Key Theatre Summer Brochure '13

April - August 2013

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Living legend Georgie Fame

Sunday 19 May

Welcome to the Key Theatre Summer Season We’re delighted to welcome you to our latest brochure which features our packed programme of shows for this Summer.

From drama to dance, comedy to film, music to family friendly shows, and a whole host of local community events, there really is something for everyone!

The Key Theatre is now in its 40th year, so look out for some special events over the coming months and leading up to a special celebration this November.

If you’ve not visited the Key before, or you’ve not been for a while, please pay us a visit. Our main auditorium offers a perfect view from each of its 360 seats and our more intimate studio space hosts community and fringe events as well as our Key Comedy nights – turn to page 20 to find out more.

With its riverside setting and glass walled bar, the Key Theatre is the ideal setting for an evening out. You can also enjoy a pre or post-theatre meal at our brand new restaurant, , with its outdoor terrace for those hot summer evenings.

Please call our friendly Box Office team on 01733 207239 to discuss your booking, or email us at key.theatre@vivacity-peterborough.com We look forward to welcoming you to the Key Theatre soon.

The Key Theatre team

Key Theatre Peterborough

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A new restaurant is welcomed to the Key Theatre Café Clarkes will fill you up with freshly cooked old British favourites from Kedgeree to Bangers and Mash and modern classics with a twist, all accompanied by a varied and complimentary wine list.

From the same team that brought you Clarkes (restaurant) we aim to mix the best of both worlds, the great British inspired food at Clarkes and a welcoming and the relaxed casual dining scene.

Book your pre-theatre meal with your ticket and get great value dining before your performance:

Two courses from the pre-theatre menu for £10.00 (£12.50 if turning up on the night)

Three courses from the pre-theatre menu for £12.50 (£15.00 if turning up on the night) Patrons must be seated before 6.45pm to take advantage of the offer.

See our menus and keep up to date:

Whether it is for pre-theatre dinner, a family get together, or a romantic meal for two we hope to see you soon

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www.cafeclarkes.co.uk

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Mr Bugg Presents in co-production with the New Wolsey Theatre and in association with the Lowry, Salford

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Miss Nightingale – The Burlesque Musical Monday 13 – Saturday 18 May Nightly at 7.30pm Matinées on Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm Tickets: £15 (£13.50 concessions) Sex, scandals and showbiz in 1940s London.

Two men struggle in the shadows to thrust a saucy new cabaret star into the West End spotlight. But backstage lurk secrets more devastating than the Blitz.

Miss Nightingale - the burlesque musical is a "captivating love story" (WhatsonStage) that brings the vintage glamour of war-torn London thrillingly to life. With 20 original numbers performed by a talented troupe of actor musicians and starring burlesque bombshell, Amber Topaz.

‘A brilliant musical' British Theatre Guide Discover more and watch the show trailer at vivacity-peterborough.com

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Tall Stories presents

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Small Nose Productions presents

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Nett UK presents

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My Brother the Robot Aesop’s Fables

Best Friends Forever –

Saturday 6 April at 11am and 2pm

The Ultimate Kidz Pop Party

Tickets: £6.50

Monday 8 – Saturday 13 April Daily at 2pm and 7pm

Once upon a time, in the future…

Tickets: £6 (£5 children)

… there will be a little girl called Bobbie.

Bobbie will live with her inventor dad in a house filled with technology. One day, Bobbie announces that she’s lonely and she wishes she had a little brother.

Come and enjoy a brand new re-awakening of Aesop’s Fables. Meet ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’, run with ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’, and play with ‘The Dog and the Bone’. These story-time classics are brought to life using live singing, witty puppetry, four regular human beings and a chaotic amount of silliness!

So Bobbie’s dad locks himself away in his lab and works day and night to create a special present for Bobbie… a robot little brother.

Bobbie loves her new little brother, and tells him all about how the world works. But when Bobbie gets into danger one day, will her robot brother save her? The creators of The Gruffalo present a brand new show for children aged 4+

Come and join this new company just having fun, making people laugh and encouraging us all to remember the clown in each of us. Aged 4+

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Friday 12 April at 2.30pm Tickets: £13 Bring out the Bieber in you at the must-see event for every kid in town! An amazing celebration of the biggest and coolest young music stars of our time, this show delivers a funfilled experience combining fantastic choreography and multi-million selling hit songs.

Featuring the No.1 Justin Bieber impersonator alongside the award winning BFF Dance Crew, there’ll be singing, dancing, and plenty of Fireworks. Never say Never. Aged 8+

Family Film

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Dr Seuss’ The Lorax

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Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat

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Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who

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Wednesday 29 May at 11am* and 2.30pm

Wednesday 26 June at 11am* and 2.30pm

Wednesday 17 July at 11am* and 2.30pm

Tickets: £3.50 (£3 concessions) Family tickets: £10

Tickets: £3.50 (£3 concessions) Family tickets: £10

Tickets: £3.50 (£3 concessions) Family tickets: £10

The imaginative world of Dr. Suess comes to life like never before in this visually spectacular adventure from the creators of Despicable Me! Twelve year old Ted will do anything to find a real live Truffula Tree in order to impress the girl of his dreams. As he embarks on his journey, Ted discovers the incredible story of the Lorax, a grumpy but charming creature who speaks for trees. Featuring the voice talents of Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron and Taylor Swift, The Lorax is filled with hilarious fun for everyone!

Celebrating its 50th birthday this year, The Cat in the Hat is a delight for both children and their parents. In this film adaptation, Mike Myers stars as the mischievous feline with the red-and-white striped magical stovepipe hat. Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. With the arrival of the Cat comes chaos, as their house is turned upside down. Can the children calm this kitty and clean up the mess before mum gets home? She won’t be happy if they don’t….

One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can’t see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville.

Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbours, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the speck.

Still, Horton stands by the motto that, “After all, a person is a person, no matter how small.”

y Sit back and relax, enjoy the film. Don’t worry about your little ones making a Bab dly * noise – our 11am performances are specifically for parents and guardians with Friencks new babies. The lighting will be slightly brighter, the sound slightly quieter.

Normal ticket prices apply and babies go free.

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Theatre Alibi with Exeter Northcott & Oxford Playhouse present

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Curiosity Shop Wednesday 3 – Saturday 6 April Daily at 7.30pm Thurs and Sat matinée at 2.30pm Tickets: £16 (£13 concessions, £8.50 students) Key Theatre Club: £12 on evening shows When Nell and her grandfather are evicted from their home by Quilp, a malignant loan shark, they embark on an epic road trip around England where Nell’s courage is tested to the limit. On the road and on the run in cities, towns and villages Nell and her grandfather live rough and meet the usual suspects – con-men, Good Samaritans and wide boys – in pubs, in burger bars, in doss houses and at a rock festival. Curiosity Shop is a lively and exciting contemporary take on Dickens’s best known words. Aged 14+

Creative Cow presents

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UK Touring Theatre presents

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Charley’s Aunt

Miss Julie

Thursday 25 – Saturday 27 April Nightly at 7.30pm Sat matinée at 2.30pm

By August Strindberg

Tickets: £16 (£13 concessions, £12 matinée) Key Theatre Club: £12

Tickets: £12.50 (£10 concessions) Key Theatre Club: £9

It’s 1892 and dashing Oxford undergraduates, Jack and Charley are preparing to propose to Amy and Kitty, but a chaperone is needed or the girls will refuse their lunch invitation. As luck would have it, Charley’s Aunt is arriving from Brazil (where the nuts come from!) and will happily serve the purpose. But, madness ensues when Charley’s aunt is delayed, and another must pose in her place! All is well in the end after a breathtaking chase, a musical interlude and an absurd number of marital engagements.

Midsummer’s Eve, Sweden 1888. The Count’s daughter and his valet cross social and sexual boundaries; and must face the consequences.

“fast paced production delivered with a light and speedy touch. Great fun” The Stage

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Wednesday 1 – Thursday 2 May Wed at 7.30pm, Thurs at 2.30pm

What starts as a harmless flirtation, soon descends into a ferocious power struggle and battle of the sexes, from which neither can escape. Banned in the UK for 50 years, Miss Julie shocked critics across Europe with its frank portrayal of inter-class relationships in 19th century society. Aged 14+

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European Arts Company presents

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Blackeyed Theatre, in association South Hill Park, presents

Four Farces

Teechers By John Godber

Friday 3 May at 7.45pm

Tuesday 7 – Wednesday 8 May Nightly at 7.30pm Wed matinée at 2.30pm

Tickets: £10 (£7.50 concessions) Key Theatre Club: £7

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European Arts Company (who recently brought us a Pinter double-bill and ‘Chekhov’s Shorts’) return with a delicious evening of one-act Farces from the Victorian stage. There’s more than a hint of Monty Python or The Goons in these four plays: including duelling pistols, cross dressing, thwarted lovers, double-crossing, romance and intoxication. These colourful comic capers promise a sublime evening of mayhem and merriment.

Tickets: £12.50 (£10 concessions) Key Theatre Club: £9 on evening shows

“European Arts Company really takes the audience by storm.

A surreal performance, witty and hilarious, full of energy, talent and creativity.” Culture Guide

Brought to the stage by highly acclaimed Blackeyed Theatre with soaring energy, break-neck comedy and breathtaking ensemble performances, Teechers is a modern classic with something vital to say about education for the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.

Fast-moving, inventive and highly entertaining, this is John Godber’s brilliant take on life at a modern comprehensive. Through their hilarious end-of-term play, three fifth-formers exuberantly sketch the new drama teacher’s progress through two terms of recalcitrant classes, cynical colleagues and obstructive caretakers.

“there is only one fitting description of Teechers...winner” Daily Telegraph Suitable for age 12+ Box Office 01733 207239 vivacity-peterborough.com 09

Plays

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London Classic Theatre presents Oscar Wilde’s

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The Importance of Being Earnest Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 May Nightly at 7.30pm, Sat matinée at 2.30pm Tickets: £16 (£13 concessions, £12 matinée) Key Theatre Club: £12 “To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”

Oscar Wilde’s theatrical masterpiece is widely-acknowledged as one of the greatest comedies in the English Language. Wonderful characters, sparkling dialogue, gloriously improbable plot twists and a sprinkling of romance - The Importance of Being Earnest has it all.

A scintillating comedy of manners, Oscar Wilde’s best-loved work overflows with dazzling wordplay and comic invention.

NIE, Key Theatre and North Wall Arts Centre present the world premiere of

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North North North!

Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 May Nightly at 7.45pm Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions), Key Theatre Club: £7.50 A new show from the award-winning makers of sell-out show Hansel and Gretel crash lands in the Key Studio. Set in the wilds of the North Pole, this icy adventure brings together live music, storytelling, projection, physical theatre and a European ensemble - exploring the limits of human endeavour, love, comradeship, and a goulash made of Polar Bear brains...

In July 1897 three Swedish adventurers headed for the North Pole in a hydrogen filled balloon. Their aim was to discover new lands, to map the undiscovered Arctic and to plant the flag of Sweden at the pole... they were never seen alive again.

Join NIE on an exhilarating and entertaining journey into an untold story from one of the world’s last great expanse of wilderness.

“The exceptional ensemble combines exquisite, highly physical acting and wonderfully integrated live music” The Daily Telegraph 10 Pre and post theatre dinner packages available at Clarkes. www.cafeclarkes.co.uk

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Damian Williams in

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Being Tommy Cooper Thursday 23 – Friday 24 May Nightly at 7.30pm Tickets: £14 (£12 concessions) Las Vegas 1954. In a small hotel room the up-and-coming Tommy Cooper faces the prospect of his first big failure. With a closing show and a warring relationship with his manager, Tommy finds an offer on the table and a drink in his hand.

Powerful, provocative, painfully funny and true, the man who could make you laugh just by walking on to stage comes vividly alive in this confrontational new play.

Nominated for four Off West End Awards including Best Production and Best New Writing.

Fresh Glory Productions presents The Watermill Theatre production of

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Some Like It Hotter

by Richard Hurford

Monday 3 – Wednesday 5 June Nightly at 7.30pm, Wed matinée at 2.30pm Tickets: £16 (£13 concessions, £14 matinée) Welcome to the most surprising comeback in entertainment history.

It's April 2013. Funny man Jack Lemmon and the incomparable Marilyn Monroe are reunited with Hollywood heart-throb Tony Curtis. But where exactly are they and what the hell is going on? This fast moving, fantasy comedy whisks the three screen icons back to their most beautiful, sexy and hilarious selves in a once-in-an-(after)-lifetime’s opportunity to rub shoulders with the stars.

Now that’s entertainment!

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Kean Productions presents

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In Extremis

by Neil Bartlett

Tuesday 11 June at 7.45pm Tickets: £10 (£7.50 concessions) Key Theatre Club: £7 London, 24th March 1895. Mrs Robinson, a society palm reader, has agreed to see Oscar Wilde in her flat. Just a week before the ‘trial of the century’, Wilde’s fateful decision could be made on the advice he receives tonight.

One of the most celebrated men of his age, In Extremis attempts to reveal and understand Wilde’s choice to enlist the help of a complete stranger in a life-changing turn of events.

Commissioned by the National Theatre, to commemorate the centenary of Wilde’s death, this is the first revival of the play to be seen since staged at the National.

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Still House presents

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Ours Was The Fen Country

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Miss Minnelli Productions in association with the Key Theatre present

Created by Dan Canham – Produced by MAYK

Treats & It’s Too Darn Hot

Friday 21 June at 7.45pm

Tickets: £10 (£8 concs), KYT members: £7

Tickets: £10

A unique co-production repertoire season featuring the talents of former KYT members Sam Thackray, Elizabeth Summers and Mark Smedley in two very different pieces of work.

For the past two years Dan Canham has been capturing conversations with people of the fens in East Anglia. Eel-catchers, farmers, parish councillors, molly dancers and conservationists have all been interviewed. In this ethereal piece of documentary dance-theatre, Dan and his ensemble fuse movement and sound with the words and memories of their native collaborators to get to the heart of this beautiful, bleak and mysterious expanse of flat land and dig up universal stories of rural communities fading from view.

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‘Treats’ by Christopher Hampton is a three hander play set in 1974. It is the story of Ann, her current partner Patrick and ex-partner Dave and their relationship with one another.

Tues 16, Thurs 18 and Sat 20 July at 7.45pm ‘It’s Too Darn Hot’ is a show in which Cole Porter’s thrilling music and lyrics are explored by three actors and a three piece band.

Mon 15, Wed 17 at 7.45pm and Sat 20 July at 3pm

Live Art

Spoken Word

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Clive Conway presents

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An evening with Tony Benn

Etiquette of Grief

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Grief Series, Part 1

Tuesday 28 May at 7.30pm

Thursday 4 July at 7.45pm

Tickets: £18.50 Key Theatre Club: £17.50

Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) Key Theatre Club: £7.50

A decade on from his retirement from the House of Commons and announcement that, after 50 years in Parliament, he was planning ‘to spend more time on politics’, the longest serving MP in the history of the Labour party is coming to Peterborough.

Etiquette of Grief is a playful and provocative show by Leeds-based artist Ellie Harrison. Ellie’s distinctive brand of solo performance blends interactive digital alter-egos, audience games and plenty of port in a step-by-step guide to coping with bereavement.

Forthright, outspoken and tireless in his campaigns Benn has been as good as his word and in the news ever since. Cabinet Minister, Minister of Technology, Secretary of State and Chairman of the Labour Party, Benn has an impressive political CV.

Song, sandwich-making, confessions and games make for an interactive 60 minute performance which engages its audience in questions about personal and public notions of grief whilst celebrating our freedom of expression, even in our darkest moments.

However, what renounces this man as more than your average politician are his numerous on stage appearances: in an award winning two man show with veteran folk singer Roy Bailer, appearance on the Left Field stage at Glastonbury, and alongside musician and campaigner Billy Bragg.

You can even dance to DJ Charles Bailey’s remix of Benn’s impressive speeches.

“Breathtaking” HHHH Yorkshire Post “Exquisitely Judged”HHHH The Guardian (on Grief Series Part 2, The Reservation)

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Stacey Kent

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Thursday 11 April at 7.30pm Tickets: £17.50 Fresh from five sell-out shows at iconic London venues, Stacey Kent, a best-selling member of the Blue Note roster of recording artists, now boasts six best-selling albums and a string of awards, including the British Jazz Award and BBC Jazz Award for ’Best Vocalist’. Her career continues to go from strength-to-strength after her 2007 best selling album, ‘Breakfast on the Morning Train’, was nominated for a Grammy Award. This concert will feature a special sneak preview of the international artist’s forthcoming album, a delight not to be missed.

“Timeless, artless and utterly gorgeous” Time Out Magazine

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The Barron Knights

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Saturday 13 April at 7.30pm Tickets: £17 Over three hundred shows at the London Palladium. A performance at Buckingham Palace. The Barron Knights inspired Bill Wyman to buy a guitar back in 1961. Famed for Camillabased parody ‘Killer Queen’, and their riotous flamenco party piece ‘Malaguana’, you’ll be rockin’ and laughin’ as well as rollin’ along with the most entertaining group to come out of the 60s and 70s. Don’t miss ‘The Guvnors’. Their musicianship, harmonies and humour will make you regret it if you do!

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Mike Harding

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Wednesday 24 April at 7.30pm Tickets: £15 (£13 concessions) After 15 years concentrating on writing and broadcasting, fell-walking and fly fishing, Radio 2’s Mike Harding is back on the road. With a guitar and back catalogue of more than forty years of material to draw on, you’re invited to join Mike for an evening of daft stories, silly songs and the odd comic monologue.

“Funniest man in England”

Billy Connolly

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Terry Dash Music Presents

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The Charleston Chasers

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AFRICA! An evening of Live African music, featuring

Martin Simpson & Andy Cutting

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Batanai, with support from Shumba Mbira, with DJ Red Snapper.

Sunday 12 May at 7.30pm

Friday 3 May at 7.30pm

Saturday 4th May at 7.30pm

Tickets: £16

Tickets: £16.50

Tickets: £10

The Charleston Chasers have just celebrated their 25th anniversary by touring the UK with their toe tapping renditions of the hit music from the Art Deco era, and sound as fresh as ever with new arrangements and unforgettable songs from the golden age of musical creativity.

AFRICA! brings the sounds of pan-African music to The Key for a pulsating night of live performance, featuring Batanai and Shumba Mbira, plus DJ Red Snapper's own African music mix. This groundbreaking event - a first for Peterborough - presents an enchanting celebration of both the past and the future of African Ancestral music. We promise you a spectacular and vibrant stage show, with unstoppable momentum guaranteed to fill the dance floor. Enjoy the sounds of a continent with talking drums, marimbas, mbiras, chanting, balafon, and thumping tribal drumming.

Martin Simpson is one of the finest guitar players Britain has ever produced. There is no one who has more successfully combined the diverse elements of British, Afro-American and old-timey music. Martin has been nominated an astounding 26 times in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - more than any other performer - with 9 consecutive years as nominee for Musician of The Year, which he has won twice.

Experience the fun and excitement of the period with these superb musicians and vocalists, breathing new life into the well – known classics from the 1920’s and 1930’s, as heard on the smash hit ITV series ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘Boardwalk Empire’ on Sky and ‘Dancing on the Edge’ on BBC 2.

‘The band that peddles happiness’ BBC Radio 2

One of Martin’s favourite musical collaborators is Andy Cutting, who has breathed new life into English melodeon playing. His sophisticated style blends the best of British and European influences, and he is known as a sensitive accompanist for the likes of Kate Rusby and June Tabor.

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Georgie Fame in Concert

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Think Floyd – Live in Concert

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Sunday 19 May at 7.30pm

Saturday 25 May at 7.30pm

Tickets: £19.50

Tickets: £18

Georgie, with his much loved blend of Jazz and Rhythm & Blues, has consistently worked in the highest musical circles and has become an Icon of the British music scene.

This extraordinary show, dubbed ‘The Definitive Pink Floyd Experience‘ is renowned for its stunning celebration of one of the world's greatest musical phenomena.

So far there have been more than twenty albums and fourteen hit singles, including the Number 1’s: Yeh Yeh, Getaway and The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde. Add to this a long list of collaborations with some of music’s most famous names: Muddy Waters, Gene Vincent, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton and Van Morrison, amongst many others, and in Georgie Fame you have bona fide Musical Legend!

Now in their 20th year, the incredibly talented musicians who make up Think Floyd have managed to faithfully recreate all the atmosphere, visual magnitude and musical excellence of Pink Floyd live on stage.

It's no wonder they have long been regarded as The UK's finest tribute to Pink Floyd.

“There’s no point in doing it when Georgie Fame could do it ten times better” Bill Wyman "Sends us home happy to have been in the presence of genuine cool" The Guardian

The new Think Floyd production for 2013 celebrates the 40th anniversary of one of the most influential albums of all time: Dark Side of the Moon and features a performance of the entire masterpiece, complete with an impressive laser light show, along with music from the whole range of Classic Pink Floyd including The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here, Meddle, The Division Bell and more.

This is a must- see for all Pink Floyd fans! www.thinkfloyd.net

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Eliza Carthy & Jim Moray – The Wayward Tour

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Friday 31 May at 7.30pm Tickets £18 Singer and fiddler Eliza Carthy is the enormously talented daughter of Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, who has been a driving force in the current English folk music revival. Jim Moray burst onto the scene with his first album, the groundbreaking Sweet England, and continues to be one of folk’s genuine innovators. This concert, celebrating 21 years of Eliza’s touring (she started when she was just 15!) and 10 years since Jim’s debut, will revisit their respective career highlights.

Supporting them is an all-star 10-piece band including Saul Rose (Whapweasel, Faustus), Sam Sweeney (Bellowhead, Kerfuffle), Barnaby Stradling (Chipolatas, Kings of Calicutt), David Delarre (Mawkin) and Lucy Farrell. It’s a unique lineup that you simply won’t see again, performing songs you know and love – with a few special surprises as well. Come and join in the party!

Talon – the Best of Eagles

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Saturday 1 June at 7.30pm Tickets: £18.50 Now in their sixteenth year together, Talon are recognised throughout the industry as the world’s definitive Eagles tribute show. In 2013 their latest production will feature all the classic Eagles hits from the timeless back catalogue including Hotel California, Lyin’ Eyes, Take It Easy, Desperado, Take It To The Limit, Life In The Fast Lane, The Last Resort and many more.

Their ability to evolve and go from strength to strength in delivering bigger and better shows year on year continues once again with what promises to be an EVENT…

“Talon perform the songs of the Eagles with reverence and super talent.” Jack Tempchin (Eagles Hit Songwriter) “When it comes to recreating the legendary sounds of the Eagles, Talon are unequalled” Classic Hits Radio “Totally awesome evening” The Sun

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Blazin’ Fiddles

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Terry Dash Music presents

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Thursday 20 June at 7.30pm

Matthew Ford’s Swing Legends

Tickets: £16 (£15 concessions)

Friday 21 June at 7.30pm

Take a group of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and you’ve got the award-winning Blazin’ Fiddles. In the past decade no other band has quite captured the excitement, passion and sensitivity of Scottish music. Fiddlers Jenna Reid, Bruce Macgregor, Allan Henderson and Iain Macfarlane are joined by Angus Lyon on keyboard and Anna Massie on guitar/fiddle to form one of the most exciting and memorable fiddle ensembles ever to take the stage.

Tickets: £16.50 Matthew Ford is widely regarded as the finest big band singer in the UK, performing for five years with the award winning Syd Lawrence Orchestra.

In 2011 Matthew made his BBC Proms debut with the Grammy nominated John Wilson Orchestra in ‘Hooray For Hollywood’ which has been broadcast many times on BBC TV. Matthew and his nine piece Swing Legends band perform the songs of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, Matt Monro and Michael Buble and more. Well known songs such as Mack The Knife, Portrait of My Love, For Once In My Life, Birth of The Blues and Feeling Good are featured in the show.

If you are a fan of Swing, Standards, The Great American Songbook, and music of the Rat Pack, then this is the show for you.

“Matthew Ford has it all – the voice, the style and the personality which makes him the 21st Century successor to the likes of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett” BBC Radio 2

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Back to Broadway

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Lau

Friday 5 – Saturday 6 July Nightly at 7.30pm, Sat matinée at 2.30pm

Sunday 7 July at 7.30pm

Tickets: Evenings £16, matinée £14 (£10 concessions for under 16s) Key Theatre Club: £15

Scottish/English trio Lau have taken the folk world by storm. Winners of Best Group at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (having won the title 3 times previously), Lau take traditional music into exciting new territory. Kris Drever’s mellow voice and guitar, Aidan O’Rourke’s masterful fiddle and Martin Green’s explosive accordion make for a wholly addictive sound.

They are nothing if not innovative, bringing freshness of ideas and arrangements to tunes old and new. Their recent album, Race the Loser, has proved their most groundbreaking, and won them a following that transcends folk: they were recently guests on Later with Jools Holland. Lau are one of those bands that simply ooze pure class.

Let this mesmerising show take you through the world of musicals: their drama and their sheer joy. Thirty of the best loved tunes from Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Les Miserables, Grease, Lion King, West Side Story and many, many more are performed live on stage by some of the best singers and dancers working today.

Proclaimed as ‘one of the top touring Musical Theatre productions to see’

by Musical Theatre News, Back to Broadway combines captivating performances with dazzling costumes, stunning lighting effects and an amazing New York setting as it brings the best of Broadway and London's West End together.

Tickets: £16

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Key Comedy Nights

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Friday evenings at 7.45pm in the Key Studio Tickets: £10 (£8 in advance)

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

Following four hugely successful evenings throughout the autumn, these laughter-filled nights combine the very best headliners from the comedy circuit with the hottest rising stars.

Rob Rouse

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Keith Farnan

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Simon Munnery

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Friday 19 April

Friday 17 May

Friday 14 June

Star of ‘Mad Mad World’ (ITV1), ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ (C4), ‘Dave's One Night Stand’ (Dave), ‘The Comedy Store’ (Comedy Central) and ‘Spoons’ (C4).

Irish comedian Keith Farnan has performed as a stand-up all over the world, from the Boston International Comedy Festival to Hong Kong to the Middle East. He has appeared on television on ‘Michael Mcintyre Comedy Roadshow’ (BBC1) as well as ‘One Night Stand’ (Dave).

Simon Munnery is a comedy main stay - for 20 years his maverick brand of comedy has excited audiences with his satirical, often political and almost always surreal comedy.

“Brilliant and laugh out loud funny” Time Out “If Eddie Izzard had been Irish, he’d surely have turned out a lot like Keith Farnan” The Scotsman

"A true original" The Scotsman.

Support from Chris Stokes, fresh from supporting Milton Jones on his national tour ("Very smart material" Chortle) and Ben Hustwayte ("Smilingly Funny Observations" Leicester Mercury).

The Guardian.

With the musical comedy stylings of Carly Smallman (as seen on ‘The Rob Brydon Show’) and hotly tipped newcomer Kwame Asante.

Come and see Rob Rouse do what he does best - honest, frank, seriously funny stand-up.

"A man with genuinely funny bones" The Sunday Times "Utterly illuminating" HHHH Edinburgh Evening News

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British Comedy Award Nominee, Sony Radio Award Winner, Perrier Award Nominee.

As recently seen on Stewart Lee's ‘Comedy Vehicle’ (BBC2) and heard on ‘The News Quiz’ (Radio 4).

"He’s nothing less than a genius" With Ed Gamble, one half of cult comedy duo Peacock and Gamble who will entertain with his mischievous charm (as seen on ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’, BBC3) and Anna Freyberg (Laughing Horse New Act Finalist).

Comedy

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Pete Firman – Hoodwinker

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Alfie Moore – I Predicted a Riot

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Bottle Rocket Comedy presents

Monday 22 April at 7.45pm

Friday 28 June at 8pm

Tom Stade – Totally Rocks

Tickets: £14 (£12 concessions)

Tickets: £10 (£8 Concessions)

Thursday 30 May at 8pm

Don't miss Pete Firman, ”the new poster-boy for British comedy magic” (The Telegraph), as he returns to the road with an all-new box of tricks.

In 18 years, Police Sergeant Alfie Moore has seen it all. He’s investigated everything – from murders to missing milk bottles. Serving cop Alfie highlights his favourite riots over time and shares his view – he may still be serving, but he’s definitely still laughing!

Tickets: £15 (£13 concessions)

Fresh from BBC1's 'The Magicians', with his own trademark blend of comedy and jaw-dropping magic, this is a show not to be missed!

“The man from Middlesbrough sets the pace for comedy-meets-magic in the 21st century.” The Times “Firman is responsible for making it socially acceptable to say that you like magic again.” The Guardian “The best magic tricks in the Universe.”

The Independent Suitable for those aged 14+

“My favourite (Edinburgh Festival show) was Alfie Moore’s brilliantly funny show about policing. It’s genuinely funny and it’s about something. Do catch it!” David Mitchell “I loved and laughed most at Alfie Moore... absolutely go.” Victoria Coren "a very funny show... lots of well-crafted jokes and a large dash of gallows police humour" The Telegraph

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Following last year’s sell-out debut UK tour, don’t miss Canadian émigré Tom Stade with his brand new live show. Direct from his smash-hit run at the Edinburgh festival, join this “part devil, part dude” (Scotsman) as he shares his refreshingly laid-back and unconventional ethos on life; playfully leading audiences into a world where there are no boundaries, and anything goes.

Brilliantly mischievous and charming, frequently cutting close to the bone and packed with sharp and inventive observations. Catch comedy’s coolest stand-up before he explodes into a household name.

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Comedy

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Bottle Rocket Comedy presents two Edinburgh Preview Specials - each show features two superb comedian's road testing their material before their trip up north to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Friday 5 July at 7.45pm – Tickets: £8

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Gary Delaney “A hugely impressive collection of exquisitely crafted gags by one of Britain's grandmasters of the one-liner” - Chortle.

Friday 19 July at 7.45pm – Tickets: £8

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Phil Nichol Phil Nichol is a truly unique performer. An acclaimed actor, award winning comedian, producer, presenter, writer and musician – his skills are never ending!

As seen on ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle’, Phil is an energetic and exciting performer with an unquenchable thirst to break boundaries and break boundaries with his work.

Following on from his successful appearances on ‘Mock The Week’ and ‘Dave's One Night Stand’, Gary will be testing a rough and ready bag of new born jokes. Come and help him figure out which should be immediately put down for a good school and which should be quietly drowned in a bucket.

“Always worth seeing” Fest Magazine “Nichol is absolutely born to perform, and the show is brilliant”

Iain Stirling

Join Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’, ‘Russell Howard's Good News’, and ‘Stand Up for the Week’) as he hones his next Edinburgh show.

After last year’s complete sell out Edinburgh and West End run, Iain Stirling returns to Edinburgh Festival with a brand new show! For one night only, you can help him pick his material.

HHHH The Skinny

Carl Donnelly The man described in such terms as “gripping, unmissable stand-up” (Guardian) and “Impossibly effortless” (Fest). “This degree of innate comic talent is a rare and beautiful thing” (BroadwayBaby.com).

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Dance

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Rifco Arts and Watford Palace Theatre present

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Break the Floorboards Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 June Nightly at 7.30pm Matinées on Wed and Sat at 2.30pm Tickets: £16 (£14 concessions), matinées: £14 Writer – Yasmeen Khan, Director – Pravesh Kumar, Choreographer – Andy Kumar All Zain wants to do is dance, but his family, the local fascists and his two left feet are getting in the way. From the award-winning producers that brought you the 2011 smash hit musical 'Britain's Got Bhangra', Rifco Arts and Watford Palace Theatre present 'Break The Floorboards' – a new dance drama. Fusing the captivating dance styles of Bollywood and Street, this is the tale of one young boy's attempts to escape the grim reality of his recession-hit hometown.

Divya Kasturi and Watford Palace Theatre presents

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Ballet Theatre UK featuring Original Movements Dance Crew presents

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NowHere

Breakin’ Pointe

Saturday 15 June at 7.45pm

Saturday 22 June at 7.30pm

Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)

Tickets: £17.50 (£12 for under 16s)

Divya Kasturi presents a double bill consisting of two contrasting expressions of South Asian Dance. Combining the aesthetics of classicaltraditional and classical-contemporary, using the dominant narrative style of Bharatanatyam, Darshan projects the former, while NowHere represents the latter. Drawing on her unique experience of working in India and the UK, Divya brings her journey of ‘there’ and ‘here’, visualising the ‘here’ and the ‘now’ through strong emotions and body kinesthetics.

The UK’s favourite touring ballet company, join forces with the infamous urban dance crew Original Movements, in a fantastic fusion of urban Hip Hop and classical ballet styles.

Breakin' Pointe is a powerful blend of high energy dance styles set against a ‘mash up' sound track of your favorite ballet tunes and current pop beats.

This is an opportunity to see some of the country’s most talented classical and urban dancers as they perform exciting and dynamic choreography. This show promises to have you poppin’ and pirouetting in the aisles with this fantastic celebration of dance and music.

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Last Night of the Proms

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Sunday 7 April at 7pm Tickets: £12.50 The Mayor of Peterborough, Councillor George Simons, will host the annual ‘Last Night of the Proms’ this April. The event will raise money for his chosen charities: the Rudolf Fund and Supporters of Combat Stress.

The Mayor is delighted to welcome the Foss Dyke Band, a traditional Brass Band based in Lincoln, with its roots dating back to 1974 when it commenced life as a local village band. The band will be playing the usual favourite from the Last Night of the Proms along with a selection of pieces.

A prize raffle will be held during the evening.

Westwood Musical Society presents

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Oliver!

Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 April Nightly at 7.30pm, with a Sat matinée at 2.30pm Tickets: £15 (£12.50 concessions for Tues evening and Sat matinée) Fresh from last year’s sell out ‘Singing in the Rain’, Westwood Musical Society brings the much loved ‘Oliver!’ to the Key for a night of all singing, all dancing family fun. Featuring epic standards like ‘Consider Yourself’ and ‘As Long as He Needs Me’, you won’t be able to stop yourself from joining in. Run away with Oliver from bowls of gruel and find Fagin, Artful Dodger and the whole group waiting for you: watch your pockets though, this gang like to take advantage of the five finger discount.

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The Key Theatre presents

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The Key Theatre presents

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Key Open Sessions

Glass House Eclectic

Mondays: 29 April, 20 May and 24 June All at 7.45pm

Sundays: 21 April, 19 May, 16 June and 21 July All at 3pm

Tickets: £3

Free Event

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.

As the Key Theatre launches into its 40th year of existence there seems to be no better time to bring back this once popular Sunday afternoon music event. So if you like live music a relaxing atmosphere and a licensed bar then this will be an ideal way to spend your Sunday afternoon.

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.

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.

The Glass House Eclectic (GHE @THE KEY) will take place once a month on a Sunday and will bring you a selection of both established and new musicians, hence the eclectic title. We aim to provide a platform for music makers of all styles so if you like music and you like to hear it live then this is an event you will want to be a part of.

We aim to provide music and sounds for everyone and we especially welcome and encourage families to attend.

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City Academy of Ballet

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Thursday 18 – Friday 19 July Nightly at 7.30pm Tickets £9 The City Academy of Ballet has been presenting their end of year performances at the Key Theatre since 1977 and is delighted to return again in 2013. Students from 4 years to adult will be performing dances in classical ballet, contemporary, national and character dance.

Beginners’ classes will be portraying the usual mix of nursery rhymes and fairy stories whilst older children will give their interpretation of Saint Saens’ ‘Carnival of the Animals’. A mixture of age groups will present the story of ‘The Magic Toyshop’. Traditionally the performances close with a classical finale by senior students followed by the presentation of certificates, trophies and medals awarded for examinations taken throughout the year.

TGS present

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Pandora’s Box Saturday 20 July At 3pm and 7pm Tickets: £13 The Guitart School of Performing Arts, or TGS as they are known, is a well established Dance and Performing Arts School for children of all ages and abilities, and they are thrilled to be returning to the Key Theatre for their annual presentation.

This year’s show Pandora’s Box is literally a box full of surprises, from musical extracts to the rawest kind of commercial dance and singing, all to an excellent high standard.

Featuring cast members as young as three, who will share the stage with seasoned pros, this is a show which promises to bring the house down.

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KYT Summer School is back!

After the massive sell-out success of last year’s event we are delighted to announce the dates for Summer School 2013.

Summer Musical – Les Misérables Following the smash hit success of Our Day Out last year, the KYT team will return with another fantastic Summer Musical in 2013.

Week 2: August 5 – 10

Back for it’s 22nd production, the Key’s Summer Musical offers the young people of Peterborough and it’s surrounding areas the opportunity to be involved in staging a fully professional production in the Key’s main auditorium.

Summer School will cost just £150 per week and we will again be offering our usual generous discounts to those wishing to send more than one child or who wish to do both weeks.

Many of the young people that have featured in previous shows have gone on to forge hugely successful careers in theatre and television and this will be your opportunity to see the next generation coming through!

Summer School will once again take place at the Key Theatre on…

Week 1: July 29 – August 3

Don’t worry if you can’t pay for it all at once, our Box Office staff will be happy to discuss your payment options with you and your place can be reserved at a cost of only £20.

We also have a small number of full or partial scholarship places available.

KYT Summer School is the biggest and best around so don’t miss out on your place and the opportunity to work with professional directors, choreographers and musicians and to take part in an amazing end of week performance in the Key’s main auditorium to a packed out audience of family and friends.

It really is the experience of a lifetime and one absolutely not to be missed!

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Dates

We are thrilled to announce this year’s exciting new pantomime production – the ever-popular tale of Cinderella.

Key Theatre pantomimes are renowned throughout the region for their quality and traditional sense of good, clean, family fun.

With over 30 years of experience, it’s no wonder that thousands of children have grown up enjoying panto at the Key and many now bring their own families too!

Written and directed by Michael Cross, this year’s magical tale will be the perfect treat for your festive celebrations.

Thurs 5 Dec Fri 6 Dec Sat 7 Dec Sun 8 Dec Mon 9 Dec Tues 10 Dec Wed 11 Dec Thurs 12 Dec Fri 13 Dec Sat 14 Dec Sun 15 Dec Mon 16 Dec Tues 17 Dec Wed 18 Dec Thurs 19 Dec Fri 20 Dec Sat 21 Dec Sun 22 Dec Mon 23 Dec Tues 24 Dec Wed 25 Dec Thurs 26 Dec Fri 27 Dec Sat 28 Dec Sun 29 Dec Mon 30 Dec Tues 31 Jan Wed 1 Jan Thurs 2 Jan Fri 3 Jan Sat 4 Jan Sun 5 Jan

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Early Performance

1.00pm

£15.00

10.30am Sc R £10.00 10.30am Sc £15.00 1.00pm 1.30pm 10.30am

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£15.00 £15.00 £15.00

1.00pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 1.30pm

£17.00 £17.00 £17.00 £17.00

1.00pm 1.30pm 1.30pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 1.00pm

£17.00 £17.00 £17.00 £17.00 £17.00 £17.00

1.30pm 1.30pm 1.00pm 1.30pm

£15.00 £15.00 £15.00 £15.00

Afternoon Performance

Evening Performance 7.00pm £10.00 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 4.00pm £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 No performances 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 No performances 4.00pm AD £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 4.30pm £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 6.30pm £15.00 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 6.30pm £15.00 2.15pm s Sc £15.00 6.30pm £15.00 No performances 4.00pm £17.00 7.00pm £16.00 4.00pm £17.00 7.00pm £16.00 4.30pm £17.00 4.30pm £17.00 No performances 4.00pm £17.00 7.00pm £17.00 4.30pm £17.00 4.30pm £17.00 4.00pm £17.00 7.00pm £17.00 4.30pm £17.00 4.00pm £17.00 No performances 4.30pm £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 4.30pm £15.00 4.00pm £15.00 7.00pm £15.00 4.30pm £15.00

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Panto Discounts s Special discount for senior citizens – £10.00 Family Ticket available – 2 adults and 2 children £48.00 Sc Special discount for Schools – £9.00 (Plus 1 FREE seat for every 12 purchased) Signed Performance for the deaf and hard of hearing AD Audio described performance R

Relaxed Performance for parents with young babies and for people with autism and learning disabilities

All persons regardless of age must have a valid ticket for admission to the auditorium CONCESSIONS • Children/Under 16s and students £3.00 OFF full price tickets at all performances • Discounts for parties: (from Friday 7 December only) 20+ = 10%, 50+ = 15%, 100+ = 20% Full House (365) = 25% ONLY ONE DISCOUNT APPLIES PER BOOKING

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 fulfil 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.

Volunteering at the Key Theatre We have a number of volunteering opportunities available at the theatre. If you are interested in joining our team, we would love to hear from you!

Please get in touch for information on the roles we have by emailing

volunteering@vivacity-peterborough.com

Our charity number is 1138230

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Calendar

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Date

Time

Production

Type

Venue Page

APRIL Monday 1 Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 Friday 5 Saturday 6 Saturday 6 Sunday 7 Monday 8 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 10 Thursday 11 Thursday 11 Friday 12 Friday 12 Saturday 13 Saturday 13 Sunday 14 Monday 15 Tuesday 16 Wednesday 17 Thursday 18 Friday 19 Friday 19 Saturday 20 Sunday 21 Monday 22 Tuesday 23 Wednesday 24 Thursday 25 Friday 26 Saturday 27 Sunday 28 Monday 29 Tuesday 30

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Bank Holiday 7.30pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm 11am, 2pm 7pm 2pm, 7pm 2pm, 7pm 2pm, 7pm 7.30pm 2pm, 7pm 2pm, 7pm 2.30pm 7.30pm 2pm, 7pm

Curiosity Shop Curiosity Shop Curiosity Shop Curiosity Shop My Brother The Robot Last Night of the Proms 2013 Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s Fables Stacey Kent Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s Fables Best Friends Forever The Barron Knights Aesop’s Fables

Plays Plays Plays Plays Family Community Family Family Family Music Family Family Family Music Family

KTh 8 KTh 8 KTh 8 KTh 8 KSt 6 KTh 24 KSt 6 KSt 6 KSt 6 KTh 14 KSt 6 KSt 6 KTh 6 KTh 14 KSt 6

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 7.30pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm 3pm 7.45pm

Oliver!

Oliver!

Oliver!

Key Comedy Nights: Rob Rouse Oliver!

Oliver!

Glass House Eclectic Pete Firmin: Hoodwinker

Community Community Community Comedy Community Community Community Comedy

KTh KTh KTh KSt KTh KTh KBar KTh

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm

Mike Harding Charley's Aunt Charley's Aunt Charley's Aunt

Music Plays Plays Plays

KTh 14 KTh 8 KTh 8 KTh 8

7.45pm

Key Open Sessions

Community KSt 25

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Date

Time

Production

Type

Venue Page

Date

Venue Page

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Film Comedy Music

KTh 7 KTh 21 KTh 17

Music

KTh

W Th Fr Fr Sa Su

7.30pm Some Like It Hotter 7.30pm Some Like It Hotter 2.30pm, 7.30pm Some Like It Hotter ZEPA Conference ZEPA Conference

Plays Plays Plays

KTh 11 KTh 11 KTh 11

7.30pm 7.45pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 2.30pm,7.30pm 7.45pm 3pm

Break The Floorboards In Extremis Break The Floorboards Break The Floorboards Break The Floorboards Key Comedy Nights: Simon Munnery Break The Floorboards Divya Kasturi presents NowHere Glass House Eclectic

Dance KTh Plays KTh Dance KTh Dance KTh Dance KTh Comedy KSt Dance KSt Dance KSt Community KBar

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7.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 7.30pm

Blazin' Fiddles Matthew Ford's Swing Legends Ours Was The Fen Country Breakin' Pointe

Music Music Plays Dance

KTh KTh KSt KTh

18 18 12 23

7.45pm

Key Open Sessions

Community

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Time

Production

MAY continued

MAY Wednesday 1 Thursday 2 Friday 3 Friday 3 Sunday 5 Monday 6 Saturday 4 Tuesday 7 Wednesday 8 Thursday 9 Thursday 9 Friday 10 Friday 10 Saturday 11 Saturday 11 Sunday 12 Monday 13 Tuesday 14 Wednesday 15 Thursday 16 Friday 17 Friday 17 Saturday 18 Sunday 19 Sunday 19 Monday 20 Tuesday 21 Wednesday 22 Thursday 23 Friday 24 Saturday 25 Sunday 26 Monday 27 Tuesday 28

Type

7.30pm 2.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm

Miss Julie Miss Julie The Charleston Chasers Four Farces

Plays Plays Music Plays

KTh 8 KTh 8 KTh 15 KSt 9

7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm 7.45pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm 3pm 7.30pm 7.45pm

Bank Holiday Africa!

Teechers Teechers The Importance of Being Earnest North North North!

The Importance of Being Earnest North North North!

The Importance of Being Earnest North North North!

Martin Simpson and Andy Cutting Miss Nightingale Miss Nightingale Miss Nightingale Miss Nightingale Miss Nightingale Key Comedy Nights: Keith Farnan Miss Nightingale Glass House Eclectic Georgie Fame Key Open Sessions

Music lKTh 15 Plays KTh 9 Plays KTh 9 Plays KTh 10 Plays KSt 10 Plays KTh 10 Plays KSt 10 Plays KTh 10 Plays KSt 10 Music KTh 15 Musical KTh 4&5 Musical KTh 4&5 Musical KTh 4&5 Musical KTh 4&5 Musical KTh 4&5 Comedy KSt 20 Musical KTh 4&5 Community KBar 25 Music KTh 16 Community KSt 25

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Being Tommy Cooper Being Tommy Cooper Think Floyd – Live in Concert

Plays Plays Music

7.30pm

Bank Holiday An evening with Tony Benn

Spoken Word KTh 13

Wednesday 29 11am, 2.30pm Thursday 30 8.00pm Friday 31 7.30pm

Dr Seuss‘ The Lorax Tom Stade- Totally Rocks Eliza Carthy and Jim Moray

Saturday 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Sunday 9 Monday 10 Tuesday 11 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 12 Thursday 13 Friday 14 Friday 14 Saturday 15 Saturday 15 Sunday 16 Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Friday 21 Friday 21 Saturday 22 Sunday 23 Monday 24 Tuesday 25

Talon: The Best of Eagles

JUNE

KTh 11 KTh 11 KTh 16

7.30pm

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Date

Time

Wednesday 26 Thursday 27 Friday 28 Friday 28 Saturday 29 Sunday 30

11am, 2.30pm TBC TBC 8pm TBC

Production

Type

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Date

Time

JUNE continued Dr Seuss‘ The Cat In The Hat Get Fit To Dance Get Fit To Dance Alfie Moore - I Predicted A Riot Get Fit To Dance

Type

Venue Page

JULY continued Film Community Community Comedy Community

KTh KTh KTh KTh KTh

7 n/a n/a 21 n/a

Saturday 27 Sunday 28 Monday 29 Tuesday 30 Wednesday 31

SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL

AUGUST

JULY Monday 1 Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 7.45pm Friday 5 7.30pm Friday 5 7.45pm Saturday 6 2.30pm, 7.30pm Sunday 7 7.30pm Monday 8 to Sunday 14 Monday 15 7.45pm Tuesday 16 7.45pm Wednesday 17 11am, 2.30pm Wednesday 17 7.45pm Thursday 18 7.30pm Thursday 18 7.45pm Friday 19 7.30pm Friday 19 7.45pm Saturday 20 3pm Saturday 20 3pm & 7pm Saturday 20 7.45pm Sunday 21 3pm Monday 22 Tuesday 23 Wednesday 24 Thursday 25 Friday 26

Production

Etiquette Of Grief Back To Broadway Gary Delaney and Iain Stirling Back To Broadway Lau

Live Art Music Comedy Music Music

KSt KTh KSt KTh KTh

13 19 22 19 19

It’s Too Darn Hot Treats Dr Seuss‘ Horton Hears a Who It’s Too Darn Hot City Academy of Ballet Treats City Academy of Ballet Phil Nichol and Carl Donnelly It’s Too Darn Hot Pandora's Box Treats Glass House Eclectic

Plays KSt Plays KSt Film KTh Plays KSt Community KTh Plays KSt Community KTh Comedy KTh Plays KSt Community KTh Plays KSt Community KBar

12 12 7 12 26 12 26 22 12 26 12 25

Thursday 1 Friday 2 Saturday 3 Sunday 4 Monday 5 Tuesday 6 Wednesday 7 Thursday 8 Friday 9 Saturday 10 Sunday 11 Monday 12 Tuesday 13 Wednesday 14 Thursday 15 Friday 16 Saturday 17 Sunday 18 Monday 19 Tuesday 20 Wednesday 21 Thursday 22 Friday 23 Saturday 24 Sunday 25 to Saturday 31

SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm, 7.30pm

Les Misérables Les Misérables Les Misérables Les Misérables

Community Community Community Community

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Main House Seating Plan

Booking Information How to Book

Terms & Conditions

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 curtain up on Sundays.

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. Concessions apply to over 60s and under 25s.

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

Call the Box Office on 01733 207239 Book online at vivacity-peterborough.com Or come in and see us.

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.

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

Access

Studio Seating Plan

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

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

Book online at

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Key Theatre

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

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.

The Key Theatre is part of Vivacity Culture and Leisure a registered charitable trust. Registered charity no 1138230

Key Theatre Peterborough

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.

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