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Cathy JANUARY
Wednesday 18 January ▸ 7.45pm
CARDBOARD CITIZENS
Tickets £12.50 (£10.50 concs) SECOND SPACE
Cardboard Citizen’s poignant and intimate new play by award-winning playwright Ali Taylor, explores resonances in today’s society with the story told in the ground-breaking Ken Loach film, Cathy Come Home, 50 years ago.
The Pitmen Poets Friday 20 January ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £18.50 MAIN SPACE
The Pitmen Poets return to celebrate the songs, humour, and culture of the North East’s coal mining tradition. Bringing together four of the region’s leading champions of musical heritage Billy Michell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham and Jez Lowe.
The Jive Aces with Amy Baker Saturday 21 January ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £16.50 (£14.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Legendary swing jive group, The Jive Aces (Britain’s Got Talent) present their high-energy music and spectacular stage show for the very first time in Doncaster. ‘Absolutely Brilliant!’ Simon Cowell. 4 I www.castindoncaster.com
Wednesday 1 February ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £16.50 (£14.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Malta’s national contemporary dance company present a double bill of works by critically acclaimed choreographers Iván Pérez (Kick the Bucket) and Artistic Director Mavin Khoo (HOME).
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The Magic of Motown Friday 3 & Saturday 4 February ▸ 8pm Tickets £23.50 (£22.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Join the party as this scintillating show returns to celebrate the legend of solid-gold artistes the Supremes, Temptations, Jackson 5, Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and more. Extra date added due to popular demand! Saturday performance sold out!
The Swinging Blue Jeans Wednesday 15 February ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £18 (£16 concs)
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The iconic 60s Mersey band The Swinging Blue Jeans bring their ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’ to Doncaster for one night. A sensational 60s experience featuring all their major hits including ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’, ‘You’re No Good’, ‘It’s Too Late Now’ and ‘Don’t Make Me Over’.
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FEBRUARY Wednesday 8 - Friday 10 February ▸ 7.30pm Thursday matinee ▸ 2.30pm Tickets £18.50 (£16.50 concs & matinee) MAIN SPACE
Emily and Oliver are as southern as they come and following their relocation to a small Northern town, worlds collide to hilarious consequences over dinner with their Northern neighbours. Following the award-winning Get Carter, writer Torben Betts returns with this smash-hit comedy produced by Original Theatre Company (Birdsong, Three Men In A Boat, Night Must Fall). 6 I www.castindoncaster.com
★★★★ ‘A refreshing, Ayckbourn-style comedy’ DAILY MAIL
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Sandman
Wednesday 1 February ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE A compelling and visceral re-imagining of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s gothic story The Sandman. This intense and immersive show fuses high energy storytelling, expressive physicality and puppetry.
Getting Better Slowly
Wednesday 15 February ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£8.50 concs) SECOND SPACE This moving and positive personal story charts the journey of recovery from a debilitating disease, told through movement, sound and spoken word.
#haters
Wednesday 8 February ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Inspired by real events, #haters explores impulsive acts, opt-outs and the changing faces of our neighbourhoods in the wake of urban regeneration. A bittersweet tale of humour, tenderness and compassion.
All the Little Lights
Thursday 16 & Friday 17 February ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Poignant, moving and darkly funny, this awardwinning new play tells the searing story of three girls slipping through the cracks in society. In a world where nobody wants you, what would you do to survive?
Two Man Show
Thursday 9 February ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£8.50 concs) SECOND SPACE At times the performers will be naked
Fringe First Winners RashDash return with a playful new show about gender, masculinity and language in which two women, play two women, playing two men.
Spillikin A Love Story
Wednesday 22 February ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE A love story with a real robot. Prepare to have your heart broken by this 5* sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show. Stay after the show for a Q&A with the robot.
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The Sooty Show Wednesday 22 February ▸ 11am & 2.30pm
Tickets £12.50 adult, £10.50 child MAIN SPACE
Izzy Wizzy let’s get busy - it’s The Sooty Show! Direct from CITV, join Sooty, Sweep and Soo in this fabulous new show to delight the whole family. There’s also a chance to meet Sooty after the show!
Halfway to Paradise –
The Billy Fury Story Thursday 23 February ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £20.00 MAIN SPACE
Billy Fury performs once more onscreen, with his own original band. Now in its 20th year and still furiously rockin’, the Fury’s Tornados re-live his timeless hits - ‘Last Night Was Made For Love’, ‘I Will’, ‘Jealousy’, ‘Halfway to Paradise’, ‘Wondrous Place’ and many, many more. With the stunning Colin Gold as Fury.
Hysteria
by Terry Johnson Tuesday 28 February – Wednesday 1 March ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £16.50 (£14.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Sigmund Freud has retired to leafy Swiss cottage but when Salvador Dali pays a visit and discovers a naked woman in the closet, eye-popping mayhem ensues. London Classic Theatre revive this Olivier Award-winning farce. 8 I www.castindoncaster.com
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Home
Tuesday 28 February ▸ 11am & 1.30pm Tickets £12.50 with 1 free carer per ticket (very limited capacity, ages 13+)
SECOND SPACE Frozen Light present a tale of unexpected friendship for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities.
Convicts and Lunatics
Thursday 9 March ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£8.50 concs) SECOND SPACE A double bill featuring Red Ladder Theatre Company’s critically acclaimed onewoman musical drama, followed by feminist, comedy dance at its best, by Gracefool Collective.
Thisbe
Thursday 2 March ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Door Ajar Theatre’s sequel to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream where the daughter of Helena and Demetrius discovers there was never a truer word spoken than ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’.
A Place Called Happiness
Friday 10 March ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Comedian Debs Gatenby takes you on her journey off the sofa into the world in the pursuit of something called happiness.
Outside the Box –
A Live Show About Death Wednesday 8 March ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) Ages 13+
SECOND SPACE This taboo-busting show combines mercurial tales, miraculous truths, a hint of history and some pithy commentary on the funeral industry.
The Problem of Perspective
Saturday 11 March ▸ 7pm Tickets £5 SECOND SPACE The Problem of Perspective takes a distinctly northern perspective on the moving image, featuring selected films and guest speakers.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR EVERYONE FEBRUARY / MARCH
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An Audience with Lesley Garrett Saturday 11 February ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £20.50 (£18.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Join Britain’s most popular soprano for a delightful evening of song, reminiscences and a unique insight into her life on the stage.
Opera North Happily Ever After
Saturday 18 February ▸ 10.30am, 11.45am & 1.30pm Tickets £8.50 adult, £5.50 child DRAMA SPACE
Join Opera North for an enchanting storytelling experience. Led by an actor and musician, children and families will explore music in our magical indoor tent.
Music in the Round
The Chimpanzees of Happytown Saturday 25 March ▸ 2pm
Tickets £8.50 adult, £5.50 child SECOND SPACE
Join Ensemble 360 and narrator Polly Ives for this brilliant children’s concert, based on the book by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees.
Ensemble 360 Saturday 25 March ▸ 7pm Tickets £13.50 (£9 under 26) SECOND SPACE
Join Ensemble 360 for an evening of sumptuous string music including Schubert’s String Trio in B flat D471, Debussy’s String Quartet and the sparkling Dvorak String Quintet in G Op.77. 10 I www.castindoncaster.com
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La traviata Verdi
Wednesday 8 – Thursday 9 March ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £20 (£18 concs) MAIN SPACE
Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose present their critically acclaimed new English version of La traviata. Set in prohibition-era of 1920s America, La traviata tells the story of Violetta, a so-called ‘fallen woman’ who sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her lover’s family and future.
‘Compelling... striking music theatre of considerable integrity and force’ ★★★★ THE GUARDIAN B OX O F F I C E
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Undermined
Wednesday 15 March ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Experience events like the infamous Orgreave through the eyes of young miner Dale, as he takes you through his personal story inviting you into the action.
Sophie Willan: On Record
Friday 24 March ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Comedian Sophie Willan grew up in and out of care. At 23, the state unexpectedly delivered all of her personal files. This rising star explores who she is today in her smash hit stand-up comedy show.
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Dominic J Marshall Trio
Much Further Out Than You Thought
Savages
Pat McCarthy Quartet featuring Shanon Reilly
Thursday 16 March ▸ 8pm Tickets £12.50 (£10.50 concs) SECOND SPACE Jazz pianist and composer Dominic J Marshall and his trio present their enigmatic myriad of jazz, classical, hip-hop, soul, folk and everything in between. Featuring Sam Vicary on bass and Sam Gardener on drums.
Thursday 30 March ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Lo-Giudice Dance present a gripping journey of wild love, loss and sacrifice, a mysterious world captured by physical, passionate choreography and dance theatre.
Thursday 23 March ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE A powerful and heartbreaking one-man play, which looks at the devastating effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when a soldier returns home from Afghanistan.
Wednesday 5 April ▸ 8pm Tickets £12.50 (£10.50 concs) SECOND SPACE The Pat McCarthy Quartet has performed with some of the great names in jazz and here make their Doncaster debut.
Featuring familiar comedy club circuit faces and the UK’s best upcoming comedians, Cast’s monthly Comedy Club is Doncaster’s unbeatable Friday night out.
COMEDY CLUB
Cast Comedy Club
Friday 10 February
Gavin Webster & Steve Bugeja ▸ Nathan Caton
Friday 17 March
Nathan Caton & Scott Bennett Friday 14 April
Steve Shanyaski & Hayley Ellis Friday 19 May
Seymour Mace & Brennan Reece Thursday 8 June ▸ Paul Sinha
Paul Sinha - Edinburgh Festival preview & Kieran Lawless Friday 14 July
Jo Caulfield - Edinburgh Festival preview & Sean Moran ▸ 8pm
▸ Jo Caulfield
Tickets £10.50 per person. Make a night of it with a table for 4, only £72 including drinks and pub snacks. SECOND SPACE (acts subject to change)
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Menopause the Musical Thursday 2 March ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £22
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Starring Cheryl Fergison (EastEnders), Maureen Nolan (The Nolans) and Rebecca Wheatley (Casualty). Four women with seemingly nothing in common, meet by chance and make fun of their woeful lives experiencing ‘The Change’ and their problems with forgetfulness.
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Count Arthur Strong The Sound of Mucus Friday 3 March ▸ 8pm Tickets £21.50 MAIN SPACE
Komedia Entertainment and Live Nation Using stories and other things that are secret, BBC Radio 4’s Count Arthur Strong, showbiz legend, pays tribute to one of the best musicals he can remember. Uniquely recreating the salient and poignant moments for your enjoyment.
2Faced Dance Company - RUN Tuesday 14 March ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £16.50 (£14.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
A gritty and explosive brand new triple bill featuring works by world class choreographers Tamsin Fitzgerald, Lenka Vagnerová and newcomer Rebecca Evans. Each piece looks at notions of fear and our responses to fear. 14 I www.castindoncaster.com
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch Sunday 12 March I, Claude Monet Sunday 9 April The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism Sunday 7 May Michelangelo: Love and Death Sunday 18 June
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Exhibition on Screen 7pm
Tickets £5 SECOND SPACE
Ross Noble Thursday 16 March ▸ 8pm Tickets £25
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Everybody’s favourite randomist is back. As always Ross has lots of stuff backing up in his head and it’s time to let it all out. Famed for his super quick freewheeling style and highly imaginative flights of fancy, a Ross Noble show is always an unmissable event.
EM Forster’s The Machine Stops Tuesday 21 – Wednesday 22 March ▸ 7.45pm Wednesday matinee ▸ 1.30pm Tickets £12.50 (£10.50 concs) SECOND SPACE
Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal present EM Forster’s dystopian masterpiece, a chilling prediction of our increasingly complex relationship with technology. Adapted for the stage by Neil Duffield. B OX O F F I C E
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The Good Old Days of Variety Tuesday 21 March ▸ 1.30pm
Tickets £15 (£13 concs, £12 groups 10+) MAIN SPACE
Returning with a fabulous brand new show, legendary comedy entertainer Billy Pearce takes you back to the good old days of variety! Featuring a company of West End singers, live musicians and lots of songs to sing along with.
The Manfreds Friday 24 March ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £20
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There she was just a walkin’ down the street, singing Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do! One of the most popular, and instantly recognisable, songs of the 60s is brought to life in this exciting concert by original Manfred Mann members Paul Jones, Mike Hugg, Tom McGuinness and friends.
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Pam Ayres Saturday 25 March ▸ 7.30pm
Tickets £21.50 MAIN SPACE
Following a sell-out performance in 2014, Pam Ayres returns to Doncaster with her iconic hair-trigger timing, her eye for the detail of everyday life and for the absurdity therein. Her funny and approachable style makes for an art that hides art and a thoroughly enjoyable evening. 16 I www.castindoncaster.com
Thursday 30 March ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £14.50 (£12.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Burton vividly presents the life of Richard Burton in his own words from humble beginnings to Hollywood mega-stardom. Beautiful women (not least Liz Taylor), alcohol, wealth, stage and screen are the threads woven into this sad, happy, exuberant often hilarious one-man show.
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The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Friday 31 March ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £18.50 (£16.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars combine world-class live jazz, narration and rare archive images, for a unique concert celebrating ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Soho Songbook’.
Mark Murphy’s V-TOL
Out of this World Friday 28 April ▸ 7.30pm
Tickets £16.50 (£12.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Genre-defying action packed theatre from acclaimed writer and director Mark Murphy. Set within a world of projected film and animation, it combines his signature mix of ground breaking aerial choreography, original text and explosive special effects. B OX O F F I C E
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John Godber’s
The Empty Nesters’ Club Tuesday 11 – Thursday 13 April ▸ 7.30pm Wednesday matinee 2.30pm Tickets 18.50 (£15.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield present the inaugural meeting of The Empty Nesters’ Club. If your children have left home and the nest is empty, this is the group for you! Vicky will share her story of empty bedrooms, fresher’s flu, boyfriends, long goodbyes, motorway service stations and trips to Ikea; and how she fought back to be the woman she is today: exhausted! 18 I www.castindoncaster.com
APRIL Wednesday 19 – Thursday 20 April ▸ 6pm Thursday matinee ▸ 2.30pm Tickets £16.50 (£14.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
All the fun and frolics of panto come to Sherwood Forest this Easter as Robin Hood and his Merry Men battle to outwit the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham. This starstudded spectacular features Gareth Gates, The Bill’s Graham Cole and Zippy and George from Rainbow. B OX O F F I C E
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Disgusting Doncaster!
Gypsy Queen
Offside
The Devil Speaks True
Life By The Throat
Something Terrible Might Happen
Friday 7 April ▸ 10am & 1.30pm Saturday 8 April ▸ 2.30pm & 7pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Discover the hideous history of Doncaster from dastardly deeds in Donny market to the stinky secret of Mallard in this fun family show.
Tuesday 25 April ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Using wireless headphones, 360 degree binaural sound design and often complete darkness, this immersive production mixes real words of ex-servicemen with the text of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. 20 I www.castindoncaster.com
Wednesday 12 April ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE • AGE 15+ A bare knuckle fighter leaves his traveller roots behind to embark on a career as a professional boxer. When he meets an openly gay boxer at his new gym he discovers that the greatest fight lies outside the boxing ring.
Wednesday 26 April ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE • AGE 14+ Former Coronation Street actor Eve Steele channels the life of James Joseph Patrick Keogh in a performance that is spectacular, funny and heartwrenching.
Thursday 13 April ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Inspired by the extraordinary experiences of real female footballers, Offside tells the story of two modern professional female footballers as they seek to find a future in the game, through exploring its past.
Thursday 27 April ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Join us for a night of laughing in the face of fear and playing games with the things that really scare us. Part theatre, part stand-up - be careful; something terrible might happen.
The Ella Fitzgerald Legacy
Saturday 29 April ▸ 7.30pm
Tickets £20.50 (18.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
From swing to sublime ballads, BBC Radio 2’s Clare Teal and her Mini Big Band celebrate Ella Fitzgerald with music from the Great American Songwriters including Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin, interspersed with Clare’s warm and witty storytelling.
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Clare Teal and her Mini Big Band:
NT Connections Tuesday 2 – Thursday 4 May WHOLE VENUE
Cast is taking part in the National Theatre Connections Festival 2017! Each year the National Theatre asks ten writers to create new plays and this year 10 Northern youth theatre groups will perform them on stage at Cast.
Sing-a-long-a Dirty Dancing Saturday 6 May ▸ 7.30pm
Tickets £15.50 (£13.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Join Baby and Johnny in a fun-filled screening of the 1987 dance classic film where YOU are the stars of the show. Our host will lead a vocal warm up, show you how to use your free interactive prop bag and have you dancing really dirty. This is a 15 certificate event.
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‘The most brilliantly effective spine-chiller you will ever encounter’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
Monday 8 – Saturday 13 May ▸ 7.30pm Wednesday & Thursday matinee ▸ 1.30pm Saturday matinee ▸ 2.30pm Tickets £18.50 (£16.50 concs and matinees) MAIN SPACE 22 I www.castindoncaster.com
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A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a woman in black, engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul.
The Cast
It all begins innocently enough, but then, as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds.
David Acton
Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation. This gripping production, directed by Robin Herford, is a brilliantly successful study in atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror.
Matthew Spencer
‘A masterpiece’ THE GUARDIAN
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Hypochondriac! (On the Sick)
Thursday 4 May ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE A one-woman comedy show about crying wolf, attention seeking and fake illness. With silly songs and idiotic dances this funny and sensitive short play is a touching roller coaster of a crying wolf coping with cancer.
Spring Reign
Wednesday 17 May ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Syria has descended into civil war and Aleppo is besieged. Based on real-life accounts collected from Syrian refugees, aid workers, activists, journalists and photographers.
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Ventoux
Thursday 11 May ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE 2Magpies present Ventoux is a restaging of the dramatic battle between Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani in the Tour de France 2000 on Mont Ventoux. Featuring a pair of road bikes, stunning footage of Mont Ventoux and actual race commentary.
Hopeless Romantics
Thursday 18 May ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Alan is single, very single. When his parents invite the family for dinner, he asks the girl on work experience to pose as his girlfriend for a night that will never be forgotten.
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip
Friday 12 May ▸ 8pm Tickets £12 (£10.50 concs) SECOND SPACE • AGE 15+ Glastonbury regulars Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip are an edgy, funny, poetic unit who play rock and roll stand up. ‘The best live band I have seen all summer’ Gideon Coe, BBC 6Music
Declaration
Wednesday 7 June ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE • AGE 14+ Art with Heart’s Declaration is a curious, colourful and candid exploration of ADHD, Mental Health and Diagnosis. Featuring comedy, storytelling and conversations with audiences.
The Searchers Tickets £20 MAIN SPACE
The Searchers return to Doncaster for one night only with a show of their classic hits including ‘Sweets For My Sweet’, ‘Needles and Pins’, ‘Don’t Throw Your Love Away’, ‘Sugar and Spice’ and ‘When You Walk In The Room’. Combined with anecdotes and reminiscences, this fully self-contained concert includes all their famous music and more.
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Sunday 7 May ▸ 7.30pm
The Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show Friday 19 May ▸ 7.30pm
Tickets £18.50 (£16.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
The Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree is back on the road with his One Man, 21 Women show. Presenting a glamorous evening of hysterical comedy, amazing vocal impersonations including Adele, Cher, Joan Collins, Lady Ga Ga, Bjork, Shirley Bassey, Camilla and even the Queen! Ceri brings them all lovingly to life.
Some Guys Have All the Luck
The Rod Stewart Story Saturday 20 May ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £20 MAIN SPACE
A fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to international superstar! The show includes all the massive hits from Rod’s incredible career. B OX O F F I C E
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Northern Ballet Thursday 25 - Saturday 27 May ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £18.50 (£16.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Divided by a barbed wire fence, Bruno doesn’t understand anything about where Shmuel lives, or who he is. To him, he’s just a new friend – a boy wearing a pair of striped pyjamas. This unlikely friendship blossoms against the backdrop of the unthinkable events of World War II. 26 I www.castindoncaster.com
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Rehearsed Reading Medusa Wednesday 24 May ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £5
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Following on from the success of Nosferatu in 2015, Medusa will be the second part of Proper Job Theatre Company’s Monster Trilogy.
Northern Ballet
Goldilocks & the Three Bears Saturday 27 May ▸ 12.30pm & 2.30pm Tickets £8.50 adult, £5.50 child MAIN SPACE
Bringing this classic children’s story to life, Goldilocks & the Three Bears is the perfect opportunity for your little ones to enjoy live ballet, music and theatre.
Jay Phelps Quartet Friday 2 June ▸ 8pm
Tickets £12.50 (£10.50 concs) SECOND SPACE
Top Canadian trumpeter and Ronnie Scott’s regular, leads his fiery swingin’ quartet here at Cast. Led by trumpeter Jay Phelps, JPQ is a band that explores the far reaches of the musical world with a strong sense of their jazz background.
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Alchemy returns to Doncaster, filling Cast with a vibrant array of performances, workshops and exhibitions celebrating the rich cultural relationship between the UK and South Asia.
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Tickets £13 (£10.50 concs, £9.50 groups 10+) Family 4 ticket £42 (Max 2 adults) MAIN SPACE
A musical play adapted and directed by David Wood, based on the book by Judith Kerr. The tea-guzzling Tiger roars into Doncaster this summer of 2017. Packed with oodles of magic, sing-along songs and clumsy chaos, this is a stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem... expect to be surprised!
‘This Tiger is the cat’s meow’ ★★★★ THE TIMES
‘A rare and grrreat achievement’ ★★★★ MAIL ON SUNDAY
Illustrations copyright © Kerr-Kneale Productions Ltd 1968
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Bring on The Bollywood Wednesday 31 May - Friday 2 June ▸ 7.30pm Thursday matinee ▸ 2.30pm Tickets £18.50 (£16.50 concs & matinee) MAIN SPACE
Dr Katrina Pawar is compelled to return to her dysfunctional ancestral home for her younger brother’s wedding where mayhem and mischief ensues. A truly British swingin’ affair.
Stewart Lee
Content Provider Friday 16 June ▸ 8pm Tickets £25
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After four years writing and performing his TV show Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, Content Provider is Stewart’s first brand new full-length show since the award-winning Carpet Remnant World.
Crooners Friday 23 June ▸ 7.30pm
Tickets £18.50 (£16.50 concs) MAIN SPACE
Crooners brings parody to the music of the Rat Pack and the American Songbook. Fronted by three of the finest Crooners, and featuring the live on stage 9-piece The Mini Big Band this show will leave you smiling from ear to ear.
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Jungle Book Wednesday 12 – Saturday 15 July ▸ 7pm Thursday matinee ▸ 1.30pm ▸ Saturday 2.30pm Tickets £16.50 (£14.50 concs) MAIN SPACE • AGE 8+
Spectacular street-dance and breathtaking circus combine in this critically acclaimed production from award winning Metta Theatre. Fresh from its international tour Jungle Book will delight the whole family. B OX O F F I C E
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Boris - the Musical! JUNE / JULY
Thursday 15 - Friday 16 June ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE • AGE 15+
Blowfish Theatre present the rise, fall (and rise again) of Britain’s finest politiclown. Mixing biography, farce and satire, and drawing on styles from gospel to punk, tango to ballad, “Boris” is the hilarious anti-musical with something for everyone. R S FO ILIE M A F
Sand House Friday 30 June & Saturday 1 July ▸ 1pm & 7pm Sunday 2 June ▸ 11am & 2pm Tickets £8.50 adults (£5.50 concs & child) Family ticket (2 adult, 2 children) £25 SECOND SPACE • AGE 5+
A new play by Peter Spafford and Carla Starkey of Fifty6 Ninety6 based on Doncaster’s Victorian marvel, the Sand House.
Chris Barber Big Band Friday 30 June ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £20
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Icon of Jazz Chris Barber OBE and his 10-piece band perform everything from blues to late 20’s Ellington, played with extraordinary panache and skill under the theme: Centenary of Jazz.
Scary Sh*t Wednesday 5 July ▸ 7.45pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE • AGES 14+
Scary Sh*t is a show about friendship, being a woman and asking for help. Smashing the UK dance scene, with quirky and outrageous dance theatre, from up and coming choreographer Rhiannon Faith. 32 I www.castindoncaster.com
DANCE SCHOOLS
Dance Schools We’re delighted to welcome so many local dance schools to Cast, their home venue, with hundreds of young dancers taking to the stage every year. Nellie Stagles School of Theatre Dance Winter Wonderland Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 January ▸ 7pm Saturday matinee ▸ 2pm
The Dance Space The Glass Slipper Sunday 5 February ▸ 2:30pm & 6.30pm
Claire Anderson School of Theatre Dance Friday 17 & Saturday 18 February ▸ 7pm Saturday matinee ▸ 2pm
Star Struck Academy Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 March ▸ 7pm
Marilyn Baker School of Dance Friday 17 - Saturday 18 March ▸ 7pm Saturday matinee ▸ 2pm
Cre8ive Dance Academy - GO! Friday 14 & Saturday 15 April ▸ 2.30pm & 6.30pm
Allegro Theatre Dance Academy Sunday 16 - Monday 17 April ▸ 7pm
Stepping Up School of Theatre Dance Friday 21 & Saturday 22 April ▸ 7pm Saturday matinee ▸ 2pm
Marie Newson School of Dance Showtime 2017 Saturday 24 June ▸ 7pm Sunday 25 June ▸ 1.30pm
Sheri Wood School of Dance Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 July ▸ 7pm
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PARTICIPATION
Take part Cast is thrilled to welcome hundreds of people all year round with a range of weekly classes, workshops, performance opportunities and post-show talks. Whether you’re looking to make friends or learn something new, there’s plenty of opportunities to get involved.
Workshops Cast’s workshops offer people the opportunity to explore, discover and learn throughout the year. Activities include fun packed half term drama workshops for ages 5 – 14, and insights into physical theatre with Gracefool Collective.
Masterclasses Cast Masterclasses are aimed at beginners, emerging and professional artists alike and offer insight into the different areas of the performing arts, led by industry experts. This season’s unique opportunities include a Technical Theatre Masterclass with Cast’s Head of Technical, and working with professional theatre makers.
Young Producers Cast’s Young Producer group meet regularly to engage in theatre through a series of workshops and networking events. Join this fantastic group, get your voice heard and your ideas for Cast and the arts realised. Discover more by visiting castindoncaster.com/participation or email takepart@castindoncaster.com 34 I www.castindoncaster.com
PARTICIPATION ‘We’re so excited be launching two new fantastic weekly sessions at Cast, Cast Youth Theatre and the Young Dance Company. It’s a great opportunity for young people to meet new friends from different backgrounds, broaden their horizons and grow in confidence. Our weekly sessions aim to be a really positive, enjoyable and rewarding experience for local children and young people.’ Sarah Clough Head of Participation
Youth Theatre
Young Dance Company
Summer School
Ages ▸ 8 - 16
Ages ▸ 14+
Ages ▸ 8+
Cast’s brand new weekly Youth Theatre with three groups is the perfect opportunity for young people to gain new skills in the performing arts while making new friends.
The Cast’s Young Dance Company is a great way to improve your dance technique through supportive and fun weekly classes.
Cast’s Summer School returns this July for a jampacked schedule of workshops, activities, technical theatre and performance opportunities. B OX O F F I C E
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YOUTH THEATRE
JKL Productions One of Doncaster’s leading amateur theatre companies, JKL Productions has a broad theatrical scope pushing boundaries with their innovative approach to performance. Since Cast’s opening in 2013 JKL have presented a regular programme of exciting work and this season perform two literary adaptations alongside a prestigious World Premiere.
World Premiere
Heaven’s Walk
Friday 3 February & Saturday 4 February ▸ 7.30pm Saturday 4 February & Sunday 5 February ▸ 3pm Tickets £12 (£10 concs) SECOND SPACE Based upon the extraordinary true story of a Doncaster family in the First World War, this thrilling World Premiere brings to life the consequences of a local man’s decision not to fight.
JKL Youth Theatre
Crime and Punishment
Friday 24 & Saturday 25 February ▸ 7pm Tickets £12 (£10 concs) SECOND SPACE A young man is surrounded by the harsh injustices of the world: the grime of poverty and prostitution, unscrupulous pawnbrokers chasing debts, and a sister about to marry someone she does not love to keep her family alive.
JKL Youth Theatre
Grimm Tales
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 July ▸ 6pm Tickets £12 (£10 concs) SECOND SPACE These deliciously thrilling and funny Brothers Grimm tales, adapted by Carol Ann Duffy, feature all your favourite magical stories including Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella alongside less well-known stories for all the family to enjoy. 36 I www.castindoncaster.com
LOCAL TALENT
Local Talent Cast has a commitment to creating opportunities for home-grown talent. This season we’re thrilled to host local, up-and-coming artists, local schools and community groups to showcase their fantastic work.
Let’s Act Drama School Disney’s Mulan Junior
Let’s Act Drama School Annie
One Night Only
New Youth Theatre Madagascar
New Youth Theatre A Night at the Musicals
Doncaster Choral Society The Messiah
Sunday 19 February & Tuesday 21 February ▸ 2pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Come and join Let’s Act Drama School this half term to explore the magical world of Disney’s Mulan Junior.
Sunday 19 & Monday 20 March ▸ 7pm Tickets £13 (£11 concs) MAIN SPACE Spoiled by their upbringing and with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape and find themselves shipwrecked.
Sunday 19 February & Tuesday 21 February ▸ 7pm Tickets £10.50 (£9 concs) SECOND SPACE Let’s Act Drama School invites you to travel to New York and meet enchanting and cheeky little Annie!
Sunday 26 & Monday 27 March ▸ 7pm Tickets £13 (£11 concs) MAIN SPACE New Youth Theatre Seniors and Tots bring you an exciting selection of sequences from some of the most popular musicals of modern times.
Saturday 11 March ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £15.50 (£14.50 concs) MAIN SPACE Doncaster Stage Productions featuring Susan Teale School of Dance. Sit back, relax and enjoy as we offer you a cornucopia of show-stoppers which includes all your favourites from Broadway and the West End. Come along and see a great live stage performance.
Saturday 1 April ▸ 7.30pm Tickets £16.50 (£9.50 under 16) MAIN SPACE Celebrating the 250th anniversary of its first performance, Handel’s glorious music is brought thrillingly to life by Doncaster Choral Society with the National Festival Orchestra, conducted by Simon Lindley.
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DIARY
Season at a glance MAIN SPACE
MATINEE EVENING SECOND SPACE & OTHER SPACES
MATINEE
EVENING
JANUARY WED 18 FRI 20 SAT 21
The Pitmen Poets The Jive Aces
7.30pm 7.30pm
ZfinMalta Dance Ensemble The Magic of Motown The Magic of Motown
7.30pm 8pm 8pm
Cathy
7.45pm
Sandman Heaven’s Walk Heaven’s Walk Heaven’s Walk #haters Two Man Show Comedy Club
7.45pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
FEBRUARY WED 1 FRI 3 SAT 4 SUN 5 WED 8 THU 9 FRI 10 SAT 11 WED 15 THU 16 FRI 17
Invincible Invincible Invincible An Audience with Lesley Garrett The Swinging Blue Jeans
2.30pm
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
Opera North Happily Ever After
SUN 19 TUE 21
Let’s Act Drama School Let’s Act Drama School 11am & 2.30pm
The Sooty Show The Billy Fury Story
TUE 28
Hysteria
7.30pm
Hysteria Menopause the Musical Count Arthur Strong La traviata La traviata
7.30pm 7.30pm 8pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
One Night Only
7.30pm
2Faced Dance Company
7.30pm
Ross Noble
8pm
New Youth Theatre New Youth Theatre Good Old Days of Variety
7pm 7pm
7.45pm 7.45pm 8pm
Getting Better Slowly All the Little Lights All the Little Lights
SAT 18
WED 22 THU 23 FRI 24 SAT 25
3pm 3pm
7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 10.30am 11.45am & 1.30pm 2pm 2pm
7pm 7pm
Spillikin - A Love Story
7.45pm
Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment
7pm 7pm
7.30pm
MARCH WED 1 THU 2 FRI 3 WED 8 THU 9 FRI 10 SAT 11 SUN 12 TUE 14 WED 15 THU 16 FRI 17 SUN 19 MON 20 TUE 21 WED 22 THU 23 FRI 24
The Manfreds
7.30pm
SAT 25
Pam Ayres
7.30pm
SUN 26 MON 27 THU 30 FRI 31
New Youth Theatre New Youth Theatre Burton Ronnie Scott’s All Stars
7pm 7pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
1.30pm
Home
11am & 1.30pm
1.30pm
Thisbe
7.45pm
Outside the Box Convicts and Lunatics A Place Called Happiness The Problem of Perspective Exhibition on Screen
7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7pm 7pm
Undermined Dominic J Marshall Trio Comedy Club
7.45pm 8pm 8pm
The Machine Stops The Machine Stops Much Further Out Sophie Willan The Chimpanzees of Happytown Ensemble 360 Savages
1.30pm
7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm
2pm 7pm 7.45pm
MAIN SPACE
MATINEE EVENING SECOND SPACE AND OTHER SPACES
MATINEE
EVENING
APRIL
SAT 8 SUN 9 TUE 11 WED 12 THU 13 FRI 14 WED 19 THU 20 TUE 25 WED 26 THU 27 FRI 28 SAT 29 MAY TUE 2 WED 3 THU 4 SAT 6 SUN 7 MON 8 TUE 9 WED 10 THU 11 FRI 12 SAT 13 WED 17 THU 18 FRI 19 SAT 20 WED 24 THU 25 FRI 26 SAT 27 WED 31
Doncaster Choral Society
7.30pm Pat McCarthy Quartet Disgusting Doncaster Disgusting Doncaster Exhibition on Screen
Empty Nesters’ Club Empty Nesters’ Club Empty Nesters’ Club Robin Hood - Easter Pantomime Robin Hood - Easter Pantomime
2.30pm
2.30pm
Mark Murphy’s V-TOL Clare Teal NT Connections NT Connections NT Connections Sing-a-long-a Dirty Dancing The Searchers The Woman in Black The Woman in Black The Woman in Black The Woman in Black The Woman in Black The Woman in Black
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
8pm 10am & 1.30pm 2.30pm
7pm 7pm
Gypsy Queen Offside Comedy Club
7.45pm 7.45pm 8pm
The Devil Speaks True Life by the Throat Something Terrible Might Happen
7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm
NT Connections NT Connections Hypochondriac! On the Sick
7.45pm
Exhibition on Screen
7pm
Ventoux Mik Artistik‘s Ego Trip
7.45pm 8pm
Spring Reign Hopeless Romantics Comedy Club
7.45pm 7.45pm 8pm
Medusa
7.45pm
Jay Phelps Quartet Alchemy Declaration Comedy Club Boris the Musical Boris the Musical
8pm Various 7.45pm 8pm 7.45pm 7.45pm
Exhibition on Screen
7pm
6pm 6pm
7.30pm 7.30pm
1.30pm 1.30pm 2.30pm
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
Ceri Dupree Some Guys Have All the Luck
7.30pm 7.30pm
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Goldilocks & the Three Bears Bring on the Bollywood
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 12.30pm & 2.30pm 7.30pm
JUNE THU 1 FRI 2 SAT 3 WED 7 THU 8 THU 15 FRI 16
Bring on the Bollywood Bring on the Bollywood Alchemy
2.30pm
Stewart Lee
7.30pm 7.30pm Various
8pm
SAT 17
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
1.30pm & 4.30pm
SUN 18
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
FRI 23 FRI 30
The Crooners Chris Barber Big Band
11am & 2pm
7.30pm 7.30pm
Sand House
1pm
7pm
SAT 1
Sand House Sand House Scary Sh*t Grimm Tales Grimm Tales
1pm 11am & 2pm
7pm
SUN 2 WED 5 SAT 8 SUN 9 WED 12 THU 13 FRI 14 SAT 15
JULY
Jungle Book Jungle Book Jungle Book Jungle Book
1.30pm
2.30pm
7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm
Comedy Club
7.45pm 6pm 6pm 8pm
DIARY
SAT 1 WED 5 FRI 7