New Vic Theatre Summer 2014 Brochure by New Vic Theatre

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THREE plays just £42 TWO plays just £32 Any seat, Any night

Choose from these plays: I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire; Inherit the Wind; Around the World in Eighty Days; A History of Falling Things

The New Vic Theatre operates thanks to a unique partnership between Arts Council England, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council

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contents APRIL - AUGUST 2014

New Vic Productions 14

I Don’t Want to Set The World on Fire!

Inherit The Wind

Around the World in Eighty Days

A History of Falling Things

Visiting Productions

Features 4 A well-rounded bunch

28 Ticket packages

6 Having a Wild time

42 Refreshments

10 A Question of Honor

46 Under 26 go Free

34 Clocking on in the classroom

47 New Vic Value

36 Learning to Change from the

48 How to get here

Inside Out

38 Pointing the Way

Entertaining Mr Sloane

40 A Hoard of possibilities

Teechers

45 Friends go backstage for a Lark

Eric and Cleopatra

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

Honor Blackman

33 Exhibitions

The Big Chris Barber Band

43 Fundraising Patrons

Yves Lambert Trio

44 Support

Bella Hardy

45 New Vic Friends

Ballet Cymru Beauty and the Beast

Tangomotion

Ensemble 360

Information

49 Booking/access 50 Auditorium maps 50 Calendar 51 Ticket prices

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Photo: Andrew Billington

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contents APRIL - AUGUST 2014

New Vic Productions 14

I Don’t Want to Set The World on Fire!

Inherit The Wind

Around the World in Eighty Days

A History of Falling Things

Visiting Productions

Features 4 A well-rounded bunch

28 Ticket packages

6 Having a Wild time

42 Refreshments

10 A Question of Honor

46 Under 26 go Free

34 Clocking on in the classroom

47 New Vic Value

36 Learning to Change from the

48 How to get here

Inside Out

38 Pointing the Way

Entertaining Mr Sloane

40 A Hoard of possibilities

Teechers

45 Friends go backstage for a Lark

Eric and Cleopatra

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

Honor Blackman

33 Exhibitions

The Big Chris Barber Band

43 Fundraising Patrons

Yves Lambert Trio

44 Support

Bella Hardy

45 New Vic Friends

Ballet Cymru Beauty and the Beast

Tangomotion

Ensemble 360

Information

49 Booking/access 50 Auditorium maps 50 Calendar 51 Ticket prices

Photo: Andrew Billington

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Photos: Andrew Billington

Artistic Director comments

here are only a handful of theatres in-the-round in the country, and as we embark on our first ever collaboration with another of them, i’ve been pondering this simplest and most vital form of theatre.

Awellrounded bunch

Rather than placing an audience at one end of a room and actors at the other, and sometimes even dividing the two with a proscenium arch or invisible ‘fourth wall’, the round is a shared space. Inhabiting the same room as the actors, the audience is not just a receiver but part of the creative process. I think this is why so many young people enjoy coming to the New Vic: they feel a part of the action. Whereas an end-on space promotes a hierarchy amongst the acting company, theatre-in-the-round relishes the ensemble. Dame Judi performing in a conventional theatre commands the entire audience from the stage, and may feel quietly annoyed at the actor in a bit-part standing behind her and ‘upstaging’ her by forcing her to turn to look at him. At the New Vic she’d be relying on that colleague to ‘sell’ some of her performance for her, especially to those audience members who may be momentarily able to see his face rather than hers. I like this absence of hierarchy, where every actor is as important as the next.

“Theatre-in-theround brings the emphasis of the presentation onto the actors, and restores to the actor the dignity of being a person in three dimensions,” Stephen Joseph wittily outlined in a 1962 pamphlet on Planning for New Forms of Theatre. Originally a scenic artist, Joseph was aware of the the irony that his ideal theatre did away with a great deal of scenery. But whilst our craft and production departments cover less acreage than their end-on theatre counterparts, the level of detail they must achieve, in the knowledge that audiences will scrutinise their work from close up, is just as demanding and fulfilling. And anyway, it’s not as if we do away with backdrops. For me, theatre invites us to consider how we live our lives – as individuals, as members of a family; a community; a society. What better way to do that than to include our community in the stage picture, as the audience is opposite?

Theresa Heskins PS You can follow me on Twitter @TheresaHeskins

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Photos: Andrew Billington

Artistic Director comments

Awellrounded bunch

Theresa Heskins PS You can follow me on Twitter @TheresaHeskins

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Feature

Having a

Wildtime Putting dozens of actors on stage in one of the New Vic’s most ambitious productions to date is all in a day’s work for director Peter Leslie Wild.

eter leslie wild’s first foray into directing at the new Vic brought him much acclaim. A Fine Bright Day Today saw audiences and critics alike swept away by the love story set by the sea with a cast of three. Fast forward two years and he’s making a welcome return to the theatre-in-theround for Inherit the Wind. But there’s a bit of a difference this time. Well, a huge difference. Inherit the Wind will see him working with nearly forty professional and community actors. It will be one of the biggest casts to take to the New Vic stage in one of theatre’s most ambitious productions ever. Having just come out of a lively meeting discussing the ins and outs of how the production will go from page to stage, Worcester-based Peter is sitting in the theatre’s bar and taking it all in. There’s an eager glint in his eyes when he says: “Whenever you get the chance to put a big cast on stage you are going to jump at it.”

A fantastic opportunity to put the community centre-stage, Inherit the Wind will see Peter draw cast members from the New Vic’s Youth Theatre and Borderlines programmes to star alongside professional actors. But there’s no denying there are copious practicalities to consider - where will the extra dressing rooms come from? How will nearly 40 people fit on the New Vic stage? Photos: Andrew Billington

How will he begin to plan rehearsals? That’s even before allowing for the fact that there’s a monkey in the script. Peter’s not fazed: “I always think of this theatre as being like a circus ring, it cries out to be full of people and life. It’s a much bigger space than people imagine.” And rehearsals? It’s all about good planning, working closely with the designer and accepting that anything could happen. Peter is no stranger to bringing epic stories to life. An award-winning director he has spent his career working in both theatre and radio developing a reputation for sitespecific drama. After winning the 1989 BP Young Directors Award, he spent five years at Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre running its community programme. Spending 15 years at the BBC he brought five series of the popular detective show Falco to the airwaves alongside groundbreaking drama-documentaries and several science fiction serials. His radio directing CV also boasts many episodes of the world’s longest running soap, The Archers, which he still occasionally returns to as a freelance. “The Archers is one of those things which feels like a family,” he says fondly: “It is always very welcoming and great fun. You are always reminded that you’re working on something that is a national treasure.” 7 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

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Having a

Wildtime Putting dozens of actors on stage in one of the New Vic’s most ambitious productions to date is all in a day’s work for director Peter Leslie Wild.

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I always think of this theatre as being like a circus ring, it cries out to be full of people and life. Most recently, he took to the helm of the internationally-renowned Chester Mystery Plays. Presented every five years, the Mystery Plays draw crowds from across the globe and have become a muchanticipated event on Britain’s arts calendar. Last year’s production was presented in Chester Cathedral and had a community cast of a staggering 340 people.

opportunity. “It is a world event which people from all over the globe come to see. It felt like we were at the centre of something for a short period last summer,” he recalls: “The trick was to have good planning and to assemble a team of people who could really make it happen.” Surely following a production of such scale, Inherit the Wind should be a breeze?

For Peter, it was a once in a lifetime A Fine Bright Day Today directed by Peter in 2012

“Obviously I have become the go to person if you want to do a large cast show!” Peter laughs: “When Theresa (Heskins) got in touch with me I thought she was going to say, ‘can you do a four hander?’ or something, so I was a bit shocked when she sent me the script!” A play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee, Inherit the Wind fictionalises the 1925 Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial which saw John T Scopes on trial for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to a high school science class. With revivals and screen adaptations continuing decades after the play’s initial run, the debate over creationism versus evolution has obvious contemporary resonance.

Photo: Andrew Billington

“It is really interesting to find a play from the 1950s addressing issues which are more prevalent now than at the time when it was written. It is a play which expresses that dilemma and debate more eloquently than anything I have seen written since,” Peter enthuses: “It has got cracking dialogue and is a wellconstructed court room play with a real community as its backdrop and a love story running through it.”

The Chester Mystery Plays. Photo by Neil Kendall

When asked about how many people will make up his cast he leans forward, pondering: “That’s a good point isn’t it? We’re having 16 professional actors and around 20 local actors but it is hard to be exact now.” He continues: “Inherit the Wind is a play about how a town reacts to a particular set of circumstances, so to a large extent the central character is the town. You could do that having lots of people off-stage and just referring to the main characters but by having the opportunity to really fill the stage with people and meet the different families, trades, professions and characters that live in the town you really get a sense of place and get a real atmosphere going.” It seems that it is the community involvement in Inherit the Wind which sparks Peter’s imagination the most.

“I’m thrilled about that aspect of the production,” he beams: “To do a show like this which involves local people feels like a natural follow up to the Chester Mystery Plays.” He adds: “It is one of the things I really like about the New Vic, the fact that it feels very connected to the area it serves and sits in. It seems to me that community work here is top of the agenda and is not just something to one side of the main work.” The enthusiasm with which he speaks is a tell-tale sign that Peter couldn’t be happier to return to the New Vic. “I can honestly say, without question, that this is one of my very favourite theatres; from an audience point of view, I love coming here, but I also love working here,” he concludes: “It is always a delight to be at the New Vic.” Read more about Inherit the Wind on our website…

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For Peter, it was a once in a lifetime A Fine Bright Day Today directed by Peter in 2012

Photo: Andrew Billington

The Chester Mystery Plays. Photo by Neil Kendall

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creen legend honor Blackman talks about her life in show business ahead of her visit to the new Vic…

In a career spanning more than 60 years, Honor Blackman has worked with some of the biggest names in the business. She has had huge success on both stage and screen, and as a 1960s all-action woman she became a female icon.

“I had the most fantastic inspirational teacher and she opened a whole new world to me with plays and poetry and that’s how it started. She thought I had talent and advised my father that I should go to drama school.”

Upon chatting with Honor you are met with a cut-glass accent. She is gracious yet forthright with a wicked mischievousness about her. But whatever you do, don’t call her a ‘Bond girl’.

After graduating from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Honor trod the West End’s theatre boards before moving to film. Her first, Fame is the Spur in 1947, saw her almost trampled by a horse.

“Don’t say it!” she laughs, speaking from her Notting Hill home.

“I didn’t know anything about films, I was new. I was supposed to die and lay dead until I heard someone shout cut. I didn’t realise it was okay to just get up,” she says: “It was extraordinary what we did!”

Aged 88, she remains strikingly beautiful but she cheerily sighs when questioned about any secrets to her seemingly eternal youth. It must be a common ask.

Question of

Honor

But we digress. Back to the accent: “I was born in the East End of London and so were my parents,” she says: “When I was 16 my father offered me a bicycle or elocution lessons and very handily I chose the lessons.

“I think I’m very lucky with my bone structure and lucky because I had my mother’s looks,” she says: “I have never done anything grand, I don’t have facials – I don’t think I’ve had a facial in 40 years!” The voice is thanks to her father who she fondly recalls taught her how to box! “I did knock out two boys at school…they had been bullying my brother!”

Honor is refreshingly honest when pointing out there were many years of theatre productions and films prior to her most widely known roles. “I worked with lovely people; I worked with Dirk Bogarde twice, in Quartet in 1948 and So Long at the Fair in 1950,” she recalls: “Diana Dors and I were in two pictures together. The first one took ages; I got to know her very well. We did A Boy, a Girl and a Bike and Diamond City.” She adds: “I remember I always called her by 11 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

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creen legend honor Blackman talks about her life in show business ahead of her visit to the new Vic…

Upon chatting with Honor you are met with a cut-glass accent. She is gracious yet forthright with a wicked mischievousness about her. But whatever you do, don’t call her a ‘Bond girl’.

After graduating from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Honor trod the West End’s theatre boards before moving to film. Her first, Fame is the Spur in 1947, saw her almost trampled by a horse.

“Don’t say it!” she laughs, speaking from her Notting Hill home.

Aged 88, she remains strikingly beautiful but she cheerily sighs when questioned about any secrets to her seemingly eternal youth. It must be a common ask.

Question of

Honor

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I started in theatre, that was my first love and it always will be my first love. her surname and vice versa.” As leather-clad judo expert Dr Cathy Gale in The Avengers, Honor spent two years from 1962 as the first regular female partner of Patrick Macnee’s John Steed. The self-assured anthropologist was considered a revolutionary female character, commanding a level of confidence and physicality rarely seen before in women on British television.

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“Don’t make me laugh!” Honor however chuckles when asked if natural athleticism helped her judo moves which were performed on live television: “I was always a very fit person but not deliberately so, I didn’t train up or anything. I was sent for lessons.” She adds: “That’s when I learnt it’s one thing to do judo on a mat, it’s quite another thing to do it in a studio on a cement floor. We only had one commercial break and I had to run from scene to scene. There was no possibility of cutting or doubles or anything of that sort.” Honor went on to be cast as Pussy Galore opposite Sean Connery in James Bond’s third film outing, Goldfinger, in 1964. “I am very immodest about how I got the job as Pussy Galore; I was the person right for it because I looked all right and I was known as very hot property at that point,” she says: “I was in The Avengers and everyone knew you as there weren’t so many television channels.” She is however quick to protest at being labelled a ‘Bond girl’. “So many Bond girls were bimbos,” she states frankly: “I was contracted to play Pussy Galore; she was a character I would like

to play anywhere - she was so far from being a bimbo.” After playing two such strong characters, Honor became one of the biggest female icons of the time. But was it a pressure being tagged as such? “Not at all, it wasn’t surprising as The Avengers was a ground-breaking show,” she says thoughtfully: “It did break the spell that women can’t defend themselves.” When discussing who she has most enjoyed working with Honor refers back to James Bond. “As a sex symbol, Sean Connery; he’s the sexiest man I have ever met,” she reveals: “As someone to know and love, Patrick Macnee. We spent two years side by side; so we got to know each other very well.” She’s similarly reflective when discussing roles which passed her by. “Through my career I have been stamped as a blooming glamour puss – it hasn’t worked well with classical pieces. I was asked to play Juliet by Peter Brook but I was going off on location and they wouldn’t release me. It broke my heart; it might have changed my entire career.” It is a career she has, however, clearly loved and when asked if she ever considered another profession her answer is a definite ‘no, never’. Why does she keep going? Simply: “I love it.”

Her latest one woman show, Honor Blackman as Herself, she explains is in place of an autobiography and allows her be in theatre without committing to the demands of being in a play. Despite the countless film and television credits to her name, it is more than apparent that her heart will always be in the world of theatre. “I started in theatre, – that was my first love and it always will be my first love,” she enthuses: “I like television and filming but most satisfying of all my work is the theatre.” Read more about Honor Blackman as Herself on our website… 13 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

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New Vic Production

I Don’t Want to Set The World on Fire! by Bob Eaton directed by Conrad Nelson Fri 2 – Sat 24 May a brand new production of the legendary new Vic show. Filled with laughter and tears and bursting with the music of the 1940s, it was written with the help of the ‘roses of swynnerton’, the brave women who worked at a staffordshire munitions factory in ww2. it is their story.

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts £2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever

When war is declared in September 1939, the lives of Stoke-on-Trent’s Beresford family are changed forever. With brother Harry off in the army and Dad building Anderson shelters and digging for victory, 17 year-old Lily is called up for war-work in a munitions factory, the most dangerous job on the home front.

All seats £14.50 (no cons) Fri 2 May Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Interpreted performances Captioned 7.30pm Tues 20 May Audio described 2.15pm Sat 24 May

Talkback

Together with thousands of ordinary women living in extraordinary times, Lily learns the lessons of life, love and loss, meets happiness and tragedy, and looks forward to the war’s end and the hope of a new world.

Best New Musical 1991 Theatre Awards

Tues 20 May

Part of our THREE plays for £42 package!

(see page 28)

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New Vic Production

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts £2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever

All seats £14.50 (no cons) Fri 2 May Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Interpreted performances Captioned 7.30pm Tues 20 May Audio described 2.15pm Sat 24 May

Talkback

Best New Musical 1991 Theatre Awards

Tues 20 May

Part of our THREE plays for £42 package!

(see page 28)

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New Vic Production

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E Lee directed by Peter Leslie Wild Sat 31 May – Sat 14 June a huge cast of more than 30 brings this great american drama to the stage. inspired by real-life events in 1925 tennessee, an unassuming highschool teacher finds himself at the centre of a worldwide controversy.

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts

On a scorching hot day in the small, Bible-Belt town of Hillsboro, biology teacher Bertram Cates stands accused. His crime? Teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution to his children.

£2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Sat 31 May Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Interpreted performances

In an epic courtroom battle, two legal giants go head-to-head when a community puts freedom of speech on trial. On one side, traditional values; on the other, humanity’s right to think for itself.

Captioned 7.30pm Tues 10 June Audio described 2.15pm Sat 14 June

Talkback Tues 10 June

“cracking entertainment” The Daily Telegraph

Part of our THREE plays for £42 package!

The freedom to think is on trial

(see page 28) By arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited.

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New Vic Production

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts

On a scorching hot day in the small, Bible-Belt town of Hillsboro, biology teacher Bertram Cates stands accused. His crime? Teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution to his children.

£2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Sat 31 May Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Interpreted performances

In an epic courtroom battle, two legal giants go head-to-head when a community puts freedom of speech on trial. On one side, traditional values; on the other, humanity’s right to think for itself.

Captioned 7.30pm Tues 10 June Audio described 2.15pm Sat 14 June

Talkback Tues 10 June

“cracking entertainment” The Daily Telegraph

Part of our THREE plays for £42 package!

The freedom to think is on trial

(see page 28) By arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited.

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New Vic Production The New Vic Theatre in partnership with the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Around the World in Eighty Days

It’s back – the whole world on the New Vic stage!

by Laura Eason, adapted from the novel by Jules Verne directed by Theresa Heskins Fri 20 June – Sat 5 July Following last year’s record-breaking run, the same team bring Jules Verne’s epic tale of Victorian eccentricity, romance and derring-do back to the new Vic before racing off to Manchester’s royal exchange theatre.

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts

Precise, stiff, starched and every inch the Englishman, wealthy bachelor Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circumnavigate the globe in precisely 80 days. With his entire fortune on the line, he leaves London with just a change of clothing, £20,000 in banknotes and his wily manservant, Passepartout. Racing across the Globe, they jump from train to boat to elephant and back again, pausing only to rescue a Princess and to battle bandits, buffalo, winter storms and Scotland Yard. Will they make it back to London in time? Or will a world of trouble mean that the bet is lost? And having discovered the whole world, can Fogg find his own heart?

“Terrific . . . hilarious” HHHH The Guardian

“top class entertainment” The Stage

£2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Fri 20 June Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Interpreted performances Captioned 7.30pm Tues 1 July Audio described 2.15pm Sat 5 July

Talkback Tues 1 July

Bring the kids for free! See page 47 Part of our THREE plays for £42 package!

(see page 28)

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New Vic Production The New Vic Theatre in partnership with the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Around the World in Eighty Days

It’s back – the whole world on the New Vic stage!

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts

“Terrific . . . hilarious” HHHH The Guardian

“top class entertainment” The Stage

£2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Fri 20 June Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Interpreted performances Captioned 7.30pm Tues 1 July Audio described 2.15pm Sat 5 July

Talkback Tues 1 July

Bring the kids for free! See page 47 Part of our THREE plays for £42 package!

(see page 28)

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New Vic Production

A History of Falling Things by James Graham directed by Emma Lucia Fri 11 – Sat 26 July a truly original play. Funny, touching, thoughtprovoking and hugely entertaining, it’s a 21st century love story from one of the country’s finest writers. Robin writes children’s books. And he hasn’t left the house since he was seven. Jacqui’s something important in The City. But these days she’s power-dressing at home. Then they find each other online and fall in love. It must have been written in the stars – their houses are just five minutes apart. Only there’s a problem: neither is able to walk through their front door. But, if they can’t find the courage to confront their fear and embrace what’s real, how are they ever going to stay together?

“heart-gladdening” The Guardian

“a sheer delight” The Stage

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts £2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Fri 11 July Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Interpreted performances Captioned 7.30pm Weds 23 July Audio described 2.15pm Sat 26 July

Talkback Weds 23 July

Part of our THREE plays for £42 package!

(see page 28)

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New Vic Production

“heart-gladdening” The Guardian

“a sheer delight” The Stage

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts £2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Fri 11 July Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Interpreted performances Captioned 7.30pm Weds 23 July Audio described 2.15pm Sat 26 July

Talkback Weds 23 July

Part of our THREE plays for £42 package!

(see page 28)

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Visiting Production London Classic Theatre presents

Entertaining Mr Sloane by Joe Orton directed by Michael Cabot ct du Se

Tues 15 - Sat 19 April Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts £2.00 off for ten or more

Kath and her father live in a house on the edge of a rubbish dump. When their drab existence is interrupted by the arrival of a new lodger, the attractive, enigmatic Mr Sloane, it’s not long before Kath and brother Ed are competing for his attention. But all is not as it seems. Behind Sloane’s nonchalant demeanour lies a calculating psychopath with a dark and secretive past. Seduction, blackmail and murder lie waiting in the wings. Regular New Vic visitors London Classic Theatre have established a reputation for bold, imaginative theatre of the highest quality. This production celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Orton’s classic black comedy.

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Tues 15 April

n la ai km ac bl n, io

Entertaining Mr Sloane was first staged at the arts theatre in london in 1964, winning the london critics ‘Variety’ award for Best play of the Year. its unique blend of farce and black comedy beautifully captures the suppressed desires of a society on the cusp of a sexual revolution.

mu rder!

Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Note: adult themes

Best seats for just £14.50! (see page 28)

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Visiting Production London Classic Theatre presents

Entertaining Mr Sloane by Joe Orton directed by Michael Cabot ct du Se

Tues 15 - Sat 19 April Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts £2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Tues 15 April

n la ai km ac bl n, io

mu rder!

Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Note: adult themes

Best seats for just £14.50! (see page 28)

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Visiting Production Presented by the John Godber Company and the Theatre Royal Wakefield

The classic classroom comedy!

written and directed by John Godber Weds 23 – Sat 26 April a classic comedy from the BaFta-winning writer of Bouncers and Up ‘n’ Under. Teechers puts the education system under the microscope in a no-holds-barred look that’s as funny, fresh and relevant as the day it was written.

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts

Join Gail, Hobby and Salty, three fifth form students who, through their end-of-term play, tell the hilarious story of an idealistic new teacher in his perilous first days inside a local comprehensive school.

£2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Weds 23 April Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Talkback Weds 23 April

The three cast members effortlessly transform into a vast array of characters – including teachers, dinner ladies, students, an obstructive caretaker and of course, the school bully – in this contemporary classic.

Note: occasional strong language

Best seats for just £14.50! (see page 28)

“ten out of ten” The Independent

“in a class of its own” Daily Mail 25 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

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Visiting Production Presented by the John Godber Company and the Theatre Royal Wakefield

The classic classroom comedy!

Booking Information Tickets £12.00 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts

£2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Weds 23 April Under 26s Go Free (see page 46)

Talkback Weds 23 April

Note: occasional strong language

Best seats for just £14.50! (see page 28)

“ten out of ten” The Independent

“in a class of its own” Daily Mail 25 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

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Visiting Production A David Graham production

Eric & Cleopatra

ed! – a g n o c e e saw, h h , e m a c He

The ultimate 60s show! directed by Theresa Heskins Mon 18 – Sat 30 Aug uncle eric and his brilliant gang of singers, actors and musicians are back with their brand-new show. it’s an ancient roman spectacular filled with comedy, sandals and the greatest hits of the 1960s. Back we go into the mists of time to meet Uncle Eric’s ancestor among the Ancient Britons. Eric the Smith has been captured and taken as a slave to Rome where it is discovered that he is the spitting image of the great Mark Antony. Disguised as the Roman leader, he is sent to meet Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt and the world’s most beautiful woman. But Cleopatra looks remarkably like someone from Eric’s murky past. Is it a bluff? Or a double bluff? Will Eric change the course of history forever? Will Mark Antony get the hump? How many ‘asp’ jokes can we get in? And we reveal the little-known fact that the Ancient Romans loved 60s music!

Booking Information Tickets £14.50 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts £2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Mon 18 Aug

Best seats for just £14.50! (see page 28)

“Feel-good entertainment at its best” The Sentinel

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Visiting Production A David Graham production

Eric & Cleopatra

ed! – a g n o c e e saw, h h , e m a c He

Booking Information Tickets £14.50 - £21.00

Concessions £2.00 off (see page 47)

Group Discounts £2.00 off for ten or more

First Night Fever All seats £14.50 (no cons) Mon 18 Aug

Best seats for just £14.50! (see page 28)

“Feel-good entertainment at its best” The Sentinel

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New Vic Value

THREE plays just £42 TWO plays just £32

One Night Events THREE events just £42

Any seat, Any night events

Choose from these plays:

Choose from these great nights out:

I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire; Inherit the Wind; Around the World in Eighty Days; A History of Falling Things

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham; Honor Blackman; Chris Barber; Yves Lambert Trio; Bella Hardy; Ballet Wales; Tangomotion; Ensemble 360

Lots more savings too!

Lots more savings too when you book a One Night package:

When you book our Three plays for £42 package, you can get tickets for any other plays for just £14.50 (Mon-Thurs) or £15.00 (Fri & Sat).

Any additional event for just £15.00 each

Ticket packages cannot be combined with other concessions or offers (inc First Night Fever); must be booked in a single transaction; additional plays 1 ticket per play per package; change your performance any time, more than three days prior to the performance; all sales subject to availability and Box Office Manager’s discretion.

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New Vic Value

THREE plays just £42 TWO plays just £32

One Night Events THREE events just £42

Any seat, Any night events

Choose from these plays:

Choose from these great nights out:

I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire; Inherit the Wind; Around the World in Eighty Days; A History of Falling Things

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham; Honor Blackman; Chris Barber; Yves Lambert Trio; Bella Hardy; Ballet Wales; Tangomotion; Ensemble 360

Lots more savings too!

Lots more savings too when you book a One Night package:

When you book our Three plays for £42 package, you can get tickets for any other plays for just £14.50 (Mon-Thurs) or £15.00 (Fri & Sat).

Any additional event for just £15.00 each

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Visiting Productions

In her own words

Aly Bain MBE, Celtic fiddler supreme, founder of Boys of the Lough, and maker of cult TV series. Phil Cunningham, stunning accordion virtuoso and named one of Scotland’s 25 most influential people in a popular poll.

Live Music - FOLK

It’s taken us six years to get these New Vic favourites back – they’re busy people. But it will be worth the wait!

Weds 4 June The great pioneer of French-Canadian music!

YVES LAMBERT TRIO Yves Lambert is the main man for the unique FrenchCanadian music of Quebec. A pioneer for the music for over 30 years, he returns here with his blistering new Trio.

Together they make the finest traditional music you will ever hear – anywhere.

Mixing French and British traditions, Lambert’s voice and accordian are backed by guitars, fiddles, mandolins and biting harmonies from two virtuoso young musicians – don’t miss it.

£16.00 / £18.00 / cons / under 16s go Free

Mon 12 May Honor Blackman as Herself

Mon 9 June BELLA HARDY - THIRTY FOR 30

‘Legend’ is over-used. But, with a glittering 60-year career it’s the only word for Honor Blackman. She tells stories of childhood in WW2, of her rise to stardom in television’s The Avengers, and as Pussy Galore in James Bond movie Goldfinger. Stories of family and friends; of producers eager to make her a star (at a price); and the difficulties of nude scenes! And, of course, there will be some songs.

Live Music - Folk

Live Music - folk

Mon 7 April Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

Four-time nominee for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and winner of Best Original Song in 2012. One of the finest performers on the folk-scene today, she has a captivating voice, is a stunning fiddle-player and exceptional song-writer. Her latest album, battleplan, met with rave reviews: “That voice!” fRoots; “Rare class” Mojo; “Stunning” Sunday Times; HHHHThe Guardian; HHHH The Telegraph

“Utterly wonderful” fRoots

£19.00 / £21.00 / cons

Celebrating 65 years as a bandleader! Chris formed his first Band in 1949 at the age of just nineteen and has gone on to become Europe's most successful and influential bandleader and a bona fide jazz legend. With his ten-piece big band, Chris plays a selection of his favourite music: New Orleans style to the early music of Duke Ellington and Sidney Bechet ... before going back to When the Saints. An evening of truly world-class jazz. Photo: Luc Lodder

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£15.50 / £19.00 / £21.00 / cons / under 16s go Free the new Vic theatre supports the newcastle Jazz and Blues Festival

Dance _ Ballet

Live Music - Jazz

Mon 19 May The Big Chris Barber Band

£16.00 / £18.00 / cons / under 16s go Free Choreography by Darius James Score by David Westcott

Weds 25 June Ballet Cymru present

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST The young dancers who are pushing back the barriers of classical ballet are back at the New Vic. They were nominated as Best Independent Company in 2013. One of the greatest love stories presented with their unique blend of classical ballet, physical theatre and storytelling. With original choreography and a haunting score, it will be one of the most thrilling and entertaining dance events of the year. Photo: Janire Najeera

Seating Configurations Please see page 50 for seating plans

£15.00 / £18.00 / £19.50 / cons / under 16s go Free Performance in-the-round

Performance on three sides

Directional performance with some element of front and back

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Visiting Productions

In her own words

Live Music - FOLK

It’s taken us six years to get these New Vic favourites back – they’re busy people. But it will be worth the wait!

Weds 4 June The great pioneer of French-Canadian music!

YVES LAMBERT TRIO Yves Lambert is the main man for the unique FrenchCanadian music of Quebec. A pioneer for the music for over 30 years, he returns here with his blistering new Trio.

Together they make the finest traditional music you will ever hear – anywhere.

Mixing French and British traditions, Lambert’s voice and accordian are backed by guitars, fiddles, mandolins and biting harmonies from two virtuoso young musicians – don’t miss it.

£16.00 / £18.00 / cons / under 16s go Free

Mon 12 May Honor Blackman as Herself

Mon 9 June BELLA HARDY - THIRTY FOR 30

Live Music - Folk

Live Music - folk

Mon 7 April Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

“Utterly wonderful” fRoots

£19.00 / £21.00 / cons

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£15.50 / £19.00 / £21.00 / cons / under 16s go Free the new Vic theatre supports the newcastle Jazz and Blues Festival

Dance _ Ballet

Live Music - Jazz

Mon 19 May The Big Chris Barber Band

£16.00 / £18.00 / cons / under 16s go Free Choreography by Darius James Score by David Westcott

Weds 25 June Ballet Cymru present

Seating Configurations Please see page 50 for seating plans

£15.00 / £18.00 / £19.50 / cons / under 16s go Free Performance in-the-round

Performance on three sides

Directional performance with some element of front and back

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Visiting Productions

Exhibitions

Dance _ Latin

Weds 16 July Tangomotion

Sid Kirkham:' Will You be My Sweetheart'

Virtuoso displays of traditional tango and the exquisite sounds of 1930’s Buenos Aires. With four world class tango dancers and live music from acclaimed tango quartet Tango Siempre. The Tangomotion dancers and musicians have appeared in the hit West End show Midnight Tango, BBC Strictly Come Dancing and Madonna’s film Evita.

“intense, epic and beautiful” Independent on Sunday £18.00 / £19.50 / cons / under 16s go Free

Live Music - Classical

Mon 21 July Ensemble 360 Oboe & String trio The internationally-renowned musicians of Ensemble 360 are back at the New Vic with a beautiful programme for oboe and strings. Mozart’s expressive quartet and entertaining but surprising Divertimento for string trio are performed alongside Britten’s youthful Phantasy Quartet. MoZart oboe Quartet; Britten phantasy Quartet; MoZart Divertimento in e flat k.563 Photography by Benjamin Ealovega

£14.00 / £19.50 / £21.00 / cons / under 16s go Free

Want to Mix it up a Bit? Why Not Book a package and save Our 3 events for £42 package lets you try more for less. There is lots of added value on top like additional discounts on extra events booked. Why not take a closer look and see page 29 for more details.

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events

28 April – 24 May Sid Kirkham The Romance of the Potteries

7 July – 26 July Brighter Futures Hidden Talents

26 May – 14 June Steve Geary BPE1 Landscapes & Seascapes presented by Frozen Inspirations

28 July – 16 August Various Contributors The New Vic’s year in pictures

16 June – 5 July Kimberley Wolliscroft Works from an emerging artist Check with Front-of-House department for dates of exclusive preview nights for any of our exhibitions. To exhibit your work here or receive Preview Night invitations, please contact Front-ofHouse on: 01782 717954 ext 311 or email: dsunnuck@newvictheatre.org.uk

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Visiting Productions

Exhibitions

Dance _ Latin

Weds 16 July Tangomotion

Sid Kirkham:' Will You be My Sweetheart'

“intense, epic and beautiful” Independent on Sunday £18.00 / £19.50 / cons / under 16s go Free

Live Music - Classical

£14.00 / £19.50 / £21.00 / cons / under 16s go Free

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events

28 April – 24 May Sid Kirkham The Romance of the Potteries

7 July – 26 July Brighter Futures Hidden Talents

26 May – 14 June Steve Geary BPE1 Landscapes & Seascapes presented by Frozen Inspirations

28 July – 16 August Various Contributors The New Vic’s year in pictures

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Feature

Clocking on in the classroom Using the story of time-keeping stickler Phileas Fogg, New Vic Education is bringing some drama to maths lessons.

ew Vic education is going back to the classroom to discover how drama can inspire maths.

Inspired by Phileas Fogg’s journey in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, the Education team will be working with teachers in the coming months to unravel the complexities of time. The project will look at how maths and drama can work side by side to provide skills for life for children and young people, including understanding timetables and time zones across the world. Head of New Vic Education, Jill Rezzano, says: “Around the World in Eighty Days is a fantastic story as Phileas Fogg’s challenge not only pits him against the clock but also against time itself. “Time is one thing we all have in common but it is often hard to grasp how it works across the globe. Children in particular find this concept quite difficult to understand but being creative with teaching time-telling, for example using themed games and activities, can make it much easier to get to grips with.” Developed from discussions about language and time between New Vic Education and Staffordshire’s literacy advisor, it is hoped the project will help make such challenging concepts more accessible.

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Jill says: “Drama can be a very powerful tool in helping children engage with demanding subjects but part of the challenge is finding areas where you can use it — this is what we want to explore with teachers. “We want to develop creative ways of

Photos by Andrew Billington

providing long-term practical benefits for children and young people – giving them an understanding of how time works and how it affects us all while imparting knowledge which will help them in their daily lives for years to come. “This is a real opportunity for children to learn creatively through drama and will show how theatre is a great way to share and learn together.”

To find out more about this interesting project and groups that Education run, please visit www.newvictheatre.org.uk or contact Education on 01782 381366

Drama can be a very powerful tool in helping children engage with demanding subjects

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Feature

Clocking on in the classroom Using the story of time-keeping stickler Phileas Fogg, New Vic Education is bringing some drama to maths lessons.

ew Vic education is going back to the classroom to discover how drama can inspire maths.

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Photos by Andrew Billington

To find out more about this interesting project and groups that Education run, please visit www.newvictheatre.org.uk or contact Education on 01782 381366

Drama can be a very powerful tool in helping children engage with demanding subjects

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Feature

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Inside Out New Vic Borderlines’ latest project, Inside Out, offers young women support for

ew Vic Borderlines will be giving a voice to some of staffordshire’s most vulnerable young women in a conference at the theatre-inthe-round.

and will provide professionals with the opportunity to interact with young people in a meaningful way.

Rob Morrey, from Stoke-on-Trent Youth Offending Service, says: “In recent years Stoke-onSupported by the J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trent Youth Offending Service have worked Trust, new project Inside Out will support women alongside Borderlines helping improve the lives at risk of offending to build positive futures for and opportunities of young people with a great themselves and others. deal of success and we hope this partnership working will continue positively affecting the lives Partnering with Stoke-on-Trent Youth Offending of all involved.” Service, child services and other local organisations, New Vic Borderlines will also Inside Out will build on the award-winning work seek to raise awareness of exploitation with Borderlines has carried out in North Staffordshire young people and those working to help them. and beyond with people at risk of being socially marginalised due to position, status, class or New Vic culture. Borderlines inside out is supporting young Last year, the Director, Susan Moffat, says: team worked with women to make positive decisions “Inside Out is about the Forced supporting young Marriage Unit on about the next steps in their lives. women to make All Our Daughters? positive decisions a ground-breaking about the next steps in their lives. drama highlighting the issues surrounding forced marriage and ‘honour’ violence. Backed by “We will use theatre to build self-esteem and Crime Prevention Minister Jeremy Browne, All confidence, explore ambitions and capability and Our Daughters? visited schools and community offer practical skills in the hope of breaking the venues across Staffordshire before embarking offending cycle.” on a national tour.

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In workshops, participants will share their personal experiences through drama and will work with professionals to develop more positive futures within a supported environment.

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To find out more about this and other New Vic Borderlines projects, please

a better future . . . Young women taking part in past Borderlines projects Photos by Andrew Billington

The young women will also have the opportunity to create a piece of theatre which will form the centre-piece of a conference held at the New Vic in the autumn. The conference will explore issues around self-worth and risk

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Feature

N Learning to

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Inside Out New Vic Borderlines’ latest project, Inside Out, offers young women support for

ew Vic Borderlines will be giving a voice to some of staffordshire’s most vulnerable young women in a conference at the theatre-inthe-round.

and will provide professionals with the opportunity to interact with young people in a meaningful way.

“

In workshops, participants will share their personal experiences through drama and will work with professionals to develop more positive futures within a supported environment.

”

To find out more about this and other New Vic Borderlines projects, please

a better future . . . Young women taking part in past Borderlines projects Photos by Andrew Billington

visit www.newvictheatre.org.uk email amahmood@newvictheatre.org.uk or contact Borderlines on 01782 381368 37 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

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Feature

S Pointing the Way

toke-on-Trent communities are joining forces to develop their own arts events as part of the New Vic led Appetite programme.

A major investment in the cultural life of Stoke-on-Trent, Appetite launched last year with thousands of people enjoying a feast of world-class arts events. The three year project is now being taken to the next level, with communities being encouraged to create their own exhilarating programme of the arts. Among the groups working with Appetite is Stoke South Carnival Committee which is creating a new piece of work commemorating the First World War Centenary. Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Partnership meanwhile is exploring ways of tying the arts into current city centre regeneration plans. Appetite Creative Producer, Gemma Thomas, says: “This is about the community having its say about what it wants from the arts in Stoke-on-Trent.

Appetite helps provide direction for Stoke-on-Trent communities to bring art to life Photo by Paul Liversedge Photography

Appetite Takeaways have also seen people experience a range of art in a series of trips. Late last year, a group ventured to the Durham Lumiere, a city-wide celebration of light, and enjoyed visiting the Angel of the North. Gemma adds: “Appetite is working with people to put on arts events now and is also giving them skills to stage their own events in the future to ensure Stoke-on-Trent carries on experiencing and being inspired by the arts for years to come.” Appetite is made possible by investment through Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme. The project is led by the New Vic Theatre in partnership with B Arts, Brighter Futures, Partners in Creative Learning and Staffordshire University.

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This is not just about working with people now, it is also about giving them skills to stage their own events in the future

“We are working with groups on their own projects and have been holding Supper Clubs to give people the chance to be part of exciting large-scale events we hope to present this summer.”

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Find out more about Appetite and sign up for bulletins at appetitestoke.co.uk

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Feature

A A treasure trove of stories is set to be unearthed round at the New Vic… The New Vic is set to unearth the stories of the Staffordshire Hoard in an ambitious large-scale event.

From The Staﬀordshire Hoard by an Anglo Saxon late 6th - 8th century. © Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

With support from Arts Council England’s Exceptional Awards programme, the project will be brought to life at the theatre-in-theround in summer 2015.

of possibilities Historian Michael Wood has been named as a patron of the event which will see artists commissioned to create 21 new pieces of work telling the stories of the Hoard. New Vic Theatre Artistic Director, Theresa Heskins, says: “Going to the first exhibition of the Hoard I was struck by how little we currently know about it. I wanted to make a piece about it, but there were so many possible stories that I couldn’t settle on one. “We’ll invite the country’s leading poets, playwrights and theatre makers to apply their imaginations to the facts, each creating a piece to be presented at the New Vic.” The project will see three new dramas created for the main stage, exhibitions presented in front of house areas and short pieces performed in the theatre’s bar. A new

theatre documentary will explore the discovery of the Anglo-Saxon treasure, while the New Vic’s Borderlines and Education departments will work with the community on topics associated with the Hoard. The vision of an event exploring the Staffordshire Hoard was realised after the New Vic was invited to become an Affiliate Company of the National Theatre Studio last year. With the Studio describing itself as offering ‘a chance to dream’, Theresa Heskins developed an idea for a project which would have a unique regional focus combined with national resonance. With the support of an Arts Council England grant the dream became a reality. The New Vic will continue working with the NT Studio on the project throughout 2014. 41 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

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Feature

A A treasure trove of stories is set to be unearthed round at the New Vic… The New Vic is set to unearth the stories of the Staffordshire Hoard in an ambitious large-scale event.

From The Staﬀordshire Hoard by an Anglo Saxon late 6th - 8th century. © Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

With support from Arts Council England’s Exceptional Awards programme, the project will be brought to life at the theatre-in-theround in summer 2015.

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Feature

S Pointing the Way

toke-on-Trent communities are joining forces to develop their own arts events as part of the New Vic led Appetite programme.

Appetite helps provide direction for Stoke-on-Trent communities to bring art to life Photo by Paul Liversedge Photography

“

This is not just about working with people now, it is also about giving them skills to stage their own events in the future

“We are working with groups on their own projects and have been holding Supper Clubs to give people the chance to be part of exciting large-scale events we hope to present this summer.”

”

Find out more about Appetite and sign up for bulletins at appetitestoke.co.uk

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Fundraising

Refreshments

Spoil yourself

Become a New Vic Patron

theatre restaurant Home-made food at value for money prices Enjoy lunch or a pre-show meal with friends. Have a drink at the bar. Or simply spoil yourself with a cuppa and a delicious cake.

New Vic Patrons support our work by giving a regular donation.

If you’re coming for a pre-show dinner, why not call 01782 717954 ext. 325 and reserve a table?

We are a registered charity and your support will help us to continue creating international class theatre and fund valuable work with children, young people and local communities.

If you’re bringing a little one please ask our restaurant staff for our children’s choices. Eat local! Wherever possible, the New Vic uses local produce and ingredients.

drink

Opening Times Snacks - 10am ’til 3.30pm Lunch - Noon ’til 2pm Closed - 3.30pm ’til 5.30pm Dinner - 5.30pm ’til 7.30pm Beverages - 5.30pm ’til interval (Bar ’til 11pm)

Avoid the drinks rush Pre-order drinks using the interval slips provided at the bar. 42 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

Tableware generously supplied by

Every Patron donation will be matched by another £40 from Arts Council England before the end of March 2015. For more information visit www.newvictheatre.org.uk, pick up a leaflet at box office, or telephone Victoria Martin on 01782 381375.

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Fundraising

Refreshments

Spoil yourself

Become a New Vic Patron

theatre restaurant Home-made food at value for money prices Enjoy lunch or a pre-show meal with friends. Have a drink at the bar. Or simply spoil yourself with a cuppa and a delicious cake.

New Vic Patrons support our work by giving a regular donation.

If you’re coming for a pre-show dinner, why not call 01782 717954 ext. 325 and reserve a table?

We are a registered charity and your support will help us to continue creating international class theatre and fund valuable work with children, young people and local communities.

If you’re bringing a little one please ask our restaurant staff for our children’s choices. Eat local! Wherever possible, the New Vic uses local produce and ingredients.

drink

Opening Times Snacks - 10am ’til 3.30pm Lunch - Noon ’til 2pm Closed - 3.30pm ’til 5.30pm Dinner - 5.30pm ’til 7.30pm Beverages - 5.30pm ’til interval (Bar ’til 11pm)

Avoid the drinks rush Pre-order drinks using the interval slips provided at the bar. 42 | www.newvictheatre.org.uk

Tableware generously supplied by

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Support

New Vic Friends

CHARITABLE DONATION

Friends Go Backstage for a Lark

The New Vic Theatre would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous donation given by

SPONSORS The New Vic gratefully acknowledges the following for their generous support:

The New Vic Friends recently got to eavesdrop on a busy Northern Broadsides rehearsal for An August Bank Holiday Lark, our most recent co-production.

BUSINESS FRIEND MEMBERS

The Dudson Group

Dean Statham

Keele University Science & Business Park

Dains

Barringtons Ltd. Chartered Accountants

Baker Tilly

Richard Jacobs Pension & Trustee Services Ltd.

Newcastle-under-Lyme College

to find out more about the benefits of becoming a new Vic Business Friend contact: Fiona wallace executive Director tel: 01782 717954 email: fwallace@newvictheatre.com

An action-packed couple of hours featured direction from Barrie Rutter, musical input from Musical Director, Conrad Nelson and was rounded off with a spot of clog-dancing! Access to this rehearsal was just one of the programme of regular Friends events on offer. Others include Spotlights (a chance to see inside the world of many of the creatives that work on the shows), dress rehearsals to New Vic productions and escorted theatre trips; our last one was seeing the legendary Warhorse at The Lowry.

Friends Events Dress Rehearsals I Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Want to Set the World on Fire Thurs 1 May Inherit the Wind Fri 30 May Around the World in Eighty Days Thurs 19 June A History of Falling Things Thurs 10 July

We always love to welcome new Friends so if you feel you would like to join in our events, please get in touch to become a member or find out more.

Spotlights James Atherton Composer and Musical Director for New Vic Christmas shows and more TBC

For details of how to join the New Vic Friends contact Marketing on 01782 717539; email: kwilson@newvictheatre.org.uk

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Support

New Vic Friends

CHARITABLE DONATION

Friends Go Backstage for a Lark

The New Vic Theatre would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous donation given by

SPONSORS The New Vic gratefully acknowledges the following for their generous support:

The New Vic Friends recently got to eavesdrop on a busy Northern Broadsides rehearsal for An August Bank Holiday Lark, our most recent co-production.

BUSINESS FRIEND MEMBERS

The Dudson Group

Dean Statham

Keele University Science & Business Park

Dains

Barringtons Ltd. Chartered Accountants

Baker Tilly

Richard Jacobs Pension & Trustee Services Ltd.

Newcastle-under-Lyme College

to find out more about the benefits of becoming a new Vic Business Friend contact: Fiona wallace executive Director tel: 01782 717954 email: fwallace@newvictheatre.com

We always love to welcome new Friends so if you feel you would like to join in our events, please get in touch to become a member or find out more.

Spotlights James Atherton Composer and Musical Director for New Vic Christmas shows and more TBC

For details of how to join the New Vic Friends contact Marketing on 01782 717539; email: kwilson@newvictheatre.org.uk

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New Vic Value

Under 26? -Go free! We’ve got 50 free tickets to give away for every New Vic production to people under 26. That’s right, they’re free. Not only that, when all the free tickets have gone, you can still get a ticket for just £7.50. Free tickets are available on a first come first served basis only. So make sure to book soon!

New Vic Value we aim to make visiting the new Vic the best possible value. our Box oﬃce will always advise on the best option for you. Under 16s Go Free

For nominated plays and one night events, an under 16 admitted free with an adult paying full or concessionary price. Some events have adult content, please check when booking.

£2.00 off top two price bands for New Vic productions (unless otherwise stated). First Night Fever

All seats £14.50 on the opening nights of nominated productions.

U26 Go Free

Under 26 Go Free tickets available for Mon – Fri performances of designated productions only; only two tickets per booking; an address and email address needs to be provided to claim free tickets (don’t worry, we will never pass your address to any other organisation); sorry, but only one pair of free tickets per season can be booked; free tickets not available to book online. Schools

Please see the page opposite for the small print

School groups £9.50 any seat, any performance, unless otherwise stated.

Call our Box Office to find out more: 01782 717962. Or, visit us online at www.newvictheatre.org.uk

Groups

Groups of ten or more

four friends for £60

Four tickets for just £60 - a great value, great night out with friends. Any play, any seats Monday - Friday. Just give us an email address to qualify for this great offer. (max eight tickets per booking, does not include the Christmas show) Concessions*

£2.00 off tickets for all New Vic productions for the following: children (under 16); full-time students; over 60s; people in receipt of certain means-tested benefits (check with Box Office). In addition, if you are in receipt of Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker’s

Allowance or Social Fund, tickets are £1.50 for Monday and Tuesday performances of New Vic productions (maximum two tickets per person per production). *Conditions All concessionary tickets are subject to availability; only one concession per ticket; proof of status may be required; no concessions for matinees or Saturday performances unless otherwise stated. New Vic Gift TOKENS

Give the gift of a great night out. New Vic gift tokens are available in denominations of £5, £10 and £20 so you can choose how much you want to give.

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New Vic Value

New Vic Value we aim to make visiting the new Vic the best possible value. our Box oﬃce will always advise on the best option for you. Under 16s Go Free

For nominated plays and one night events, an under 16 admitted free with an adult paying full or concessionary price. Some events have adult content, please check when booking.

£2.00 off top two price bands for New Vic productions (unless otherwise stated). First Night Fever

All seats £14.50 on the opening nights of nominated productions.

U26 Go Free

Please see the page opposite for the small print

School groups £9.50 any seat, any performance, unless otherwise stated.

Call our Box Office to find out more: 01782 717962. Or, visit us online at www.newvictheatre.org.uk

Groups

Groups of ten or more

four friends for £60

Give the gift of a great night out. New Vic gift tokens are available in denominations of £5, £10 and £20 so you can choose how much you want to give.

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Bookings /Access /Information

New Vic Value

t with friends?

Fancy a fab time ou

Run round to the New Vic and book our brilliant ticket offer!

To book just call Box Office on 01782 717962

How to get here Bus Bus stop outside theatre 34 & 34A: Newcastle & Hanley.

Bookings

Content

In Person Box Office open Mon - Sat 10.00am to start of performance. Closes 6pm on non-performance nights.

Productions may contain strong language and difficult content. Please check with Box Office prior to booking.

By Phone

Late Admissions

24 hour booking service - 01782 717962 (answerphone out of Box Office hours).

Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

By Post Cheques payable to New Vic Theatre (cheque guarantee card number & expiry date on reverse), include SAE and send to: New Vic Theatre, Etruria Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, ST5 0JG.

The New Vic reserves the right to vary the advertised programme and facilities if necessary and apologises for any inconvenience. E & OE

By Credit / Debit Card

Committed to providing access to the arts for all.

Quote number by telephone; show card on collection. Tickets booked by credit card are guaranteed sold and can be collected at any time or posted to you for 60p. Reservations held for 3 working days or 1 hr before performance whichever is earliest. We no longer accept Electron, Amex or Diners cards.

Access

Disabled Patrons

Online

Free parking close to entrance for Blue Badge holders (please call to reserve a space), automatic doors, lift to 1st floor, ramped access to auditorium, disabled toilets. Magnetic induction loop in auditorium (not available for amplified performances). Infra-red assisted hearing system.

Coach / Minibus

Book online at www.newvictheatre.org.uk (£1 transaction fee per ticket.)

Captioned Performances for New Vic Productions.

Please contact Box Office to arrange reserved, free parking

Exchanging Tickets

Rail The nearest station is Stoke-on-Trent. Connections to Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Stafford, Crewe. Enquiries: 08457 484950

Parking Blue Badge holders Please contact Box Office to arrange reserved, free parking

Car £1 fee (free before 6.30 pm). Theatre is in residential area. Use car parks indicated. Theatre car park can be full at busy times! Leave time to use alternative parking approx 500 yards from theatre (see map). Cars parked at owners’ risk. N.B. don’t park at Polite Vicar - wheel-clamping in force! IF YOU'RE USING A SAT NAV! Users of satellite navigation systems have occasionally experienced problems. Please ensure that your system is directing you to the NEW VIC, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME. Double check that your system has logged the correct postcode: ST5 0JG

We are sorry that no refunds can be made. 50p per ticket to exchange for another performance of same production - at least 3 days prior to date of original performance. Service free for package buyers.

Audio Described Performances for New Vic Productions (please book min. 3 days in advance). Large-print cast sheets available on request. Guide dogs welcome.

Tickets £10.00 Mon – Thurs; £12.00 Fri; and £14.00 Sat; lowest advertised price less £2.00 concession (if available) for all other events. A Companion ticket at lowest advertised price (less concession if eligible) per disabled patron. A free Carer’s ticket for patrons in receipt of Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance.

Family Facilities The New Vic welcomes families. We have a lift to the first floor for anyone with a pushchair or who might struggle with stairs. There are several Baby-changing facilities in the Front-of-House areas. You are welcome to breastfeed in any of our front-of-house areas, however, if you require a private space, please ask at Box Office and they will find you a quiet room. Our restaurant offers a range of child-friendly meals. Please ask our restaurant staff for our current options. We offer concessionary rates for children for most of our shows and one-night events, and under 16’s go free to most New Vic productions when accompanying paying adults (please see page 47).

Loan copies of play scripts available from the Box Office on request.

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Bookings /Access /Information

New Vic Value

t with friends?

Fancy a fab time ou

Run round to the New Vic and book our brilliant ticket offer!

To book just call Box Office on 01782 717962

How to get here Bus Bus stop outside theatre 34 & 34A: Newcastle & Hanley.

Bookings

Content

In Person Box Office open Mon - Sat 10.00am to start of performance. Closes 6pm on non-performance nights.

Productions may contain strong language and difficult content. Please check with Box Office prior to booking.

By Phone

Late Admissions

24 hour booking service - 01782 717962 (answerphone out of Box Office hours).

Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

By Post Cheques payable to New Vic Theatre (cheque guarantee card number & expiry date on reverse), include SAE and send to: New Vic Theatre, Etruria Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, ST5 0JG.

The New Vic reserves the right to vary the advertised programme and facilities if necessary and apologises for any inconvenience. E & OE

By Credit / Debit Card

Committed to providing access to the arts for all.

Access

Disabled Patrons

Online

Coach / Minibus

Book online at www.newvictheatre.org.uk (£1 transaction fee per ticket.)

Captioned Performances for New Vic Productions.

Please contact Box Office to arrange reserved, free parking

Exchanging Tickets

Rail The nearest station is Stoke-on-Trent. Connections to Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Stafford, Crewe. Enquiries: 08457 484950

Parking Blue Badge holders Please contact Box Office to arrange reserved, free parking

Audio Described Performances for New Vic Productions (please book min. 3 days in advance). Large-print cast sheets available on request. Guide dogs welcome.

Loan copies of play scripts available from the Box Office on request.

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Auditorium Maps

In-the-round

Directional performance with some element of front and back

Performance on three sides

Top price band Middle price band

Calendar April tues 15 Weds 16 Thurs 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Mon 21 weds 23 Thurs 24 Fri 25 Sat 26

entertaining Mr sloane Entertaining Mr Sloane Entertaining Mr Sloane theatre closed Entertaining Mr Sloane theatre closed teechers Teechers Teechers Teechers

MAY Fri 2 Sat 3 Mon 5 Tues 6 Weds 7 Thurs 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Mon 12 Tues 13 Weds 14 Thurs 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Mon 19 Tues 20 Weds 21 Thurs 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Mon 26 sat 31

world on Fire World on Fire theatre closed World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire honor Blackman World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire chris Barber World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire World on Fire theatre closed inherit the wind

June Mon 2 Tues 3

Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind

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2.15

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weds 4 Thurs 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Mon 9 Tues 10 Weds 11 Thurs 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Fri 20 Sat 21 Mon 23 Tues 24 weds 25 Thurs 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Mon 30 July Tues 1 Weds 2 Thurs 3 Fri 4 Sat 5 Fri 11 Sat 12 Mon 14 Tues 15 weds 16 Thurs 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Mon 21 Tues 22 Weds 23 Thurs 24 Fri 25 Sat 26

Yves lambert trio Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind 2.15 Bella hardy Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind 2.15 around the world in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days Ballet wales Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days 2.15 Around the World in 80 Days

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Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days history of Falling things History of Falling Things History of Falling Things History of Falling Things tangomotion History of Falling Things History of Falling Things History of Falling Things ensemble 360 History of Falling Things History of Falling Things History of Falling Things History of Falling Things History of Falling Things

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2.15

Key to symbols

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30

Ticket Prices Entertaining Mr Sloane, Teechers, World on Fire, Inherit the Wind, Around the World in Eighty Days, A History of Falling Things row a &partg

row B &partg

rows c-F Balcony

Mon - Thurs standard price £12.00 £18.00 £19.50 concessions £10.00 £16.00 £17.50 Fri & Sat Eve standard price £14.00 £19.50 £21.00 concessions* £12.00 £17.50 £19.00 Matinees standard price £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 concessions £10.00 £10.00 £10.00 F N Fever all seats £14.50 (no concessions) Groups (10+) n/a £2.00 off £2.00 off Schools groups £9.50 £9.50 £9.50

Eric and Cleopatra Mon - Thurs Full Price £15.00 £18.00 £19.50 Concessions £13.00 £16.00 £17.50 Fri & Sat Eve Full Price £16.50 £19.50 £21.00 Concessions* £14.50 £17.50 £19.00 F N Fever all seats £14.50 (no concessions) Groups (10+) N/A £2.00 off £2.00 off *Fridays only

Lower price band

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August Mon 18 eric & cleopatra Tues 19 Eric & Cleopatra Weds 20 Eric & Cleopatra Thurs 21 Eric & Cleopatra Fri 22 Eric & Cleopatra Sat 23 Eric & Cleopatra Mon 25 theatre closed Tues 26 Eric & Cleopatra Weds 27 Eric & Cleopatra Thurs 28 Eric & Cleopatra Fri 29 Eric & Cleopatra Sat 30 Eric & Cleopatra

First night Fever

captioned performances

talkback

audio Described performances

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Auditorium Maps

In-the-round

Directional performance with some element of front and back

Performance on three sides

Top price band Middle price band

Calendar April tues 15 Weds 16 Thurs 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Mon 21 weds 23 Thurs 24 Fri 25 Sat 26

entertaining Mr sloane Entertaining Mr Sloane Entertaining Mr Sloane theatre closed Entertaining Mr Sloane theatre closed teechers Teechers Teechers Teechers

MAY Fri 2 Sat 3 Mon 5 Tues 6 Weds 7 Thurs 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Mon 12 Tues 13 Weds 14 Thurs 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Mon 19 Tues 20 Weds 21 Thurs 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Mon 26 sat 31

June Mon 2 Tues 3

Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind

7.30 7.30 7.30 2.15

7.30

2.15

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30

7.30 7.30

2.15

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30

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2.15

Key to symbols

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30

Ticket Prices Entertaining Mr Sloane, Teechers, World on Fire, Inherit the Wind, Around the World in Eighty Days, A History of Falling Things row a &partg

row B &partg

rows c-F Balcony

Lower price band

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First night Fever

captioned performances

talkback

audio Described performances

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THREE plays just £42 TWO plays just £32 Any seat, Any night

Choose from these plays: I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire; Inherit the Wind; Around the World in Eighty Days; A History of Falling Things

The New Vic Theatre operates thanks to a unique partnership between Arts Council England, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Charity Registration Number: 253242 Company Registration Number: 911924 Registered Office: Etruria Road, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 0JG

Box Office: 01782 717962 New Vic Theatre, Etruria Road, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffs, ST5 0JG

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Wartime musical memories in this season

LUCKY SEVEN

7 great plays to see inside APRIL - AUGUST 2014

BOX OFFICE 01782 717962