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After the smash-hit successes of The Glee Club and Barry Hines’ Kes Cast in association with Right Up Our Street presents Co-directed by Esther Richardson and Lucy Hind
Friday 11 – Saturday 19 September
The story of Doncaster from the dance floor First dances at the Co-op Ballroom through to smooches at Top Rank. Boys on one side of the tracks meet girls from the other at Romeo and Juliet’s, whilst The Beatles play St James’s baths, the Sex Pistols storm Outlook and Bowie rocks Silver Street. Broken heels at Seventh Heaven to broken hearts at Parklands… Taking in dance floor crazes and fashion trends, Dancehall is our story. How we danced through wars hoping soldiers would come home, how we kept going through the strikes. It’s the moves we made through sixteen Prime Minister’s and massive social change. It’s throwing down shapes when our horse won at the St Leger and Dads awkwardly dancing at that street party for the Queen’s coronation. It’s children in Saturday morning classes stepping on stage for the first time, and revellers on Saturday night floors having one last drink.
With a soundtrack playing the music of our time, spanning the last eighty years and featuring twenty-five performers, Dancehall dances through the decades as we revive memories and relive our history. This is dance. This is Doncaster. This is Dancehall.
‘A soar-away stunning interpretation’ The Public Reviews on last year’s Kes
#dancehallDN Main Space, 7.30pm Matinees Sat 2pm / Thu 1.30pm £17 / £14 concessions* £10.50 schools* (pupils only, one free teacher for every ten paying pupils) Right Up Our Street is led by a consortium of Doncaster arts organisations and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England until 2016. rightupourstreet.org.uk * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash
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The Cat in the Hat By Dr Seuss
Thursday 2 – Saturday 4 April From the moment his tall, red and white striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met.
Bouncers COMEDY DRAMA
With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home?
The John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield Written and Directed by John Godber
Thursday 9 – Friday 10 April
Based on the much loved book by Dr Seuss, The Cat in the Hat is a lively and engaging theatre experience for young children.
Following last year’s sell-out performances the international smashhit returns by popular demand.
Play originally produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain. Adapted and originally directed by Katie Mitchell. Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.
Main Space Thu 1pm and 3pm / Fri 11am and 1pm / Sat 11am and 1pm £12.50 adults / £10.50 children* Family 4 ticket £40* (admits a maximum of two full price ticket holders) Groups 10+ £8.50* (plus one free ticket for every ten paid) 40 minutes
Lucky Eric, Judd, Les and Ralph are the original men in black as they tell the tale of one night in a Yorkshire disco. All the gang are out on the town, the boys, the girls, the cheesy DJ, the late night kebab man and the taxi home, all under the watchful eyes of the Bouncers. Multi award-winning play written and directed by John Godber featuring a frightening array of northern talent. Main Space Thu 7.30pm / Fri 5pm and 8.30pm £16.50 / £13.50 concessions*
MUSIC
Joe Longthorne in Concert Saturday 11 April
Beginning his career over three decades ago Joe Longthorne is widely recognised as one of the UK’s top entertainers. His repertoire of voices includes hundreds of the world's top singers, however, he is perhaps best known for his impersonation of Shirley Bassey who says, “Joe can do me better than I can do myself”. ‘The Singer’s Singer’ has albums that have gained gold and platinum status and in this performance he looks forward to singing new songs and old favourites. Main Space 7.30pm £19*
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The Wizard of Oz
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The Good Old Days of Variety
Shone Productions
Mark Andrews Productions
Sunday 12 April
Tuesday 14 April
Click your heels, clap your hands and journey over the rainbow. Dorothy and her cute dog Toto enter the wonderful land of Oz.
The award-winning variety show returns to Doncaster taking you back to the great days of variety entertainment.
Starring Ashleigh and Pudsey, winners of Britain’s Got Talent, as Dorothy and Toto, the hilarious Lloyd Hollet, Hollyoaks’s Laura Handley and featuring a live band, dazzling dance routines and plenty of laughter, this Easter pantomime is the story everyone knows with all new music including well known pop songs.
Headlined by singer, stage and film star Anita Harris, her wonderful career includes starring in Las Vegas, the West End, Carry On films, Royal Variety Shows and working alongside Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise and Kenneth Williams. Backed by a full supporting company of West End singers and a live band.
Main Space 2pm and 6pm £16.50 / £14.50 concessions* Family 4 ticket £54*
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Main Space 1.30pm £14 / £12 senior citizens* Groups 10+ £11.50*
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Stacey Kent
Sunday 19 April Stacey Kent performs songs from her new album The Changing Lights. Her platinum-selling album Breakfast On the Morning Tram was nominated for a Grammy Award. Whilst her follow-up albums Raconte-Moi and Dreamer in Concert have been released in more than 37 countries making Kent a truly international artist. The Changing Lights places Kent’s love for Brazilian music centre-stage, featuring Bossa Nova classics like How Insensitive alongside originals by the songwriting team of Jim Tomlinson and acclaimed novelist, Kazuo Ishiguro. Main Space 7.30pm £19*
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An Opera North and The Wrong Crowd co-production Directed by Hannah Mulder
Friday 24 April Against his mother’s wishes, Lemminkäinen travels to the icy north in search of a bride. There, impossible tasks await him: he must face the Devil’s Elk, the Swan on Death’s River – and in the shadows, an unseen danger lurks. Based on a gripping tale from the Finnish folk epic the Kalevala, Swanhunter is a new chamber opera from two of the world’s leading opera companies. This new production sees Opera North collaborate with the acclaimed theatre company The Wrong Crowd to create an inventive fusion of opera, puppetry and live action. Main Space 7.30pm £19 / £16 concessions* Family 4 ticket £55* (admits a maximum of two full price ticket holders) CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS
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Gandini Juggling Directed by Sean Gandini Choreographed by Ludovic Ondiviela
Friday 1 May Four jugglers and four ballet dancers share a stage for the first time.
JAZZ
The sensational Gandini Juggling returns to its love affair with pure patterns and mathematics with 4x4. Following the international success of Smashed, this new work takes us on fleeting journeys through time and space in a unique dialogue between jugglers and ballet dancers.
The Ronnie Scott’s Story
The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Quintet Saturday 25 April
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s, musical director James Pearson and the ‘All Stars’ present The Ronnie Scott’s Story.
STAND UP
Mixing classic music from the jazz greats who have performed at Ronnie Scott’s – such as Count Basie, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Miles Davis – with tales of old Soho, miscreant musicians, police raids, and the mystery bottle of Mumm Champagne behind the bar.
Stewart Lee
A unique evening celebrating one of the world’s most famous jazz venues, its music, and history.
‘Remains one of the best stand-ups in the country’
Main Space 7.30pm £18.50 / £16.50 concessions*
Main Space 8pm £21.50*
A Room With a Stew Thursday 30 April
A brand new live show with fresh material in preparation for Stewart’s next BBC2 series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.
Directed by world renowned juggler Sean Gandini and choreographed by Royal Ballet dancer Ludovic Ondiviela. Gandini Juggling are at the centre of contemporary circus, reinventing and reinvigorating juggling for the 21st century. Main Space 7.30pm £14.50 / £12.50 concessions* £8.50 under 26s*
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COMEDY THEATRE
Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) Written and Directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor
Wednesday 6 May They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the world’s most celebrated playwright, now the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was born to reduce. Following a hugely successful, critically acclaimed season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Reduced Shakespeare Company set out to reduce the UK to tears of laughter. From the highbrow to the low and everything in-between, the bad boys of abridgment leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes. Main Space 7.30pm £16.50 / £14.50 concessions*
‘Comic gold’ Metro
DANCE
Phoenix Dance Theatre Works by Christopher Bruce CBE, Caroline Finn and Sharon Watson
Wednesday 13 May Mixed Programme 2015 features a double bill by one of the most influential figures in world dance, Christopher Bruce CBE including a brand new work, Shadows and a restaging of the energetic study of life in the 1940s, Shift. The programme also features two world premieres. Phoenix Artistic Director Sharon Watson creates TearFall, a new piece that builds on her exploration of science through dance using mesmerising and athletic choreography. The fourth piece is Bloom by New Adventures Choreographer award-winner Caroline Finn whose work presents darkly comic expressions of life and humanity using a playful, quirky and highly engaging style.
‘Daring, exciting, dynamic choreography’ The Stage
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JAZZ
Clare Teal
and her Hollywood Orchestra celebrate Doris Day Thursday 14 May
Award-winning singer and BBC Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal has always championed the music of the most beloved female singers of the twentieth century. In this spectacular tribute, she celebrates the music of the Queen of Hollywood; the era when she became a worldwide star may be long gone, but the timeless songs endure. Demonstrating Clare’s own distinct, stunning vocal style, and proving what a deep respect she has for their original singer. With her fabulous 16-piece Hollywood Orchestra, Clare has created a show that celebrates one of music’s great stars, with songs including Secret Love, Move Over Darling, Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps, I’ll Never Stop Loving You and Que Sera Sera (What Will Be Will Be).
Main Space 7.30pm £16.50 / £13.50 concessions*
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Elves and the Shoemaker
Doncaster Choral Society
Northern Ballet
Saturday 16 May
Saturday 23 May
Almost 100 singers will be on stage for Doncaster Choral Society’s first performance at Cast. The auditorium will rock to the thrills of Carl Orff’s dramatic and emotionally charged tour de force Carmina Burana; accompanied by four principal percussionists from the National Festival Orchestra and pianist Jonathan Gooing. Doncaster Minster Choristers join in the fun singing the roasted swan’s solo, directed by Darren Williams. Leonard Bernstein’s jazzy Chichester Psalms and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue are also featured. Dr Simon Lindley conducts with vocalists Debra Morley and Phil Willcox leading the line-up.
After the sell-out successes of Ugly Duckling and Three Little Pigs, and the TV adaptations for CBeebies, Northern Ballet presents their latest ballet for children, Elves and the Shoemaker.
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A poor and kind-hearted shoemaker receives some much-needed help when his last piece of leather is transformed into the most magnificent pair of shoes overnight. He discovers that not only are the shoes beautiful; they are also magical. Who is the mysterious maker of these marvellous shoes? Retelling the famous Brothers Grimm story, Elves and the Shoemaker is the perfect opportunity to introduce your little ones to live ballet, music and theatre.
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Main Space 12.30pm and 2.15pm £8.50 / £5.50 concessions* 40 minutes FOLK
Eliza Carthy and Tim Eriksen
Main Space 7.30pm £14.50 / £6.50 under 18s*
Sunday 24 May
BALLET
Madame Butterfly
Two phenomenal folksong voices from either side of the Atlantic perform songs with a rare, raw passion and tangible energy.
with Perpetuum Mobile
Mercury Prize nominee Eliza is one of the most engaging performers of her generation and has recorded with a diverse array of artists including Paul Weller, Richard Hawley, Patrick Wolf and Peggy Seeger.
Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 May
Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel and dance tunes.
Northern Ballet Madame Butterfly choreographer David Nixon OBE | music by Puccini Perpetuum Mobile choreographer Christopher Hampson | music by Bach
‘Europe’s leading dance actors’ captivate you through a mix of powerful storytelling and classical dance as Northern Ballet perform two breathtaking ballets in one evening.
Northern Ballet transports you to Japan as the Company presents its much-loved and heartbreakingly tragic Madame Butterfly, specially adapted to give audiences a more intimate experience. The inspiration for the world famous musical Miss Saigon, the story of Madame Butterfly tells of the doomed love affair between an American Naval Lieutenant and his young Japanese bride, Butterfly.
Together they form a powerhouse duo that is, in turns, hilarious and heartbreaking, intense and joyful. Main Space 7pm £17.50 / £14.50 concessions*
Perpetuum Mobile (Perpetual Motion) doesn’t tell a story but does show off the dancers at their athletic best. The incredible strength and prowess of Northern Ballet’s dancers will leave you breathless. So let Northern Ballet’s uniquely expressive dancers sweep you away for an evening of unrivalled storytelling, dance and live music.
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Main Space 7.30pm £18.50 / £16.50 concessions* £10.50 under 26s* (limited availability) * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash
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Wayne McGregor | Random Dance FAR
Thursday 11 June Wayne McGregor’s anatomy-defying choreography and groundbreaking approach across dance, science, film, music, visual art and technology has fuelled a string of truly unique works. FAR is no exception. Inspired by the controversial Age of Enlightenment, FAR mines an era that first placed ‘a body in question’.
FOLK MUSIC / DANCE
The Demon Barbers XL Disco at the Tavern Saturday 30 May
Following their hugely successful performances of The Lock In the winners of the BBC Radio 2 Best Live Act return with a new repertoire, extra band members and a modern twist to their multi-award-winning roadshow.
Ten incredible dancers confront the distortions, sensuality and feeling of the eighteenth Century’s searing contemporary sensibility to a score by electronic artist Ben Frost, in a mesmerising environment of shadow and light by Random International and Lucy Carter, with costumes by Moritz Junge. Main Space 7.30pm £18.50 / £16.50 concessions*
Featuring the UK’s most exciting clog, sword, hip hop and break dancers and incredible folk band The Demon Barbers, this is the live folk music and dance spectacular of the year.
PERFORMANCE
That is All You Need to Know Wednesday 17 June
‘...the award-winning folk band The Demon Barbers… supply the floor-shaking live music that alone justifies the price of the ticket’
This stunning piece of visual theatre tells the story of Bletchley Park and the untold secrets of the remarkable men and women who cracked the enigma code.
The Independent (The Lock In)
Total Theatre Award-nominated Idle Motion take you back to 1940s England, to the eccentric country house whose grounds, filled with chess champions, Oxbridge graduates and young debutantes, was the melting pot of Britain’s greatest minds.
Main Space 7.30pm £16.50 / £14.50 concessions* £13.50 dance groups* MUSIC
Claire Vinkesteijn
Inventive staging and captivating storytelling combine in a celebration of humanity’s ability to solve the impossible, to crack the most complex of problems, and of the extraordinary people whose quiet work changed the course of our history.
Live in Concert Friday 12 June
Doncaster-born singer/pianist Claire Vinkesteijn performs her dynamic live show accompanied by her nine-piece band.
Developed in association with The Lowry, Jacksons Lane, Greenwich Theatre and Redbridge Drama Centre.
In 2013 Claire was a finalist in hit TV show Holland’s Got Talent, has recently performed a sell-out concert in Las Vegas and has just released her second single on iTunes. Featuring songs by Adele, Alicia Keys, Dusty Springfield and Dolly Parton along with original material and some dazzling virtuoso piano arrangements. All funds raised at this performance will be donated to Neo-Natal charities.
Main Space 7.30pm £15.50 / £12.50 concessions*
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‘Exhilarating theatre’ British Theatre Guide Main Space 7.30pm £15 / £13 concessions* THEATRE
Nirbhaya
Thursday 4 – Saturday 6 June ‘One of the most powerful and urgent pieces of human Theatre Review rights theatre ever made’ Page 10...
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Works by Kerry Nicholls, Theo Clinkard, Douglas Thorpe (Mad Dogs Dance Theatre) and Luca Silvestrini (Protein Dance)
Thursday 25 June Verve promises a theatrical, highly physical performance by twelve dancers trained at some of the world’s leading conservatoires in a eclectic mix of works choreographed by some of dance’s most celebrated artists. Four unique and breathtaking pieces see the dancers pushed to their physical limits in a dynamic, powerful and compelling evening of dance theatre. This is the future of British Dance.
‘...the quality of the pieces in which they perform is consistently high’ Dance Europe Main Space 7.30pm £14.50 / £12.50 concessions*
SMASH-HIT COMEDY MUSICAL
Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 July Winner of the Tony Award Triple Crown for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.
‘The best musical of the decade’ Sunday Times
Following five years in the West End, sell-out runs worldwide and a smash-hit tour in 2014 (packed with mischief, bad behaviour and political incorrectness) this hugely entertaining show is coming to Doncaster.
Hilarious, cheeky and uproariously entertaining, with a terrific batch of songs performed by a cast of hugely talented performers and puppets, Avenue Q is a musical like no other.
Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (Co-creator of Book of Mormon and writer of the songs for Disney’s Frozen) Avenue Q is an irresistibly charming musical which tells the story of the loveable characters on a downtown New York street trying to make sense of life’s burning issues.
Caution: Not suitable for little monsters
Main Space Tue – Thu 7.30pm / Fri 5pm and 8.30pm / Sat 2.30pm and 7.30pm £25.50 / £23.50 concessions*
‘You’d be a muppet to miss it!’ Edinburgh Evening News
* Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash
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the best of Music Dance Literature comedy fashion art & Design from the UK & South Asia Southbank Centre’s Alchemy is an annual festival exploring the cultural links between the UK and South Asia. From AR Rahman to Anoushka Shankar, over five years Alchemy has presented a host of stellar artists, one-off collaborations, ground breaking premieres, as well as supporting up and coming talent. This year, Alchemy comes to Doncaster. Southbank Centre has worked with three key national partners – Cast, Black Country Touring and Oldham Coliseum Theatre – to collaboratively develop a bespoke Alchemy programme for regional audiences.
ALCHEMY INSPIRES Throughout the main festival day at Cast – Saturday 6 June – our space will be transformed with a feast of events, happenings and pop up stalls that celebrate the vibrancy and stories of Alchemy. Join us for free events alongside ticketed performances as all our spaces come to life in a truly unique celebration.
Together we are premiering the projects as part of Alchemy 2015 in Doncaster, The Black Country, Oldham and London. For more information on Alchemy visit southbankcentre.co.uk/alchemy For the full programme of events at Alchemy Doncaster please visit castindoncaster.com #AlchemyFest #AlchemyDoncaster
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OCCASIONALLY WE SKYPE Saturday 6 June Occasionally We Skype
What do you get when you combine global families with mobile phones, performers with iPhones and the accident of one person’s birth with another person’s reality? Occasionally We Skype explores what it means to exist in a digitally connected, globalised world, where we have so many ways in which we can communicate with other people, but seem increasingly to live in our own separate worlds.
THEATRE
NIRBHAYA
An Assembly, Riverside Studios and Poorna Jagannathan Production Written and directed by Yaël Farber
Thursday 4 – Saturday 6 June A dramatic performance based upon a true incident and the life events of the performers. On the night of December 16, 2012 a young woman and her male friend boarded a bus in urban Delhi heading for home. What followed changed the lives of these two people and countless others forever. Internationally acclaimed playwright and director Yaël Farber creates a searing new work that cracks open the silence around women whose lives have been shattered by gender-based violence. With an extraordinary cast and creative team from India, Farber brings us a blistering evocation of that terrible night and the ripples of change it set in motion. Winner of 2013 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, Scotsman Fringe First Award and a Herald Angel.
‘One of the most powerful and urgent pieces of human rights theatre ever made’ The Herald
‘Powerful and incredibly moving’ The Independent
Main Space Thu & Fri 7pm, Sat 1pm only £17 / £14 concessions* £10.50 schools*
Using Kathak dancers, musicians, spoken word, iPhones, theatre and a live VJ, Occasionally We Skype brings together the combined talents of the Sonia Sabri Company and Black Country Touring, with support of Wolverhampton Arena Theatre and Sampad in a unique and compelling new show. Second Space 3pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
THEATRE
UNITED COLOURS OF FRUSTRASIAN Saturday 6 June In a room a man sits at a table, his heart beating like a rhythm tapped out on a tabla. With every beat he remembers a moment of his past and a dream he had for his future. Is this a mid-life crisis or merely a moment of reflection? Fusing together live music, storytelling and a party that everyone’s invited to, United Colours Of FrustrAsian explores our journeys in a witty and poignant exploration of identity; who we are and who we might become. Directed by Kully Thiarai (Kes, Obama The Mamba, Veil), with design from Shanaz Gulzar (Veil, Adept) and performances from Inder Goldfinger (Fun-Da-Mental) and Ezra Khan (Trespass Against Us, National Theatre, Complicite). In an ever-polarising world where your colour, faith and gender carry preconceptions, what happens when we unite and ask the question “are we really all that different”? Second Space 6pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
MUSIC / COMEDY / DANCE
VARIETY IS THE SPICE THE VERY BEST OF BRITISH ASIAN MUSIC, COMEDY AND DANCE
Saturday 6 June The best in British Asian entertainment unite to showcase their different talents. The lineup features top bands, online sensations and TV stars. Variety through and through, the line up includes international singer-songwriter Hussnain Lahori, Britain’s Got Talent’s Michael Jackson dance tribute sensation Signature and a fusion of Asian and Britpop styles with seven-piece band AlphaNomega. Hosting the night is actor and comedian Mani Liaqat, winner of the Great Indian Laughter Challenge UK, known for his bizarre rants, portly figure, witty voice and mixture of Punjabi/Urdu/Hindi and British humour. Main Space 8pm £14.50 / £12.50 concessions*
THEATRE
KNIVES, FORKS AND FINGERS
THE LIVES OF (M)OTHERS
Saturday 6 June Mothers. They bear us. They nurture us. They feed us. Theirs is often the first name we speak. South India passes many of its traditions from mother to daughter, perhaps most crucially that of food. Fed with our mother’s fingers, we learn as we eat. Food is all about stories and, for the immigrant generation, a fundamental axis between heritage and the here and now. Knives, Forks and Fingers celebrates the timeless bond between the generations of women through the filter of food. We work with Hardeep Singh Kohli and storytellers from Oldham, Doncaster, The Black Country and London to explore and celebrate a national adventure of storytelling, food and our mothers. 12noon, 2pm and 5pm Free
Knives, Forks and Fingers
United Colours of FrustrAsian
Alchemy Doncaster is a touring project in partnership with Cast, Black Country Touring, Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Southbank Centre. It is generously supported by Arts Council England and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
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INTERACTIVE CHILDREN’S ADVENTURE
Emergency Story Penguin A Dep Arts production in association with Slung Low
Monday 6 – Friday 10 April
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COMEDY
Cast Comedy Club
A Very Good Friday Special Friday 3 April
Paul Sinha
From ITV’s The Chase and voted Best Club Comic by Chortle.
Adam Rowe
Former Liverpool Comedian of the Year.
‘A comedy natural’ Liverpool Echo
Second Space 8pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions* Tables for 4 £72 (including drinks)* CLASSICAL MUSIC
Ensemble 360
The Emergency Story Unit is a secret organisation that deploy at a moment’s notice to wherever in the world there’s a story emergency. And today you get to have a look around their state of the art submarine. A submarine powered only by song! When news arrives of a stranded penguin all the way down in Antarctica, with your help maybe, just maybe, the penguin can be saved and tell his story once again. But you’re going to have to be brave. And clever. All aboard! There’s a story to save! An interactive adventure for young audiences and their families. Second Space 1pm and 3pm Morning perfs Mon, Thu and Fri 11am £8.50 adults / £5.50 children* 60 minutes
‘A work of pure genius’ Edinburgh Guide
Music In The Round
Saturday 11 April Britten Phantasy Quartet, Op 2, for Oboe and String Trio Elgar Allegro for Oboe and String Trio Beethoven Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ WoO 28 for Oboe, Violin and Viola Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 An intimate concert performed in the round with the audience on all sides of the musicians. A regular favourite in our programme, the concert ends with a masterpiece from the end of Beethoven’s career: a work of breathtaking innovation that has at its heart the vast ‘Heilige Dankgesang’, written during the composer’s recovery from a near-fatal illness.
‘Eleven international musicians, brimming with body and soul with passion, vitality and virtuosity, whose performances never cease to amaze’ The Independent
Second Space 7pm £12.50 / £8.50 under 26s and students*
COMEDY DRAMA
Waiting for Stanley
Reform Theatre Company in association with Harrogate Theatre and Cast By Mark Whiteley
Finger in the Pie in association with Greenwich Theatre Performed by Leela Bunce
Thursday 16 – Saturday 18 April & Thursday 23 – Saturday 25 April
Tuesday 21 April
Meet two of Doncaster’s most incompetent criminals. Friends Steph and Barry have never been model citizens, but they are finding it increasingly hard to stay on the straight and narrow. When the pair decide to turn their hands to housebreaking it has hilarious consequences. From the company that brought the sell-out I Í Doncaster and Kissing Sid James comes a comedy about shopping deliveries, a dead budgie and realisation that a life of crime isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions* Matinees Sat 18 Apr 2.30pm / Thu 23 Apr 1.30pm
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THEATRE
Thick as Thieves
Taking you back to 1945 and a railway station platform where a wife is anxiously waiting for her husband, Stanley, to return from the front. Throughout this touching physical comedy, suitcases transform into radios, cribs, typewriters and a whole host of other props; clowning and puppetry combine to paint a picture of how life was for London’s women during the war. This one woman show is based entirely on real-life experiences.
second Second Space 2pm and 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle JKL Productions
Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 May The city burns in the heat of civil war. A servant girl sacrifices everything to protect an abandoned child. When peace is finally restored, the boys mother comes to claim him. Calling on the ancient tradition of the Chalk Circle, a comical judge sets about resolving the dispute. In a political culture of corruption and deception, who wins? Written by the grand master of storytelling and peopled with vivid and amusing characters, this play is one of the greatest of the last century. This lively translation is by award winning playwright Alistair Beaton. Doncaster’s JKL Productions present a faithful rendering of Brecht’s masterpiece. This amateur production is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.
Second Space 7pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
The Hemline Index
We Can Be Heroes
Portmanteau
Wednesday 13 May
Sometimes We Play in association with LittleMighty
In 1984: second-wave feminism, economic boom and mini skirts. 2014? Fourth-wave, underemployment, the mid-length.
This is a show about facing your fears and becoming a super hero.
Set in a fitting room, The Hemline Index is a funny, fast-talking piece of theatre that delves into the minds of two twentysomething women as they contemplate work, relationships and expectations. The question is, has a lot changed in 30 years?
Thursday 14 May
Teenagers Patrick and Mark spend their days dodging school bullies, reading comic books and dreaming of escape from their small town home. Then they meet Mr Smith – a real-life super hero, with his own costume and canine sidekick.
Inspired by real events and featuring Theatre that bridges the generation original live music, We Can Be Heroes is a gap between mothers and daughters, Portmanteau share stories through verbatim charming and surprisingly moving story. text, movement, spoken word and original ‘A truly delightful show’ music. The Public Reviews Development supported by Theatre Delicatessen, Tony Loy Trust, with thanks to Rokit London.
Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*
Development supported by ARC Stockton; Theatre in the Mill, Bradford; Live Theatre, Newcastle; and The Lowry, Salford Quays
Second Space 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions* PERFORMANCE
Muscovado BurntOut Theatre By Matilda Ibini
Wednesday 20 May
COMEDY
Cast Comedy Club
A scorching new play about slavery in nineteenth century Barbados, Muscovado tells the interconnected stories of a planter family and their slaves, shedding light on the British involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Friday 15 May
James Dowdeswell
Award-winning wit from Russell Howard’s Good News, Extras, The World Stands Up and many more.
Penella Mellor
‘A dark-edged set... a top comic in waiting’ Chortle
space Second Space 8pm £10.50* Tables for 4 £72 (including drinks)*
‘Really powerful’
BBC Radio 1
Shortlisted for The Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play of 2014, a heady mix of sexual intrigue, piercing choral music and extreme racial tension combine in an unflinching portrayal of life on a sugar plantation in 1808. With live original music and an atmospheric soundscape. Developed with support from V&A Museum, Arts Council England and Farnham Maltings.
Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions* * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash
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MUSICAL
De Profundis Actual Size Written by Paul Dale-Vickers with additional lyrics by Alastair Brookshaw
Thursday 21 May De Profundis is a one act musical monologue, a dramatisation of the letter Oscar Wilde wrote to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) from his prison cell in Reading Jail. Examining Wilde’s psychological and emotional state as he reflects on his actions, it offers heartbreaking and deeply profound observations on the nature of love and forgiveness.
‘This is one of the great musicals of the century’ Remotegoat
Second Space 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
PERFORMANCE
Benefit
A play by Sarah Woods Cardboard Citizens
Tuesday 2 June Three interwoven stories unlock the frustrations and passions of characters struggling with their bank balances, their addictions, their histories and their own sense of self. A coup in a country half a century ago, a disability that leaves a woman speechless, and a sex addiction that’s destroying a relationship link three characters in a carefully crafted story about lives and loves and the social systems they have come to depend upon. From one of the world’s leading practitioners of forum theatre, comes a type of interactive theatre that empowers the audience to change the action that plays out in front of them.
GENRE
TheMusicBomb Live Sine FM and Higher Rhythm
Saturday 23 May With a line up of some of Doncaster’s most talented emerging music artists, TheMusicBomb Live is one gig you don’t want to miss... Playing radio performances followed by audience votes, 11 artists made it all the way through this songwriting competition run by Sine FM, recording their tracks to an album at Higher Rhythm. Now they will all be playing at Cast. Artists performing: Alistair Pearson, Carla May, Jim McNally, MangaBros, Bluesy Steve, Passion Play, George Burkill, Ian Walker, Suburban Winter, Becky Banks and Jade Lee Saxelby.
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‘...a theatre company that must surely rank as being amongst the most genuinely life changing in the UK’ What’s On Stage Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*
THEATRE / ART / FILM / DANCE
Festival of Student Performances University Centre Doncaster
Thursday 28 – Friday 29 May Two days of exhibitions and performance from University Centre Doncaster’s final year students. This festival showcases a varied feast of live and recorded work from our newest emerging artists. UCD is proud to present work from BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice, BA (Hons) Dance Practice, HND in Art and Design (Photography) and BA (Hons) Moving Image Production. Throughout Wednesday 27 May there will be a series of free dance performances outside Cast. Inside the building there will be an exhibition of work by students and more information on University Centre Doncaster. Come along and celebrate talent from your local University’s brightest and best! Second Space 7pm Friday, 3pm – screening of original films £5.50 / £3.50 concessions* PERFORMANCE
I Told You This Would Happen Written and performed by Kathryn Beaumont
Wednesday 3 June Girl meets boy. Boy meets... Girl attempts to rewrite script. Meet The Girl: She’s wearing yesterday’s clothes and a look on her face that says you’ll be skipping dinner. She drops a pile of paper on the desk... Meet The Boy: He seems familiar. Someone you’ve met before, in another story. In countless other stories...
Supported by Right Up Our Street – led by a consortium of Doncaster arts organisations and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
A new show that takes a look behind the scenes of the boy meets girl story: less ‘Rom Com’, and more ‘Rom Con’. If love is blind, this show is about taking your blindfold off.
Second Space 8pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
Second Space 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
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GENRE
The Rise and Fall of a Northern Star
Murder One Night Murder One
Written and performed by Stella Grundy
Saturday 13 June
Thursday 4 June
An interactive whodunnit where you are invited to attend Cast for a police reconstruction of the last known movements of a missing girl...
Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll – Tracy Star wanted it all! Born into the depressing landscape of 1980’s Northern Britain, Tracy sought to escape the mediocrity of her life and make something of herself in the burgeoning music scene – with Bowie as her guiding light.
As skeletons tumble from the family closet you’ll be able to question the suspects in person as you move throughout the theatre and bar areas. But beware – one of the family is out to prove that blood is thicker than water...
Tracy Star soon became an indie superstar and then indulgence took its toll...
If you can help, book your tickets by calling the incident room now, and please note – this performance requires you to walk about our spaces to solve the mystery.
Manchester Theatre Award nominated, The Rise and Fall of a Northern Star offers a peculiar blend of comedy and tragedy interspersed with original music and rhythmic pacey dialogue.
‘Compelling performances... audience enthralled throughout!’
‘The storytelling is superb and the soundtrack is fantastic!’ The Public Reviews
Buxton Opera House
Second Space 7pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*
Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions* PERFORMANCE
Crocodiles in Cream Written, devised and directed by David Horlock
Wednesday 10 June A portrait of Lewis Carroll drawing from his diaries, letters, poems and stories. Be taken into the world, half-dream/halfreality, of this complex many-sided figure: mathematician, logician, photographer, poet and storyteller. This moving and compelling one man show has received critical acclaim from around the world, as it looks at the complex and fascinating character of one of the country’s most appreciated authors. Marking the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
‘...lingers long in the memory’ Time Out Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*
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COMEDY / MUSIC
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip Friday 12 June
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip are a strange and wonderful beast of a band. Edgy, poetic, and hilarious. Mik rambles, throws straws and turns venues into his living room. Ben and Jonny look on benignly, and provide an elegant funky rocky wave for Mik to surf on. 2014 saw Mik and the lads appear on Channel 4’s Random Acts, play Belgium, Glastonbury, Port Eliot, Edinburgh Fringe... and a lovely gig at Cast (filled with local teachers). They’ve had a flying start to this year playing to a rapturous crowd of 300 people at the Brudenell Social Club, and headline spots at a number of festivals. All that and a triumphant return to Cast causing yet more havoc! Second Space 8pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
MUSIC
The Big Easy Thursday 18 June
Since its birth, swing has always been music to dance to when you are having a good time. With this in mind, The Big Easy have taken some of the greatest tunes by the giants of swing; Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, Nina Simone and many more alongside music from the early days, classic New Orleans tunes and lively jump-jive numbers – all carefully arranged to give a new and exciting take on a much loved genre. Having played some of the UK’s top venues, festivals and touring throughout the UK, their dynamic performances make them great to watch and perfect for dancing. Second Space 8pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*
* Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash
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PERFORMANCE
COMEDY
Cast Comedy Club Edinburgh Festival Preview Special Friday 19 June
Stephen Carlin
‘Hilarious, delightfully deadpan’ Chortle
Alfie Moore
Star of his own BBC Radio 4 series It’s a Fair Cop and Show Me The Funny. Second Space 8pm £10.50* Tables for 4 £72 (including drinks)* POETRY
Afternoon Tea with Wendy Cope
COMEDY DRAMA / LOCAL TALENT
No More Worries
Cheshire Cats
Apples and Snakes
A Local Drama Company
Wednesday 24 June
Friday 26 – Saturday 27 June
Ever wanted to get away from it all? Kieran is 27 and stuck in a dead-end town. He wants to see the world. Paul is passing through, 55 and on the road again, one holiday snap at a time.
Grown women, aching feet and heaving bosoms! Follow the Cheshire Cats team as they speed walk their way to fundraising success in the London Moonwalk.
No More Worries takes this mismatched couple on a road-trip to the edge. Sometimes, the past is the only thing you can’t leave behind. Simon Mole writes and performs spoken word poetry alongside Peader Kirk’s live art and site-specific performance. Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*
Hilary, Siobhan, Yvonne, Vicky and Maggie are attempting to walk 13 miles across the capital in record time in their decorated bras and posh new trainers, but the sixth member of the team doesn’t seem to meet the physical criteria! Cheshire Cats is a cross between a girl’s night out and a real mission to support a cause close to many hearts, with plenty of laughs and a few tears along the way. A minimum of £1.50 from each ticket sold will be donated to Cancer Research UK. Presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.
Second Space 7.30pm Saturday Matinee 3pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*
Saturday 20 June
A completely fresh and entertaining setting for a poetry reading from the bestselling phenomenon. The idea of a slightly seditious but seriously good moan about life’s little irritations over a biccy and a cuppa with Wendy has proved unfailingly popular. Wendy reads a hilariously dissatisfied and ironic set either side of afternoon tea, with a question and answer session to round off the event plus an after-show book signing. In an ambience akin to a cosy fireside reading Wendy charms and amuses with her poetry. At times sharp and punchy, at times soft and contemplative. Second Space 3pm £18* (includes afternoon tea)
PERFORMANCE
21,000 Miles of Rail Performed by Hannah Butterfield
Thursday 2 July A one-woman show that playfully explores encounters that can only happen when we are travelling by train. The work is concerned with travel by rail in the north of England, but was initially born out of a slightly unusual experiment… Hannah spent ‘a working day’ observing people passing through Leeds Station. She sat for hours, watching, imagining, and remembering. She thought about time, about travel, and about the effect of modern ticket barriers on notions of romance. She was a witness to all sorts of things. She waited. She spoke to no one. Taking you on a number of routes, through a number of stations, following a number of people making their way... somewhere. Developed in association with ARC, Cast, Doncaster and stage@leeds
Second Space 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
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COMEDY MUSICAL
Satin ‘n’ Steel By Amanda Whittington Directed by Gareth Tudor Price
Friday 3 – Saturday 4 July
Second Space 7.45pm Saturday Matinee 2.30pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions* COMEDY
Cast Comedy Club Edinburgh Festival Preview Special Friday 10 July
Justin Moorhouse
From Live At The Apollo, Phoenix Nights, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, his own Radio 4 show Everyone Quite Likes Justin and more.
Scott Bennett
‘The highlight of the evening, naturally hilarious’ Broadway Baby
Second Space 8pm £10.50* Tables for 4 £72 (including drinks)*
Crazy Creatures
8 3–
Set against a world of one-night gigs in sleazy northern clubs, this gritty comedy features a sensational mix of classic pop songs including Daydream Believer, The Wind Beneath My Wings, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Time After Time, I Will Survive, Johnny B Goode and many more.
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When Karaoke singer Teena White meets veteran pro, Vince Steel, both their lives are set to change. Together, they form the duo Satin ‘n’ Steel, and a journey of clubs and cruises re- ignites Vince’s flagging career. As Teena’s dreams of fame and fortune seem on the verge of reality, a dark secret threatens to burst the showbiz bubble for good.
Ensemble 360 and Narrator Polly Ives Music In The Round
Saturday 11 July Music in the Round’s new commission by their award-winning Children’s Composer in Residence, Paul Rissmann, brings to life the two brilliant children’s stories The Duck With No Luck and A Cat Called Scratch by Jonathan Long and Korky Paul.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Ensemble 360 Music In The Round
Saturday 11 July Mozart Flute Quartet in C, K285b Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello, Op 7 Roussel Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Op 40 Beethoven Piano Trio in G, Op 1, No 2 Ensemble 360 offer another varied programme of music ‘in the round’. Framed by one of Mozart’s charming flute quartets and by one of Beethoven’s first published works, the remarkable Duo by Zoltán Kodály was written in 1914. The influence of Hungarian traditional music is apparent throughout, but it’s hard not to hear hints of the impending catastrophe of the First World War in the first movement. Roussel’s cool, neo-Classical Trio is by turns athletic and unhurried. Second Space 7pm £12.50 / £8.50 under 26s and students*
With lots of audience participation, fabulous image projections from the books and brilliant playing from wonderful musicians, this concert will delight young audiences, families and friends of all generations in equal measure. Second Space 3pm £8.50 adults / £6.50 children* Family 4 ticket £27*
(admits a maximum of two full price ticket holders)
60 minutes DRAMA / LOCAL TALENT
Treasure Island
JKL Youth Theatre By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Phil Willmott Directed by Kevin Spence
Thursday 16 – Saturday 18 July Get ready to walk the plank, sail the high seas and embark on the adventure of a lifetime! Phil Willmott’s adaptation of this classic novel is a delightfully funny, action packed adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat and roaring with laughter. Piratical adventures, buried treasure and swashbuckling action.
‘Jolly, swashbuckling pantomime-like fun’ Evening Standard This amateur production is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.
Second Space 7pm £8.50*
* Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash
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DANCE/LOCAL TALENT
Sparkling variety performances from local dance and stage schools.
Come On Over Cre8ive Dance Academy
Monday 6 – Tuesday 7 April Main Space 7pm Tuesday matinee 2pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
Dance, Dance, Dance Susan Teale School of Dance
Friday 17 – Saturday 18 April Main Space 7pm Saturday matinee 2pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
Dangerous Donna Anderson School of Theatre Dance
Sunday 3 – Monday 4 May Main Space 7pm Monday matinee 2pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
Uptown Phunk H.E.R.S. Crew
Thursday 28 May
masterclasses
Aimed at the beginner, emerging artist and professional artist alike, our masterclasses offer insight into different areas of live performance and are led by industry experts.
Biomechanics
The Movement Mode
Led by Chloe Whitehead
Right Up Our Street
Saturday 18 April
Saturday 2 – Monday 4 May
Meverhold’s Theatrical Biomechanics is a unique approach to movement training. His ideas were fundamental to modern theatre and have influenced major directors such as Peter Brook, Grotowski and Brecht.
A unique weekend opportunity to gain insights into leading contemporary UK movement practice. Sessions focus on parents and toddlers (led by TC Howard); different abilities (led by Candoco Dance Company); older people (led by Caroline Lamb, Striking Attitudes).
Chloe Whitehead, Director of Proper Job Theatre Company, has been studying Biomechanics with Russian Master Gennadi Bogdanov since 1995 and is founder of Talia Theatre, an international touring company specialising in Biomechanics. Having used the technique in contemporary theatre both as an actor and a director, she is now a PhD student with the University of Huddersfield. All levels of experience / Ages 16+ 2pm – 5pm £4*
A must for students and movement practitioners or anyone aged 16+ interested in learning new skills – including parent and toddler sessions. Further details and booking information are available at rightupourstreet.org.uk. Right Up Our Street is led by a consortium of Doncaster arts organisations and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
summer school
Main Space 7pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
Monday 20 – Friday 24 July / Monday 27 – Friday 31 July
Dance to the Stars 2015
Ever wanted to find out more about how theatre works? Are you thinking that a career in theatre might be for you? Do you just want something different to do this summer? Then join our Summer School.
Reach for the Stars School of Dance
Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 June Main Space 7pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*
Dancisco Sherri Wood School of Dance
Saturday 27 – Sunday 28 June
Main Space 7pm £12 / £10 under 16s and senior citizens*
Classes are led by professional theatre makers and skills will be developed in music, drama and dance combined or backstage technical aspects (depending which path you choose). Each week will finish with a sharing of work in a performance for an invited audience including friends and family. Sessions run each day from 10am – 4.30pm and you must be available for the whole week. Please book early as places are limited. £95 (includes lunch each day) w/c Monday 20 July: 17 – 25 years / w/c Monday 20 July: 12 – 16 years
PANTOMIME
Sleeping Beauty Friday 4 December – Sunday 3 January create a Christmas treat with more magic In a far away land, long ago, lived a king and his fair queen, for many years they had longed for a child... After the success of Cinderella and Aladdin, this year’s festive offering promises live music, beautiful costumes, with mayhem and song combining to
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Main Space £18 / £15 concessions* Family 4 ticket £60* (admits a maximum two full price ticket holders)
Groups 10+ £14.50, groups 30+ £13.50* Preview Fri 4 Dec 7pm, all seats £13.50* EARLY BIRD OFFER: £1 off tickets before 1 May 2015
IMAGE FROM ALADDIN AT CAST
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Have a tour of our space
For the most up to date information on our accessible performances please contact our Box Office on 01302 303 959.
Cast offers Tea and Tour events throughout the year. Join us to have a look in the backstage spaces not normally on view, from down under our stage right up to the fly tower above. Afterwards enjoy afternoon tea in our café bar.
How to get here
As a fully working theatre our tour schedule varies to fit around our performances, visit castindoncaster.com or call 01302 303 959 for up-to-date details. Tea and Tours currently scheduled are on the following dates (allow two hours for the whole experience): Wednesday 22 April 2pm Monday 11 May 2pm Monday 15 June 2pm Tuesday 14 July 2pm Advance booking recommended due to limited availability on each tour.
Cast is located in Doncaster’s new Civic and Cultural Quarter. This is in the Waterdale part of the town centre. We are the big, copper fronted building on the new Sir Nigel Gresley Square. Our address is: Cast, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU We are just a short walk from the Train Station and Bus Station. For parking the Civic Quarter Car Park is just a short walk across the Square. This car park offers special tariffs including a £2 evening tariff for our patrons. Car park address: College Road, DN1 3JH apcoa.co.uk/carparks/civic-quarter
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season diary
MUSIC (p14)
United Colours of FrustrAsian
Second Space 8pm
Second Space 6pm
Sat 23 May CHILDREN’S THEATRE (p4)
The Cat in the Hat Thu 2 – Sat 4 April
Main Space Thu 1pm & 3pm, Fri / Sat 11am & 1pm SOLD OUT (p12)
Cast Comedy Club Fri 3 April
Second Space 8pm CHILDREN’S ADVENTURE (p12)
Emergency Story Penguin Mon 6 – Fri 10 April
Second Space 1pm & 3pm Mon, Thu & Fri 11am also DANCE / LOCAL TALENT (p18)
Come On Over
Mon 6 – Tue 7 April Main Space 7pm Tue matinee 2pm
COMEDY DRAMA (p4)
Bouncers
Thu 9 – Fri 10 April Main Space Thu 7.30pm, Fri 5pm & 8.30pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC (p12)
Ensemble 360 Sat 11 April
Second Space 7pm MUSIC (p4)
Joe Longthorne in Concert Sat 11 April
DANCE / LOCAL TALENT (p18)
Dance, Dance, Dance
Fri 17 – Sat 18 April Main Space 7pm Sat matinee 2pm
MASTERCLASS (p18)
Biomechanics Sat 18 April 2pm
JAZZ (p5)
Stacey Kent Sun 19 April
Main Space 7.30pm THEATRE (p12)
Waiting For Stanley Tue 21 April
Second Space 2pm & 7.45pm
VARIETY (p4)
Tue 14 April
Main Space 1.30pm COMEDY DRAMA (p12)
Thick as Thieves
Thu 16 – Sat 18 April & Thu 23 – Sat 25 April
Second Space 7.45pm Sat 18 Apr 2.30pm, Thu 23 Apr 1.30pm
DANCE (p6)
MUSIC / ART / FILM / DANCE (p14)
Phoenix Dance Theatre Wed 13 May
Main Space 7.30pm PERFORMANCE (p13)
The Hemline Index Wed 13 May
Second Space 7.45pm
STAND UP (p5)
Stewart Lee Thu 30 April
Main Space 8pm CIRCUS (p5)
Fri 1 May
MASTERCLASS (p18)
The Movement Mode
Sat 2 – Mon 4 May DANCE / LOCAL TALENT (p18)
Dangerous
Sun 3 – Mon 4 May Main Space 7pm Mon matinee 2pm
Thu 14 May
Main Space 7.30pm PERFORMANCE (p13)
We Can Be Heroes Second Space 7.45pm
Cast Comedy Club
COMEDY THEATRE (p6)
Reduced Shakespeare Company Wed 6 May
Sat 16 May
Main Space 7.30pm PERFORMANCE (p13)
Muscovado
Main Space 7pm FOLK MUSIC / DANCE (p8)
The Demon Barbers XL Sat 30 May
Main Space 7.30pm PERFORMANCE (p14)
Benefit
PERFORMANCE (p14)
I Told You This Would Happen Wed 3 June
Second Space 7.45pm THEATRE (p11)
Wed 20 May
Second Space 7.45pm BALLET (p7)
Madame Butterfly with Perpetuum Mobile Thu 21 – Sat 23 May Main Space 7.30pm
Nirbhaya
Thu 4 – Sat 6 June Main Space 7pm Sat 1pm only
PERFORMANCE (p15)
The Rise and Fall of a Northern Star Thu 4 June
Second Space 7.45pm
MUSICAL (p14)
De Profundis
SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S (p10)
Thu 21 May
Second Space 7.45pm CHILDREN’S BALLET (p7)
Main Space 12.30pm & 2.15pm
DANCE / LOCAL TALENT (p18)
Second Space 7.45pm
CHORAL (p7)
Sat 23 May
Second Space 7pm (Thu & Fri), 3pm (Fri), daytime events Wed
Tue 2 June
Second Space 8pm
Elves and the Shoemaker
Wed 27 – Fri 29 May
Thu 28 May
Carmina Burana
Main Space 7.30pm
Festival of Student Performance
Uptown Phunk
JAZZ (p6)
Clare Teal
Sat 25 April
EASTER PANTOMIME (p4)
The Good Old Days of Variety
Main Space 7pm
Fri 15 May
Main Space 7.30pm
Main Space 2pm & 6pm
Second Space 7pm
JAZZ (p5)
Main Space 7.30pm
Sun 12 April
Main Space 8pm
Thu 7 – Sat 9 May
Sun 24 May
COMEDY (p13)
4x4
The Wizard of Oz
Variety is the Spice
Fri 24 April
The Ronnie Scott’s Story
MUSIC / COMEDY / DANCE (p11)
Eliza Carthy and Tim Eriksen
OPERA (p5)
Main Space 7.30pm
Sat 6 June
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Thu 14 May
Swanhunter
FOLK (p7)
DRAMA (p13)
THEATRE (p11)
TheMusicBomb Live
Alchemy, Doncaster Sat 6 June All day
DANCE (p11)
Occasionally We Skype Sat 6 June
Second Space 3pm
Main Space 7.30pm
Sat 6 June
THEATRE (p11)
Knives, Forks and Fingers Sat 6 June
12noon, 2pm & 5pm PERFORMANCE (p15)
Cast gratefully acknowledges support from:
The Alchemy tour is generously supported by:
Wed 24 June
Second Space 7.45pm DANCE (p9)
Verve
Thu 25 June
Main Space 7.30pm COMEDY DRAMA / LOCAL TALENT (p16)
Cheshire Cats
Fri 26 – Sat 27 June
Second Space 7.30pm DANCE / LOCAL TALENT (p18)
Dancisco
Sat 27 – Sun 28 June
Crocodiles in Cream
Main Space 7pm
Second Space 7.45pm
21,000 Miles of Rail
Wed 10 June DANCE (p8)
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance
PERFORMANCE (p16)
Thu 2 July
Second Space 7.45pm COMEDY MUSICAL (p17)
Thu 11 June
Satin ‘n’ Steel
MUSIC (p8)
Second Space 7.45pm Sat matinee 2.30pm
Main Space 7.30pm
Claire Vinkesteijn Fri 12 June
Fri 3 – Sat 4 July
MUSICAL (p9)
Main Space 7.30pm
Avenue Q
COMEDY / MUSIC (p15)
Main Space 7.30pm Fri 5pm & 8.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip Fri 12 June
Second Space 8pm MYSTERY (p15)
Murder One Night Sat 13 June
Second Space 7pm DANCE / LOCAL TALENT (p18)
Dance to the Stars Sat 13 – Sun 14 June
Tue 7 – Sat 11 July
COMEDY (p17)
Cast Comedy Club Fri 10 July
Second Space 8pm FAMILY CONCERT (p17)
Crazy Creatures Sat 11 July
Second Space 3pm CLASSICAL MUSIC (p17)
Main Space 7pm
Ensemble 360
PERFORMANCE (p8)
Second Space 7pm
That is All You Need to Know Wed 17 June
Sat 11 July
DRAMA / LOCAL TALENT (p17)
Main Space 7.30pm
Treasure Island
MUSIC (p15)
Second Space 7pm
Thu 18 June
Summer School
The Big Easy Second Space 8pm COMEDY (p16)
Cast Comedy Club Fri 19 June
Second Space 8pm
Thu 16 – Sat 18 July TAKE PART (p18)
Mon 20 – Fri 24 July & Mon 27 – Fri 31 July NOW BOOKING (p3)
Dancehall
Fri 11 – Sat 19 Sept
POETRY (p16)
Main Space See inside for times
Sat 20 June
Sleeping Beauty
Afternoon Tea with Wendy Cope Second Space 3pm
Alchemy Cast is a touring project in parternship with:
PERFORMANCE (p16)
No More Worries
PANTOMIME (p18)
Fri 4 Dec – Sun 3 Jan
castindoncaster.com for details