Access Newsletter 2018/2019

ACCESS The Hawth Crawley

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ACCESS The Hawth Crawley Welcome to The Hawth Crawley’s new season.

We are committed to making your theatre visit an accessible and enjoyable experience.

Ticket prices below are full prices, visually or hearing impaired customers and a companion are generally entitled to a half price discount.

We hope to see you soon!

Aladdin

Fri 7 December 2018 - Sun 6 January 2019 Starring Dancing on Ice’s Mr Nasty, Jason Gardiner as Abanazar, Shaheen Jafargholi (EastEnders, Casualty) as Aladdin, impressionist Jess Robinson (Britain’s Got Talent, The Imitation Game) and Crawley’s favourite Dame Michael J Batchelor, Aladdin is a pantomime not to be missed!

BSL Interpreted Performance: Sun 16 December 2pm (Signer: Ann McAllister) Audio Described Performance: Sat 29 December 2pm Relaxed Performance: Wed 2 January 5.30pm Ticket prices vary

Saturday Night Fever

Tue 15 - Sat 19 January Marking 40 years since its famous UK cinema release, Saturday Night Fever is spectacularly reimagined in a big new music and dance extravaganza.

Starring Matthew Bourne Company, Streetdance The Movie and Casualty star Richard Winsor, this new stage version promises more drama, more music and hot new choreography, which is sure to have you dancing in the aisles!

BSL Interpreted Performance: Fri 18 January 7.30pm (Signer: Stacey Green) Audio Described Performance: Sat 19 January 2.30pm Tickets: Tue-Thu 7.30pm: £41.50, Wed & Thu 2.30pm: £35.50, Fri & Sat 7.30pm: £43.50, Sat 2.30pm: £37.50

Rain Man

Mon 11 - Sat 16 February Based on the Oscar-winning film, Bill Kenwright presents Rain Man, starring Paul Nicholls and Chris Fountain. When self-centred salesman Charlie Babbitt discovers that his long-lost brother Raymond, an autistic savant with a genius for numbers, has inherited the family fortune, he sets out to get ‘his half’.

BSL Interpreted Performance: Fri 15 February 7.30pm (Signer: Taz Hockaday) Audio Described Performance: Sat 16 February 2.30pm Tickets: Mon-Thu 7.30pm: £23.50-£32, Wed & Sat 2.30pm: £19.50-£28, Fri & Sat 7.30pm: £25.50-£34

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Tue 12 - Sat 16 March Bill Kenwright’s ‘Amazing’, ‘Superb’, ‘Wonderful’ and ‘Brilliant’ production of this sparkling family musical returns to The Hawth.

Retelling the Biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours, this magical musical is full of unforgettable songs including Those Canaan Days, Any Dream Will Do, and Close Every Door To Me. BSL Interpreted Performance: Fri 15 March 8pm (Signer: Emma Isted) Audio Described Performance: Sat 16 March 2pm Tickets: Tue-Thu 7.30pm & Fri 5pm: £23-£35, Wed & Thu 2.30pm: £18-£30, Fri 8pm, Sat 5pm & 8pm: £28-£40

Room on the Broom

Tue 19 & Wed 20 March Join the witch and her cat on their mission to defeat the dragon in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of Room on the Broom, the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up and their grown-ups, in the Olivier Award-nominated stage show.

Relaxed Performance: Wed 20 March 10.30am Tickets: £12.50, Family of four/Groups 10 or more: £11.50

The Mousetrap

Mon 22 - Sat 27 April Starring Gwyneth Strong (Only Fools and Horses, EastEnders), discover why Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept people guessing for so long, becoming the longest running show of any kind in the history of theatre.

Experience shuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricate plot where murder lurks around every corner.

BSL Interpreted Performance: Fri 26 April 7.30pm (Signer: Nicola Williams) Audio Described Performance: Sat 27 April 2.30pm Mon-Thu 7.30pm: £36, 2.30pm: £31.50, Fri & Sat 7.30pm: £40 ‘Quite simply, the best family show I’ve seen’

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Based on the much-loved picture book

by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Photo credit: Lesley Cook Headshots. Photo includes previous cast members

Sky Arts

Tue 7 & Wed 8 May See the smash-hit production of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt on tour, direct from the West End, as it returns vividly and noisily in director Sally Cookson’s fun-filled adaptation set to Benji Bower’s versatile lively score.

Based on the much-loved picture book by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, this mischievous celebration of play is the perfect treat for families with children aged 3 and up.

Relaxed Performance: Wed 8 May 10.30am Tickets: £12.50, Family of four/Groups 10 or more: £11.50

Cabaret

Tue 17 - Sat 21 September Directed by National Theatre Artistic Director Rufus Norris, the production has enjoyed two smash hit West End runs at The Lyric and The Savoy theatres.

Cabaret features show-stopping choreography, dazzling costumes and iconic songs Money Makes The World Go Round, Maybe This Time, Cabaret, and more.

BSL Interpreted Performance: Fri 20 September 7.30pm (Signer: Donna Ruane) Audio Described Performance: Sat 21 September 2.30pm Tickets: Tue-Thu 7.30pm: £42.50, Fri & Sat 7.30pm: £45, Wed & Thu 2.30pm: £37.50, Sat 2.30pm: £40

Annie

Tue 22 - Sat 26 October The smash-hit production of Annie comes to Crawley for one week only direct from London’s West End. Set in 1930s New York, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Her luck changes when she’s chosen to spend Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Meanwhile, Miss Hannigan hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search for her true family.

BSL Interpreted Performance: Fri 25 October 7.30pm (Signer: Karen Ward-Welch) Audio Described Performance: Sat 26 October 2.30pm Tickets: Tue-Thu: £46.50, Fri & Sat: £49.50

Access Membership Scheme

Latest Brochure

The Hawth offers free companion tickets at all performances for customers who have joined the Access Membership Scheme.

Our brochure is available in large print and Braille and emailed text versions on request from the Box Office.

Joining The Hawth’s Access Membership Scheme is free and forms are available at Box Office or click here.

The volunteer members of The Hawth’s Audio Description Team have also recorded the new brochure as an audio file which can be listened here.

Disabled Access

Keep Up To Date

The Hawth car park has assigned disabled parking, as well as free parking for cars and coaches.

If you know someone who would like a copy of this newsletter or to receive a large print or audio CD version, please let us know by calling the Box Office on 01293 553636 or email hawthmarketing@parkwoodtheatres.co.uk

There is level access into the theatre, which has adapted toilet facilities. Tickets in the front stalls can be purchased for wheelchair users and their companions (available for half price at all Hawth promotions).

For further details including discounted ticket prices, please contact the Box Office on 01293 553636.

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