the Season Guide - Theatre Royal Winchester

J A N - M AY
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THEATRE ROYAL
WINCHESTER
Supported by
theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk
Diary
January
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p.5
p.14
Colour Key
p.5
Drama
p.6
Music
p.6
Children
Community
p.26
Comedy
5
Howard Jones
6
Mister Maker & The Shapes
7
MapDance 2016
10
Peta Lily (Discovery Centre)
11
A Comedy Gala
13
Grease
17-20
Swinging At The Cotton Club
26
Not Now, Bernard
28
Russell Howard
29
March
Dance
p.7
p.8
p.22
p.9
p.15
p.23
until
Januar y 3
2
The Thinking Drinkers
p.10
p.11
Fake It ‘Til You Make It
1-2
Lysistrata
3-4
The Big Jelly
6
Round & Round The Garden
7-12
GOlive (Discovery Centre)
11
Scratch Shakespeare
14
Wessex Dance Academy
16
Simon Callow : Orson Welles
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Diary
March
18
19
Charity Concert
20
The Big Jelly
22-24
Soho Cinders
25-26
A-Z of Musicals
28-2
Travels With My Aunt
The Pajama Game
p.12
p.10
p.22
p.12
p.12
p.13
Want to
join in?
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21-23
April
5
Shhh!
7
Manpower (Discovery Centre)
8
Barry Cryer
19-20
The Birthday Party
21
La Bohème
23-24
Peppa Pig’s Surprise
29
Show of Hands
30
Richard Herring : Happy Now?
May
3-7
Winchester Chamber Music
Festival Concert
Shakespeare at the Tobacco
Factory
8
Mark Watson: I’m Not Here
12-14
HMS Pinafore
23-24
Invincible
1
p.25
p.15
p.16
p.17
p.16
p.27
p.18
Looking for
Children’s Shows?
See pages
24-27
p.18
p.19
p.19
p.28
p.28
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Community
Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 January 7.30pm
Matinée Wednesday 2.30pm
Christmas has passed when
scandal erupts at the North
Pole. One of Santa’s reindeer
has accused him of sexual
harassment.
A horrific tale of corruption and
perversion emerges which seems to
implicate everyone from the littlest elf
to Santa himself.
WARNING: This is an adult comedy.
Tickets £10.00. Performed by Gallows
Productions in the Cafe Bar.
DRAMA
Comedy
Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 April 7.30pm
Friday 5 February 7.30pm
Matinee Wednesday 2.30pm
A unique comedic drinking show written and
performed by Ben McFarland & Tom Sandham.
Slide onto the bar stool of discovery and enjoy several
FREE DELUXE DRINKS as the Thinking Drinkers
embark on a hilarious, alcohol-fuelled journey through the
liquid lives of history’s most extraordinary elbow-benders
including Andre The Giant, James Bond and Jesus Christ.
The aim of the show is to revive the lost art of discerning
drinking. Did we mention the free drinks?
Ben and Tom are drinks columnists for the Daily Telegraph.
Tickets £17.00
Theatre Royal Winchester is delighted
to host the Cabinet Rooms Hub for
Winchester Cocktail Week in Feb 2016.
For more information, visit
www.winchestercocktailweek.co.uk
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Dance
Wednesday 10 February 7.30pm
10th Anniversary Spring Tour
mapdance celebrates with an
exciting varied set of works by
international contemporary
choreographers.
mapdance
Comedy
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The University of Chichester’s MA
touring company is an established
group of young dynamic dancers
recruited nationally and internationally. Their richly diverse repertoire
offers you a refreshing mixture of
gritty dance-theatre, wry humour,
and intricate choreography.
Happy Birthday, mapdance!
Tickets £13.00. Concessions £11.50.
Friends £11.00. Schools/Groups £11.00.
Saturday 13 February 8.00pm
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Community
Wednesday 17 – Saturday 20 February 7.30pm
Matinée Saturday 2.30pm
Book, Music and Lyrics by
Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
ENCORE Youth Theatre celebrate
their 35th birthday with the
electrifying No.1 greatest
rock'n'roll musical of all time.
Featuring You're The One That I Want,
Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights,
Hopelessly Devoted To You, Sandy,
Greased Lightnin' and many more.
Contains some moderate language.
Tickets £15.00. Concessions £10.00.
Family £45.00 (2 adults / 2 concessions).
Saturday matinée – Adult £12.50. Concessions
£7.50. Buy 9 tickets & get the 10th FREE.
Music & Dance
Friday 26 February 7.30pm
Step back into 1920s New
York and Harlem's hottest
night spot, The Cotton Club!
Duke Ellington, Louis
Armstrong and Ella
Fitzgerald got the club
swinging while dancers
Featuring
Bojangles Robinson and the
The Jiving Lindy Hoppers &
Nicholas Brothers lit up the
Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra stage.
The exciting dance and
music of The Cotton Club is
recreated by The Jiving Lindy
Hoppers, the world's
premier jazz dance company,
and Harry Strutters Hot
Rhythm Orchestra featuring
Marlene Hill and Megs Performance
Sponsored by
Etherington.
Tickets £24.00
Swinging at
the
“A positive pleasure
to behold”
The Guardian
Cotton Club
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Drama
Tuesday 1 & Wednesday 2 March 8.00pm
Bryony Kimmings & Tim Grayburn
‘Beautiful and funny
and intelligent
and true’
The Guardian (AUS)
‘Bold, brave and
very brilliant’
The Independent
FAKE IT
‘til you
make it
A wickedly warming show about the
wonders and pitfalls of the human brain,
being in love and what it takes to be a
man.
Bryony is an outrageous, hilarious and fearless
performance artist from London. Tim is an
outrageous, hilarious and fearless account
manager from a top advertising agency.
Bryony and Tim are a couple. Six months into
their relationship, Bryony found out that Tim
suffers from severe clinical depression.
Expect homemade music, stupid dancing, onstage
arguments, real-life stories, tears and truths.
Tickets £17.00. Concessions £15.50.
Groups/Schools £13.00
Suitable for age 16+
Free Post-Show Discussion - 1 March
Chaired by Dr Marianne Sharp.
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Drama
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 March 7.30pm
LYSISTRATA
Adapted by David Studdard after Aristophanes
Directed by Tamsin Shasha
‘a slick, hilariously funny show which rattles
along at high speed’
The Stage
‘Greek at school was never as naughty
and so much fun as this’
What’s On Stage
Nationally acclaimed Actors Of
Dionysus are back with a no holds
barred version of Aristophanes'
comedy.
Follow our heroine, Lysistrata, and
the women of Greece when they
deny their men sex in order
to stop a bloody war. As
tensions mount on both
sides, see who wins and
whether peace is restored.
Tickets £17.00. Concessions
£15.50. Schools/Groups £13.00.
Contains strong language & comic
scenes of an adult nature. Age 14
and over.
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Drama
Monday 7 – Saturday 12 March 7.30pm
Matinée Wednesday 1.30pm & Saturday 2.30pm
A Comedy by Alan Ayckbourn
Starring Natasha
Gray
& Kevin Pallister
from Emmerdale
Enjoy a wildly comic and at times
poignant drama by the master of
comedy, Alan Ayckbourn.
Round And Round The Garden
reveals the secrets, lies and deception
simmering beneath the surface of
family relationships.
Norman is intent on making all the
women in his life happy. Without
considering the repercussions, he
simultaneously attempts to seduce his
sister-in-law, charm his brother's wife
and still keep his own wife happy.
Tickets £22.00. Concessions £20.50.
Friends £20.00. Schools/Groups £12.00.
Matinées £19.00. Concessions £16.50.
Friends £16.00. Schools/Groups £12.00.
Friends Opening Night Offer- Buy 2 full
price tickets for the price of one.
Free Pre-Show Talk by Dr Richard
Cuming 8 March 6.00pm.
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Community
WESSEX
DANCE
ACADEMY
An evening of exciting
choreography and
moving film, this is a
dance company you
will never forget.
Wednesday 16 March 7.00pm
Wessex Dance Academy
returns with a new cohort
of young people whose
lives have been
transformed by dance.
Join us as the new
company of dancers
share their 12 week
journey and celebrate
their hard work and
commitment with three
new pieces of dance.
The evening will also feature the
Wessex Girls : Wessex Boys- the
Academy’s performance company
made up of Graduates from the
past 10 cohorts.
Tickets: Suggested donation of £3.00
Please reserve your ticket by calling the
box office on 01962 840440.
Community
Saturday 19 March 7.30pm
‘Exceptional production worthy of the
West End’ Chichester Observer
The acclaimed production of the
musical The Pajama Game by
University of Chichester Touring
Company follows their sell-out
tours of Sweet Charity in 2015
and Anything Goes in 2014.
In 1950s America, the new Supervisor
of the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory falls
head-over-heels for a firebrand Union
rep. Sparks fly when the employees are
refused a pay rise.
Amateur Production by arrangement
with Josef Weinberger Ltd
Tickets £14.00. Concessions £12.00.
Student/Under16: £10.00. Family of Four
£36.00.
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Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell.
Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
Based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell.
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Literature
Thursday 17 March 7.30pm
SIMON CALLOW
Orson
Welles
One
Man
Band
Talking about the third
volume in his epic survey of
Orson Welles’ life and work,
Simon Callow probes into one
of the most complex artists of
the twentieth century.
He examines the triumphs and
failures of an ambitious one-man
assault on one medium after
another – theatre, radio, film,
television, even, at one point, ballet.
In each, Welles’ radical approach
opened up new directions and
hitherto unglimpsed possibilities.
Simon Callow will delve into what it
was like to be around Welles, and
what it was like to be him.
Tickets £18.00.
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Community
Friday 18 March
Charity Concert in aid of
of Clic Sargent, Trinity House and
The Alzheimer's Society.
SJ THEATRE
Hit songs from Elvis, Buddy
Holly, Roy Orbison, Eddie
Cochran, Johnny Cash and
more.
Tuesday 22 – Thursday 24
March 7.30pm
Edgy, fun and
deliciously naughty.
When a poor student becomes
romantically involved with a
London mayoral candidate, his
lap-dancing step-sisters are the
least of his problems.
Their worlds collide, creating a
satirical and funny twist to the
Cinderella story.
Plus Glenn M Ford- A Tribute
To Sir Norman Wisdom.
Tickets £16.00
SJ THEATRE
Friday 25 –
Saturday 26 March 7.30pm.
Matinee Saturday 2.30pm
Tickets £16.00. Concessions £14.50.
Groups 10+ £14.00.
Cats. Miss Saigon. Rent.
Wicked. Travel on a
journey through the musical
theatre alphabet, enjoy
songs and dance from your
favourite musicals.
Tickets £14.00. Concessions
£12.00. Groups 10+ £12.00.
Saturday matinée £10.00.
Book both A-Z of
Musicals and Soho
Cinders for £12.00
per ticket.
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Drama
DRAMA
Monday
28 March
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Matinée Thursday 1.30pm
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Matinee Wednesday2.30pm
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Tickets £24.00. Co
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Friends £20.00. M
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Schools/Groups £1
3.00.
Friends Opening
Night Offer- Buy
2 full
price tickets for
the price of one.
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Winchester Discovery Centre
Neighbourhood Watch! Theatre Royal Winchester ventures next door
to present four cutting edge theatre performances from leading artists
in the intimate space of Winchester Discovery Centre.
Thursday 10 March
Thursday 11 February
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The latest show from this
unique award-winning artist
takes an unflinching look at the
ordinary. An all-waving,
all-drowning look at hidden
corners of life where Dionysian
worship rubs shoulders with
Stevie Smith, Charles Bukowski
and Japanese outsider art.
This 60 minute show crackles
with rhythmic verse,
stream-of-consciousness jokes,
intimate performing presence,
searing honesty and humorous
charm.
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Performances
All performances 7.45. Tickets £16
Thursday 7 April
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An engaging, intimate and
unpredictable evening of work by an
international, generations-spanning
group of women who have the
potential to tickle, tempt and turn
you on to what dance-based performance can do and be.
Artists on the bill are likely to include
Rebecca Evans, Susan Kempster,
Alice Labant, Sarah Kent, Gloria
Sanvicente Amor and Lorna V.
Curated by veteran arts journalist
Donald Hutera (The Times)
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Thursday 9 June
Greyscale present
investigation into what happens when we discover that our
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parents are flawed human beings, and that at some point, sooner
FALLEN
than we think, they are suddenly going to disappear from our
AND ALL lives.
SAFETY
“What a quiet, restrained and gently devastating piece this is!”
GONE
Miriam Gillinson, Time Out
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Comedy
Friday 8 April 7.30pm
Performance
Sponsored by
Barry Cryer and Colin Sell – the Ant and
Dec of the Sanatogen set, reunite to bring you
a new show, devised by them after the visitors
left. Cryer, still a “Sprightly Veteran”
(Undertakers Gazette) and Sell a “Legendary
Virtuoso” (Pensioners Website) combine to
entertain you with songs, jokes and the
amazing realisation that they’re still here.
Join them before they come apart.
Tickets £22.00.
Opera
Thursday 21 April 7.30pm
We are delighted to welcome back the
critically acclaimed Swansea City Opera
performing Puccini's La Bohème, one of
opera's greatest romances.
Only the stoniest of hearts could fail to be moved
by this story of doomed love among bohemian
artists in 19th century Paris.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear live on stage
Puccini’s shimmering concoction of soaring vocal
lines and lush orchestral melodies. Sung in English
and accompanied by a chamber orchestra.
Tickets £25.00. Concessions £22.50. Friends £22.00.
Schools/Groups £11.50.
Pre-show discussion at 6.15pm. Hosted by Artistic
Director of Swansea City Opera, Brendan Wheatley.
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Drama
Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 April 7.30pm
Matinée Wednesday 2.30pm
“There’s a gentleman living
here. He’s got a birthday
today, and he’s forgotten all
about it. So we’re going to
remind him. We’re going to
give him a party.”
By turns, cryptic thriller and
macabre comedy, The Birthday
Party was Harold Pinter's first
major work and one of his most
absorbing plays.
A shabby boarding house in a
small English seaside town.
An elderly couple take care of a
solitary guest. The arrival of two
enigmatic strangers seems to
offer a welcome distraction from
their mundane existence.
But when an impromptu,
seemingly innocent birthday
party abruptly turns into a deadly
game of cat and mouse, there are
horrifying repercussions.
Tickets £20.00. Concessions £18.00.
Schools/Groups £13.00
Free Pre-Show Talk by Prof Peter
Billingham 20 April 6.00pm
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Music
Friday 29 April 8.00pm
‘Still at the top of their
game, Show Of Hands
present an irresistible,
uncompromising, rousing
live show.’
Mark Radcliffe
Show of Hands
Comedy
Making a triumphant
return to the songs and
sounds that inspired them,
the duo’s Long Way
Home tour will feature
material from the new
studio album alongside
their trademark anthemic,
acoustic classics.
Tickets £22.00.
‘One of the great English bands.’
Peter Gabriel
Saturday 30 April 8.00pm
After years of
drifting aimlessly
and alone,
Richard Herring
is now settled
down with a wife
and a tiny baby. Is
he finally happy now?
Or does responsibility
for the lives of others come
with its own terrors?
In his twelfth solo stand up show,
Richard examines whether we can
ever hope to be or are meant to be
truly content. If we were never
unhappy would happiness have any
meaning?
Tickets £17.00.
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Richard Herring
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Music
Sunday 1 May 7.00pm
Schubert: String Quartet
No.14 ‘Death and the
Maiden’
Brahms: String Sextet No.2
Winchester Chamber Music Festival runs
from Friday 29 April - Monday 2 May.
Other concerts at Winchester Discovery
Centre and St Lawrence Church.
Tickets from Theatre Royal Winchester.
Drama
Performed by internationally
renowned musicians Navarra
String Quartet, Tamsin
Waley-Cohen (violin),
Douglas Paterson (viola)
& Kate Gould (cello).
Tickets £17.00. Concessions £6.00.
Public booking opens 8 February
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 May
Hamlet
Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat 7.30pm. Thu 1.30pm.
Realpolitik, madness, sex, murder – in a drama that is
both a thriller and the profoundest meditation on our
human condition.
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
at the
Tobacco Factory
All’s Well That Ends Well
Thu 7.30pm. Sat 2.30pm.
A young woman saves the French King’s life and is
rewarded with the right to choose her own husband.
But what if the chosen one won’t play the game?
Tickets £23.00. Concessions £21.50. Friends £21.00.
Schools/Groups £11.50.
See both plays in one day on 5 or 7 May for £39.50
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purchase of tickets, see our website
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Reservations
We are happy to hold reservations for up to three
working days unless it’s 7 days or less before the
performance.
Exchanges and Resales
You can exchange your tickets for a different
performance of the same show, subject to a charge
of £1.00 per ticket. We regret that tickets cannot
be refunded.
Please Note
Theatre Royal Winchester reserves the right to
vary the advertised programme and facilities when
necessary and apologises for any inconvenience this
may cause.
We endeavour to give warnings about the content
of performances, notably strong language, adult
content and noise. However, as many shows are in
rehearsal when booked, full details are not always
available.
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Group discounts are available on selected
performances for groups of 10 or more (unless
otherwise stated).
How To Find Us
Theatre Royal Winchester is a short walk from
Winchester Train Station.
Car Parking is free after 6pm and on Sundays.
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16s, benefit claimants and Over 60s.
For full information on access and facilities for
people with disabilities, please visit theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/your-visit/access-and-disability or
contact the Box Office on 01962 840 440.
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A Family Ticket offers a reduced price for groups
of four, of which at least one must be an adult.
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Each ticket price includes a £1.00 restoration levy
and a £1.00 transaction fee.
Access
There is lift access to all levels
Assistance dogs are welcome in all areas of the
building.
Hearing Impaired: We have an induction loop
system in the auditorium.
Wheelchair Users: There are a number of wheelchair spaces in the Stalls. Please call the Box Office
to book wheelchair spaces. According to the terms
of our licence, wheelchair users must be
accompanied during a performance.
Essential Companion: A ticket for an essential
companion can be purchased at a 50% discount.
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begins).
Seating Plan
Winchester
City Centre
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Join In!
Artstart
For ages 8-12
Tutored by Donna Vokes
Join any time as long as
there are spaces
Mondays
After-School Art Club
11 January- 21 March
(excl half term)
4.00-5.30.
10 weeks £100.
FREE Taster Session
4 January 3.30-4.30
Tuesdays
Creative Clay Club
12 January-9 February.
5 weeks £50.
FREE Taster Session
5 January
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Silver Stage
Tuesdays
Acting Classes for
Older Adults
10.00-12.00.
10 weeks £120.
FREE Taster Session
5 January
A Director led
performance group,
exploring work for those
experienced in life.
Funded by
Winchester City Council
Ukelele
Absolute Beginners
Wednesdays
13 January – 23 March
(ex 17 Feb) 10.30-12.00.
10 Weeks £120.
Learn the happiest instrument in the world. No
previous musical knowledge
required. You are guaranteed to be able to play a
whole song by the end of
your first lesson. You will
need your own ukulele so
you can practise at home.
Story and a Song
For Pre-School Children
7 January-24 March (excl
half term) 10.30-11.30.
Child must be accompanied by
an adult.
12 January-22 March
(excl half term)
Thursdays
First Session FREE
10 weeks £40.50.
Lunchtime Choir
7 January-24 March (excl
half term) 1.30-2.30.
Open to everyone whatever
your ability. No auditions. No
need to read music. Just come
along and enjoy singing with
like minded people.
First Session FREE
10 weeks £45.50.
Classes
FREE Taster Session
6 January 10.30 -12.00.
Drop in any time. Try out a
selection of ‘ukes’. There will
also be ukuleles for sale.
Improvers
Fridays
Pay-As-You-Go every Friday.
Learn new techniques and
styles. Have a lot of fun. £10
payable on the day.
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Youth Theatre
Young Theatre Royal gives
performers aged 6 to 21 the
opportunity to learn new skills,
have fun, gain confidence and
perform on stage.
To find out more or get involved,
visit theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/
get-involved/youth-theatre
or phone Anna on 01962 844600
ext 208 or email anna.carr
@theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk.
Youth theatre companies meet in
Winchester, Bishops Waltham,
Denmead, The Wallops, West Meon
and Whitchurch.
The Big Jelly
Sunday 6 March 6.00pm
Sunday 20 March 6.00pm
Whitchurch and The Wallops
Youth Theatres present a
hilarious theatrical feast of
comedy entertainment, jampacked with fun and frolics.
directed by Emma Boniface.
Denmead and Bishops
Waltham Youth Theatres
present a quirky collaboration
of puppetry, interactive
storytelling and energy fuelled
drama. Directed by Callum
English and Andrea Young.
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Community
Monday 14 March Performance 1 - 6.30pm
Performance 2 - 7.30pm, Performance 3 - 8.30pm
Now in its sixth year,
Scratch Shakespeare allows
University of Winchester
students to create
dramatic re-inventions of
classic Shakespeare plays.
Workshops
Expect a unique night of all
that is Bard! Three shows, three
directors, all crammed into
three hours of entertainment.
Tickets £10.00.
Wednesday 27 & Thursday 28 January
7.00pm – 8.30pm
the occasion
in collaboration with TRW & YMCA
The Occasion are running two free,
Drama and dance workshops
fully accessible, ‘taster’ workshops
for anyone (14+) who’d like to be
Over the next year The Occasion
involved in this project.
will be working towards staging a
large-scale community production Places limited. To book, please
email [email protected]
of ‘The Time Machine’.
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The bus calls at Bishops Waltham, Colden Common, Denmead,
Droxford, Hambledon, Meonstoke, Otterbourne, Owslebury,
Soberton, Southwick, Swanmore, Twyford, Upham, Warnford, West
Meon and West of Waterlooville.
Places must be booked in advance through the box office.
For more information, visit www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk
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Friday performances of Swinging At TheCotton Club (26 Feb),
Round and Round the Garden (11 Mar), Travels With My Aunt
(1 Apr), Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory (6 May) and
HMS Pinafore (13 May)
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Residents in the southern parishes can take our Free
Bus to and from five great performances this
season.
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Family Sundays
at Winchester Discovery Centre
Fabulous shows for children
and their families
21 February 11.30am
The Tap Dancing Mermaid
Gather round, gather round for the Moon’s magical,
mystical story about a tippetty-top tap dancer.
For everyone aged 3 to 133!
To book call Winchester Discovery Centre on
01962 873 603 or visit www.hants.gov.uk/wdc
13 March 11.30am
How the Koala Learnt to Hug
Adapted from the best-selling book by Steven Lee.
For ages 3 to 103!
17 January 11.30am
Little Red and the Wolves
Once there was a Girl... and a Wolf.
For ages 5 to105! (Not suitable for under 5’s)
20 March 11.30am
Bec and Tom’s Laundry
Oh pants! It's laundry day! But Bec has other ideas.
For ages 5+
ALL ticket prices £7.50 or
four for £24.00
31 January 11.30am & 1.30pm
The Boy who Bit Picasso
Hands on show introducing the great artist.
For ages 4 to 8
14 February 11.30am & 2.30pm
My Pet Monster and Me!
Lots of fun for little monsters and their grown-ups.
For monsters aged 3 to 7
17 April 11.30am
Curious Creatures
Welcome to the ‘Curious
Creatures’ wildlife park.
For ages 4+
Sponsors & Supporters
Funders
Platinum
Gold
M W R TURNER
Bronze
Winchester
Is your organisation interested in supporting Theatre Royal Winchester?
Contact Head of Development Bryony Hope to discuss options:
[email protected], 01962 844 600 x206.
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Family Friendly Shows
Can you remember the first
show you went to see? Did it
surprise you? Amaze you?
Did you learn
something? Did
you discover
a lifelong
love of
theatre?
We are committed to providing you with
quality family arts experiences and to
encouraging your family to create new
memories and discover, learn and enjoy
performances together.
We want your journey - from seeing
information about a show to sitting with your
children in your seats - to be as easy and as
exciting as possible.
That is why over the coming months we will be
talking to our audiences about how we can
improve your experience of your Theatre Royal.
Make your contribution by emailing
[email protected]
Children
Tuesday
5 April
Sunday 7 February
1.00pm
& 7.00pm
4.00pm
Come and join your
ultimate arts and craft hero
Mister Maker for his first
ever live theatre tour!
Packed full of arty adventures
there’ll be a big 'make' to take
part in, super songs to join in
with, a fabulous supporting
cast, and not forgetting
The Shapes - Mister Maker's
colourful all-dancing friends
Circle, Square, Rectangle and
Triangle!
Mini Makers, get ready to make
some amazing arty creations!
Tickets £15.50. Concessions &
Child £12.00. Family £50.00
(4 inc at least one adult)
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Children
Sunday 28 February 11.00am & 2.00pm
We've all got a monster in
us that wants to go grrrr!
BY DAVID McKEE
A Mercury Theatre
Colchester Production.
It sometimes feels as though
everyone’s just too busy to
listen to little Bernard, but
when he finds a big purple
monster in the garden things
rapidly go from bad to worse.
Expect masks, puppets, music,
possibly the biggest teddy in
the world … oh, and LOTS of
mess!
Tickets £14.00. Family £43.00
(4 inc at least one adult) .
Age Recommendation
3 – 8 years.
Children
Adapted and Directed
by Daniel Buckroyd
Adapted from ‘Not Now, Bernard’,
‘The Two Monsters’ and ‘The
Monster And The Teddy Bear’,
by David McKee.
Tuesday 5 April 7.00pm
C-12 Dance Theatre
Books flying overhead,
free-running on moving shelves
and falling in love – all this in a
library?
An entertaining story of a fight to
save a library that is being closed.
Five performers manipulate the set
and surroundings to create an
innovative piece of dance theatre.
Tickets £13.00. Family £43.00 (four
tickets to inc at least one adult).
Age recommendation: 3+
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Children
Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 April
10.00am, 1.00pm & 4.00pm
A rollicking,
all singing,
dancing
interactive
adventure.
The Daily Telegraph
Surprise! Peppa Pig, George and their
friends are back in Winchester with a
brand new live stage show.
Mummy and Daddy Pig have got a surprise
for Peppa and George- they can't guess what
it is, can you?
A treat for your little
one’s eyes and ears.
Daily Express
Enjoyably inventive.
Time Out
SUMMER
2016
Enjoy fun, games and of course, surprises in
this charming, colourful new show with new
songs and new life size puppets, the perfect
theatre show for all pre-schoolers!
Tickets £18.00. Family £64.00 (4 tickets to
include at least one adult). Schools/Groups
£16.00.
Age recommendation: Up to 7 yrs
31 May-1 June Jungle Book
7-8 June
Tiddler And Other Terrific Tales
24 July
Hairy Maclary's Cat Tales
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SPRING 2016
THEATRE ROYAL
WINCHESTER
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By Gilber
Sullivan
12 - 14 May
23 & 24 May
INVINCIBLE
“Not much theatre makes me laugh
out loud continually but Invincible, a
spiky new comedy of culture clash
and embarrassment from Torben
Betts, is a rare and cherishable
example.”
Evening Standard
“a refreshing, Ayckbourn-style
comedy”
Daily Mail
BOOKING NOW OPEN!
theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk
December 2016
- January 2017