The Watermill Theatre
A NEW SEASON
Spring/Summer 2016
Welcome to The Watermill
Priority Friends’ opens Booking ember. 2 Nov Monday booking General onday 9 opens M er. Novemb Hello! I’m thrilled to be announcing my inaugural season for The Watermill Theatre. It’s a huge privilege to be the new Artistic and Executive Director at this beautiful theatre which boasts such an extraordinary history of theatrical adventures. I can’t wait to work with the dedicated team here and to create great theatre for you - our incredible audience. I’m keen to bring real scope in my programming and I hope that shines through in my first season. To kick things off, I’ll be directing Shakespeare’s immortal tale of Romeo + Juliet in a bold and raucous staging with an astonishing new company of actors. This will be followed by Alan Bennett’s brilliant double-bill Untold Stories - wittily observed recollections of his childhood, performed alongside live music. We will also be bringing a striking new version of a classic novel to our stage with Rona Munro’s adaptation of Watership Down - a story with an indelible link to this part of the world; as pertinent now as it ever could be.
Alongside this I’m delighted to be welcoming Box Theatre Company to perform Edward Bond’s comic masterpiece The Sea. Our Senior Youth Theatre will be performing a new adaptation of the family classic - The Railway Children. We’ll also be presenting One Million Tiny Plays About Britain a series of hilarious, overheard conversations originally published in The Guardian, as our rural tour and here at The Watermill for a limited run. On top of this, you will find a range of fun and insightful events with our children’s show, live music and talks. It’s the beginning of a new era at The Watermill and we look forward to welcoming you soon. Paul Hart Artistic and Executive Director
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Contents Thursday 25 February to Saturday 2 April Romeo + Juliet
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Tuesday 12 April to Saturday 23 April
One Million Tiny Plays About Britain
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Thursday 5 May to Saturday 11 June Untold Stories
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Thursday 16 June to Saturday 23 July Watership Down
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Wednesday 6 April to Saturday 9 April Watermill Senior Youth Theatre The Railway Children
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Thursday 28 January to Saturday 20 February Tell Me On A Sunday
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More at The Watermill Restaurant and Bar Take Part Friends of The Watermill Support Your Theatre Accessible Theatre Your Visit How to Book Performance Diary
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The Watermill is a registered charity no. 261430 and receives core funding from:
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Thursday 25 February to Saturday 2 April
Romeo + Juliet By William Shakespeare
Directed by Paul Hart Designed by Katie Lias
A powerful and explosive new production of Shakespeare’s immortal tale of an all-consuming love.
Production sponsored by
Risking everything, a young couple defy their feuding families and find love on the streets of Verona.
Also supported by an anonymous donor
This unforgettable production, directed by The Watermill Theatre’s new Artistic Director, Paul Hart, features live music and an outstanding new ensemble of actors bursting onto The Watermill stage.
Tickets Monday evenings, Thursday and Saturday matinées: £15.50 and £15. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings: £24, £22, £15. Friday and Saturday evenings: £26.50, £24.50, £16.50.
Paul’s directed for Propeller and The Donmar. He also directed The Essay for BBC Radio 3 and productions including Great Expectations, Heroes, Journey’s End and The Tempest for The Watermill Theatre.
First Week Special On the first Thursday and Friday seats are £15.50 and £15 (no other discounts apply).
The Watermill’s previous Shakespeare productions have toured the world from Buenos Aires to Singapore, New York to China and from Bangladesh to Japan. Be sure not to miss this imaginative take on an all-time classic!
School discounts available - see page 30. Workshops are available and a free education pack may be downloaded at www.watermill.org.uk/education_packs
The theatre will be transformed into the round for this production.
See pages 33-35 for Performance Diary. watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
“I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”
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Tuesday 12 April to Saturday 23 April
One Million Tiny Plays About Britain By Craig Taylor
Directed by Laura Keefe
Overheard conversations from across the length and breadth of the country form Craig Taylor’s humorous and poignant look at modern Britain in One Million Tiny Plays About Britain.
‘Well, answer your own question. I did 1,800 miles in the caravan and drank three gallons of cider. So I’ll ask you whether or not it was a good weekend.’
Laugh-out-loud funny, and sometimes heartbreakingly moving, these miniature insights into other people’s lives reveal the triumphs, disasters, horrors and joys of life in the twenty-first century.
One Million Tiny Plays About Britain is touring to village halls, rural venues and arts centres. For a list of venues visit watermill.org.uk or call the box office.
Originally published in The Guardian, this collage of scenes now form a hugely entertaining and addictive evening in the theatre. It will change the way you listen to the world around you, and train journeys will never be the same again.
Watermill outreach touring is generously supported by The Dr. Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation. Tickets Monday to Thursday evenings, Thursday and Saturday matinées: £18, £16, £15.50. Friday and Saturday evenings: £20, £18, £17.50.
‘One Million Tiny Plays About Britain reads like a digest of the nation’s soaps, with a little bit of Alan Bennett and The Vicar of Dibley thrown in’.
See pages 33-35 for Performance Diary. watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
Times Literary Supplement
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Thursday 5 May to Saturday 11 June
Untold Stories Hymn & Cocktail Sticks Two Recollections By Alan Bennett
‘…pushed into a far corner behind a dog-eared packet of desiccated coconut, I come across a little cylinder in clear plastic that is still clean and is quite new.
Warm, witty and poignant, Untold Stories is a double bill of memoirs from one of the nation’s most successful yet self-effacing playwrights, whose work for the stage includes The History Boys and The Madness of King George.
It is a tube of cocktail sticks.’
In Hymn, a play set to live music by George Fenton, Bennett recalls the hymns and music that underscored his childhood and, with great affection, his father, a violin playing butcher. Glimpses of his early life with Mam and Dad are shared in Cocktail Sticks. Mam seeks enlightenment from the pages of Woman’s Own, and Dad, who in an effort to earn a few extra bob, upgrades to a double bass, is thwarted when it won’t fit through the doors of the tram.
Tickets Monday evenings, Thursday and Saturday matinées: £15.50 and £15. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings: £24, £22, £15. Friday and Saturday evenings: £26.50, £24.50, £16.50.
Humorous and touching, Untold Stories, the recollections of the multi-award winning playwright, was a recent hit at the National Theatre and in the West End.
First Week Special On the first Thursday and Friday seats are £15.50 and £15 (no other discounts apply). See pages 33-35 for Performance Diary. watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
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Thursday 16 June to Saturday 23 July
Watership Down Based on the book by Richard Adams
‘If we are always cunning and fight to live… my people will never be destroyed.’
Adapted by Rona Munro
Supported by an anonymous donor
This stirring tale of courage and survival against the odds has become one of the best-loved adventures of all time. It is brought to life in the heart of the countryside that inspired Richard Adam’s epic book which sold over fifty million copies worldwide.
Interpreted Performances
In this gripping adaptation, the long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face their most difficult challenge of all…
Saturday 2 July at 2.30pm. Optional signed pre-show talk at 1.30pm.
Saturday 16 July at 1pm.
Saturday 16 July at 2.30pm.
Tickets Monday evenings, Thursday and Saturday matinées: £15.50 and £15. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings: £24, £22, £15. Friday and Saturday evenings: £26.50, £24.50, £16.50.
Rona Munro is the writer behind the critically acclaimed James Plays trilogy recently staged at the National Theatre. Her adaptation of Watership Down brings an inventiveness and energy to this classic tale enjoyed across the generations.
First Week Special On the first Thursday and Friday seats are £15.50 and £15 (no other discounts apply). See pages 33-35 for Performance Diary. watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
Suitable for age eight or over, parental guidance is advised.
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Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 April The Watermill Senior Youth Theatre presents
The
RAILWAY Children By Edith Nesbit Adapted by Beth Flintoff Directed by Heidi Bird Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter are three ordinary London children whose lives are turned upside down when their father disappears. Transported to a new life in a rural village, the children discover the railway on their doorstep, and life becomes one long adventure, filled with the faces of people who work and travel on the trains. Meanwhile the memory of their father never leaves them, and with it their longing for him to be brought home. But children can’t solve the problems of the grown-ups – or can they? Edith Nesbit’s classic adventure is brought vividly to life by the Senior Youth Theatre with their signature sense of humour and exuberance. The Senior Youth Theatre is generously supported by The Dr. Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation. Tickets £11.50 & £11, concessions £6.50 & £6. See pages 33-35 for Performance Diary. watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
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‘We were not railway children to begin with. I don’t suppose we ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Madame Tussaud’s.
Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 April Box Theatre Company presents an amateur production of
And then it all changed.’
The Sea By Edward Bond
Directed by Gavin Slaughter 1907 - A ship is wrecked and a coastal village comes to terms with the loss of one of their own. The Sea is a thoughtprovoking, insightful, lively and at times funny exploration of society, community and ‘them and us’. Previously performed at The Royal Court Theatre and at Theatre Royal Haymarket, The Sea is as relevant today as when it was first performed in the 1970s.
Tickets £12 and £8 See pages 33-35 for Performance Diary. watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
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The Watermill Theatre in association with Jamie Wilson present
Thursday 28 January to Saturday 20 February
Tell Me On A Sunday Performed by many legendary musical theatre stars including Marti Webb and Sarah Brightman, this new 2016 production directed by Paul Foster includes an intimate post-show chat with Jodie about life, love and playing the role of Emma.
Following her acclaimed performance in The Watermill’s 2014 production of Calamity Jane, Jodie Prenger now steps into Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic musical, Tell Me On A Sunday. Tell Me On A Sunday charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl in New York in the heady days of the 1980s. Brimming with optimism, she seeks success and love. But as she weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties, frustrations and heartaches, she begins to wonder whether she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places. This iconic musical, with a wonderful original score, features the chart-topping Take That Look Off Your Face, and title track Tell Me On A Sunday.
Tickets Monday evening, Thursday & Saturday matinées: £15.50 & £14.50. Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday evenings: £24, £22, £15. Friday & Saturday evenings: £26.50, £24.50, £16.50. See pages 33-35 for Performance Diary. watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
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Sunday 13 March at 3pm
The Daisy Chains The Daisy Chains are six petticoated girls that all sing in beautiful close harmony as well as playing drums, guitar, bass, trumpet, tenor and baritone saxophones! Accomplished musicians, The Daisy Chains are also experienced performers and have appeared in shows in the West End and in national tours, including Dreamboats and Petticoats, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Carnaby Street and Save the Last Dance for Me. Band members Sophie Byrne and Sarah Scowen have performed in actor-musician productions at The Watermill Theatre.
The Daisy Chains were voted Best Vintage Band at the London Vintage Awards 2014. They’ll be sure to make you want to Twist Again like you did At The Hop of yesteryear! Our restaurant will serve lunch from 12.30pm. Please make a reservation when booking your tickets.
Their repertoire is made up of bespoke arrangements of old and new songs, ranging from Paolo Nutini and Eliza Doolittle to classic Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Tickets £16 & £15.50 watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
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Saturday 16 April at 11am
Plundered! by Willow Nash and Joe Bromley A show for primary-aged children. Whilst searching for hidden treasure, Captain Blackbeard, a famously selfish pirate, has left a once beautiful tropical island littered with rubbish and its inhabitants struggling to survive. It’s up to Maggie and Roy to save it. The trouble is… they’re REALLY not friends. Teleported from their school trip at the Maritime Museum into the centre of a swashbuckling adventure in the Amazon, can they learn to work together, win the race to find the legendary treasure - and restore the place to its natural glory?
Tickets £6 watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
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Sunday 17 April at 2pm
An Audience With…
Christopher Eccleston Actor Christopher Eccleston’s career spans theatre, TV and film. From Time Lord to the Son of God, Shakespeare’s Iago to Derek Bentley in the film Let Him Have It, his roles have been numerous, often thoughtprovoking, gritty and challenging. A regular role in the TV series Cracker in the early 1990s brought him to the public’s attention and led him to appear in programmes such as Our Friends in the North, Hillsborough and Clocking Off. His film career has included Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave, and he has performed alongside several leading actresses such as Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth and Nicole Kidman in The Others.
Christopher will discuss his life and work with The Watermill’s new Artistic Director, Paul Hart. Tea and cake will be served in the bar after the event.
On stage Christopher has played roles in Miss Julie, Electricity and Hamlet which have brought him critical acclaim.
The restaurant will be open for lunch before the event. Please make a reservation when you book your tickets.
He became known to family audiences as Dr Who when he starred in the BBC series broadcast in 2005 and for which he received the Most Popular Actor award in the National Television Awards.
This event raises funds for The Watermill which is is a registered charity no. 261430.
A highly regarded actor, Christopher has twice been nominated in the Best Actor category at the BAFTA Television Awards, was Best Actor at the 1997 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and the Royal Television Society Awards and won the RTS Best Actor award for a second time in 2003.
Tickets £28
Most recently Christopher has appeared in the edgy ITV thriller, Safe House.
watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044
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Restaurant and Bar Before the show
After the show
Choose from a mouth-watering selection from our salad bar, available as either a starter or main course. We also serve hot main courses and desserts. Each course is individually priced so you can choose to have one, two or three. The restaurant serves meals from 12.30pm on matinĂŠe days and from 5.30pm Monday to Saturday evenings. Our restaurant is very popular so please book in advance online or with the box office to avoid disappointment.
Sharing platters are also available to pre-order to enjoy after the performance. Please call the box office the day before the performance to place your order. Cream teas are available after matinĂŠe performances and should be booked and paid for in advance with the box office. Dine after the show on Friday and Saturday evenings. Choose from one, two or three courses from our menu. Please make your selection from the menu before the show.
In the bar Snacks and sharing platters are available in the bar and Lily Pond conservatory up to 30 minutes before the show. Olives with breadsticks and balsamic dip may also be ordered to accompany your interval drinks.
Restaurant bookings should be made in advance with the box office on 01635 46044 or online at watermill.org.uk
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Celebratory Packages Whether it’s for a small birthday party, a get-together with friends, or an anniversary, our celebratory packages are available before the show, or during the interval for parties of ten or more. We offer Prosecco and canapÊs, and, for a little more, chef’s homemade celebratory cake.
Private Hire Our beautiful venue is available for you to hire. Weddings, parties, meetings and seminars may be held here during the day and on Sundays. All public areas are available to hire including the theatre, Sackler Studio and Lily Pond Conservatory, as well as the bar and restaurant. For private hire and group bookings call 01635 570920 or restaurant@watermill.org.uk
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Backstage Tours If you’re interested in what goes on behind the scenes at The Watermill, you might like to combine your visit to see a matinée performance with a backstage tour followed by lunch. You’ll get to meet the staff, see where the actors rehearse and visit the old and new buildings that make up The Watermill. Tours will take place on the following afternoons starting at 12.30pm.
The price includes a tour, one course meal with coffee and a ticket for that day’s matinée performance. Booking is open to individuals and groups and you can reserve your space by calling the box office on 01635 46044. Tours for school groups may be arranged on request through The Watermill Outreach Department on 01635 570927 or email outreach@watermill.org.uk
Saturday 19 March Romeo + Juliet Price £33 Thursday 19 May Untold Stories Price £33 Saturday 25 June Watership Down Price £33
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Take Part Children Holiday Courses Play in a Day Devise, rehearse and perform a play all in one day. No experience necessary - just plenty of enthusiasm! Monday 15 February: 8 - 11 years Tuesday 16 February: 12 - 16 years 10am - 4pm Price £35
Stage Combat Work with a highly trained stage combat director to discover how fights are convincingly created onstage without causing actual injury!
Education
Wednesday 17 February
We continue to offer an extensive education programme for schools including:
Ages: 8 - 11 years (10am - 12noon) Ages: 12 - 16 years (1pm - 3pm) Price £14 per person
• Workshops on most aspects of theatre • Free education packs to support your visit
Play in a Week Monday 28 to Thursday 31 March
• Dynamic CPD and INSET for teachers
Create and perform a play in one week!
Price £75
For full details about our schools’ programme, or to download our education brochure, please visit the Take Part pages on our website watermill.org.uk. Alternatively, for more information or an informal chat please call Heidi on 01635 570934.
To book or for more information about our Holiday Courses call outreach on 01635 570934 or email outreach@watermill.org.uk
The Watermill’s core education programme is supported by The Dr. Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation.
A great way to develop your skills and make new friends. Ages: 8 - 11 years (9am - 12noon) Ages 12 - 16 years (1pm - 3pm)
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Take Part - Adults The World of Untold Stories
The Watermill Scratch Choir
Saturday 14 May
Our Scratch Choir offers the opportunity to spend the day with a group of likeminded people learning the songs, and then performing them in the evening in our beautiful tithe barn.
10am until after the matinée performance. Gain an insight into the creation of Untold Stories. Work with a professional director from The Watermill to discover the creative process, act a selection of scenes and then watch the performance in the theatre.
Rehearsals 10am - 6pm, performance at 7.30pm.
Sing me on a Sunday
Places available for 18+ beginners to experienced performers.
Sunday 7 February Featuring songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber
Price £50 (top price ticket for the matinée performance and a light lunch included).
Price £30
Please book before Monday 21 March to guarantee your theatre ticket.
Booking opens Monday 7 December.
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Take Part - Professionals Raising Voices
Actors’ Forum
The Outreach Department continues to support the work of new playwrights. Send your work to us and we will read and respond as part of our ongoing commitment to nurturing new writing talent. A professional writer/director from The Watermill team will read and respond with constructive criticism and advice.
We run a regular monthly group for local professional actors to exchange ideas and share skills. The Actors’ Forum is supported by The Dr. Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation.
Training for Businesses
The fee for submissions is £33 per play (to cover reader’s fees).
Our bespoke arts-based training programme is flexible and highly cost effective. We offer dynamic training in communication and presentation skills, as well as unique team building activities.
To book or for more information about our Take Part activities call outreach on 01635 570934 or email outreach@watermill.org.uk
‘Thank you once again for putting the laughter back into this team.’ Senior Manager and participant
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Watermill Friends Become a Friend of The Watermill By becoming a Friend of The Watermill Theatre your support goes to the heart of what we do - creating exciting and memorable theatre for all to enjoy. As a Watermill Friend, you will receive: • priority booking (wherever possible) • free exchange or resale of tickets (restrictions apply)* • invitations to drinks parties • invitations to a whole host of events, including supper clubs, theatre trips, walks with talks, workshops and much more • regular Friends’ events information Typically, our Friends make a £30 donation as an individual supporter or £45 as a joint supporter (two people living at the same address). To become a Friend, please go online and download a form at watermill.org.uk/the_friends_of_the_watermill or call The Friends’ Secretary on 01635 45834. The Friends of The Watermill make an impressive financial contribution to the theatre (a registered charity). Last year they raised over £75,000, through annual donations and organised Friends’ events and helped the theatre sustain its high quality, first class performances. We look forward to welcoming you. *Individual Friend: two exchanges or resales per year, Joint Friend, three exchanges or resales per year.
Meet the Cast An opportunity for Friends to meet the cast in the bar after the evening performance. Thursday 3 March Romeo + Juliet Thursday 12 May Untold Stories Thursday 23 June Watership Down
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Sunday 5 June from 12 noon to 4pm
The Watermill Summer Fair presented by The Friends of The Watermill
Tickets Adults ÂŁ1 on the gate, 12 years and under FREE.
Come and share the beautiful surroundings of The Watermill Theatre whilst enjoying all the fun of our annual Summer Fair. We have plenty to offer live music, stalls, games, delicious food, a Pimm’s bar, an exciting raffle and a chance to back a winner in the duck race which takes place under the weeping willow tree on the crystal clear waters of the River Lambourn.
No pre-booking is required. Free parking nearby but do consider car sharing please. The revenue raised from this event goes to The Watermill Theatre which is a registered charity.
Everyone welcome!
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Support Your Theatre! The Watermill Theatre produces all of its main house shows and for each production, we assemble a new cast and creative team who live on site throughout the rehearsal and performance period, becoming part of The Watermill family. Our shows really are made in West Berkshire! However, our work goes far beyond the shows performed on stage. We are deeply committed to providing a range of opportunities for schools, the local community and anyone who wants to creatively engage with us. It costs in the region of £3 million to produce our shows, run the theatre and education programme. A significant percentage of our income is earned through ticket and restaurant sales but this doesn’t cover all the work that we do, and the work we would like to do. It is therefore crucial that we continue to fundraise each year. Every pound we receive helps us to achieve the ambitions we have for providing exceptional theatre for all to enjoy. Our sincere thanks go to the following people and organisations whose generosity helps our artistic vision become a reality.
Watermill Sponsors
• The Headley Trust • The Iliffe Family Charitable Trust • The Male Family Charitable Trust • Miss W E Lawrence 1973 Charitable Settlement • Newbury Decorative and Fine Arts Society • Payne Gallwey Charitable Trust • Peter Cundill Foundation • Philip Oppenheimer Foundation • Sheepdrove Trust • Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement • The Spencer Wills Trust • The Stanley Foundation • West Berkshire Council
• Accenture • du Pré plc • Horsey Lightly Solicitors • Saica Pack • Sheepdrove Organic Farm
Trusts and Foundations • Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation • The Arbib Foundation • The Arts Council, England • The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation • Cardy Beaver Foundation • The Colefax Charitable Trust • The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust • The Donnington Hospital Trust • The Dr. Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation • The Dyers’ Company • The Edward and Diana Hornby Charitable Trust • C E Eliot-Cohen Charitable Settlement • The Englefield Charitable Trust • Fuller’s • The AW Gale Charitable Trust • Gamlen Charitable Trust • The Garfield Weston Foundation • The Greenham Common Community Trust Ltd
Platinum Benefactors • Mr James Rees • Sir Trevor Chinn CVO and Lady Chinn • Sir Christopher and Lady Gent • The Hon Christopher and Mrs Sharples • Anonymous • Anonymous • Anonymous • Anonymous
Gold Benefactor • Anthony Harris • Anonymous
For further information on ways to give to The Watermill please contact Jo Bycroft, Development Director. jobycroft@watermill.org.uk or call 01635 570928.
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Accessible Theatre Please tell us about any special requirements you, or anyone in your party, may have when you book your seats. The Watermill Theatre premises are 90% accessible to wheelchair users and people with mobility difficulties. There is a spiral staircase to our circle seats on the first floor and no lift, so if you need to be seated in the stalls, please let our box office staff know when you book. There are reserved disabled parking spaces near the theatre entrance which should be requested when you book your tickets. We can welcome two people in wheelchairs per performance, subject to availability. Please call the box office to book. We also have our own wheelchair available on request. There is a reduction of ÂŁ2 off each ticket for both a person with disabilities and their companion on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Infrared Sennheiser hearing assistance system For people with impaired hearing, subject to availability. To ensure you are seated in areas where this is effective, please let us know you would like to use the system when booking.
Assistance dogs We welcome assistance dogs but please let us know when you book so that we can allocate appropriate seats for you in the auditorium.
Audio and large print copies of our brochure are available on request from the box office. British Sign Language, Audio Described Performances and Touch Tours Look out for the symbols displayed on the show information pages.
Acclimatisation visits If you have not been to the theatre before, we are happy to arrange for you to come and have a look around to get your bearings when it is not busy.
Social story Our visual resource for new visitors with Autistic Spectrum conditions and other learning disabilities can be downloaded from our website. www.watermill.org.uk/access
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Your Visit Ticket Prices Performance
Band A
Band B
Band C
Romeo + Juliet Untold Stories Watership Down First Thursday and Friday, Monday evenings, Thursday and Saturday matinées £15.50 £15.50 £15 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings £24 (£22) Friday and Saturday evenings
£22 (£20)
£15
£26.50 £24.50 £16.50
One Million Tiny Plays About Britain Monday to Thursday evenings, Thursday and Saturday matinées £18 £16 £15.50 Friday and Saturday evenings
£20 £18 £17.50
Senior Youth Theatre
The Railway Children All performances
£11.50 (£6.50) £11.50 (£6.50) £11 (£6)
Box Theatre Company
The Sea
All performances
£12 £12 £8
Concession prices are shown in brackets. There is no booking fee. Only one discount applies. Discounts are not offered retrospectively. Proof of eligibility required. Eligibility criteria on page 30.
Parental guidance As a general rule, no babies or children under 3 will be admitted into the auditorium for any production unless it is a children’s show aimed at very young children. If an age limit is considered appropriate for specific shows, guidelines will be published.
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How to Book Please tell us about any special requirements you, or anyone in your party, may have when you book your seats.
In person Opening Times - 10am to 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday. Bank Holidays: 12 noon until 6pm (6.30pm if there is an evening show). Non-performance days: 10am to 6pm.
Box office 01635 46044 During busy times, you may hear a message. Please leave your name and number and we will call you back as soon as we can.
Book online watermill.org.uk There is no booking fee. We do not currently provide e-tickets but you will receive email confirmation of your booking.
S1 O1
S9 P1
DD BB AA
AA BB
CC
A12
A1
O22
B1
B12
C1
C12
D1
D12
E1
E12
F1
F12
G1
G12
H1
H12
J1
J11
K1
K12
L1
L12
M1
M12
N1
N11
R1
CIRCLE SLIPS
CIRCLE SLIPS
STAGE AREA
CIRCLE
P22
Band A Band B Band C Please note that rows A, AA, B, BB, CC, DD and S are not available for all productions. For Romeo + Juliet and The Railway Children AA, BB, CC and DD will not be our usual theatre seating. They will be benches or pub chairs. Seats in rows CC and DD form part of the set and are exposed to lighting, making the experience of sitting there different and quite special. Rows O and P are galleried with two posts on either side. These seats offer a side or overhead view of the stage and are priced according to visibility.
R6
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How to Pay Tickets can be paid for by credit or debit card, or they can be reserved for up to three days while you send a cheque or gift vouchers. We can post your tickets to you for a charge of £1.30 (postage and administration) or you can collect your tickets from the box office up to 30 minutes prior to the performance. Cheques should be made payable to The Watermill Theatre Ltd. Please check your tickets carefully upon receipt to ensure you have the right number and right performance date and time.
Concessions
£10 tickets for 18 to 25s
Concessions are available for Senior Citizens, Job Seekers, people with disabilities and their companions, Equity members, students in full-time education and under 18s: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. All concessions and discounts are subject to availability. Only one concession applies. Proof of identity required. Concessions are not offered retrospectively.
For performances from Tuesday to Thursday evenings of Romeo + Juliet, Untold Stories and Watership Down. Book with the box office and collect tickets 30 minutes prior to the performance. These tickets cannot be posted. Proof of status required (subject to availability).
Exchanging tickets All tickets are non-refundable. However, we are happy to exchange tickets for another performance of the same production, subject to availability, up to 48 hours before the performance. We charge £2.50 per ticket plus £1.30 postage and administration.
We will try to resell your tickets (after all other tickets have been sold) and will credit your Watermill account which will be valid for one year. We charge £2.50 per transaction plus £1.30 postage and administration. For ticket exchanges and resales, you must return your original tickets to the box office by return of post. You will need to pay for your new tickets before offering your unwanted tickets up for resale.
Watermill vouchers can be purchased from the box office and online and can be used to buy tickets only. We are unable to accept expired vouchers.
All tickets £5, available from the box office from midday on the day of the show (subject to availability).
Schools and Youth Groups
Reselling tickets
Gift vouchers
Student and under 18s standby
Untold Stories, One Million Tiny Plays and Watership Down, Thu and Sat matinées seats are £8. For Romeo + Juliet tickets are £10 Tue to Thu evenings, and £8 Thu matinées (no free teacher’s tickets). For all other productions, performances from Tue to Fri evenings 10% off top two price bands, applicable to school groups of 10 or more. Free teacher’s ticket with every 15 seats booked, excluding all matinées.
Groups of 10 or more For performances from Tuesday to Friday evenings 10% off top two price bands. Book 15 tickets or more and get an additional free party organiser ticket.
West Berkshire Green Card 10% off top two price bands on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 10 to 12 May for Untold Stories and 21 to 23 June for Watership Down. Call the box office on 01635 46044.
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How to Find us By car or coach From the M4, junction 13 or A34, turn off at the junction signposted Newbury, Hungerford (Donnington, Speen) and take the first exit at the roundabout. (If travelling from the south, go straight over the second roundabout). Turn left at The Hare and Hounds public house (brown sign post for The Watermill Theatre), turn left at the end of the road and next right into the village of Bagnor and left at the sign for The Watermill.
By bus Newbury Buses, service 4, out and return runs every two hours, Monday to Saturday from Newbury bus station to Station Road, Speen, approximately 20 minutes walk to The Watermill. The last bus to central Newbury leaves Station Road at 20.35.
By train An hour from London Paddington to Newbury station. Taxi rank at Newbury station.
Car and bike parking Please be aware that car parking space is limited. Please car-share whenever possible and help reduce the impact on the environment too. There is a bicycle rack alongside the restaurant.
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Performance Diary JANUARY Thursday 28 Friday 29 Saturday 30
Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 2.30pm & 7.30pm
FEBRUARY Monday 1 Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 Friday 5 Saturday 6 Monday 8 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 10 Thursday 11 Friday 12 Saturday 13 Monday 15 Tuesday 16 Wednesday 17 Thursday 18 Friday 19 Saturday 20 Thursday 25 Friday 26 Saturday 27 Monday 29
Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 7.30pm Tell Me On A Sunday 1.30pm & 6.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm
March Tuesday 1 Wednesday 2 Thursday 3 Friday 4 Saturday 5 Monday 7 Tuesday 8 Wednesday 9 Thursday 10 Friday 11 Saturday 12 Sunday 13 Monday 14 Tuesday 15 Wednesday 16 Thursday 17 Friday 18 Saturday 19 Monday 21 Tuesday 22 Wednesday 23
Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Daisy Chains 3pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm
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Thursday 24 Friday 25 Saturday 26 Monday 28 Tuesday 29 Wednesday 30 Thursday 31
Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 2.30pm & 7.30pm
APRIL Friday 1 Saturday 2 Wednesday 6 Thursday 7 Friday 8 Saturday 9 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 13 Thursday 14 Friday 15 Saturday 16 Saturday 16 Sunday 17 Monday 18 Tuesday 19 Wednesday 20 Thursday 21 Friday 22 Saturday 23 Wednesday 27 Thursday 28 Friday 29 Saturday 30
Romeo + Juliet 7.30pm Romeo + Juliet 1.30pm & 6.30pm The Railway Children 7.30pm The Railway Children 7.30pm The Railway Children 7.30pm The Railway Children 6.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 7.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 7.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 7.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 7.30pm Plundered! 11am One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 2.30pm & 7.30pm An Audience With... Christopher Eccleston 2pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 7.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 7.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 7.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 2.30pm & 7.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 7.30pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain 1.30pm & 6.30pm The Sea 7.30pm The Sea 7.30pm The Sea 7.30pm The Sea 6.30pm
MAY Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Monday 9 Tuesday 10 Wednesday 11 Thursday 12 Friday 13 Saturday 14 Monday 16 Tuesday 17 Wednesday 18 Thursday 19 Friday 20 Saturday 21 Monday 23 Tuesday 24 Wednesday 25 Thursday 26 Friday 27
Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm
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Saturday 28 Monday 30 Tuesday 31
Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm
JUNE Wednesday 1 Thursday 2 Friday 3 Saturday 4 Sunday 5 Monday 6 Tuesday 7 Wednesday 8 Thursday 9 Friday 10 Saturday 11 Thursday 16 Friday 17 Saturday 18 Monday 20 Tuesday 21 Wednesday 22 Thursday 23 Friday 24 Saturday 25 Monday 27 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 29 Thursday 30
Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watermill Summer Fair 12 noon Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 2.30pm & 7.30pm Untold Stories 7.30pm Untold Stories 1.30pm & 6.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm
JULY Friday 1 Saturday 2 Monday 4 Tuesday 5 Wednesday 6 Thursday 7 Friday 8 Saturday 9 Monday 11 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 13 Thursday 14 Friday 15 Saturday 16 Monday 18 Tuesday 19 Wednesday 20 Thursday 21 Friday 22 Saturday 23
Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 2.30pm & 7.30pm Watership Down 7.30pm Watership Down 1.30pm & 6.30pm
Friends Meet the Cast Talk Back
British Sign Language Interpreted Audio Described and Touch Tour
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The Watermill Theatre & Restaurant, Bagnor, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 8AE Administration 01635 45834 Facsimile 01635 523726 Email admin@watermill.org.uk watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044