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Treading the boards... the editor’s pick of local theatre

Editor’s Note Please note - at the time of going to press our wonderful theatres have temporarily closed and forward dates are likely to change. Please check websites and support them when you can.

Babbacombe  eatre babbacombe-theatre.com Editor’s pick SUPERSTARS Show runs to 21 October (Tues & Wed) Enjoy this fast-moving family variety show with lots of favourite songs from show soundtracks like Les Miserables, 9-5, Jersey Boys and  e Blues Brothers plus popular songs from the superstars like Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Tony Christie, the Spice Girls and Dolly Parton.  ere’s also lots of side-splitting comedy and wonderfully choreographed dance routines.

Palace  eatre, Paignton palacetheatrepaignton.co.uk Editor’s pick AGATHA CHRISTIE’S SPIDER’S WEB 9 June - July 30 Coming this Summer... One of Agatha Christie’s most successful mysteries.  e wife of a Foreign O ce diplomat discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent. Anxious to dispose of the body before her husband gets home with an important politician, she asks her three house guests to help.  ere’s plenty of hilarity when the detective arrives and they try to hide the evidence.

Little  eatre, Torquay toadslittletheatre.co.uk Editor’s pick ALLO ALLO 3, 8 AUGUST THEN TUES, WEDS & THURS TILL 17 SEPTEMBER Enjoy TOADS performance of the beloved ‘Allo ‘Allo story of wartime resistance. Rene Artois owns a small cafe in France during World War II. While his cafe is used as a safe house for British airmen, he also runs covert operations,  irts with women and keeps his wife happy.

54 | April/May 2020 What’s New at the Little Theatre...

LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY... I SHALL SAY ZIS ONLY ONCE

To promote your business to our readers email sales@englishrivieramagazine.co.uk ‘Allo! ‘Allo! By Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft Directed by John Miles A COMEDY All is not well at ‘Café René’. It’s 1942 in France and the ‘conquering heroes’ have An exciting new format for the 2020/2021 season ‘Those of you who ‘ave been paying attention’ may have noticed from our Club Membership Booking Form on the previous page that this season we will be presenting 9 Toads plays, plus the Tadpoles Youth production instead of our usual 10. Our fi rst play of the season, the wonderful ‘Allo! ‘Allo! directed by John Miles, will run from Monday 3rd to Saturday 8th August, with a matinee on Saturday, and then every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday up to and including the 17th September. This will give you plenty of opportunity to enjoy the hilarious happenings in Café René...

Theatre Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth the avel.org.uk Editor’s pick JACQUI DANKWORTH & CHARLIE WOOD 1 August Multi award-winning vocalist, Jacqui Dankworth, is joined by acclaimed American pianist-vocalist Charlie Wood for a unique concert of duets celebrating a century of song.

Princess  eatre, Torquay atgtickets.com/venues/princess-theatretorquay/  e Princess  eatre is currently not promoting new shows but please keep checking their website for later in the year.