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After opening our doors in September 2013 we will have welcomed over 40,000 people to events in our opening season.
Whether it be to see dance, Shakespeare, music gigs or our monthly comedy nights, to take part in workshops, celebrate the jazz scene in the town or enjoy homegrown productions the people of Doncaster and further afield have supported us throughout the opening months and it has been phenomenal. As we move into our second season we’re still very much in celebration mode and look forward to an exciting few months filled with work from leading national and international companies alongside work made in Doncaster.
On these pages are some memories of our journey so far… #aCastOf1000s
Artists and audiences alike fell in love with the place:
‘What a brilliant venue!’ Brett Smith
‘Fan bleedin’ tastic gig tonite in a new venue in Doncaster called Cast. It is a totally amazing place, everything about it’ Kate Rusby
‘Love it, not just an amazing new theatre, more like Doncaster’s big living room’ Susan Forbes
‘Fabulous show... Loved the theatre’ Linda Oliver
‘Superb venue’ Peter Oliver
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Our opening ceremony – created by SlungLow – included stories created especially for Doncaster with images from local artist Rachana Jadhav.
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Doncaster folk duo Rita Payne – Rhiannon Scutt and Pete Sowerby – composed a new anthem for the opening of Cast.
It ’s Our Time Chorus...
’s make it last, It ’s our time let die is Cast, It ’s our time the make it last, ’s t le e m ti r u o It ’s e die is Cast. th w o n k u yo e m It ’s our ti
And our first production of Richard Cameron’s The Glee Club – about the lives of six Doncaster miners – was a huge success:
‘The Glee Club, The Glee Club! So good I've seen it twice!’ Lorretta Keeton
‘Wonderful! Amazing! We just kept laughing!' DigYorkshire
‘What a fantastic show’ Martin Laycock
‘Altogether awesome’ Douglas Wallace
‘This is a more than good start’ Kevin Berry, The Stage
And it can all be summed up in the words of our Director, Kully Thiarai:
Doncaster matters – the people of this place matter. Cast is a people’s theatre for the twenty-first century and can only succeed if everyone plays their part. Cast is a place you can call home, a cultural living room where you can inspire and be inspired and that celebrates and nurtures the creative ambitions of all those who join us. We are a Cast of thousands.
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AS M ST RI CH PANTOMIME
A Cast Pantomime
Thursday 5 – Tuesday 31 December
Thu 5 Dec Fri 6 Dec
Directed by Kully Thiarai Written by Joel Horwood and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm with additional material from Fine Time Fontayne Design by Ali Allen Musical Direction by Matthew Bugg
Cinderella is stuck at home looking after her horrid step mum Fiendella, and ugly sisters Salmonella and Rubella, whilst they sit around stuffing their faces and making fart jokes. With only the over-enthusiastic but ineffectual Buttons for company, it doesn’t look like she’ll be going to the pick-a-princess-ball any time soon. But after a chance encounter in a forest, and a wave of dust from fairy god mum, Mother Cusworth, things are looking up.
In our first ever pantomime, live music, beautiful costumes, mayhem and song combine to create a Christmas treat with more magic and sparkle than ever before. Main Space £16 / £13 concessions Family 4 ticket £50 (a maximum of two full price ticket holders) £12.50 groups 10+ / £11 groups 30+ Schools tickets £9
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7pm 10am
1.30pm
Mon 9 Dec
10am
1.30pm
Tue 10 Dec
10am
1.30pm
Wed 11 Dec
10am
1.30pm
Sat 7 Dec
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Thu 12 Dec
1.30pm
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Fri 13 Dec
1.30pm
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Sat 14 Dec Mon 16 Dec
10am
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Tue 17 Dec
10am
1.30pm 1.30pm
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Wed 18 Dec Thu 19 Dec Sat 21 Dec Sun 22 Dec Mon 23 Dec
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Tue 24 Dec
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Thu 26 Dec
2pm
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Fri 27 Dec
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Sat 28 Dec
2pm
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Sun 29 Dec
2pm
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Mon 30 Dec
2pm
6pm
Tue 31 Dec
10am
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Relaxed Performance: Tue 10 December, 10am Sign Language Interpreted: Wed 18 December, 6pm Audio Described: Thu 19 December, 6pm
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CHILDREN AND FAMILY
59 Minutes to Save Christmas Made by the award-winning Slung Low
Saturday 14 – Monday 23 December
Everybody loves Christmas, don’t they? How could they possibly NOT? There’s an emergency in Sir Nigel Gresley Square! General Crisis is on the hunt for Professor Meanwood, who has been spreading an anti-Christmas potion across Doncaster. Now he only has 59 minutes to find him before the whole country is affected. But he can’t do it alone – you, yes, YOU have 59 minutes to save Christmas! Direct from a 2012 smash-hit run in London, 59 Minutes to Save Christmas is an interactive adventure for children aged 6+. Wearing headphones directly linked to mission control participants explore the mystery through different spaces and hidden places around Cast. Sat 14 Dec
10am
12 noon
5pm
Sun 15 Dec
12 noon
2pm
4pm
Mon 16 Dec
10.15am
1.45pm
4pm
Wed 18 Dec
10.15am
1.45pm
4pm
Thu 19 Dec
10.15am
1.45pm
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Fri 20 Dec
2pm
4pm
6pm
Sat 21 Dec
12 noon
5pm
7pm
Sun 22 Dec
10.15am
12 noon
2pm
Mon 23 Dec
12 noon
4.30pm
7pm
Roaming Performance £8 adults / £5 children
‘It is terrific fun, and any family that took part would talk for years afterwards about the time they saved Christmas’ The Guardian
COMEDY
Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer Can’t Stop, Shan’t Stop Thursday 12 December
Mr B makes his Cast debut with Carshalton, his butler in tow for an hour of chap-hop education and jollity. Premiering ditties from his new long player Can’t Stop, Shan’t Stop as well as playing a few chap-hop classics. On a one-man mission to introduce Hip-Hop to the Queen’s English, Mr B has performed across Europe, from the Glastonbury Festival to club NME in Paris. Second Space 7.45pm £10 / £8 concessions COMEDY
MUSIC
Norman Lovett
Christmas Brass
Saturday 14 December
Sunday 15 December
Old & New
Hatfield Colliery Band
Whether you know him as the disembodied head of the ship’s computer on Red Dwarf or as a master of deadpan and surreal stand-up comedy, Norman Lovett is bound to make you laugh. In this evening, the standup legend performs his Edinburgh Fringe show in which The Sugababes and the Gay Reaper will be discussed amongst many more subjects. Second Space 7.45pm £10 / £8 concessions
A festive concert from Doncaster’s Hatfield Colliery Band. The programme will include popular Christmas tunes, brass band music and well-known pieces. Richard Marshall, principal cornet of the world famous Black Dyke Band, will also perform with the band. Main Space 7pm £12 COMEDY
Cast Comedy Club
Christmas Special Friday 20 December
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ORCHESTRAL Shadow Game
Ensemble 360
with the Beechfield Youth Orchestra and Boyce Chamber Orchestra Saturday 8 February
Beethoven Septet Elgar Serenade for Strings Brahms Academic Festival Overture Charlotte Bray Shadow Game
MUSIC
Jacqui Dankworth Friday 24 January
Daughter of Jazz legends Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Jacqui Dankworth is ‘one of the classiest acts in British jazz singing’ (The Guardian). Highly acclaimed her effortless mastery sees her draw influences from jazz, folk, soul and blues. In this intimate concert she performs from her new album Live to Love alongside wellknown favourites.
Shadow Game, commissioned especially for Doncaster and the opening of Cast, brings together one of Britain’s most outstanding composing talents, some of this countries finest instrumentalists from Ensemble 360 and musicians from across the town for this world premiere. A piece that’s a game of light and dark full of fire and passion. The evening also features much-loved classical favourites; Elgar’s beautiful ‘little tunes’ (as he called them), Brahms’ triumphant (and not at all academic) overture and Beethoven’s youthful Septet. PLAY A PART – BUY A BAR www.musicintheround.co.uk Main Space 7.30pm £12 / £8 students and under 26s *
Main Space 7.30pm £18 *
‘One of our finest singers, regardless of category’ The Sunday Times PERFORMANCE
Pinocchio
Breaking Cycles & Z-Arts • A Live at Lica Co-Commission • In association with Cast Directed by Benji Reid
Saturday 15 February
When wood boys go bad… Moss Side. 1976. The year of the great heatwave and Pinocchio’s on the run. In a ramshackle shop his father Elijah, the toymaker, waits. Will Pinocchio ever return to make him proud? Award-winning director and choreographer Benji Reid joins writer Mary Cooper to produce this fast, funny and magical show for all the family. Featuring body-popping and puppetry, music and animation this is a retelling of Carlo Collodi’s children’s classic like no other. Main Space 12noon & 5pm £12 / £10 concessions * Family ticket £38 *
(a maximum of two full price ticket holders)
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COMEDY DRAMA
John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield Written and Directed by John Godber
Thursday 27 February – Saturday 1 March
The international smash hit comedy returns to Yorkshire. Lucky Eric, Judd, Les and Ralph are the original men in black as they tell the tale of one night in an 80s Yorkshire disco in this outrageous parody of Saturday Night Fever. Four girls out to have fun. Fours lads out to pull. Four men who’ve seen it all before. Slow dances and quick gropes, dented dreams and high hopes, chips and late-night kebabs – the Bouncers see it all! This multi award-winning smash-hit makes its way to Doncaster in a special production directed by John Godber and featuring a frightening array of northern talent.
If you’re not on the list, you ain’t coming in! Main Space 7.30pm Saturday matinee 4pm £16 / £13 concessions *
MUSICAL
The Sound of Music Doncaster Amateur Operatic Society
Wednesday 5 – Saturday 8 March How do you solve a problem like Maria? That’s the question for the Nuns of Nonberg Abbey. Their solution is to despatch the high-spirited postulant as Governess to the seven children of a Naval Captain. But this is Austria in 1939, the Nazis have occupied and the prospect of War draws near. A timeless and enthralling family classic, undoubtedly one of the most famous penned by Rodgers and Hammerstein the iconic score includes Edelweiss, My Favourite Things, Climb Every Mountain, Do-Re-Mi and The Sound Of Music. Rediscover this much-loved musical presented by one of the town’s best-loved companies Doncaster Amateur Operatic Society. Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Suggested by ‘The Trapp Family Singers’ by Maria Augusta Trapp. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of R&H Theatricals of New York.
Main Space 7.15pm Saturday matinee 2.15pm £16 / £12 concessions * Family 4 ticket £50 *
(a maximum of two full price ticket holders)
* From 1 January 2014 a booking fee of 50p per ticket will be added to tickets unless paying by cash
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DANCE
FOLK MUSIC / DANCE
Weightless
The Lock In
Tuesday 18 February
Friday 21 February
Flexer & Sandiland
Featuring Live Music from The Demon Barbers
Weightless is the brand new work from Flexer & Sandiland. This twentieth anniversary show carries Flexer’s recognisable stamp of witty text and humour combined with fast-paced, space-hungry movement.
A clash of dance cultures set in an old English pub with live music by BBC Radio 2 award-winning folk powerhouse The Demon Barbers. Sword dances are performed with snooker-cues, pub bouncers dance the Morris and B-boys flirt with clog girls. Meanwhile house band The Demon Barbers takes English Folk music on a new journey through Hip Hop, House, Funk, Ska, Burlesque and Drum and Bass.
An exciting digital element is provided by Nic Sandiland, plus the musical score by composer Dougie Evans and Israeli cellist/singer Karni Postel. As the cast of international performers attempt to ‘get on with the show’, their meaningful glances, mutual teasing and asides to the audience leaves their choreographer desperately trying to keep things under control from the wings. Main Space 7.30pm £14 / £12 concessions *
Fast-paced and innovative, the show brings together some of the UK’s top clog, sword and Morris dancers with their counterparts from the worlds of B-boying, popping and krump. Main Space 7.30pm £16 / £14 concessions / £13 dance groups *
COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Feel About Your Body New Art Club
Wednesday 19 March An uplifting, life-affirming and hilarious spectacle about how we ‘feel’ about our bodies. Of course, the show title has a double meaning – it’s sexy AND intellectual. Expect silliness, see a man talk to his bottom and find out what not to do during a heart attack. Warning: This show has already left some people feeling ‘a little bit dirty’, contains some brief nudity (long enough to see ‘the works’), contains some brief dancing (silly and emotional), contains some puerile songs (there’s a good one about a shed).
‘Best kept secret in comedy’ Beyond The Joke
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Loved by audiences and critics alike New Art Club return with another beautifully engineered blend of physical and verbal lunacy. Main Space 7.30pm £14 / £12 concessions *
PHOTO © ANDY ROSS
DANCE
Verve Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Thursday 27 March A thrilling mixed-bill featuring four diverse contemporary dance works choreographed by acclaimed artists Lea Anderson, Ben Duke, Gemma Nixon and Jonathan Goddard, and emerging artist Jamaal Burkmar. Verve promises a dynamic and passionate theatrical event, performed by 12 dancers trained at some of the world’s leading conservatoires. Main Space 7.30pm £14 / £12 concessions *
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Breakin’ Convention build up
‘Blitzy wartime blackout romance of gin, gents and garter belts... the songs are terrific’
HIP HOP THEATRE
In My Shoes Rationale
The Times
Saturday 5 April In My Shoes tells the story of a father and son who have a difficult time relating to one-another. In a desperate bid to save their relationship they attend an Extreme Hip Hop Therapy session which allows them to consider what its like to be in each other’s shoes. During therapy they meet a host of dysfunctional characters who need help dealing with depression, anger management and self acceptance. To make matters worse their therapist is anything but ordinary and uses a host of questionable methods to try cure his unfortunate clients. Laugh, cry and shout along with Rationale as they go through an extreme hip hop experience with gravity defying breakdance, slick popping and incredible street dance. Main Space 7.30pm £14 / £12 concessions * Family 5 ticket £45 *
(a maximum of two full price ticket holders)
HIP HOP THEATRE DOUBLE BILL
Urban Conceptz and Testament Wednesday 7 May Inside My Mind
MUSICAL
Miss Nightingale The Musical In association with Cast By Matthew Bugg
Thursday 10 April After taking the UK and West End by storm the hit musical makes its Doncaster debut. Feisty Northern singer Maggie and her songwriter, George, are struggling to find their big break. Everything changes when they meet wealthy man about town Sir Frank Worthington-Blythe who needs an act for his new nightclub. Maggie becomes cheeky cabaret star ‘Miss Nightingale’ and her outrageous outfits, satirical songs and scandalous love life make her the talk of London. Away from the showbiz glamour, heartache and secrets threaten to change their lives forever. Miss Nightingale is a glorious show, where saucy humour spotlights a moving tale of love, loss and hope. The songs, from hilarious tongue in cheek numbers to tender ballads, perfectly capture the spirit of the Forties. Main Space 7.30pm £16 / £13 concessions * FAMILY
An inventive look inside the mind of a very unique individual as he journey's through his thoughts, memories and troubled past. What dark secrets lays ahead?
The Wizard of Oz
Blake Remixed
Dorothy and her dog Toto enter the wonderful Land of Oz and meet the Scarecrow, Tin Man and cowardly Lion. As the four friends travel to see the great and powerful Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West is determined to stop them.
Acclaimed rapper and Guinness World Record holding beat boxer Testament blends his love of British Hip-Hop with the iconic poetry of William Blake in a work-in-progress version of his new autobiographical show. Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
Shone Productions
Monday 14 – Tuesday 15 April Click your heels, clap your hands and venture Over the Rainbow.
Starring CITV’s Anna Williamson, CBBC’s Jez Edwards, Hollyoaks’s Laura Handley and featuring a live band, dazzling dance routines, new songs and plenty of laughter. Main Space 6pm Tuesday Matinee 2pm £15 / £12.50 concessions * Family 4 ticket £50 * Early bird offer £1 off tickets before 20 January (excludes family ticket)
* From 1 January 2014 a booking fee of 50p per ticket will be added to tickets unless paying by cash
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Last Train to Skaville Friday 18 April
All aboard the Last Train to Skaville! Leaving Kingston, Jamaica 1963 and arriving in Coventry 1979. From Studio 1 to 2 Tone, join us on the musical journey of ska. Singers Sam Thornton and Melody Reed lead a fantastic nine-piece band playing all the ska hits from The Skatalites, Desmond Dekker, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals and Prince Buster through to The Selector, Bad Manners, Madness, The Specials and much more. A guaranteed feel-good night. Main Space 7.30pm £12 / £8.50 under 16s * CIRCUS
THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF HIP HOP DANCE THEATRE
Breakin’ Convention
A Sadler’s Wells Project in association with Dance Consortium
Saturday 10 May Roundhouse Created by Mark Storor
Thursday 1 – Friday 2 May ‘I am living in and under the aftermath of an explosion, there are two of us here. One to tell the stories, the other to build a home…’ Puffball is a new production devised and performed by world class circus artists and a young LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) cast in collaboration with renowned artist Mark Storor. Inspired by the cast’s own personal stories – exhilarating, heart-breaking, devastating and joyful – the show is the culmination of a major year-long project working with young people identifying as LGBTQ from towns and cities across the UK. Fusing storytelling with beautiful circus performances, Puffball is set to a live score by award-winning composer Jules Maxwell. Produced by the Roundhouse (London) in partnership with Royal Exchange Theatre and Contact (Manchester) and Cast (Doncaster). With thanks to Doncaster Pride. Supported by Santander.
Main Space 7.30pm £14 / £12 concessions / £8 under 26s *
‘Wise, full of wonder ...a joy’
The Times on Mark Soror’s The Fat Girl Gets a Haircut PHOTO © STEPHEN KING
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Sadler’s Wells’ critically acclaimed international festival of hip-hop dance theatre, Breakin’ Convention, hits Doncaster with jaw-dropping performances by companies from around the world and around the corner. This hugely popular production is hosted and curated by UK hip hop theatre artist Jonzi D. Alongside performances from local crews Breakin’ Convention includes ILL-Abilities (International), a b-boy company that challenges the misconceptions about people with Disabilities, Ukweli Roach (UK), with an ensemble performance about temptation and vice, and Wanted Posse (France) expressing the roots of their personal revolutions. Breakin’ Convention is more than just a show: DJs, dancers, demonstrations and workshops take over Cast in the ultimate celebration of hip hop culture. Free events throughout the afternoon Main Space 7.30pm £16 / £12 concessions / £8 under 26s * Family 5 ticket £45 *
‘Breakin’ Convention never fails to deliver thrills, surprises and a stonking good time’ The Times
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DRAMA
Hull Truck Theatre and Derby Theatre Written by Shelagh Delaney Directed by Mark Babych
Tuesday 13 – Saturday 17 May
“We’re unique... Young... Unrivalled... Smashing!” Salford 1959: 17-year-old Jo is desperate to break free from her vulgar, wayward and manhunting mother, Helen. Resilient and feisty, Jo’s instinct for survival and happiness leads her to Jimmy, a black sailor on shore leave. Abandoned by her mother and left to cope on her own, Jo’s courage is tested when Jimmy returns to sea, and she discovers she’s pregnant. Will her friend Geoffrey be the surrogate father the child needs? One of the most influential plays of its generation, A Taste of Honey was written when Shelagh Delaney was only 18. It burst onto the stage in 1961 and has established itself as one of the nation’s favourite plays as well as a classic of British Cinema. A bittersweet tale of a young girl’s journey into adulthood.
‘Tough, humorous... exhilarating’ The Times
Main Space 7.30pm Saturday matinee 2pm £16 / £13 concessions * DRAMA
The Original Theatre Company and Birdsong Productions Ltd By Sebastian Faulks Stage version by Rachel Wagstaff Directed by Alastair Whatley
Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 May Marking the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, Birdsong is the hit, critically acclaimed stage show based on the world famous novel by Sebastian Faulks. In pre-war France, young Englishman Stephen Wraysford embarks on a passionate and dangerous affair with the beautiful Isabelle Azaire that turns their world upside down. As war breaks out over the idyll of his former life, Stephen must lead his men through the carnage of the Battle of the Somme and through the sprawling tunnels that lie deep underground. Faced with the unprecedented horror of war Stephen clings to his memories of Isabelle as the world explodes around him. A mesmerising story of love and courage set both before and during the Great War. Following on from last year’s National tour, seen by over 75,000 people, now is your chance to experience this stunning piece of theatre live on stage. Main Space 7.30pm Thursday matinee 1.30pm, Saturday matinee 2pm £19 / £16 concessions / all matinee tickets £16 * Wed 28 May: BSL Interpreted performance / Thu 29 May: Audio Described Performance
‘A moving and stunning performance’ WhatsOnStage
* From 1 January 2014 a booking fee of 50p per ticket will be added to tickets unless paying by cash
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Three little pigs set out into the world. The first pig decides to build a house of straw, the second a house made of sticks and the third pig chooses to build a house of bricks. Then along comes a very hungry wolf. The wolf begs each little pig to invite him in for dinner. When they refuse he threatens to huff and puff and blow their houses down. Will any of the pigs be smart enough to escape the big bad wolf? From Northern Ballet, the timeless fairytale is the perfect opportunity to introduce your little ones to the magic of live ballet, music and theatre. Main Space 12.15pm & 3pm £5 * 30 minutes
‘It was really good! The pigs were really funny and we liked it when they wriggled their bottoms’ Evie and Annabelle, ages 4 and 5
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CHILDREN’S THEATRE
Charlie and Lola’s Best Bestest Play
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Watershed Productions present the BBC Worldwide and Polka Theatre production Based on the characters created by Lauren Child adapted by Jonathan Lloyd
Wednesday 23 – Thursday 24 April “I have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny...” Don’t miss everyone’s favourite brother and sister, Charlie and Lola, in their extremely ever so wonderful stage show! The stars of the hit BBC TV series and books by Lauren Child are brought to life by a magical mix of puppets, live action and music. Will Charlie ever get Lola to sleep, even though she is not sleepy and will not go to bed? It won’t be easy – the Tigers want their bedtime milk, the Dancing Dogs have borrowed Lola’s pyjamas and Lola thinks there is an ogre hiding in the wardrobe! Main Space Wednesday 11am, 1.30pm & 4pm Thursday 11am and 1.30pm £12 adults / £10 children * Family 4 ticket £38 *
(a maximum of two full price ticket holders)
1 hour 10 minutes including interval
‘An ideal early theatre experience’ The Guardian
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3+
The Sooty Show
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CHILDREN’S THEATRE
Saturday 24 May
Izzy Wizzy let’s get busy! Direct from CITV, Sooty heads to Doncaster in a fabulous new show. Joining the nations favourite bear is Sweep, Soo and Sooty’s TV partner Richard Cadell, who will be attempting to keep Sooty from getting up to mischief. Boy will he have his hands full!
Sunday 4 May It’s time for the Annual Animal Beauty Contest! This year’s contestants include Terry the Tree Frog, Randy the Panda, MaryRose the Flamingo and a brand new, first time competitor… Wendy the Walrus! But what happens when the other animals boo her off-stage? Performed alongside live original music and song, this is a spectacular puppet show. Second Space 12 noon & 3pm £8 adults / £5 children * 50 minutes
The Gruffalo
Main Space 11.30am & 3pm £12 adults / £10 children * Family 4 ticket £38 *
Tuesday 3 – Wednesday 4 June
(a maximum of two full price ticket holders)
1 hour 20 minutes including interval
‘A real treat for the children and a dose of nostalgia for the parents’ The Stage
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Odd Doll Puppet Theatre
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
A spectacular mix of magic, music and mess, there’s also a chance to meet Sooty after the show.
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The Worried Walrus
It’s Sooty’s Birthday party and things aren’t going to plan. Sooty and Sweep get messy baking the Birthday cake and will Soo ever decide which dress to wear? Special party guests include Butch the bulldog and Ramsbottom the snake.
KW & NB Ltd present a Tall Stories production
Direct from a West End season, this is the hit musical adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl and a maraca-shaking, party mad Snake. Mouse can scare these hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined? Voted the nation’s number one bedtime story by BBC Radio 2 listeners, The Gruffalo is the perfect family treat with plenty of songs, laughs and scary fun. Main Space 1.30pm Wednesday morning 10am £12 adults / £10 children * Family 4 ticket £38 * (a maximum of two full price ticket holders)
Groups 10+ £8 * (plus one free for every ten paid)
55 minutes
* From 1 January 2014 a booking fee of 50p per ticket will be added to tickets unless paying by cash
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FA C VO I V U R IC IT ES
Doncaster’s theatrical heritage is centuries old. In our Civic Favourites programme we journey back to the era of Doncaster’s Civic Theatre. Staff and audiences have hand-picked a selection of productions that have left them with lasting memories of the old venue, along with the return of many local companies who now make Cast their home.
MUSICAL REVIEW
MUSIC
BEYOND THE BARRICADE
THE BARRON KNIGHTS
Back by overwhelming public demand and celebrating it’s fifteenth fantastic year with a sensational new show for 2014.
Friday 28 March
Saturday 18 January
The UK’s longest running musical theatre concert, re-creates original West End and Broadway musical hit songs with amazing authenticity and features a cast of West End principal performers. Songs from Miss Saigon, Phantom of The Opera, West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Blood Brothers, The Jersey Boys and many more hit musical productions, climaxing with a spectacular finale from Les Misérables. Main Space 7.30pm £16 / £14 concessions *
SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES
It’s now 50 years since The Barron Knights started touring the world with their unique style of comedy and rock ‘n’ roll. Supremely talented and a showbiz phenomenon, they have performed across the world from the London Palladium to Buckingham Palace and have toured with The Beatles and the Rolling Stones; a true musical comedy phenomenon. Featuring old favourites and new songs their hilarious tunes include Killer Queen, asking will Camilla ever be Queen and The Windmills of Your Mind, about what happens to your body as you get older. Main Space 7.30pm £17.50 / £15 concessions *
VARIETY
THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF MUSIC HALL AND VARIETY
Mark Andrews Productions
Tuesday 8 April The award-winning variety show returns to Doncaster with a fabulous brand new 2014 show taking you back to the great days of music hall and variety entertainment. Starring hit recording stars The Bachelors with John Stokes. Come and hear all the famous songs live, Charmaine, I Believe, Ramona, I Wouldn’t Trade You For The World and many more. With special guest, star comedian Johnnie Casson, from TV’s Des O’ Connor and Paul O Grady shows. Main Space 1.30pm £13.50 / £11.50 senior citizens * £11 Groups 10+ *
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MUSIC
AN ADULT EVENING WITH
CHRIS DEAN’S SYD LAWRENCE ORCHESTRA
BILLY PEARCE Wednesday 9 April
Multi award-winner Billy Pearce has won just about every comedy award going, including a British Comedy Award, Comedian of the Year and Best Television Comedy Newcomer. In this show, the Yorkshireman returns to show why he is still one of the nation’s favourite comedians. Main Space 7.30pm £18 * MUSIC
THE SEARCHERS Tuesday 20 May
With such classic hits as Sweets For My Sweet, Needles and Pins, Don’t Throw Your Love Away and When You Walk In The Room, The Searchers have contributed enormously to the UK music industry. With total record sales well in excess of 50 million, The Searchers still have great appeal and tour the globe as much today as they have done throughout a career spanning five decades. In this intimate concert they combine anecdotes and reminiscences with all their famous hits and more. Main Space 7.30pm £19 / £17 concessions *
DANCE / LOCAL TALENT
IN CONCERT
Wednesday 21 May Chris Dean leads his Orchestra through musical fireworks showcasing their finely blended sound and conjuring memories of the glittering and glamorous days of the Big Band era. This zesty new show fizzles and sparkles its way through a performance brimming with surprises. The atmosphere is exciting, the music dynamic and vibrant and Chris’s spontaneous, wry humour is a high point, adding a little spice to the occasion. Main Space 7.30pm £16 / £13 concessions * MUSICAL TRIBUTE
LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Thursday 22 May
A spectacular salute to the music of Michael Ball. Join Michael Courtney and his live band in celebrating Michael Ball’s greatest hits. This two hour show is brought to you by one of the UK’s finest singers and guest artists. From One Step Out Of Time and This Is The Moment to the stirring songs of Les Miserables, there are also songs record by Michael from other artists including Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. Holding Out For A Hero, Something Inside So Strong, One Night Only and the song that shot Michael Ball to fame Love Changes Everything. Main Space 7.30pm £17.50 / £16 concessions *
C ES V I IT CI U R VO FA
COMEDY
Enjoy sparkling variety performances of various dance styles in these homegrown shows.
DANCE TO THE STARS 2014
Reach For The Stars School of Dance
Saturday 1 – Sunday 2 February Main Space 7pm Sunday matinee 3pm £10 / £8 concessions *
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD Claire Anderson School of Dancing
Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 February Main Space 1pm & 7pm £10 / £8 concessions * Sherri Wood School of Dance proudly presents
DANCISCO
Friday 14 – Saturday 15 March Main Space 7pm £10 / £8 children, senior citizens and registered disabled *
DANCING THROUGH LIFE Haydon’s Dance Academy
Saturday 12 April Main Space 2pm and 7pm £10 / £8 concessions *
PLANET DANCE 2014
Hayley Patrick School of Theatre Dance
Sunday 4 – Monday 5 May Main Space 7pm £10 / £8 concessions *
TWO COUNTIES DANCE FESTIVAL
Tuesday 27 May – Sunday 1 June Various spaces and time, visit castindoncaster.com for times and prices.
* From 1 January 2014 a booking fee of 50p per ticket will be added to tickets unless paying by cash
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Macbeth
Thirsty
JKL Productions By William Shakespeare Directed by Jan Townend
The Paper Birds
Thursday 23 – Saturday 25 January Shakepeare’s dark and powerful thriller, plot driven by the tragedy of an historic Scottish king, includes witchcraft, murder, ambition, intrigue and treachery. When three witches tell the heroic Macbeth he is destined to king, it sets in motion a tale of arrogance, madness and death. Performed by the company who brought you the hit comedy Kiss Me Like You Mean It, Macbeth charts the relentless descent of two people into a world of blood and horror. Second Space 7pm Saturday matinee 2pm £12 / £10 concessions * A ONE NIGHT STAND WITH
Barrie Rutter Friday 17 January
‘He is the archetypal bluff Yorkshireman, a figure seemingly created in its own image by the land which bore him’ Harpers & Queen
Born in 1946, the son of a fishworker, Rutter grew up in a two-up two-down in the fish dock area of Hull. His acting career began colourfully, invited by an English teacher into the school play because he “had the gob for it”. An intimate and entertaining choice of readings, memories and anecdotes from someone who will always have the gob for it. From the RSC and the National Theatre, where he discovered a passion for performing in the Northern voice, to establishing his ground breaking theatre company, Northern Broadsides. See him in full flow for one night only. Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
THEATRE
SCRIPTED INSPIRATION
Glory Dazed
By Cat Jones Directed by Esther Richardson
Wednesday 29 January As an insight into the breathtaking talent of the town’s living dramatists we present this fantastic, funny and edgy new play.
Wednesday 5 February The multi-award-winning The Paper Birds present their critically acclaimed show. Based on our nation’s love affair with alcohol, Thirsty weaves together real stories, memories and booze-based confessions, collected from a ‘drunken hotline’. Fusing live music, verbatim text and stunning physical theatre, The Paper Birds explore the stories and repercussions of lost memories and gained traumas, bruised knees, uncontrollable laughter, urine stained beds and sore heads, particularly focusing on the women waving the flag for ‘Booze-Britain’. A dynamic theatrical exploration going beyond statistics, facts and figures Thirsty looks to the faces and the voices of everyone who likes a drink and asks why, as a nation, are we so thirsty? Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
Devising workshops available for educational groups. Contact ticket office for more information.
Ray’s been messed up since Afghanistan, but tonight at his local pub in Doncaster he’s going to win his ex-wife back. A darkly comic look at the impact of war upon returning soldiers to the town. Cat is an extraordinary writing talent who burst onto the national theatre scene with this sizzling play in 2013, developed with ex-servicemen prisoners at HMP and YOI Doncaster. We are proud to bring the play home and present it as a rehearsed reading in a special evening that offers both an insight into Cat’s breathtaking talent and inspiration to other local new writers. If Glory Dazed inspires you, check out our masterclasses and workshops (page 21/22). Second Space 7.45pm £3.50 *
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Amateur Girl Fifth Word Written by Amanda Whittington
Gary says ‘It’s not about glamour no more. Men want girls in their own home, them who look like your neighbour or your best mate’s wife. Them who you could have in real life. Amateur girls.’ When her new boyfriend buys a camcorder, Julie sees a lucrative new career on the horizon. She’s drawn into the world of the amateur girls; the so-called stars of homemade adult films. Starring Lucy Speed well-known for her roles in The Bill and EastEnders and based on real-life stories, Amateur Girl is a hard-hitting, poignant yet wryly amusing play about the reality behind the fantasy business. Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions * DRAMA
Ghost Town Pilot Theatre and Lincolnshire One Venues By Jessica Fisher Directed by Katie Posner
Thursday 20 – Friday 21 February An east coast beach. A cold October dawn. A young woman lies unconscious on the tide line. Joe stands over her watching, panicking. He is hiding a secret so dark he will do anything to make sure she won’t tell. Joe’s world is about to explode. From the acclaimed Pilot Theatre, Ghost Town is a new play about lost friendship, memory and what it means to be courageous. Second Space 7.45pm Friday matinee 1.30pm £12 / £10 concessions *
AMATEUR GIRL
Tuesday 11 – Wednesday 12 February
A PLAY WITH SONGS
Sing Something Simple
(The Greatest Hits Volume 2) Dark Horse Written and Directed by Vanessa Brooks
THEATRE
After What Comes Before Manic Chord Theatre
Wednesday 5 March Hidden within a laboratory three scientists set out to create a machine that can extract thoughts. In the process these scientists become the subjects of their own experiment; unearthing the unexpected and questioning their creation. Consumed by their machine, they become trapped within a world endless chalk, frantic movement and snappy word play. Combining a raw, energised and wordy playfulness Manic Chord Theatre present a dark comic and physical tale.
‘The geek chick in me can’t help but see a future Doctor Who in the ranks’ Culture Vulture
Wednesday 12 – Friday 14 March Spencer Parkin can’t sing – but everyone around him can. His Mum belts out 80’s power ballads, his best friend Bonnie is a karaoke queen and his brother Kit is heading for pop stardom. Fed up with living in all of their shadows Spencer goes on his own quest for musical fame which leads all the way to the Royal Albert Hall, inspired by his late granddad, easy listening medley singer Gerry Parkin. Featuring live music and digital projection by Tony award-winning Mic Pool this clever, bittersweet comedy from leading integrated theatre company Dark Horse is a number one smash hit.
‘Beautifully written with a great design and excellent music. Pure joy’ Everythingtheatre.com
Second Space 7.45pm £10 / £8 concessions *
Second Space 7.45pm Thursday matinee 1.30pm £12 / £10 concessions *
THEATRE
SCRIPTED
Fast Woman
Thursday 6 March The life story of Helle Nice, a heroine of early motor sport. Roaring through the 1920’s, Nice danced her way to notoriety at the Casino de Paris, posed nude for Parisian photographers and risked her life in adventures as diverse as skiing, high wire acts, mountaineering and motor speed record attempts. In a full to bursting show performer Sandra Hunt tells the story of this Daredevil, accompanied by Fine Time Fontayne on acoustic guitar, adding sound pictures of the period and evoking a sense of France between the wars. Folk song, popular ballad and hot gypsy jazz make the party swing. Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
Script Slam!
Wednesday 19 March A handful of shorts no longer than 15 minutes each submitted by emerging writers from across the region and performed by a professional company in a rehearsed reading. Whether chosen for their humour or heartbreaking emotion, their local interest or global significance, their contemporary feel or classic leanings, only one thing is for sure: these short performances will be full of wonder and surprise. Join us as we delve into the future of British theatre made in Doncaster. To submit a short script or scene see page 22. Second Space 7.45pm £3.50 *
* From 1 January 2014 a booking fee of 50p per ticket will be added to tickets unless paying by cash
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Four Short Films Wednesday 26 March
An evening showcasing four short films from Doncaster based film-maker Peter Samson. The programme begins and ends with two recent films with a contrasting early work in between.
DRAMA
The Magic Tree JKL Productions
Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 March A fantasy adventure tracing the encounters of four children in an enchanted forest. A story of gnomes, wolves, dragons and witches and an attempt to rescue an abandoned Princess with the aid of a magic button.
The Factory (1998) 16mm. B&W, 1 minute. A reconstruction of a daily ritual on the shores of the Cromarty Firth.
Theatre of the Mundane PREMIERE
DRAMA
(2014) Super 16mm. B&W. 28 minutes. A film that looks at the theatricality of the everyday.
JKL Productions
Second Space 7.45pm £6 / £4 concessions *
Ayckbourn wrote this very clever play about three different storytellers who turn up at the same time at the same theatre to tell their tales. A modern situation turns into a gothic Victorian melodrama.
Madame Lucinda’s Wonder Show
Performed by Key Stage 3.
Ever dreamt of running away with the circus?
MADAME LUCINDA’S WONDER SHOW
Saturday 29 March Kyle is comfortable with his life as an escort until he is hired by a premiership footballer, forcing him to question his values, relationships and the whole direction his life is taking. An edgy, moving and subversive one man show laced with sharp humour. With not one openly gay footballer currently in the professional UK game, Away From Home goes in for a hard tackle on football’s last taboo. Second Space 7.45pm £10 / £8 concessions * A one act, 60 minute play
Graded Games
Second Space 3pm £8 *
Second Space 6pm £8 *
Working Progress and Hartshorn-Hook Productions
(2007) Super 16mm. Colour. 14 minutes. Shot in Leeds railway station over two years. (1981) 16mm. B&W. 12 minutes. An absurd visual catalogue of pastimes: children's games and adult sports.
Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 March
Away From Home
Theme and Variations
Performed by children of primary school age.
My Very Own Story
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The final film receives its premiere in Doncaster. For a film-maker whose work has been seen across Europe and in major cities throughout the UK this is something of a homecoming, particularly as the conception of this film coincided with the development of Cast. The evening will conclude with an informal Q&A.
DRAMA
DRAMA / CABARET
Friday 28 March
With moments of circus spectacle and powerful narrative this is the story of three lost souls who sign up to run away with Madame Lucinda and her Wonder Show. Combining live music, mesmerising vocals, poetry and text by Annamaria Murphy (Kneehigh Theatre, Radio 4, National Theatre), the show evokes the bright lights of the circus with illusion, magic, side splitting comedy and explosive physical performance.
SPOKEN WORD
Lemn Sissay Thursday 3 April
Dr Lemn Sissay MBE is the author of several books of poetry alongside articles, records, public art, and plays. He was an official poet for the London Olympics and his landmark poems are installed in key buildings across the UK. In this evening Lemn will be reading a selection of his poems and talking about his work.
Journey through the doors of the imagination into a world of mystery, spectacle and horror.
‘Fierce, funny, serious, satirical, streetwise and tender’
Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
The Big Issue
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Kissing Sid James Reform Theatre Company in association with Harrogate Theatre By Peter Farquhar
Thursday 24 April MUSIC
Ensemble 360 Music in The Round
Saturday 5 April Ligeti Six Bagatelles for wind quintet Barber Adagio for Strings Berio Opus No. Zoo for narrating wind quintet Schubert String Quartet No.14 in D minor Death and the Maiden An exciting partnership between Cast and Music In The Round sees the first of a regular series of concerts, performed in the intimate setting of our second space with the audience sat all around the orchestra. Second Space 7pm £12 / £8 Under 26s and Students *
Eddie, a stationary salesman of some repute, flash car, flash suit, with flash chit chat, meets Crystal the local casino croupier, gorgeous, funny, confident, the girl of his dreams, but a girl with a past. On seaside romantic rendezvous will opposites attract or will it all be a wet weekend? From the company that brought last season’s sell-out I Í Doncaster comes a heart-warming comedy filled with laughter, romance, Sean Connery, Karaoke and Scrabble.
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JAZZ
Roger Beaujolais Sunday 18 May
With a long career taking him around the world and performing with the likes of Kirsty MacColl, Paul Weller, Duffy and Rumer, Roger Beaujolais is regarded as an essential player on Britain’s jazz scene. His technique on the vibraphone is masterly, and his mature style is so broadly based that he can switch from funk to delicate ballad in an instant, without the least strain. In this evening he will perform from a varied jazz catalogue. Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
‘Kissing Sid James has got to be one of the most hilarious plays ever written’ Bolton Evening News
Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions * DRAMA
Glasshouse Cardboard Citizens in association with Time Won’t Wait A Forum Theatre Play by Kate Tempest Directed by Adrian Jackson
Friday 2 May Glasshouse is a story about family and how hard it can be to keep loving.
THEATRE
The Anatomy of Melancholy Stan’s Cafe
Wednesday 9 April The Anatomy of Melancholy has been described as ‘the greatest book ever written’. Nearly 400 years old, it is a vast (1500 page) attempt to identify the causes, symptoms and cures for all kinds of melancholy. Written by vicar and librarian Robert Burton it contains all the wisdom of its age – arcane, outlandish and hilarious. Yet, amidst all the wild stories and suppositions, much of its advice remains as urgent and profound now as it did then. The time has come for Stan’s Cafe to bring the world’s most extraordinary self-help manual to the stage. Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
Three short stories take you into the minds of three members of the same family – struggling to survive in modern Britain, they fail to stay together and struggle to survive apart. Framed by Kate Tempest’s haunting poetry, the plays draws us into a dark and gritty city illuminated by moments of unexpected tenderness. This is not theatre as you know it. From one of the world’s leading Forum Theatre companies, the piece invites the audience to change the course of action, get involved and affect the action on stage. Second Space 7.45pm £12 / £10 concessions *
FOLK MUSIC
Jim Moray
Sunday 25 May Jim Moray is one of the most consistently inventive musicians working in English traditional music today. Winner of five BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, after five groundbreaking albums he now finds himself at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK, and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk musicians. In 2013 he celebrated both ten years since his landmark debut album Sweet England and the success of his 2012 career best Skulk. Jim and his band provide a fitting climax to Doncaster Folk Festival 2014, bringing material from his new album of traditional ballads out on the road for an evening of storytelling music at its best. Doncaster Folk Festival takes place from 23 – 25 May 2014. www.doncasterfolkfestival.org.uk Second Space 7.45pm £10 advance / £12 on the door *
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COMEDY
Stephen K Amos The Spokesman
Thursday 20 February Stephen K Amos is The Spokesman. The master of feelgood comedy, Amos hits the road with a brand new show that has been an international smash-hit.
COMEDY
Comedy Club A sell-out every time in our opening season, Cast Comedy Club has already proven itself a hot ticket. A night of comedy from the UK’s best upcoming comedians and the bar’s open throughout for you to refresh that laughing gear! Second Space 8pm £10 / £8 concessions *
Thursday 17 April
Shazia Mirza
Gavin Webster
Globetrotting headliner from BBC’s Have I Got News For You, CBS’s 60 Minutes and Paramount’s The World Stands Up.
Hilarious Geordie raconteur from Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Does Doug Know, The 11 O’ Clock Show and more.
Scott Bennett A multi-award-winning Yorkshire livewire.
Comedy that goes from storytelling, to observations on daily life and killer one liners.
Friday 14 February
Friday 16 May
VALENTINE’S ‘FEEL GOOD’ SPECIAL
CELTIC COMEDY SPECIAL
Star of the hugely successful ‘Plusnet’ telly adverts, no nonsense Northerner Craig is one of the hottest talents on the comedy circuit.
Katie Mulgrew Fresh from supporting The Boy With Tape On His Face on his UK tour.
Thursday 20 March
Nathan Caton As seen on Mock The Week, The World Stands Up, Russell Howard’s Good News and his own show on Comedy Central.
Adnan Ahmed Adnan takes big topics and reduces them down to size with a mixture of razor sharp timing and cutting one liners.
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As seen and heard on Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You and Life: An Idiot’s Guide. Main Space 7.30pm £16 * MUSIC / COMEDY
Kevin Dewsbury
Michael Redmond A veritable legend of the genre. Irish deadpan dynamite from Father Ted, Comedy Nation, Friday Night Live and many more.
COMEDY CABARET
Mik Artistik
Dirty Talk
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip are a strange and wonderful beast of a band juggling stand-up, rock and performance art effortlessly and even gettin’ funky with it.
Saturday 26 April
Friday 28 February
Saturday 18 January
Craig Murray
Expect an evening of fun, warmth, big laughs and audience interaction.
They’ve drawn wild and enthusiastic crowds at Glastonbury for the last five years as well as storming appearances at Port Eliot, Latitude and Leeds Festival. From Radio 1 to Radio 4 and Jarvis Cocker’s show on 6… check these gents... they’re a life changing experience!
Eastend Cabaret The award-winning musical comedy duo EastEnd Cabaret head to Doncaster with their hotly-anticipated new show, Dirty Talk – with raucous and risqué original songs and hilariously naughty stories. EastEnd Cabaret will be delving into their strangest and sauciest misadventures ever, armed with an accordion, a gallon or two of duty-free gin, and a life-sized plastic lobster.
Scott Gibson
‘A high-powered feminine Flight of the Conchords’ (Crikey. com.au), unashamedly filthy, unforgettably funny and utterly unmissable.
Multi award-winning Scottish comedian.
Second Space 8pm £10 / £8 concessions *
Friday 13 June EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREVIEW
Christian Reilly Expresses his disdain for the world through some seriously catchy tunes.
Second Space 8pm £10 / £8 concessions *
‘Gleefully filthy’ Fringe Review
Alfie Moore As seen on ITV’s Show Me The Funny, police officer turned comedian.
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COMEDY CABARET
Doug Segal
I Can Make You a Mentalist Friday 23 May
A comedy mind reading show that turns the audience into mind reading mentalists. Expect comedy, animation, interaction and mind blowing miracles performed by you, the audience! There’s nothing spooky or supernatural about this show, everything is achieved through Doug’s advanced psychological skills, a little bit of trickry and plenty of laughs and charm.
‘Imagine if Derren Brown was funny’ Evening Standard
Second Space 8pm £10 / £8 concessions *
Cast is more than a place where performances happen. It is a place where performances are made, where ideas happen and where anyone can get in touch with their creative side. SECONDARY SCHOOLS / MUSIC
First Time Live – Youth
with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestras Live
Tuesday 25 March Cast are delighted to be working in partnership with Orchestras Live on a project that brings the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to Doncaster in a series of free concerts for over 1,200 young people. A first time orchestral experience guaranteed to be exciting and inspiring, the orchestra play classical repertoire alongside new pieces chosen by young programmers. Whether it be music recognisable from Doctor Who or Superman, Angry Birds or Harry Potter the concerts offer an impactful live concert experience. Along with Cast, the project is supported by Doncaster Music Education Hub. PRIMARY SCHOOLS | MUSIC
Stan and Mabel Music in the Round
Wednesday 2 April Stan and Mabel is a new commission from Music in the Round’s award-winning Children’s Composer in Residence Paul Rissmann; based on the book written and illustrated by Jason Chapman. Encouraging children on their first steps in musical participation, Stan and Mabel is a free concert for Doncaster’s primary school children aged 3 to 8 years. Along with Cast, the project is supported by Doncaster Music Education Hub.
RIGHT UP OUR STREET WORKSHOP
Performing
Finding the Extraordinary in the Everyday
Wednesday 15 January A performance workshop where participants will create images, movement and text based on what we see around us on local streets. Also a chance to find out about opportunities for those interested in performing locally. Led by Right Up Our Street’s Creative Producer, Andrew Loretto. www.rightupourstreet.org.uk
All levels of experience. Ages 16+ 6pm – 8pm FREE (advanced booking required)
CAST CONNECT
Performing
Thursday 30 January We want to meet performers and budding performers from across Doncaster. Whether you have a professional credits or take part in amateur performance, if you love to perform, come and meet our Director, Kully Thiarai, and Associate director, Esther Richardson. The session will be a workshop exploring games and exercises in performing. All levels of experience. Ages 16+ 6pm – 8pm FREE (advanced booking required) MUSIC / DANCE / PARTY
Memory Discs!
Thursday 13 February Party goers (and former party goers) of all ages, come along and share the music and popular dancing styles of different eras of Doncaster. Whether you swung your stuff to the big bands of the 50s, got your disco groove on in the 70s, or never missed an acid house party in the late 80s – this is for you! Bring your vinyl, your CDs or your MP3s – music that brings back memories. You don’t have to dance if you don’t want to – it’s your party! Led by Esther Richardson, Cast’s Associate Director, the Charity Shop DJ and Lucinda Hind, Choreographer, Memory Discs is the start of a new production at Cast. 6pm – 8pm FREE (advanced booking required)
* From 1 January 2014 a booking fee of 50p per ticket will be added to tickets unless paying by cash
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GET TOGETHER
The Friday Hangout The last Friday of every month (except December)
Calling all local artists – down tools and come and have a cuppa and a piece of cake! A chance for anyone who selfdescribes as an artist – working in any art form – to catch up and meet other artists from the town and wider region. 4pm – 6pm £1 NEW WRITING
Scripted!
Cast and Right Up Our Street
Doncaster is a hotbed of writing talent and full of great stories. The years have produced many extraordinary writers and playwrights. We’re now open for script submissions from budding Donny and South Yorkshire writers and are looking for short scripts or scenes (no longer than 15 minutes) that we can perform at our first two Script Slams. If you have a piece you would like us to consider please send it to us at Cast, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU or via hello@castindoncaster.com Information session Saturday 18 January, 1pm – 2pm Deadline for 1st Script Slam Friday 28 February Deadline for 2nd Script Slam Friday 30 May
Aimed at beginner, emerging and professional artists alike, a series of masterclasses that offer an insight into the different areas of the performing arts.
Scriptwriting
Musical Theatre
Movement
Led by Richard Cameron
Led by Matthew Bugg
Led by Ryan Harston
Multi-award winning playwright
Musical Director of Cinderella (Cast Pantomime) and Miss Nightingale
Cast’s Resident Trainee Director
Saturday 18 January For anyone who is starting to write, or thinking about it, this masterclass will offer participants some tips, and the chance to try out some exercises that will help generate and progress new ideas. Richard Cameron is an awardwinning playwright from Doncaster. His plays include The Glee Club, which opened Cast in September 2013. His work has been performed across the UK and internationally and partnerships include the Bush Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, York Theatre Royal, Theatre By The Lake and Bolton Octagon. Richard has also written for TV and radio. All levels of experience. Ages 16+ 2pm – 5pm £3.50 *
Saturday 15 February An insight into the professional rehearsal process for musical theatre and an opportunity to learn techniques to increase your confidence. Matthew is particularly experienced in helping non-singers discover their inner voice, so no previous singing experience is required. Matthew was the Musical Director for Cast’s pantomime, Cinderella, and a leading West End composer. He created, wrote and composed the music for the hit musical Miss Nightingale (see page 9).
This fast paced, high energy masterclass will look at how movement, gesture and physical theatre can be used to shape an expressive and inventive form of performance language. The masterclass explores movement (from an urban perspective), vocalisation, theatre and physical techniques.
All levels of experience. Ages 16+ 2pm – 5pm £3.50 *
Ryan is a multi award-winning international artist with a background in dance, hip hop, physical theatre and new work. He runs the innovative company Urban Conceptz and recent collaborations have been with Wired Aerial, Fuel, Breaking Cycles, Breakin’ Convention and Hip Hop international.
Voice
All levels of experience. Ages 16+ 2pm – 5pm £3.50 *
Led by Olwen May Professional Theatre Actor
Saturday 15 March As a performer, the free, expressive voice is a powerful tool for communication. This class will explore the practicalities of effective voice production and how performers connect to others through the spoken word. Olwen May has worked as an actor for 25 years in theatre, radio and TV. She has performed with companies such as Young Vic, the RSC, West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Royal Exchange Theatre. All levels of experience. Ages 16+ 2pm – 5pm £3.50 *
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Saturday 12 April
Character Led by Philip Osment Multi award-winning playwright
Saturday 17 May A script writing masterclass that will open up some fresh starting points for writers, placing special emphasis on finding a character. Philip is a multi-award-winning playwright, dramaturg, director and teacher who has written an extensive body of work for companies such as Unicorn Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court, Stratford East and Red Ladder. All levels of experience. Ages 16+ 2pm – 5pm £3.50 *
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Accessibility Our new building has been designed with complete accessibility in mind. Whatever your access requirements you will find our venue accommodating and accessible. The main space, second space and ticket office areas have hearing loops and all spaces have infrared hearing panels, which can also accommodate Audio Described performances. All areas are accessible via lift. There is also a changing places room for people with specific needs.
The Building
Programmed accessible performances: Birdsong (see page 11) Wednesday 28 May: BSL Interpreted performance Thursday 29 May: Audio Described Performance DRAMA SPACE
How to get here
MAIN SPACE CIRCLE
DANCE SPACE MEETING SPACES SECOND SPACE
MAIN SPACE STALLS
TICKETS ENTRANCE
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Cast is located in Doncaster’s new Civic and Cultural Quarter. This is in the Waterdale part of the town centre. We are the big, copper fronted building on the new Sir Nigel Gresley Square. Our address is: Cast, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU We are just a short walk from the Train Station and Bus Station. For parking the Civic and Cultural Quarter Car Park is just a 2 minute walk from the venue.
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season diary Barrie Rutter
Mik Artisik
Lemn Sissay
The Worried Walrus
Beyond the Barricade
After What Comes Before
In My Shoes
Planet Dance 2014
Cast Comedy Club
The Sound of Music
Ensemble 360
Urban Conceptz and Testament
Macbeth
Fast Woman
The Good Old Days of Music Hall and Variety
Fri 17 January
Sat 18 January Sat 18 January
Thu 23 – Sat 25 January
Jacqui Dankworth Fri 24 January
Fri 28 February Wed 5 March
Wed 5 – Sat 8 March Thu 6 March
Sing Something Simple Wed 12 – Fri 14 March
Glory Dazed
Dancisco
Dance to the Stars
Feel About Your Body
Wed 29 January Sat 1 – Sun 2 February
Thirsty
Wed 5 February
Ensemble 360 Sat 8 February
Amateur Girl
Tue 11 – Wed 12 February
Cast Comedy Club Fri 14 February
Pinocchio
Sat 15 February
Weightless
Tue 18 February
Ghost Town
Thu 20 – Fri 21 February
The Lock In
Friday 21 February
Stephen K Amos Thu 20 February
Hooray for Hollywood Sat 22 – Sun 23 February
Bouncers
Thu 27 Feb – Sat 1 March
Fri 14 – Sat 15 March Wed 19 March
Script Slam! Wed 19 March
Cast Comedy Club Thu 20 March
The Magic Tree
Sat 22 – Sun 23 March
My Very Own Story Sat 22 – Sun 23 March
Four Short Films Wed 26 March
Verve
Thu 27 March
Madame Lucinda’s Wonder Show Fri 28 March
The Barron Knights Fri 28 March
Three Little Pigs Sat 29 March
Away From Home Sat 29 March
Thu 3 April Sat 5 April Sat 5 April
Tue 8 April
Sun 4 May
Sun 4 – Mon 5 May
Wed 7 May
Breakin’ Convention Sat 10 May
Billy Pearce
A Taste of Honey
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Cast Comedy Club
Wed 9 April
Wed 9 April
Miss Nightingale The Musical Tue 10 April
Dancing Through Life Sat 12 April
The Wizard of Oz
Mon 14 – Tue 15 April
Cast Comedy Club Thu 17 April
Last Train to Skaville Fri 18 April
Charlie and Lola
Wed 23 – Thu 24 April
Kissing Sid James Thu 24 April
Dirty Talk
Sat 26 April
Puffball
Thu 1 - Fri 2 May
Glasshouse Fri 2 May
Tue 13 – Sat 17 May Fri 16 May
Roger Beaujolais Sun 18 May
The Searchers Tue 20 May
Syd Lawrence Orchestra Wed 21 May
Love Changes Everything Thu 22 May
Doug Segal Fri 23 May
The Sooty Show Sat 24 May
Jim Moray Sun 25 May
Birdsong
Tue 27 – Sat 31 May
Two Counties Dance Festival
Tue 27 May – Sun 1 June
The Gruffalo
Tue 3 – Wed 4 June
Cast Comedy Club Fri 13 June
Cast would also like to thank New Stages for their support
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