AUTUMN September - December 2013
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OPERA
CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME P.4
LIVE MUSIC P.7
P.6
P.12
P.8
bollywood brass band 13 October
P.13
P.16
tosca
calendar girls 12 - 14 September
20 - 21 September P.18
BLAKE
P.18
P.21
Look stranger
BLUES BAND
17 November
27 November
A Clockwork Orange
MESS
2 October
7 - 12 October
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TALKS
COMEDY
12 - 16 November
11 December - 5 January
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4 November
patience SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
24 - 28 September
P.9
Ralph mctell
21 October
the grand gesture
P.10
MUSICAL
P.10
P.15
P.6
DANCE P.12
doc brown
P.14
nina conti
3 October
P.20
P.10
wessex dance academy 17 October
broken
25 - 26 October
big screen pandora 88 to broadway 22 November
6 - 7 September
comedy gala 5 October
eoin colfer
4 October
28 October P.10
simon evans 6 October
P.15
sir tony robinson 29 October
SEASON’S HIGHLIGHTS
DRAMA P.14
P.17
P.21
A short season no!f plays by wome P.9
le moulin magique
alice in wonderland
23 October
7 - 9 November P.19
P.20
P.21
P.17
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Mess
17/05/2012
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Chastity Belt
Near Gone
These plays are not just for women but they are all a fantastic showcase for the bravery, style and excitement of the female imagination. Being presented at Winchester Discovery Centre.
Beauty and the Beast
19 - 20 November
beats
chastity belt 6 November
21 November
CHILDREN’S P.13
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comedy club for kids 6 October
P.7
stick man 18 - 20 October
room on the broom 18 - 19 September
P.12
shakespeare schools festival 14 - 15 October
P.16
rapunzel 2 - 3 November
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AUTUMN 2013 AT
Theatre Royal
Winchester! Autumn 2013 is full of good things at the Theatre Royal. Make sure you don’t miss any of the wonderful dance, live music, comedy and drama on offer this season, including our blockbuster pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We have the second season of our Family Sundays presented in association with our neighbours at the Winchester Discovery Centre to pep up your weekend. We have also devised a short season of plays by women, all showing at the Winchester Discovery Centre.
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For grown-ups, we have something to remember during the long panto nights anti-panto - an older Alice in Wonderland and an idiosyncratic take on Beauty and the Beast.
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Alice in Wonderland
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Drama on the edge for the curmudgeons be auty an amongst you! These two the Beast d events for grown-ups are the perfect antidote to panto.
Our Barkeepers’ Open Mic Nights start again on Thursday 22 August and will take place fortnightly at 9.30pm (or after the show) in the Back Garden Cafe Bar. Musicians, singers, poets, writers and performers are all welcome. Just pitch up.
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pantomime
One of the best loved fairy tales of all time is given the Theatre Royal pantomime treatment to create a show that’s full of magic. Snow White escapes the clutches of her evil Stepmother and meets up with seven crazy dwarfs, who live in a cottage deep in the woods. But when the Wicked Queen uses her magic mirror to discover Snow White’s whereabouts, our heroine is once again in grave danger. Music, jokes and loads of audience participation make Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs a Christmas treat for all the family. Don’t miss this ‘short’ tale that’s BIG on adventure.
Wednesday 11 December 2013 to Sunday 5 January 2014
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Can the Seven Dwarfs help Snow White or will they come up short? Will the Wicked Queen prove to be rotten to the core when it comes to the crunch? And will the castle cook, Dame Dolly Dollop, and her silly son Muddles have the recipe for success or are they just cooking up trouble?
Ticket Prices and Performance Key
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School and Group Friendly Performances Adults £11.50 Children and Schools £8.00 Concessions £9.00 Buy 8, receive 1 free teacher ticket Schools Early Bird Booking – Paid prior to 7 October £7.50 Family Performances Adults £18.50 Children £16.50 Concessions £16.50 Friends £16.00 Family Ticket £62.00 (2 adults, 2 children) Group Ticket 10+ £1.50 off Group Ticket 20+ £2.50 off Concessionary Group Ticket 10+ £3.50 off full price ticket Concessionary Group Ticket 20+ £4.50 off full price ticket Premium Performances Adults £21.00 Children £19.00 Premium Family £72.00 (2 adults, 2 children) Premium Group 10+ £1.50 off Premium Group 20+ £2.50 off Premium Concessionary Group 10+ £3.50 off full price ticket Premium Concessionary Group 20+ £4.50 off full price ticket Signed performance
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December 2013 Performance Times Wednesday 11 7:00pm Thursday 12 1:30pm Thursday 12 7:00pm Friday 13 10.15am Friday 13 1:30pm Saturday 14 11:00am Saturday 14 2:30pm Saturday 14 7:00pm Sunday 15 11.00am Sunday 15 2:30pm Tuesday 17 10:15am Tuesday 17 1:30pm Wednesday 18 10.15am Wednesday 18 1:30pm Thursday 19 10.15pm Thursday 19 1:30pm Friday 20 10.15am Friday 20 1:30pm Saturday 21 11:00am Saturday 21 2:30pm Saturday 21 7.00pm Sunday 22 11.00am Sunday 22 2:30pm Tuesday 24 11:00am Tuesday 24 2:30pm Thursday 26 2:30pm Thursday 26 7:00pm Friday 27 2:30pm Friday 27 7:00pm Saturday 28 11.00am Saturday 28 2:30pm Saturday 28 7.00pm Sunday 29 11.00am Sunday 29 2:30pm Monday 30 2:30pm Monday 30 7:00pm Tuesday 31 2:30pm January 2014 Performance Times Thursday 2 2:30pm Thursday 2 7.00pm Friday 3 2:30pm Friday 3 7.00pm Saturday 4 11.00am Saturday 4 2:30pm Saturday 4 7.00pm Sunday 5 11.00am Sunday 5 2:30pm
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community musical
community drama West Meon Theatre Presents
Friday 6 – Saturday 7 September 7.30pm Matinée (Saturday) 2.30pm
Saturday 14 September Backstage tours at 10.30am, 11.00am and 11.30am
Based on the Miramax motion picture by Juliette Towhidi and Tim Firth
D AWAR ING WINN
‘ A show whose feel good factor is sky-high’ The Guardian
Thursday 12 – Saturday 14 Sep 8.00pm Matinée (Saturday) 2.30pm
Big Screen to Broadway is a celebration of those great musicals, which started life as much loved Hollywood movies. This show is packed with amazing musical numbers from classics such as The Wizard of Oz through to great new shows including Shrek, Ghost, Sister Act and Legally Blonde. For more information, check out www.southamptonmusicalsociety.co.uk follow the show on Twitter, @BS_2_B or find us on Facebook. Tickets £12.50
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Award-winning West Meon Theatre celebrates twenty years of community theatre with this wonderful play that will make you laugh and cry. A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! As interest snowballs, the Calendar Girls find themselves revealing more than they’d ever planned... A very British story, with a very British heart, Calendar Girls is based on an uplifting and very inspiring true story that is quirky, poignant and hilarious. Running time: Approx two and half hours including interval Tickets £14.00 Groups of four £50.00 Thursday evening & Saturday matinée £12.50
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Heritage Open Day Every year on Heritage Open Weekend, historic buildings in and around the city of Winchester open their doors to the public, taking them behind the scenes to learn more about their history and secret lives. Join us at the theatre for backstage tours, which will give an insight into the theatre and the challenges that it has overcome to provide Winchester with a century of live theatre. Tours are free but must be booked in advance as spaces are limited. Suitable for all ages.
Tall Stories
Room on the Broom Adapted for the stage from the best-selling book by Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson MBE and Axel Scheffler
Photos: copyright © Simon Turtle
Tickets £12.00 Schools/ Groups £9.50
opera Illustration: copyright © Axel Scheffler & Macmillan Children’s Books
children’s theatre
Wednesday 18 Sep 1.30pm & 4.30pm Thursday 19 Sep 10.30am & 1.30pm
A spellbinding adventure from the creators of The Gruffalo! ‘ How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind’ The witch and her cat are flying happily along on their broomstick when a stormy wind blows the witch’s hat, bow and wand away into the night. With the help of a daft dog, a beautiful bird and a friendly frog, her belongings are retrieved. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and – CRACK! - it snaps in two! When a hungry dragon appears, who will save the poor witch? And will there ever be room on the broom for everyone? A magical, musical delight for children aged 3+ www.roomonthebroomlive.co.uk www.tallstories.org.uk
Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose presents
Tosca By Giacomo Puccini
Tickets £19.00 Concessions £17.50 Friends £16.50 Schools/Groups £12.00
D AWAR ING WINN
Friday 20 & Saturday 21 September Tosca is sensual, powerful and vulnerable. Living in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, she is the toast of the GDR elite, until her lover Cavaradossi helps a political prisoner to escape, putting Tosca at the mercy of Stasi chief Scarpia.
“ Cleverly compressed” Critics’ Choice, The Times
“ Visceral stuff” Time Out “ Powerfully compelling…” The Stage
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7.30pm
Puccini’s tautest drama is given a radical yet affectionate re-working, set in the dying days of the East German regime and stripping the story to its most essential elements. A cast of just five singers and a trio of piano, clarinet and cello bring OperaUpClose’s trademark intimacy and immediacy to this tale of love, lust and the corrupting influence of power while retaining all of the emotional impact of the original. Contains adult themes.
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comedy drama Northern Broadsides in partnership with Harrogate Theatre presents
Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 September 7.30pm Friday 27 – Saturday 28 September 8.00pm Matinée (Thursday) 1.30pm Matinée (Saturday) 2.30pm Post-show discussion Thursday 26 September after 1.30pm matinée. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited.
By Deborah McAndrew Freely adapted from The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman Directed by Conrad Nelson
Simeon Duff is working class, unemployed and desperate. His wife works. He’s lost all self esteem. He’s on the scrap heap and wants to end it all… ...and so begins this brilliantly insane comedy about a man on the edge. When word gets out that Duff is going to top himself, a host of ne’er-do-wells crawl out of the woodwork, each wanting to claim his grand gesture for their ‘noble cause’. Let’s face it, why waste a death? But which cause shall it be … love, politics, religion, or the rising price of fish? Will the disillusioned Duff go through with it? Will he really top himself for a dubious cause? Is he worth it? Watch and see … the suspense will kill you, if you don’t die laughing first.
Kindly sponsored by
www.northern-broadsides.co.uk Tickets £20.00 Concessions £18.50 Friends £17.50 Matinée £16.00 Schools/Groups £11.00 Friends opening night offer.......Two full tickets for the price of one
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women’s season drama Performed at Winchester Discovery Centre
children’s comedy Sunday 6 October 1.30pm
Caroline Horton, house and China Plate present Caroline Horton and Company
Mess ‘ Comes perilously close to genius and announces Horton as a major major talent’ ★★★★ Time Out
The Guardian has called us:
7.30pm
17/05/2012 14:07
Pre-show lecture 6.00pm. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited.
D AWAR ING WINN
With arresting visuals, a clever script and sophisticated performances, Total Theatre award-winning Mess is theatre at its very best. It’s also about the big issues (and the extremely tiny ones). Anorexia and its cousins, obsession, addiction and not wanting to get out of bed, all of which are treated with wit and sensitivity. But there is also artistry here, in a five-star and thoroughly enjoyable performance. 2012 Stage Award Winner for Best Ensemble Recommended age: 13yrs+ Running time: 75 minutes, no interval
★★★★ Evening
Standard Times
★★★★ Financial ★★★★ Metro
Twitter: @carolineplays #messtheatre
Running time: 1 hour
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Tickets £16.00 Concessions £14.50 Friends £13.50 Schools/Groups £11.00
The Comedy Club 4 Kids gives you cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires or Highlanders). We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits! Tickets £10.00 Family of 4 £35.00
www.carolinehorton.net Touring in association with Beat (The UK’s leading charity supporting people affected by eating disorders). Developed with the help of experts from King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry. Triggered@Warwick Arts Centre. Funded by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award and Arts Council England. Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre and Parabola Arts Centre. Supported by Ovalhouse, London.
‘A highlight for children... giving them a taste of some of the biggest names in comedy with the fun, rowdy feel of a real comedy club.’
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Wednesday 2 October
Performed at Winchester Discovery Centre
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Winchester Comedy Festival Presents:
Thursday 3 October 8.00pm
Friday 4 October 8.00pm
Doc Brown
Nina Conti comedy gala the sell-out show in 2012, this Dolly Mixtures After amazing night of comedy includes:
Rapper turned comedian Doc Brown is back with his tongue-in-cheek take on hip hop culture. A regular on the London comedy circuit and with appearances on Russell Howard’s Good News, The Inbetweeners, Rev and Derek, Doc is a must see act. ‘ If Brown keeps mining this rich seam of hip-hop comedy, his fame should look after itself’ The Guardian ‘ A seamless mix of truly inspired hip-hop and stand-up. He’s a total star… an utter joy’ Time Out
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Star of BBC’s Live at the Apollo, QI, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and HBO’s Family Tree, groundbreaking ventriloquist and BAFTA nominated filmmaker Nina Conti introduces her daughter, her handyman, her gran, her oldest friend and a stray dog in a show that refuses to go as rehearsed. Expect a thoughtful meditation on love, life and the edge of existence. And once you’ve bought your ticket, let that expectation go. ‘ Put simply, Nina Conti is a genius’ The Mirror ‘ I laughed until I couldn’t breathe’ Melbourne Age
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Tickets £16.00
Saturday 5 October 8.00pm
Isy Suttie - Star of Peep Show ‘A voice you want to swim in’ The Independent Katherine Ryan - As seen on BBC’s Mock the Week and C4s 8 Out of 10 Cats ‘Young, pretty, smart and acridly funny’ Sunday Times Paul McCaffrey One of the most exciting new acts around. ‘He has charm, charisma and success written all over him’ Evening Standard Jarred Christmas A unique style that deftly mixes gags with storytelling. ‘One of the funniest men to pick up a microphone’ Time Out Tickets £16.00
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Sunday 6 October 7.30pm
Simon Evans Friendly Fire
“ Do you know what? I don’t care what everyone says. The Emperor’s New Clothes is not that great a story.” Fearsome iconoclast Simon Evans is back with a brand new show after a sell out run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, and nothing and no-one is safe from the critical glint of his tiny, tiny eyes. Join him as he dismantles the lies - from fairy tales to post-match analysis - that confound us all. ‘ Sizzlingly entertaining... Beautifully crafted devastatingly funny gags... Deliciously haughty contempt.’ The Guardian ‘ Demonically dry’ Metro
www.winchestercomedyfestival.co.uk Tickets £15.00
modern drama Glynis Henderson Productions present Action To The Word’s production of Anthony Burgess’s
Monday 7 – Saturday 12 October 7.30pm Matinée (Wednesday) 1.30pm Matinée (Saturday) 2.30pm
A Clockwork OrangE The breathtaking all-male version of A Clockwork Orange comes to Winchester following its successful season in London’s Soho Theatre, three month tour of Australia and its five-star, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This electrifying and testosterone-filled physical theatre ‘horror show’ exquisitely captures and transcends the spirit of Anthony Burgess’s original literary masterpiece, 50 years on from its publication. A Clockwork Orange lures its audience into the glorious glass-edged nastiness of Manchester’s underworld. A playtime of orgiastic ultra violence and sexuality, it is
Recommended age: 14yrs+ Warning: strong adult themes
the story of Alex and his Droogs in their battle against the tedium of adolescence. An unapologetic jubilation of the human condition, it remains as terrifyingly relevant today as when the book was published in 1962 and when the Stanley Kubrick film caused a stir in 1971. ‘ An outstanding all-male ensemble. The pure physicality and energy is astonishing. This is a show that everyone should experience.’ ★★★★ WhatsOnStage ‘ Imaginative and striking… It sizzles with energy.’ ★★★★ Evening Standard ‘ Martin McCreadie makes a vigorous, handsome and charismatic Alex… mad, bad and dangerous.’ ★★★★ Time Out
Pre-show lecture Wednesday 9 October 6.00pm. Post-show discussion Tuesday 8 October. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited. Tickets £17.00 Concessions £15.50 Friends £14.50 Schools/Groups £12.00 Friends opening night offer - Two full tickets for the price of one
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live music
children’s performance
dance
Wessex Dance Academy Kindly sponsored by
Monday 14 & Tuesday 15 October 7.00pm Theatre Royal Winchester is delighted to welcome the UK’s largest Youth Drama Festival.
Thursday 17 October 7.00pm Sunday 13 October 7.30pm
bollywood brass band Bollywood meets Brass meets Bhangra Funky drummers and a hot six piece horn section play massive hits from Indian films, driven by the huge beat of the dhol drum, and accompanied by video projections of dance sequences from the original Bollywood films. This special concert will trace the development of Indian and Pakistani film and film music from the first Indian feature film (Raja Harishchandra in 1913) right up to the present day.
Tickets £17.00 Concessions £15.50 Friends £14.50 Schools/Groups £12.00
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The Shakespeare Schools Festival works with 1000 secondary, primary and special schools all over the UK, making it possible for them to stage abridged Shakespeare productions in their local professional theatre. Each night four schools will perform four different Shakespeare plays. Come along and celebrate the achievements of your local schools in a wonderful evening of entertainment.
“ Every child in every school ought to have the chance to experience this magical process” Philip Pullman, SSF patron Details of participating schools and their performance day can be obtained from the Box Office. Tickets £8.50 Concessions £6.50
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Wessex Dance Academy uses intensive professional contemporary dance training to transform the lives of our most vulnerable young people and tonight they return with their latest cohort who will be performing for the first time after being together for only three weeks. This is the first major challenge the young people face whilst at the Academy and tonight’s performance will be as exciting and thrilling for the audience as it will be for the young people who will be taking to the stage for the first time. Tickets free of charge but donations welcome. Please reserve your free ticket by calling the box office.
children’s theatre
live music
‘I love how Scamp scamper through my stories, transporting them from page to stage so faithfully and innovatively!’ Julia Donaldson, author and Children’s Laureate
Scamp Theatre & Watford Palace Theatre are delighted to present
Stick Man Live on Stage! Friday 18 Oct 2.30pm Sat 19 & Sun 20 Oct 11.00am & 2.30pm Based upon the book by Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler. ‘ Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three...’ But the world is a dangerous place for Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him. A swan builds a nest with him. He even ends up on a fire! Will he ever get back to the family tree? Following three sell-out international tours and two West End runs, Stick Man is back!
Featuring a trio of actors, puppetry, catchy tunes and funky moves, Stick Man is more fun than you can shake a stick at! Most suitable for children aged 3+, their friends and families ★★★★★ Time Out, Critic’s Choice ★★★★★ Sunday Express ★★★★ Daily Mail ★★★★ The Independent ★★★★ WhatsOnStage.com Tickets £13.00 Family (2 adults and 2 children) £44.00
Blake Monday 21 October 7.30pm Combining the vocal grandeur of The Three Tenors with the infectious harmonies of The Bee Gees and the comedy of the Rat Pack, the exclusive new trio sound of BRIT-Award winners Blake is revealed in their exciting 2013 ‘Live in Concert’ tour. Fresh from major tours in Asia, America and Europe, the boys have got hilarious stories to tell and
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a host of new songs to share, including exclusive numbers from their brand new album ‘Start Over’. In a visual feast featuring spectacular video projections, the boys combine classical, pop, rock and musicals in a two hour show that amazes with its variety and class. Tickets £23.00
Concessions £22.00
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drama
dance
Motionhouse
Broken ‘With a cast of super-athletic dancers, as dextrous in the air with ropes as they are powerful on the floor, this is a company that has long cornered the high-impact end of the dance market.’
Tickets £14.00 Concessions £12.50 Friends £11.50 Schools/Groups £10.00
The Guardian Post-show discussion Friday 25 October. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited.
Wednesday 23 October 1.30pm & 6.00pm Théâtre Sans Frontières presents
Le Moulin Magique (The Magic Windmill)
Performed in simple French and easy to understand* The poor miller Jean-Pierre and his wife are starving. The wind does not blow to turn the mill to grind the corn. The rain does not fall, the plants do not grow and there’s no food for the animals. In desperation, Jean-Pierre prays to The Wind and The Rain for help with fantastical results. Suddenly rich, Jean-Pierre and Claudine begin to imagine how they can spend their newly acquired wealth. But the greedy Baron hears of their good fortune and demands all of their money in taxes.
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A fable for our times of resilience and generosity, overcoming greed and the bad guy getting his just desserts. A highly visual and entertaining piece with live atmospheric music, fast-paced action and startling comic invention. Based on an original Breton tale by Paul de Musset. Recommended age: 8yrs+ www.tsf.org.uk *We’re so sure you’ll be able to follow ‘le plot’ we’ll give you your money back if you can’t.
Friday 25 & Saturday 26 October Visually thrilling and full of trickery, Motionhouse’s brand new production Broken erupts onto the stage. Building on the success of international hit Scattered, which explored the theme of water, Broken examines our precarious relationship with the earth, luring the audience into a world of shifting perspectives. This powerful company combines highly athletic dance with intricate digital imagery and original music. An unashamedly visual and adrenaline fuelled spectacle, Broken
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8.00pm
questions our ambivalence towards our world, that is, until disaster strikes. Hanging in suspense, diving for support and scrambling to safety, the dancers negotiate the cracks and craters of this world of illusions where nothing is quite as it seems. Tickets £16.00 Concessions £14.50 Friends £13.50 Schools/Groups £11.00
talks
Accelerate! An exciting ‘live action lecture’ with explosions and participation
www.wessexbookfest.co.uk Monday 28 October 10.30am -11.30am
Tuesday 29 October 2.30pm - 3.30pm
followed by book signing
followed by book signing
Eoin Colfer
SIR TONY ROBINSON
Tickets £6.00 Age recommendation: 9-13
Tickets £6.00 Age recommendation: 8-13
What a way to launch the Book Festival! Come and meet the absolutely brilliant storyteller and author of the Artemis Fowl series (Die Hard with Fairies) and now the WARP series (The Matrix meets Oliver Twist).
What a treat we have in store with Tony Robinson and his ‘Weird World of Wonders’ series! Tony is a brilliant presenter of many programmes on television but he is also a fantastic writer and in the latest of this series of books, Tony will take you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War I. It’s history, but not as we know it! Come and find out all about it from the man himself. Tickets will go fast, so make sure you book yours now!
Sunday 27 October 2.30pm Tickets £6.00 Accelerate! is part of 10 days|Creative Collisions Through a series of hands-on demonstrations, you’ll learn about particle accelerators - from the small machines used in medicine and industry, to the enormous 27 km ring of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Designed for the general public by the University of Oxford and rolled out for performance by other Universities in the South East Physics Network, the University of Southampton’s Accelerate show is led by Joe Spencer – a researcher in Physics working with cutting edge laser technology. Enjoy a short guest appearance by internationally renowned physical theatre company Wet Picnic to add to this performance. www.10dayswinchester.org
10 Days Creative Collisions A biennial interdisciplinary contemporary arts platform across the District Friday 25 October - Sunday 3 November
Eoin is an old friend in Hampshire, having visited many times, but this will truly be the best yet. Absolutely not to be missed. Tickets will be like gold dust, so book now!
STOP JUST CONFIRMED! Amazing author Nick Arnold PRESS Monday 28 October 2.30pm - 3.30pm
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children’s ballet
live music
Rapunzel
Monday 4 November
7.30pm
‘It promises to be the next Matilda, the must-get ticket for kids with standards.’ The Times
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 November 7.00pm Matinée (Sunday) 2.30pm Post-show discussion Saturday 2 November. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited. A new take on the classic fairytale, Ballet Lorent’s Rapunzel is as much for adults as it is for children. The story of the parents forced to give up their child, the Witch who takes her from them, the woman the child becomes, and the Prince who discovers and rescues her. Full of dark beauty, this must-see production brings together a collection of world-class collaborators: Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Doctor Who composer Murray Gold, and Michele Clapton, award winning Costume Designer for Game of Thrones. Full of colour and emotion, this spellbinding retelling (performed by a company of outstanding dancers) is narrated Tickets £16.00 by Lesley Sharp, and choreographed and directed by Liv Lorent. Concessions £14.50 Friends £13.50
Recommended age: 7yrs+
Schools/Groups £12.00
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Friends opening night offer.......Two full tickets for the price of one
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Ralph McTell One More For The Road Ralph McTell has enjoyed a 48 year career. Autumn 2013 sees the One More For The Road tour of this quintessential singer-songwriter-guitarist. Ralph’s shows feature beautifully crafted narrative songs, combined with dextrous fingerstyle guitar playing and evocative story-telling, and will of course include the Ivor Novello award-winning Streets of London.
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Tickets £21.00 Concessions £19.50 Ovation and Lifetime members.....Two full tickets for the price of one
women’s season drama
drama
Chastity Belt
Thursday 7 November 7.30pm Friday 8 & Saturday 9 November 8.00pm
Chastity Belt is a funny and provoking show set on the battle ground between trust and lust. Part comic confession, part one-woman Lysistrata, it asks the impossible questions: must old age mean chastity for women of ‘a certain age?’ Could a sex strike end war? Is intimacy dangerous? Do Hags have more fun?
Pre-show lecture Friday 8 November 6.00pm. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited.
Performed at Winchester Discovery Centre
“So many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.”
Tickets £16.00 Concessions £14.50 Friends £13.50 Schools/Groups £11.00
Kindly sponsored by
NEWBURY building society
Volcano Theatre presents
Alice in Wonderland Pre-show lecture 6.00pm. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited.
7.30pm
mourns the death of matriarchy, celebrates rakish behaviour and sings her heart out in a pell mell 60 minute show. Recommended age: 16yrs+
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Wednesday 6 November Performer Peta Lily takes us on a cultural whirlwind as she resurrects the goddess Diana (but as an older woman), gives a startling evocation of Hindu Goddesses Durga and Kali,
Step into an upside-down world where familiar things are made strange, with enchanting and horrifying results. Alice in Wonderland is about crossing the threshold between childhood and adulthood, and about the behaviour of one generation seen through the eyes of another. It is about things not being as they should be.
the strangeness of the world she encounters is not supernatural but deeply rooted in the insanities of our culture and society. Plunge with us down the rabbit-hole into a 21st-century asylum adventure, full of ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision. Cast includes 77 year old Jenny Runacre as Alice.
Volcano’s “brave, stupid and beautiful” brand of theatre is an intriguing match for Lewis Carroll’s exquisitely deranged tale of childhood, misunderstanding and adventure. Volcano brings you an older-than-usual Alice, and
Recommended age: 12yrs+
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Tickets £17.00 Concessions £15.50 Friends £14.50 Schools/Groups £12.00
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community opera
live music
Winchester Operatic Society presents
Patience Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 November 7.30pm Matinée (Saturday) 2:30pm Winchester Operatic Society returns to Theatre Royal Winchester with one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most loved musical comedies as Oscar Wilde meets The Archers in this aesthetic farce for all the family. Award-winning Director
David Tatnall promises a production featuring cattle, consternation, hawkers, stalkers, pottery, poetry, naughtiness, burning, yearning, madness and milk! www.winchester-operatic.org.uk
Tickets £14.50 Concessions £13.50 Matinée £12.00 (under 16s £7.00) Opening Night offer: 2 tickets for £24.00 Group Bookings: £12.00 (for groups of over 15)
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With readings by Samuel West
Sunday 17 November
7.30pm
Kindly sponsored by
Pre-show lecture 6.00pm. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited. Among the many events celebrating Britten’s centenary, there’s nothing quite like this. Ruthie Culver’s UtterJazz quartet weave jazz and world music influences through Britten’s rich melodies and harmonies. These beautifully re-imagined
versions of songs from On This Island, Fish in the Unruffled Lakes and Cabaret Songs are complemented by readings of WH Auden by Samuel West.
Tickets £17.00 Concessions £15.50 Friends £14.50 Schools/Groups £12.00
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drama One Of Us Productions in co-production with Improbable present
Beauty & The Beast
What do you get when a born freak, a former beauty queen and an award-winning maverick director tell the true story of Beauty and the Beast?
Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm Pre-show lecture Wednesday 20 November 6.00pm. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited
‘Improbable - one of the most energising and provocative forces in British theatre’ The Guardian Mat Fraser, British disabled actor and writer, Julie Atlas Muz, American art star and a Miss Exotic World/Miss Coney Island, and Phelim McDermott, Artistic Director of Improbable, conspire to make an adult fairytale like no other. A magical sexual journey into real and fabled romance between beastly and beautiful characters, where roles are shared as love is declared. The shadow play, song and dance in this multilayered story will re-kindle your lust for life, and make you think about who loves who, and why they do. Recommended age: 16yrs+
Tickets £17.00 Concessions £15.50 Friends £14.50
Warning: This show contains both beautiful and beastly nudity.
Schools/Groups £11.00
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drama Thursday 21 November
7.30pm
dance Friday 22 November 8.00pm
Show And Tell and The Arches present
BEATS
D AWAR ING WINN
By Kieran Hurley
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Post-show discussion. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited.
Post-show discussion. FREE but please reserve a place when booking your tickets as places are limited. “ The most exhilarating, urgent response to the 2011 summer riots that I’ve ever seen. A must” The Independent “ An outstanding show; clever, ruthless, compassionate and full of political insight. With a subtlety and humanity that takes the breath away” The Scotsman
Pandora 88 Kindly sponsored by
BEATS tells the story of Johnno McCreadie, a teenager living in a small suburban Scottish town at the time of the 1994 Criminal Justice Act – a new piece of legislation which effectively outlawed raves, or “public gatherings around amplified music characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats”. BEATS is a coming-of-age story exploring rebellion, apathy and the irresistible power of gathered youth. With techno. Lots of techno.
Best New Play at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2012 – Winner The Stage Award for Best Solo Actor 2012 – Nominee www.showandtelluk.com Performance contains strobe lighting.
Tickets £17.00 Concessions £15.50 Friends £14.50 Schools/Groups £12.00
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‘One of the most captivating shows in Edinburgh.... an extraordinarily inventive dance theatre show’ The Guardian
created and performed by Wolfgang Hoffmann and Sven Till directed by Andrew Dawson Pandora 88 is extraordinary movement theatre that oscillates between dreamlike tranquillity and explosive physicality somewhere at the intersection of dance and theatre. Employing strong emotions, intense images and serious playfulness the piece moves from comedy to tragedy and back, finding, almost by accident, a little detour through outer space. The stage is a box of 1.5 square metres. This is the playground / the home / the prison / the shelter for the two protagonists. In this space the lives of the actors seem to both begin and end. It is a space to which they are attached for good or for bad.
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The creation of Pandora 88 is based on radical constraint as well as on the common life story and the long lasting friendship of the two dancers. Winner of Total Theatre Award, Fringe First Award, Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Grand Festival Prize at Fadjr Festival Theran Tickets £17.00 Concessions £15.50 Friends £14.50 Schools/Groups £12.00 Ovation and Lifetime members..... Two full tickets for the price of one
live music 8.00pm
7.30pm
Wednesday 4 December
Photos courtesy of Alma Haser
Wednesday 27 November
women’s season drama
Tickets £12.00 Concessions £10.00 Friends £9.50
Near Gone
Presented by Two Destination Language
Near Gone is a heartfelt story about survival Performed at Winchester Discovery Centre
The Blues Band Featuring; Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Rob Townsend, Gary Fletcher, Tom McGuinness
In the past 35 years the band have played all around the world in venues ranging from intimate clubs through to civic halls and theatres, and have wowed festival audiences in many countries - including headline appearances at Glastonbury. The band’s passion and reverence for the music, their presentation and showmanship all combine to deliver the definitive good night out. www.gtamusic.co.uk Tickets £20.00 Concessions £18.00
Two performers have a difficult story to tell. They come on stage and launch themselves into an hour long attempt to put into words the utterly unspeakable. Delivered in English and Bulgarian, with fantastic gypsy-inspired music, this performance fills an empty space with two performers and 400 fresh flowers. It transforms you too. Your sense of what it is to be a mother, a father, a child. And you’ll leave more fully alive than ever.
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Near Gone is the winner of Pulse Fringe Suitcase Prize 2013
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Devised and performed by : Katherina Radeva and Alister Lownie Dramaturgy and additional direction : Charlotte Vincent
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The story of how The Blues Band formed in 1979 to play the music that was their passion, just for fun and a bit of beer money, and then found themselves with whole new careers on their hands, has been well documented.
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Coming in Spring 2014... Russell Kane – Smallness
BACK GARDEN CAFE BAR Open 10am to 2pm (except Sunday) and on performance nights from 6.00pm
Thursday 6 February What is it with us and smallness? We Brits love it - being tiny but fierce, close but distant. Watch Russell Kane ejaculate thoughts about smallness; and on keeping things small when life gets big.
Treat yourself!
The Falling Song
• Coffees, teas and juices • Early doors toast and conserve, bacon sandwiches and muffins • Lunch platters, salads and paninis • Nibbles, cakes and pastries • Books, colouring sheets and high chairs • Free WIFI • Pre-show platters
Tuesday 25 March (pending funding) From Dublin’s award-winning dance-theatre company Junk Ensemble comes The Falling Song where physicality is pushed to extremes. Performed by an international all-male cast, this critically acclaimed production looks at the nature of flying and falling and the dangerous relationship between the two.
Don’t forget to pick up your loyalty card or flash your tickets for discounts on show nights!
Pirate Gran Sunday 6 – Monday 7 April Meet Gran. She bakes. She knits. You’d never guess she was a Pirate. With a pet crocodile under her bed, a wicked sense of humour and a whole raft of adventures under her belt, time with Gran is never dull! Gran isn’t scared of anything. Not even monsters.
Entertaining Mr Sloane
Theatre Royal Winchester is also home to Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running street festival, which takes place all over the city during the first weekend of July. Hat Fair 2013 was a huge success and brought 69,000 visitors to the city over three days. We are already planning next year’s event to bring the best of international street arts to Winchester!
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Presented by London Classic Theatre Thursday 10 – Saturday 12 April Kath and her elderly father, Kemp, live in a house on the outskirts of a rubbish dump. Their drab existence is interrupted by the arrival of a new lodger, the enigmatic Mr Sloane. Behind Sloane’s nonchalant demeanour lies a calculating psychopath with a dark and secretive past. Seduction, blackmail and murder lie waiting in the wings.
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Ticket Agency We are also selling tickets for... Sunday 6 October 4.00pm-6.00pm
An afternoon with Vanessa Redgrave BBC journalist Jenny Cuffe in conversation with Vanessa
St Swithun’s School, Performing Arts Centre Tickets £20.00 All proceeds to Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group (SWVG)
Monday 28 October 7.00pm
The Hampshire Singing Competition St Swithun’s School, Performing Arts Centre Tickets £15.00
Saturday 2 November 2.00pm & 9.00pm Sunday 3 November 7.30pm
The Last Five Years SJ Theatre Productions Winchester Discovery Centre Tickets £14.00 Concessions £12.00 Students £10.00
Saturday 9 November 7.30pm
Good Causes Concert St John’s Church, Alresford Tickets £20.00
Lectures and Discussions Performance
Pre-Show Title Host Post-Show Lecture Discussion
The Grand Gesture - Post-show Q & A with cast by Northern Broadsides
26 September after the matinée
Mess 6.00pm Women, Theatre, Autobiography: Dr Marianne Sharp by Caroline Horton 2 October Politics and the Personal A Clockwork Orange 6.00pm 9 October Broken by Motionhouse
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Rapunzel - by Ballet Lorent Chastity Belt 6.00pm Peta Lily 6 November
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Blood Oranges and Bona Droogs: Violence, censorship and moral reaction in Clockwork Orange
Dr Peter Billingham
8 October
Post-show Q & A
with cast
25 October
Post-show discussion with Paul Jackson and members of the Company
Paul Jackson
2 November
The Bittersweet World of Clowning - case studies from commedia dell’ arte to contemporary stand up
John Lee
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Theatres are at the heart of our communities. Let’s shout about how much that matters. When our Councillors are taking tough decisions about how to spend our taxes, they need to know how much we value our local theatre’s work and role in the community.
Alice in Wonderland by Volcano Theatre
6.00pm 8 November
Look Stranger
6.00pm 17 November
Playing with Words and Music
Professor Millie Taylor
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Beauty and the Beast
6.00pm 20 November
Fabulous Beasties in Contemporary Performance
Janet Lee
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Beats
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Post-show Q & A
with cast
21 November
Visit the blog on Theatre Royal’s website www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk
Pandora 88
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Post-show Q & A
with cast
22 November
Connect to the campaign via Twitter: @theatre_matters
Generation Gaps: Phil Stanier Age and Performance
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Let’s tell them - my theatre matters! Add your voice to the UK-wide campaign
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Please register your support in one of the following ways: Sign up on-line at the campaign’s website www.mytheatrematters.com
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Sunday Cultural Offerings for children, families and young people in the historic city of Winchester, in collaboration with Theatre Royal Winchester and the Winchester Discovery Centre. To book your tickets for Winchester Discovery Centre events please call 01962 873603 or visit www.hants.gov.uk/wdc or for Theatre Royal Winchester events please call 01962 840440 or visit www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk
Autumn 2013 Date
Time
Show
Venue
Ticket Price
Ages
Running Time
£10 Family of 4 for £35
6+
1 hour
£3 / Family of 5 for £10
2+
1 hour
Sunday 6 October 1.30pm Winchester Comedy Festival WDC Comedy Club 4 Kids Sunday 13 October 11.30am
Story World
WDC
Stick Man
TRW
£13 / Family of 4 for £44
3+
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Sunday 27 October 11.30am The Magical Playroom WDC and 2.00pm with CBeebies’ Cerrie Burnell
£9 Children/Concessions £10 Adults
3-6
1 hour
Sunday 20 October
11.00am and 2.30pm
Sunday 27 October 2.30pm
Accelerate!
TRW
£6 - -
Sunday 3 November 2.30pm Rapunzel by Ballet Lorent TRW Sunday 10 November 11.30am
Story World
Sunday 17 November 11.30am There’s a Monster in my Piano
Various
7+
WDC
£3 / Family of 5 for £10
2+
WDC
£6 / 4 for £20
4+
Sunday 24 November 11.30am The Musicians of Bremen WDC £6 / 4 for £20 3+ Sunday 1 December 11.30am Sunday 8 December
11.30am and 2.00pm
Story World
WDC
123 Little Pigs by Krazy Kat
WDC
£3 / Family of 5 for £10
2+
£6 / 4 for £20
1 hour
45 mins +15 mins meet the puppets 1 hour 50 mins
Signed performance Sunday 15 December See page 5 Sunday 22 December Sunday 29 December Sunday 5 January
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
TRW
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See page 5
3+
2 hours
10 Days Creative Collisions A biennial interdisciplinary contemporary arts platform across the District A satellite project from Monday 28 October to Saturday 2 November Share in the fun and become part of 10 Days Creative Collisions by working with artists Ann Smith, Consuelo Simpson, Elizabeth Saunders and Jeryl Church to create a huge woven installation in the window of the Theatre Royal. Everyone is invited to bring ideas about Collision in person to the theatre or by tweeting us @ZeroTwelveArt As all materials are provided, all we need are your thoughts!
From Life
There will be plenty of opportunity to get involved in this exciting work, as it is being developed daily between 10am and 2pm. And, as we will be retweeting your ideas, they will reach an ever wider audience.
Paintings by Mike Weller
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Mike Weller draws and paints in a traditional style, from life, never from photographs. His oil paintings of fruit are done in daylight in the studio. He paints landscapes in oil outside in the open air. He scrapes off the paint and starts again.
Tuesday 5 November - Friday 22 November
Monday 23 September – Friday 1 November Mike was born in 1965 and grew up in Winchester. He studied librarianship and realised early on he didn’t want to be a librarian. Going to life-drawing classes cheered him up. He became a features subtitler for the deaf and hard-of-hearing - a lucky escape. Mike achieved a first-class honours degree in Fine Art printmaking at London Metropolitan University. In the final year he was awarded a bursary for the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art summer
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programme. He attended Lavender Hill Studios – a small atelier-style painting school. He came back to Winchester and helped establish and run The Yard Artists Studios before he moved to Brassey Road Studio. Last Christmas, Mike had two pictures selected for exhibition by the New English Art Club and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the Mall Galleries near Trafalgar Square. He is currently exhibiting his landscapes at the Minster Gallery in Winchester.
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WHO CARES?
An inspiring and thought provoking collection of contemporary artwork created by Young Carers from across Hampshire with designers Sue Kenneally & Sue Fox. Between December 2010 and May 2013 designers Sue Kenneally and Sue Fox initiated and ran a series of inspiring and creative projects to give these special young people not only much needed respite from their role as carers, but also a platform to share their powerful and thought provoking artwork with the wider world. Sue & Sue have brought this extraordinary exhibition of printmaking, photography, drawing and textiles to the Theatre Royal to give the public an insight.
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Young Theatre Royal
Young Theatre Royal gives young performers aged 7 to 17 the opportunity to create theatre and perform.
All youth theatre companies meet weekly during term time with various performance opportunities throughout the year. It is our aim that no young person misses out due to financial constraints. For that reason, all our companies have bursaries available for those in receipt of means tested benefits. Each company has its own flavour and style. If you see anything you like or would like more information, give Ryan a call on 01962 844 600 ext 208 or email ryan.jones@theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk
Winchester… Ages 7-12
Ages 12-17
Acting out
gLIMPSE tHEATRE
Monday 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Winchester Ages 7–12 £130 per term You’ll love this company if… you love a bit of everything. Acting Out Theatre Company is all about tasting different types of performance. Taking inspiration from workshops in clowning, puppetry, acting and many more, you’ll create a truly unique performance to show off on the main stage in July.
Acting FOR STAGE Tuesday 5.30pm – 7.00pm Winchester Ages 7-12 £110 per term You’ll love this group if… you love musicals and comedy. In Acting for Stage Theatre Company, you’ll explore what it takes to make people giggle as well as learning singing, dancing and acting in order to put on a full scale musical at the end of the year.
Monday 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Winchester Ages 12-17 £130 per term You’ll love this company if… you love theatre, not in a theatre. Throughout the year you will create little moments of theatre in various locations all over the city and at various events and festivals. From delicate sharings in ancient city locations to hidden comical street theatre on the high street, Glimpse Theatre Company is an exciting alternative view to performing.
sPICY pENGUIN tHEATRE
Winchester Ages 12-17 £150 per term You’ll love this company if… you love musicals and comedy. Spicy Penguin Theatre Company focus on creating performances that are highly entertaining whilst relying on fun and challenging the impossible. You’ll explore what it takes to make people giggle as well as learning singing, dancing and acting in order to put on a full scale musical at the end of the year.
FADED IMAGE THEATRE Acting UP
Wednesday 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Winchester Ages 7-12 £110 per term You’ll love this company if… you love acting and being creative. Acting Up Theatre Company thrives on exploring plays and learning how to improve your performance skills. Using everything you’ve learnt, you will perform at Theatre Royal Winchester in your company’s very own evening of performance.
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Tuesday 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Wednesday 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Winchester Ages 12-17 £130 per term You’ll love this company if… you love taking performance seriously. This is perfect for those who love to look at plays with darker themes and stories. Experience workshops in stage combat, ensemble performance, puppetry and acting whilst working on moving and thought-provoking performances.
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Bishop’s Waltham…
West Meon…
BISHOP’S WALTHAM DRAMA GROUP
WEST MEON JUNIORS
Monday 4.00pm – 5.15pm Jubilee Hall, Bishop’s Waltham Ages 7-12 £60 per term You’ll love this company if… you live in Bishop’s Waltham and love creativity and fun. This friendly group is the perfect place to start to have fun, make new friends and pick up some skills along the way.
BISHOP’S WALTHAM YOUTH THEATRE
Monday 5.15pm – 6.30pm
Jubilee Hall, Bishop’s Waltham Ages 12-17 £60 per term You’ll love this company if… you live near Bishop’s Waltham and love performing. This company is all about getting stuck in and working together to create exciting moments of theatre.
Denmead… DENMEAD DRAMA GROUP
Friday 4.30pm – 6.00pm
Community Centre, Denmead Ages 7-12 £60 per term You’ll love this company if… you live near Denmead and love creativity and fun. This friendly group is the perfect place to start to have fun, make new friends and pick up some skills along the way.
DENMEAD YOUTH THEATRE
Days TBC
Village Hall, West Meon Ages 7-12 £60 per term You’ll love this company if… you live in the Meon Valley and love learning new skills and making friends. Through weekly workshops you will learn from theatre professionals and local artists whilst having a disgusting amount of fun.
WEST MEON SENIORS
Days TBC
Village Hall, West Meon Ages 12-17 £60 per term You’ll love this company if… you live in the Meon Valley and love to improve your performance skills. This company is all about getting stuck in and working together to create exciting moments of theatre.
Whitchurch… WHITCHURCH DRAMA GROUP
Monday 4.00pm – 5.15pm
Testbourne Community School Ages 7-12 £60 per term You’ll love this company if… you live near Whitchurch and love creativity and fun. This brand new company is the perfect place to start to have fun, make new friends as well as pick up some skills along the way.
Friday 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Community Centre, Denmead Ages 12-17 £60 per term You’ll love this company if… you live near Denmead and love performing. This company is all about getting stuck in and working together to create exciting moments of theatre.
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Terms and Conditions
Choose your seats
Reservations We are happy to hold reservations for up to three working days after which time the seats will be released for general sale. However reservations cannot be made one week or less before a show. Exchanges and Resales The exchange of tickets to a different performance of the same show is subject to a charge of £1.00 per ticket. If you are unable to attend a performance for which you have booked, the box office will try to re-sell your tickets, although the sale of any unsold seats must take priority. There is a service charge of £1.00 for each ticket resold. Exchanges and refunds are free of charge to Friends. We regret that refunds cannot be made. Concessions Reductions are usually available to students, under 16s, benefit claimants and senior citizens. Concessionary customers receive £2.00 discount on most tickets. Please present all relevant vouchers to the box office and request concessions at the time of booking, as discounts cannot be applied to tickets already purchased. Groups For groups of eight or more a 10% discount is available on most performances. Please call the box office to discuss booking for larger groups and we will do our utmost to help with any requests. Family Tickets On selected shows, family tickets are available at a reduced price for groups of four, of which at least one must be an adult and one a child.
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Schools and Colleges School ticket prices are listed in the brochure for selected performances. Where no schools price is shown the standard concessions apply. A maximum of one free teacher ticket for every eight tickets purchased is available on any school or college booking. Payment must be made four weeks prior to the performance. If reservations are cancelled or reduced in number less than four weeks prior to the performance/event booked, a charge of 50% of the total value will be made. For packages including workshops, please discuss your requirements with our Participation & Learning Team on 01962 844600.
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Data Protection When processing your booking the box office will ask for your name, address, telephone number and email. This information is required for administration purposes, for example, in the event of a show being cancelled, and also may be used to keep you informed of forthcoming events. We may pass your information to carefully selected arts organisations. Live Theatre Winchester Trust Limited is a registered charity (charity number 1077139) and we occasionally contact our audiences as part of our fundraising activities. Please let us know if you do not wish your details to be used.
General Interval Drinks Avoid queuing at the interval by ordering drinks in advance from one of our licensed bars. Please ask for plastic glasses if you wish to take your drinks into the auditorium. Latecomers Latecomers will be admitted during a suitable break in the performance.
Access Hearing Impaired Theatre Royal Winchester has an induction loop system in the auditorium, please ask at the box office when booking. We offer sign interpreted performances for BSL whenever possible. Please contact the box office on 01962 840440 for information. Lift Access There is lift access to all levels. Wheelchair Users We can accommodate wheelchair users in the stalls, and rows A and B can be removed to accommodate group bookings for disabled customers. According to the terms of our licence, wheelchair users must be accompanied during a performance. If you wish to bring a friend along, their ticket will be available at a 50% discount. Please call the box office to discuss booking for larger groups and we will do our utmost to help with any requests.
How to Find Us Assistance Dogs Assistance Dogs are welcome in all areas of the building. Please talk to box office staff about any special requirements when booking. No other animals are permitted beyond the entrance foyer. Special Requirements Individuals or groups with special requirements are asked to contact the box office in advance of their attendance so that our front of house staff can be prepared for your visit and offer every possible assistance.
By Train Theatre Royal Winchester is a short walk from Winchester station along City Road. Trains run directly from London Waterloo (55 mins), Basingstoke (20 mins) and Southampton (15 mins) and many other main line stations. For National Rail enquiries call 08457 484950.
Car Parking Parking in the city centre is free after 6.00pm. Traveling on the M3 from Southampton, take exit 11, travelling from London and Basingstoke, take exit 9 and follow signs to the city centre. For detailed car park information visit www.winchester.gov.uk/parking
By Coach Passengers may be dropped off outside the theatre. Parking for coaches is available at Worthy Lane. This coach park is pay and display.
Parking There is limited parking at Winchester Discovery Centre on Jewry Street. Use Tower Street for alternative parking. Toilet Facilities Adapted facilities are available on the ground floor in the atrium. Please Note The information contained in this brochure is correct at time of going to press. However Theatre Royal Winchester reserves the right to vary the advertised programme and facilities if deemed necessary and apologises for any inconvenience this may cause. Please contact the box office to confirm details. We endeavour to give warnings about the content of performances, notably strong language, adult content and noise. However, as many shows are in rehearsal when booked, full details are not always available.
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Theatre Royal Winchester Arts Angels
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Protecting the cultural heritage of Winchester for future generations. Help us to protect your cultural heritage by pledging support to Theatre Royal Winchester and become an Arts Angel today.
Arts Angels pledge at least £150 per year to the theatre enabling us to continue playing an active role in developing quality of life in this area, keep ticket prices affordable and the theatre accessible to all. For further information: contact Katelin Prince, Development Manager on 01962 844 600 ext 206 or katelin.prince@theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk To donate: cheque, cash or card payments can be left with your contact details at the box office. With thanks to our Arts Angels:
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Russell and Angela Fairchild
Gerald Symes
Graham Hill
Professor Christopher Turner
Brenda Johnson
Richard and Caroline York
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See more theatre for less! Become a Friend and enjoy: • Two for one ticket offers on the opening night of selected shows • Discounts on tickets for most shows • Advance notification of shows each season And more.... With up to 200 shows per year and a professional programme that encompasses drama, comedy, music, dance, children’s theatre and more, there is a wealth of choice for theatre lovers. For further information pick up a leaflet at the theatre or go to… www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Annual membership costs from just £25 and is available to buy from the box office on 01962 840 440
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20-21 September
7-12 October
TOSCA
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
P.7
P.11
24-28 September
25-26 October
THE GRAND GESTURE
BROKEN
P.8 3-6 October
WINCHESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL
P.10
P.14 11 December 2013 - 5 January 2014
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
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In 2014 we mark one hundred years of live theatre in the city. Join us to celebrate this landmark occasion! Congratulations to Chelsea Reed of St Monica Junior School, Southampton for winning the competition to design our centenary logo - shown above.
September - December 2013
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