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FRIDAY 28TH APRIL, 7.30PM
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ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA
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DOVECOTE FESTIVAL
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CELEBRATE: 20 YEARS OF THE TIFFANY SCHOOL OF DANCE
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MATTHEW BOURNE’S THE CAR MAN
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14 MAY
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WEDNESDAY 26TH APRIL, 7.00PM
WEDNESDAY 3RD TO FRIDAY 5TH MAY, 7.00PM
JULIUS CAESAR (12A)
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THE BACCHAE AND THE FROGS
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PETER PAN ENCORE (PG)
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SATURDAY 10TH JUNE, 2.00PM
TWELFTH NIGHT (12A)
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LEO SAYER LIVE IN CONCERT
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THE BAND OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE COLLEGE
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THURSDAY 27TH APRIL, 7.00PM
SUNDAY 7TH MAY, 7.30PM
THURSDAY 6TH JULY, 7.00PM
ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 1 (15)
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THURSDAY 20TH JULY, 7.00PM
SUNDAY 2ND JULY, 6.00PM
SATURDAY 8TH JULY, 2.00PM AND 7.00PM
KEVIN AND KAREN CLIFTON - UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
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YERMA (15)
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FRIDAY 21ST JULY, 7.30PM
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FRIDAY 23RD JUNE, 7.00PM
WEDNESDAY 21ST JUNE, 6.00PM
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FRIDAY 21ST APRIL, 7.00PM
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THURSDAY 20TH APRIL, 7.30PM
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PROFESSOR LORD ROBERT WINSTON
FRIDAY 16TH JUNE, 6.30PM
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SALOME DELAYED LIVE (15)
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA (12A)
WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY, 7.00PM
WEDNESDAY 5TH JULY, 7.30PM
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MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES
SATURDAY 22ND APRIL, 10AM-4PM
DANCE SHOWCASE
21 JUL
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LECTURE THEATRE
6 JUL
CHORAL & CONDUCTORS’ WORKSHOP
STUDIO THEATRE AT THE PAA
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TUESDAY 18TH APRIL, 2.30PM AND 6.30PM
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PUSS IN BOOTS
SUNDAY 14TH MAY, 3.00PM
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THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM The 750-seat Auditorium has been designed and built to the highest performance specifications. The facility was opened in 2013 and has hosted numerous high-profile performers, such as,
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THE LECTURE THEATRE The Lecture Theatre has been built to the same standards as the Princess Alexandra Auditorium but provides a more intimate space with 140 seats. The HD projector and surround sound mean it is the perfect venue for National Theatre Live and RSC Live.
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THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM IS A STUNNING PERFORMANCE VENUE ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TEES AT YARM SCHOOL.
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
WHAT’S ON SUMMER 2017
Jimmy Carr, The London Gospel Choir, The London Festival Opera and many more. The facility has also been awarded two prestigious RIBA awards for design excellence.
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WHAT’S ON
THE DESTRUCTION OF MEMORY
LA BOHÈME LIVE FROM TAORMINA
100 VOICES SUMMER CONCERT
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TUESDAY 11TH JULY, 7.00PM
ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 2 (15)
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DR MARTIN BEQUEST, BRASS BAND CONTEST: THE WAINSTONE’S CUP
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THURSDAY 27TH JULY, 7.00PM
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OBSESSION (15)
THURSDAY 11TH MAY, 7.00PM
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SATURDAY 13TH MAY, 7.00PM
TITUS ANDRONICUS (12A)
WEDNESDAY 9TH AUGUST, 7.00PM
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THURSDAY 31ST AUGUST, 7.00PM
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DRAMA LECTURE
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COMEDY
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AJ PRODUCTIONS AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TUESDAY 18TH APRIL, 2.30PM AND 6.30PM ADULTS £16.50, CHILDREN £10.50, FAMILY TICKET £49 (2 ADULTS, 2 CHILDREN) +BOOKING FEE AJ Productions present a tale as old as time but brand new pantomime; the enchanting story of Beauty and The Beast. A family pantomime packed with slapstick comedy, audience interaction and lavish set and costumes. The story takes you on a journey through a small French village where lives the beautiful and intelligent Belle along with her eccentric housemate Dame Dolly. Belle denies her suitor, the vain and boorish Gaston, as she wishes to better herself and move away from the village. You will meet Gaston’s wicked mother who casts a spell on the price to ensure that her son is the fairest in the land; when she hears the news of his rejection she creates an evil plan which in return forces Belle to run away and stumble upon the Beast’s castle.
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PROFESSOR LORD ROBERT WINSTON: MODIFYING HUMANS - WHERE DOES GENETICS STOP THURSDAY 20TH APRIL, 7.30PM TICKETS £17
NT LIVE AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS
JULIUS CAESAR (12A)
TWELFTH NIGHT (12A)
WEDNESDAY 26TH APRIL, 7PM ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10
THURSDAY 27TH APRIL, 7PM
ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10
Angus Jackson directs Shakespeare’s epic political tragedy, as the race to claim the empire spirals out of control.
Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity.
Caesar returns from war, all-conquering, but mutiny is rumbling through the corridors of power.
A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love.
YARM SCHOOL MUSIC DEPT AND YARM CHORAL SOCIETY PRESENTS
The nearby households of Olivia and Orsino are overrun with passion. Even Olivia’s upright housekeeper Malvolia is swept up in the madness. Where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem, anything proves possible.
FRIDAY 28TH APRIL, 7.30PM
The Rome season in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre opens with the politics of spin and betrayal turning to violence. Following his sell-out productions of Tom Morton-Smith’s Oppenheimer (2014) and James Fenton’s adaptation of Don Quixote (2016), Season Director Angus Jackson steers the thrilling action.
MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES ADULTS £8, CHILDREN £5
An evening of choral and instrumental music celebrating classical gems from the Medieval period to the present day.
ASSOCIATED BOARD OF CHORAL CONDUCTORS AND YARM SCHOOL MUSIC DEPT PRESENTS NT LIVE AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (12A) FRIDAY 21ST APRIL, 7PM
ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10
History shows that humans are obsessed with their genes. IVF treatments now mean we can treat apparently hopeless sterility, help 65 year-olds to conceive, store eggs and embryos in the deep freeze for several hundred years, and screen embryos for serious genetic disorders before a pregnancy has even really begun.
Half a century after its premiere on The Old Vic stage, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, the play that made a young Tom Stoppard’s name overnight, returns to The Old Vic in its 50th anniversary celebratory production.
Advances in gene technology mean that we can not only select embryos for ‘desirable’ characteristics but we can now modify genes of animals with remarkable ease; so possibly very soon we may be able to enhance humans by genetic modification. Will ethical considerations prevent us from the next step - manufacturing stronger, more gifted and very intelligent children? Or will our imperfect knowledge of how our abilities are inherited mean that they there are some major surprises in store?
Against the backdrop of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this mind-bending situation comedy sees two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz (Daniel Radcliffe) and Guildenstern (Joshua McGuire), take centre stage with David Haig as The Player. Increasingly out of their depth, the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of this iconic drama. In a literary hall of mirrors, Stoppard’s brilliantly funny, existential labyrinth sees us witness the ultimate identity crisis.
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RSC LIVE AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS
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CHORAL AND CONDUCTORS’ WORKSHOP SATURDAY 22ND APRIL 10AM - 4PM
CONDUCTORS (ABCD MEMBERS) £25, CONDUCTORS (NON ABCD MEMBERS) £30, SINGERS (NON ABCD MEMBERS) £15, SINGERS (ABCD MEMBERS) £10
HANDS - conductors who have had some experience and would like some guidance in order to rise to the next level. Please note that numbers will be limited to allow maximum podium time. VOICES - A chance for keen singers to sing some lovely music and to help the conductors to get the most out of the day. Leader:- Neil Ferris is an experienced tutor for the Association of British Choral Directors. Event organised by ABCD North and ABCD Yorkshire. For bookings of 10 or more (or for more info) visit: https://www.abcd.org.uk/events/abcdevents
YARM SCHOOL DRAMA DEPT PRESENTS
THE BACCHAE AND THE FROGS
WEDNESDAY 3RD TO FRIDAY 5TH MAY, 7PM
ADULTS £7, CHILDREN £3 Euripides’ The Bacchae When the god Dionysus was born to a mortal woman, the people of his own city of Thebes didn’t believe in him. Now he returns to the city, driving them to frenzy and madness. King Pentheus, the god’s own cousin, will pay the highest price of all.
TEN FEET TALL PRESENTS
Aristophanes’ The Frogs
After the Sold Out success of his 2015 Restless Years tour, Grammy award winning, international chart-topping, British music legend Leo Sayer is returning to the UK for another series of concerts.
The playwright Euripides is dead, and with no good writers left Athens is going to Hell. So Dionysus journeys to the underworld to bring back a playwright to solve all of Athens’ problems. On the way he will face many challenges, from dancing frogs to argumentative poets.
LEO SAYER - LIVE IN CONCERT SUNDAY 7TH MAY, 7.30PM TICKETS £27.50 + BOOKING FEE
Known the world over for his army of hits which include Thunder in My Heart, Moonlighting, One Man Band, I Can’t Stop Loving You and the transatlantic number ones, When I Need You and You Make Me Feel Like Dancing; Leo is very excited to be back in his home country and looking forward to giving his audience an high energy concert of his much loved greatest hits. With 16 hit albums and 26 hit singles to his credit, Leo Sayer is one of the most successful acts the UK has ever produced and remains hugely popular worldwide.
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NT LIVE AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS
OBSESSION (15) THURSDAY 11TH MAY, 7PM ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10 Jude Law (The Young Pope, Closer, The Talented Mr Ripley) stars in the stage production of Obsession, broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre in London. Ivo van Hove (NT Live: A View from the Bridge, Hedda Gabler) directs this new stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film. Gino is a drifter, down-at-heel and magnetically handsome. At a road side restaurant he encounters husband and wife, Giuseppe and Giovanna. Irresistibly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a fiery affair and plot to murder her husband. But, in this chilling tale of passion and destruction, the crime only serves to tear them apart. The stage production of Obsession is produced by Barbican Theatre Productions Limited, London and Toneelgroep Amsterdam; co-commissioned by Wiener Festwochen and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; co-produced by Holland Festival and David Binder Productions; and supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
LYNGO THEATRE AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS NORTHERN MILITARY MUSIC GROUP PRESENTS
THE BAND OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE COLLEGE SATURDAY 13TH MAY, 7PM TICKETS £12 Back by popular demand following last year’s very successful concert. Sponsored by “SHERWOODS”
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PUSS IN BOOTS SUNDAY 14TH MAY, 3PM ADULTS £7, CHILDREN £5 Would you trust a talking cat? You never know, he might turn you from a pauper to a prince just like the hero of this story, brought to vivid life on our incredible sloping stage by Patrick Lynch from Cbeebies. With smoke and mirrors and hidden trapdoors he’ll show you how this sure-footed feline fools both the King and the Ogre to put his master at the top. With a host of puppets, a working windmill and an avalanche of fruit and nuts come and see this classic furry tail, it’s the cat’s whiskers! Suitable for ages 4+ A show by Marcello Chiarenza. Adapted and performed by Patrick Lynch. Music by Carlo ‘Cialdo’ Capelli. Design assistant Elena Marini.
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WHAT’S ON SUMMER 2017
THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM AND THE SAGE GATESHEAD PRESENTS
RSC LIVE AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA (12A)
SATURDAY 17TH JUNE, 7.30PM
WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY, 7PM
ADULTS £10, CHILDREN £5
ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10
Royal Northern Sinfonia returns to The Princess Alexandra Auditorium with a delightful summer chamber programme. Our journey begins in Vienna, with music from two of that city’s greatest sons, Mozart and Schubert.
Iqbal Khan directs Shakespeare’s tragedy of love and duty, picking up the story where Julius Caesar ends. Following Caesar’s assassination, Mark Antony has reached the heights of power. Now he has neglected his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Torn between love and duty, Antonyas military brilliance deserts him, and his passion leads the lovers to their tragic end.
Mozart was a talented viola player as well as a violinist, and his Duo was a real labour of love, whilst Schubert’s Quartettsatz is the first movement of a string quartet that was never completed. Next stop Hungary, and the whirling dances and folk melodies of Kodály. Though born in Germany, Brahms spent much of his musical life in Vienna, and his quasi-symphonic String Quintet No.2 was first performed there. The Hungarian influence heard in the folk songs and dances of the final movement bring the programme to a perfect conclusion.
Iqbal Khan returns to the RSC to direct, following his critically acclaimed productions of Othello (2015) and Much Ado About Nothing (2012).
NT LIVE AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS YARM SCHOOL DANCE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS
DANCE SHOWCASE 2017 NT LIVE AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS
PETER PAN - ENCORE (PG) SATURDAY 10TH JUNE, 2PM ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10 All children, except one, grow up… Captured live at the National Theatre, a recorded performance of JM Barrie’s much-loved tale screens in cinemas this summer. When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him to reattach it. In return, she is invited to Neverland, where Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook await. A riot of magic, music and make-believe ensues. A delight for children and adults alike, Sally Cookson (NT Live: Jane Eyre) directs this wondrously inventive production, a co-production with Bristol Old Vic theatre.
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FRIDAY 16TH JUNE, 6.30PM TICKETS £5 The Summer Dance Showcase on Friday 16th June promises to be an evening of entertainment, dance and student talent. The showcase will feature performances form Yarm School dance activities as well as JKDance private tuition. Come and enjoy a range of dance styles and exciting choreography to a diverse range of contemporary music. This is a great opportunity to see all the hard work that Yarm School dance students have put in over this academic year and will no doubt be an excellent evening.
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THE DESTRUCTION OF MEMORY WEDNESDAY 21ST JUNE, 6PM
TICKETS £3 Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results for humanity, and has been steadily increasing. The Destruction of Memory looks at why this has happened, and how the push to protect and rebuild has moved in step with the destruction. The film will be followed by a question and answer session with the Director and writer Tim Slade. Run time - 85mins
SALOME - DELAYED LIVE (15) FRIDAY 23RD JUNE, 7PM
ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10 The story has been told before, but never like this. An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. Internationally acclaimed theatre director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs) draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production on the stage of the National Theatre.
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DOVECOTE FESTIVAL SUNDAY 2ND JULY, 6PM
FREE ADMISSION (TICKET REQUIRED) A magical open air concert with Yarm School’s medieval Dovecote as the backdrop. An evening of Jazz and Pop music brought to you by our talented pupils. A lovely way to ease into the summer holidays! Bring a blanket if its chilly!
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WHAT’S ON SUMMER 2017
LA BOHÈME: LIVE FROM TAORMINA
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LA BOHÈME: LIVE FROM TAORMINA
ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 1 (15)
WEDNESDAY 5TH JULY, 7.30PM
THURSDAY 20TH JULY, 7PM
ADULTS £10, CHILDREN £8
ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10
La bohème is one of the most famous of Giacomo Puccini’s operas. The classical essence of this opera is expressed by its intense melodic lyrics, original and refined harmony, instrumental light feel and nuances which are all unmistakable and unique.
Part 1, Millennium Approaches America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
For over 2000 years, the Teatro Antico di Taormina, under the shadow of Mt. Etna, has inspired artists from the ancient Greeks and Romans to Woody Allen and the opera stars of today.
Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass).
Teatro Antico di Taormina is the second largest ancient Greek theatre in Italy, built in Southern Italy in early seventh century BC. Frequently used for operatic and theatrical performances, this picturesque theatre sitting on the coast of Sicily is home to the annual Festival Euro Mediterraneo.
This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse). Part Two: Perestroika, will also be broadcast live on 27 July 2017.
MORE TO SCREEN AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM PRESENTS
MATTHEW BOURNE’S THE CAR MAN
DURHAM DALES FESTIVAL PRESENTS
KEVIN AND KAREN CLIFTON - UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
THURSDAY 6TH JULY, 7PM
ADULTS £10, CHILDREN £8 A sensational dance event for cinemas from the internationally acclaimed choreographer Matthew Bourne and his dance company New Adventures, The Car Man is loosely based on Bizet’s popular opera (CARMEN) and has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in classical music, brilliantly arranged by Terry Davies. The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960’s America where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge. Lez Brotherston’s epic design, Chris Davey’s evocative lighting and Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling take in a wealth of cinematic references, creating a powerful and uncompromising vision of small-town America.
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FRIDAY 21ST JULY, 7.30PM
TICKETS £23 - £30
JEANETTE WAINWRIGHT SINGING LTD PRESENTS TIFFANY SCHOOL OF DANCE PRESENTS
CELEBRATE: - 20 YEARS OF THE TIFFANY SCHOOL OF DANCE SATURDAY 8TH JULY, 2PM AND 7PM
ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10 An evening of dance from local Dance School, The Tiffany School of Dance.
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100 VOICES SUMMER CONCERT TUESDAY 11TH JULY, 7PM
ADULTS £10 One hundred and sixty strong community choir sing everything from Birdy’s Wings to Verdi’s Hebrew Slaves Chorus. All proceeds to the School Aid India charity www.schoolaidindia.org
We are thrilled to welcome Kevin and Karen Clifton - professional dance couple from STRICTLY COME DANCING - to this year’s Durham Dales Festival. Kevin and Karen’s programme will contain five dances and a Q & A session, and be approximately one hour long. In addition, we are delighted to be joined by the Mums in Durham Choir and the Kerry-Ann O’Neill School of Dance. It promises to be a magical evening, and we hope to welcome you to it. Why not check out our Earlybird tickets? Tickets only available from: www.ticketor.com/durhamdalesfestival PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOT THE FULL TOUR SHOW.
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ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 2 (15) THURSDAY 27TH JULY, 7PM
ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10 America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass). This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multiaward winning two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse).
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TITUS ANDRONICUS (12A) WEDNESDAY 9TH AUGUST, 7PM
ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10 The decay of Rome reaches violent depths in Shakespeare’s most bloody play. Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss, who relinquishes power but leaves Rome in disorder. Rape, cannibalism and severed body parts fill the moral void at the heart of this corrupt society. Shakespeare’s gory revenge tragedy presents us with murder as entertainment, and, as the body count piles up, poses questions about the nature of sexuality, family, class and society.
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THURSDAY 31ST AUGUST, 7PM ADULTS £15, CHILDREN £10 The incredible Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns in her Evening Standard Best Actress award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. The unmissable theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics call it ‘an extraordinary theatrical triumph’ (The Times) and ‘stunning, searing, unmissable’ (Mail on Sunday). Billie Piper’s lead performance is described as ‘spellbinding’ (The Evening Standard), ‘astonishing’ (iNews) and ‘devastatingly powerful’ (The Daily Telegraph). Set in contemporary London, Piper’s portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Please note this broadcast does not have an interval.
COMING AUTUMN 2017
OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL
DR MARTIN TRUST PRESENTS
DR MARTIN BEQUEST, BRASS BAND CONTEST: THE WAINSTONE’S CUP SUNDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER, 9AM
ADULTS £8, CONCESSIONS £6, UNDER 16S FOC We welcome the Dr Martin Trust for their annual brass band competition for championship section bands as they compete for The Wainstone’s Cup. Some of the Country’s leading Championship Bands will be competing for “The Wainstone’s Cup” and £8000k in prize money. All bands will play an own choice March, Solo and Championship Test piece.
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AN EVENING WITH GEOFFREY BOYCOTT ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA SCREENINGS KEEP CHECKING: www.thepaaonline.org for more information
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YARM SCHOOL, THE FRIARAGE, YARM, TS15 9EJ
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OPEN MORNING SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER, 9AM TO 12NOON
WHERE TO FIND US THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM IS BASED IN THE HEART OF YARM, ON THE YARM SCHOOL SITE.
THE POSTCODE IS TS15 9EJ - THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED AT THE END OF THE HIGH STREET.
PARKING
There is limited free parking on-site for 250 cars so please arrive early if you intend to park at the Auditorium. There is parking on the High Street which is free after 6pm and only a short walk from the venue. Please note when the car park is full there will be no vehicular access but the pedestrian entrance will remain open.
ACCESS
The Princess Alexandra Auditorium offers easy access and floor-level seating for wheelchair users. There is a ramp up to the Auditorium from the reserved parking and a lift down to the Auditorium. When booking via the online system, the wheelchair spaces are highlighted with a diagonal line. Please inform the Auditorium Manager via email DPB@yarmschool.org or by telephone 01642 786023 if you would like to reserve a disabled parking bay.