bargain seats £11
*excludes bargain seats
‘A slick, fast, very
funny show’
Sunday Times
Grumpy Old Women
‘Genius... astounds, amuses
and appals in equal measure’
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By popular demand the Grumpies are back
to knock some sense into the nation. Perrier
Award-winning comedian, writer and original
star of Grumpy Old Women Jenny Eclair will
be joined by fellow recruits Susie Blake (Mrs
Brown’s Boys, Coronation Street) and actress
and singer Kate Robbins (Where The Heart Is,
Casualty) in this brand spanking new show.
TICKETS £21
music
Sat 1 Mar 8pm • Neville Studio
Cultural Vibrations (Unity Through Music)
Nadia Latoya
Thu 12 Jun 8pm • Neville Studio
Fri 13 Jun 8pm • Neville Studio
Austentatious: An
Improvised Novel
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Hardeep is your Love
Undoubtedly one of the most talked-about
shows on the UK comedy scene, Austentatious:
An Improvised Novel is a comedy play spun
in the inimitable style of Jane Austen – and
based entirely on audience suggestions. After
total sell out runs in London and Edinburgh,
this critically acclaimed show now comes to the
Playhouse. TICKETS £13
Following a limited run at the 2013 Edinburgh
Fringe, the comedian, broadcaster, journalist,
and chef now comes to the Playhouse. In
addition to being a regular voice on BBC Radio
4, Hardeep has also been seen on television
shows ranging from Question Time and This
Week, to The One Show and Celebrity Masterchef.
Join Hardeep as he offers his take on life, love
and finding romance in middle age. TICKETS £13
Nottingham born singer-songwriter Nadia
LaToya mixes her love of R&B with her
Jamaican roots creating a fusion of modern
day UK Reggae-Soul. Her musicial inspirations
are Bob Marley, Garnet Silk , Lauryn Hill,
Destiny’s Child & Nas. Her song Sunny
Emotions received national airplay on 1Xtra in
the summer of 2013. Nadia will be performing
tracks from her forthcoming album with her
live band. Tickets £9, Under 26s & Concessions £7
Thu 13 Mar 8pm • Neville Studio
The Life and
Times of the
Brothers Hogg
This acoustic band from Cleethorpes are
influenced by traditional and modern folk,
Americana, Blues, Bluegrass and New Country.
The line-up includes acoustic and classical
guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, percussion and
harmonious vocals. Tickets £9
Sun 15 jun 7.30pm • main house
back in the day
Upfront Comedy marks 20 years
since their first sell out visit to
Nottingham Playhouse appropriately
with Back In The Day, a comic and
musical showcase taking a witty look
back at how things used to be with jokes and
hit songs. Award winning comedians Curtis
Walker and Glenda Jaxson provide the laughs
with hit songs from lovers rock royalty Winston
‘Dim The Lights’ Reedy and Paulette Tajah.
Hosted by comedian Teddy Bear from hit film
The Story of Lovers Rock.
TICKETS £16, concessions £13
Fri 14 Mar 7.45pm • Main House
Sat 22 Mar 7.45pm • Main House
Jacqui Dankworth
& Todd Gordon: The
Frank & Ella Show
The ELO Experience:
A Tribute to Jeff
Lynne and the
Electric Light
Orchestra
Two of Britain’s leading jazz vocalists present
a stylish, sophisticated and entertaining
tribute to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald,
featuring timeless songs such as Manhattan,
Lady Is a Tramp, Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye,
Summer Wind, Night and Day, How High the
Moon and Mack the Knife.
Tickets £19, concessions £17.50
Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra
are one of the world’s best known and greatest
recording bands. Packing stadiums throughout
the world, ELO played sell out tours such as
Face the Music, Out of the Blue and Time to
name just a few.
Come and hear their greatest hits reproduced
by the exciting and incredible ELO Experience.
Mon 24 – Tue 25 Mar 7.45pm
main house • 8+ yrs
Thu 22 May 8pm • Neville Studio
Chris Wood
HMS Pinafore
From the producers of the acclaimed Pirates
of Penzance comes one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s
most popular light operas.
Sasha Reagan’s all male HMS Pinafore has some
of Gilbert’s wittiest characters and Sullivan’s
most infectious tunes. With a beautifully
constructed libretto – this nautical romp of
love between the social classes is fresh, fast,
inventive and fun.
BBC Radio Two Folk Singer of the Year 2011.
Chris Wood is one of England’s most vivid and
arresting songwriters. With gentle intelligence
Chris weaves the tradition with his own
contemporary parables. The Irish Times dubbed
him ‘the renaissance man of English folk’
because his work extends beyond song writing
into commissions for Radio 3’s Between The
Ears, Late Junction and The Essay.
Tickets £16
Tickets £20, Concessions £18 Under 26s £10
*excludes bargain seats
‘It looks superb, sounds
divine and ends happily.
Who could ask for more?’
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TALKS & SPOKEN WORD
Fri 7th Scratch Show and Open Mic with
special guest Sabrina Mahfouz
Sabrina Mahfouz harbours dozens of characters
in one voice, expressing the harsh to the
humorous.
TUE 4 MAR 6.30 – 7.15pm • Ustinov Room
JOHN BIRD: WHY BRECHT
STILL MAKES SENSE
Sat 8th Curated commission show with
headliner Patience Agbabi
Patience Agbabi celebrates literary form
through the potent and rhythmic realities of
modern Britain.
Thu 20 – Sat 22 Mar 8pm • Neville Studio • 15+ YRS
Tue 22 Apr 7.45pm • Main House
John Berkavitch Presents
Tickets FRI £6, Concessions and under 26s £4. SAT £9,
concessions and under 26s £7. Joint ticket (FRI&SAT) £13,
concessions £9
What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?
Everyone has something they are ashamed
of. A bad choice, a wasted chance, that thing
you wish you hadn’t done. That thing you will
always regret. Shame is a new spoken-word, hip
hop theatre production by John Berkavitch,
featuring an innovative animated set and
original music score. Tickets £8 (£6 Concessions)
An Evening with
Alan Johnson
The Founder of The Big Issue gives this
pre-show talk for The Threepenny Opera.
Pre-booking essential. FREE
Shame
From a difficult home life to a term as Home
Secretary, Alan Johnson’s story is a remarkable
one. Come prepared for some frank anecdotes
and hear how his unusual childhood has
affected his political views today. Tickets £11
In association with Random House
Sun 27 Apr 7.30pm • Main House
Blofeld & Baxter
Memories of Test Match Special
Back by popular demand!
Sat 15 Mar 11am • Main House
Fri 7 Mar 7pm & Sat 8 Mar 5.30pm • Neville Studio
Say Sum Thin 6 with
Patience Agbabi &
Sabrina Mahfouz
A diverse and intense showcase over two
nights of inspiring stories and aspirations.
Enjoy spoken-word poetry written, performed
and curated by Nottingham’s emerging and
established Mouthy Poets.
Chris Ryan:
Master of War
Join ex-SAS hero Chris Ryan famous for his
Bravo Two Zero Gulf War mission in Iraq
which made history as the longest escape and
evasion by an SAS trooper and for which he
was awarded the Military Medal. Chris will
be talking about his new novels Deadfall and
Masters of War in an event suitable for adults
and young adults. Adults £9, Children £7
Join Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter for trip
down memory lane to discover the untold
stories of the Test Match Special commentary
box and beyond. Anecdotes from both on and
off the pitch, this is a gloriously funny show for
the both the cricket and non-cricket lover alike.
Henry “My Dear Old Thing” Blofeld is one of
Britain’s most loved broadcasters and bastion
of the Cricketing community: Peter Baxter, the
brain behind TMS, is the man tasked with the
unenviable position of corralling Henry and
his cohorts around the world.
Together they deliver a not to be missed
hilariously entertaining evening. TICKETS £19.50
for younger audiences
Wed 30 April 7.45pm • Main House
Jo Nesbo
Jo Nesbo, the number one best-selling author
of the Harry Hole crime fiction series set in
Oslo, visits Nottingham for the very first time.
The author, rock star and former professional
football player, will be talking about his new
standalone thriller The Son and his globally
popular Harry Hole books, soon to be turned
into a film, and much more. Don’t miss this
special evening with the King of Scandinavian
crime. TICKETS £11
Mon 14 Jul 7.45pm • Main House
Sun 19 Oct 7.30pm • Main House
Caitlin Moran Live:
how to build a girl
Dave Gorman
Gets Straight
To The Point*
In order to get out of doing her fair share
of the childcare, Caitlin Moran is coming
to YOUR town, talking about men, women,
Sherlock, David Bowie, big hair, feminism,
welfare, that amazing heavy-metal kid on
Gogglebox and THE REVOLUTION.
There will be highlights from How To Be A
Woman, Moranthology and Caitlin’s new book:
How To Build A Girl. Blueprints for changing
the world WILL be issued. Tickets £21
(*The Powerpoint)
The wonderfully innovative comedy mind
behind Modern Life Is Goodish (Dave TV),
Are You Dave Gorman? and Googlewhack
Adventure is back with a brand new live show
that promises more of his unique blend of
stand-up comedy and visual story-telling.
SOLD OUT – CALL BOX OFFICE FOR WAITING LIST
Sat 1 Mar 11am & 2pm • Neville Studio • 5+ YRS
Sat 29 Mar 11am & 2pm • neville studio • 3+ YRS
Bin Men
What Became of
the Red Shoes?
By Mike Kenny
Don and Sam are bin men with dreams. Big
dreams! They want to save the world and they
want to have fun doing it!
Bin men see everything we throw away – and
we throw away so many things. With Don and
Sam around we may just need to think again.
They can find a use for anything.
Written by multi-award winning writer
Mike Kenny, this story of recycling and
transforming is told with live music, puppetry
and lots of fun.
Granny Flo’s attic is full of old junk…or is it?
One rainy day her curious granddaughter Ruby
explores it and discovers forgotten treasures,
including an old photograph of a girl wearing a
pair of shoes which are mysteriously...red! Her
imagination is sparked and she embarks on a
quest to find the red shoes.
This brilliantly imaginative, award-winning
show features original music and dance, and
stars Panto favourite Rebecca Little.
ADULTS £8, Children £7
Adults £8, Children £7
digital art
guest hires
Open Film Call
Throughout the year, we are calling out
to all talented artists and film makers for
their work. The Open Film Call is open to
all genres of moving image, whether it is
artistic film, documentary, animation,
short drama etc.
For more information and brief guidelines
on the Open Film Call please visit
www.the-cutting-room.org/opensubmission
Photo: Benjamin Ealovega
mon 10 feb – mon 3 mar
Portraits of
Creative Artists
Fri 13 Jun 7pm & Sat 14 Jun 2pm & 7pm • main house
Science Museum Live:
The Energy Show
Explosive family theatre for curious minds
from the world famous Science Museum
in London!
Methane bubbles are set alight to make
fireballs, hydrogen balloons explode and
rockets are fired into the audience. Stand
back and cover your ears – theatre just got
dangerously exciting.
Two futuristic science students race against
time to prove their knowledge of energy. With
help from the incredible virtual lab-assistant,
i-nstein, and a steampunk workshop full of
gadgets and chemicals, they explore, experiment
and explode anything and everything they can
find, live on stage.
Adults £16, Children £13
Family Ticket £48*
Sponsored by
£10 for Groups of 10+ and schools (teachers go free)
*4 tickets (max 2 adults)
NOTTINGHAM
A new 25-minute dance film, choreographed
by Anna Buonomo and directed by Terry
Braun. Faraday’s Cage is the story of a
troubled musician – under pressure to finish a
composition, she encounters ghosts from the
19th century.
Bob Adams presents Fragments: A portrait
of Michael Pinchbeck, a contemporary
video collage looking at the relevance of
portraiture. A complex and intriguing
piece that fragments a number of themes
identified when the writer Michael
Pinchbeck is discussing his work.
The Cutting Room have been creative
residents at the Playhouse since 2010,
delivering the visual arts programme,
Digital Stage to provide artists with
a unique setting.
Sun 16 Mar 7pm • Main House
Episodes 2014
Episodes is back! This annual sell-out event
is an insight into the wealth of dance and
creativity in the county and provides talented
young people an opportunity to showcase
their work. With a live selection, the best
groups from this event will go on to perform
at the Midlands Youth (MY) Dance Festival in
Birmingham and potentially onto the National
event held in Nottingham 26-29 June 2014.
For more information visit www.dance4.co.uk.
sun 23 mar 7pm • Main House
KANGNA 2014
Kangna is the University of Nottingham’s
multi award-winning Asian Cultural Show.
It exists to provide students with incredible
talent an opportunity to showcase their skills.
Kangna 2014 promises to showcase Asian
culture and tradition through acting, music
and dancing, thus enabling diversity and
multiculturalism to thrive in Nottingham.
Tickets £11
guest hires
Sat 5 Jul 2.30m & 7.30pm
& Sun 6 Jul 7.30pm • Main House
The Tracy Quaife Theatre Dance School presents
Dance Express 2014
and Variations 3
Sun 25 May 7pm • Main House
Nottingham Theatre
Dance School
Two days of superb entertainment,
choreographed and produced by Principal
Tracy Quaife. Pupils of all ages will perform
in dazzling costumes to a wide range of
musical styles, showcasing the many talents
of Nottingham’s young stars of tomorrow.
Students of Nottingham Theatre Dance School
present their Showcase 2014, which promises
to be an excellent evening’s entertainment.
Produced by Principal Jane Moreton, students
from age 3 years to adults will perform Classical
Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Modern Dance,
Jazz Dance, Musical Theatre and Tap Dance,
showcasing the versatility of their dance and
theatre training. Tickets £13
Tickets £14.50, Concessions £13.75
Tickets on sale from 3 Mar
fri 20 – Sat 21 Jun 7.30pm • Main House
Fri 25 Apr 7.30pm
Sat 26 Apr 2.30pm & 7.30pm • Main House
The Wedding Singer
The award-winning Nottingham Trent
University Drama Society brings this Broadway
hit musical to the Playhouse.
This entertaining, fast-paced comedy is perfect
for the whole family to enjoy, and promises big
hair, quirky characters and plenty of cheesy
pop! Tickets £12, Concessions £8
Music by Matthew Sklar
Book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Based on the New Line Cinema film written by Tim Herlihy
This amateur production is presented by arrangement
with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of MUSIC
THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of NEW YORK
MADD Gala
Showcase 2014
MADD College is proud to present the Gala
Showcase of 2014, featuring the talented
students from the 3-year Professional Musical
Theatre Diploma Course performing with
a live orchestra.
The show is directed and choreographed by
leading professionals from the Performing Arts
Industry. Don’t miss the opportunity to see
this vibrant, eclectic fusion of theatre at
its very best. Tickets £18.50, concessions £15
Nottingham Playhouse has two performance spaces, the Main House and the Neville Studio
which are available for hire by external companies. For more information please contact
Rebecca Dallman on 0115 873 6210 or email [email protected]
wed 9 – sun 13 jul • Main House • 14+ yrs
wed 9 jul 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Thu 10 Jul 7.30pm,
Fri 11 Jul 7.30pm, Sat 12 Jul 2.30pm & 7.30pm,
Sun 13 Jul 3pm
OSKER PRODUCTIONS LTD
the Full Monty
Six unemployed steelworkers in New York are
miserable and broke but come up with a way to
make some cash – they’ll become strippers and
go “the full monty”!
This musical adaptation follows the film
classic with all the original humour and heart.
Produced by the team behind the critically
acclaimed musical Saturday Night & Sunday
Morning. WED MATINEE £15, WED-FRI EVE £17 CONCESSIONS
tue 10 – thu 12 Jun 7.45pm, thu matinee 1.30pm • Main House
BUGLE BOY – The Glenn
Miller Story
£16, SAT-SUN MATINEE £17 CONCESSIONS £16, SAT EVE £17
Contains strong language and nudity.
By Den Stevenson
The Critically Acclaimed Hit Musical Bugle
Boy explores the life of legendary music icon
Glenn Miller. From leaving college to play in
various bands, including his own, for over
twenty years he searches tirelessly, with the
constant support and love of his wife Helen,
for a unique band sound. When he eventually
succeeds in his quest, he and his family only
enjoy the fruits of fame for three short years.
When America joined the Second World War
after the bombing of Pearl Harbour; he joins
the Army, forms the subsequently famed
A.E.F Band and flies to Europe to play to the
Armed Forces; then goes missing in mysterious
circumstances.
Bugle Boy features all of Glenn Miller’s famous
and instantly recognisable tunes including
amongst others Little Brown Jug; Moonlight
Serenade; Pennsylvania 6-5000; Chattanooga
Choo Choo; Kalamazoo; American Patrol and
many others. Tickets £19, concessions £17
Relax and enjoy great food
and drink, all year round.
2014 will see new furniture,
decoration and even the
comfort of double glazing!
RESTAURANT
Serving freshly-made food cooked
to order. Enjoy great food at a great price
with our prix fixe menu from just £15.45 for
two courses, now available all day, everyday.
You can book your prix fixe meal when you
purchase your tickets at the Box Office or
call CAST direct on 0115 852 3898. Opening
times: Mon – Sat 12 – 9, Sun 12 – 6.
There will be an offer of 10% off food
between 2pm and 5pm and after 8pm
Mon – Sat and all day Sun (excludes fixed
price menus, offer subject to change and
available until end August 2014)
BAR
The perfect place to unwind with friends.
Serving a range of ice-cold continental
beers, cocktails, cask ale, wines and
champagne. Opening Times Mon – Sat
12 – late, Sun 11 – 6.
LocALe – a great way to wind down your
weekend. We support CAMRA’s LocALe
initiative that promotes pubs stocking
locally brewed real ale. We stock some of
the best ales produced within 30 miles for
our pumps. We also offer the most generous
CAMRA discount in the city, 15% off.
DELI
Deli-cious food on the go, or to eat in.
With a variety of sandwiches, salad
boxes, pastries, cakes and snacks, the
Deli will keep you going throughout
the day. Opening times: Mon – Fri
8.30 – 3, Sat 9 – 3, Sun closed.
MUSIC MONDAYS
FREE live acoustic sessions once a month
in CAST, starting Feb 2014. Featuring some
of the best local musicians – see our website
for details.
Bbq fridays
The perfect start to your weekend.
From May we will be hosting a BBQ every
Friday from 4-7pm on our leafy forecourt,
weather permitting.
THE GREAT THEATRE QUIZ
First Sunday of every Month from 2pm.
Come and show off your knowledge of all
things Theatre.
breakfasts
Delicious and freshly cooked. We now do
hot breakfast rolls from just £2.95 including
a tea or coffee.
DINNER AND A SHOW FROM JUST £50
Two people can enjoy two courses and two
mid-price seats for £50, or three courses
and two top-price seats for £70. Book your
pre-theatre meal package by calling our Box
Office on 0115 941 9419.
SPECIAL OFFERS IN CAST
Please hand in this voucher
to claim your one-off special offer
in CAST. Available during February,
March and April 2014.
Voucher 1
Free coffee with
every purchase in
the Deli.
Please note that they cannot be used with any
other offer or discount, and all offers are subject to
change at the discretion of the CAST management.
SPECIAL OFFERS IN CAST
Please hand in this voucher
to claim your one-off special offer
in CAST. Available during February,
March and April 2014.
SPECIAL OFFERS
Check us out on Facebook and Twitter
for details of daily and seasonal specials,
new menus and other offers.
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Voucher 2
Free Fries/ Nachos/
Onion rings on any
drinks order over £5
in the Bar.
Please note that they cannot be used with any
other offer or discount, and all offers are subject to
change at the discretion of the CAST management.
PLEASE SUPPORT
OUR FUTURE
OUR WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSes
Nottingham Playhouse is very proud to work with the following local businesses,
whose support for our work is hugely important. Thank you so much to:
Nottingham Playhouse is fundraising. Our Grade II* listed
theatre is 50 years old and we need your help to bring it
up-to-date. This will save money that we can invest in a truly
sustainable future.
A programme of essential work will make the Playhouse more
efficient (saving more than £30k per year, which will be put
back into making great theatre for ever more people), more
environmentally friendly and even more comfortable for you,
our audience.
Mason Infotech
£5 FEAR NO MORE THE HEAT O’ THE SUN
We plan to install 156 solar panels on our
roof, generating electricity worth £4,500
every year. A donation of £5 will buy one
solar cell – we need over 9,000.
£10 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO UP
£50 step into the spotlight
Helping business communicate
Replacing our stage lighting will save us
nearly £10,000 every year: money that would
sustain our brilliant Youth Theatre for two
years. Spread the word – we need 1,000
Spotlight Supporters!
£100 WHAT LIGHT THROUGH YONDER
Help us to replace over 1,000 50 year-old
light fittings, reducing the Playhouse’s energy WINDOW BREAKS?
Adding secondary glazing to our iconic
use by a massive 35,000 kilowatt hours
every year. A gift of £10 will fund two energy Playhouse will reduce heating bills by
7% – allowing more money to be spent on
efficient light bulbs.
creating great theatre. £100 will sponsor
a square metre!
£20 ENTER STAGE LEFT
New door lobbies will reduce heat loss by
Please speak to any of our staff about
18% – creating a cosier Playhouse. 750
supporting the Playhouse 50 Capital
donors, each giving £20, will have a huge
Appeal. You can donate through the Box
impact on the future of our building.
Office (0115 941 9419), online or in the
building itself. A gift of any size will make
a difference. Thank you.
Nottingham Playhouse provides businesses
with creative and cost-effective ways to market
their brands and promote their products and
services. We give companies access to effortless
entertainment and a unique insight into
brilliant theatre that is made right here
in Nottingham.
Partnerships with Nottingham Playhouse
are also about investing further in the local
community – our learning and participation
programmes reach thousands of young people
in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands.
Tailor-made sponsorship packages are available
for all businesses and budgets.
To find out more contact Nick Lawford, Fundraising & Development Manager,
on 0115 873 6235 or email [email protected]
www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/support
Nottingham Playhouse is a registered charity (number 1109342).
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leave the car at home
trent barton – zigzag play
It’s now easier than ever for you to
get to Nottingham Playhouse by
public transport:
The Zigzag Play ticket (£4.50/day) gives you
unlimited travel after 9am on Trent Barton
buses, on the day of a show at Nottingham
Playhouse. Tickets are bought on the bus –
just show the driver your theatre ticket.
Nottingham City Transport
– playhouse saver £2 Return
Playhouse Saver return bus tickets are
available to purchase for £2 from our Box
Office or website. Tickets are valid on all
Nottingham City Transport buses within the
Greater Nottingham City area until midnight.
NET – playhouse tram £2 return
You can now buy a £2 return ticket which is
available on all NET trams, from Hucknall and
Phoenix Park to Station Street and back again.
Tram tickets are available to purchase from our
Box Office or website.
Cycle parking
The Playhouse has a designated parking area
for bicycles opposite the Box Office entrance.
The Big Wheel’s Journey Planner
can help you plan the most efficient
journey to Nottingham Playhouse
travelineeastmidlands.co.uk
places to stay
There is level access to the
auditorium on East Circus
Street and we have a lift
providing access to all levels
from the main entrance.
There are two adapted toilets.
We have eight wheelchair
spaces available in the Stalls.
These can be booked through
the Box Office. Wheelchair
users and companions can
purchase tickets for half-price
(max. 2 tickets per person).
Audio-described and Sign
Language Interpreted
Performances are indicated
in the diary.
Captioned Performances
are available for selected
performances. In captioning,
the words appear on a screen
at the same time as they are
spoken.
If you’re looking for somewhere to stay after
coming to the theatre, we recommend one of
our hotel partners.
Hart’s Hotel is a three minute stroll from the
Playhouse. A contemporary, 4-star boutique
hotel with its own garden and car park.
hartsnottingham.co.uk 0115 988 1900
Jurys Inn
Jurys Inn is a twenty minute walk from the
Playhouse and close to Nottingham Railway
Station and tramway.
jurysinns.com 0115 901 6700
Park Plaza is a 4-star deluxe hotel a 5 minute
walk from Nottingham Playhouse.
parkplaza.com/Nottingham 0115 947 7200
access
Tickets for Audio-described,
Sign Language Interpreted
and Captioned Performances
can be purchased for halfprice by patrons requiring
these services (max. 2 tickets
per person).
Guide Dogs and Hearing Dogs
are always welcome. Please
advise the Box Office when
booking.
For those with partial hearing
loss, Sennheiser Infrared
Enhanced Hearing headsets
are available. Please reserve
your headset with the Box
Office when booking.
Publications are available in
alternative formats on request.
This brochure can be provided
in Braille, large print, on CD,
on audio cassette or as an
MP3 file. Programmes for
Nottingham Playhouse Theatre
Company productions are
available in Braille or on CD –
please order at least two weeks
in advance.
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Groups of 8+ save 20% on Nottingham
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and 18 Jan). To make booking easier, you can
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them later. Call the Box Office to book.
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playhouse diary feb 2014 – jan 2015
Nottingham Playhouse has two performance spaces,
the Main House and the Neville Studio.
february 2014
march 2014
Fri 21 Threepenny Opera 7.45
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Wed 5 Threepenny Opera 7.45
Thu 27 Threepenny Opera 7.45
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Fri 28 Threepenny Opera 7.45
The Endings 8.00
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Threepenny Opera 1.30
Money Magic… 6.15
Brecht on Magic 8.00
Fri 7
Say Sum Thin 6 7.00
p28
Tue 4
key:
Sat 8
Main House
Neville Studio
The Neville Studio is our 90 seat black box studio, named in memory of ex-Artistic Director John
Neville. As the space is fully adaptable, seating plans change depending on the performance and
seating is generally unreserved. If you have any queries about this please speak to the Box Office
at the time of booking.
Ticket prices:
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tage 50%
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SAV
The Threepenny Opera
Time and The Conways
Propaganda Swing
Arcadia
Peak (Fri & Sat eve)
Off peak (Mon – Thu eve)
Matinee
Previews
Schools
Bargain*
£11.50 (£10.50)
£10.50 (£9.50)
£10.50 (£9.50)
£9.50 (£8.50)
£10
Mid
Top
Super Seat
£18.50 (£16)
£23.50 (£21)
£28.50 (£26)
£16.50 (£14)
£21.50 (£19)
£26.50 (£24)
£15 (£13)
£15 (£13)
£15 (£13)
£12 (£10)
£12 (£10)
£12 (£10)
£10£10 £10
*Limited number for each performance
Bin Men 11.00 & 2.00
Nadia Latoya 8.00 Threepenny Opera 2.30
Threepenny Opera7.45
P
Events taking place in the
Neville Studio
Preview
Cheaper performances
before press night
Say Sum Thin 6 5.30
p45
p39
p4
p4
HN
p4
p4
p4
p4
p4
p42 p4
p42
p4
Wed 12 Vincent Dance…8.00
p29
Thu 13 Brothers Hogg
p39
8.00
Fri 14 Gramophones 8.00 Frank & Ella Show 7.45
p26
p40
PN Press Night
Sat 15 Chris Ryan 11.00 David Baddiel…
8.00
Gramophones… 4.00 & 8.00
p42
HN Tickets from £7
(see page 47 for details)
Sun 16 Epsiodes 2014 7.00
p47
Wed 19 Reduced Shakespe… 7.45
p36
PSD Post-show Discussion
Thu 20 Shame 8.00 p43
Jerry Sadowitz 7.45
p37
Audio-described Performance
In BSL for deaf patrons
Captioned Performance
RP
Relaxed performance for
children with autism,
learning, sensory or
communication disabilities.
Fri 21 Shame
p36
p26
8.00 p43
Sat 22 Shame 8.00
ELO Experience 7.45
p43
p40
Sun 23 Kangna 2014 7.00
p47
Mon 24 HMS Pinafore 7.45 p41
Tue 25 HMS Pinafore 7.45 p41
11.00 & 7.45
p26
Fri 28 Refugee Boy Mehraba Wel…
Sat 29 What Became…
Refugee Boy 5.00
p26
11.00 & 2.00
7.45
p45
Mon 31 BalletBoyz 8.00
p30
p26
april 2014
august 2014
Thu 25 Time and the Con… 1.30 & 7.45
Tue 1
Spoken Nerd 8.00
p37
june 2014
Sun 1
Bolero 7.30p7
Mon 11 Equus
7.30 p18
Fri 26 Time and the Con…7.45
Fri 4
Egusi Soup 7.45
p27
Tue 10 Bugle Boy 7.45 p50
Tues 12 Equus
7.30
p18
Sat 27 Time and the Con… 7.45
Sat 5
Egusi Soup 7.45
p27
Wed 11 Bugle Boy 7.45 p50
Wed 13 Equus
7.30
p18
Sat 19 Joseph and the… 12.00 & 4.00
Joseph and the… 7.00 p20
Thu 12 Austentatious
Bugle Boy p38
Thu 14 Equus
7.30
p18
october 2014
p50
Fri 15 Equus
7.30
p18
Fri 3 Propaganda Swing 7.45 P/HN
p12
Tue 22 Alan Johnson p43
p46
Sat 16 Equus
Propaganda Swing 7.45 P
p12
p20
8.00
1.30 & 7.45
Fri 25 The Wedding…7.30
Frankenstein 6.00 & 8.00
p48
Fri 13 Science Museum…7.00
Hardeep Singh… 8.00
p18
Sat 14 Science Museum… 2.00 & 7.00
p46
Sat 26 The Wedding… 2.30 & 7.30
The Way I Wear… 8.00 Sun 27 Blofeld & Baxter 7.30
p48
Sun 15 Back in the day 7.30
p38
p28
Thu 19 Paradise
p18
p43
p49
Tue 29 Richard Alston… 8.00
p31
Fri 20 MADD Gala 2014 7.30
Paradise 8.00
Sat 21 MADD Gala 2014 7.30
p49
Fri 27 U.Dance 7.00
p34
Sat 28 U.Dance 7.00
p34
7.45
Wed 30 Jo Nesbo 7.45 p44
may 2014
Fri 2
Fabulous Beast… 8.00
p33
Sat 3
Fabulous Beast…8.00
p33
Thu 8
Power Games
8.00
Sat 17 Hercules: A Dance…7.00
8.00
p18
Sun 29 U.Dance 4.00 p34
p28
july 2014
p32
Wed 2 Ballet Black 8.00
Sun 18 Grumpy Old Wo… 7.30
p37
Sat 5
Dance Express
Thu 22 Chris Wood
p41
Sun 6
Dance Express7.15
8.00
p38
1.45 & 7.15
p10
p10
p10
2.00pm & 7.30 p18
Sat 4 Fri 29 The Kite Runner 7.45 P
p8
Mon 6 Propaganda Swing 7.45 P/HN
p12
Sat 30 The Kite Runner 7.45
p8
Tue 7 Propaganda Swing 7.45 PN
p12
Wed 8 Propaganda Swing 7.45
p12
Thu 9 Propaganda Swing 7.45
p12
september 2014
Mon 1 The Kite Runner
7.45 p8
Fri 10 Propaganda Swing 7.45
p12
The Kite Runner
7.45
p8
Sat 11 Propaganda Swing 2.30
& 7.45 p12
Wed 3 The Kite Runner
p12
Tue 2
7.45
p8
Tue 14 Propaganda Swing 7.45
Thu 4
The Kite Runner
1.30 & 7.45
p8
Wed 15 Propaganda Swing 7.45
Fri 5
The Kite Runner
7.45
p8
Thu 16 Propaganda Swing 1.30 & 7.45
Sat 6
The Kite Runner
2.30 & 7.45
p8
Fri 17 Propaganda Swing 7.45
p12
p12
p12
Fri 12 Time and the Con…7.45 P/HN
p10
Sat 18 Propaganda Swing7.45
p12
p35
Sat 13 Time and the Con… 7.45 P
p10
Sun 19 Dave Gorman 7.30 SOLD OUT
p44
p49
Mon 15 Time and the Con… 7.45 P/HN
p10
Fri 31 Arcadia 7.45 P/HN
p14
p49
Tue 16 Time and the Con… 7.45 PN
p10
p10
november 2014
7.45 P
p14
7.45 P/HN
p14
7.45 PN
p14
p6
Wed 9 The Full Monty 2.30 & 7.30
p51
Wed 17 Time and the Con… 7.45
Sun 25 NTD 20147.00 p48
Thu 10 The Full Monty 7.30
p51
Thu 18 Time and the Con… 7.45
p10
Sat 1 p51
Fri 19 Time and the Con… 7.45
p10
Mon 3 Arcadia & 7.45 p10
p10
Wed 5 Arcadia 7.45
p14
p10
Thu 6 Arcadia 7.45
p14
Sat 24 The Seagull 2.00 & 7.00
Mon 26 The Second Min… 7.00
p7
Fri 11 The Full Monty 7.30
p7
Sat 12 The Full Monty 2.30 & 7.30
p51
Sat 20 Time and the Con… 2.30
Sat 31 Bolero 7.30p7
Sun 13 The Full Monty 3.00
p51
Tue 23 Time and the Con… 7.45
p44
Wed 24 Time and the Con… 7.45
Thu 29 The Good, The Go…8.00
Mon 14 Caitlin Moran 7.45
Tue 4
Arcadia Arcadia Book online at nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk or call 0115 941 9419 63
Photo: Martine Hamilton Knighta
Fri 7 Arcadia 7.45
p14
Thu 18 Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Sat 8 Arcadia 2.30
& 7.45 p14
Fri 19 Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Tue 11 Arcadia 7.45
p14
Sat 20 Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Wed 12 Arcadia 7.45
Thu 13 Arcadia 1.30 & 7.45
Fri 14 Arcadia 7.45
p14
Mon 22 Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
p14
Tue 23 Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
p14
Wed 24 Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Sat 15 Arcadia 7.45 p14
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Fri 28 Sleeping Beauty 7.30 HN
p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Sat 29 Sleeping Beauty2.30 HN & 7.30 P p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
december 2014
Mon 1 Sleeping Beauty Tue 2
Sleeping Beauty
2.30 HN
p16
2.30 & 7.30 HN
p16
january 2015
2.30 HN & 7.30 HN p16
Thu 1
Sleeping Beauty 2.30 & 7.30
p16
Thu 4
Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Fri 2
Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Fri 5
Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Sat 3
Sleeping Beauty
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Sat 6
Sleeping Beauty
2.30 SOLD OUT & 7.30 p16
Tue 6
Sleeping Beauty
7.30
2.30
Tue 9
Sleeping Beauty
p16
p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Thu 8
Sleeping Beauty
2.30
& 7.30 p16
p16
Fri 9
Sleeping Beauty
7.30
p16
p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
p16
Sun 11 Sleeping Beauty
2.30
p16
p16
& 7.30 p16
1.30 RP & 7.30
p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
Sleeping Beauty
2.30 7.30 SOLD OUT
2.30 & 7.30
2.30 & 7.30
2.30
2.30
2.30 & 7.30
p16
2.30 & 7.30
2.30 & 7.30
p16
7.30
p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
2.30 & 7.30
p16
& 7.30 p16
p16

Nottingham Playhouse Spring 2014

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