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September 2012 – February 2013

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an effortless fusion of Latin passion and jazz virtuosity

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Key Theatre Peterborough

Welcome to the Key Theatre Autumn Season We’re delighted to welcome you to our brand new brochure which features our packed programme of shows for this autumn, including our very own Christmas pantomime Mother Goose.

If you’ve not visited the Key Theatre before, or you’ve not been for a while, please pay us a visit. From drama to dance, poetry to film, music to family friendly shows, we have something for everyone, both in our 360 seat main auditorium or our more intimate studio space.

With its riverside setting and glass walled bar, the Key Theatre is the perfect setting for an evening out. You can also enjoy a pre or post-theatre meal at Riva Restaurant, with its outdoor terrace for those warmer autumn evenings.

Please call our Box Office on 01733 207239 to discuss your booking and take advantage of some fantastic Show Deals – offering some great savings if you book three or more shows at the same time (selected shows only, please ask the Box Office for details).

We look forward to welcoming you to the Key Theatre soon.

The Key Theatre team

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Contents Support the Key Family Plays Music Film Dance Comedy Performance Welcoming Peterborough Spoken word KYT Calendar

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Support The Key Theatre is part of Vivacity Culture and Leisure, a charitable trust.

As a registered charity, the Key Theatre can accept donations from individuals, businesses, charitable trusts and foundations.

By donating to the Key Theatre you will be playing a valuable part in enabling us to fulďŹ l our vision of presenting performances of outstanding quality at our unique venue, as well as contributing to the development of our entertainment and education activities.

Our charity number is 1138230 For more information on how you can support us call 01733 207239 or speak to a member of the Box OďŹƒce team.

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house and Long Nose Puppets present

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Penguin Saturday 8 September Performances 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm Tickets: £5

winning book by Polly Dunbar.

Exciting, surreal and full of surprises, it’s a spectacular theatre experience for all ages, especially 3-7 year olds, with lively songs by Tom Gray of Gomez which will have everyone joining in. You can even meet the puppets at the end too!

Ben is delighted when he rips open his present, inside is a penguin.

"Hello Penguin!" says Ben. Penguin says nothing. Ben tickles Penguin; he pulls his funniest face; he puts on “Penguin addresses themes a happy hat, sings a silly song and of anger, danger and love, does a dizzy dance. Penguin says and encourages children nothing. So……

Ben fires Penguin into OUTER SPACE, Penguin comes back to earth without a word!

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to remember events, read pictures and laugh.”

The Times

Blunderbus Theatre Company presents

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The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark Friday 19 – Saturday 20 October Fri 11.00am and 1.30pm, Sat 11.30am and 2pm Tickets: £5.50 Fri, £6.50 Sat Plop was a baby barn owl. He lived at the top of a tall tree, in a field. He was fat and fluffy with big round eyes and very knackety knees. Plop was exactly the same as every barn owl – except for one thing. He was AFRAID of the DARK. Discover a world of starry nights and moonlit adventures, based on the classic children’s book by Jill Tomlinson. This funny, gentle and reassuring tale is written especially for small people aged 3-7 (and grown-ups who sleep with the big light on!).

“Packs charm in bucket loads.”

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“Totally captivating.”

The Primary Times

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Freehand Theatre presents

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Teasel Theatre Company presents

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house and Crying Out Loud present French Circus sensations Atelier LeFeuvre et André with their internationally acclaimed

Little Red….

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Grisly Tales from Tumblewater

Thursday 1 November 11.30am and 2.30pm

Saturday 3 November at 3pm and 7pm

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Tickets: £6.50

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Tuesday 20 November at 7pm

Taking a well-known traditional story (you know which one!), this spell-binding play for young children follows a magical path through the woods.

Welcome to Tumblewater. Not that it's a very welcoming place - unless you're an undertaker or an umbrella salesman. Caspian Prye, the twisted landowner, controls everything and everyone; even the police. Into this world stumbles Daniel Dorey, a fearless orphan armed only with his wits and a satchel of spinechilling stories.

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions)

Freehand Theatre creates a memorable and reassuring journey with its delightful use of puppetry, colour and specially composed music.

Listen to the song of the red box, watch a forest grow before your very eyes and find out how an endearing bear gets in on the action!

Suitable for children aged 3-7 www.freehandtheatre.co.uk

Charles Dickens meets Roald Dahl via Horrible Histories with laughs, frights and live music.

Recommended for all ages 8+

“Brilliant: cheers the soul and stays with you long after it has finished.”

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Chez Moi Circus – a juggler finds himself alone in his caravan, in front of an old television set. In this shrunken space he takes the audience on a journey through his life as an artist. With plenty of humour, objects come alive.

Circus and transport are linked; it’s all about proportions. With Ni Omnibus the landscape comes indoors, music is the engine, the fittings are props and the bus becomes a theatre.

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Family

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The Key Theatre Company presents the ever popular Christmas Pantomime

Thursday 6 December – Sunday 6 January 2013 Tickets: £11-£16 (including concessions), family tickets available Join in the fun with the Key Theatre’s annual pantomime, the perfect Christmas treat for all the family.

This year’s tale of the Goose that lays the golden eggs is sure to be an ‘eggs-stravaganza’ that you won’t want to miss – with jokes, music, dance and good, clean, family fun throughout!

The Key Theatre pantomimes are renowned for their top quality homegrown talent, and this year’s production, written and directed

by Michael Cross, is no exception. With a fantastic view from every seat of the theatre’s intimate and friendly auditorium, it all adds up to the perfect panto!

Choose from over 50 performances, with concessions for children, family tickets, and a range of party rates and other discounts available.

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CONCESSIONS • Children/Under 16s and students £3.00 OFF full price tickets at all performances

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• No senior citizen concessions – Except at special senior citizen group rate performances

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• Discounts for parties: (from Friday 7 December only) 20+ = 10%, 50+ = 15%, 100+ = 20% Full House (365) = 25%

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ONLY ONE DISCOUNT APPLIES PER BOOKING

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Thursday 20 – Friday 21 September Nightly at 7.30pm Tickets: £9 (£7.50 concessions), Key I.P.: £7 A new two-handed version of Stephen Lowe’s original adaptation of Robert Tressell’s book.

A group of decorators are joined by Owen, an artist and journeymanprophet with a vision of a just society. Owen’s spirited attacks on the greed and dishonesty of the capitalist system attempt to rouse

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his fellow men, the ‘philanthropists’ from their complacency.

This enduring story is brought to life by two hugely talented performers – Neil Gore and Fine Time Fontayne – using the entertaining songs of the Edwardian times.

“…a dazzling array of characters presented with theatrical skill and good humour.”

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Icarus Theatre Collective present

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Romeo & Juliet Tuesday 25 – Wednesday 26 September Nightly at 7.30pm, Wed matinée at 2.30pm Tickets: £16 evenings, £15 for Wed matinée Concessions on all performances: £10 for students Key I.P.: £3 off full price tickets This bold and exciting new production of Shakespeare’s most tragic tale from Icarus Theatre Collective follows their successful productions of Macbeth and Hamlet, which were both performed at the Key.

In defiance of their families and in secrecy from their closest friends, hopeful young lives burn amidst a celestial and cataclysmic backdrop. Sun and moon shine down on star-crossed lovers as they hide their passion from their warring families and their closest friends.

Lauded as one of the most fearless and dynamic theatre companies in the UK, Icarus Theatre Collective’s reputation for punchy and vibrant productions of contemporary and classic theatre continues to grow.

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Eastern Angles in association with the Key Theatre Peterborough, present

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Duet For One

Thursday 27 – Saturday 29 September Nightly at 7.30pm

Monday 8 – Thursday 11 October Nightly at 7.30pm, Wed matinée at 2.30pm

Tickets: £10, Key I.P: £8.50

Tickets: £20 (£18 concessions)

Fresh from a four-week run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Eastern Angles present this startling new theatre piece.

Directed by Robin Herford (The Woman in Black), Tom Kempinski’s multi-award-winning play returns to the stage with a major UK tour.

Resonant with echoes of the life of cellist Jacqueline du Pré, Duet for One leads celebrated concert violinist Stephanie Abrahams (Haydn Gwynne (Peak Practice, Drop the Dead Donkey) through a series of highly-charged encounters with her doctor, Alfred Feldman (William Gaunt (Sergeant Cork, Next of Kin), as she is forced to re-evaluate her life and face a truth too difficult to comprehend.

Written by East Anglian playwright Joel Horwood, acclaimed for his work with the Lyric Hammersmith, Nabokov Theatre Company and the West Yorkshire Playhouse, I Peterborough is a no holds barred depiction of growing up in an overspill town.

Lulu is a big bloke, with a dodgy wig, high-heels and delusions of celebrity. Teamed with his son Hew, both Peterborough born and bred, the two men form a dysfunctional double-act. With sounds from the seventies and eighties and a darkly comic cabaret-style theatre performance, the family’s lives are laid bare. Contains strong language

“A wonderfully sensitive play, positive and optimistic.”

Financial Times

“Horwood has genuine comic flair.”

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Original Theatre Company presents

Three Men In A Boat Friday 12 – Saturday 13 October Nightly at 7.30pm Sat matinée at 2.30pm Key I.P.: £10 Tickets: £16 (£13 for over 60s, £8.50 for students) The highly acclaimed Original Theatre Company return to the Key Theatre with Jerome K. Jerome’s classic tale of boating misadventure.

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Fifth Word in association with Nottingham Playhouse present

Bones by Jane Upton

Morecambe and Wise to Monty Python.

Wednesday 17 October at 7.45pm

In an attempt to escape the stresses of city life three friends accompanied by their faithful canine Montmorency decide to take to the river. The holiday, however, quickly unravels and descends into chaos…

Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)

In this our Diamond Jubilee and Olympic year the Original Theatre Company take this classic tale by the scruff of the neck. Equipped with with everything you need for a night out to remember. www.originaltheatre.com

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“She doesn’t feel like my mum. She doesn’t do things mums do. She gets leathered and smacked up and tries to shag my mates.”

Nottingham - 1998. Nineteen yearold Mark is living a life he never signed up to. Heavy with the responsibility of caring for his broken mum and her baby and pining for a past of Panda Pops, eggy bread and Brian Clough, Mark knows he has to do something drastic – But will he make the chilling choice that will change things forever?

An achingly honest portrayal of a boy struggling to find his place in a world that doesn’t want him. Bones will break your heart, spit you out and then make you wonder why you cared in the first place.

NOMINATED FOR BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE – The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence

“storytelling to perfection… shockingly realistic…Left me agape in wide-eyed awe.”

Three Weeks *****

“Believable, powerful and quite genuinely heartbreaking.”

Fest Magazine ***** Age 14+ Contains strong language

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Rumpus Theatre Company presents

Sherlock Holmes – A Study in Fear!

Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 October Nightly at 7.30pm, Sat matinée at 2.30pm Tickets: Evening performances: £16 (£13 concessions) Sat matinée: £12 Key I.P.: £10 A gripping new play by John Goodrum based on the classic story The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring Ian Sharrock, who will be hugely familiar to audiences from his ten years as Jackie Merrick in Emmerdale.

The world’s most successful detective takes on the world’s most notorious villain... Sherlock Holmes, brilliant, flawed and inclined to justice, finally confronts Professor James Moriarty.

Rumpus Theatre Company, whose previous productions include The Signalman and The Pit and the Pendulum, come to Peterborough as part of a national tour.

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Soap Opera Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 October Nightly at 7.30pm, Wed matinée at 2.30pm

at war and everyone ends up unhappy. And then, somebody snaps. Blood is spilled and a body is discovered.

Tickets: £16 (£13 concessions), matinée: £12, Key I.P: £10

Starring Leslie Grantham, (EastEnders), Graham Cole (The Bill), Louis Emerick (Mick Johnson from C4's Brookside), Michelle Gayle (EastEnders), Lee Otway (Hollyoaks) and the hilarious Kev Orkian.

Soap Opera is a spoof murder mystery set behind the scenes at the failing TV soap, 'Hollyenders Street'.

Hollyenders Street has been on air for fifteen years, and viewing figures are the worst they've ever been. So a new, hard nosed producer is brought in to save the show. Before long, the cast are

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New Perspectives presents

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A Cricket Match

Farm Boy Wednesday 31 October at 2pm and 4.30pm Tickets: £10 (£7.50 for students), Key I.P.: £9 New Perspectives, the East ‘Midlands’ leading touring theatre company, bring Michael Morpurgo’s Farm Boy to the Key Theatre this autumn, following a sell-out run at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a successful 2010 UK tour and a run at 2011 Brits off Broadway Festival in New York.

Farm Boy, the compelling sequel to Morpurgo’s much loved War Horse, tells the story of the changing face of the English countryside and centres on the bonds linking grandfather to grandson and ultimately both to the land.

This delightful production combines drama, storytelling and original music.

Thursday 1 – Saturday 3 November Nightly at 7.30pm, Sat matinée at 2.30pm Tickets: Evening performances: £16 (£13 concessions) Matinée: All seats £12 Talking Scarlet return with Alan Ayckbourn’s A Cricket Match. A wonderful comedy by Britain’s most popular playwright which has an Englishman’s passion for cricket as its backdrop.

Celia, the headmaster’s wife, fears her marriage to Toby may be over.

Toby’s best friend, Miles, a similarly troubled man, is married to the flamboyant Rowena who is given to

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practical jokes and indiscreet affairs.

Arguably one of Ayckbourn’s cleverest and most delightful plays, A Cricket Match takes the audience on a hilarious journey through the difficulties and complications of marital discontent.

Starring Stephen Beckett (The Bill, Coronation Street) and Jenny Funnell (As Times Goes By).

“... a masterclass ...” whatsonstage.com

“... there is plenty of character observation and plenty of humour ... fans of Ayckbourn will find plenty to enjoy.”

Eastbourne Herald

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Mother Courage and Her Children Thursday 22 November at 7.30pm Tickets: £12.50 (£10 for students) Regarded by many as the greatest play of the 20th century and even the greatest anti-war play of all time, Mother Courage And Her Children asks fundamental questions about the effects our beliefs have on the world and the role of ideology in society and world affairs.

Lee Hall’s (The Pitmen Painters, War Horse screenplay) brilliant

translation of Brecht’s masterpiece is accessible, bang up to date and full of dark comedy. Brought to the stage by the highly acclaimed Blackeyed Theatre with breathtaking ensemble performances and live music.

Suitable for age 13+

“One of the most innovative, audacious companies working in contemporary English theatre.” The Stage www.blackeyedtheatre.co.uk

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Eastern Angles presents

Dial M for Murgatroyd Tuesday 29 January – Saturday 2 February 2013 Nightly at 7.45pm, Matinées on Tue, Thu and Sat at 2.30pm Tickets: Tue – Thu eves: £11.50 (£9.50 concessions) Tue & Thu matinées: £8 Fri and Sat: £13.50 (£12 concessions)

Following last year’s hugely successful Dickensian spoof Round The Twist, Eastern Angles are back in Peterborough with a mad cap country house murder mystery featuring pompous Major Fitzall, his batty bohemian wife, their feeble son and a host of other larger-thanlife characters.

There’s a beast at large in the woods and the annual horticultural show is looming but the impossibly posh Fitzall family have more pressing things on their minds.

Who has bumped off the butler?

Perhaps it’s time to Dial M for Murgatroyd?

Peterborough Telegraph on Round The Twist

“Top-notch comedy.”

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Kathryn Tickell:

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Northumbrian Voices

Featuring: The Jiving Lindy Hoppers & Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra

Monday 24 September at 7.30pm

Friday 28 September at 7.30pm

“A positive pleasure to behold”

Tickets: £14.50 (£13.50 concessions)

Tickets: £18

The Guardian

Live music, stories and songs… where the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

Swinging at The Cotton Club is the action-packed show celebrating the music, dance and songs of the Cotton Club – New York’s famous nightclub of the 1920s and ‘30s.

“The London based Jiving Lindy Hoppers worked themselves and their unbuttoned audience into a fine lather ... their collective performances manage to retain the wholly spontaneous, improvisatory, uninhibited spirit of swing dance in its heyday”

Kathryn Tickell is the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes whose work is deeply rooted in the landscape and people of Northumbria.

This magical show is based on interviews and recordings Kathryn has done over the years with family members and the shepherd musicians from whom she learnt, including mouth organ player Will Atkinson and fiddler Willie Taylor. Three generations of musicians take part in this reflection of immensely strong communities, their music and collective stories. www.kathryntickell.com/northumbrian-voices 14

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In this show, the exciting music and dance routines are recreated by the fabulous Jiving Lindy Hoppers, the world’s premier jazz dance company and the exciting Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra who together communicate the exuberance of the music and dance of the Cotton Club!

The Washington Post

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The All New Blues Brothers Revue Saturday 29 September at 7.45pm Tickets: £17 (£15 concessions) In the same way that Belushi and Aykroyd's Jake and Elwood were on a mission from God, these guys are on a mission to be the mostaction packed and entertaining tribute band around!

Featuring audience participation from the start, blended with all the hits from both the classic original film and its sequel Blues Brothers 2000, some cool choreography, and an assortment of the finest musicians in the country, the two lead characters are well and truly

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brought to life by Dave Wiggins in the role of Jake, and James Proctor as Elwood.

This tribute band has grown from the proverbial 'acorn' to the aspiring 'great oak' that it is fast becoming; complete with the full 11-piece band.

Dave is the founder member of the band, with an eye for detail and the dedication to continually improve the show gig upon gig.

Sit back, hold tight, and enjoy the craziness that is The All New Blues Brothers Revue.

The Counterfeit Stones

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19th Bogus Breakdown Wednesday 17 October at 7.30pm Tickets: £19 The Counterfeit Stones celebrate their 21st anniversary with yet another “Sham Rock” experience, 19th Bogus Breakdown.

The band’s skilfully mixed cocktail of classic hits, retro costume and humour continues to intoxicate young and old alike - 100% proof that a good shot always hits the target. This hooky masterpiece, hilariously "mockumenting" the history of the Rolling Stones from 1962, will take you back if you were there; or make you wish you were, if you weren't.

Why pay a fortune to see originals as ants in a mega-dome, when for a fraction of the price you can smell the sweat of faking brilliance?

“Better than the originals” The Guardian

“The most famous Stones band in England” Sir Mick Jagger

“They’re hilarious!”

Jerry Hall

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Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Sunday 21 October at 7.30pm Tickets: £14.50 (£13.50 concessions) For more than 40 years, Martin Carthy has been one of folk music's greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene. Dave Swarbrick first came to prominence on the folk scene as a young instrumental virtuoso in the Ian Campbell Folk Group. Having worked alongside other leading musicians such as 16

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Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Beryl and Roger Marriott and A. L. Lloyd, he teamed up with Martin Carthy in 1966.

This remarkable pairing played an important part in the tremendous shake up given to British folk music in the middle to late 60s. The result was a new era of English instrumental folk music and a new approach to folk music altogether.

“Intense and demanding, this is hard core traditional music.

Sublime fiddle playing and the passionate delivery of evocative old songs by their ablest interpretor.”

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Nick Ross Orchestra

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Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era Friday 26 October at 7.30pm Tickets: £18 (£16 concessions) The lights soften, the mood settles.

An audience waits for that first moment of sound. The Big Band is poised, relaxed, but with eyes anxious for the lead. Then, as if giving body to an echo, the murmured notes of ‘Moonlight Serenade’…and the night, it seems, is suddenly full and timeless.

There are those who watch and listen, who tap a shy finger to the

melodies, others who follow with a silent foot-beat, still others who murmur softly through the lyrics, and those who simply permit a fleeting smile. But common to all are memories.

Recapture the sounds of a bygone era as the Nick Ross Orchestra presents ‘an unmissable evening of music and song’ – the Classic Big Band Sound of the 1940s.

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ABBA Forever Saturday 27 October at 7.30pm Tickets: £19 (£17 concessions) ABBA Forever is one of the UK’s leading International tribute Shows and theatre audiences from across Great Britain and Sweden have long enjoyed this superb recreation of possibly the world‘s greatest pop band.

The unique ABBA sound is replicated with an incredible attention to detail, using a six-piece band featuring electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards and piano, drums and bass guitar. Two outstanding ABBA girls complete

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Jackson – Live in Concert the line-up, adding the essential glitz and glamour to a well polished and gently humorous show.

The wonderful lyrics penned by Benny and Bjorn are sung in wonderful harmony by all six performers on stage. Dynamic non-stop choreography, stunning visuals, top class musicianship and an ALL LIVE performance ensures that the ABBA Forever Show captivates audiences from the opening refrain to the final sing-along chorus of this two-hour spectacular. www.abbaforever.com

Sunday 28 October at 8pm Tickets: £19 (£17 concessions) Following last year’s incredible sell-out show, we’re thrilled to welcome back Amir Sharma with his show Jackson – Live in Concert.

Amir’s portrayal of Michael Jackson in his prime has to be the most vocally and visually accurate tribute to the King of Pop to have ever toured UK theatres. Amir is joined on the stage by a cast of musicians, singers and dancers who work their way through all the hits.

He’s got the look, the moonwalk and above all, the voice! His

renditions of Thriller, Beat it and Billie Jean are truly sensational.

Michael Jackson is not only remembered as one of the most influential artists of all time, but many of today’s artists have been inspired by his iconic style. His career spanned nearly five decades of music, and he was continually at the forefront of popular music.

Jackson Live in Concert features all-live vocals, fabulous costumes and of course, all the signature dance moves we all associate so fondly with the undisputed King of Pop. Pure MJ!

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Peggy Seeger Sunday 18 November at 7.30pm Tickets: £14.50 (£13.50 concessions) An accomplished multi instrumentalist and singer, Peggy Seeger’s show is full of humour, pathos and great songs. Most of all, Peggy has an ability to interact and connect with her audience.

Born in 1935, Peggy is Pete Seeger's half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger's daughter; her first life partner was the English songwriter Ewan MacColl, who wrote First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for her and to whom she bore three children.

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Peggy is known for her excellent renditions of Anglo-American folksongs and for her activist songwriting, especially in the field of feminism. Her best-known pieces are Gonna Be an Engineer and The Ballad of Springhill, the latter of which is rapidly becoming regarded as a traditional song.

“She can make a traditional song timeless yet as current as if written yesterday.”

Rich Warren WFMT

Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Monday 19 November at 7.30pm Tickets: £17 Buddy Holly & The Cricketers return with their annual show.

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In The Park With George, this fast, furious and funny rollercoaster of a concert always has audiences on their feet singing along to the music and dancing in the aisles.

This show features all of Buddy’s classics plus the greatest hits from the legends of the 50s and 60s including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard and The Beatles.

“The audience were dancing in the aisles and roaring for more”

Starring some of the finest and most talented actor-musicians in the business, whose combined West End credits include Buddy, Lennon, Return to The Forbidden Planet, Jailhouse Rock and Sunday

“Thanks for a great show which really did have the audience rocking in the aisles.”

The Stage

“Terrific fun...Great performances” Exeter Express and Echo

Carl Amos, Bedford Corn Exchange

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The Big Chris Barber Band Tuesday 20 November at 7.30pm Tickets: £19 Europe’s finest Traditional Jazz and Blues Band with british jazz trombonist Chris Barber who celebrates his 63rd year as a bandleader.

Inspired by the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, Chris formed his first Barber New Orleans Band in 1949 at the age of nineteen. In 1953, along with Monty Sunshine and Lonnie Donegan, he joined forces with Ken Colyer. Then, with the replacement of Colyer became Chris Barber's Jazz Band in 1954, one of Europe's most successful traditional jazz bands.

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Today Chris Barber leads his 10piece band, with its 7-strong front line, playing a wide selection of his favourite music: from his roots in New Orleans style in Bourbon Street Parade (still his signature tune) and Chimes Blues to the early music of Duke Ellington and Sidney Bechet on to the music of Bob Crosby and on to blues by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee to soul and soulful blues like Miles Davis' All Blues .... and probably back to When the Saints!

The Big Chris Barber Band combine all these ingredients into an evening of exciting and often moving Jazz and Blues music, great entertainment for all.

The Johnny Cash Story

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Starring Roger Dean and The Lazy Boys Saturday 12 January 2013 at 7.30pm Tickets: £16 (£14 concessions) If you saw the film Walk the Line then you will not want to miss this fantastic show!

Since appearing on BBC television at the age of 14 singing The Tennessee Flat Top Box, Roger Dean has been playing Cash’s music most of his life.

Along with his band The Lazy Boys he will keep you spellbound with his knowledge of the country music legend. Between singing classic

numbers such as Big River, Ring of Fire, I Walk the Line, Sunday Morning Coming Down and Hurt, Dean describes Johnny’s rise from poverty stricken beginnings in rural Arkansas to world stardom.

Roger Dean perfectly captures the spirit of Johnny Cash. The legend’s music is in safe hands so book early for a musical journey you will not want to miss.

“Tenderness and fun, style and verve…. And oh, what songs!”

The Financial Times

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Key Shorts International Film Festival

Dance

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Monday 17 – Friday 21 September Nightly at 7.30pm Tickets: £4, Weekly tickets: £12.50 This autumn, join us for the inaugural Key Shorts International Film Festival of short films, a season of some of the most entertaining short films from around the world.

Forty films from over twenty countries are programmed across five evenings, each bringing a wide range of styles and themes, from comedy to romance, drama to thriller and animation.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Monday 29 October at 2pm

The season includes: The Piano Tuner from France. What happens when a piano tuner who pretends to be blind witnesses something he shouldn’t?

Sugar from Holland. Borrowing a cup of sugar from a neighbour should be straightforward and uncomplicated… shouldn’t it?

Crossing Salween from Ireland. A young girl, Ko Reh, escapes persecution through the jungles of Burma along with her mysterious guide.

Tsuyako from Japan. An unhappy factory worker and mother has to make an impossible choice between duty, love and freedom.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore from the USA. This year’s best Oscar winning short animation, come and see why.

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Steven Spielberg’s

Tickets: £3.50 (£3 children) Family tickets: £10.00 We are excited to bring Hergé’s adventures of Tintin and his canine sidekick Snowy to the big screen this half term as the Key presents Steven Spielberg’s 2011 box office smash.

After discovering a model ship carrying an explosive secret, Tintin and his friends find themselves in

the crosshairs of a diabolical villain.

From the high seas to the sands of the North African deserts, every new twist and turn sweeps viewers to ever greater levels of thrills, peril and adventure.

Sound exciting? Why not join us and find out what happens to our heroes…

Dance

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Tango Motion Saturday 22 September at 7.30pm Tickets: £17.50 (£16.50 concessions) From virtuoso displays of traditional tango dance to the exquisite sounds of 1930s Buenos Aires and the powerful Nuevo Tango music of Astor Piazzolla, Tango Motion is a breathtaking journey into the heart of Tango Argentino.

Tango Motion features four of the world’s leading tango dancers, plus live music from acclaimed band Tango Siempre and the outstanding Argentinean singer Guillermo Rozenthuler.

Swan Lake

The Tango Motion musicians and dancers have previously appeared in the hit West End show Midnight Tango (with Strictly stars Vincent and Flavia), Tango Por Dos, the Channel 4 film Dance and Madonna’s film Evita.

Sunday 7 October at 7.30pm

“...a brilliant fusion of classical, tango, jazz and roots”

Following its sell-out shows in 2010 and 11, the company return to Peterborough as part of a national tour.

The Guardian

“...an effortless fusion of Latin passion and jazz virtuosity” Sunday Times

Tickets: £23 (£19 concessions) We’re thrilled to welcome back to the Key stage the Russian State Ballet for another fantastic performance of the ever-popular Swan Lake.

The world famous Russian State Ballet and Opera Theatre of Komi dates back to 1958. After its foundation the theatre rapidly developed its broad repertoire which now includes masterpieces in the fields of opera and ballet. The Premiere of Swan Lake transforms the classical ballet

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into a fairy-tale. Featuring a timeless score from incredible composer Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake is a certified classic, replete with evocative music and beautiful dance. The ballet has captured the imagination of many generations over the years and continues to attract audiences worldwide, full of mystery and romance.

A compelling legend of tragic romance tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil curse, with choreography that allows the very best dancers to show just how impressive they can be. Swan Lake is considered by many to be one of the greatest classical ballets of all time. vivacity-peterborough.com 21

In association with the award winning Bottle Rocket Comedy Club, we are proud to present Key Comedy Nights throughout the Autumn season.

Each night combines the very best headliners from the comedy circuit with the hottest rising stars to form an unmissable night of laughter!

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Friday evenings at 7.45pm Tickets: £8 advance/£10 on the door

Gareth Richards

Stuart Goldsmith

Wes Zaharuk

Vikki Stone

Friday 14 September Gareth Richards’ engaging observational comedy and inspired one-liners have made him an instant favourite on the comedy circuit.

Friday 12 October Stuart Goldsmith (Star of ITV1s Show Me The Funny) has sparky goings-on and charm to spare, mixing pitch-perfect audience repartee with cleverly woven tales of the everyday.

Friday 16 November Canadian Wes Zaharuk’s hilarious and anarchic physical comedy easily makes him a most exciting act. A one-man tour de force with a worldwide reputation for fast-paced, surreal humour, razor wit and an eccentric collection of props. If you like to laugh until you cry then Wes is an absolute must see.

Friday 14 December Award winning musical comedy and stand-up from the “hilarious and brilliant” (Heat) Vikki Stone (MTV's Flashprank, BBC3's Britain In Bed & Most Annoying People) (Top 5 Acts of 2011, Observer & Top 10 To Watch, Independent).

“exceptionally inspired and truly memorable.”

“Utterly funny” ***** Three

Steve Bennett, Chortle.

Weeks.

Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 Best Newcomer Nominee.

As seen on Russell Howard's Good News.

“Brilliant” Johnny Vegas.

Support comes from Steve Day (the UK's only Deaf Comedian); Hackney New Act Winner Fergus Craig and your host Tony Jameson.

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Support arrives from Andrew Ryan with Adam Staunton and bright young thing Matt Richardson (MC).

“A rib-tickling dive into the surreal” Channel 4 Featuring Bobby Mair (Laughing Horse New Act Winner 2012), Northern storyteller Katie Mulgrew and your MC Adnan Ahmed.

“She's ace!” Ant & Dec. “Bette Midler for the Adele generation” **** Sunday Herald.

James Acaster (fresh from supporting Milton Jones on tour; as seen on Dave’s One Night Stand), Matt Rees and your host Adnan Ahmed (“Very Funny” City Life).

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Peterborough Gilbert and Sullivan Players

Richard DeDomenici Popaganda

The Yeomen of the Guard

Friday 26 October at 7.45pm Tickets: £10

Tickets: £14

Sit back and relax to the dulcet tones of Richard DeDomenici's songs that aren’t real, facts that are funny, and jokes that don’t rhyme, in his new show Popaganda.

A jet lagged litter picker of the world's cultural landfill, watch DeDomenici throw western civilisation at the wall, caution to the wind, and see what sticks.

Like a can of tomato soup Popaganda is condensed, easily digestible, and likely to stain.

“Clever, tremendously funny, powerfully political, and unafraid to be accessible.

Think of comic activist Mark Thomas crossed with TV satirist Chris Morris, and you have something approximating Dedomenici.”

Wednesday 12 – Saturday 15 September Nightly at 7.30pm, Sat matinée at 2.30pm G&S lovers will be delighted with a new presentation of this eternal favourite.

The Sunday Herald

The Yeomen of the Guard arose from the nostalgia surrounding Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee and the re-opening after restoration of the Tower of London. The grandeur of the Tower is a fitting setting for this colourful operetta set in Elizabethan times and regarded by Gilbert and Sullivan as the best thing they had done.

“Beautiful acts of absurdity highlighting more serious issues. Frighteningly Effective.”

Colonel Fairfax is falsely accused and under sentence of death.

His accuser stands to inherit his fortune unless, with the help of The Lieutenant of The Tower, he can arrange to thwart him.

The Guardian

There is some stunning choral and solo music to accompany a story full of romance and intrigue which is touchingly human and funny, yet with a cruel and dark streak to it.

“This is the Future.”

Time Out www.dedomenici.com

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Revellers Musical and Dramatic Society present

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Carmen the Musical Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 October Nightly at 7.30pm Tickets: £14 on all performances except Tue: £12 The Revellers are very excited to be returning to the Key Theatre this autumn to present for the first time: Carmen – the Musical.

This is the ever-popular tragic story of factory girl Carmen and her brief but passionate encounter with Don Jose, a soldier, which ends in murder when Carmen withdraws her affections in favour of Escamillo, the Toreador.

This musical version by David Badger and Bobbie Field has made

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The Key Theatre presents

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Key Open Sessions

Georges Bizet’s thrilling operatic masterpiece a realistic challenge for amateur theatre. Their adaptation contains all your favourite arias in Bizet’s glorious score ensuring that Carmen remains one of the most popular of all musical theatre works.

Monday Nights: 24 September, 22 October, 26 November and 21 January at 7.45pm

This new lavish production from Revellers Musical and Dramatic Society includes a 50 strong company who will sing, dance and act their way through this tale of love, obsession and betrayal all set against a hot, lusty atmosphere in early twentieth century Spain.

Over the next few months the Key will be staging these events to give talent of all ages and types from the Peterborough area the opportunity to be involved.

Complete with a full orchestra, this is guaranteed to be the perfect treat for musical lovers.

Tickets: £3 Musicians, singers, rappers, comedians, clowns and even mime artists will be able to show off their talents at the Key’s new ‘Open Mic’ nights – Key Open Sessions.

The sessions will take place on the fourth Monday of each month in the Key Theatre Studio (apart from December: Monday 17 December) Acts will be provided with sound, lighting and the opportunity to showcase their talents.

You can just turn up on the night and we will try and fit you in, BUT if you want to make sure of your place in the performance please email key.theatre@vivacity-peterborough.com, stating what your act is and which date you would like to perform on.

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Invisible Women Friday 5 – Saturday 6 October at 7.30pm Tickets: £6 (£5 for students) A hilarious, moving, exhilarating, witty, tragic-comic showcase evening of monologues, new sketches and short plays.

In researching a biography of Captain Cook and the life of David Samwell, (surgeon on Cook’s voyages), local author and director, Sandra Samwell, encountered the truth that the women who influenced both men are, largely, absent from accounts of their lives and achievements. They are ‘Invisible Women.’

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Beginning with a monologue spoken by Cook’s wife, Elizabeth, and through sketches featuring some of the greatest women of the past three hundred years.

Featuring Tina Doyle along with a local cast, this show will appeal to keen theatregoers, anyone looking for new pieces to perform or anyone who enjoys a jolly good night out.

Shakespeare Schools Festival

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Monday 15 – Tuesday 16 October Nightly at 7pm

pride and fondness for the rest of their lives.”

Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions)

“I can honestly say that their performance was the proudest moment of my career - they absolutely and completely pulled it off. It was everything I hoped it would be, and more!”

The UK’s largest Youth Drama Festival is returning. Shakespeare Schools Festival works in partnership with the National Theatre to help 700 schools from across the UK to stage abridged Shakespeare productions in their local professional theatre.

Family and friends are invited to enjoy four youthful half-hour productions of different Shakespeare plays.

“I am sure this will be something the children involved will remember with

Participating teacher, 2011

Participating teacher, 2011

“What a fantastic organisation... it was truly inspiring to see local children engaging with Shakespeare and clearly benefiting from the experience” Parent of participating student, 2011

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Spoken Word

Welcoming Peterborough

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Peterborough Gang Show 2012

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Monday 5 – Saturday 10 November Mon – Fri at 7.15pm (No performances on Wed 7 Nov) Sat at 3.30pm and 7.30pm Tickets: £11 (£9 concessions) The Gang are back! Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Leaders throughout the Peterborough districts are thrilled to be returning to the Key Theatre with their annual show. A cast of 90 Scouters aged 8-58 will dazzle you with their variety performance.

This year’s family entertainment will feature great singing and plenty of laughs. Using traditional Gang Show numbers written by the late great Ralf Reader, along with West End hits.

Peterborough Gang Show is also proud to have Mr Warwick Davies as their Local Ambassador.

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Suddenly Theatre presents

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Dick Barton Special Agent

by Phil Willmott (by special arrangement with the BBC) – a radio play

Thursday 8 – Friday 9 November Nightly at 7.45pm Tickets: £5 Local company Suddenly Theatre make their Key Theatre debut with Phil Willmott’s hugely successful spoof radio series.

Written as a parody of the 1940s radio series complete with cliffhanger endings and song and dance routines, this show has something to appeal to those who remember the original series and younger members who have yet to experience the thrill of the Devil’s Gallop!!

Based, with tongue firmly in cheek, on the original radio programme, this production walks a very fine line between homage and camp spoof.

Peterborough Mask Theatre present

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Calendar Girls Monday 12 – Wednesday 14 November Nightly at 7.30pm, with a 2.30pm matinée on Sat in the Key Theatre Studio Tickets: £11 Based on the true story of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund, Calendar Girls opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has since become the fastest selling play in British theatre history.

Tim Firth adapts the film into this compelling play that has toured the country. Now, with the Mask Theatre, it arrives here, in Peterborough.

Mask Theatre are proud to present this ambitious production at the Key Theatre with a large cast, a sense of humour and a big heart.

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The Adventures of Monsieur Robinet

The Peterborough Poet Laureate Competition Final

Tickets: £15 (£12.50 concessions), £10 for under 16s

Thursday 13 September at 7pm

Saturday 15 September at 7.30pm

Tickets: £8 (£5 for under 16s)

Spend an evening with Roger McGough as he presents his new book of poems As Far As I Know. Hilarious and surreal, he is a poet of many voices. Menace and melancholy there may be, but with plenty of McGough's characteristic wit and wordplay too.

Enjoy an evening of poetry and comedy with John Hegley as part of Peterborough’s first We Love Words Festival of Poetry and Literature.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT, BUT TICKETS MUST BE ORDERED IN ADVANCE FROM THE BOX OFFICE

Roger McGough: As Far As I Know Saturday 8 September at 7.30pm

Newly elected President of the Poetry Society, Roger McGough has been honoured with a CBE for services to literature and the Freedom of the City of Liverpool for good behaviour.

For adults & 14+. Followed by book signing.

John Hegley:

John Hegley has been performing poetry and music since 1970 when he started busking in Hull. Since then, he’s produced numerous books and performs all over the UK. He’s a true master at bringing poetry to life.

Follow the adventures of Monsieur Robinet and of his dog, Chirac. There is some love interest which appears rather one-sided and the extraordinary tapping of a television set, all of which make this a highly entertaining experience for the whole family.

The final stage, nail biting stage of this competition, held annually since 1998. The challenge is to find a local poet to hold the honorary title of Peterborough Poet Laureate for one year.

Throughout the year the Poet Laureate will work with The John Clare Trust, Vivacity Culture and Leisure Trust (including the library service) and the community to identify opportunities to make creative writing and particularly poetry part of the life of the city, chronicling special events and celebrating the City of Peterborough. vivacity-peterborough.com 27

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An Evening with Pam Ayres

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An Audience with Jonathan Miller

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An Audience with John Motson

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Thursday 25 October at 7.30pm

Monday 29 October at 7.30pm

Wednesday 21 November at 7.30pm

Tickets: £20

Tickets: £18.50

Tickets: £18.50

Pam Ayres brings her latest show to the Key Theatre to coincide with the paperback release of her autobiography, The Necessary Aptitude, which was one of the best selling autobiographies published in hardback last year.

Jonathan Miller’s career has covered many different fields: author, lecturer, television producer and presenter, theatre, opera and film director.

John is one of the best known personalities in sports broadcasting. He has been a member of the Match of the Day team for 40 years and is regarded by many as the voice of football.

For over 30 years he has contributed prolifically to the BBC and independent television. His 1966 film of Alice in Wonderland is regarded as being one of his greatest achievements. Between 1980-1982 he produced and directed 11 plays for the BBC’s prestigious Shakespeare series, in 1984, The Beggar’s Opera and in 1985, Cosi fan tutte. His semi-staged performance of Bach’s The St Matthew Passion, which was given in London in 1993, and then in Spain and New York, was also filmed for BBC2.

His contributions to Match of the Day, Grandstand, Football Focus and Five Live have been regular and varied. From 1979 to 2008 he was the BBC's voice on major cup finals, including his record-breaking sixth World Cup Final in Berlin in 2006 and his 29th FA Cup Final in May 2008, an achievement not reached by any other commentator.

Pam, an audience favourite for over 35 years, brings a selection of new poems and stories, as well as some audience favourites. After the show, Pam will be signing copies of her autobiography.

Pam is a regular on TV and Radio, recently on programmes such as, Just A Minute, Ayres On The Air, QI, Countdown, The One Show, and The Paul O’Grady Show.

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He has also researched and narrated over 30 football videos and written four books, including Motty's Diary - A Year In The Life Of A Commentator, which was published in 1996.

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The Key Youth Theatre, or KYT is the Key’s very own fantastic Youth Theatre. It currently has over 200 members and is widely regarded as the best in the local area.

KYT offers young people, aged 6 – 18, the opportunity to develop their performance skills and build their confidence. Our vastly experienced team of Performing Arts professionals are all fully CRB checked and classes take place at the Key’s very own purpose built Studio Theatre facilities.

KYT is also a brilliant opportunity to make new friends and mix with like minded people.

Does it sound like something that you want to be a part of?

Simply download a KYT application form or a KY Glee application form or pick one up from the Box Office. KYT will get in touch when places become available and let you know about audition dates and times.

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to 10 s) 9.00am (9-11 yr KYT 1 .30pm 2 1 to ) 10.30am 2-14 yrs KYT 2 0pm (1 .3 2 to 12.30pm 8 yrs) KYT 3 pm (14-1 0 .3 4 to 2.30pm KYT 4 vivacity-peterborough.com 29

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The Yeomen of the Guard

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Key Shorts: Int Festival of Short Film Key Shorts: Int Festival of Short Film Key Shorts: Int Festival of Short Film Key Shorts: Int Festival of Short Film The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Key Shorts: Int Festival of Short Film The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Tango Motion

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John Hegley: The Adventures of Monsieur Robinet Bottle Rocket Comedy Club: Gareth Richards

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Shakespeare Schools Festival Shakespeare Schools Festival The Counterfeit Stones Bones Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Fear Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Fear The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark

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Calendar Girls

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Pam Ayres

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The Nick Ross Orchestra

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Peggy Seeger

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ABBA Forever

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The Chris Barber Band

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Mother Courage and her Children

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The Magic of Christmas

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Jackson Live in Concert The Adventures of Tintin

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KTh

NOVEMBER 2012 Thursday 1

11.30am & 2.30pm

Little Red… You Know Who!

Thursday 1

7.30pm

A Cricket Match

Plays

KTh

12

Friday 2

7.30pm

A Cricket Match

Plays

KTh

12

Saturday 3

2.30pm & 7.30pm

A Cricket Match

Plays

KTh

12

Saturday 3 Sunday 4 Monday 5

3pm & 7pm

Grisly Tales from Tumblewater

Family

KSt

5

7.15pm

Peterborough Gang Show

Wel P’boro KTh

26

Tuesday 6 Wednesday 7 Thursday 8

7.15pm

Peterborough Gang Show

Wel P’boro KTh

26

7.15pm

Peterborough Gang Show

Wel P’boro KTh

Thursday 8

7.45pm

Dick Barton Special Agent

Friday 9

7.15pm

Friday 9 Saturday 10 Sunday 11

Family

KSt

5

KTh

Monday Tuesday Wednes

Thursday Friday 2

Saturday

Monday 26 Tuesday 27 Wednesday 28 Thursday 29 Friday 30

Sunday 3

Monday

Tuesday Wednes

DECEMBER 2012

Thursday

26

Saturday 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6

7pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh

6&7

Wel P’boro KSt

26

Friday 7

11am & 2.15pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh

6&7

Peterborough Gang Show

Wel P’boro KTh

26

1pm, 4pm & 7pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh

6&7

7.45pm

Dick Barton Special Agent

Wel P’boro KSt

26

3.30pm & 7.30pm

Peterborough Gang Show

Wel P’boro

Saturday 8 Sunday 9 Monday 10

2.15pm & 7pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh

6&7

Tuesday 11

11am & 2.15pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh

6&7

Friday 1

Wednesday 12

11am & 2.15pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh

6&7

Saturday

KTh 26

Friday 4

Saturday

Sunday 6

Saturday

Tuesday

Wednes

Thursday

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Date

Time

Production

Type Family

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Venue Page

Thursday 13

11am & 2.15pm

Mother Goose

7.45pm 1pm, 4pm & 7pm 1.30pm & 4.30pm

Bottle Rocket Comedy Club: Vicki Stone Comedy Mother Goose Family Mother Goose Family

KTh 6&7 KSt 22 KTh 6&7 KTh 6&7

h

16

h

16

Friday 14 Saturday 15 Sunday 16

h

16

Monday 17

11am

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

t

22

Tuesday 18

2.15pm & 6.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

h

16

Wednesday 19

2.15pm & 6.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

h

18

2.15pm & 6.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

h

18

Thursday 20 Friday 21 Saturday 22

1pm, 4pm & 7pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

t

5

Sunday 23

1pm, 4pm & 7pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

h

19

1.30pm & 4.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

h

28

h

13

Monday 24 Tuesday 25 Wednesday 26

1.30pm & 4.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

Thursday 27 Friday 28

1pm, 4pm & 7pm 1.30pm & 4.30pm

Mother Goose Mother Goose

Family Family

KTh 6&7 KTh 6&7

Saturday 29

1.30pm & 4.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

Sunday 30

1pm, 4pm & 7pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

Monday 31

1.30pm & 4.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

h

h

JANUARY 2013 Tuesday 1 Wednesday 2

1pm, 4pm & 7pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

Thursday 3

1.30pm & 4.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

Friday 4

1.30pm & 4.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

Saturday 5

1pm, 4pm & 7pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

Sunday 6

1.30pm & 4.30pm

Mother Goose

Family

KTh 6&7

Saturday 12

7.30pm

The Johnny Cash Story

Music

KTh

19

Tuesday 29

2.30pm & 7.45pm

Dial M For Murgatroyd

Plays

KSt

13

Wednesday 30

7.45pm

Dial M For Murgatroyd

Plays

KSt

13

Thursday 31

2.30pm & 7.45pm

Dial M For Murgatroyd

Plays

KSt

13

h

6&7

h

6&7

h

6&7

h

6&7

h

6&7

Friday 1

7.45pm

Dial M For Murgatroyd

Plays

KSt

13

h

6&7

Saturday 2

2.30pm & 7.45pm

Dial M For Murgatroyd

Plays

KSt

13

FEBRUARY 2013

Coming soon in 2013 Look out for our Spring 2013 brochure later this year, highlights will include the following:

NIE presents Hansel and Gretel Thursday 14 – Friday 16 February 2013 Tickets: £12 (£6.50 concessions) International award-winning theatre company New International Encounter (NIE), return to Peterborough to present an enchanting show transforming the theatre into a magical winter woodland. Adapting the classic fairytale with their blend of live music, clowning and storytelling, NIE bring you a beautiful show for all the family to enjoy!

Small Nose presents in association with the Key Theatre Aesop’s Fables Tuesday 26 March – Saturday 13 April 2013 Tickets: £6 (£5 concessions) Small nose productions are back with their hit show!

Enjoy a brand new re-telling of Aesop’s Fables, See the stories of the boy who cried wolf, the hare and the tortoise, the dog and the bone, and the travellers and the bear brought to life using singing, puppets, four human beings and a large amount of silliness.

Also look out for

The Syd Lawrence Orchestra Wednesday 27 January 2013 Making a welcome return to the Key Theatre.

More details to be announced soon.

Plus more from the Bottle Rocket Comedy Club and new regular music events.

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Main House Seating Plan

Booking Information

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How to Book The Key Theatre Box Office is open from 10am to the start of the performance Mondays to Saturdays (closed at 6pm on non performance days) and from an hour prior to until 30 minutes after curtain up on Sundays.

A £1.50 booking fee applies to all card and cheque transactions unless buying your ticket in person at the Box Office.

Terms & Conditions Exchange and Refunds Tickets are non refundable. Concessions are subject to availability. Only one discount per ticket. Proof of status may be required at time of booking.

Data Protection The Key Theatre is committed to upholding the data protection principles of good information handling practices.

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Call the Box Office on 01733 207239 Book online at vivacity-peterborough.com

Access

Or come in and see us.

If you require assistance during your visit to the Key Theatre please advise the Box Office in advance or on the day.

Gift Vouchers – give the gift of a show The Key Theatre offers gift vouchers which can be used as part or full payment for tickets. Ask the Box Office for more details.

Vouchers can also be used at the Riva restaurant for that extra special night out.

Studio Seating Plan

Facilities • Disabled parking adjacent to the theatre • Automatic doors • Disabled toilets • Lift to first floor • Hearing loops • Guide-dogs welcome

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How to find us

Location

Key Theatre

The Key Theatre is set on the embankment between the river Nene and Peterborough Cathedral. Just outside of the city centre, the theatre is easily accessible by road, with ample parking adjacent to the theatre, by rail, as part of the country’s major train links, or by foot.

The Key Theatre is part of Vivacity Culture and Leisure a registered charitable trust. Registered charity no 1138230 All details in this brochure are correct at the time of going to press.

The Key Theatre reserves the right to alter the programme details without prior notice as necessary.

Vivacity Key Theatre Embankment Road, Peterborough PE1 1 EF key.theatre@vivacity-peterborough.com 01733 207239 • vivacity-peterborough.com

Key Theatre Peterborough