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SUMMER PERFORMANCES 2018
W H AT’S ON Birmingham City University
T H E AT R E
WELCOME TO ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE THEATRE COMPANY’S SUMMER ’18 SEASON
ABOUT ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE
As a result of the recent merger with Birmingham School of Acting, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is now a multi-disciplinary institution of music and acting offering an even greater range of performances from world-class professionals and emerging talent.
Formerly known as Birmingham School of Acting, we are now part of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. With roots as a drama school going back to 1936, we retain the professional outlook and commitment to contemporary training that has seen our acting courses consistently rated amongst the best in the UK.
Comprised of final year students from our acting courses, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company has established a reputation as one of the city’s most exciting outfits. The Company’s composition changes every year, so our seasons are highly eclectic, presenting a wide range of works – some challenging, some moving, some witty, but all with a freshness that comes from working with emerging professional actors. The Company is supported by an energetic and creative production department consisting of a professional Stage Management Team, Property Master, Set Designer and Wardrobe Mistress. Each year, the Theatre Company is directed by professionals who present work nationally and internationally, ranging from productions in the West End to those for the Royal Shakespeare Company. We look forward to welcoming you to our performances. Julian Lloyd Webber Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Stephen Simms Vice Principal (Acting)
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The Way of the World at The Crescent, February 2018, photography by Julia Nottingham
We also train the associated disciplines of Stage Management and Applied Performance, which provides the perfect learning environment to launch your career as a performance industry professional. For more information on Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and its courses, come to an Open Day or visit www.bcu.ac.uk/bsa/opendays To find out what’s on visit www.bcu.ac.uk/events
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The Way of the World at The Crescent, February 2018, photography by Julia Nottingham
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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…
Date
Performance
Venue
Time
Page
4 May 2018
Peter and the Wolf with Sir Lenny Henry
Concert Hall @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
7pm
07
17 May 2018
Sold
Old Joint Stock
7.30pm
05
18 May 2018
Sold
Old Joint Stock
2.30pm & 7.30pm
05
By John Godber
19 May 2018
Sold
Old Joint Stock
5pm
05
Directed by Chris Monks
26 May 2018
Catalogue d’emojis
The Lab @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
8pm
06
6 June 2018
Don Juan in Chicago
Crescent Studio
7.45pm
08
7 June 2018
Don Juan in Chicago
Crescent Studio
2.30pm & 7.45pm
08
8 June 2018
Don Juan in Chicago
Crescent Studio
7.45pm
08
9 June 2018
Don Juan in Chicago
Crescent Studio
5pm
08
13 June 2018
Crimes of the Heart
The Old Rep Theatre
7.30pm
09
14 June 2018
Monteverdi: Madrigals of War and Love
Crescent Studio
7pm
10
14 June 2018
Crimes of the Heart
The Old Rep Theatre
7.30pm
09
15 June 2018
Monteverdi: Madrigals of War and Love
Crescent Studio
7pm
10
15 June 2018
Crimes of the Heart
The Old Rep Theatre
2.30pm & 7.30pm
09
16 June 2018
Monteverdi: Madrigals of War and Love
Crescent Studio
2pm & 7pm
10
16 June 2018
Crimes of the Heart
The Old Rep Theatre
5.30pm
09
Old Joint Stock
21 June 2018
Waste
The Old Rep Theatre
7.30pm
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22 June 2018
Waste
The Old Rep Theatre
2.30pm & 7.30pm
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Thu 17 May: 7.30pm
23 June 2018
Waste
The Old Rep Theatre
5pm
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SOLD
SOLD Sex trafficking and slavery are as big a problem in the UK now as they were when John Godber’s hard-hitting and humane play was first performed in 2007. Two journalists go undercover to investigate the ‘new slave trade’ – but what happens when happily married family man Ray pays sex worker Anja to tell her story, and then decides to ‘rescue’ her?
Fri 18 May: 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sat 19 May: 5.00pm 5
CATALOGUE D’EMOJIS
These events form part of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Opening Festival
PETER AND THE WOLF WITH SIR LENNY HENRY
CATALOGUE D’EMOJIS
Conductor Christopher Houlding
By Michael Wolters and Paul Norman
PETER AND THE WOLF WITH SIR LENNY HENRY
Narrator Sir Lenny Henry
Cobalt Kate Halsall and Fumiko Miyachi Paul Norman and Michael Wolters
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Pops Orchestra Bernstein Wonderful Town: Overture
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Copland Rodeo: Hoe-Down Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Elfman Spiderman Williams Star Wars: Yoda’s Theme, Throne Room and Finale Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Sir Lenny Henry, Chancellor of Birmingham City University narrating Prokofiev’s classic story, Peter and the Wolf.
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The Lab @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Concert Hall @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sat 26 May: 8pm
Fri 4 May: 7pm
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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…
DON JUAN IN CHICAGO
CRIMES OF THE HEART
By David Ives
By Beth Henley
Directed by John Adams
Directed by Vik Sivalingam
Weaving together the story of womaniser Don Juan and the Faust legend, David Ives has constructed this timetravelling comedy.
Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize winning dark comedy, Crimes of the Heart, is a little bit Chekhov and a little bit Eudora Welty. It tells a twangy story of three Mississippi sisters loving, feuding and fussing through a very bad day.
Having planned to spend eternity in scholarly contemplation, Juan finds his time consumed with a relentless search for sexual partners, in which he is abetted by long-suffering valet, Leporello – until finally, as a tiresome fixture on the singles scene in Chicago, he realises sadly, “I have spent my life checking my watch and taking off my clothes.”
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DON JUAN IN CHICAGO
CRIMES OF THE HEART
Babe has just shot her husband; Meg is fresh from a Hollywood psychiatric ward; and poor Lenny celebrates her 30th birthday alone in the kitchen by sticking a candle in a cookie and making wish after desperate wish…and their horse has just been hit by lightning. Henley’s brilliant dark comedy was called “A pure vein of Southern gothic humor” by The New York Times.
Crescent Studio
The Old Rep Theatre
Wed 6 Jun: 7.45pm
Wed 13 Jun: 7.30pm
Thu 7 Jun: 2.30pm & 7.45pm
Thu 14 Jun: 7.30pm
Fri 8 Jun: 7.45pm
Fri 15 Jun: 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Sat 9 Jun: 5.00pm
Sat 16 Jun: 5.30pm 9
MONTEVERDI: MADRIGALS OF WAR AND LOVE
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MONTEVERDI: MADRIGALS OF WAR AND LOVE Conductor Jeffrey Skidmore Directed by Matthew Sharp
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…
WASTE By Harley Granville Barker
Vocalists from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Directed by Lynn Farleigh
With spell-binding intimacy, Father of Opera and Archetypal Troubadour – Claudio Monteverdi – spins epic tales of conquered hearts and lovelorn battlefields. In this staged production, iconic madrigals like Lamento della Ninfa and Tancredi e Clorinda weave together with lesser-known gems to create an Ariadne’s Thread of breath-taking music and compelling drama that traces a path to the core of what it is to love, fight, lose and overcome.
Famously banned by the censors in 1907, Harley Granville Barker’s controversial masterpiece gathers a large ensemble to expose a cut-throat, cynical world of sex, sleaze and suicide amongst the political elite of England. Henry Trebell’s political star is on the rise, then a casual affair results in horrifying consequences. Can he survive?
Crescent Studio
The Old Rep Theatre
Thu 14 Jun: 7pm
Thu 21 Jun: 7.30pm
Fri 15 Jun: 7pm
Fri 22 Jun: 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Sat 16 Jun: 2pm & 7pm
Sat 23 Jun: 5.00pm
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BOOKINGS
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200 Jennens Road, Birmingham, B4 7XR
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Box Office: 0121 359 9444 www.oldreptheatre.co.uk
Station Street, Birmingham, B5 4DY
The Old Rep Theatre
Box Office: 0121 200 1892 www.oldjointstock.co.uk
4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, B2 5NY
The Old Joint Stock
Box Office: 0121 643 5858 www.crescent-theatre.co.uk
Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, B16 8AE (Accessible facilities available)
The Crescent Theatre and Studio
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