Autumn 2019 Brochure

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Welcome to our Autumn 2019 Season Ticket Guide, with 12 exciting shows, there’s a little something for everyone!

In addition, all Season Ticket Holders receive:

We’re delighted to present One Man, Two Guvnors one of the great British comedies of the 21st Century. Directed by the New Wolsey’s Artistic Director Peter Rowe, this production is guaranteed to get you belly-laughing this autumn! We’re also pleased to be working with Royal & Derngate, Northampton on the co-production of a brand new romantic comedy musical The Season, featuring a glorious soundtrack of original songs.

• Priority booking with access to the best seats at the best price.

There’s plenty of drama too as English Touring Theatre return to our stage with an adaption of the classic Two Trains Running. Our stage also plays host to Original Theatre Company as they present Sarah Waters’ The Night Watch.

If you’re looking for comedy, its laughter all round with Duke’s Comedy Club. Get your music fix with Stringfever Live in Concert or enjoy a throwback to the eighties with Mari Wilson & the Wilsations. Those with a keen historic interest will not want to miss Code Breakers.

• Complete flexibility with unlimited ticket exchanges.

• Savings of at least 15%, and up to 35% when combined with a Membership.

• Priority offers for selected shows and special events.

And remember, booking early secures you the best seats at the best prices.

The not-so-small print: Season Tickets include shows at the New Wolsey Theatre only and exclude Band C seats and Children’s Shows.

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N AUTUM 2019

SEASON S ICERE TICKET CHLSO EY THEAT W WO FROM THE NE

THU 5 TO SAT 28 SEP

TUE 5 TO SAT 16 NOV

THE NEW WOLSEY THEATRE, IPSWICH IN ASSOCIATION WITH NUFFIELD SOUTHAMPTON THEATRES PRESENT

ROYAL & DERNGATE, NORTHAMPTON AND NEW WOLSEY THEATRE, IPSWICH PRESENT

A NEW MUSICAL

BY JIM BARNE & KIT BUCHAN

BY RICHARD BEAN A JOYOUS UPDATING OF GOLDONI’S CLASSIC THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS

Set in the colourful underworld of Brighton in the swinging sixties, this riotous farce mixes all the elements of classic comedy into a fizzing cocktail of fun. Mistaken identity, slapstick, mad gags and outrageous puns are shaken and stirred as Francis Henshall, cast out of his skiffle band, finds the best route to satisfy his considerable appetites for food, sex and money to become One Man serving Two Guvnors.

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TUE

WED

9 SEP 7:45pm

10 SEP 7:00pm

16 SEP 7:45pm

17 SEP 7:00pm

11 SEP 2:30pm 7:45pm 18 SEP 2:30pm 7:45pm 25 SEP 2:30pm 7:45pm

24 SEP 7:00pm

THU 5 SEP 7:45pm 12 SEP 7:45pm

FRI 6 SEP 7:45pm 13 SEP 7:45pm

19 SEP 7:45pm

20 SEP 7:45pm

26 SEP 1:30pm 7:45pm

27 SEP 7:45pm

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SAT 7 SEP 7:45pm 14 SEP 2:30pm 7:45pm 21 SEP 2:30pm 7:45pm 28 SEP 2:30pm 7:45pm

A NEW MUSICAL BY JIM BARNE & KIT BUCHAN A BRAND NEW ROMANTIC COMEDY FILLED WITH HEART-WARMING AND HILARIOUS SONGS.

It’s Christmas Eve and Dougal has travelled from Ipswich to New York for his father’s wedding. At JFK Airport he’s greeted by Robyn. Tomorrow her sister becomes his stepmother and Robyn’s dreading it. Dougal can’t wait. But then Dougal loves Christmas and Robyn’s the original Grinch.

Thrown together for a wild weekend in the city that never sleeps, their adventure becomes a musical whirlwind of confession, frustration and maxing-out credit cards in Macy’s. Will these two endearing misfits provide the ultimate test for the theory that opposites always attract?

MON

TUE 5 NOV 7:00pm

WED 6 NOV 7:45pm

THU 7 NOV 7:00pm

FRI 8 NOV 7:45pm

11 NOV 7:45pm

12 NOV 7:00pm

13 NOV 2:30pm 7:45pm

14 NOV 7:45pm

15 NOV 7:45pm

SAT 9 NOV 2:30pm 7:45pm 16 NOV 2:30pm 7:45pm

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MON 30 SEP TO SAT 5 OCT THE ORIGINAL THEATRE COMPANY AND YORK THEATRE ROYAL PRESENT

THE NIGHT WATCH

BY SARAH WATERS

“I get hooked on moments. I can’t move forward.

The mind has hooks in time, little hooks that trip you up and take you back to way back when.”

Tender, tragic and beautifully poignant, set against the shadows of feats of heroism both epic and everyday, The Night Watch is a thrilling portrait of four ordinary people caught up in the aftermath of an extraordinary time. A time when hearts beat faster and life burned more brightly.

Sarah Waters’ award-winning story of illicit love and lost souls takes you from a dazed and shattered post-war Britain back into the heart of the Blitz, hurtling towards the secrets that are hidden there.

MON 30 SEP 7:45pm

TUE 1 OCT 7:00pm

WED 2 OCT 2:30pm 7:45pm

THU 3 OCT 7:45pm

FRI 4 OCT 7:45pm

SAT 5 OCT 2:30pm 7:45pm

TUE 8 OCT TO SAT 12 OCT A ROYAL & DERNGATE, NORTHAMPTON AND ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE CO-PRODUCTION

TWO TRAINS RUNNING

It is Pittsburgh, 1969, and the regulars of Memphis Lee’s restaurant are struggling to cope with the turbulence of a rapidly changing world. The diner is in threat of being torn down, a casualty of the city’s renovation project that is sweeping away the buildings of a community, but not its spirit.

The iconic American playwright August Wilson paints a vivid portrait of everyday lives in this defining moment of American history. When Two Trains Running opened on Broadway in 1992, its legendary premiere won TONY and Drama Desk Awards. Directed by the 2018 winner of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust Sir Peter Hall Director Award, Nancy Medina, this major revival will introduce this Pulitzer Prize shortlisted modern classic to UK-wide audiences for the first time.

Supported by the Royal Theatrical Support Trust.

TUE 8 OCT 7:00pm

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WED 9 OCT 2:30pm 7:45pm

THU 10 OCT 7:45pm

FRI 11 OCT 7:45pm

SAT 12 OCT 2:30pm 7:45pm

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FRI 18 TO SAT 19 OCT A THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER & NEW THEATRE ROYAL PORTSMOUTH CO-COMMISSION BY THE DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE

BLEAK HOUSE

Bleak House is a powerfully physical, gothic retelling of the Dickens’ novel that follows Esther Summerson’s search for family and identity set against a brutal legal system hell bent on destroying those beneath it.

Pickpockets, prostitutes, rowdy drunks and con artists all feature, immersing us into a dank Victorian Britain, recreating the dark and dismal world of the lower orders of London.

FRI 18 OCT 7:45pm SAT 19 OCT 2:30pm 7:45pm

Supported by Konzept Arts & Ideas, Bath Spa University & Santander Universities.

MON 28 TO WED 30 OCT TILTED WIG PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

MURDER MARGARET AND ME Agatha Christie turns sleuth in this story of friendship and the achievement of women in the long-lost world of the silver screen.

Agatha Christie and Margaret Rutherford, two of our greatest and most celebrated national treasures, should never have been friends. But they were. Their paths crossed when they found themselves at the heart of one of British cinema’s most successful franchises.

However, the Miss Marple films almost didn’t get made.

THU 31 OCT TO FRI 1 NOV A GRAEAE & THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH PRODUCTION. COMMISSIONED

BY RAMPS ON THE MOON AND PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CURVE

ONE UNDER BY WINSOME PINNOCK

MON 28 OCT 7:45pm TUE 29 OCT 7:00pm WED 30 OCT 2:30pm 7:45pm

THU 31 OCT 7:45pm FRI 1 NOV 7:45pm

An evocative play about the power of guilt and the quest for atonement, award-winning playwright Winsome Pinnock and Graeae’s Associate Director Amit Sharma join forces to explore the fragility of human relationships in this reimagining of One Under.

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SUN 13 OCT

SUN 13 OCT 7:00pm

TERRY DASH MUSIC PRESENTS

BLUE HARLEM

One of the top swing/jump-blues bands around today return to our stage. Blue Harlem launched the career of rising star Imelda May and are now proud to feature the sensational Sophie Shaw as their vocalist. Where the blues meets jazz, swing and boogie-woogie.

TUE 15 OCT

TUE 15 OCT 7:00pm

ALL ELECTRIC PRODUCTIONS

CODE BREAKERS

THE STORY OF ENIGMA GERMANY’S SECRET CIPHER MACHINE Dr Mark Baldwin presents one of the Second World War’s most fascinating stories. The Allied Codebreakers, who deciphered a vast number of German secret messages, used the intelligence gained to hasten Allied victory.

WED 16 OCT 7:45pm

WED 16 OCT

STRINGFEVER LIVE IN CONCERT

A little bit classical, a little bit rock and roll, humorous and a whole lot entertaining!

Electric strings & beatbox - classy musicianship, comedy timing & a contemporary sound.

SUN 27 OCT

SUN 27 OCT 7:00pm

STEPHEN FOSTER PRESENTS

MARI WILSON & THE WILSATIONS

It’s just what you always wanted - the Queen of the Beehive, Mari Wilson, graces our stage with her sensational New Wilsations. Mari was one of the most successful singers of the 1980s and celebrates that unforgettable era.

SAT 2 NOV

DUKE’S COMEDY CLUB

SAT 2 NOV 8:15pm

An evening with the finest comics from around the world. Spice up your night and add a curry when you book!

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NEW WOLSEY STUDIO

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS All performances will be Audio Described via a headset from Tue 10 Sep, 7pm Sat 21 Sep, 2:30pm & Fri 27 Sep, 7:45pm will be British Sign Language Interpreted and Captioned Thu 26 Sep, 1:30pm will be a Relaxed and Dementia Friendly Performance

Our intimate 100 seat studio space is just a short walk up the road on St. George’s Street. Showing an exciting range of new work, small scale and fringe theatre and children’s shows, our Studio is also home to our New Wolsey Young Company and Youth Theatre groups. Head up there this season with plenty of entertainment to choose from including The Laramie Project, Fantastic Mr Fox and Arthur’s Dreamboat.

THE NIGHT WATCH Sat 5 Oct, 2:30pm will be Captioned

TWO TRAINS RUNNING Fri 11 Oct, 7:45pm will be a Captioned

ONE UNDER All performances will be Creatively Captioned and Audio Described

THE SEASON Thu 14 Nov, 7:45pm will be British Sign Language Interpreted and Captioned Sat 16 Nov, 2:30pm will be Audio Described via a headset.

Get tickets for The Laramie Project for just £5 once you’ve made your season ticket booking!

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THE NEW WOLSEY YOUNG COMPANY PRESENT

TUE 8 TO SAT 12 OCT

THE LARAMIE PROJECT Hailed as one of the most captivating and encompassing pieces of contemporary theatre, The Laramie Project shocks, challenges, and moves all who watch it as it reveals the lowest depths of hatred and greatest heights of compassion that lies within all human beings in any seemingly average community.

TUE 8 OCT 7:45pm

WED 9 OCT 7:45pm

THU 10 OCT 7:45pm

FRI 11 OCT 7:45pm

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SAT 12 OCT 2:30pm 7:45pm

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Tickets for Autumn 2019 go on presale to Season Ticket Holders on Wed 3 Apr 2019. Tickets go on General Sale on Sat 13 Apr 2019

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