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GREAT THEATRE AT THE HEART OF THE CITY
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KEY 10
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HELLO THERE! Welcome to Lincoln Performing Arts Centre. From a brand new production by Reduced Shakespeare Company, through to first time visits from nationally renowned companies, such as Made In China, and the return of the wonderful Little Bulb Theatre, alongside specially commissioned work from LaPelle’s Factory and Flickbook Theatre, this season is full of fresh and vibrant performance that will blow away the dusty cobwebs of winter.
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We also see the return of Lincoln’s annual children’s arts festival for Easter 2017 – EGGCITE! – a creative eggstravaganza featuring the best in family friendly arts and entertainment at the heart of the city. Indeed, we believe it’s never too early to turn children onto the magic of live performance and we look forward to welcoming our younger audiences to our biggest family programme so far. See you soon! The Team
Director’s Choice We have many great events on offer this season but if you like something a bit different, look out for this icon. I highly recommend it!
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Craig Morrow Artistic Director Desperado, Focus Group, Casket Case, Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me, Wail, MK Ultra
Family Friendly Suitable for all
Insight
Post show discussion
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Students & Under 26s
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Lincolnshire has a really creative community and we’re making sure 12 to 25 year olds feel part of it. As part of Lincolnshire One Venues (LOV), a network of 11 arts venues, we are working with young people to create a range of exciting activities and events for and by young people across the county. If you’re aged between 12 and 25 visit www.facebook.com/ LovProjectTeam for the latest opportunities and to have your say. Funded by:
SEATING PLAN Our auditorium is a versatile space with flexible seating, however, for most shows this is what you can expect from our standard seating layout. You can select a seat, and if booking online or in person, you can see the view from your seat on screen, so you can feel confident that you’re getting the best audience experience available.
CAR PARKING You can buy a car parking ticket for the main University of Lincoln car park for the exclusive rate of £2 when booking your tickets no later than 1 day in advance.
Part of University of Lincoln Lincoln Performing Arts Centre is also home to Lincoln School of Fine & Performing Arts. Around 400 students study Dance and Drama here at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Find us online at www.lincoln.ac.uk
The University of Lincoln pay and display car park is open to the public from 4.30pm on weekdays and all day on weekends.
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Lincoln Performing Arts Centre is part of the University of Lincoln, a Higher Education Corporation with exempt charitable status, and we rely on the generosity of individuals to enhance the work that we do. Any amount that you are able to spare will help to widen our diverse programme of theatre and dance, increase our work with young people, as well as enabling us to provide artists, companies and audiences with new opportunities and experiences.
GENERAL FUND Help Support Our Great Work. Your donation will help keep our programme fresh, vibrant and accessible for children and young people.
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LPAC Producers are a passionate group of young people who make exciting things happen in the venue and around the city! If you are interested in a career in theatre or just want to know what goes on behind the scenes, then this is the group for you. Come along to gain experience in programming, marketing, box office and technical theatre with additional opportunities to visit arts venues and festivals across the UK.
Take on creative challenges, participate through workshops, experience a range of events and share your skills with others! Whether you’re interested in music, theatre, art, comedy, technical theatre or dance; with support from the professional staff at Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, you can complete your Arts Award qualification (and make some friends!) at our weekly sessions.
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LOUDMOUTH SHOWCASE Friday 13th January 7.30pm Join Loudmouth Youth Theatre for an evening of variety performances celebrating the talent of our members. Zing is home to great free activities and performances throughout the year. See our website for up-to-date event and exhibition listings.
Tickets: Free (limited capacity, advance booking recommended) Running Time: 1 hour (no interval) Location: Studio 1 International Concert Series
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Come and join us at Zing and enjoy fresh, affordable snacks and drinks throughout the day and into the evening. A light, relaxed atmosphere provides lunchers and theatre-goers alike with the ideal spot to have a coffee, juice or glass of wine. Opening Hours 8.30am-6pm Monday through to Friday and from an hour before show start times. @ZingCafeBar
ACOUSTIC LOUNGE
COMMUTER JAZZ
Our acoustic sessions bring you fresh and upcoming local musicians in a relaxed environment. To perform, contact Michael on mwoodhall@lincoln.ac.uk
The weekend starts here. Great live music from hot swingin’ jazz to hip funkateers.
Tues 31 Jan, Tues 21 Feb, Tues 21 March 7pm-9pm. Tickets: Pay what you feel.
LIL’ PACS Fun creative play sessions guided by storytellers and artists: perfect for parents and toddlers. Fridays 10am-11.30am 6 Jan – 28 July // excludes 14 April.
Fridays 5pm-7pm 6 Jan – 30 June // excludes 14 April & 19 May.
ATG SLAM Mouth Piece Poets present Against the Grain SLAM - A night of high energy Performance Poetry! Spectate or participate. 1st place £35, 2nd place £15. facebook.com/ mouthpiecepoetry Tues 7 Feb, Tues 7 March, Tues 4 April 7pm – Late. Tickets: Pay what you feel.
TASMIN LITTLE, VIOLIN & PIERS LANE, PIANO Sunday 22 January 3pm
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SCHUBERT - Rondo Brilliant BEETHOVEN - Sonata in F major RAVEL - Habanera CESAR FRANCK - Sonata in A major
Firmly established as one of today’s leading international violinists, multi-award winning Tasmin Little has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in the world including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Royal Albert Hall.
Tickets: £18 Full // £16 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
NEWVOLUTIONS Mon 23 – Sat 28 January Lincoln’s Free Festival of New Performance for the curious… A micro-season of work-in-progress by local, regional and national theatre makers, dancers and choreographers, performers and artists. Look out for our mini brochure with a full list of events or check out our website.
Tickets: Free (limited capacity, advance booking recommended)
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FOCUS GROUP* Julian Hughes
Thursday 9 February 7.30pm
LaPelle’s Factory
DESPERADO Thursday 2 February 7.30pm An exhilarating show that mischievously riffs on dance marathons, rock gigs, school sports days and rodeos. Desperado is a manic and adrenaline-fuelled display of camaraderie and strength, which fights to dispel the myth that mankind has reached the end of the line. Driven by power and pain, it pushes back against the grinding monotony and brutality of the modern world with sly jokes and mad dancing. Vibrant and fierce, provocative and playful, hilarious and exhausting, Desperado is coming for you. So put your hands up – it’s a raid! Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Commissioned by Lincoln Performing Arts Centre. Supported by Attenborough Arts Centre (Leicester) and Derby Theatre of In Good Company, Camden People’s Theatre (London) and The HopBarn (Southwell).
Tickets: £12.50 Full // £10.50 Concessions Running Time: 70 mins (no interval)
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*or How To Stare Down & Transfigure Loneliness1 1
a play after David Foster Wallace
Inspired by cult US writer David Foster Wallace’s short story Mister Squishy, Focus Group* is an absurd comedy with a dark heart, exploring the absurdity of modern life and consumer culture with humanity and humour. It is dark, unsettling and playful. The production celebrates the human drive to continue in what can feel like an increasingly remote reality. Through TOOT’s distinctive style of interactive performance, the company provokes audiences to consider whether a real connection is possible at all. Sit back, eat (individually wrapped, luxury) cake, and see a man gradually relinquish the delusion that he matters in the slightest.... And then go back to watching kitten videos on Facebook. Tickets: £12.50 Full // £10.50 Concessions Running Time: 55 minutes
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The Lincoln Company
ENCORE: RAISE YOUR VOICE Flickbook Theatre
Saturday 11 February 7.30pm
CASKET CASE
The annual musical extravaganza is back to celebrate everyone’s favourite characters and show tunes.
Thurs 16 – Sat 18 February 8pm
Songs from musicals such as Rent, Wicked, Spring Awakening and Hairspray will be performed by an ensemble cast of talented young performers. Encore promises to be a fun filled evening of singing and dancing with some surprises along the way...
“Lightening. Heights. Raw Meat. Bears. Spiders… and death, obviously” Casket Case is a show about our fear of death, dying and being dead. It’s about Jozey, who doesn’t really do anything that could possibly, even slightly, increase her risk of dying.
So join the party and Raise Your Voice!
Not even putting salt on her chips.
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Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concessions
Madness.
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
It’s Jozey’s birthday, she’s blown out the candles and made a wish, but her anxieties are still spiralling out of control and her friends are faced with just two options - kill, or cure.
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PELLEAS ENSEMBLE, FLUTE, VIOLA & HARP
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Casket Case is part story, part cabaret, part totally morbid curiosity. After all, none of us are getting out of here alive... Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Commissioned by Lincoln Performing Arts Centre.
Sunday 12 February 3pm
Tickets: £8.50 All seats
The Pelleas Ensemble were formed at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2011 and since then have gone on to win numerous awards including both the Grand Prize and Audience Prize in 2016 at the St Martin in the Fields Chamber Music Competition.
Running Time: 1 hour
RAMEAU - Pieces en Concert PROKOFIEV ARR. PELLÉAS ENSEMBLE Selections from Romeo and Juliet Op.64 BAX - Elegiac Trio BACH - Flute sonata in Eb RAVEL - Sonatine Tickets: £14 Full // £12 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (Inc. Interval)
Location: Studio 1
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Reduced Shakespeare Company and Seabright Productions
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LONG LOST FIRST PLAY (ABRIDGED)
The stars of CBeebies ‘Justin’s House’ and ‘SPOTBOTS’
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£10 Students & Under 26s (limited availability)
Sunday 19 February 2.30pm
By Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor
This hilarious trio are the stars of the popular hit CBeebies TV show ‘SPOTBOTS’ and also recently ‘Justin’s House’.
Saturday 18 February 7.30pm Acclaimed stars of the West End stage, the Reduced Shakespeare Company are back with another barnstormingly irreverent and breathtakingly hilarious celebration of our cultural heritage – as seen through the eyes of three Americans wearing trainers. In a better-late-than-never nod to the Bard’s 400th anniversary, the bad boys of abridgement present this ‘new’ play by the man himself, as discovered in a Leicester car park! The show, mercifully abridged by the RSC from its full hundred hour running time to a more palatable ninety minutes, embarks on its debut UK tour following world premiere seasons at the renowned Folger Shakespeare Library and the Edinburgh Fringe. “Hilarious, outrageous fun! A romp of epic proportions.”
Tickets: £16 Full // £14 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
EDINBURGH GUIDE
This laugh a minute show is jam-packed with swashbuckling, cheering, booing, puppets, lots of colourful costumes, slapstick fun and maybe even a monkey or two - as this story is given a lively (and very child friendly) modern twist. Ideal for all the family! The only question is… ‘Aaaargh you ready?!?’
Tickets: £12 All seats. Running Time: Running time: 1 hour 40 mins (inc. interval)
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FAMILY TICKET OFFER £40 Family (4 people)
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Antonia Grove & Probe
NOW YOU SEE IT Thursday 23 February 7.30pm Antonia Grove, Artistic Director of Probe, presents the premiere of her brand new solo Now You See It a powerful work of dance theatre packed full of evocative imagery and featuring a searing central performance by Antonia herself.
The Lincoln Company
Written, choreographed and performed by Antonia, Now You See It marries straight talking dance, stories, anecdotes, Antonia’s thoughts and a little bit of magic to bring vividly to life the internal universe of a woman reconsidering her strategies for survival.
A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL By Alan Ayckbourn
Fri 24 – Sat 25 February 7.30pm
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Co-Directed with Sue MacLaine, the piece features an expansive sound score created in collaboration with composer/musician Scott Smith, and an epic lighting design by Aideen Malone.
Alan Ayckbourn’s award-winning hit comedy set in the world of amateur dramatics follows a drama society as they rehearse and prepare for The Beggar’s Opera. Classic music sounds as the drama on stage finds its way into the lives of the players. Expect pub brawls, swingers and seemingly endless rehearsals all held together with Ayckbourn’s classic wit. An amateur performance by permission of Samuel French Ltd.
Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concessions Running Time: 2 hour 20 mins (inc. interval)
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Tickets: £12.50 Full // £10.50 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour (no interval)
Sunday Sessions
CARA DILLON
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Sunday 26 February 8pm If you don’t know the voice of Cara Dillon, you’re in for a treat. If you are already amongst her legions of admirers around the world, you know she has something special in store The extraordinary Irish singer makes music that transcends genres and crosses barriers. She has won every folk award going, but confesses to being no purist, making music that reaches beyond the constraints and limitations of tradition. RENOWNED FOR SOUND THE GUARDIAN
Tickets: £20 All Tickets Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
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COUNT ARTHUR STRONG: THE SOUND OF MUCUS Thursday 2 March 8pm Using stories and other things that are secret, Count Arthur Strong, showbiz legend, pays tribute to one of the best musicals he can remember. Uniquely recreating the salient and poignant moments for your enjoyment. Plus something else. Don’t miss this amazing event. “Just gets funnier and funnier” THE GUARDIAN “Delaney’s observation of Variety is superb” THE SCOTTISH HERALD Tickets: £20 All tickets (max 6 each)
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Show And Tell
JOSIE LONG: SOMETHING BETTER
LUNG
Monday 6 March 8pm This is a show about optimism and hopefulness and about looking for people and things to look up to. The new stand-up show by the star of Radio 4’s Romance and Adventure, presenter of Short Cuts and three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. “Josie Long builds delightful comedy worlds” THE TIMES “Every bit as funny as heartfelt” THE GUARDIAN
E15 Wednesday 8 March 7.30pm ‘We want social housing, not social cleansing.’ Facing skyrocketing rent and forced relocation out of London, 29 single mothers united to confront Newham Council’s gentrification of their home town. From the streets of Newham to the Houses of Parliament, this bold and pertinent part of documentary theatre is adapted from the real-life testimonies of the most under-represented and prominent voices on the political spectrum - providing a truthful retelling of the focus E15 Campaign, Britain’s housing crisis and how one group of women refused to be marginalised. This is the beginning of the end of the housing crisis.
Tickets: £14 Full // £12 Concessions
14+
Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre and Developed with The Civic in Barnsley
Tickets: £12.50 Full // £10.50 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
13+
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Sunday Sessions
KRIS DREVER Sunday 12 March 8pm Hugely admired as a solo artist, collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, he is a phenomenal and prolific artist. He has already played alongside Jack Bruce, Bela Fleck, Tinariwen, any many more. THE GUARDIAN
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Tickets: £14 Full // £12 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes (inc. interval)
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Made In China
STATUS UPDATE
TONIGHT I’M GONNA BE THE NEW ME
By Tim Etchells
Mon 13 – Weds 15 March 7.30pm
Thursday 9 March 7.30pm A woman takes to the stage. A man watches from the wings. They both wonder if their love will survive what’s about to happen. Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me is an arresting physical endurance act that crashes headfirst into an impossibly true love story - and out the other side. It exposes how we perform our relationships amidst a reality that just won’t live up to what the movies promised. Disarmingly honest and comically imagined, Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me pierces the bloody heart of our obsession with outlasting hardship. Intimate and startlingly immediate, it defies you to watch, in spite of yourself. “Slippery and teasing, murderously entertaining” “Tantalisingly edgy...a stinging piece of entertainment”
THE GUARDIAN THE TIMES
Funded by Arts Council England. Originally commissioned by triggered@warwick and supported by Peggy Ramsay Foundation, Royal Victoria Hall Foundation, Soho Theatre, The Place, Shoreditch Town Hall and Bios. Developed at National Theatre Studio and Cove Park via Fuel’s Jerwood Residencies.
We know facts. We know secrets. We have opinions, we have intuition and we have the stage. Status Update is an unflinching catalogue of things teenagers learn, believe and have sussed out about the world. Performed as part of National Theatre Connections – a nationwide celebration of new plays for young people. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour (no interval)
Tickets: £12.50 Full // £10.50 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 10 mins (no interval)
Location: Studio 1
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International Concert Series
MARTINU PIANO TRIO Sunday 19 March 3pm Martinu Piano Trio was formed at the Prague Conservatoire in 1990. Its current line-up Jaroslav Matějka – cello, Pavel Šafařík – violin, Petr Jiříkovský – piano have remained unchanged since 1993. The ensemble have received the annual Award of the Czech Chamber Music Society attached to the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Little Bulb Theatre
WAIL Why do whales sing? Why do humans wail?
BEETHOVEN - Piano Trio in D Op.70 “Ghost” FAURE - Piano Trio in D minor Op.120 SMETANA - Piano Trio in D minor
Last year, Little Bulb Theatre embarked on a quest to discover the answers to these perplexing questions and more.
Tickets: £15 Full // £13 Concessions
Thursday 16 March 7.30pm
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Now, they share their findings in an aquatic cabaret of songs, science and soundscapes with chances to win cheap prizes galore! There will even be a surprise special guest who only has limited time away from their ocean home (wink)! Join Little Bulb Theatre (Orpheus, Operation Greenfield) as they return to their lo-fi roots in this haphazard two-hander that’s sure (contents wise at least) to be a whale of a time. Part gig, part lecture, part your lips and WAIL!
Running Time: 1 hour approx.
Fri 17 – Sat 18 March Now moving into our 2nd year, Indie-Lincs is an International film festival that champions low and micro budget films, and their filmmakers. You will not find sequels, remakes or book adaptations here. Our aim is to help the best independent filmmakers from around the world showcase their original work and network successfully with their audience, other filmmakers and the independent filmmaking community. Tickets: Various Running Time: Various
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SCRIPT THIS Wednesday 22 March 6.30pm
“Kooky, but infectious, piece of gig theatre” WHAT’S ON STAGE “Oddly beautiful as well as endearingly silly” THE STAGE Tickets: £12.50 Full // £10.50 Concessions
Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
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An evening of rehearsed readings of new plays curated by Lincoln Performing Arts Centre and given the professional treatment by a director and a team of actors. Come along and vote for your favourite play – the winning playwright will have the chance to work with our creative team on developing their script further and may be invited back for a full staged reading. Extract submissions to be sent to scriptthis@ lincoln.ac.uk for consideration by Wednesday 1 March at midnight.
Tickets: Free entry (book in advance) Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
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Sunday Sessions
JACKIE OATES Sunday 2 April 8pm Rosie Kay Dance Company
MK ULTRA Thursday 23 March 7.30pm Enter the Illuminati inspired world of MK Ultra. Rosie Kay’s new work is a high energy, supercharged mashup of thrilling dance, music and imagery. MK Ultra exposes and illuminates this bizarre world of symbols, occult ritual and pop culture Satanic entertainment, bringing it out into the open for all to see, and for you to debate. You can see Illuminati symbolism in films, on posters, in music videos and in the odd behavior of alleged puppets including Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Rhianna, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga. You might believe in all of it, in some of it, or you might be trying to live your life ignoring it. The problem is though, once you know about it, you just can’t ignore it. MK Ultra brings the debate to the stage in a high energy, luxurious production with a pulsing soundtrack of deconstructed trap music and hypnotic video projection. Caution: contains twerking.
Tickets: £12.50 Full // £10.50 Concessions Running Time: 90 min (inc. interval)
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Her mellifluous voice and imaginatively plaintive fiddle style has won her several BBC Folk Awards during a 10-year recording career that began as a member of the nascent Unthanks and has continued with five acclaimed solo albums. Collaborations with Alasdair Roberts, Belinda O’Hooley and her brother Jim Moray on material that’s ranged from traditional ballads to eerie lullabies and rich contemporary songs, Jackie has earned fans beyond the folk scene she grew up in. Winner of BBC Folk Awards for best newcomer and best traditional track & winner of Fatea ‘Female Vocalist of the Year’ 2015. “Charming and occasionally jaw-droppingly beautiful” FROOTS THE GUARDIAN
Tickets: £14 Full // £12 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
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Stand By Theatre Company
THE ROOM AT THE TOP OF THE HOUSE Wed 5 – Thurs 6 April 8pm Josh finds the outside world both a fascinating and frightening place. At a time where he is most vulnerable, a room of forgotten things quickly becomes the perfect place for him to disappear into the stories of others. An uplifting show about fear, escaping reality and exploring the unknown; through movement, music and imagination, Stand By Theatre Company tell the story from the inside.
Tickets: £8.50 All seats Running Time: 1 hour Location: Studio 1
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LIL’PACS: THE WAY BACK HOME Friday 7 April 10am By Oliver Jeffers
Thurs 30 March – Mon 17 April Lincoln’s children’s arts festival is back, bigger and better than ever before. Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, Lincoln Drill Hall, Terry O’Toole Theatre and The Collection & Usher Gallery have come together to present a fabulous festival of arts and activities for children across the city, bringing together some of the best theatre, workshops, films and music available for children and families! The full programme will be announced in the new year but our events will include…
Once there was a boy who, one day, found himself stuck on the moon and he was not alone. Join us for a very special edition of this creative storytelling session for toddlers Tickets: Free Running Time: 1 hour
Thursday 30 March 11am & 1.30pm
Home immerses audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) in a multisensory story of discovery.
Hello! My name’s Roux and I’ve built a rocket in my garden to take me to the moon and I’m looking for some new friends to come with me... What do you think it will be like? Do you think anyone lives there? And is it really made of cheese? Please say you’ll come!
Tickets: £5 All seats Running Time: 45 minutes
BOUNCING CATS & BOOM BOOM PUPS Set within a purpose-built graffiti installation, an original children’s book is brought to life and interwoven with freestyle hip-hop improvisation. The Bouncing Cats and Boom Boom Pups need your help as they navigate AnimaLand so audience beatboxing and participation is required. Tickets: £8 All seats
Running Time: 1 hour (no interval)
Running Time: 1 hour
Age: 5 – 10
FAMILY TICKET OFFER £25 Family (4 people, max 2 adults)
FAMILY TICKET OFFER £40 Family (4 people, max 2 adults)
Wednesday 5 April 11.30am
Tickets: £8 Full // Companion Tickets Free
Suitability: Audiences with Profound and Multi Learning Disabilities (13+)
THE MOON & ME
The Moon & Me is an interactive, intimate theatre experience about friendship & sharing for 2 – 5 year olds and their families that takes place inside a special dome, with sights, sounds, tastes, smells, touch and lots of play.
HOME
The world is not how they remember it. Where are they now and where is their home? Scarlet and Olive must learn how to survive and create a future together in an environment that is full of surprises.
Egg Box Theatre
Mon 10 – Tues 11 April 12pm, 2pm & 3.30pm
Frozen Light
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THE CHRIS & PUI SHOW Saturday 8 April 11am & 2pm See Chris & Pui from Show Me Show Me in their stage show with the toys and characters from their hit CBeebies TV programme. Catch the ‘Gingerbread Man’, marvel at the ‘Ugly Duckling’ becoming a beautiful swan and oooh and aaah as Miss Mouse attempts to zoom zoom zoom to the cheesy moon in her rocket. With songs, comedy sketches, a dash of magic and heaps of joining in. Tickets: £12 Full // £10 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 20 mins (inc. interval)
Age: 2 – 5
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SCHOOL OF FINE & PERFORMING ARTS
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FINAL DEGREE SHOWCASE
International Concert Series
EMMA JOHNSON, CLARINET & CASTALIAN QUARTET
Mon 1 – Sat 27 May GRADUATE FASHION SHOW The avant-garde event will exhibit the highly creative garment collections of final year students on the BA (Hons) Fashion Studies programme.
Sunday 9 April 3pm Emma Johnson is one of the few clarinettists to have established a busy career as a solo performer which has take her to major European, American and Asian venues. She is one of the UK’s biggest selling classical artists, having sold over half a million albums worldwide.
FINE ART DEGREE SHOW The Fine Art Degree Show is an opportunity to see a vast and inventive variety of visual arts, including painting, sculpture, installation, video and performance.
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HAYDN - Quartet Op.76 No.2
MULTIMEDIA
BRAHMS - Clarinet Quintet
A programme of cross-disciplinary multi-media performances that embraces the potential of technologies new and old across all art forms. These work effortlessly ignore disciplinary boundaries and investigatory approach.
MOZART - Clarinet Quintet
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THEATRE COMPANY Join us as our graduating companies take complete control of the venue to produce a series of full-length performances, which promises to produce some unforgettable moments conceived and created by the next generation of theatre makers.
Lincoln Jazz Week
SPRING DANCE CONCERTS
Join multi award winning jazz vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Claire Martin OBE, alongside her stellar group of musicians, for a celebration of some of the greatest Jazz singers of the 20th Century, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, and their contemporaries.
Presenting student created work, ranging from studio showings of score, to concert dance, to third year final performance work, as well as performances by the MA choreography students.
SOLO PERFORMANCE A mini-festival of solo theatre. From comedy and monologue to lecture demonstration and one-on-one performances, these final degree shows offer you the chance to indulge in eclectic mix-and-match programme over a jam-packed week of glorious, decadent, unforgettable performance.
CLAIRE MARTIN & HER TRIO Saturday 6 May 7.30pm
Enjoy the classic songs that made them stars, drawn from the timeless collection of music that is the Great American Songbook. Don’t miss this evening of feel-good music inspired by the most glamorous women in Jazz!
Tickets: £18 All seats Running Time: 1h 50 mins (inc. interval)
Tickets: £16 Full // £14 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
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Sunday Sessions
SEAN LAKEMAN & KATHRYN ROBERTS Sunday 7 May 8pm The Roberts-Lakeman name has become synonymous with quality during their musical careers. Kathryn’s sublime vocals merge seamlessly with Sean’s deft and inventive live guitar work on stage. THE TELEGRAPH THE GUARDIAN “Bright and attractive 21st Century folk music” THE HERALD
Tickets: £14 Full // £12 Concessions
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Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
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Stuff & Nonsense Theatre Company
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Saturday 27 May 2pm An inventive romp through the classic tale of an Emperor who loves clothes more than anything. But despite a wardrobe the size of Paris he hasn’t a stitch to wear! When two ‘designers’ create an outfit that’s “never been seen before”, our eccentric Emperor doesn’t quite realise the spectacle he’s about to make! For little kids (3+) and big kids too!
Tickets: £8 All seats Running Time: 60 minutes (no interval)
FAMILY TICKET OFFER £25 Family (4 people)
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Sunday Sessions
BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST
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BREAKOUT
Sunday 28 May 8pm
Friday 23 June 7.30pm
Belshazzar’s Feast start with traditional folk music, add a touch of classical and jazz, throw in a bit of pop and music hall, and top it off with wry humour for a unique live experience.
Join us for an evening of live music celebrating the talent of young musicians from Lincoln. Supported by funding from Youth Music this event is a culmination of a successful outreach project by Lincolnshire One Venues to develop young aspiring musicians.
“Duo known for their sense of humour as well their impressive musicianship” THE GUARDIAN THE TELEGRAPH
Tickets: £3 All Seats Running Time: 2h 30 mins (no interval)
Tickets: £14 Full // £12 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
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WHAT’S ON // JUNE
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Ballet Cymru
FAMILY TICKET OFFER £50 Family (4 people, max 2 adults)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Sunday 4 June 5pm
Mon 12 – Sat 17 June
Nominated Best Dance Production 2013 at the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards.
Fly “Over The Rainbow” and enjoy the most magical adventure of them all.
An outstanding adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless play that features breathtaking choreography danced by some of the finest dancers around. This vibrant and dramatic production features Mendelssohn’s joyous music, choreography by the company’s Artistic Director Darius James and critically acclaimed costumes by Welsh designer Yvonne Greenleaf.
LAODS, who last year brought you the East Midlands premiere of Monty Python’s Spamalot, are proud to present the MGM classic musical, The Wizard Of OZ.
The Queen of the Fairies Titania, and Puck the mischievous messenger, inhabit the supernatural fairy kingdom. Bottom and his boot wearing “Rude Mechanicals” present their famous play Pyramus and Thisbe. And finally the lovers, caught in a thrilling web of mistaken identity and confusion finally find their way through the Athenian forest to an unforgettable and joyous reconciliation.
Click your heels together and join Scarecrow, Tin Man, The Cowardly Lion, Dorothy and her little dog Toto, as they journey through the magical Land of Oz This production contains all the much-loved songs from the Oscar winning movie score and all the iconic moments. Tickets From: £12 // More tickets available through LAODS Box Office on 0845 2080 744 until Wednesday 3 May. With music & lyrics from the mgm motion picture by harold arlen & e. y. harburg by arrangement with musicscope & stage musical ltd
Tickets: £17.50 Full // £15 Concessions
of new york. This is an amateur production.
Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
Running Time: 2h 30m (inc. interval) (approx.)
WHAT’S ON // JULY
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea a musical play adapted and directed by DAVID WOOD based on the book by JUDITH KERR designed by SUSIE CAULCUTT
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“This Tiger is the cat’s meow”
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FAMILY & GROUP OFFERS
£45 Family (4 people, max 2 adults) Saturday 8 July 1.30pm Buy 10 tickets get each one for £10 Sunday 9 July 11am & 2pm
Loud Mouth - 12-18 years Fridays 7.15pm - 9pm (term time only)
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger! Following a smash-hit West End season, the tea-guzzling tiger is back on the road in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos! A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem... expect to be surprised! David Wood OBE is undisputedly the country’s leading writer and director of plays and musicals for children. His many successes include The Gingerbread Man, BFG, The Witches, Meg and Mog, Spot and Babe the Sheep Pig. Tickets From: £12.50 All seats Running Time: 55 minutes approx. (no interval)
If you want to sing or write songs, dance or choreograph, be a stand-up comedian, a musician, write sketches, direct, produce or learn more about backstage – there’s a place for you. No matter what your interests or experience everyone is welcome to join our creative journey! All of the original material will be produced by young people with the support of the Egg Box professional team.
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GRIM REAPER THE MUSICAL Fri 14 July 7.30pm Sat 15 July 2.00pm & 7.30pm “Spin the wheel of death to become the next Grim Reaper!” The newest addition to the Grim Reaper family isn’t up for the job but with Satan and Death demanding results he’d better learn fast! With original music devised and performed by Loudmouth Youth Theatre, Grim Reaper: The Musical is a fun filled frenzy for all the family!
Tickets: £5 Full // £3 Concessions Running Time: 1 hour (no interval)
welcome! Open to all abilities! Everyone is Just £3.50 a week! ggboxtheatre.co.uk To book your place, visit www.e
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WHAT’S ON // DECEMBER
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HOW TO BOOK
ONLINE: www.lpac.co.uk (up to 9 tickets per person) BY PHONE: 01522 837600 Monday to Friday 10-6pm IN PERSON: Monday to Friday 10-6pm and one hour prior to the performance. The Box Office is situated in the foyer of theatre.
TRANSACTION CHARGES
There are no booking charges when booking directly with us. A postage handling fee of £1 applies if you would like to receive your tickets through the post (allow 7 working days). Alternatively, purchased tickets can be held at the Box Office free of charge for collection during opening hours.
CONCESSIONS
Over 60s, children under 16, JSA and those in receipt of PIP/ DLA. 3. Carers are also entitled to reduced-rate tickets for most performances. For certain shows, children under 18 months may qualify for a complimentary Babes In Arms ticket if they share an adult seat – these must be booked in advance.
STUDENTS & UNDER 26S
£5 tickets are available for Students and Under 26s on most productions through our free Live Pass membership, and are subject to availability. Valid proof of age/Student Card must be shown at time of collection. See P.5 for more info.
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Schools rates and group discounts are available for most performances. For all school groups and general group bookings of 10 or more please email bookings@lpac.co.uk or contact the Box Office on 01522 837600
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EARLY BIRD FAMILY TICKET OFFER
£40 Family (4 people, max 2 adults)
Join Robin Hood and Maid Marian on this rip-roaring quest suitable for families and children aged six up.
6+
• The auditorium has several wheelchair spaces available, please contact Box Office should you wish to book one. • For anyone with hearing difficulties please contact box office to gain access to the induction loop system. You can buy a car parking ticket for the main University car park for the exclusive rate of £2 when booking your tickets no later than one day in advance.
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The people need a hero but who will step forward and fight for them?
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
• The Box Office, Zing Cafe Bar, Auditorium and toilets are all ground floor accessible.
The University Of Lincoln pay and display car park is open to the public from 4.30pm on weekdays and all day on weekends.
It is Winter in Sherwood and snow covers the greenwood. It’s a time of magic and adventure. The boy-king Henry III rules an England in civil war and the Sheriff of Nottingham sees his chance to seize control.
Tickets Prices: From £10
Please note, running times should be used as an approximate guide only. Latecomers may be asked to delay entering the auditorium until a suitable pause in the performance but late admission cannot always be guaranteed.
• There is a lift provided for access to the balcony, studios and further toilets.
SCHOOLS/GROUP BOOKINGS
Monday 11 – Sunday 24 December
We regret that tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged. Please ensure all tickets purchased are correct at the time of booking. If an event is sold out we may be able to re-sell your tickets, please contact the Box Office.Terms and Conditions of Sale are available on request or on our website www.lpac.co.uk.
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WHAT’S ON // JANUARY - JULY 2017
JANUARY
MARCH
APRIL
Friday 13
Thursday 2
Sunday 2
Loudmouth Showcase Sunday 22
Tasmin Little, Violin & Piers Lane, Piano
Count Arthur Strong: The Sound Of Mucus Monday 6
Josie Long
Wednesday 8
E15
Thursday 9
Mon 13 – Weds 15
Status Update
Fri 17 – Sat 18
Encore: Raise Your Voice Sunday 12
Pelleas Ensemble Thur 16 – Sat 18
Casket Case Saturday 18
Reduced Shakespeare Company Sunday 19
Treasure Island Thursday 23
Now You See It Fri 24 – Sat 25
A Chorus of Disapproval Sunday 26
Cara Dillon
Bouncing Cats & Boom Boom Pups
Saturday 8
Thursday 9
Saturday 11
Wednesday 5
Sunday 12
Thursday 16
Focus Group
The Room at the Top of the House
Friday 7
Thursday 2
Desperado
Weds 5 – Thurs 6
Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me Kris Drever
FEBRUARY
Jackie Oates
Wail
Indie Lincs Film Festival
Lil’ Pacs: Eggcite Special The Chris & Pui Show
JUNE Sunday 4
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mon 12 – Sat 17
The Wizard Of Oz Friday 23
Breakout
Sunday 9
Emma Johnson, Clarinet & Castalian Quartet Mon 10 – Tues 11
The Moon & Me
LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT SEASON
Sunday 19
Martinu Piano Trio Wednesday 22
Script This
Thursday 23
JULY
DECEMBER
Sat 8 – Sun 9
Mon 11 – Sun 24
MK Ultra
The Tiger Who Came To Tea
Thursday 30
Fri 14 – Sat 15
Home
MAY Saturday 6
Claire Martin Trio Sunday 7
Sean Lakeman & Kathryn Roberts Saturday 27
The Emperor’s New Clothes Sunday 28
Belshazzar’s Feast
Grim Reaper The Musical
The Adventures of Robin Hood & Maid Marian: Winter in Sherwood