Spring/Summer 2016 What's On Guide by Nottingham Playhouse

WHAT’S ON

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

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CONTENTS Any Means Necessary

2-3

The Glass Menagerie

4-5

Noises Off

6-7

Kings

8-9

The Government Inspector

10-11

neat16

12-13

CAST Bar & Resturant

Scratch Nights

i know all the secrets in my world

Women’s Hour

The Tailor of Inverness

Backstage in Biscuit Land

Café Missing

Schools’ Massive

Say Sum Thin 10

Comedy

20-23

Family

24-25

An Evening With...

26-27

Music

28-29

Other Events

Participation

Ramps... on the Moon

Shine & Take a Seat

Our Work with Local Businesses

Seating Plan

Box Office

WELCOME Welcome to Nottingham Playhouse and a season of stories that celebrate Nottingham’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Two significant local stories – one of national importance and one giving voice to people living on the margins of society right here in Nottingham – will be premiered on our stages this Spring. Any Means Necessary tells the story of the police working in deep cover at Ratcliffe-on-Soar and the women whose lives they invaded. Kings by Nottinghamborn playwright Daniel Hoffman-Gill explores the chaotic lives of a group of men living in a Nottingham hostel. Noises Off is one of the funniest plays ever written and beautifully demonstrates how many things can go wrong on the journey from script to stage. We’re celebrating both local and international writers this season. One of the 20th century’s finest storytellers was Tennessee Williams and The Glass Menagerie is as searing and moving today as when it was first written. Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector mirrors Any Means Necessary – but this time the people are fooling the government in this classic satirical comedy. Can’t decide what to see? With a Backstage Pass you can make great savings on multiple bookings. We’re so excited to share this season with you – to welcome you back if you’re an old friend or to greet you for the first time if new to Nottingham Playhouse.

Giles Croft

Artistic Director

Stephanie Sirr

Chief Executive

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FRI 5 - SAT 20 FEB

NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

ANY MEANS NECESSARY BY KEFI CHADWICK ‘Once you’ve opened the door to an impossible truth, everything else becomes unstable. What’s real and what isn’t becomes impossible to tell.’ When Mel meets Dave at a protest, she believes she has met her kindred spirit. Dave soon becomes central to her life and her activist friends. But is he who he appears to be? An emotionally compelling drama that explores love, betrayal, secrets and lies and exposes the brutality of a police policy that used any means necessary to undermine political protest. Based on a true story, Any Means Necessary centres on the events surrounding a group of environmental activists and the 2011 court case which charged them with trespass at nearby Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station. This real-life event set in Nottingham uncovered a national scandal that has led to a full police apology and an admission that their officers’ behaviour was an abuse of the women’s human rights. A major public inquiry begins in early 2016 and is expected to run for three years. Director Giles Croft Designer Sara Perks Lighting Designer Chris Davey Sound Designer Adam P McCready Sponsored by

Main House Evenings 7:45pm Press Night 7pm Matinees Sat 13 Feb 2:30pm, Thu 18 Feb 1:30pm £10.50 – £28.50 Age: 14+ See diary for dates Contains very strong language

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FRI 11 - SAT 26 MAR

‘I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.’

An evocative and deeply personal play, heartfelt and passionate, from one of the 20th century’s most celebrated playwrights, Tennessee Williams.

The Glass Menagerie is seen through the memories of Tom Wingfield, a poet and a dreamer. Constrained by his life working in a warehouse and his tenement apartment, he rebels against the strictures of his controlling mother, Amanda. He escapes through the movies, fulfilling his dreams through the Hollywood greats of the 1930s. Amanda lives by her charm and the steely gentility of her Deep Southern roots, her purpose centred on finding a gentleman caller for her shy and reclusive daughter. But Laura has long since shunned the real world for one of fantasy and escapism – her menagerie of glass animals. One of the most powerful plays of the 20th century, The Glass Menagerie is a tale of love, loss and the disparate hopes and dreams of a family at odds. Director Giles Croft Designer Tim Meacock Lighting Designer Mark Howland Sound Designer Adam P McCready

Main House Evenings 7:45pm Press Night 7pm Matinees Sat 19 Mar 2:30pm, Thu 24 Mar 1:30pm £10.50 - £28.50 See diary for dates

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NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY, NORTHERN STAGE AND NUFFIELD PRESENT

BY MICHAEL FRAYN

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SAT 9 - SAT 30 APR

Riotous, raucous, hilarious, tears-rolling down-the-face, can’t-breathe-it’s-so-funny, ridiculous, perfectly glorious comedy bliss. Join us for Michael Frayn’s legendary multi-award-winning comedy Noises Off and take a trip behind the scenes as everything that could possibly go wrong… does. As a touring troupe desperately try to hold their shambolic production of ‘Nothing On’ together, and with under 24 hours to go until curtain-up, it’s downhill all the way through their dress rehearsal. Backstage antics, forgotten lines, notso-secret romances, hilarious malfunctions and a tin of sardines threaten to result in a disastrous first performance. Tony, Emmy, Critics’ Circle, twice Olivier and six times Evening Standard award-winning writer Michael Frayn’s plays include Donkey’s Years, Alarms and Excursions, Democracy and Copenhagen. Noises Off was awarded both the Olivier and Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy when it was first presented. Director Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer

Blanche McIntyre Robert Innes Hopkins Jason Taylor George Dennis

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WED 20 - SAT 30 APR

KINGS NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

by Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

‘Do you know what we are mate? We are kings. We are something very bloody special indeed mate, very special and I don’t mean special bloody needs, I just mean special.’ Kings is a new play brimming with black humour, celebrating the strong friendships of a group of men living in a Nottingham hostel. One of the residents, Wayne, is finally moving into his own flat, forcing his friends to examine their own lives over Jaffa Cakes, Special Brew and a bit of a sing-song. Kings, by Nottingham-born playwright Daniel Hoffmann-Gill, bursts with the energy of the chaotic lives lived by the group and shows how friendship and dignity can thrive in the most unexpected places. Warning: contains Bonnie Tyler and papier mâché. Director Designer

Fiona Buffini Olivia Du Monceau

Neville Studio Evenings 8pm Press Night 7pm Matinees Sat 23, Tue 26, Thu 28 Apr 2pm £15 (£13 concessions) Age: 14+ Contains very strong language

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WED 4 - SAT 14 MAY Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company, in association with Ramps On The Moon, present

BY NIKOLAI GOGOL

ADAPTED BY DAVID HARROWER

‘It’s not good, gentlemen. That’s why I’ve gathered you all here. An Inspector is coming…a Government Inspector!’

The Mayor is in a cold sweat. News has reached him of an imminent visit from a Government Inspector. His fear is well-founded as he has been somewhat lacking in his official duties. The hospital’s a health hazard, the school’s a war zone, the soldiers don’t have trousers to march in and he never quite got around to building that church! Surely the only possible solution is bribery; it seems to have resolved many a sticky situation for the Mayor and his team in the past! But a simple case of mistaken identity leads matters to spiral hysterically out of control. Could it be that they have met their match in the complicated business of deception? Gogol’s satirical masterpiece is a riot of corruption, lies and greed that has lost none of its original bite. Ramps On The Moon is a ground-breaking touring project that signals a step change in disability arts provision in the UK. Bringing together seven major theatre companies, it will change the way theatre made by and for D/deaf and disabled people is seen. These companies are committed to: putting D/deaf and disabled artists and audiences at the centre of their work; to accelerate positive change, and stimulate awareness of disability issues within arts and culture. Director Roxana Silbert Associate Director Ewan Marshall Set and Costume Designer Ti Green Lighting Designer Chahine Yavroyan Composers and Sound Designers Ben and Max Ringham Video Designer Timothy Bird

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Main House Evenings 7:45pm Press Night 7pm Matinees Sat 7 May 2:30pm, Thu 12 May 1:30pm £10.50 – £28.50 All performances will include Audio

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WELCOME TO NEAT16 The Nottingham European Arts and Theatre Festival returns for the third time in May and once more the city’s venues will play host to a wide variety of artists and artforms. The full schedule will be announced in March, but for now here’s a taster of what you’ll be able to enjoy at Nottingham Playhouse.

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MON 23 & TUE 24 MAY Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company, Dance4 and Gary Clarke Company present

COAL

‘All of us owe the comparative decency to poor drudges underground, blackened to the eyes with their throats full of coal dust, driving their shovels forward with arms and belly muscles of steel’ George Orwell (1934) Marking the 30th anniversary of the end of the 1984/5 British miners’ strike, award-winning choreographer Gary Clarke proudly presents COAL, a riveting dance theatre show which takes a nostalgic look at the hard-hitting realities of life at the coal face. Strong, powerful and emotive, COAL explores the darker underbelly of the mining industry, unearthing the true nature and body-wrecking demands of a working class industry now almost forgotten.

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Bringing together Clarke’s striking physical language performed by a company of seven exceptional dancers, a local community cast of women and the Thoresby Colliery Band, COAL is an emotional, moving and ever-relevant exploration of community, solidarity and survival.

Main House Evenings 8pm £10 – £13 Age: 12+

TUE 7 & WED 8 JUN Gob Squad presents

WAR AND PEACE

A new, live video performance based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. ‘There was once a War that lasted so long that everyone thought that it was Peace.’ Set in a fictional time, in a fictional place, a group of artisans gather round a kitchen table to contemplate a real book and a real story called War and Peace by an author who once really lived. The performers place themselves somewhere between real life war and fictionalised wars as portrayed on the silver screen, inspired by Tolstoy’s desire to blur history with fiction. Proximity, notions of freedom, privilege, safety and the individual

versus community are discussed through the ordinariness of day-today life, in a modern-day attempt to address one of Tolstoy’s concerns: how should one live a moral life in an ethically imperfect world?

Main House Evenings 8pm £16 (£14 concessions)

THU 9 – SAT 11 JUN

Spymonkey Presents

THE COMPLETE DEATHS

Co-production with Brighton Festival and Royal & Derngate Northampton

Directed and adapted by Tim Crouch

There are 75 onstage deaths in the works of William Shakespeare. From the Roman suicides in Julius Caesar to the death fall of Prince Arthur in King John; from the carnage at the end of Hamlet to snakes in a basket in Antony and Cleopatra. And then there’s the pie in Titus Andronicus. Spymonkey will perform them all. The four ‘seriously, outrageously, cleverly funny clowns’ (Time Magazine) will scale the peaks of sublime poetry, and plumb depths of darkest depravity. It may even be the death

of them. A solemn, sombre and sublimely funny tribute to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

Main House Evenings 8pm £16 (£14 concessions) Age: 14+

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CAST AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE

WHERE THE FOOD TAKES CENTRE STAGE CAST Restaurant at Nottingham Playhouse promises the friendliest service and best food. For pre-theatre dining or an evening out, try our superb two and three-course fixed price menu. We offer bar food from Monday to Saturday (12-2pm and 5-8pm), which includes home-made pizzas, freshly prepared salads and the classic burger and fries – or you can have a light bite from just £3.95. All our food can be served in portion sizes suitable for children. Our bar offers continental and local beers, cocktails, wine, hot drinks and light snacks, including sandwiches from 11am.

OPENING TIMES BAR Mon to Thu 11am-late (8pm non-performance days) Fri & Sat 11am-late Sun - closed KITCHEN Mon to Sat 12pm-2pm; 5pm-8pm PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE NOTTINGHAMPLAYHOUSE.CO.UK/CAST TO SEE OUR CURRENT MENUS OR YOU CAN BOOK A TABLE BY CALLING 0115 852 3898. ALL MENUS INCLUDE VEGETARIAN AND GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS

NEVILLE STUDIO

Nottingham’s home for new work.

The Neville Studio is our black-box space for outside-the-box thinking. It’s the place for new writing, risk-taking, and intimate performance. It’s the place to meet like-minded souls, try something different, and challenge your preconceptions. Join us for the new season and see where the night takes you.

SCRATCH NIGHTS Scratch Nights - Nottingham Playhouse’s new home for emerging artists from across the region, working in any artform, where they can share ideas and forge new relationships with members of Nottingham’s vibrant cultural community. Once a month, head for the Neville Studio from 7pm for work-in-progress sharings, readings, performance art, dance... whichever itch you need to scratch, Scratch Nights is your place to do it! Afterwards, join the writers and performers downstairs in CAST for a drink and an informal chat. FREE - Book in Thu 21 Jan, advance at Box Office

18 Feb, 17 Mar, 19 May & 16 Jun at 7pm Edinburgh Festival preview special: Thu 28 & Fri 29 Jul at 7pm

If you’d like to find out more about sharing your work on one of our scratch nights, contact Fiona Buffini via scratchnights@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk. NOTTINGHAMPLAYHOUSE.CO.UK | 0115 941 9419

TUE 1 MAR

Tiata Fahodzi in association with Watford Palace Theatre present

I KNOW ALL THE SECRETS IN MY WORLD

i know all the secrets in my world is a play about what happens when speaking is impossible – a story that breaks your heart and pieces it together, putting plasters touched with tiny kisses over the cracks. A universal tale of love and loss, it is a duet between a father and son in their familial home after the bricks come crashing down around them following the death of their wife and mother.

A journey of sound and movement which moves through their grief and meditates on fantasy, gender roles, disconnection, absence and the permanence of love. i know all the secrets in my world is a love story about men, women, fathers and sons.

Neville Studio Evening 7:30pm £11 (£9 concessions)

FRI 11 & SAT 12 MAR Sh!t Theatre presents

WOMEN’S HOUR

Five Best Plays to see in Edinburgh

The Daily Telegraph

Lyn Gardner’s Top Tickets for the Fringe The Guardian Winner: Three Weeks Editors’ Choice Award 2015 Sh!t Theatre’s Women’s Hour uses satire, song, movement and mess to interrogate how the media portrays women, the obsessive and often funny gender binaries in modern life and the effect that has on the treatment of women in society. Our Women’s Hour is set in a supposed alternative universe, a surreal parallel of today. It is a

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combination of invented news segments and verbatim text taken from the BBC radio show. Women’s Hour is a cabaret piece of ‘giddy, freewheeling silliness’ (Exeunt) about what happens when women are given just one hour a day to think about what it is to be a woman. Neville Studio Evenings 8pm £10 (£8 concessions) Age: 16+

FRI 18 & SAT 19 MAR Dogstar Theatre Company presents

THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS By Matthew Zajac

Matthew Zajac’s stunning show has entranced over 26,000 people in 10 countries, most recently selling out for three weeks at New York’s Brits Off Broadway Festival in April 2015. The Tailor of Inverness is an unforgettable and moving story of displacement and survival in war-torn Europe, a powerful allegory for all victims of war. Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First, the 2008 Stage Best Solo Performer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe and the 2009 Best Actor Award from the Scottish Critics.

‘An ardent, deeply personal play … compelling, impassioned … a fine actor.’

The New York Times

Neville Studio Evening 8pm £13 (£11 concessions)

WED 9 – THU 10 MAR Touretteshero presents

BACKSTAGE IN BISCUIT LAND

Jess Thom has Tourettes, a condition that makes her say ‘biscuit’ 16,000 times a day. ‘You’ll definitely laugh, you may After huge success at last year’s cry, you’ll probably get a biscuit.’ Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this twoThe Public Reviews woman solo show weaves comedy, puppetry, singing and incredible tics for E4, Jess is neurologically to explore spontaneity, creativity, incapable of staying on script, disability and things you never and that’s when the fun begins. knew would make you laugh. Neville Studio Geranium bashing and penguin Evening Wed 7:30pm Matinee Thu 1:30pm gangbangs may or may not feature £15 (£13 concessions) no two shows can ever be the same. Age: 14+ The proud continuity announcer

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THU 5 & FRI 6 MAY Fittings MultiMedia Arts presents

CAFÉ MISSING

Welcome to Café Missing’s non-stop exotic cabaret.

Unmissable! Book a table. Pull up a chair. Feast your senses on a delicious menu of live music, spoken word, digital and debate. Fittings MultiMedia Arts and First Take have been working with Outburst Nottingham to look at ‘What’s Missing?’ Now all can be revealed. Come and enjoy a fabulous evening of food, fun, frolics, fantasy and some hard thoughts about what makes us all tick. The only thing that’s missing is you!

Neville Studio Evenings 8pm Matinee Fri 6 May 1:30pm £8 (£5 concessions)

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company presents

SCHOOLS’ MASSIVE

Nottingham Playhouse is marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with our first ever Schools’ Massive festival. 430 young people from 11 local primary, secondary and

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special schools will storm onto Nottingham Playhouse’s main stage to perform William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. A collaboration between young people, their teachers and the Playhouse, Schools’ Massive offers young people the chance to make theatre on our main stage, as well as watch it - all performed to a specially invited audience.

FRI 5 & SAT 6 FEB Mouthy Poets present

SAY SUM THIN 10

With Raymond Antrobus and Deanna Rodger

Fresh from performances in Germany and South Africa, Mouthy Poets present Say Sum Thin 10 with headliners Deanna Rodger and Raymond Antrobus. From

the city’s most innovative poetry collective, both shows are written, produced and performed by the young poets and offer different perspectives on the theme of ‘Light’.

FRI 5 FEB

MOUTHY POETS FRIDAY SHOW

WITH SPECIAL HEADLINE GUEST RAYMOND ANTROBUS (WITH OPEN MIC) Raymond Antrobus Issue and recently at TedxEastEnd, is a Spoken Word Time Out London, and The Guardian. poet, photographer He has performed alongside authors and educator from and poets such as Margaret Atwood, Hackney, London. He is Michael Horovitz, Lemn Sissay, co-curator of popular Benjamin Zephaniah, Scroobius London poetry event Pip at London’s Southbank Centre, Chill Pill (Soho Theatre and The Glastonbury and Latitude, as well as internationally. Albany) and co-founder of Keats House Poets. Raymond’s work has www.raymondantrobus.com appeared on BBC Radio 4, The Big SAT 6 FEB

MOUTHY POETS SATURDAY SHOW

WITH SPECIAL HEADLINE GUEST DEANNA RODGER (WITH OPEN MIC) Deanna Rodger is commissions for BBC (Women a former UK Poetry Who Spit; Words First; Freespeech), Slam Champion The Guardian, and National and actor, and one Youth Theatre (2012 Olympic of ELLE magazine’s Team Welcome Ceremonies; 30 inspirational Buckingham Palace; Speakers women under 30. Nominated House). Along with Ray she coas a Rising Star for Hospital curates one of London’s leading Club’s 100 awards, Deanna is an spoken word events Chill Pill and is international workshop facilitator, a member of Keats House Poets. and has written and performed Neville Studio Evenings 7:30pm Friday or Saturday: £9 (£6 concessions) Both shows: £15 (£10 concessions) Age: 12+ NOTTINGHAMPLAYHOUSE.CO.UK | 0115 941 9419

SUN 24 JAN

FRI 12 FEB

SUN 21 FEB

A ROOM WITH A STEW A new live show with fresh material in preparation for Stewart’s next BBC Two series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. See it live now, weeks SELLING ahead of transmission! FAST

THIS SHOW HAS A SOUNDTRACK Movies always have a soundtrack… so why can’t a stand up show? Join ‘one of the UK’s best observationalists’ (The Guardian) for a brand new stand-up show accompanied by its own original soundtrack.

WHAT DO I KNOW? Josh Widdicombe, that guy from the TV comedy shows with the curly hair, is back on the road with a brand new tour.

STEWART LEE

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‘More skilful and playful than ever’ The Guardian

‘Stewart Lee is not funny and has nothing to say’

CHRIS MARTIN

‘Nicely crafted observational comedy’

The Independent

‘Destined for greatness’

The Sunday Times

SOLD OUT If you would like to be put on a waiting list please contact our Box Office

The Daily Telegraph Main House Evening 7:30pm £22.50 Age: 14+

JOSH WIDDICOMBE

Neville Studio Evening 8pm £13

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Main House Evening 7:30pm £17.50

AT THE PLAYHOUSE

MON 22 FEB

BRIAN CONLEY

ALIVE AND DANGEROUS The multi-talented and irrepressible Brian Conley returns to the stage in this all-new show. Showcasing his many talents, there will be singing, laughs, and much more in this latest variety show from one of Britain’s most loved performers.

FRI 26 FEB

THE PICTURE OF DOREEN GRAY

LipService take Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray and gives it a modern twist to observe the hazards of ageing in the public eye. Featuring film, fun and LipService’s own unique blend of the surreal and downright silly! Welcome back to Nottingham Playhouse, LipService.

SO COMEDY LIVE

ON THE ROAD The producers of the Graham Norton Show bring you their pick of the very best names on the UK stand-up comedy circuit today.

‘Comedy gold at its best’

Special guest Matt Richardson (ITV2’s The Xtra Factor and Celebrity Juice, BBC Two’s Nevermind The Buzzcocks) is joined by Robin Morgan (BBC Radio’s The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of ) and Jonny Lennard.

Main House Evening 8pm £15 (£13 concessions)

Neville Studio Evening 7:45pm £12

The Public Reviews Main House Evening 8pm £23.50

FRI 26 FEB

Please note: some comedians use very strong language and discuss controversial topics – please take this into consideration when booking tickets for younger audience members, and adhere to age guidance where stated.

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MON 28 MAR

TUE 29 MAR

SUN 17 APR

WORK IN PROGRESS Join Russell Howard, one of the country’s funniest and most successful comedians, as he tries out brand new material.

RIGHT MAN, WRONG AGE In this brand new show, Russell Kane unleashes another blisteringlyfunny, awardwinning stand-up performance about growing up, growing down, and why farts will always be funny.

MEAT TOUR Star of the hit Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe, Rob Delaney brings his critically acclaimed Meat tour to venues nationwide.

RUSSELL HOWARD

Please note this is a work-in-progress show.

SELLING FAST

RUSSELL KANE

ROB DELANEY

‘Like Louis CK and Chris Rock… Delaney’s delivery is fast but brilliantly structured’ The Guardian

Main House Evening 8pm £16

Main House Evening 8pm £18 Age: 15+

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Main House Evening 7:30pm £21

AT THE PLAYHOUSE

TUE 17 MAY

GRAEME OF THRONES Direct from London’s West End, Graeme takes you on his own unique journey through the Seven Kingdoms. Created by a team of some of the UK’s top comedy writers, Graeme Of Thrones is an original and unauthorised parody on the international phenomenon that is Game Of Thrones. A treat for fans and an introduction for the unenlightened. See it before the inevitable lawsuit. Main House Evening 8pm £19

THU 19 MAY

THE ALL-STAR STAND-UP TOUR 2016 Presenting four heavyweight comics in the biggest comedy tour of the year. Featuring double Sony Award winner and star of Mock The Week, Gary Delaney, top comedy trickster and star of BBC One’s The Magicians, Pete Firman, Kiwi compere Jarred Christmas and unbeaten legend Never Mind The Buzzcocks team captain Sean Hughes. Main House Evening 8pm £21

THU 2 JUN

GRUMPY OLD WOMEN

Returning after a critically acclaimed, total sell-out spring 2015 tour, the Grumpies are back to knock some sense into the nation. Perrier Awardwinning comedian, writer and original star of BBC Two’s Grumpy Old Women Jenny Eclair will be joined by fellow recruits Susie Blake and actress and singer Kate Robbins.

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‘Expect a party’ The Times Main House Evening 8pm £26

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Lempen Puppet Theatre Company presents

DNA Puppetry & Visual Theatre present

An imaginative, evolutionary journey of this most fascinating and ancient creature. ‘In the beginning turtle was shiny and fast, always impatient, always in a hurry, but then one day he had a terrible accident...’ A beautiful story about following your dream, told with shadows, table-top puppets and traditional storytelling. “I came to your show last night with my two children and wanted to say what a beautiful performance it was. Amazing story, well told, soothing music… I could go on.”

‘Long ago when all the world was wood, the most fearsome foe was the one that breathed fire...’ The makers of Chicken Licken and Terry Jones Fairy Tales bring the story of Tom Thumb to life in an exciting adventure for all the family! The very first folk story ever printed in English in 1621 mixes a legend set in the times of King Arthur with Celtic folklore. This epic tale of the smallest hero in the world is told with superb puppetry, music and fantastic design – celebrating nature, with sensory play and participation.

Neville Studio Morning 11am Afternoon 1:30pm £8 (Adults), £7 (Children) Age: 5+

Neville Studio Morning 11am Afternoon 1:30pm £8 (Adults), £7 (Children) Age: 4-9

JOURNEY OF TURTLE

TOM THUMB

Parent after a show at Merlin Theatre, Sheffield

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Family ly Friend

Enjoy a pre-show meal and drinks in CAST

Fun a enga nd ging

SAT 30 APR

SAT 7 MAY

Garlic Theatre presents

Half Moon presents

Join Old Mother Hubbard as she clatters about her kitchen hanging out the washing and making breakfast, with her dancing dog Oscar at her side. Both are thrilled when they get an invitation to a party, but who sent it and why is it in the deep dark woods? Beautifully crafted glove puppets, folk music and enchanting storytelling combine in this interactive slapstick comedy. From the company that brought you Shoe Kangaroo and the Big Bad Boot, Billy Goats Gruff and There’s A Monster in My Piano.

search of forgotten friends, muchloved toys and the special gift of music-making her dad gave her. As Katie’s childhood memories come to life, we meet her neighbours who lived behind the brightly coloured doors on her street. There’s Sami and her tasty cakes, gardener Jasmine with her delicious fruit, and the madcap, magical inventor, Issac. Singer-songwriter Fran Wyburn performs an irresistible, melodic score, overflowing with delightful songs. Lullaby Lane provides a great introduction for children to experience an array of string instruments, including banjo, harp, ukulele and guitar.

Neville Studio Morning 11am Afternoon 1:30pm £8 (Adults), £7 (Children) Age: 3+

Neville Studio Morning 11am Afternoon 1:30pm £8 (Adults), £7 (Children) Age: 3-6

OLD MOTHER HUBBARD LULLABY LANE Join Katie as she returns to her AND HER CUPBOARD childhood home on Lullaby Lane in

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AN EVENING WITH...

FRI 29 JAN

MON 15 FEB

THU 25 FEB

THE POLITICS OF HOPE In the 2015 General Election, Labour suffered a devastating loss, while the SNP surged to victory in Scotland. So what is the future of the left in the UK? How can we build societies run in the interests of working people, not run as a racket for the greedy at the top? Guardian columnist and author of The Establishment and Chavs, Owen Jones promises to shine some light on a positive way forward.

MARIAN KEYES

I LOVE TO SING An evening of songs, stories, music and memories, including filming with Daniel Craig, performing Shakespeare at Buckingham Palace and making Last Tango in Halifax. Anne is one of Britain’s most-loved and respected actors, star of Ladies of Letters, Dinnerladies and The Mother – now discover her supreme talent as a cabaret performer.

OWEN JONES

Main House Evening 7:45pm £12.50

AN EVENING WITH

International bestselling novelist, Strictly Come Dancing and The Great British Bake Off obsessive and Twitter extraordinaire, Marian Keyes will be talking about her new collection of essays, Making It Up As I Go Along. Sharing her thoughts and experiences on the tricky business of being a woman in today’s demanding world and offering comfort in the knowledge that, if we’re being honest, each and every one of us is making it up as we go along. Main House Evening 7:45pm £12.50 ticket only £22 book plus ticket

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ANNE REID

Main House Evening 7:45pm £20.50

AT THE PLAYHOUSE

THU 31 MAR

SAT 2 APR

THU 28 APR

LOST ADVENTURES Join Gordon Buchanan, the highly acclaimed wildlife cameraman and presenter of The Bear Family & Me and The Polar Bear Family & Me as he hosts an evening of exciting personal recollections, and lets you into his world of weird, wild and wonderful wildlife. This is a show for any wildlife enthusiast who wants to enjoy the spell-binding stories of the natural world from a man who has experienced danger face to face.

A NIGHT OF FOOD AND AGONY Observer restaurant critic for over 15 years, Jay has learnt that what readers really love are reviews of bad restaurants. He examines our love affair with lousy reviews, describes his most excruciating nights out and reads the worst reviews his own work has ever received. In the second half his ensemble of top flight musicians perform tunes from the Great American food and drink songbook, accompanied by fascinating anecdotes from his life.

THEATRE FOR CHANGE In 1994, in just one hundred days, over one million people were killed during the genocide. Nottingham Playhouse Associate Director Fiona Buffini spent three months in Rwanda in 2011 working with people from all ethnic groups to produce a theatre piece challenging racist stereotypes. This is part of The Rwandan Stories of Change Project led by Dr Nicki Hitchcott at the University of Nottingham and is supported by the Aegis Trust.

GORDON BUCHANAN

Main House Evening 7:30pm £15

JAY RAYNER

Main House Evening 7:45pm £22

RWANDA

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FRI 22 JAN

MOTOWN’S GREATEST HITS

HOW SWEET IT IS Featuring The Formations, this stunning live show combines first class music, the slickest choreography and an amazing band to deliver truly outstanding performances for the best Motown experience you will ever have! This show will have you Dancing On The Ceiling, with songs from Lionel Richie, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson Five, The Isley Brothers, Edwin Starr and many more.

Main House Evening 7:30pm £24 (£20 concessions)

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SUN 14 FEB

THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS

This dynamic quartet play Scottish traditional music at its best. The band’s potent mixture of traditional ballads and fiery instrumentals leaves their audiences spellbound. As tight and versatile as any band in the Celtic music scene, the Tannahills can summon rock-’n’-roll intensity or haunting introspection.

‘An especially eloquent mixture of the old and the new.’

The New York Times

Neville Studio Evening 8pm £13

AT THE PLAYHOUSE

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The London Gay Men’s Chorus is no ordinary choir. It started life in 1991, when nine friends sang Christmas carols at Angel Underground Station to raise money for the Terrence Higgins Trust. This once-small band of singers now calls itself the London Gay Men’s Chorus, has over 200 members and is the largest gay choir in Europe. The Chorus entertains, inspires and educates through song – performing a diverse range of music and regularly playing to sell-out crowds at the Southbank Centre, Cadogan Hall and the Roundhouse. They have also worked with artists Mark Ronson, Elton John, Lesley Garrett, Dolly Parton, Simon Callow and Sandi Toksvig.

The UK’s number one celebration of Johnny Cash, fronted by awardwinning singer/songwriter Clive John, re-creates the essence of what it was like to be at a real Cash show. Featuring Jill Schoonjans as June Carter, Amanda Stone and Louise Masters as the Carter Sisters and the ‘JC Horns’, the show takes the audience from the 1950s right up to 2002 and all the stops in between. All the greatest hits are included, along with songs from the latest album Out Among The Stars, accompanied by evocative screen images and shots from Johnny Cash’s life.

LONDON GAY MEN’S CHORUS

Main House Evening 8pm £15

THE JOHNNY CASH ROADSHOW

Main House Evening 7:45pm £20

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OTHER EVENTS AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE SAT 30 JAN

FUTURE STARZ

Young performers from dance schools in and around the East Midlands showcase their talents in this spectacular showcase. A variety of unique dance from different teachers and choreographers is brought together for these future stars to perform in an entertaining production. The show also features guest performances from professional dancers.

Main House Evening 7:30pm £18

SAT 5 MAR

KATIE WRIGHT SCHOOL OF DANCE MADE IN BRITAIN Students from age three upwards will perform Classical Ballet, Modern, Tap, Lyrical and Musical Theatre which will be an evening of entertainment celebrating the best of Britain.

Main House Evening 6pm £13 FRI 24 & SAT 25 JUN

MADD GALA SHOWCASE 2016

In its 49th year MADD College Nottingham is very proud to present the 2016 Annual Gala Showcase featuring performances by the full time Students on the three year Professional Musical Theatre Diploma Course. It is directed by Emma Clayton, who is assisted with live band, then this is definitely by leading professionals from the one show you don’t want to miss! Performing Arts Industry. If you Main House are looking for a night of sheer Evenings 7:30pm dynamic entertainment, complete

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£21 (£17 under 16s)

Nottingham Playhouse

PARTICIPATION

Nottingham Playhouse is committed to giving everyone the opportunity to get more involved in their theatre. We run several groups for people of all ages to join – no experience necessary.

YOUTH THEATRES

Enjoyable, enriching drama sessions to young people aged 5 to 16, whatever their ability. All our Youth Theatres run in the early evening and are booked on a first-come-first-served basis.

ENSEMBLE

Nottingham Playhouse Ensemble is a friendly group for people of all ages and from all backgrounds who love to create theatre. Sessions take place on a Wednesday evening from 7-9pm

LITTLE PLAYHOUSE

A fun and interactive session for our littlest Playhouse members and their parents/grandparents/carers. Little Playhouse sessions stimulate the senses by using art, messy play, music, movement, storytelling and sensory play. Mondays, 10-11am, for ages 2-4.

BIGGER LITTLE PLAYHOUSE

Bigger Little Playhouse gives children an introduction to theatre. Expect drama games, imaginative play, the chance to make new friends, have fun and work as a team. Mondays, 4.305.30pm, for ages 5 – 8 (10 week term)

ENCORE

A friendly theatre club for the over 50s. You will hear talks, watch rehearsals, see performances and take part in workshops. All are welcome and activities are suitable for everyone. Sessions take place the second Tuesday of each month.

GOLDEN AGE

For people over 60, a chance to take a variety of short, creative courses. New courses are offered every five or six weeks, alongside our regular readers’ group, for people who are curious about plays and enjoy reading and exploring them. These friendly sessions are designed for beginners, so why not come along, meet new people and try something different. Sessions take place every Wednesday during term time.

WORKING WITH SCHOOLS

If you’re a teacher, come along to our Teachers’ Forums and enjoy a free show, a glass of wine and a chance to talk to us in person about what we offer schools. We also offer workshops, masterclasses, backstage tours and other opportunities to students and teachers.

WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY We want to hear from you about involvement opportunities in the wider community. If you have a project that you would like to work on with the Playhouse, please contact Diversity and Participation Officer Nathan Powell at nathanp@nottingham playhouse.co.uk

Book now by calling 0115 941 9419 or for more information on any of these groups contact Rachel Bates on 0115 873 6234 or email rachelb@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk Some of these groups do charge but please contact us directly to discuss bursary places that may be available to you or your child.

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The Threepenny Opera, 2014

“There are around 11.9 million disabled people in the UK; this is roughly 19% of the population.” Everyone is welcome at Nottingham Playhouse and accessibility, of all kinds, is at the heart of everything we do. Over the years we have worked hard to achieve this - commissioning projects like White Peacock for teenagers with PMLD, extensive improvements to our building, increasing Accessible and Relaxed performances and our inclusive Participation work which includes a full Work Experience programme for young people with disabilities. We are delighted to present an exciting new project, Ramps on the Moon, which builds on the success of last year’s The Threepenny Opera. The Threepenny Opera was a fully integrated production which used live audio-description, a creative combination of BSL interpretation and captioning and a cast of disabled and non-disabled performers. With five partners across the UK, Ramps on the Moon is a groundbreaking touring project that will welcome more talented D/deaf and disabled people on our stages,

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in our audiences and in our workforce. Spring brings the first play to come from the project, the hilarious satire The Government Inspector, opening at Birmingham Rep before its run at Nottingham Playhouse in May. See pages 10 and 11 for more information. Ramps on the Moon builds on our commitment to make work that reflects the diversity of our community. Kings, by Nottinghamborn playwright Daniel HoffmannGill premieres in the Neville Studio and chronicles the sometimes chaotic life in a Nottingham hostel lived by a group of men, many of whom have a disability. We are delighted to be working with Amy Trigg, a wheelchair user who will be playing Laura in The Glass Menagerie. We’re also elated to welcome Backstage in Biscuit Land, the hit of the Edinburgh Festival, which brings Jess Thom’s unique perspective on life with Tourettes to the Neville Studio. Our mission is to create world class theatre here in Nottingham that is as diverse as the community. #rampsonthemoon

Photograph by Patrick Baldwin

RAMPS... ON THE MOON!

‘The Bulwell Youth Theatre has transformed the lives of the children here. Their aspirations have risen - it’s been lifechanging.’ (Nicola Beresford, Head of Drama, Bulwell Academy) To spread the success of our Bulwell Youth Theatre, we’re raising £30,000 to create free community Youth Theatres in the most deprived areas of Nottingham. They will help to support over 150 disadvantaged children to work directly with Nottingham Playhouse. ‘Without the Bulwell Youth Theatre, I would not have the confidence or life skills that I now have.’ (Evan, 14, Bulwell Youth Theatre Member)

You can help make children SHINE this year by donating to this vital project:

all the box office on 0115 941 9419 and ask to make a donation to SHINE. C V isit www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/shine to make a donation online. Send a cheque made payable to Nottingham Playhouse Trust Ltd to Fundraising and Development, Nottingham Playhouse, FREEPOST NG3046, Wellington Circus, Nottingham, NG1 1BR.

For further information –please contact Sanpreet Janjua at sanpreetj@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk or on 0115 873 6235.

TAKE A SEAT

More than 200 plaques already adorn our auditorium to represent the support of our audience members. For just £200, you too can take your place and become a lasting part of Nottingham Playhouse. It’s a truly wonderful way to mark a special occasion, give a unique gift or to show your support to us.

‘I chose to dedicate a seat in honour of my mother who has been a keen theatregoer all her life. It felt right to mark her name on a seat to recognise her joy in theatre and my thanks that she passed that love on to me.’ Valerie Leyland, seat N5.

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OUR WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES Nottingham Playhouse is very proud to work with a range of enlightened local businesses, whose support for the theatre is incredibly important. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to:

Nottingham Playhouse provides businesses with creative and costeffective ways to market their brands and promote their products and services. We give companies access to effortless entertainment, excellent networking opportunities and a unique insight into the brilliant theatre that is made right here in Nottingham. Partnerships with Nottingham Playhouse are also about investing in the local community and supporting the culture of the city and the county â&#x20AC;&#x201C; our participation and community programmes reach thousands of people of all ages in Nottingham and the East Midlands every year. Tailor-made sponsorship packages are available for all businesses and budgets. To find out more, contact Emma Fowler, on 0115 873 6200 or by emailing emmaf@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk.

PLACES TO STAY Looking for somewhere to stay after the show? Here are our two top recommendations for the Spring Season: Hartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hotel is a 4-star boutique hotel and just three minutes away. Visit hartsnottingham.co.uk or call 0115 988 1900 to find out more.

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The Walton provides the perfect retreat and is around five minute walk away. Visit thewaltonhotel.com or call 0115 947 5215.

SEATING PLAN To book optimal seating for access performances call the Box Office on 0115 941 9419 or email access@ nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk

We have eight wheelchair spaces available in the Stalls. These can be booked through the Box Office.

Tickets for Audiodescribed, Sign Language Interpreted and Captioned Performances can be purchased for half price by patrons requiring these services (max. 2 tickets per person).

Assistance Dogs are always welcome. Please advise the Box Office when booking.

For those with partial hearing loss, Sennheiser Infrared Enhanced Hearing headsets are available. Please reserve your headset with the Box Office.

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COMING SOON KENNETH ALAN TAYLOR’S

FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2016 – SATURDAY 21 JANUARY 2017 Don’t forget tickets are still available for Dick Whittington!

JANUARY SAT 16 Journey of Turtle THU 21 Scratch Night FRI 22 Motown’s Greatest Hits SUN 24 Stewart Lee FRI 29 Owen Jones SAT 30 Future Starz

FEBRUARY FRI 5 Say Sum Thin 10 Any Means Necessary SAT 6 Say Sum Thin 10 Any Means Necessary MON 8 Any Means Necessary TUE 9

MARCH 11am, 1:30pm 7pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:45pm

Any Means Necessary 7pm

WED 10 Any Means Necessary 7:45pm THU 11 Any Means Necessary 7:45pm FRI 12 Any Means Necessary 7:45pm Chris Martin 8pm SAT 13 Any Means Necessary 2:30pm 7:45pm SUN 14 The Tannahill Weavers 8pm 7:45pm MON 15 Marian Keyes TUE 16 Any Means Necessary 7:45pm

WED 17 Pre-Show Talk with Kefi Chadwick 6:30pm Any Means Necessary 7:45pm THU 18 Any Means Necessary 1:30pm 7:45pm Scratch Night 7pm FRI 19 Any Means Necessary 7:45pm SAT 20 Any Means Necessary 7:45pm 7:30pm SUN 21 Josh Widdicombe

MON 22 Brian Conley TUE 23 London Gay Men’s Chorus WED 24 The Johnny Cash Roadshow THU 25 Anne Reid FRI 26 So Comedy Live The Picture of Doreen Gray

8pm 8pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 8pm

TUE 1

i know all the secrets in my world SAT 5 Katie Wright School of Dance WED 9 Backstage in Biscuit Land THU 10 Backstage in Biscuit Land FRI 11 The Glass Menagerie Women’s Hour SAT 12 The Glass Menagerie Women’s Hour MON 14 The Glass Menagerie TUE 15 The Glass Menagerie WED 16 The Glass Menagerie

7:30pm 6pm 7:30pm 1:30pm 7:45pm 8pm 7:45pm 8pm 7:45pm 7pm 7:45pm

THU 17 The Glass Menagerie Scratch Night FRI 18 The Glass Menagerie The Tailor of Inverness SAT 19 The Glass Menagerie

7:45pm 7pm 7:45pm 8pm 2:30pm 7:45pm The Tailor of Inverness 8pm TUE 22 The Glass Menagerie 7:45pm WED 23 The Glass Menagerie 7:45pm THU 24 The Glass Menagerie FRI 25 The Glass Menagerie SAT 26 The Glass Menagerie

MON 28 Russell Howard TUE 29 Russell Kane

1:30pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 8pm 8pm

THU 31 Gordan Buchanan

7:30pm

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Jay Rayner

7:45pm

Noises Off

7:45pm

MON 11 Noises Off TUE 12 Noises Off

7:45pm

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WED 13 Noises Off THU 14 Noises Off

FRI 15 Noises Off SAT 16 Tom Thumb Noises Off

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SUN 17 Rob Delaney TUE 19 Noises Off WED 20 Noises Off Kings THU 21 Noises Off Kings FRI 22 Noises Off Kings SAT 23 Noises Off Kings MON 25 Kings TUE 26 Noises Off Kings WED 27 Noises Off Kings THU 28 Noises Off Rwanda Talk Kings FRI 29 Noises Off Kings SAT 30 Old Mother Hubbard Noises Off Kings

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MAY

WED 4 The Government Inspector THU 5 The Government Inspector Cafe Missing FRI 6 The Government Inspector Cafe Missing SAT 7 Lullaby Lane The Government Inspector TUE 10 The Government Inspector WED 11 The Government Inspector THU 12 The Government Inspector

FRI 13 The Government Inspector SAT 14 The Government Inspector TUE 17 Graeme of Thrones

THU 19 The All-Star Stand-Up Tour 2016 Scratch Night MON 23 Coal

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THU 2 Grumpy Old Women TUE 7 War and Peace

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JUNE

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JULY

THU 28 Scratch Night Edinburgh Festival preview FRI 29 Scratch Night Edinburgh Festival preview

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NEVILLE STUDIO PERFORMANCES

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BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETED

AUDIO DESCRIBED, BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETED AND CAPTIONED

7:45pm 1:30pm 7:45pm

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