Curve | Large Print Brochure - Summer 2022

Welcome

Hello and a very warm welcome to Curve this Summer.

There is much to celebrate this year and 2022 is fast becoming Curve’s most ambitious programme of work to date. We are proud to share all of this exciting work with you and look forward to seeing you here over the coming months.

Our Made at Curve work takes centre stage this Summer, with a new UK production of the great British musical Billy Elliot and new writing in Finding Home Leicester’s Ugandan Asian Story at 50, both opening in July.

Rehearsals for Lee Hall and Elton John’s masterpiece Billy Elliot are underway, and it’s been a joy to bring the company (55 actors in total!) together to create a brand-new production of this much-loved musical. The combination of Lucy Hind’s exciting new choreography, Michael Taylor’s bold set design, Edd Lindley’s vibrant costumes and George Dyer’s immaculate musical direction, coupled with the raw energy and creativity of one of the most talented group of actors we have ever worked with, makes Billy Elliot a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for anyone who enjoys a trip to the theatre, It’s the perfect show to bring us all together and offers a welcome shot of joy during these challenging times. There’s still time to book tickets and as this will be the only place to see this new production in the UK

this year, we are beyond excited to share it with you here in Leicester.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan South Asian exodus, and a journey that began with trauma for so many. In this historic and hugely important year for our city, we are proud to work with our Ugandan South Asian communities and provide a platform for them to share their unique stories in our upcoming community production Finding Home –

Leicester’s Ugandan Asian Story at 50. Led by director

Mandeep Glover and local writers Chandni Mistry, Ashok Patel and Dilan Raithatha, these plays are a beautiful exploration of stories from the past 50 years and ultimately a celebration of this extraordinary community.

Our Made at Curve drama Maggie May finally appears on our stages. Having been postponed previously due to the pandemic, this incredibly funny and profound play by Frances Poet opened recently in Leeds and has gone on to garner fivestar reviews from critics and audience members alike for its moving exploration of how dementia can touch the lives of so many of us.

In October we welcome back our friends at Frantic Assembly, with their award-winning take on Shakespeare in our coproduction of Othello, Sister Act returns to Curve direct from

London and Associate Artist Aakash Odedra’s Samsara will open at Curve before heading out on tour.

Then we are finally journeying up the yellow brick road and off to the land of Oz. Promising to be the biggest and most extravagant Christmas Made at Curve production to date (wait until you see colin Richmond’s set design!), we are thrilled to be finally bringing The Wizard of Oz to our stage this year. There’s no place like curve at Christmas and we hope you and your family will join us for this spectacular production.

We are also delighted to welcome Dear Santa and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show to our Studio Theatre in December, the perfect presents for your little ones this Christmas.

As well as our Made at Curve productions, there are some fantastic shows visiting us this year including Chess from the National Youth Music Theatre, Mamma Mia! For the very firs time in Leicester, Bugsy Malone and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel to name a few. We are also honoured to welcome the Darbar Fringe to Curve to celebrate the cultural relationship between the UK and the Indian subcontinent through music and performance in Leicester’s newest festival.

We are indebted to our principal funders Arts Council England and Leicester City Council and the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund for supporting Curve throughout the last two years. If it

wasn’t for this crucial investment in Curve, as well as the unwavering support from our audiences and communities, the theatre simply wouldn’t be here today.

Whether you’re seeing a show, taking part in a workshop, creating your own work or simply stopping by to meet friends in our Green Room Café, you’re always welcome and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Chris Stafford Chief Executive Nikolai Foster Artistic Director

Accessing Curve

We warmly welcome customers with all access needs and our building and facilities are accessible for everyone.

Join our free Access Register

Our Access Register Scheme is designed to assist customers with additional needs. We store information on your personal requirements so that you don’t need to resubmit evidence each time you book. Once registered, you may be eligible to one free companion ticket with the standard ticket you purchase for each show.

To join our Access Register Scheme or to find out more, please visit our website www.curveonline.co.uk/access, call the Box Office on 0116 242 3595 or email access@curvetheatre.co.uk.

Access Performances

Captioned Performances (CAP)

At Captioned performances, the actors’ spoken words are shown as visible text via two displays screens on stage, one on each side like subtitles. The text scrolls at the same speed as the dialogue, making it easy to follow with the action on stage.

British Sign Language Interpreted Performances

Our BSL Interpreted performances are presented with British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation. The interpreter will be positioned on either the left or right of the stage throughout the performances, and their position will be confirmed online once available.

Audio Described Performances (AD)

During these performances, audio describers provide a live, verbal commentary on key visual aspects of the show for audience members who are registered severely sight impaired or sight impaired. The description is presented via a personal headset (available from the Box Office) and includes an audio introduction to the show before the performance starts.

Touch Tours (TT)

An accompaniment to our Audio Described performances, Touch Tours are a tactile tour of the stage, costumes and props, offering audience members listening to the audio description even greater access to the performance. Tours usually take place 90 minutes (or earlier) prior to the start of an Audio Described performance.

Dementia Friendly Performances (DF)

Dementia Friendly performances are tailored to meet the needs of people living with Dementia. They include adaptations to the show, clearer visual markers and signage in the physical environment, and a relaxed attitude to movement and audio responses during the show.

Relaxed Performances (RP)

Relaxed performances are open to anyone who would benefit from a less formal performance environment. Audience members can interact with the performance in their own way and, while the theatre doors will close, guests can leave and re enter the theatre at any time. We also make adaptations to the show and reserve a quiet space for anyone needing some time out of the performance.

Other Services

Alternative Brochure Formats

Each season brochure is available in large print (pt. 16 font size), giant print (pt. 18 font size) and as an audio brochure. A Braille brochure is also available by request via our Box Office. Visit our website at www.curveonline.co.uk/access/ for more details.

Wheelchair Spaces

All public areas are accessible to wheelchair users, including lift access to the Circle level, and we have allocated wheelchair spaces for every performance in both the Theatre and Studio Theatre. If you wish to transfer to a theatre seat, we can store the wheelchair during the performance.

Accessible Toilets

Accessible toilets are available on both the Stalls and Circle levels. We also have a Changing Places accessible toilet with adult hoist in the Foyer, next to Door 4 of the Theatre.

Assistance Dogs

Dog spaces are available upon request; please let us know during the booking process and a seat next to the aisle will be reserved for you. Alternatively, a member of our Visitor Experience Team can care for your dog during the performance, and drinking water can be provided.

Accessible Parking

Accessible parking is available on Southampton Street and in the NCP Rutland Centre Car Park adjacent to Curve. We also have a drop-off point on Rutland Street.

Infra-red & Induction Loop Hearing Systems

Assisted listening systems are available in both the Theatre and Studio Theatre. Please ask at the Box Office for a headset. Anything Else?

If there is anything else we can to do to ensure you have an enjoyable time at Curve, please get in touch at access@curvetheatre.co.uk or speak to a member of our Box Office team on 0116 242 3595.

Audio Described Performances with Touch Tours

Billy Elliot The Musical

Saturday 13 August, 2.15pm with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

MAMMA MIA!

Saturday 24 September, 2.15pm with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Bugsy Malone

Sunday 9 October, 1.30pm with Touch Tour from 12 noon

Sister Act

Saturday 29 October, 2.15pm with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Dear Santa

Sunday 11 December, 1.30pm with Touch Tour from 12 noon

The Wizard of Oz

Tuesday 20 December, 2.15pm with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Thursday 5 January, 7.30pm with Touch Tour from 6pm

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show

Friday 30 December, 1.30pm with Touch Tour from 12 noon

Death Drop: Back in the Habit

Thursday 19 January, 8pm with Touch Tour from 6.30pm

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Wednesday 8 February, 7.30pm with Touch Tour from 5.30pm

Girl from the North Country

Saturday 11 March, 2.15pm with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Fisherman’s Friends The Musical

Thursday 30 March, 7.30pm with Touch Tour from 6pm

Noughts & Crosses

Saturday 1 April, 2.30pm with Touch Tour from 1pm

British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted Performances

Maggie May

Saturday 11 June, 2pm

Billy Elliot The Musical

Friday 29 July, 7.30pm

MAMMA MIA!

Wednesday 21 September, 7.30pm

Shakespeare’s Othello

Tuesday 27 September, 7.45pm

Bugsy Malone

Thursday 6 October, 7pm

Sister Act

Friday 28 October, 7.30pm

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Thursday 3 November, 7.30pm

Dear Santa

Sunday 4 December, 10.30am

The Wizard of Oz

Monday 12 December, 7.30pm

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show

Wednesday 28 December, 1.30pm

Death Drop: Back in the Habit

Friday 20 January, 9pm

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Saturday 4 February, 2.15pm

An Inspector Calls

Friday 24 March, 7.30pm

Noughts & Crosses

Saturday 1 April, 7.45pm

Fisherman’s Friends The Musical

Saturday 1 April, 2.15pm

Open Captioned Performances

Maggie May

Thursday 9 June, 7.15pm

Billy Elliot The Musical

Saturday 6 August, 2.15pm and 7.30pm

MAMMA MIA!

Thursday 22 September, 7.30pm

Shakespeare’s Othello

Thursday 29 September, 7.45pm

Bugsy Malone

Friday 7 October, 7pm

The Shawshank Redemption

Saturday 15 October, 2.15pm and 7.30pm

Sister Act

Tuesday 25 October, 7.30pm

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Saturday 5 November, 2.15pm

Dear Santa

Saturday 10 December, 10.30am and 1.30pm

The Wizard of Oz

Thursday 15 December, 7.30pm

Tuesday 27 December, 2.15pm

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show

Friday 23 December, 10.30am and 1.30pm

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Wednesday 1 February, 7.30pm

Girl from the North Country

Thursday 9 March, 7.30pm

An Inspector Calls

Wednesday 22 March, 7.30pm

Dementia Friendly Performances

Maggie May

All performances, Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 June

Billy Elliot The Musical

Thursday 11 August, 2.15pm

The Wizard of Oz

Wednesday 4 January 2023, 2.15pm

Relaxed Performances

Errol’s Garden

Saturday 6 August, 11am, 2pm and 4pm

Billy Elliot The Musical

Sunday 7 August, 1pm

Dear Santa

Sunday 4 December, 1.30pm

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show

Sunday 18 December, 10.30am

Tuesday 27 December, 1.30pm

The Wizard of Oz

Saturday 7 January 2023, 2.15pm

Room on the Broom

Sunday 5 March, 2pm

Hey Duggee

Friday 14 April, 3.30pm

For the latest access performance listings and details of audio describers, captioners and British Sign Language Interpreters as they are confirmed, please visit our website at www.curveonline.co.uk/access.

Drama

A Curve, Leeds Playhouse and Queens Theatre

Hornchurch co production Maggie May

Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 June 2022 | Studio

Maggie May is an inspiring new play with love, laughter and music. Maggie and Gordon first met in 1971 and have been dancing to the sounds of Cliff Richard, Chairmen of the Board and Jackson 5 ever since. Now in their sixties, and still very much in love, they’ve been finishing each other’s songs all their marriage. But now Maggie is feeling foggy and some days the songs are all she can remember. Her son and new girlfriend are coming to dinner and her best friend is asking questions. An extraordinary play about an ordinary Leeds family, balancing the challenges of daily life whilst living with dementia. A heartfelt story of hope by award-winning playwright Frances Poet.

Performance Times

Tuesday – Saturday 7.15pm Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 2pm

Tickets £22 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

2 4 1 for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on Tuesday

7 June, 7.15pm

Groups 6+ £12 tickets

Access Performances

Dementia Friendly

All performances of Maggie May will be Dementia Friendly

Captioned Thursday 9 June, 7.15pm

BSL Interpreted Saturday 11 June, 2pm

July Dance

Tuesday 5 July 2022 | Studio

Sevens, a new triple bill of Bharatanatyam and Kathak dance with live music from one of the UK’s leading choreographers of classical Indian dance.

Conceptualised and choreographed by award-winning Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Nina Rajarani MBE, with an original music score by composers Y Yadavan and Shammi Pithia.

Through the medium of Bharatanatyam and Kathak, and originally composed live music, Sevens will explore the sacred and sometimes sinful, significance of the number seven. From playful and energetic, to soulful and contemplative, the show will take audiences on an emotion-filled and entertaining journey.

Performance Time 7.45pm

Tickets £20 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Drama

Presented by Alexis Gregory and Emmerson & Ward Productions Riot Act

Thursday 7 July 2022 | Studio

Riot Act is a solo verbatim show, created entirely, word for word, out of interviews with three key players in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement; Michael Anthony Nozzi; a survivor of the Stonewall Riots, Lavina Co-op; an alternative ‘70s drag artist, and Paul Burston; ‘90s London AIDS activist. Following several UK tours and a special West End performance, this critically acclaimed audience favourite is a breath-taking, rip-roaring, white-knuckle ride through six decades of queer history, taking the audience right up to the present day.

Riot Act is a celebration of queer activism across the decades, pulling no punches, hilarious and inspiring. It’s a riot!

Show Guidance Age recommendation 15+ - Contains occasional strong language and sexual references.

Performance Time 7.45pm

Tickets £16 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Family

The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland

Friday 8 – Saturday 9 July 2022 | Studio

A new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s magical story. A beautiful new production that views Carroll’s classic story from a different angle. The production features puppetry designs by Matthew Forbes, Associate Puppetry Director of the National Theatre’s award-winning production War Horse. Take a leap down the rabbit hole and enjoy appearances from the story’s beautifully drawn characters, including the fearsome Queen of Hearts.

Show Guidance Age recommendation 3+

Performance Times

Fri 8 Jul 7pm

Sat 9 Jul 11am and 2pm

Tickets £18 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Musical A New UK Production

Billy Elliot the Musical

Wednesday 13 July – Saturday 20 August 2022 | Theatre

For the first time in the UK, the award winning, world renowned Billy Elliot the Musical gets a new look in this Made at Curve production, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Lucy Hind.

It’s the mid 80s. Thatcher is at her most powerful. Men mine and boys box. Until, in a small town in County Durham, a young boy falls in love with ballet. Set amidst the increasingly bitter 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy Elliot the Musical is a tale of determination, acceptance and daring to be different. In a close-knit community where family and tradition means everything, can Billy forge a new destiny and follow his passion?

Based on Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed 2000 film, with music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, this electrifying musical features incredible songs such as Solidarity, The Letter, He Could Be a Star and the show-stopping Electricity.

Guaranteed to make your soul sour, join us this Summer for this celebration of community, being true to yourself and finding the courage to follow your dreams.

Show Guidance Age recommendation 12+ - Parental discretion advised. Please note this performance contains strong language and violence, pyrotechnics, smoke and haze, and smoking on stage.

Performance Times

Tuesday Saturday 7.30pm

Thursday and Saturday 2.15pm Sunday 1pm and 5.30pm

Tickets £56 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets 2 4 1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on Friday 15 July, 7.30pm and Wednesday 20 July, 7pm

Access Performances

BSL Interpreted Friday 29 July 2022, 7.30pm

Captioned Saturday 6 August 2022, 2.15pm and 7.30pm

Relaxed Sunday 7 August 2022, 1pm

Dementia Friendly Thursday 11 August 2022, 2.15pm

Audio Described

Saturday 13 August 2022, with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Music Darbar Fringe

Friday 15 – Sunday 17 July 2022 | Studio

Nicki Wells: Afterglow

Friday 15 July, 7pm

Five innovative artists share a new piece of work following a five-day residency to connect urban, contemporary and classical forms, and create a distinctive new sound.

Colectiva

Saturday 16 July, 7pm

Colectiva explore the spaces between Afro-Latin music and Jazz whilst reflecting on themes of sisterhood and female empowerment.

Anomaly

Sunday 17 July, 6.30pm

Jasdeep Degun’s debut album Anomaly showcases an almost preternatural musicality, a way with technique, improvisation, composition and collaboration that will dazzle purists and newcomers alike.

Drama and Family

Finding Home: Leicester’s Ugandan Asian Story at 50

Friday 29 July – Saturday 6 August 2022

Finding Home marks the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus. In August 1972, Ugandan President Idi Amin ordered the country’s Indian and Pakistani communities to leave within 90 days. Many of the displaced were British citizens and, as a result, around 27,000 people emigrated to the UK, with thousands settling in Leicester.

Finding Home features three new short plays by local writers whose families arrived in the UK from Uganda.

Finding Home Double Bill

Friday 29 July – Saturday 6 August | Studio

Ninety Days by Ashok Patel

Two couples – Wynnie and Joshua and Geeta and Sudesh –

come face to face with the reality of Amin’s orders as the ninety-day deadline nears. Tensions rise and loyalties, friendships and love collide with power, greed and confusion.

For Wynnie, ninety days to choose between following her head or her heart. For Geeta, ninety days to leave everything behind. Influenced by real stories, Ninety Days looks at the journeys of

those caught in the exodus from 1972 to today.

Show Guidance Age recommendation 14+ Please note

Ninety Days contains gunshots, live cooking and descriptions of racism, torture, violence and sexual violence against women.

Call Me By My Name by Dilan Raithatha

An everyday question leads Darshan down a path of discovery into his family’s heritage. As his grandfather and great uncle recollect their arduous and dangerous journey fleeing from the Ugandan exodus and building a new life in Leicester, they begin to contemplate just how much of who they were and who they are can be found in a name.

Call Me By My Name is a heartfelt and moving story of identity, legacy and hope.

Show Guidance Age recommendation 14+ - Please note

Ninety Days contains gunshots, racism, violence and sexual violence.

Performance Times 7.15pm

Tickets £16 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets 2-4-1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on all performances.

Finding Home: Ruka by Chandni Mistry

Saturday 30 July – Saturday 6 August | Studio

Riya and her Mum live an ordinary life in Leicester, until one day Riya’s computer game suddenly leaps to life! As the game plays on, Riya discovers her Mum’s past was not as simple as she always thought.

Fun for all the family, Ruka is a fast and furious way to explore and learn the history of Ugandan Asians coming to Leicester.

Show Guidance Age recommendation 6+ - Please note performances of Ruka contain flashing lights and strobe lighting, loud bangs and mentions of death.

Performance Times 2pm and 4pm

Tickets £14 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets 2-4-1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on all performances.

Finding Home is sponsored by the University of Leicester.

Errol’s Garden

6 August 2022 | Rehearsal Room 2

Errol loves plants so much that he has them growing out of every pot, plan and teacup he can find in his small flat, to the dismay of his family. He knows that plants need water, sunlight and space. They need a garden.

Errol and his sister Tia search through their block of flats for the perfect space and discover a neglected rooftop full of rubbish. After Errol and Tia clean up the space, they imagine building a community garden, but first they will need to convince all of their neighbours to pitch in and help. A grumpy neighbour and some garden pests try to stand in their way, but Errol is determined to make his dreams a reality.

Filled with catchy songs, big ideas and a passion for plants, Errol’s Garden is an interactive musical for audiences aged 3 11 and their grownups.

All performances of Errol’s Garden will be Relaxed.

Performance Times 11am, 2pm and 4pm

Musical National Youth Music Theatre presents Chess The Musical

Wednesday 10 – Saturday 13 August 2022 | Studio

At the height of the Cold War, two of the world’s greatest chess masters, one American, one Russian, are in danger of becoming the pawns of their governments as their battle for the world title gets under way. Simultaneously their lives are thrown into further confusion by a Hungarian refugee, a remarkable woman who becomes the centre of their emotional and political triangle.

Includes the international hit singles I Know Him So Well and One Night in Bangkok. Other well known songs from the score include Anthem, Heaven Help my Heart and Pity the Child.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI www.mtishows.co.uk.

Performance Times

Wednesday Saturday 7pm

Friday and Saturday 2pm

Tickets £32 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Dance

Journeys Festival International

Un Petit Courant D’air / A Little Breeze

Sunday 14 August 2022 | Rehearsal Room 2

Enjoy the new performance by French dance company CNC Danse, led by Nathalie Cornille, which creates spellbinding work for young audiences and adults who are young at heart.

Performing all across Europe, CNC Danse has created a brand new show as part of the Liberty EU programme, based on the freedom of the wind and the blocks that life, occasionally, can place in our way. Join us for this energetic and colourful show of delightful and playful dance.

Un Petit Courant D’air / A Little Breeze is part of Journeys Festival International and the Liberty EU programme which runs across Leicester City Centre from 12 14 August. Journeys Festival International is made possible with support from Arts Council England and the Liberty EU programme is cofunded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

Performance Times 3pm and 4.30pm

Tickets Pay What You Can

Music Talvin Singh and Friends

Saturday 20 August 2022 | Studio

A world-class performance by international acclaimed, Talvin Singh.

Percussionist, producer and composer, Talvin Singh, is renowned for creating the bridge between Indian and electronic music. Drawing inspiration from the classical Indian arts, he has managed to sculpt a unique sonic landscape and taken the Tabla to the cutting edge with the most unimaginable creations. Talvin will be joined by fellow classical musicians in an unmissable, one-off performance.

Aakash Odedra Company will be presenting a short dance by AO2 before the show, showcasing Leicester’s next generation of classical and contemporary Indian dance.

Produced by Inspirate, presented as part of An Indian Summer

Performance Time 7.45pm

Tickets £30 £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Family

An Indian Summer Community Day

Saturday 20 August 2022 | Orton Square

After an extraordinary 10 years, An Indian Summer’s festival extravaganza returns to Curve and Orton Square! Expect an eclectic showcase of outdoor music and dance from classical and contemporary to Bollywood, hip hop and jazz.

Our myriad of family friendly workshops will be open to all including arts and craft, henna and bridal dressing. Taste the four corners of South Asia with a range of food and drink vendors and enjoy the summer vibe.

For knowledge seekers and cultural enthusiasts, there will be a range of talks and films exploring Sufi dance in Pakistan and the 50th anniversary of Asian Ugandan expulsion.

The festival is produced by Inspirate, and supported by Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, Leicester City Council and the British Council.

Event Times 12 noon 8pm Event Price Free

Musical Benny Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus’ MAMMA MIA!

Tuesday 13 – Saturday 24 September 2022 | Theatre

Join in the fun at MAMMA MIA! in Leicester for the very first time!

The ‘ultimate feel good show’ (Classic FM) has already thrilled over 65 million people and now it’s your chance to experience the worldwide phenomenon live on stage at Curve for two weeks only.

Set on a Greek island paradise, a story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of ABBA. Sophie’s quest to discover the father she’s never known brings her mother face to face with three men from her distant romantic past on the eve of a wedding they’ll never forget. This irresistibly funny show has been thrilling audiences all around the world and now there’s never been a better time to see this unforgettable musical in Leicester.

Whatever age you are, you can’t help but have the time of your life at MAMMA MIA!

Show Guidance Age recommendation 6+ - Babes in arms not advised. Occasional use of moderate language.

Performance Times

Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm

Thursday and Saturday 2.15pm

Wednesday 21 September 2.15pm

Tickets £59.50 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Access Performances

BSL Interpreted

Wednesday 21 September 2022, 7.30pm

Captioned Thursday 22 September 2022, 7.30pm

Audio Described

Saturday 24 September 2022, 2.15pm with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Drama

A Frantic Assembly Production, co-produced with Curve Shakespeare’s Othello

Monday 19 September– Saturday 1 October 2022 | Studio

Frantic Assembly presents its award winning and electrifying take on Shakespeare’s tragedy of paranoia, sex, and murder. Othello’s passionate affair with Desdemona becomes the catalyst for jealousy, betrayal, revenge, and the darkest intents.

Frantic Assembly takes Shakespeare’s muscular and beautiful text, combines its own bruising physicality, and presents an Othello firmly rooted in a volatile 21st century. This is a world of broken glass and broken promises, of poisonous manipulation and explosive violence.

As relevant today as it ever was, Othello exposes the tension, fear and paranoia buried beneath the veneer of our relationships and how easily that can be maliciously exploited.

Following highly acclaimed runs in 2008 and 2014, audience favourite Othello returns this autumn with an updated version for 2022.

Performance Times

Monday Saturday 7.45pm

Wednesday 21 September 7pm

Thursday 22, Saturday 24 and Tuesday 27 2.30pm

Monday 26 and Thursday 29 1pm

Tickets £24 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

2-4-1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on Wednesday 21 September, 7pm

Access Performances

BSL Interpreted Tuesday 27 September 2022, 7.45pm

Captioned Thursday 29 September 2022, 7.45pm

Family

Sing-a-long-a The Greatest Showman

Tuesday 27 September 2022 | Theatre

Look out ‘cause here it comes…

From the producers of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music and Singa-long-a Grease comes the smash hit film musical that everyone can’t stop singing.

Cheer on Hugh Jackman and lust after Zac Efron as you experience The Greatest Showman in the greatest way possible with lyrics on the screen so you can join in as loud as you want. And it’s marching on to the beat we drum!

Our live host will teach you a unique set of dance moves that will truly make you come alive as they show you how to use our interactive prop bags. You, the audiences, will rewrite the stars!

It couldn’t be easier or more fun! The first rule of Sing a long a is there are no rules! Fancy dress is strongly encouraged and full audience participation essential.

Please note this is a screening of the movie and not a live stage show.

Performance Time 7pm

Tickets £17.50 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Comedy

Avalon presents Ed Gamble: Electric

Wednesday 28 September 2022 | Theatre

He’s been on the road since February, played three sold out nights at London’s iconic Hackney Empire and now Ol’ Broken Pancreas is charged up and ready to flick the switch on even more nights of attention seeking.

Co-host of the award-winning mega-hit podcast Off Menu with James Acaster, new judge on Great British Menu, Taskmaster champion and host of Taskmaster the Podcast, and has his own special Blood Sugar available worldwide on Amazon Prime. Also seen and heard on Mock the Week (BBC 2), Live at the Apollo (BBC), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), QI (BBC 2), Would I Lie to You (BBC) and Sunday mornings on Radio X alongside Matthew Crosby.

Performance Time 8pm Tickets £21.50 £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Dance

Aakash Odedra Company: Samsara

Saturday 1 October 2022 | Theatre

Aakash Odedra Company, Curve and Bagri Foundation invite you to enter the world of Samsara.

Created and performed by international dance artists Aakash Odedra (UK/India) and Hu Shenyuan (China); they draw upon the diverse disciplines of ballet, Chinese folk, kathak and contemporary dance.

Immerse yourself in the energy and skill of these two extraordinary dancers, and the live music of composer and singer Nicki Wells (UK/Switzerland) in this epic journey of discovery.

Show Guidance Age recommendation

Times

Musical Bugsy Malone

Tuesday 4 – Sunday 9 October 2022 | Theatre

Prohibition era, New York. A city full of mobsters, showgirls and dreamers. Rival gangster bosses Fat Sam and Dandy Dan are at loggerheads.

Enter Bugsy Malone, a penniless one-time boxer and all-round nice guy. All Bugsy really wants to do is spend time with his new love, Blousey, but can he stay out of trouble long enough to help Fat Sam?

Alan Parker’s world famous movie becomes a spectacular theatrical experience in this acclaimed production. Packed with instantly recognisable songs from Oscar winner Paul Williams, including My Name is Tallulah, You Give a Little Love and Fat Sam’s Grand Slam, Bugsy Malone is a joyously uplifting masterclass of musical comedy!

Show Guidance Contains flashing lights and haze.

Performance Times

Tuesday – Saturday 7pm Thursday and Saturday 2.15pm

1.30pm

Access Performances

BSL Interpreted Thursday 6 October 2022, 7pm

Captioned

Audio Described

Friday 7 October 2022, 7pm

Sunday 9 October 2022, 1.30pm with

Touch Tour from 12 noon

Drama

Phosphoros Theatre presents All The Beds I Have Slept In Wednesday 5 – Thursday 6 October 2022 | Studio

After a successful tour last Autumn that saw multiple sell out performances to audiences that included 500 refugee teenagers, All the Beds I Have Slept In returns with a new version and new refugee cast from Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Morocco.

It recalls the hundreds of beds the actors have slept in on their journeys from their homelands to seek asylum in the UK. From a flat in North London to a Greek detention centre, supposed spaces of safety become transient; shelters are taken away without notice; and the route from one place to the next is fraught with obstacles.

The play is a shout-out to all the real people who kept the actors moving forward. It explores the hidden moments of hospitality that changes the course of a journey and how to repay them, using Phosphoros’ trademark with and energy to reveal the intimacy created between friends when family is absent, and how to stay hopeful in a world that isn’t fair.

Family Unbelievable Science

Saturday 8 October 2022 | Studio

Magicians, time travellers and all-round spiffing chaps Morgan & West have a secret past they are genuine, bona fide, legitimately qualified scientists, and are now bringing their love of enlightenment to the stage!

Expect explosive thrills, chemical spills and a risk assessment that gives their stage manager chills, all backed up by the daring duo’s trademark with, charm and detailed knowledge of the scientific method. Leave your lab coats at the door, it’s time for Unbelievable Science!

On TV Morgan & West have fooled Penn & Teller (Fool Us, ITV 1), competed to be the Next Great Magician (ITV 1), and even attempted to escape The Slammer (CBBC).

Please note: Morgan & West take full responsibility for any horizons broadened, passions enflamed or minds blown during the course of the show.

Show Guidance Age Recommendation 6+ Performance Time 2pm

Tickets £16 £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Drama

Bill Kenwright presents The Shawshank Redemption

Monday 10 – Saturday 15 October 2022 | Theatre

The acclaimed stage version of the nation’s favourite movie.

Based on the 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption, the play examines desperation, injustice, friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum-security facility. The 1994 feature film regularly voted Britain’s favourite ever movie, starred Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman and was nominated for seven Academy Awards.

Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated at the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone. Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and things take a slight turn for the better. However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploit his talents for accountancy, and desperate plan is quietly hatched…

Show Guidance Age Recommendation 6+

Performance Times

Monday Saturday 7.30pm

Wednesday and Saturday 2.15pm

Tickets £35.50 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

2-4-1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on Monday 10 October, 7.30pm

Access Performances

Captioned

Saturday 15 October 2022, 2.15pm and 7.30pm

Musical Sister Act

2022

Theatre

Don’t miss our eagerly anticipated brand-new production of the Broadway and UK smash hit musical Sister Act direct from London.

All your prayers have been answered with a stunning cast, including TV and West End legend Lesley Joseph, West End sensation and Hairspray favourite Lizzie Bea and Emmerdale and Waitress star Sandra Marvin as Deloris, everyone’s favourite nun on the run! Disco diva Deloris’ life takes takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a murder. Placed under protective custody she is hidden in the one place she shouldn’t be found a convent!

Encouraged to help the struggling choir, she helps her fellow sisters find their true voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own.

Featuring original music by Tony® and 80 time Oscar® award winner Alan Menken (Disney’s Aladdin, Enchanted) and songs inspired by Motown, soul and disco, this heavenly musical is joyous and uplifting in equal measures. A musical sent from above, Sister Act is the brilliant, must-see show which raises the spirits and warms the soul time after time.

Performance Times

Monday Saturday 7.30pm

Wednesday and Saturday 2.15pm

Tickets £45 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

2-4-1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on Monday 17 October, 7.30pm

Access Performances

Captioned Tuesday 25 October 2022, 7.30pm

BSL Interpreted Friday 28 October 2022, 7.30pm

Audio Described Saturday 29 October 2022, 2.15pm with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Drama

Black is the Color of my Voice

Inspired by the life of Nina Simone and featuring many of her most iconic songs performed live.

Apphia Campbell’s acclaimed play follows a successful singer and civil rights activist as she seeks redemption after the untimely death of her father. She reflects on the journey that took her form a young piano prodigy destined for life in the service of the church, to a renowned jazz vocalist at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. This extensive national tour follows a sell-out UK tour earlier in 2022, and sell-out seasons in Shanghai, New York, Edinburgh and in the West End of London.

Family

A Little Angel Theatre and Fierylight co-production The Smartest Giant in Town

Thursday 20 – Sunday 23 October 2022 | Studio

Based on the bestselling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

George wishes he wasn’t the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant sized clothes, he decides it’s time for a new look; smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he’s the smartest giant in town… until he bumps into some animals who desperately need his help – and his clothes!

This heart-warming tale about friendship and helping those in need is brought to life in a musical, puppet-filled adventure, following on from Little Angel Theatre’s bestselling adaptations of Julia Donaldson’s picture books including The Singing Mermaid and The Everywhere Bear. www.smartestgiantonstage.co.uk

Performance Times 11am and 2pm

Tickets £14 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Drama

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

by Deborah Moggach based on her novel which inspired the hit film

Monday 31 October – Saturday 5 November 2022 | Theatre

Based on the Sunday Times bestseller which inspired one of this century’s most treasured films, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel takes us on a journey to India with an eclectic group of British retirees as they embark on a new life.

The luxury residence is far from the opulence they were promised, but as their lives begin to intertwine and they embrace the vibrancy of modern day India, they are charmed in unexpected and life changing ways.

Starring the icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Academy, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winner, Hayley Mills (Wild at Heart, Pollyanna, The Parent Trap), and household favourite and screen and stage star Paul Nicholas (Jesus Christ Superstar, Just Good Friends, Eastenders) and Rula Lenska (Rock Follies, Coronation Street, Eastenders).

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a joyous comedy about taking risks, finding love, and embracing second chances, even in the most surprising of places.

Access Performances

BSL

November 2022, 7.30pm

November 2022, 2.30pm

Comedy

Tilted in association with Soho Theatre present Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not to Come

Friday 18 November | Studio

Fierce, funny and wonderfully frank, Poppy and Rubina have sex and they aren’t ashamed to talk about it. Their critically acclaimed podcast Brown Girls Do It Too (‘Best Podcast of the Year’ British Podcast Awards 2020, Asian Media 2021) explores messy realities, fantasies and navigating life and relationships as British Asian women.

Two seasons in, they have amassed fans who love their honest and openness and faced enormous backlash online for breaking the silence on sex in Asian communities. Bringing their characteristic candour, quick wit and infectious personalities to the stage, Poppy and Rubina reflect on the seminal moments from their lives from first orgasms and loves, to racism and family politics.

Expect songs, sketches and some very graphic content!

Show Guidance Age Recommendation 16+ - This show contains language that could be deemed offensive, such as swearing and adult references.

Performance Time 8pm

Music

Kainé Management present

Festival of Choirs XI

Saturday 26 November | Studio

Can you believe this is Kainé’s 11th Festival of Choirs?

If you were lucky enough to be with us for number 10 you’ll be wondering, ‘how can they follow that?’ Well our choirs are ready to go, primed to perform, ready to show you how delighted they are to be singing again. Share the joy of gospel music and enjoy the 11th Festival of Choirs with Kainé.

Tickets on sale soon

Musical The Wizard of Oz Saturday 19 November 2022 – Sunday 8 January

2023 | Theatre

Click your heels together three times and say, ‘there’s no place like Curve this Christmas’.

Join Dorothy and Toto as they are swept up from sepia soaked Kansas and transported over the rainbow to the technicolour wonderland of Oz.

On her adventure down the Yellow Brick Road Dorothy meets new friends Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion who help her on her way, but the villainous and frightfully glamorous Wicked Witch has other plans for Dorothy and Oz nothing is quite as it seems.

Through the deep Dark Forest to the bright neon lights of Emerald City, Dorothy and her friends search for the powerful and mysterious Wizard of Oz, the only person who can grant their hearts desires, and maybe even a way home.

Directed by Nikolai Foster (A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Grease) and featuring a 15-piece orchestra playing music and songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice as well as the

iconic originals from the MGM film, The Wizard of Oz is a wondrous wanderlust through the world of Oz, in a spectacular Christmas at curve adventure for the whole family.

Performance Times

Monday Saturday 7.30pm

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 2.15pm

Thursday 24 November 2pm

Wednesday 28 December, Friday 30 December, Wednesday 4

January and Sunday 8 January 2.15pm

Tickets £45 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

2-4-1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on Thursday 24 November, 7pm

Family Ticket Offer

£100 (four tickets, selected performances only)

Access Performances

Signed Monday 12 December 2022, 7.30pm

Captioned

Thursday 15 December 2022, 7.30pm

Tuesday 27 December 2022, 2.15pm

Tuesday 20 December 2022, 2.15pm

Audio Described

with Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Thursday 5 January 2023, 7.30pm with Touch Tour from 6pm

Dementia Friendly Wednesday 4 January 2023, 2.15pm

Relaxed Saturday 7 January 2023, 2.15pm

Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner

Entertainment Co. and produced with the permission of Warner Bros. and EMI Music Publishing.

By arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd.

Family Dear Santa

Thursday 1 - Wednesday 14 December 2022 | Studio

Santa is determined to deliver the most fantastic Christmas present to Sarah, but he doesn’t get it right straight away! With the help of his cheeky Elf, he finally settles on something ‘perfect’, just in time for Christmas Eve.

From the author of the well-loved children’s book Dear Zoo, Rod Campbell, comes Dear Santa and it’s live! This show is an ideal introduction to theatre for those aged 2+ and who believe in Santa. To spread the Christmas cheer; every child will receive a gift from us to you.

Sure to be one Christmas present children and parents alike will never forget. The perfect family show that will be enjoyed by all this winter.

Performance Times 10.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm

Tickets £16 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Access Performances

BSL Interpreted Sunday 4 December 2022, 10.30am

Relaxed Sunday 4 December 2022, 1.30pm

Captioned Saturday 10 December 2022, 10.30am and 1.30pm

Audio Described Sunday 11 December 2022, 1.30pm Touch Tour from 12noon

Comedy

Off the Kerb Productions present Joanne McNally: The Prosecco Express

Friday 2 December | Studio

Described as ‘a truly gifted stand up’ by The Sunday Times, join Joanne as she revisits her irreverent and critically acclaimed show The Prosecco Express.

Due to a relentless ageing process, Joanne is suddenly in her late thirties with no husband, no kids, no pension and no plan. She is full of questions. When a man on a dating app identifies as ‘spiritual’, is it safe to assume he has the personality of a spoon? If you do all your drinking in the bath, can you write it off as self care?

‘Dark, hilarious, strangely reassuring’ (The Independent), Joanne is on a mission to solve absolutely nothing.

Performance Time 8pm

Tickets £22 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Family

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show

Friday 16 - Saturday 31 December 2022 | Studio

Four timeless stories brought to life in one delightful show. Dive into Eric Carle’s bright and colourful world as his beloved stories are transformed from page to stage using a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets and charming music.

Featuring your favourite titles: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Lonely Firefly and of course, the star of the show, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Show Guidance Audience members range from 6 months to 96 year olds. We recommend the show for all ages!

Performance Times 10.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm

Tickets £16 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Access Performances

Relaxed

Captioned

Sunday 18 December 2022, 10.30am

Tuesday 27 December 2022, 1.30pm

Friday 23 December 2022, 10.30am and 1.30pm

BSL Interpreted

Wednesday 28 December 2022, 1.30pm

Friday 30 December 2022, 1.30pm

Audio Described

Touch Tour from 12 noon

January Comedy

TuckShop presents Death Drop: Back in the Habit Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 January 2023 | Theatre

Death Drop is Back in the Habit with a killer drag murder mystery Nun of you asked for…

A gaggle of fabulous Nuns are trapped in their convent with a serial slayer slashing their way through the Sisters in this all new follow up to the five-star, smash hit West End comedy. As the clues are unearthed by Sis Marple in this divine comedy, you’ll be laughing in the pews as the laugh a minute, fierce, all drag killer comedy comes to its thrilling, and hilarious, conclusion.

From the producers who brought Courtney Act, Monet X Change, JuJuBee and Latrice Royal to Britain’s stages, Death Drop: Back in the Habit promises to be “the killer show… that absolutely slays.”

Performance Times

Tuesday – Thursday 8pm Friday and Saturday 6pm and 9pm

Described

19 January 2023, 8pm

Tour from 6.30pm

Interpreted Friday 20 January 2023, 9pm

Drama

The acclaimed National Theatre production

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Tuesday 31 January - Saturday 11 February 2023 | Theatre

From the imagination of Neil Gaiman, best selling author of Coraline, Good Omens and The Sandman, comes the National Theatre’s major new stage adaptation of The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

This thrilling adventure of fantasy, myth and friendship, is a fivestar spectacular which blends magic with memory in a tour-deforce of storytelling that takes audiences on an epic journey to a childhood once forgotten and the darkness that lurks at the very edge of it.

Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. He’s transported to his 12th birthday when his remarkable friend Lettie claimed it wasn’t a pond, but an ocean – a place where everything is possible…

Plunged into a magical world, their survival depends on their ability to reckon with ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything around them.

Show Guidance Age Recommendation 12+ - Contains high

intensity lighting and strobe, haze and smoke, pyrotechnics, loud sound and blackouts. Please note, The Ocean at the End of the Lane explores adult themes that some people may find distressing or frightening. This includes the non-graphic depiction of the aftermath of a suicide early on and four occurrences where suicide is discussed in the play. There is also infrequent mention of death, a depiction of parental abuse, and one depiction of death. If you’d like to find out more before you book, please contact our Box Office on 0116 242 3595 or email tickets@curvetheatre.co.uk

Performance Times

Tuesday Saturday 7.30pm

Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday (excluding Wednesday 1 February) 2.15pm

Tickets £40.50 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

2-4-1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on Wednesday 1 February, 7.30pm

Access Performances

Captioned Wednesday 1 February 2023, 7.30pm

BSL Interpreted Saturday 4 February 2023, 2.15pm

Audio Described

Wednesday 8 February 2023, 7.30pm

Touch Tour from 5.30pm

Family

The Highland Joker presents The Bubble Show Saturday 4 February 2023 | Studio

Join Mr Bubbles with his extraordinary soap bubbles in all shapes and sizes!

The Bubble Show is a unique blend of magic, storytelling and bubble art! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoke bubbles, square bubbles, giant bubbles, and even fire bubbles!

Actor, storyteller and Guinness World Record holder, The Highland Joker, is one of the top bubble artists in the world, bringing you an interactive, fun, international award winning bubble extravaganza!

Family

Tall Stories presents Room on the Broom

Wednesday 1 - Saturday 5 March 2023 | Studio

Iggety, Ziggety, Zaggety, Zoom! Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories’ fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

The witch and her cat are travelling on their broomstick when they pick up some hitch-hikers a friendly dog, a beautiful green bird and a frantic frog. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and crack it snaps in two just as the hungry dragon appears!

Will there ever be room on the broom for everyone? Find out in the magical Olivier Award-nominated show for everyone aged 3 and up.

Performance Times

Wednesday 1.30pm and 4.30pm

Thursday – Sunday 11am and 2pm

Tickets £16 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Access

Musical Girl from the North Country

Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 March 2023 | Theatre

The double Olivier and Tony award-winning West End and Broadway smash hit tours the UK and Ireland for the first time.

Celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Seafarer) boldly reimagines the legendary songs of Bob Dylan, like you’ve never heard them before, in Girl from the North Country. A heart-breaking and universal story about family and love, hailed by the Observer as the ‘No. 1 theatre show of the year’.

It’s 1934 in the heartland of America and we meet a group of wayward souls who cross paths in a time-weathered guesthouse. Standing at a turning point in their lives, they realise nothing is what it seems. But as they search for a future, and hide from the past, they find themselves facing unspoken truths about the present.

Now audiences in Leicester have the chance to experience this ‘magnificent’ (Standard), ‘astonishing’ (Guardian) and ‘piercingly beautiful’ (Independent) production brought vividly to life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.

Performance Times

Tuesday Saturday 7.30pm

Thursday and Saturday 2.15pm

£45 - £10 | Members

Access Performances

Captioned

Audio Described

Thursday 9 March 2023, 7.30pm

Saturday 11 March 2023, 2.15pm

Touch Tour from 12.45pm

Sing-a-long-a Sing-a-long-a Encanto Sunday 12 March 2023 | Theatre

Gather la Familia! It’s time to celebrate something truly magical. From the producers of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music and Singa-long-a Frozen, the brand new smash-hit film musical of 2021 about the Family Madrigal with lyrics on screen that everyone can’t stop singing.

Cheer on Mirabel as she tries to save the magic surrounding the Encanto. Sing your heart out with our live host who will teach you some dance moves, help you create some magic and show you how to use your free props bag.

For those of you not familiar with Encanto, it is a tale of The Madrigals, an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigals last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger. It couldn’t be easier or more fun! The first rule of Sing a long a is there are no rules! Fancy dress is strongly encouraged and full audience participation essential. You the audience are the stars!

And remember – we don’t talk about Bruno, no, no, no!

Please note this is a screening of the movie not a live stage show. Performance Times 1pm and 5pm

Tickets £17.50 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Drama

JB Priestley’s Classic Thriller An Inspector Calls

Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 March 2023 | Theatre

Stephen Daldry’s multi award winning National Theatre production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller returns.

Winner of 19 major awards and hailed as the theatrical event of its generation, An Inspector Calls has thrilled more than 5 millions theatregoers worldwide.

When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman. His startling revelations shake the very foundations of their lives and challenge us all to examine our consciences. More relevant now than ever, this is a must see for a whole new generation.

Performance Times

Tuesday Saturday 7.30pm

Wednesday and Saturday 2.15pm

Thursday 23 March 12.30pm

Tickets £35.50 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Access Performances

March 2023, 7.30pm

March 2023, 7.30pm

Drama

Pilot Theatre presents Noughts & Crosses

Tuesday 28 March - Saturday 1 April 2023 | Studio

Sephy and Callum sit together on a bench. They are in love. It is forbidden.

Sephy is a cross and Callum is a Nought. Between Noughts and Crosses there are racial and social divides.

As violence breaks out, Sephy and Callum draw closer, but this is a romance that will lead them into terrible danger.

This gripping Romeo and Juliet story by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman and adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world.

Show Guidance Age Recommendation 12+

Performance Times

Tuesday – Thursday 7pm

Wednesday and Thursday 2pm

Friday and Saturday 7.45pm

Saturday 1 April 2.30pm

Tickets £28 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Access Performances

1 April 2023, 2.30pm

Tour from 1pm

BSL Interpreted

1 April 2023, 7.45pm

Musical Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical

Tuesday 28 March – Saturday 1 April 2023 | Theatre

Based on the true story of the chart-topping Cornish singing sensations and their hit 2019 movie Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical is a feel good voyage about friendship, community and music which smashed box office records in Cornwall.

Wen a group of Cornish fishermen came together to sing the traditional working songs they’d sung for generations, nobody, least of all the fisherman, expected the story to end on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. They are spotted by a fish-outof-water music manger on a trip from London, who must learn that there is more to life than selling your sole for fifteen minutes of fame.

A star cast includes James Gaddas (Coronation Street, Billy Elliot the Musical), Parisa Shahmir (Mamma Mia!), Robert Duncan (Drop the Dead Donkey), Anton Stephans (The X Factor) and Susan Penhaligon (Bouquet of Barbed Wire).

So climb aboard, find your sea legs and allow yourself to fall for this critically acclaimed musical hook, line and sinker!

Performance Times

Tuesday Saturday 7.30pm

and Saturday 2.15pm

£45.50 -

Access Performances

Audio Described

Thursday 30 March 2023, 7.30pm

Touch Tour from 6pm

BSL Interpreted Saturday 1 April 2023, 2.15pm

Family Hey Duggee

Friday 14 – Saturday 15 April 2023 | Theatre

Squirrels get ready! Everyone’s big lovable dog Hey Duggee is touring for the first time ever and here’s your chance to see him!

Hey Duggee the live theatre show is going to be huge and will feature Duggee, the squirrels plus many more of your favourite characters! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they all want you to join them at the Clubhouse.

There is so much to do, but luckily Duggee has his theatre badge. Will you get yours too? A-Woof!

Be part of the hit CBeebies show and join Duggee and the squirrels in this new vibrant interactive production bursting with music, puppets and barrels of laughs along the way.

The BBC and Studio AKA TV series Hey Duggee has won no fewer than six BAFTAs and multiple EMMYs, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to see Duggee live on stage in this exciting

new production of the much-loved show. It’s time for a Duggee Hug!

Performance Times

Friday and Saturday 10am

Friday 14 April 3.30pm

Saturday 15 April 1pm

Tickets £21 - £10 | Members enjoy 15% off tickets

Access Performances

Relaxed Friday 14 April 2023, 3.30pm

Thank You

Funders

Sponsors

David Wilson Homes

De Montfort University

University of Leicester Partners

Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland

De Montfort University

Everards

PPL

PPL PRS

Charity Link

Chutney Ivy

The Gresham Aparthotel

Leeds Playhouse

Royal

Business Friends

Angelic Photo

Chutney

Gresham Aparthotel

Company

Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme

The Exchange Bar

Jo Kehoe Training Limited

Sarah Higgins Corporate

Weightmans

The

Rowleys

Towergate Insurance

Friends of Curve

Julia and Chris Bates

Annie Bannister

Anthony and Lisa Clare

Mike Dalzell

Nikolai Foster

Linda Fox

Neil and Jackie Frettsome

Andrea Gray

Mike Griffiths

Ros and Alan Haigh

Simon Harrison

Jane Harris-Lock

Alan Heggs

Dr. Alexander N Herzog, MD

Peter Hollis

Jonathan Kerry

Katrina Kinch

Trusts & Foundations

Backstage Trust

The Foyle Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation

The Headley Trust

The Wolfson Foundation

Robert and Janie Martin

Barbara Matthews

Lynne McCormack

Jose Gollardo Mora

Jeremy and Mary-Vere Parr

Jean Roberts

Chris Stafford

David and Diane Statham

Philip and Alison Tasker

Robert David Williamson

Anya, Stuart and Tara Zarb

Thank you to The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for supporting Curve through the Culture Recovery Fund

Also, thank you to all the creatives, artists and backstage teams, and to everyone who has donated over the last two years.

Talk to us about our exciting sponsorship and partnership opportunities available at Curve. If you would like more information on all our sponsorship opportunities, please contact our Fundraising and Partnerships Team on 0116 402 6345 or email fundraising@curvetheatre.co.uk

Booking Information

Theatre and Box Office Opening Hours

Open Monday – Saturday from 10am. When there is no evening performance, the building and our Box Office closes at 6pm. Sunday and Bank Holiday opening times vary, please check www.curveonline.co.uk for more information. For all other enquiries please contact Curve reception on 0116 242 3560.

Group and School Bookings

We warmly welcome groups and school bookings, offering special prices and benefits for groups of 10+ for most shows. For more information, please call the Box Office or contact our dedicated Group Sales team by emailing groupbookings@curvetheatre.co.uk

Children in Attendance

Children under 18 months are not permitted in the auditoria unless the event is aimed at children under 7 years old. Children of all ages require a ticket to enter the auditoria at any time. If no specific discount is available for children, the full ticket rate will apply. Please call the Box Office for the age guidance for each production.

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Public Dress Rehearsals

The decision to invite the public to our Dress Rehearsal will be taken on the morning of that performance and tickets will go on sale on the same day. Tickets are limited to four per person and are available on a first come, first served basis.