Derby Theatre Spring 2017 Brochure

Spring Season January – April 2017

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Support us Derby Theatre is a registered charity working to produce and support the very best in theatre-making in the region. We provide inspiring opportunities for young people and communities to engage with the arts, whether for fun or as part of their education.

We also support local people to develop their careers in the arts.

We are mostly funded through sales of tickets and grants from our funders. This money allows us to do excellent work, but, like most charities, we also need public support in order to work with everyone, young and old, who can benefit from the theatre’s activities.

You can support us in many ways. Most simply, you can add a donation to your ticket purchase or drop some spare change into the donation box in our foyer.

We’d love to hear from you if you would like to give more regularly, or make a larger donation to a specific area of our work.

Derby Theatre is part of Arts Council England’s Catalyst scheme which means that any new donation received is matched by them. So if you donate £5 today it will ensure that £10 will be invested to support our charity’s work.

For further details contact Andrew McIntyre: a.mcintyre@derbytheatre.ac.uk

Many thanks for your support.

Hugh Maynard and Sophie-Louise Dann in Sweeney Todd, 2016.

Photography by Robert Day.

Spring Season Ticket This season, we’re offering two fantastic ticket deals

See 4 shows in the Main House for just £52 Invincible • Educating Rita • Betrayal • Northanger Abbey See 4 shows in our Studio Theatre for just £28 Pick from the studio shows on offer on pages 22 – 25 A season ticket offers huge savings and the chance to see a varied range of productions.

Book your season ticket today by calling the Box Office or visiting our website.

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Terms and conditions apply. Excludes premium seats. Excludes children’s shows in the Studio.

Welcome to Derby Theatre’s spring season We have a fantastic array of shows, workshops and ways to get involved at Derby Theatre this spring.

If you haven’t booked for Alice in Wonderland yet then do catch this blockbuster show whilst you can, which combines live music and delightfully curious characters in a production that will please all the family.

I hope you will be as excited as I am to see Harold Pinter’s thrilling drama Betrayal. It is one of my favourite plays and we’ve assembled an exciting creative team for the show led by Director Lekan Lawal. I’m also delighted to be continuing our relationship with Octagon Theatre Bolton. After we took our critically acclaimed show Look Back in Anger to Bolton last year, this spring we welcome their creative team to Derby with the uplifting tale of self-discovery, Educating Rita.

Why not see behind the scenes on these homegrown shows and take part in our Theatre Unwrapped programme, watching the show from backstage or learning how we mount the show technically? Especially for this season we include Pinter Unwrapped, a free event chaired by journalist and presenter Mark Lawson, discussing the work and legacy of one of the 20th century’s greatest playwrights.

Another great night out guaranteeing lots of laughs is the line up of fantastic stand-up comedy we have on offer this season. So we hope you will dust off the winter cobwebs and come and join us. We look forward to welcoming you to Derby Theatre.

Sarah Brigham Artistic Director & Chief Executive

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A Derby Theatre Production

A new adaptation by Mike Kenny from the book by Lewis Carroll

Friday 2 December – Saturday 7 January

This Christmas we journey to Wonderland with Alice and a host of extraordinary and colourful characters.

Join Alice as she slides down the rabbit hole and things get curiouser and curiouser... A talented team of actor-musicians will create an enchanting tale for all the family with original music played and sung live on stage, stunning set design along with theatrical and vibrant costumes. So join Alice, the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat and Dormouse on their remarkable adventure at Derby Theatre.

Adapted by Mike Kenny Director Sarah Brigham Designer Neil Irish Composer Ivan Stott Lighting Emma Jones Audio Visual Designer Barret Hodgson Aerial/Silks Specialist Gareth Bailey “Glorious… exudes joy and happiness.” ★★★★ The Stage (Cinderella, Christmas 2015) “Full of festive sparkle and magic.” Arts Beat (Cinderella, Christmas 2015) Audio Described: Wed 14 December, 10.15am Sat 31 December, 3pm BSL Interpreted: Wed 14 December, 10.15am Wed 28 December, 6pm Relaxed Performance: Thu 5 January, 10.15am

Please see our website for performance times

Tickets “A warm and beautiful production.”

Derby Telegraph (A Christmas Carol, Christmas 2014)

£12 - £28

Family Ticket from £48 05

Derby Theatre Productions

Jack production photography: Robert Day

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A Derby Theatre Production

By Mike Kenny

Tuesday 6 – Saturday 31 December

Adapted by Mike Kenny Director Sarah Brigham Designer Dorrie Scott Costume Designer Tim Heywood Composer Ivan Stott Puppet Director John Barber

Fee Fi Fo Fum! Join us for a magical seasonal tale as cheeky little Jack climbs the beanstalk to find a very hungry giant! Not even his magic beans can help him escape but it’s ok, he has a plan... now if he could just cheer up that angry chicken!

Original music, inventive puppetry and fun storytelling come together to tell this classic tale in a special adaptation for audiences aged 3+ and their families and friends.

From the same team that brought you Pinocchio and Cinderella.

To watch a video trailer for the show go to www.derbytheatre.co.uk/jack

“Highly imaginative, an inspiring show for children and parents alike” Derby Telegraph (Pinocchio) BSL Interpreted: Sun 11 December, 1.30pm

Please see our website for performance times

Tickets £9.50 - £11

Family Ticket from £37 07

Derby Theatre Productions

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A Derby Theatre & Octagon Theatre Bolton Production

Director Elizabeth Newman “Elizabeth Newman ramps up the drama and her cast excel in a potent version of the classic comedy” The Guardian (Private Lives) “A powerful piece of theatre that entertains, educates and challenges its audience.”

Reviews Hub (To Kill A Mockingbird directed by Elizabeth Newman)

Friday 17 February – Saturday 11 March

“Yeh. An’ it might be worthless in the end.

But I had a choice. I chose, me. Because of what you’d given me. I had a choice.”

Frank has almost given up. Bored of teaching undergraduate English students, despairing of his ambition to be a poet, he reflects morosely on his life. And then Rita walks in.

A 29-year-old married hairdresser who has decided to take control of her life and earn herself an education. With Rita’s brash honesty and Frank’s deep intellect, each inspires the other as they both begin to wake up to life in their own way.

Willy Russell’s award-winning and hugely popular comedy drama is an uplifting tale of self-discovery, where we witness how the power of choice comes through education.

Audio Described: Tue 7 March, 7.30pm Sat 11 March, 2.30pm BSL Interpreted: Tue 7 March, 7.30pm Free Post-Show Discussion: Thu 9 March, 7.30pm

Performance Times Evenings 7.30pm Wed & Sat Matineés 2.30pm Tickets £9.50 – £26.50 09

Derby Theatre Productions

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A Derby Theatre Production

BETRAYAL

By Harold Pinter

Director Lekan Lawal Designer Neil Irish Lighting Arnim Friess Sound Paul Arditti

Friday 17 March – Saturday 1 April

Gripping drama with deception and betrayal at its heart.

“Neil Irish’s atmospheric set.”

East Midlands Theatre (Look Back in Anger)

Emma and Jerry meet two years on from the end of their adulterous affair. Emma has betrayed her husband Robert.

Jerry has betrayed his best friend. But Robert has secrets of his own.

As time peels backwards charting a seven-year love affair, a complicated and intricate web of lies and deceit is revealed, making us question who is betraying whom.

Inspired, in part, by Harold Pinter’s affair with BBC presenter Joan Bakewell, and written in 1978, the first production went on to win the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, as well as being adapted into an Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated film.

Harold Pinter was a playwright, screen writer, director, political activist, actor and one of the 20th century’s most influential dramatists. He wrote thirty two plays, twenty two screenplays and directed thirty six theatre productions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.

For the full line-up of FREE Theatre Unwrapped events for Betrayal please see page 27 Audio Described: Thu 30 March, 7.30pm Sat 1 April, 2.30pm BSL Interpreted: Thu 30 March, 7.30pm Free Post-Show Discussion: Thu 30 March, 7.30pm

Performance Times Evenings 7.30pm Wed & Sat Matineés 2.30pm Tickets £9.50 – £26.50 11

Derby Theatre Touring TheatreProductions

The Original Theatre Company

Invincible

By Torben Betts

Tuesday 31 January - Saturday 4 February

With the recession biting hard, Emily and Oliver have decided to downsize and shift their middle-class London lifestyle to a small town in the north of England.

One night they open their doors and invite next door neighbours, Dawn and Alan, into their home. Over the course of a disastrous evening of olives, anchovies, Karl Marx and abstract art, class and culture collide with the consequences as tragic as they are hilarious.

A riotously funny production written by Torben Betts, one of the most exciting playwrights to emerge since Alan Ayckbourn, and produced by the award-winning Original Theatre Company (Birdsong, Three Men In A Boat and Night Must Fall).

Directed by Christopher Harper

“Genuinely beautiful as well as sharply perceptive.” ★★★★ Libby Purves “Sharply observed bittersweet comedy... simply superb.” ★★★★★ Stage Review “Laugh out loud.” ★★★★ Evening Standard “Highly entertaining.” ★★★★ The Times

Performance Times Evenings 7.30pm Wed & Sat Matineés 2.30pm

Tickets £15.50 - £26.50

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A Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Production

Northanger Abbey From the novel by Jane Austen

Monday 10 – Wednesday 12 April

A stylish, witty and fast-moving adaptation by Tim Luscombe of Jane Austen’s earliest novel.

The young Catherine Morland loves a good read and the more fanciful, terrifying and horrid it is the better. So when the naïve 17-year-old is taken by her aunt to Bath and finds herself amidst a social whirl denied to her at home, it’s easy to get fact confused with fiction.

Having met the charming, yet eccentric, Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, she is invited to their home, Northanger Abbey.

But with her head full of gothic fantasies from The Mysteries of Udolpho, will her wild imagination get the better of her judgement?

A delightful new stage adaptation, marking the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death.

“Tim Luscombe’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds has all the shiny qualities of a piece penned yesterday.” ★★★★ The Telegraph

Director Karen Simpson Writer Tim Luscombe Designer Dawn Allsopp Lighting Designer Mark Dymock Movement Director Julia Cave Sound Design Matthew Bugg “An enchanting insight into the world of Jane Austen, a sheer delight.”

British Theatre Guide (Mansfield Park)

Performance Times Evenings 7.30pm Wed Matineé 2.30pm

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Comedy & Magic Derby Theatre Productions Presented by Mick Perrin Worldwide

Ross Noble – Brain Dump Friday 20 January, 8pm Everybody's favourite randomist is back. As always, Ross has lots of stuff backing up in his head and it's time to let it all out. Famed for his super-quick freewheeling style and highly imaginative flights of fancy, a Ross Noble show is always an unmissable event.

Noble started in comedy 25 years ago, at the age of 15, and has established a loyal audience as one of the world’s best live stand-ups. Come and be part of this truly unique live experience. Join Ross as audience and performer come together for a massive Brain Dump.

“Beautifully twisted thoughts” The Times “The supreme master of spontaneous stand-up and true king of surreal flights of fantasy” Time Out

Age guidance: 15+ Tickets: £25

An Evening Shared with

Jasper Carrott & Alistair McGowan Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 February, 7.30pm Comedy legends Jasper Carrott and Alistair McGowan are joining forces to split the bill and your sides with a night of comedy stand-up and impressions. Drawing on their wealth of experience, the two masters of comedy present a show of pure laughter and entertainment not to be missed.

Jasper Carrott OBE took a break from live performance after a 40-year career that has taken him around the globe and seen him showered with awards including the prestigious BBC TV Personality of the Year and the British Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. Now the godfather of British comedy is back and thrilled to be working with Britain’s leading impressionist. Don’t miss both at the top of their game, having a blast and delighting audiences in their unique ways.

Tickets: £27.50

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Morgan & West: Parlour Tricks Saturday 22 April, 7.30pm Morgan & West come to Derby Theatre with their mind-boggling magic show!

Time-travelling magic duo Morgan & West present an evening chock full of jaw-dropping, brain-bursting, gasp-eliciting feats of magic.

The dashing chaps offer up a plateful of illusion and impossibility, all served with wit, charm and no small amount of panache.

Be sure to wear a hat – Morgan & West might just blow your mind.

“Hugely talented.” ★★★★ Daily Mirror “Charming and engaging.” ★★★★ The Stage ★★★★ Scottish Sunday Express

Tickets: £14 (£12 concessions)

David Johnson & John Mackay in association with DAA Management present

Stewart Lee Content Provider Friday 12 May, 8pm After four years writing and performing his TV show Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, Content Provider is Stewart’s first brand new full-length show since the award-winning Carpet Remnant World.

“Imagine Dave Allen teaching media studies” Evening Standard “A slime-pit of bitterness” Jan Moir, Daily Mail “Clever, but very unfunny” Rod Liddle, Sunday Times “Lee remains one of the best stand-ups in the country” ★★★★ Metro “The best comedian in Britain” ★★★★★ Mirror “In a league of his own” ★★★★★ Mail on Sunday

Age guidance: 16+ Tickets: £23

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One Nighters

Oh Goody! Tim Brooke-Taylor in conversation with Chris Serle Sunday 9 April, 7.30pm An unforgettable evening in the company of one of the funniest and best-loved comedy performers as he discusses his long career, with writer and broadcaster Chris Serle.

Tim Brooke-Taylor delights the audience as he tells hilarious stories from a lifetime in comedy. From a Cambridge graduate planning a sensible career in the family law firm, to doyen of the Cambridge Footlights, The Goodies and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, Tim Brooke-Taylor rightly remains one of Britain’s best-loved comedy performers. Expect an evening of warmth and good humour, spiced with a few revealing anecdotes about many of the names Tim has appeared with including his fellow Goodies Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.

Tickets: £18 (£16 Concessions)

Lakin McCarthy presents

Ruby Wax – Frazzled!

Sunday 7 May, 7.30pm Ruby Wax is a much-loved US-born comedian, actor and writer, along with being the ‘it girl’ of mental health campaigning. She has a Master’s degree in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University.

Frazzled! follows up on her sell-out touring show, and best-selling book, Sane New World, which helped us understand why we sabotage our sanity with our own thinking. Her new best-selling book, A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled is the basis for the discussion.

Funny and insightful, this is your passport to saner living. She might not be sane herself, but she does a pretty good imitation.

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BBC Big Band

“A wonderful band!”

Tony Bennett

Swing Legends

“They brilliantly continue the tradition of Big Band music. As such, they are important, as well as marvellous!”

Michael Parkinson

Friday 21 April, 7.30pm

Join the internationally acclaimed BBC Big Band and conductor Barry Forgie for a celebration of the music of the Swing Legends - including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman – to name a few.

“World-class musicians... a brilliant musical force” The Telegraph

Enjoy classic numbers such as Opus One, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, String of Pearls and Take the ‘A’ Train and many, many more, inspired by the greatest Swing bands of the 20th century.

Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading and most versatile orchestras, the BBC Big Band delights audiences through their broadcasts on BBC Radio and their live performances.

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Family Theatre

Big Wooden Horse presents

MONSTERSAURUS! Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 February

One day Monty found a book 'Inventions Very Rare' Create yourself a monster friend BUT ONLY IF YOU DARE! This brand new show from the creators of Aliens Love Underpants is monster-ously good! Follow the young inventor Monty as he creates a whole world of whacky inventions and incredible monsters, but he has a problem - now he has made them all, what is he going to do with them?!

This energetic show full of thrills, spills, magic and mayhem will delight the whole family – with original music and plenty of audience participation!

Suitable for ages 3+. This child-friendly performance lasts approximately 55 mins.

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Performance Times Monday 2pm Tuesday 11am & 2pm

Tickets £12.50 (£8.50 concessions)

Mr Bloom’s Nursery Thursday 13 April

Bring your ‘tiddlers’ along and join Mr Bloom and the Veggies on their first ever live tour.

Mr Bloom and his Veggies are getting the Nursery ready for a very special occasion - a member of the Royal Family is paying them a visit! Can you lend a hand and help them get the Allotment ready in time? They certainly hope so! Featuring all of the muchloved elements of the TV show, Mr Bloom (Ben Faulks) will be joined by all his gardening friends: Margaret, Joan, Colin, Raymond and Sebastian, the lovable Wee MacGregors, and not forgetting Mr Bloom’s trusty machine ‘The Compostarium’.

Come and sing along to all your favourite songs: This Is My Allotment, Meet The Veggies, The Compo Song and Night Night Veggies.

Using song, play and interaction Mr Bloom’s Nursery is a fun and inspiring show with strong educational values which will entertain parents and tiddlers alike!

Performance Times 11am & 2pm

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Family Theatre

Northern Ballet

Goldilocks & the Three Bears

“Delightfully performed.” ★★★★ The Stage (Tortoise & the Hare, 2015) “Enchanting.” ★★★★ The Stage (Elves & the Shoemaker, 2014)

Tuesday 18 April With sell-out performances and hugely successful CBeebies adaptations, including Ugly Duckling and last year’s Tortoise & the Hare, Northern Ballet’s Short Ballets for Small People are not to be missed.

Goldilocks is a mischievous little girl with hair as bright as gold.

Always on the look-out for an adventure, one day her curiosity leads her to a house full of many surprises. With a family of friendly bears, a beautiful bluebird and bowls of delicious porridge, this ballet is just right!

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Bringing this classic children’s story to life, Goldilocks & the Three Bears is the perfect opportunity for your little ones to enjoy live ballet, music and theatre for the first time.

Performance Times

This child-friendly performance lasts approximately 40 minutes.

Tickets

12pm, 2pm & 4pm £8 (£6 concessions)

Morgan & West’s

“Hilarious and good for all ages.”

Primary Times

Magic Show For Kids And Childish Grown-ups!

“Hugely talented.” ★★★★ Daily Mirror

Saturday 22 April, 2.30pm

“Superbly crafted.” ★★★★ The Stage

Morgan & West present magic and mayhem for ages 5 to 105!

Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West present a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, brain-busting, opinion-adjusting, death-defying, mind-frying, spirit-ifting, paradigm-shifting, outlook-changing, furniture-rearranging, magic-extravaganza!

Witness a mountain of mysterious magic, a hatful of hyper-reality, and of course a truck full of tricks and tea. Mixing brain-boggling illusion and good old-fashioned tomfoolery, Morgan & West present a show for all the family, where magic and silliness abound!

Tickets £12 (£8 concessions) Family Ticket £34

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Family Theatre Fidget Theatre in association with Little Mighty presents

Egg Box Theatre

Molly’s Marvellous Moustache Sunday 26 February, 12pm & 3pm Molly wants to be just like the grown-ups. So she asks her mummy to make her a moustache. With her moustache she can go anywhere and do anything she likes. But being a grown up isn’t all fun.

Featuring original music, playful interaction and lots of laughs, a new theatrical adaptation of the storybook written by Andrea Heaton and illustrated by Talya Baldwin.

Saturday 8 April, 12pm & 2pm What happens when you throw marshmallows in space? Is the moon really made of cheese?

We're recruiting space cadets to journey through space with us, all the way to the moon! Make a space suit, catch a falling star and start a space food fight!

The Moon and Me comes alive in this interactive, sensory experience, blending multimedia with an immersive environment to create an inspiring theatrical experience for young audiences.

For ages 2+ and their families.

For ages 3 – 7 and their families.

Derby Theatre Studio Tickets £10 (£7 concessions)

Derby Theatre Studio Tickets £10 (£7 concessions)

Derby Theatre Studio NotNow Collective

Wonder Woman The Naked Truth Saturday 1 April, 2pm & 8pm One big project. Two ambitious women. Mothers to several small kids. No bedtime routine. But the show must go on.

How do we discuss sex in front of the sandpit, write a book whilst the restless toddler dismantles the house, or arrange a hot date whilst playing Lego?

To work or not to work? That is the question. Our ambition did not disappear when we had kids. They both fight for our attention Can we soothe our babies and our ambition?

Join us in probing 21st century parenthood. Because, whether a parent or not, we all have an opinion…

Baby friendly performance at 2pm. This show is designed for adults but welcomes parents/carers with babies. Children under two are welcome free of charge, but child places must be booked through Box Office.

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Derby Theatre Studio

Age Guide: 14+ (unless otherwise stated) Jack Brittain

Louise White

I Used To Hear Footsteps

Debris

Friday 27 January, 8pm Haunted by curiosity, a young man attempts to piece together the ghost story of his childhood home. Suspend your disbelief and follow an investigation that spirals beyond rationality.

In the search for answers, witnesses relive their encounters; presences emerge from the walls and the fragile lines between normal and paranormal blur exponentially.

“A remarkable true story.” The Scotsman “A creepy and heartfelt spook show.” The Stage

Friday 3 February, 8pm Louise is packing up her depression into boxes but needs to sift through the debris to make things finally fit. Why do the black balloon dogs keep following her? Why does she constantly need to pee? And why is spreading butter on toast such a big deal?

Raising awareness and challenging attitudes towards depression and mental health, Louise makes sense of her experiences and daily vices with some much-needed help from David Attenborough and you, the audience.

Free Post-Show Discussion

Age guide: 16+ Free Post-Show Discussion

Mandala Theatre Company

TOOT and Ovalhouse present

Night Light

Focus Group*

By Nadia Davids

*or How to Stare Down & Transfigure Loneliness1

Friday 10 February, 7pm Somewhere in England two teenagers seeking asylum, fearing deportation, hide out in an abandoned factory.

In the midst of sharing food and stories, they hear someone else arrive. Terrified, they creep towards the door where they find a familiar figure. The three of them talk through the night about home, belonging and the system... but the children remain wary: at any point he can reveal their hiding place, turn them over to the authorities and send them back to their countries and to danger.

Followed by Free Post-Show Discussion - What happens to unaccompanied children in the UK when they become 18?

With a panel of academics, refugees, NGO experts working in the field, local politicians and councillors.

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A play after David Foster Wallace

Saturday 11 February, 6pm & 8pm Inspired by cult US writer David Foster Wallace’s short story Mister Squishy, Focus Group* is a comedy with a dark heart, exploring the absurdity of modern life and consumer culture with humanity and humour. It is dark, unsettling and playful. The production celebrates the human drive to continue in what can feel like an increasingly remote reality.

Through TOOT’s distinctive style of interactive performance, the company provokes audiences to consider whether a real connection is possible at all.

Sit back, eat (individually wrapped, luxury) cake, and see a man gradually relinquish the delusion that he matters in the slightest.... And then go back to watching kitten videos on Facebook.

In Good Company Masterclass – see page 26.

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Derby Theatre Studio Access All Areas presents

Written and performed by Katy Baird

The Misfit Analysis

Workshy

Saturday 18 February, 8pm

Saturday 4 March, 8pm

Cian has autism. He likes to spin tin openers. He’s taught all the actors in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time how to be autistic. They’re very good at it.

This is a show about work.

After sell-out runs in Edinburgh and London, the multi-award winning The Misfit Analysis returns as part of a national tour. This is not Rain Man.

For the last two decades, Katy has been at the frontline of the customer service industry. From getting you high to supersizing your whopper meal, she has done everything she can to make you happy.

“Utterly fascinating and wildly creative…

Definitely and defiantly different.”

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian Age Guide 12+

Some people work to make money. Some people work to feel fulfilled. Some people don’t work at all.

Join Katy for a very personal story of the ups and downs of what it means to serve you – the great British public.

Age Guide 18+

Live Wire & Roughhouse Theatre Companies present

Inua Ellams & Fuel with Black Theatre Live present

When The Eye Has Gone

An Evening with an Immigrant

By Dougie Blaxland

Written and performed by Inua Ellams

Sunday 5 March, 8pm

Saturday 11 March, 8pm

Set in the bar of The North Briton pub in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham during his final cabaret performance, When The Eye Has Gone tells the tale of the all too brief life of Colin “Ollie” Milburn - the cricketing legend who was one of England’s most unlikely sporting heroes.

Born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother in what is now considered by many to be Boko Haram territory, in 1996 award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams left Nigeria for England aged 12, moved to Ireland for three years, before returning to London.

Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, Inua tells his ridiculous, fantastic, poignant immigrant-story of escaping fundamentalist Islam, directing an arts festival, performing solo shows at the National Theatre, and drinking wine with the Queen, all the while without a country to belong to or place to call home.

“Ellams’ poetry gleams with a dusty, worn, deeply original beauty.” Metro Age Guide 15+

Full of song, reminiscence and gallows humour, the story swings backwards and forwards in time as he drinks yet another large gin and coke and re-enacts vivid memories from his cricketing career and the disaster of losing his left eye in a car accident in 1969.

Age Guide 15+

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Age Guide 14+ (unless otherwise stated)

Tickets £10 (Concessions £8) Season Ticket £28

Conceived and created by Conrad Murray Developed with Battersea Arts Centre

DenMarked Saturday 18 March, 8pm Tales from the council estate of dodgy best friends, that rite of passage: your first arrest, dinner with your social worker and the Christmas dad went to prison.

Created by Conrad Murray, an autobiographical performance told through storytelling, singing, rapping and a loop station.

“Extremely inventive.”

British Theatre Guide “Young theatre-makers mixing it up.”

The Guardian Age Guide 16+ (contains reference to sexual /violent assault) In Good Company Masterclass – see page 26

Show and Tell and Sh!t Theatre present

Letters to Windsor House Saturday 22 April, 8pm A loophole in the Postal Services Act says you can open other people’s mail under certain circumstances. This is that certain circumstance…

The multi-award-winning duo follow up their smash-hit show Women’s Hour with their Fringe First award-winning and Total Theatre award-nominated Letters to Windsor House.

With songs, politics, dodgy landlords and detective work, this national housing crisis gets personal in a show for Generation Rent.

“Imbued with wit and heart.” ★★★★ The Times

China Plate presents

Scratch That Itch: First Bite Festival Commissioned by mac birmingham, In Good Company and Warwick Arts Centre

Friday 7 April, 7pm First Bite has arrived in the East Midlands! Join us for a chance to see an eclectic collection of extracts and new ideas from some of the most exciting theatre-makers working across the region.

The second of three First Bite events in the Midlands, this is your chance to see regional theatre companies show work in progress and test new material; and to give your feedback to help them develop their shows. Three of the pieces seen across First Bite events will be commissioned by the festival partners and guaranteed slots at the Bite Size Festival at Warwick Arts Centre in October 2017. You can also meet the artists taking part and key industry figures who will be on hand to answer questions about working in theatre or how to make work of your own. Be there at the start and help us shape the future of theatre in the Midlands!

See our website for the full line-up.

Artists wishing to apply - go to www.chinaplatetheatre.com

Tickets: £5

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For artist development The flagship programme for the East Midlands, offering mentorship, learning and performance opportunities to artists living and working in the region.

MASTERCLASSES RTYDS Directing Short Course, 18,25 February & 4 March 2-5pm, Derby Theatre. The Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme seeks out and nurtures talented directors early in their careers providing exceptional training for the directors and artistic leaders of the future. FREE – booking required.

Devising with TOOT, 11 Feruary 2-4pm, Derby Theatre £10 or £15 workshop & show: Focus Group [See page 23].

Spoken Word Performance with Ben Norris, 16 March, 12-3pm, Lincoln Drill Hall, £10.

Making Autobiographical Performance with Conrad Murray, 18 March, 2-4pm, Derby Theatre, £10 or £15 workshop & show DenMarked [See page 25].

DEVELOPMENT Artist Tax Return Sit-In, 22 April, 10am-6pm, Derby Theatre Complete your self-assessment with professional accountants on hand and motivational guidance. FREE – booking required.

Creative Business Confidence, 13 &14 January, Derby Theatre A weekend of wellbeing, team building and management training for independent artists and creative companies. £5/session. £18/weekend pass.

PERFORMANCE Scratch That Itch: Associate Scratch Night, 5 February 7pm, Derby Theatre.

PlayShuffle, 15 February, 7-10pm, Derby Theatre, FREE. DEparture Lounge Check-In Festival, 24 & 25 March, Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester, Pay What You Decide.

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The In Good Company partner venues are; Derby Theatre, Attenborough Arts Centre, Burton Brewhouse, Lincolnshire One Venues and Mansfield Venues.

The programme is led by Creative Producer Ruby Glaskin. To find out more about the programme or join our Artist Network you can contact her on: r.glaskin@derby.ac.uk or call 01332 593930.

Pick up an In Good Company brochure for further details of events and opportunities or visit derbytheatre.co.uk

For East Theatre Midlands Unwrapped Artists

Pinter Unwrapped A free panel discussion looking at the work, themes and legacy of Harold Pinter, chaired by Mark Lawson (BBC Radio 4 Front Row) and panellists including director Lekan Lawal.

Thursday 23 March, 5.30 – 7pm

At Derby Theatre we want to share the process of theatre-making with our audiences. Our FREE Theatre Unwrapped sessions are designed to do just that.

Come behind the scenes and join us as we prepare for the opening night of Betrayal, a Derby Theatre Production.

Unwrap Lighting 1 Come and join our technicians on stage as they prepare the lights ready for rigging for the show.

Friday 10 March, 6 – 8pm

Unwrap the Final Stages An opportunity to join the technical rehearsal for a unique insight into the final stages of a production.

Special cameras give a close up view and headphones allow you to hear the director, creatives and crew. You can’t get closer than this!

Wednesday 15 March, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm

Unwrap Directing Work with the show’s director, Lekan Lawal, to gain an insight into his approach in the rehearsal room.

Thursday 23 March, 6 – 9pm

Hard Hat Sunday Put your hard hat on and watch as the set goes up for Betrayal, with our expert technical team, including the set designer. All on hand to give you the low down on the process.

Sunday 12 March, 4 – 6pm

Theatre Unwrapped sessions are free to attend but please book in advance to secure your place on 01332 593939 or visit www.derbytheatre.co.uk For ages 14+

Unwrap Lighting 2 The show has opened – now’s your chance to hear from the lighting designer and see first-hand how the design for the show was created.

Date and time to be confirmed – please enquire at Box Office

Unwrap Sound Design Creating sound scape and original composition in response to text with the show’s sound designer Date and time to be confirmed – please enquire at Box Office

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Learning Theatre

A Learning Theatre Our doors are open – come and find out more!

For Children and Young People Youth Theatre

Holiday Workshops

Interested in seeing, making and performing theatre?

If you want the opportunity to work with professional theatre practitioners and perform onstage, just get in touch! All groups work towards a major annual show that is professionally produced either on our main stage or in our studio theatre.

Come and join Derby Theatre professionals for skills and work as a team to create a mini performance to be shared on the final day for friends and family.

All welcome!

“I joined Youth Theatre in September and haven’t stopped smiling since. ” Youth Theatre member £75 a term* Years 4 - 6: Tuesdays and Thursdays in term time 5.00 - 6.30pm Years 7 – 9: Sundays in term time 10.00 – 11.30am Years 10 - 13/FE: Sundays in term time 11.45am-1.45pm

Young Technicians This year-long course looks at all aspects of the technical side of theatre including lighting, sound and design and is run by our professional technicians. In the third term you gain technical experience and shadowing opportunities on our shows. £35 a term* 11 – 19 years

Contact the Box Office to join the course.

DT Young People’s Network We know it’s frustrating that our groups are often full, but as soon as you get in touch, you can automatically become a member of our Derby Theatre Young People’s Network. We’ll send you regular information about a whole range of exciting stuff to get involved with. And why not join our Theatre Thinkers group?

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“My son had an absolutely brilliant time. You totally inspired him. He loved the whole experience: learning, watching, performing and making new friends.”

Parent 11 – 16 years: 13 – 17 February, 10am – 4pm £65 for the week*

DT Ambassadors Have you ever wanted to get experience of working in a professional theatre and learn what all the different departments do? This group gives you skills, experience and training like no other, but also gives you a say in what we do. We will even let you plan your own night and take over the building! This can all count towards an Arts Award, your work experience or as volunteering hours for your Duke of Edinburgh award.

Every other Monday, 4.30 – 6.00pm Years 9 – 13 Free

To reserve your place at any of these groups please call the Box Office on 01332 593939 or email learning@derbytheatre.co.uk *For all of our groups for young people we have a number of half price and free places available for families with limited financial means. Please email learning@derbytheatre.co.uk to enquire in confidence.

For more info contact: learning@derbytheatre.co.uk or call the Box Office

Schools and Colleges As a Learning Theatre, we can give you special access to practitioners right across the whole theatre-making process, from designer to director, technician to actor.

For colleges, we can also give you a particular insight into the way our undergraduate courses are integrated into the process of professionally produced theatre.

For detailed information on our programme for schools and colleges, look out for our Learning Programme.

We also work in partnership with QUAD, Déda and Baby People to provide you with a one-stop shop for all your creative and cultural learning requirements. You can choose from a wide range of projects and programmes on offer or contact us to develop something bespoke for your learners.

To sign up to receive our Learning Programme, please email: learning@derbytheatre.co.uk

Relaxed Performance of Alice in Wonderland Thursday 5 January, 10.15am We invite you to join us for this special performance for people who will benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including people with an Autism Spectrum Condition, sensory and communication disorders or a learning disability. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement and some small changes made to the light and sound effects. Families and schools welcome.

Tickets from £10

Creative Development and Training Company Aside: Devising With Maison Foo

Ensemble Company

Maison Foo will be opening their rehearsal room to a small group of young and emerging artists, giving an opportunity to sit in on the devising and rehearsal process and learn how Maison Foo cook up their unique style of mischievous visual theatre. This will be topped and tailed with sessions with Maison Foo’s Artistic Directors and an invitation to an early sharing of the work.

In Association with In Good Company

Maison Foo are a critically acclaimed visual theatre company who tour work nationally for both indoors and outdoors. They create new theatre that tickles audiences imaginations. They are currently Associate Artists of Derby Theatre. www.maisonfoo.co.uk

The Ensemble Company provides an exciting opportunity to work with professional directors to explore the ingredients that create exceptional theatre and to flex your creative muscles. The company provides training and the chance to explore practice for those who may have experienced barriers to professional progression.

To express an interest, please email learning@derbytheatre.co.uk

Places are limited. To express an interest or find out more information, please email learning@derbytheatre.co.uk We will then contact you in the autumn with more information.

6 March – 7 April Age: 19+ Cost: £10 per head

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Learning Theatre

Costume and Prop Hire

Tea and Tour

At Derby Theatre we hire costumes and props to professional, amateur, community theatre groups, schools and colleges. We have over 2,500 costume pieces built up over many years and an eclectic selection of props... and we are always adding to our stock.

Approximately 1 hour Cost: £5 per head (including tea and biscuits) Date: please enquire

Cost on enquiry For enquiries email: wardrobe@derbytheatre.co.uk

Come and look around backstage and meet members of our team to find out more.

Technical Advice and Training Led by professional theatre technicians who can support your group, school or company with lighting and sound design. They can help you make the most of your existing technical equipment or advise on buying new equipment. £30 an hour plus travel Please contact us to book a date to suit

Pinter Unwrapped Thursday 23 March, 5.30 – 7pm

Hosted by Derby Theatre & In Good Company’

Student Scratch Night Sunday 26 March, 7pm Our spring Scratch Night will be an opportunity to see a variety of work from our up-and-coming University of Derby student artists. The artists will have the chance to experiment with new styles and genres in front of an audience. Be part of a learning experience for the night, in our journey to uncover fresh new talent.

Derby Theatre Studio Tickets: £5 30

As part of the Unwrapped programme linked to the Derby Theatre production of Betrayal, this FREE panel discussion will look at the work, themes and legacy of Harold Pinter, one of the 20th century’s greatest playwrights. The event will be chaired by Mark Lawson (BBC Radio 4 Front Row) and panellists will include director Lekan Lawal.

Derby Theatre Upper Foyer FREE

For more info contact: learning@derbytheatre.co.uk or call the Box Office Community

Creatio Youth Theatre

CATS Wednesday 25 – Friday 27 January, 7.30pm Adapted from T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, this timeless musical comes together in a sparkling fusion of music, dance and verse.

On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, makes the Jellicle choice and announces which of them will go up to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

With timeless music, spectacular sets and a superb cast, breathtaking choreography and of course the unforgettable Memory, CATS is a magical musical like no other.

Tickets: £14 (£13 concessions)

CATS is choreographed by Charlotte Richardson Astle with assistance from Ellie Jones. Principal/additional choreography and direction by Rachel Bates and Matt Powell with musical direction by Tom Watkins. CATS is produced by Emily Gent and Creatio Arts LTD.

The Theatre Café Our newly refurbished Theatre Café offers a great range delicious food and drink including:

Speciality teas • Freshly ground coffee • Home-made soups Pasta dishes • Gourmet toasties • Freshly baked cakes Why not join us for breakfast, served until 11.30am each day, or for a tasty pre-theatre supper?

And don't forget to head to the Theatre Bar upstairs to place your interval drinks orders.

Payment can be made by card and contactless payment at all sales points.

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Youth Theatre

Derby Youth Theatre Triple Bill Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 April, 2.30pm & 6.30pm Three imaginative stories are brought to life by the year 4-6 and year 7-9 Youth Theatre groups this spring.

Each group carefully chose their favourite play out of a selection of exciting and compelling scripts, and now they can’t wait to tell you their versions of the stories they loved the most.

Expect thrilling adventures, imaginative characters and surprising plot twists: this is an evening of theatre not to be missed.

Derby Theatre Studio Tickets: £8 (£5 concessions)

Photography by Robert Day

Derby Theatre and the National Theatre present

Connections Monday 24 – Saturday 29 April Derby Theatre hosts the East Midlands festival of youth theatre, National Theatre Connections.

12 young companies from around the region stage new plays written for them by some of theatre’s most exciting playwrights.

Over the 6-day festival, Derby Theatre will become a vibrant artistic hub for young people, offering not just the chance to perform, but also to participate in workshops with leading creative professionals, open mic events, plus great food and lots of fun.

Check our website for more details.

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University of Derby

Love to Learn at University of Derby We have an exciting portfolio of media and performing arts courses. These full-time BA (Hons) courses are taught through practice-based workshops, lectures and seminars.

Students will also benefit from the links the university has with Derby Theatre – working alongside professional productions in fantastic facilities.

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Performing Arts Technical Theatre Contemporary Theatre and Performance Costume and Set Design Drama Music Photography and Media Production Photography and Film Production Film Production and Production Design Film Production Visual Effects and Post-Production Radio Production

Further information can be found at: www.derby.ac.uk/derby-theatre or email: arts@derby.ac.uk

Image from The Hour Before We Knew Nothing of Each Other, performed by Theatre Arts Students in February 2016. Photo: Steve Gresty

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Pricing

Pricing Invincible, Educating Rita, Betrayal, Northanger Abbey

Jack All shows

Evenings Schools

Family

Full Price

Concession

Groups

Schools

Family

£11.00

£9.50

£8.50

£8.50

£37

Full Price

Concession

Groups

£26.50

£24.50

£24.50

£25.00

£23.00

£20-£21 £9.50

£21.00

£19.00

£16-£17 £9.50

Studio Shows

£16.50

£16.50

£16.50

Unless otherwise stated on show pages

£9.50

Full

Conc.

£10.00

£8.00

Matineés £22.50

£20.50

£20.50

£19.50

£17.50

£15.00

£9.50

£18.50

£16.50

£15.00

£9.50

£15.50

£15.50

£15.50

£9.50

Season Ticket

Previews (Educating Rita, Betrayal) £12.50

£12.50

£12.50

£11.50

£11.50

£11.50

£9.50

£10.50

£10.50

£10.50

£9.50

£9.50

£9.50

£9.50

£9.50

This season, we’re offering two fantastic ticket deals

See 4 shows for £52 Alice in Wonderland

• Invincible

Saturday matineés & all shows Fri 23–Wed 28 Dec Full Price

Concession

Groups

Schools

Family

£28.00

£26.00

£25.00

£12.50

£92.00

£27.00

£25.00

£24.00

£12.50

£84.00

£24.00

£22.00

£21.00

£12.50

£84.00

£20.00

£20.00

£20.00

£12.50

Evenings, weekday matineés 21, 22, 30 & 31 Dec, 2 & 3 Jan £26.00

£24.00

£23.00

£25.00

£23.00

£22.00

£11.50

£84.00 £72.00

£21.00

£19.00

£18.00

£11.50

£72.00

£18.00

£16.00

£18.00 £18.00 £11.50 Previews, weekday matineés (not inc. Tue 20 Dec–Tue 3 Jan) £14.00 £13.50 £10.00

£54.00

£15.00

£13.00

£12.00

£10.00

£48.00

£14.00

£12.00

£12.00

£10.00

£48.00

£12.00

£12.00

£12.00

£10.00

Please see page 36 for more information on Groups Discounts.

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• Educating Rita • Betrayal • Northanger Abbey

See 4 shows in the Studio for just £28* Book your Season Ticket today by calling the Box Office or visiting our website.

Terms and conditions apply. Excludes premium seats. * Excludes children's shows in studio.

How to book

How to book Opening times

Concessions

Non-performance days

Concessions are available for over-60s, under-16s, full-time students, registered unemployed, people with a disability and their carer, members of BECTU, Equity and the Writers’ Guild.

9.30am – 5.30pm

Performance days In person: 9.30am until 15 minutes after the start of the last event of the evening.

Phones: 9.30am until half an hour before the first performance of the evening begins.

Children under two will only be admitted to suitable performances and must be in possession of a valid ticket (not available to book online).

Sundays and Bank Holidays

Groups of 10 or more, and school groups receive a discount on most shows, as well as a flexible booking process. See page 36 for more details.

One hour before the start of the first event until 15 minutes after the start of the last event.

Exchanges, refunds and reprints

We are only open on Sundays and Bank Holidays if an event is on.

All tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.

Book online at www.derbytheatre.co.uk

We can exchange tickets for another performance of the same event at a cost of £1 per ticket.

This must be done no later than 24 hours before the event in question and all tickets held by the customer, including print-at-home tickets, must be returned to the Box Office in person or by post. Tickets cannot be exchanged after the event has passed.

How to pay We accept all types of card payments, except American Express. Cheques are only accepted for group bookings of 20 or more.

We can only reserve seats without payment for group bookings of 10 or more.

We can post tickets to you if you are booking 7 days in advance, at a cost of £1. Otherwise, you can collect the tickets from us at your convenience, or we can email them to you to print at home.

Lost tickets can be reprinted free of charge no earlier than one hour before the start of the performance.

STAGE

Premium

Classic

Mid

Saver

W Wheelchair space

*Price bands subject to change per event. Please check at Box Office or online.

Data Protection Derby Theatre is committed to upholding the data protection principles of good information-handling practices. When processing your booking the Box Office will ask you your name, address, telephone number and email address. This information may be used to keep you informed about forthcoming events at Derby Theatre. With your permission we may also pass on your name and address to other arts organisations who may send you information of a similar nature. You’ll be asked if your details can be used in this way at the time of booking.

Prices and information correct at the time of going to print but are subject to change.

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Group Booking

Schools and group bookings Derby Theatre warmly welcomes groups and schools and we offer a flexible booking process and special prices.

School groups • Tickets for £9.50 on most main house shows.

• Every eleventh ticket free for a teacher or supervisor.

• Help with risk assessment and coach drop-off arrangements.

• Reserve now, pay later.

Groups of 10 or more • Up to £4 off (£3 off for Alice in Wonderland), standard ticket price for groups of 10*.

Up to £5 off standard ticket price for groups of 15*.

• Reserve now, pay later.

• Special group rates available for family friendly events (non-schools) – ask at Box Office.

• Hire our Alan Bates room for your group to use pre- and post-show and during the interval.

For more details on hiring this space, please email hires@derbytheatre.co.uk

Call the Box Office on 01332 593939, call in and see us, or email tickets@derbytheatre.co.uk See page 34 for specific prices. *Only available on Mid and Classic seats. Discount will be capped at lowest price seats on each performance.

Finding us We're conveniently located opposite the Eagle Market and accessible from the intu Derby shopping centre. Car parking is safe, secure and all under one roof. If you need to ask for directions, some people may still refer to us as the Playhouse.

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Derby Theatre 15 Theatre Walk, St Peter's Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF. By car By train or by taxi By bus The most convenient car park is intu Derby basement car park (DE1 2PL) accessed from Traffic Street. To make life even easier you can buy your evening car park ticket at the same time you book your theatre tickets. Parking is only £2 after 6pm in this car park.

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Derby Theatre is a 10-minute walk from the train station, follow the signs to intu Derby.

We’ll be more than happy to order a taxi to be waiting for you after the performance, please ask at the Box Office upon arrival.

Trentbarton runs buses in Derby and to and from nearby towns and villages.

Most buses stop at the bus station – just 5 minutes’ walk from the theatre. You can buy a reduced-price bus ticket with your theatre ticket from the Box Office – either a zigzag city play ticket (unlimited travel in the Derby city area for £2.50) or a zigzag play network ticket (unlimited travel across the whole network for £4.50).

Access

Access for all Derby Theatre welcomes all customers and has an extensive range of services to ensure you have an enjoyable and comfortable visit. Mention your requirements when you book tickets, and don’t hesitate to ask the Duty Manager if there is anything you need on arrival. We have been verified as being an accessible venue for disabled people by CredAbility – an independent quality mark run by disabled people. The relevant icons indicate how we can meet a variety of needs:

Difficulty accessing visual information

Standing and queueing Derby Theatre has seating on all levels of the theatre.

You can pre-order your drinks, tickets, merchandise, ice creams and programmes when booking your tickets to avoid queuing. These can be brought to you when you arrive. Our staff can bring refreshments to your seat inside the auditorium at the interval.

Wheelchair access We have a fully accessible drop-off point at the top of the theatre with a permanent ramped double-door entrance. Or alternatively you can park in intu Derby basement car park blue badge area and our lift, situated in bay C, will bring you directly to all floors of the theatre. We have large accessible toilets on all levels. We have low counters at the bar, Box Office and café.

We have designated wheelchair spaces inside the auditorium so please mention your requirements when booking.

Assistance dogs Assistance dogs are welcome in all areas of the building. Please talk to the Box Office about any special requirements when booking.

Personal support We operate an Assisted Access Scheme for those who require somebody to be present in order to assist them to readily access theatre shows and, as such, we allow members to buy a seat for themselves at the standard rate and one for an assistant at no cost. A CredAbility Access Card with the +1 symbol entitles the cardholder to membership of our Assisted Access scheme.

To apply for either the Assisted Access scheme or the CredAbility Access Card, visit our website www.derbytheatre.co.uk

More access information is available on our website: www.derbytheatre.co.uk/your-visit/accessibility

If you would like our brochure in large print please enquire at the Box Office.

Where possible we provide audio-described performances. Ideal for blind and partially sighted people, audio description is a form of audio-visual translation using the natural pauses in dialogue or between critical sound elements to insert a narrative that translates the visual image into a sense form.

Difficulty accessing audible information Sound enhancement systems are available inside the theatre and studio. The best quality of sound is through our brand new Digital RF headsets, which are available to borrow free from Front of House.

You could also take advantage of our new digital system by using your own earphones, to plug directly into the pocket-sized body packs. If you prefer to use the T switch on your hearing aid, please borrow an induction loop aerial. We can also offer assisted listening on backstage tours. Where possible we provide British Sign Language interpreted performances. We also have a Portable Hearing Loop which offers versatile, desktop assistance for people with hearing loss who use telecoil-equipped hearing instruments or cochlear implants.

Access performances: Jack

Educating Rita

BSL Interpreted: Sun 11 December, 1.30pm

Audio Described, BSL Interpreted: Tue 7 March, 7.30pm

Alice in Wonderland

Audio Described: Sat 11 March, 2.30pm

Audio Described, BSL Interpreted: Wed 14 Dec, 10.15am

Betrayal

BSL Interpreted: Wed 28 December, 6pm

Audio Described, BSL Interpreted: Thu 30 March, 7.30pm

Audio Described: Sat 31 December, 3pm

Audio Described: Sat 1 April, 2.30pm

Relaxed Performance: Thu 5 January, 10.15am

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Diary

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January Monday 2 January Tuesday 3 January Thursday 5 January Friday 6 January Saturday 7 January Friday 20 January Wednesday 25 January Thursday 26 January Friday 27 January Friday 27 January Tuesday 31 January

Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland Ross Noble Cats Cats Cats I Used To Hear Footsteps Invincible

1pm & 6pm 1pm 10.15am R & 2pm 10.15am & 2pm 1pm & 6pm 8pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8pm PS 7.30pm

February Wednesday 1 February Thursday 2 February Friday 3 February Friday 3 February Saturday 4 February Thursday 9 February Friday 10 February Friday 10 February Saturday 11 February Saturday 11 February Monday 13 February Tuesday 14 February Friday 17 February Saturday 18 February Saturday 18 February Monday 20 February Tuesday 21 February Wednesday 22 February Thursday 23 February Friday 24 February Saturday 25 February Sunday 26 February Monday 27 February Tuesday 28 February

Invincible Invincible Invincible Debris Invincible Jasper Carrott & Alistair McGowan Jasper Carrott & Alistair McGowan Night Light Jasper Carrott & Alistair McGowan Focus Group Monstersaurus Monstersaurus Educating Rita Educating Rita The Misfit Analysis Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita Molly’s Marvellous Moustache Educating Rita Educating Rita

2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8pm PS 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7pm PS 7.30pm 6pm & 8pm L 2pm 11am & 2pm 7.30pm P 7.30pm P 8pm 7.30pm P 7.30pm PN 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 12pm & 3pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

March Wednesday 1 March Thursday 2 March Friday 3 March Saturday 4 March Saturday 4 March Sunday 5 March Tuesday 7 March Wednesday 8 March Thursday 9 March Friday 10 March Saturday 11 March Saturday 11 March

Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita Workshy When The Eye Has Gone Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita Educating Rita An Evening with an Immigrant

2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 8pm 8pm 10.30am & 7.30pm AD 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm PS 7.30pm 2.30pm AD & 7.30pm 8pm

BSL

Friday 17 March Saturday 18 March Saturday 18 March Monday 20 March Tuesday 21 March Wednesday 22 March Thursday 23 March Friday 24 March Saturday 25 March Sunday 26 March Monday 27 March Tuesday 28 March Wednesday 29 March Thursday 30 March Friday 31 March

Betrayal Betrayal DenMarked Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Student Scratch Night Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal Betrayal

7.30pm P 7.30pm P L 8pm 7.30pm P 7.30pm PN 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm AD BSL PS 7.30pm

April Saturday 1 April Saturday 1 April Thursday 6 April Friday 7 April Saturday 8 April Sunday 9 April Monday 10 April Tuesday 11 April Wednesday 12 April Wednesday 12 April Thursday 13 April Thursday 13 April Tuesday 18 April Friday 21 April Saturday 22 April Saturday 22 April Saturday 22 April Monday 24 April Tuesday 25 April Wednesday 26 April Thursday 27 April Friday 28 April Saturday 29 April

Betrayal Wonder Woman Pinter Unwrapped First Bite Festival The Moon and Me Tim Brooke-Taylor Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey Youth Theatre Perform Mr Bloom’s Nursery Youth Theatre Perform Goldilocks & The Three Bears BBC Big Band Morgan & West Kids’ Show Morgan & West Parlour Tricks Letters to Windsor House Connections Festival Connections Festival Connections Festival Connections Festival Connections Festival Connections Festival

2.30pm AD & 7.30pm 2pm & 8pm 5.30pm 7pm 12pm & 2pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 2.30pm & 6.30pm 11am & 2pm 2.30pm & 6.30pm 12pm, 2pm & 4pm 7.30pm 2.30pm 7.30pm 8pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

May Sunday 7 May Friday 12 May

Ruby Wax Stewart Lee

7.30pm 8pm

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Upper Foyer

BSL British sign language

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PS Post-show discussion

What is a preview performance?

Preview performances are a fantastic opportunity to see a public performance in its early stages. The creative team are still in the process of applying final touches to the production and the great ticket price for these performances reflects this.

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We would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support:

Derbyshire Community Foundation For Derbyshire for good

Derby Theatre is a registered charity (no: 1129005)