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Saturday 1 October – 2pm Les Petits Theatre Company

Welcome to our latest theatres’ brochure Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, this season of entertainment is fantastic, we can promise you that! If you're new to the Margate Theatres you've missed plethora of great entertainment this year which now continues to our autumn diary so get reading. Live music features heavily once again at the Winter Gardens with some welcome returns from 10cc, Level 42, Alexander O'Neal and Jason Donovan on top of some first time visits from Shalamar and The Damned.

The children are whisked away for another fantastic adventure to a world of devious dinosaurs, deep sea dangers and smelly sausages! It’s all aboard, me hearties, for a real live pirate adventure!

At the Theatre Royal we see return of Black Theatre Live with the first all black production of Hamlet. The theatre also plays host to hits from the Edinburgh Festival; In Our Hands, Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs and Tell Me Anything.

Will fearless Flinn be able to outwit the pirate dinosaurs? Will Pirate Pearl be brave enough to battle the dangerous dinos and will terrified Tom be back in time for tea? All aboard for a non-stop action packed theatrical experience with live music, puppetry and dastardly dinosaurs!

December hails in Pantomime Season and as always we have a superb choice for you of not one but two productions! To start the season off with some added sparkle, the award winning M.O.S. will deliver the enchanting Cinderella. Following on from their stardust we see a return of Wicked Productions to the Theatre Royal with the swashbuckling and high flying Peter Pan. Both productions promise all the thrills and spills you'd expect from a Traditional British Family Panto. With all we have on offer we hope to see you soon. Make sure you enjoy life and have fun this party season! Paul Palmer Entertainments and Facilities Manager Pam Hardiman Programme Manager P.S. If you're struggling for Christmas presents this year, why not check the Coming Soon section on page 32

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Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs 2: The Magic Cutlass

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The Magic Cutlass is the hugely anticipated sequel based on the award -winning book by Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto. When Flinn, Pearl and Tom are in the middle of their school play their old nemesis, Mr T the T-Rex, appears and kidnaps the children forcing them to hunt for the secretive Magic Cutlass; a sword that grants the holder any wish!

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Winner of The Primary Times Children’s Choice Award “This is a bright sparky production, filled with hum-along songs, beautiful puppets and a lot of imagination” Time Out Ages: 3+ Running Time: 1 hour (no interval) Tickets: £6, Family of 4 £20

Saturday 1 October – 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)

Sunday 2 October - 7pm

10CC in Concert

Horace’s Palace of Fun*

One of the most inventive and influential bands in the history of popular music, 10cc, will perform their classic hits plus material from their seminal Sheet Music album.

“current band is as near as you’re ever going to get to hearing the perfect 10cc. Hit after hit after hit. It’s relentless. We show no mercy.” Graham Gouldman

Few other acts have achieved commercial, critical and creative success in equal measure, and with eleven Top 10 hits, including three No 1s – Rubber Bullets, I’m Not In Love and Dreadlock Holiday – it’s no surprise that the band has sold 15 million albums in the UK alone.

Ages: 14+ Running Time: 2 hours plus interval Tickets: First Tier £32.50, Second Tier £29.50 * Booking fee applies £2 per ticket in person/phone & £3 per ticket online

Once again Horace will open the doors to the ‘Palace of Fun’. This year’s show will feature some local and national entertainers with a guest appearance this year from Stars in their Eye's winner Paul Doody as Marti Pellow. The show will be raising money for local charities and non-profit making organisations. If you are involved with a local charity or community group such as Cubs, Scouts, Brownies, Guides or Community Centre Groups and would like to raise money for your cause please register by calling Horace on 07814306664 or emailing hotmaninshowbusiness@hotmail.com. * Local Production Ages: All Tickets: £10, Under 16s £5

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Friday 7 October – 7.30pm (doors 6:45pm)

Fri 7 Oct - 2pm & 7.30pm, Sat 8 Oct -7.30pm Black Theatre Live with Watford Palace Theatre & Stratford Circus

Sixties Gold

Hamlet

For lovers of sixties music, this is the ultimate, and probably never to be repeated, line-up. The Searchers’ first single went to No. 1 and led to five more Top 5 hits and a total of 128 weeks in the charts. Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, the band that broke the Liverpool stranglehold and went on to have 21 hits that spent over 220 weeks in the UK charts. Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Proby, whose trouser splitting shocked the nation, was a Melody Maker teen idol award winner in 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the charts.

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By William Shakespeare

Wayne Fontana, originally from Manchester, spent over 75 weeks in the British charts with hits such as “Game Of Love”, “Um Um Um Um Um” and “Pamela Pamela”.

For the first time in Britain, an all-black cast present Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy on tour this autumn, in a striking contribution to the Shakespeare 400th anniversary celebrations.

Special Guest, direct from America, Gary Puckett & Union Gap whose first single “Young Girl” was also a UK No. 1.

Remember me….

Ages: All Running Time: Approx. 3 hours including interval Tickets: £32.50

Denmark, a Black Empire of modern England, where an intelligent young student discovers the world he once knew has crumbled. Implored to defend what is left of his father’s decaying legacy, Hamlet now faces the greatest moral challenge – to kill or not to kill. Directed by Jeffery Kissoon and adapted with Shakespeare’s text by award-winning playwright

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Mark Norfolk, this fast-moving version gets straight to the heart of a young man’s dilemma. The pioneering Black Theatre Live most recently toured hit productions of Tara Arts’ Macbeth, She Called Me Mother starring Cathy Tyson and The Diary Of A Hounslow Girl, this May. Ages: 12+ Running Time: Approx. 2 hours (plus interval) Tickets: £15, Concessions £13, Friends £11, Schools £9

Sunday 9 October – 7.30pm Adverse Camber Productions

Wednesday 12 October – 7.30pm

Miles Jupp Songs of Freedom

Fire In The North Sky Epic Tales from Finland Commissioned in association with Mac Birmingham and Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival with support from Sage Gateshead.

of offbeat fun, enchantment and music that moves between dancing flutes, intoxicating rhythms and hauntingly beautiful sung melodies.

Astronauts. Regrets. The sexes. Social Media. Hipsters. Poo. Rage. Medicine. Manners. Identity. Lost stuff. Other stuff.

Be transported by songs, adventure and the stories of Kalevala – Finland’s national epic and cultural treasure.

“They conjure up the landscape of the Karelian lands; we hear the birds singing, creatures stirring in the woods and, out to sea, the ice breaking as the seasons turn… we have been held entranced.”

Miles Jupp, (Stand-up, actor, writer, thinker, father, husband, worrier, fool, star of Rev. and host of The News Quiz) hits the road in a freshly-ironed shirt and some robust trousers and tries to make some bloody sense of it all.

“The Kalevala is reinstated and reinvented for our time.” Cath Barton, Wales Arts Review

Ages: 16+ Running Time: 90 minutes plus interval Tickets: £17.50, Concessions £15.50, Friends £14.50, Restricted £14

Travel to the extremes of the Finnish landscape – the vast forests and lakes, the harshness of winter, the intoxicating summers. Experience authentic creation myths, tales of Finland’s epic heroes and journey with them to the dark river of the underworld. Leading UK storyteller Nick Hennessey and three virtuoso Finnish musicians make these 2000 year old traditional stories come alive with a touch

Ages: 14+ Running Time: 2 hours plus interval Tickets: £12, Concessions £10, Friends £10

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Wednesday 12 October – 7.30pm (doors 7pm)

Thursday 13 October – 7.30pm

Level 42 – Sirens II Tour 2016

Vienna Festival Ballet – Snow White

To date the band have released 14 studio albums, 7 live albums, the Sirens EP and 6 compilation albums, had 18 top 40 singles – including Lessons in Love, Something About You, Leaving Me Now, Running in the Family, and Hot Water, sold out Wembley Arena for a total of 21 nights and sold in excess of 30 million albums worldwide. In short they have proven to be one of the most successful British bands of the 1980’s, and with the recent re-issues of the bands vast catalogue on Universal Music, and inclusion on BBC Radio 2’s Sounds of the Eighties compilation album, it is clear they continue to be a benchmark for British Jazz Funk at the highest level.

Level 42 are: Mark King bass/vocals, Mike Lindup keys/vocals, Nathan King guitar/vocals, Sean Freeman sax/vocals, Dan Carpenter trumpet/vocals, Nichol Thomson trombone/vocals, Pete Ray Biggin drums.

Join Vienna Festival Ballet on a magical journey with their unmissable production of Snow White.

This is a standing concert. Ages: 7+ Under 16s must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult Running Time: Approx. 2 hours plus interval Tickets: £28

Based on the traditional Grimm brothers’ story, this ballet incorporates all the important elements – a beautiful girl, an enchanted mirror, a poisoned apple. Hip-hopping dwarves help Snow White find her Prince Charming.

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This spellbinding ballet promises to entertain and dazzle the whole family.

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Choreography By Barry Mcgrath

World première choreography propels this timeless fairytale and answers the question; who is the fairest one of all?

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“The entire show was captivating from start to finish” Welwyn Hatfield Times “An excellent company of talented young dancers. Their energy and enthusiasm is breathtaking.” ENTS24.COM “This production looks and feels absolutely right” Worthing Herald Ages: All Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes plus 20 minute interval Tickets: £19.50, Concessions £18.50, Child £13, Schools £12

Friday 14 October – 7.30pm Saturday 15 October – 7.30pm

Shirley Valentine* by Willy Russell

Sunday 16 October – 3pm Wizard Presents

Saturday 15 October - 7.30pm

Mr Wonderful Dance

Why The Whales Came

An evening combining the best ballroom and Latin dance music with the presentation skills to ensure that whatever standard of dancer you are, whether you are with a partner, with a group of friends or simply on your own, you will have a thoroughly enjoyable time.

Multi-award-winning performer and storyteller Danyah Miller vividly brings to life another enchanting tale by Michael Morpurgo.

Ages: 14+ Running Time: 2 hours plus interval Tickets: £8.50, Friends £8, Door Price £10

Children Gracie and Daniel have been forbidden to go near the mysterious and seemingly dangerous Birdman. But messages and clues intrigue them and, after being lost at sea in the fog and stranded on his tiny island, they begin to unravel the Birdman’s secrets, the villagers’ fears and superstitions and learn why the

by Michael Morpurgo

Aneee Muuon Presents

In this heart-warming and now classic comedy, Shirley, a middle-aged mother of two grown- up children, feels trapped by her marriage. Her hope and self-confidence have both been shattered by school, marriage and life and she is reduced to talking to the kitchen wall. She dreams of drinking wine in a country where BY the grape is grown and longs for “the sea, the sea”. However, once in Greece, Shirley soon WILLY RUSSELL starts talking to a rock…..has she finally gone Loop the Loop? Local actress Anette Mutton returns to the role performance on Friday 14 October is & 15with October - 7:30pm inTheaidat after 614 years two performances Theatre of The East Kent Unit for Breast Screening Theatre Royal Margate Royal. The performance on Friday 14th October is in Box Oﬃce: 01843 292795 This amateur produccon of "Shirley Valennne" by special arrangement with aid of theatreroyalmargate.com The East Kent Unit for Breastis presented Screening.

Why The Whales Came is full of fun, mystery and adventure.

whales came to the island.

SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.

Ages: 7+ Running Time: 1 hour no interval Tickets: £10, Concessions £8, Family of 4 £30

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Monday 17 October – 7.30pm Tangled Feet

Wednesday 19 October – 7.30pm Selladoor Theatre

Kicking & Screaming

Pride & Prejudice

In this imaginative and loving adaptation by Joannah Tincey, two actors bring to life Austen’s words with great skill and agility. Joannah Tincey says: “I wanted to create an adaptation where the characters talk to the audience in the same way that Austen talks to her reader. By addressing the audience directly and allowing the characters to speak for themselves, we are bringing Jane Austen’s unique and witty writing style to life in a truly theatrical context.”

Like a tiny bomb exploding in the middle of your life, the baby arrives – and suddenly the world you knew becomes a different place entirely. How do our priorities shift when we become parents? How do we adjust – and what happens if we don’t? A baby is more than Natasha bargained for – and she’s also wondering whether boyfriend Jay will ever grow up. An honest, funny and touching show with a live score played on children’s instruments. Ages: 14+ Running Time: 1 hour 10 mins no interval Tickets: £12, Concessions £10, Friends £8

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A must for Austen fans as well as those looking for a fresh and surprising new piece of theatre, this chance to catch the five Bennett sisters and the whole world of Austen brought to life by just two actors is a theatrical treat not to be missed. “Simply the most entertaining and intellectually stimulating evening I have spent in the theatre this year” The Hexham Courant “A uniquely theatrical experience …an acting tour de force”  The Oxford Times Ages: 10+ Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes plus interval Tickets: £14, Concessions £12, Friends £10, Schools £8

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Friday 21 October – 7.15pm The Royal British Legion

Festival of Remembrance

Saturday 22 October – 7.30pm Kathryn Barker Productions

The Collector By Henry Naylor

Mazrat Prison, Iraq. Previously one of Saddam’s most notorious torture houses, where more than 10,000 people died, it is now under Allied command. Nassir works here, translating for the American interrogators. He’s local, pro-Western, determined to bring liberal values to his country and is about to get married to Zoya, his sweetheart. But when he is recognised by Faisal, new prisoner and psychotic supporter of the old regime, his life becomes a living hell. Born out of Henry Naylor’s own experiences of a visit to Bagram Airbase in 2003, The Collector is a compelling tale of murder, evil and betrayal set in occupied Iraq. One of the most highly-acclaimed shows at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival, it won a prestigious Scotsman Fringe First Award, which was followed by a sold-out run at London’s Arcola Theatre.

The Royal British Legion leads a Festival of Remembrance with the Band of the Grenadier Guards and the Parade of Service Representatives and Standards. An opportunity to pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave Service men and women and remember all those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today.

Ages: 14+ Running Time: 1 hour 20 mins no interval Tickets: £14, Concessions £12, Friends £10, Schools £10

Ages: All Tickets: £8.50 1st Tier, £7.50 2nd Tier, £6.50 3rd Tier

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Sunday 23 October Doors 4.30pm (Bell 5pm) LDN WRESTLING

Sunday 23 October – 3pm Greenlight Theatre

A Night of British Wrestling

Albee Vector – The Sound Collector

Championship wrestling, full of sparkly costumes and audience participation, is coming for an afternoon of suplexs and bodyslams. Boo the bad guys and cheer on your favourites, as you get the opportunity to get up close and personal with the rip-roaring action. Post show you will also get the chance to meet the stars and maybe even grab yourself a souvenir or two! See the highest quality, fastest paced, non-stop wrestling action ever seen on these shores - You won’t want to miss this fantastic action packed wrestling family night out! Don’t miss out with top names including British Heavyweight Champion the Dark Lord, fan favourite Alan Lee Travis and many more.

An epic tale of love, adventure and a sound-hoover called mustard. Find out how Albee and his love Andromeda survived kings, curses and cruelty, on their quest for beautiful sounds across the world. Sounds are running low so Albee will need a few more noises to tell this particular story… Can you help him? He’ll need you to make popping, fizzing, hissing, clopping, whizzing, whooshing, banging, crashing, and probably a fart noise or two!

Ages: All Running Time: 2 hours (inc interval) Tickets: £13, Child £11, Concessions £11, Family of 4 £40 Before 1st Oct - £44 after

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In a re-telling of The Odyssey, Albee travels to the ends of the earth seeking the most beautiful sound in the world. Using a myriad of sounds from his collection including a gurgling river, seaweed pixies and a badger in the bathtub – Albee, and his friend Andromeda, recount their epic tale.

How they picked up a motley crew of friends along the way, navigated treacherous waters and fought a Cyclops, before learning the true meaning of the sound he sought. However, some of the sounds are running low so Albee enlists the audience’s help, and that of his sound hoover, Mustard, to top them up. Greenlight Theatre was founded in 2011 by Sam Woolf and Sadie Spencer. The company engages with how technology opens up communication channels and affects the way we think and behave. Ages: 4+ Running Time: 50 minutes - no interval Tickets: £6, Family of 4 £20, Schools £5

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T Tuesday 25 October – 3pm

Slot Machine

Wednesday 26 October 2:30pm (doors 2pm) Gordon Clarkson Productions

Thursday 27 October – 7.30pm From Ground Up Theatre Company

Your Toys

Simple Simon in the New Adventures of Little Bo Peep*

Operation Crucible

This show is made by your toys! Grown ups and children alike, bring your own toy to the theatre to join in this gigantic adventure. Slot Machine bring your real toys to life on stage using their unique style of puppetry, original live music and quirky humour.

It's Half Term and time for another fun filled adventure with children's favourite Simple Simon! This time, he and Tommy the Cat help poor Little Bo Peep, who, in addition to losing her sheep, is struggling to avoid nasty Erlking the Elf who seems intent on causing as much trouble as possible! She and Boy Blue need Fairy Stardust and Simon and Tommy to help Good win against Evil. This thrilling panto style story, combined with song, comedy and lots of joining in, is an interactive live theatre treat for families with small children, especially the popular 'Stage Spots' where lucky children from the audience are selected at random to get up on stage with Simple Simon to take part in games and songs to win small prizes.

Set against the backdrop of the Sheffield Blitz, Operation Crucible is the story of four ordinary men in extraordinary times.

A monstrous force rules the land. Only the bravest heroes can defeat it. But the challenge is perilous – will everyone survive? On this epic journey, we’re all in danger, and only the toys can save us – your toys. “Magical, an ideal introduction to the theatre for children” The Stage Ages: 3+ Running Time: 1 hour Tickets: £6, Family of 4 £20

* Local production Ages: 2 to 11 Running Time: 90 minutes plus interval Tickets: £7.50, Group of 4 £28 T

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On the 12 December 1940, more than six hundred people lost their lives in over seven hours of continuous bombing by Germany’s Luftwaffe. Their objective? Wiping Sheffield’s world famous steel works – the heartland of Britain’s munitions manufacturing – clean off the map. The ruthless attack left Sheffield in ruins – destroying families, shattering a way of life, and changing the city forever. Ages: 12+ Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes no interval Tickets: £12, Concessions £10, Friends £10

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Friday 28 October – 7.30pm

Saturday 29 October – 7.30pm

Sunday 30 October - 12 noon – 3pm

Henning Wehn - Westphalia is not an option

Puppetry of the Penis

Family Scare Fair – Kids Halloween Party!

Join German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn for an evening of Teutonic jolliness at its best. After his last show tackled those well-known staples of light entertainment that are the British obsession with home ownership and the self-serving nature of most fundraising efforts, this time Henning’s having an unbiased look at immigration. He also wonders, if, generally speaking, people are competent. Luckily in his case this doesn’t matter as either he’s funny or he lives up to a national stereotype. It’s a win-win situation.

Two near naked men (they wear shoes) manipulate their nether regions using the Ancient Art of Genital Origami, producing a hilarious array of shapes and impersonations which will be projected onto a huge video screen.

Our popular Halloween Kids Party is back!

This latest incarnation comes fresh from Las Vegas, where the show has been thrilling audiences. This show will feature all of your favourites, including the Eiffel Tower, the Lochness Monster, and of course, the iconic Hamburger, but will also include a host of new installations that promise to rock you into hilarious fits of laughter.

Children will receive a free party pack, free children’s games, free spooking sideshow stalls.

Come along. Or else. Ages: 16+ Running Time: 2 hours plus interval Tickets: £17, Restricted view £15

Ages: Strictly 18+ Running Time: Approx. 1 hour 45 minutes plus interval Tickets: £20, Friends £18.50, Group of 4 £76

Get into the spirit of Halloween with bewitching fun. Give your little horrors the spooks with strange stories and gruesome games and then dance the afternoon away to your favourite party tunes.

Basket Meals will be available to purchase throughout the event. Ages: 11 and under. Tickets: £7.50 Child, Adult: £2, Family: £17 (2 adults & 2 children)

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Thursday 3 November – 7.30pm Theatre Royal Wakefield and John Godber Company

Friday 4 November – 7.30pm Redcape Theatre

When tough actor Jack Skipton returns from filming to care for his ageing aunt, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for. But this might be his most taxing role to date, as he begins an incredible odyssey through the N.H.S, from cancelled GP’s appointments, wrongly booked scans, frustrated Consultants, and abusive home carers, who smoke on the door step! Jack’s story is hilarious and heartbreaking, as he and his aunt take on the health service in order to get the right diagnosis, and the right care; as he goes from actor to carer to drugs consultant, and she refuses to admit that she is even ill! Told in a bold physical theatre

From the company who brought us their remarkable show “1 Beach Road” in 2012

This Might Hurt

Be Brave and Leave for the Unknown

style and with breathtaking grit and honesty, Godber’s take on our health service is both tender and true, as he investigates what we deserve, and what we receive. Take a deep breath... ...because This Might Hurt! Ages: 16+ Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes including interval Tickets: £16, Concession £14, Friends £12

The award winning and critically acclaimed RedCape Theatre return with their new show Be Brave and Leave for the Unknown – a story of love, loss and courage told through the hands of a piano player and the lens of a photographer. In the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, a couple sit across a table in a suburban living room, between them a chasm opens, their courage deserts them and the only choice is to run or hide… In a world where there is so much to fear, when taking the smallest of steps can be terrifying, it sometimes feel as if we have forgotten how to be brave. Or have we? Inspired by true stories of ordinary people in extra-ordinary situations RedCape’s exhilarating new show explores the nature of bravery both epic and domestic, large and small. Ages: 10+ Running Time: 65 minutes - no interval Tickets: £14, Concessions £12, Friends £10, Schools £8

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Saturday 5 November – 7.30pm

Monday 7 November – 7.30pm Townsend Productions

Professor Brian Cox – Live

Dare Devil Rides to Jarama The show will take audiences on a dazzling journey through space and time, delving into ‘high science’ and freewheeling on the edges of the known cosmos. Whether an avid science reader or a total novice, Professor Brian Cox Live will test the limits of our knowledge and make highly complex ideas accessible to all. Always captivating, continually surprising and forever pushing the boundaries, Professor Brian Cox takes science to a new dimension in this new stage show, plus get up close and personal with the man himself with an interview hosted by his The Infinite Monkey Cage co-host Robin Ince. Brian Cox is perhaps the world’s foremost communicator of all things scientific. His innate ability to make highly complex matters enormously entertaining and easy to contemplate has made his science television shows ground breaking in their audience reach and accessibility. Brian Cox OBE is a British particle physicist best known to the public as the presenter of a number of science programs for the BBC, boosting the popularity of subjects such as astronomy and physics.

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Ages: All Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes plus interval Tickets: 1st Tier £40, 2nd Tier £30

SPAIN 1936: When Fascism clutched at the throat of the Spanish people threatening a foul tyranny and the menace of war in Europe, Clem “Dare Devil” Beckett felt at once that his place was in freedom’s rank and joined many other volunteers that formed the International Brigades. Townsend Productions’ new play, commissioned by the International Brigades Memorial Trust, commemorates and celebrates their contribution and sacrifice on the 80th anniversary of their creation with stirring contemporaneous songs, live music and poetry. Ages: 11+ Running Time: 90 minutes plus interval Tickets: £12, Concessions £10, Friends £8

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Tuesday 8 November - 7pm Wednesday 9 November – 7pm

Thursday 10 November – 7.30pm Open Clasp Theatre

Shakespeare Schools Festival

Celebrating 400 years of ‘sound and fury’ Shakespeare Schools Festival is proud to present a series of unique performances by children from all over Kent. This is more than an event for the parents of participating schools. All local schools can see Shakespeare interpreted by children of their own age. This is a wonderful opportunity for schools to introduce children to the language, magic and possibilities of Shakespeare. Tuesday 8 November: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham Much Ado About Nothing: Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School, Canterbury Romeo & Juliet: Dame Janet Primary Academy, Ramsgate The Taming of the Shrew: Dane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs

Key Change

Wednesday 9 November: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Hartsdown Academy, Margate Macbeth: Bradstow School, Broadstairs The Tempest: St. Peter-in-Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs Twelfth Night: Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School, Ramsgate For adults and children alike an evening at Shakespeare Schools Festival will create a night to be treasured and remembered! Ages: All Running Time: 2.5 hours, inc interval Tickets: £9, Concessions £7, Group rate of £6.50 per ticket on groups of 20+ T

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Devised with women in Her Majesty’s Prison Low Newton to tour to male prisons, Key Change carries the stories of some of the UK’s most marginalised women over the razor wire through an intense, raw and illuminating portrayal of women in prison. The prison van, fences high, a Magpie. One for sorrow. Snatched the babies. The mother fought, but it was too big, and flew too high. “A touching, empowering work that hits the hat-trick of great script, direction and performance”  The Stage Ages: 13+ Running Time: 1 hour - no interval Tickets: £12, Concessions £10, Friends £8

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Saturday 12 November – 7.30pm Blackeyed Theatre

Tuesday 15 November – 7.30pm Smoking Apples

Frankenstein

In Our Hands

by Mary Shelley

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” A brand new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror masterpiece fusing ensemble storytelling, live music and stunning theatricality. From the artistic team behind Blackeyed Theatre’s hugely successful 2013 production of Dracula, Frankenstein promises a fresh, exciting take on what is widely considered to be a landmark work of romantic, gothic and science fiction literature. “One of the most innovative, audacious companies working in contemporary English theatre” The Stage Adapted by John Ginman Director Eliot Giuralarocca. Composer Ron McAllister. Musical Director Ellie Verkerk. Designer Victoria Spearing. Puppets and Puppetry Yvonne Stone. Education Pack available Ages: 11+ Running Time: Approx. 2 hours 10 mins inc interval Tickets: £15, Concessions £13, Friends £11, Schools £8

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Alf is a trawler fisherman whose experience, camaraderie and loyalty have put him and his boat at the top of the game. But times are changing and so is the industry. How will Alf adapt in order to survive? Using innovative puppetry, a striking set and an original score, join Alf as he journeys from the depths of despair to rise again and rescue the life he loves. One of Lyn Gardner’s (The Guardian) Picks of the Fringe. Featured in The Times “Surprisingly hooked on a puppets’ tale”. Ages: 10+ Running Time: 1 hour 5 minutes (no interval) Tickets: £12, Concessions £10, Friends £8

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Thursday 17 November – 7.30pm The Bowerhouse

Friday 18 November – 7.30pm

Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band

Jim Davidson – 40 Years On

Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band can’t contain their infectious joy and loving irreverence onstage in a live show, already the stuff of legend. Their appearances include key summer festivals – Cambridge, FolkEast, Tonder (Denmark), Purbeck and Shrewsbury before embarking on a 13 date November 2016 tour, including a suitably explosive 5th November gig at London’s Assembly Hall.

Britain’s most controversial comedian celebrates an explosive 40 years in show business.

Pioneering English traditional folk powerhouse, Eliza Carthy, first assembled the Wayward Band in 2013 in order to explore and celebrate her long and varied career in folk music; ‘the last truly underground music scene’. To do this Eliza put together a team of hugely talented people from across the UK, and set out on the road to promote her ‘Best Of’ compilation, Wayward Daughter (Topic Records), which coincided with a biography of the same name. Since then the band has become a festival favourite, and Eliza has been awarded the MBE for services to folk music. Ages: All Running Time: Approx. 2 hours including interval Tickets: £18, Concessions £16, Friends £15, Restricted View £14

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For the first time Jim brings a truly revealing and hilarious look at his life to the stage – from the triumphs to the tragedies. This is Jim Davidson as you have never seen him before, a night not to be missed. Ages: 16+ Running Time: 2 hours plus interval Tickets: £23, Friends £21, Restricted View £17.50

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Saturday 19 November – 7.30pm

Jimmy Carr – The Best of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour

Saturday 19 November – 7.30pm Humanish

Holy Presents

Jimmy is gathering a selection of his very best jokes along with brand new material for the ultimate comedy show. A man who has devoted his life to crafting perfect jokes and has left a trail of laughter in his wake, Jimmy Carr’s new tour will distil everything we love to laugh at and be shocked by, into one incredible, unparalleled night of entertainment. Jimmy Carr has been on the stand-up scene for a decade and a half. In that time he’s performed 9 sell-out tours, playing nearly 2,000 shows to over 2 million people across 4 continents. He’s won the British Comedy Award for ‘Best Live Stand-Up Tour’ and been nominated for the Perrier Award. Now all that experience is being put to good use – you can see all the greatest material from his extraordinary career in one show – this is the very best of Jimmy Carr. Ages: 16+ Running Time: Approx. 2 hours Tickets: £27.50

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Joy to the world, in heaven Jesus’ iPhone 6S is ringing, the Holy Ghost is on the loo and God’s lost his glasses. Sweaty stilton, too much port and a turkey that’s drier than Joseph’s flipflop; it’s just another family Christmas in the household of its holy originators. Jesus hasn’t seen Joseph and Mary in 2016 years BUT this year he has some very special news; his whole family are going to be together, for the first time… ever!

Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, £1.50 per ticket online

From opening unwanted gifts to falling asleep in front of the Queen’s speech and arguing over charades, HOLY PRESENTS is a hilarious and a touching revelation that even divine beings fall victim to all of the usual festive traps and trimmings. An absurd and endearing portrait of Christmas, like The Royle Family meets Phoenix Nights, in miniature. Ages: 12+ Running Time: 50 minutes no interval Tickets: £12, Concessions £10

Sunday 20th November – 10am to 4pm

Tuesday 22 November – 7.30pm

Craft Fair

Shalamar - Greatest Hits Tour

A wide variety of craftwork, artwork, gift and collectibles in the run up to Christmas 2016. Ideal for present hunting.

Shalamar are one of the most successful Soul groups of all time selling 25 million albums worldwide – this is their story. Soul Train producer Dick Griffey had the idea of a Soul Train singing group and drafted in Jeffrey to start forming the band.

Admission: Free Organised by Jim Watson For stand details call: 01843 861451 Email nostawmij@aol.com 5 Albion Road, St Peters, Broadstairs, CT10 2UP

Shalamar went on to have world-wide hits such as ‘Night to Remember, There It Is, I Can Make You Feel Good,’ and many others. Shalamar toured the world and filled arenas and stadiums. Jeffrey left the group at its peak to pursue a solo career as one of the highest profile choreographers and dancers in the business and also as a creative consultant, singer, writer and producer.

This is a seated concert with a designated standing section. Ages: All Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes plus interval Tickets: £29.50, Standing £28.50, VIP £56. Restricted View £27.50 VIP package: Get premium seats, a meet and greet with Shalamar, photo/autograph opportunity and a signed programme. Call 01256 416384 /07795 387108 or email: thestocks@ntlworld.com * Booking fee applies £2 per ticket in person/phone & £3 per ticket online

Jody followed suit to pursue a solo career. Thus came the end of the original line up of the most remembered R&B group since the Jacksons. T

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Wednesday 23 November – 7.30pm AJTC & Nottingham Playhouse

Wednesday 23 November – 7.30pm

Thursday 24 November – 7.30pm

The Underground Man

An Evening of Mediumship with Psychic Tony

A life of fascination, obsession and deep scientific curiosity. William John Cavendish Scott-Bentinck, the 5th Duke of Portland is an eccentric English aristocrat whose imagination and curiosity know no bounds. This deceptively simple man struggles to come to terms with a world that is teeming with new knowledge, ill-founded opinion and gossip. Why does he hide himself away? What is his fascination with tunnels? Will he ever unearth the secrets hidden in his memory?

It’s NOT creepy or kooky, mysterious or spooky. It’s Psychic Medium Tony Stockwell demonstrating his belief that those who have passed can communicate with their loved ones.

Jenny Éclair - How to be a middle aged woman without going insane

Adapted by Nick Wood from Mick Jackson’s Booker Prize Shortlisted novel

Ages: 14+ Running Time: Approx. 2 hours inc interval Tickets: £14, Concessions £12, Friends £10

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At its best, Mediumship has the potential to change someone’s life and to instil in them a sense of peace, comfort and purpose. Tony Stockwell: Sensitive and inspirational, his messages are amazingly detailed and always humorous. Ages: 14+ (at parent’s discretion) Running Time: 2 hours plus interval Tickets: £21 (1st 5 rows), Remaining £18.50, Friends £17

Following a complete sell-out spring tour professional grumpy old woman, Splash survivor, amateur soup maker, and novice knitter Jenny Eclair extends her hit tour into the autumn. Jenny is younger than Madonna but eats crisps and likes wine. Semi–bearded and suffering from outbreaks of gout and hysteria, Eclair puts middle age under the microscope and decides whether to laugh, cry or buy a dachshund! You are most welcome to join her, just button your cardi up properly and wipe that lipstick off your teeth. Ages: 14+ Running Time: 2 hours inc interval Tickets: £17.50, Restricted View £15.50

Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, £1.50 per ticket online

Friday 25 November – 7.30pm

Friday 25 November – 7.30pm Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company

The Dreamboys

Beyond the Marigolds

The Dreamboys are without a shadow of a doubt the UK’s top Male Strip Show, perfect for a girls night out with all your friends. Their showcase is unquestionably the most famous Male Stripper act the UK has ever produced.

If you’re looking for the very best girls night out in the UK, look no further than these incredible stripping hunks. An action packed 2 hour Show from start to finish, these boys will literally have you begging for more!!!

With special guest appearances on some of the UK’s biggest TV shows such as The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, Celebrity Big Brother, Loose Women, This Morning, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and The Only Way Is Essex, plus massive sold out Worldwide Tours, it’s no wonder The Dreamboys have earned themselves the title of the only Male Strip Group in history to have celebrity status.

This is one action packed show full of Music, Muscle, Magic and Mayhem that will leave you breathless which you simply cannot afford to miss!!! Ages: 18+ Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes including interval Tickets: 1st Tier £27.50, 2nd Tier £24.50, 3rd Tier £22.50, Friends 2nd Tier £21.50, Friends 3rd Tier £19.50

Beyond the Marigolds peels off those iconic rubber gloves and dredges the nooks and crannies of daily life and fantasy. Revisiting times of love, intimacy and sheer boredom seven women reveal the rich emotional hinterland held secret by older women. Combining live and digital forms, the company takes their audience on a journey of life’s messy acts of meaning – and attempt nothing less than to discover the purpose of life. Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company create high quality performance opportunities for older people. Working as co-authors,

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we celebrate the vitality of participants, challenging views of being an ‘old’ woman, providing a performance platform for those voices to be heard via movement, music and digital projection. We consider the funny side of things, the stuff of life, and all that moves us, producing work that is daring, comic, and moving. While the use of humour draws people in, the work often has a twist which challenges audiences to re-examine their pre-conceptions and assumptions. Ages: All Running Time: 1 hour no interval Tickets: £10, Concessions £8, Family of 4 £30, Friends FREE

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Saturday 26 November – 2pm Theatre of Widdershins

Saturday 26 November – 8pm to 1am

Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom

Disco Inferno

Wednesday 30 November – 7.30pm

Russell Kane – Right Man, Wrong Age Are you 16-years-old, yet feel 21? Are you 40, but tragically faking 25? Or maybe you’re full-on 80 years, with the heart of three oxen and the sex drive of a bonobo chimp. Don’t worry: this is normal. No one is ever the ‘right’ age – it’s is the beauty and the curse of being a real person. In this brand new show, Russell Kane unleashes another blisteringly-funny, award-winning stand-up performance about growing up and growing down. Ages: 14+ Running Time: 90 minutes plus interval Tickets: £17, Restricted View £15

Thanet’s grooviest party night – Disco Inferno – returns for Christmas 2016 with a bang! Bigger, better and funkier than ever! Join us for another disco-tastic night of music and dance as we turn it up to 11 and party the night away. From the cool cats that brought us summer’s Club Tropicana. Ages: 18+ Tickets: In advance £10 (£12 on the door)

It’s hard enough having a bad hair day but pity poor Rapunzel spending her life in a tower with a wicked old witch using her captive’s locks as a step ladder! What sort of damage is that going to do to your hair? Theatre of Widdershins have taken this Grimm tale right back to its dark roots, teased out the tangles and styled it into a beautifully coiffured hair piece! This enchanting show promises plenty of body, volume and loads of highlights. Make an appointment to see the show today – because you’re worth it!!! Ages: 4+ Running Time: 1 hour no interval Tickets: £6, Family of 4 £20

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* Call the Box Office for the last few seats & returns. Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, £1.50 per ticket online

Wednesday 30 November – 7.30pm, Thursday 1 December – 7.30pm, Friday 2 December – 7.30pm, Saturday 3 December – 1pm & 5pm and Sunday 4 December – 1pm & 5pm M.O.S. Presents The Traditional Family Pantomime

They’re back, those incredibly adorable sisters Pinot and Grigio return to the Margate Winter Gardens for the MOS traditional Family Panto. Handsome Prince Charming and his side kick Dandini, have to find the perfect royal bride, but in Pantoland nothing is ever quite what it seems! At Hardup Hall the invitations have arrived and poor Buttons has his work cut out, what with Pumpkins, White Mice and Wardrobes! So we’re off to the Ball, and our girls are determined this year, with or without the aid of a Fairy Godmother, one of them will captivate Prince Charming and be his bride, coz, as they say "if the slipper fits"! Meanwhile down in the kitchen, poor Cinderella is wondering what all the fuss is about... So join Margate’s most glamorous pair for that perfect pre-Christmas afternoon/ evening of family fun and frivolity suitable for all ages! Brought to you by MOS’s award winning production team, this year’s Pantomime is full to the brim with glitz and glamour, with a rich mix of music and comedy, featuring sensational scenery, cool costumes, dazzling dance routines and superb singing – and probably a little bit of innuendo and an appropriate amount of alliteration! Ages: All Running Time: Approx. 2 hours including interval Tickets: In advance £11, Concessions £9.50. On the door £13, Concessions £11

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Thursday 1 December – 7.30pm European Arts Company

Friday 2 December – 2pm & 7.30pm UK Arts International and Theatre Royal Margate present rehearsed readings of

A Christmas Carol

Hannah and Hanna (2.30pm) Hannah and Hanna in Dreamland (7.30pm) By John Retallack A Christmas Carol was the first public performance Charles Dickens gave of his own work. He enacted it over 150 times and the effect on the public was phenomenal. “The success was most wonderful and prodigious – perfectly overwhelming and astounding altogether!” he said after the first night. This Christmas, you can experience what it must have been like to be in the audience! European Arts Company is faithfully recreating Dickens’s famous performance of his best-loved and most heart-warming story. Come and enjoy a seasonal treat in the spirit of Christmas past, present and future. £1 from every ticket sold goes to the Barnardos charity for their 150th anniversary. Ages: All Running Time: Approx. 75 minutes plus interval Tickets: £12, Concessions £10, Schools £8

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When Hanna from Kosovo met Hannah from Margate, their love of pop music brought them together, despite their different cultures and circumstances. Hannah and Hanna, which premiered at Theatre Royal Margate in 2001 went on to become a global hit. John Retallack’s new play, Hannah and Hanna in Dreamland, picks up their story fifteen years on, as they once again meet in Margate and rekindle the friendship they had as teenagers. For both readings, Kosovan Hanna is played by Celia Meiras, who was instrumental in creating the role in the earlier play, while Margate Hannah is played by celebrated local performer, Lisa Payne.

Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, £1.50 per ticket online

Both shows: Ages: 10+ Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes plus 1 hour Q&A with John Retallack and the company. Tickets: (matinee) £8, Concs £6, Schools £5, (evening) £10, Concs £8, Schools £5 See both shows for £12, Concs £10

Saturday 3 December – 7.30pm

Thursday 8 December – 7.30pm

Maddy Prior & the Carnival Band - Carols and Capers

Chas ‘n’ Dave – The Full Story Live Still selling out Theatres all over the UK following on from their hit album ‘THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS’ on Warner Brothers Records, Chas ‘n’ Dave head Down to Margate! For Christmas.

Following the hugely popular 25th anniversary Christmas tour, renowned folk singer Maddy Prior joins up once again with the Carnival Band during the Festive Season for their celebratory show “Carols & Capers”. Together they mix renaissance, modern and ethnic instruments with a refreshing cavalier attitude and plenty of humour putting their inimitable stamps on a range of familiar and not-so-familiar festive fare. This will guarantee to be a Christmas Party to remember.

Over the past two years they have headlined THE ROYAL VARIETY SHOW, sold out THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL LONDON, performed an arena tour with STATUS QUO, and performed at the VE DAY CONCERT which was televised on BBC TV. CHAS & DAVE know how to give an audience a good time. They will be performing all the hits that made this Cockney duo famous, such as ’GERTCH’ ‘SIDEBOARD SONG’ ‘RABBIT’ ‘AINT NO PLEASING YOU’ ‘MARGATE’ etc.

“Maddy’s voice is clear as a bell. It actually sounds as if there’s a celebration going on” The Guardian “…if you haven’t seen them before you’re in for a treat” Oxford Mail

So due to public demand here they are once more.

“Maddy Prior is in enchanting form. The Carnival Band is an accomplished bunch whose engaging use of classical, folk and other influences defies shorthand definition” Sunday Telegraph

Ages: 12+ Running Time: Approx. 2 hours including interval Tickets: Tables £29.50, Bleachers £27.50, Friends £2 off

Ages: All Running Time: 90 minutes plus interval Tickets: £21.50, Friends £19.50, Restricted View £17.50

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Friday 9 December – 7.30pm

Saturday 10 December – 7.30pm

The Damned – 40th Anniversary Tour

Alexander O’Neal – 30 Years of Soul

Always unforgettable, The Damned continue to wave the flag for originality, stick two fingers up to mediocrity and celebrate a DIY punk ethos in the face of plastic entertainment and scripted reality.

With chart smash ‘Criticize’ lighting up dance floors across the world twenty-five years after its release, his sound has transcended generations. Originally released in 1987 from his album ‘Hearsay’ the single recently entered the UK charts once more.

To cap their incredible 40th anniversary year which climaxed in a blistering 3 hour set at the sold out Royal Albert Hall this summer, The Damned reach the pinnacle of their UK tour with this long-awaited night in Margate. Watch out, because punk legends The Damned are coming to Margate Winter Gardens on Friday 9th December. Celebrated as being the most entertaining of the original punk bands, The Damned were the first to release a punk single (New Rose, 1976) and are known as the band that would always deliver an accomplished live set ever since they started playing live in tiny punk clubs the same year.

As their loyal live following will attest, The Damned are still as fresh and exciting as they were 40 years ago in 1976. See The Damned live – it will be a night out that you are going to remember for a very long time. This is a standing concert. Ages: 7+ Under 16s must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult Running Time: 90 minutes plus support act Tickets: £25 * Booking fee applies £2 per ticket in person/phone & £3 per ticket online

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Fresh from his appearance in the Celebrity Big Brother House, Alexander has already started work on a brand new album with some very special collaborators. One of RnB’s most iconic names Alexander O’Neal has announced a special one off show in Margate to celebrate 30 years of soul, he will be bringing his full 8 piece live band, with backing singers. American born, Alexander O’Neal has created a cult appreciation across the globe. His back catalogue transporting his singles in to the UK and Billboard top tens as well as a triple platinum selling album and ever expanding discography.

Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, £1.50 per ticket online

Along with a busy touring schedule planned, 2016 is set to be a ground -breaking year for the soul man. Ages: All Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes plus interval Tickets: £29.50, Restricted View £26.50 VIP plus Meet & Greet £65 in addition to ticket price (not available online, please contact the Box Office to book your VIP tickets) * Booking fee applies £2 per ticket in person/phone & £3 per ticket online

Saturday 10 December to Friday 23 December Your Leisure Presents

Christmas parties run on the following December dates: (New/Previous Customers)

Winter Wonderland 2016

Sat 10th Weds 14th Thurs 15th Fri 16th Sat 17th Sun 18th Mon 19th Tues 20th Weds 21st Thurs 22nd Fri 23rd

2016 sees the triumphant return of our renowned Christmas Party nights set in a magical Winter Wonderland. On entry you will be greeted with a luscious iced cocktail to kick start your festive evening. Then get ready to enjoy a sumptuous four course festive carvery at the beautifully decorated tables. Once you have enjoyed your meal, it’s time to be treated to some live entertainment before dancing the night away into the early hours guided by our resident DJ. Whether you’re an intimate party of two or a group of two hundred, we’d love you to join us for a Christmas celebration to remember. So what are you waiting for – reserve your place on the coolest guest list of 2016 today.

Ages: 18+

2016’s entertainment welcomes Jeff Barker & Zoots band, plus dance the night away to all the classics courtesy of our resident D.J.

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Dress to impress (Smart dress code will be enforced)

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Wicked Productions in association with Theatre Royal Margate presents

THE LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FAMILY PANTOMIME MARGATE’S VERY OWN

BACK FOR HIS SECOND DASTARDLY YEAR

GEORGIA ROWLANDELLIOTT

ROB CUMMINGS AS CAPTAIN HOOK

AS PETER PAN

PANTOMIME FAVOURITE

AMANDA HARKETT

BACK BY PHENOMENAL DEMAND

JEZO

AS PIRATE STARKEY

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AS MR SMEE

Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, £1.50 per ticket online

Sat – Sat 31 December 2016 From10 the producers of the smash hit 2015 pantomime Aladdin, Wicked Productions return with theofhigh flyinghitPeter From the producers the smash 2015 Pan. pantomime “Never Never’ will your swash behigh more Aladdin, Wicked Productions return with the flying Peter Pan. buckled than when you see our fabulous “Never will your more buckled thanand showNever’ featuring allswash yourbefavourite gags when you seethat our fabulous show featuring routines ‘never grow old’. all your favourite gags and routines that ‘never grow old’.

Firm favourite returns play the Firm favourite ‘Jezo’ ‘Jezo’ returns to play thetohilarious pirate hilarious pirate Smee and, after hisAbanazar Smee and, after his villainous performance as in villainous last years Aladdin, Rob Cummings returns as Captain performance as Abanazar in Hook our best panto yet!Rob Cummings returns lastinyears Aladdin, Watch as Peter Pan, Wendy and the children as Captain Hook in our best pantohead yet!for the second star to the right and straight on ’til morning Peter Pan,Hook Wendy and the toWatch beat the as vicious Captain and provide a loving home to the Lost Boys. lurkingstar in thetowater children head forBut theever second the is the nasty croc, waiting to get the ‘upper hand’ of right and straight on ’til morning to beat anyone who dare come too close.

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With all the fabulous scenery, costumes, special effects a loving home to the Lost Boys. But ever and laughter you have come to expect from Margate lurking in the water is the nasty Panto, Wicked Productions welcome you tocroc, set your waiting to you getjoin thein‘upper hand’ofof spirit fl ying as the adventure theanyone child who never grewcome up! too close. who dare

With allyour the fabulous scenery, costumes, Hook tickets today... special effects and laughter you have ...the croc is ticking! come to expect from Margate Panto,

Wicked Productions welcome you to www.margatepanto.co.uk set your spirit flying as you join in the Theatre Royal adventure of Margate the child who never grew up! Addington Street, Margate CT9 1PW

HOOK YOUR TICKETS TODAY! THE CROC IS TICKING...

SAT 10 – SAT 31 DECEMBER 2016

PERFORMANCES Performances Sat 10 Dec 2pm 7pm Sat 10 Dec 2pm 7pm (Gala) Sun 11 Dec 2pm 6pm Sun 11 Dec 2pm 6pm Mon 12 Dec 10am 1.15pm Mon 12Dec Dec 10am 1.15pm 1.15pm Tue 13 10am Tue Wed13 14Dec Dec Wed 14Dec Dec Thu 15

1.15pm NO 10am PERFORMANCES No performances 10am 1.15pm

Thu 15Dec Dec Fri 16

10am 10am

Sat16 17Dec Dec Fri

11am 3pm 10am

7pm 6pm

Sun17 18Dec Dec Sat 11am 2pm3pm Mon 19 Dec 10am Sun 18 Dec 2pm Tue 20 Mon 19Dec Dec 10am

6pm 7pm 6pm 6pm

1.15pm 6pm

Wed20 21Dec Dec NO PERFORMANCES Tue Thu 22 Dec 2pm Wed 21 Dec No performances Fri 23 Dec 2pm Thu 22 Dec 2pm Sat 24 Dec 11am 3pm Fri 23 Dec 2pm Sun 25 Dec NO PERFORMANCES Sat 24 Dec 11am 3pm Mon 26 Dec 2pm Sun 25 Dec No performances Tue 27 Dec 2pm

6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm

6pm 6pm

6pm 6pm 6pm

No performances 2pm

TICKET PRICES Ticket Prices Ticket Type Ticket Type Full Full Concessions Concessions Family of 4 Family of 4 Restricted view Restricted view

Off Peak Peak Off Peak £16 £17 £16 £14 £15 £14 £52 £54 £52 £11 £11 £12

Groups10+ 10+ Groups

£13 £13 £13.50

MUSICAL THEATRE STAR

6pm 6pm

Wed Dec Fri 3028 Dec

A booking fee of 50p per ticket in person /phone

A booking fee of 50p per ticket in person /phone and £1.50 ticket applies. and £1.50 perper ticket onlineonline applies.

Peak £17 £15 £54 £12 £13.50

Schools £7.50 N/A Schools £7.50 N/A Family Special £11 N/A Family Special £11 N/A Friends Buy 1 get 1 free for gala night Friends BUY 1 GET 1 FREE FOR GALA NIGHT

6pm 6pm

Mon 2pm Wed 26 28 Dec Dec NO PERFORMANCES Tue Thu 27 29 Dec Dec 2pm2pm

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CHARLOTTE BOYD AS WENDY

THE MULTI TALENTED

SOPHIE SHEARER AS TIGER LILLY

AUDIENCE 6pm GET YOUR Thu 29 Dec Dec Sat 31 11am 3pm2pm OWN BACK SHOW

Fri 30 Dec 2pm

6pm

Sat 31 Dec 11am 3pm - Audience get your own back show www.margatepanto.co.uk

THEATRE ROYAL MARGATE Addington Street, Margate CT9 1PW

Presented by arrangement with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Samuel French Limited. Presented by arrangement with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Samuel French Limited T

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Saturday 10, Friday 16 & Saturday 17 December 2016

Sunday 18 December – 7.30pm

Jason Donovan Ten Good Reasons Christmas Tour

Adult Christmas Parties Maison Dieu - Dover • Complimentary arrival cocktail • Three course carvery meal • Coffee and mints • Dancing to the disco until 1am

Due to phenomenal demand, Jason Donovan has announced a brand new date for this coming December which will conclude his sold-out 33-date spring Ten Good Reasons and Greatest Hits Tour.

Whether you are a small party of two or a group of two hundred (ideal for the office party) reserve your place now.

The Australian Pop Superstar will perform at the Margate Winter Gardens on Sunday 18 December.

Further information or to secure a booking: Telephone 01304 201200 / 01843 292795 Ages: 18+ Tickets: £29

Jason returns once more to his pop roots to celebrate not only Christmas but his 1989 five x platinum debut album.

Saturday 31st December - 8pm to 1am

Ages: All Tickets: Premium £50, Standard £35, Restricted View £29.50

Family New Year’s Eve Party Maison Dieu - Dover

* Booking fee applies £2 per ticket in person/phone & £3 per ticket online

• Basket meal • DJ till late Ages: Family Tickets: £16.50, £12 Child

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MARGATE WINTER GARDENS PRESENTS

Saturday 31st December - 8pm

FAMILY FUNFAIR NEW YEAR’S EVE

New Years Eve Winter Wonderland Party at Margate Winter Gardens

2016

• Magical Winter wonderland setting • Live music & table magic • DJ till late

SATURDAY 31 DECEMBER 2016

Margate Winter Gardens - Queens Hall Tickets £22 each - Includes Basket Meal or table of ten £200 - Includes Basket Meals

DISCO, BOUNCY CASTLE & FUNFAIR STALLS FOOD - FUN - PRIZES

Tel: 01843 292795 Email: events@yourleisure.uk.com

Saturday 31st December - 7.30pm

Margate Winter Gardens - Main Hall Tickets: Adults £21, Children £16.50, Family £70 Early Bird: before 1st October 2016 Adult £19, Children £15, Family £65 Contact 01843 292795 T

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ComingSoon Saturday 21 January

Saturday 28 January

Sunday 29 January

Friday 17 March

Saturday 18 March

Saturday 25th March

The Vanishing Man

Gary Delaney

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John Shuttleworth

Count Arthur Strong

The Pitmen Poets

Magic of Motown

Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, ÂŁ1.50 per ticket online

Thursday 2 February

Richard Herring

Friday 31 March

Kast Off Kinks

Maison Dieu (Dover Town Hall) Every Wednesday Tea Dance 2pmâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30pm September 11 Heritage Open Day

Sunday 12 February

Mavis Sparkle

October 28 Your Leisure/RNLI Quiz Night 29 Midas Leisure Craft Fair

Friday 17 March

Psychic Sally

November 12 Charlton Church Christmas Fayre 19 Dover Choral Society Concert

December 9 Christmas Party Nights 11 Bettshanger Band concert 12 Dover Carol Concert 16 Christmas Party Nights 17 Christmas Party Nights 22 Jig in the Box Christmas Cabaret 31 New Years Eve Celebration Dance January 10-14 DODS pantomime

Weddings at Maison Dieu - The historic Maison Dieu has been a place of hospitality and celebration for almost 800 years. Today the building boasts a magnificent suite of four beautiful rooms, complemented by historic paintings and splendid Victorian stained glass windows - perfect for traditional setting wedding ceremonies. For further details, please call 01843 296111 or email events@yourleisure.uk.com

Sunday 2 April

Omid Djalili

Wednesday 3 May

Remembering Fred

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Margate Theatre Club Margate Theatre Club meets once a month for a lively, informal and friendly discussion. We pick shows here at the Theatre Royal and the Tom Thumb Theatre that are exciting, interesting and thought-provoking and meet afterwards to swap opinions and thoughts. Our conversations often go further than just the show! Come if you hated it, come if you loved it, come if you know what it meant, come if it made no sense at all, come with hundreds of opinions, come if you have no idea what you think. Whatever you think about theatre, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to meet you. Margate Theatre Club is a chance to meet other theatre goers and share in great conversation, as well as learn about other exciting theatrical and cultural events in the area. Theatre Royal meetings across the road at the London Tavern, Tom Thumb meetings upstairs in the Finn Bar Open to everyone, just head to the bar post-show and join in. For details of our next event go to http://margatetheatreclub.blogspot.co.uk/

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Friends with Benefits Join the Friends of Margate Theatres including Theatre Royal Margate & Margate Winter Gardens.

Ageless Thanet’s Culture Club needs you!

The membership was created as a reward scheme to enable patrons to get the best out of the venue and more for their money!

Ageless Thanet’s “Culture Club” is a group of “over 50 something’s” who enjoy mixing theatre and arts with socialising and healthy debate.

Join today for just £20 single, £15 concessions (OAPs, Students) for discounts on selected shows, and start receiving benefits all year round:

They are looking for new members to join in and help this exciting group explore more ways of seeing and taking part in Theatre and arts performance.

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The “Club” is working on some very exciting plans:

Discounted ticket price on selected shows for you and 3 guests Priority booking on select shows No booking charge for you and 3 guests, when booking in person and by phone. Priority mailing of our brochure of events (produced three times a year) £5 discount on London Theatre Trips No postage fee charged for ticket delivery 10% discount on food in The London Tavern

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What productions to go and see and why? Where can they meet afterwards to discuss the production? Can we get to meet the actors, writers and production staff, to find more about their inspiration and share our views? Can we use that inspiration and work on our own creation? How can we work with “Ageless Thanet” to help fund some of these activities?

Plus - half price entry into Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens at Quex Park

The Culture Club members work together to enjoy theatre, film and the arts, with a main focus on social enjoyment and total inclusion.

(On production of your Friends of Margate Theatres Membership Card. Excludes special event days)

Over 50? Then this friendly club wants to hear from you and will encourage you to get involved.

Friends are important

To find out more about the “Ageless Thanet Culture Club” please call 01843 601550 or visit www.yourleisure.uk.com/ageless

So why not join our ever-expanding circle of Friends? Not only will you be helping to look after two of the oldest and most beautiful theatres in the country, but you’ll be enjoying yourselves in the process.

Culture Club is an Ageless Thanet initiative supported by the Big Lottery Ageing Better project.

If you would like to join Friends of Margate Theatres please contact the box office on 01843 292795 or join online at: www.margatewintergardens.co.uk or www.theatreroyalmargate.com

Please note joining online will incur a service fee of £1.50

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Where Are We?

Where To Eat?

By Car from London and Whitstable

There is a wide selection of excellent restaurants and cafes within easy walking distance of the Theatre Royal and the Winter Gardens.

Follow the Thanet Way (A299) towards Margate. At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Canterbury Rd (A28) and follow the signs for Margate.

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From the train station, turn right and head straight into the town for the Theatre Royal and towards Hawley Square past the Thanet Gateway and KCC Library on your right. Follow the Sea Front for the Winter Gardens past the Turner Contemporary and up the hill to Fort Crescent. Both theatres are just a short walk from Old Town shopping areas and Turner Contemporary. Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent CT9 1HX

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1 Yamas Freshly cooked, authentic Thai food. Mon to Sat 10am – 3pm & 5pm – 10pm 121 High Street, Margate CT9 1JT 01843 229899

2 GB Pizza Co. Delicious, award-winning wood-fired pizza on Margate’s historic seafront. Mon to Sun 12pm – 9pm 14a Marine Drive CT9 1DH 01843 297700

3 Fort’s Enjoy proper, home cooked food and beer and wine in our relaxed, seafront café. Please check website for opening hours. 8 Cliff Terrace, Margate CT9 1RU 01843 449786

4 Bows Kitchen The award-winning Thai restaurant in the heart of Margate’s Old Town. Mon & Weds 6pm – 9pm & Thurs to Sun 12pm – 9.30pm 10 Market Place, Margate CT9 1EN (Above The Wig & Pen Pub) 07796 958949

5 Masala Gate Indian Restaurant & Takeaway. The True Taste of Authentic Indian Cuisine at reasonable prices. Mon to Sun 12pm – 2pm & 5pm - 11pm (11.30pm on Fri & Sat) 10 Duke Street, Margate CT9 1EP 01843 228877

6 The Ambrette Multi Award Winning Fine Dining Restaurant. Mon to Sun 11.30am – 2.30pm & 6pm – 9.30pm (5.30pm - 10pm on Fri, Sat, Sun) 44 King Street, Margate CT9 1QE 01843 231504

7 Mullins Brasserie Modern European restaurant with Caribbean influences. Mon to Sat 12pm – 3pm & 6pm – 9pm (9.30pm on Fri & Sat) 6 Market Place, Margate CT9 1EN 01843 295603

8 Crescent Hotel “Theatre View Restaurant” “British, Boutique and Unique” Open 7 Days a week 12-9.30 serving lunch, afternoon tea and dinner 25-26 Fort Crescent, Margate, CT9 1HX 01843 230375

9 The London Tavern Tues - Thurs: 17:00 - 23:00 Fri: 13:00 - 23:00 Sat: 12:00 - 23:00 Sun: 12:00 - 21:00 Addington Street Margate CT9 1PN 01843 446530

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Theatre Royal & Winter Gardens Booking Information

Online Bookings: www.eticketing.co.uk/ margatewintergardens. Not all shows are available to purchase online. A £1.50 per ticket charge applies to online bookings unless otherwise stated.

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Schools and Groups: Buy 10 tickets and get the 11th FREE at the Theatre Royal (and no booking fee applies).

Tickets can also be posted to you for an additional charge of £1. Please check your tickets on receipt. If you are using our promenade entrance, please inform the Box Office if you have pre-paid tickets to be collected.

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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.00am to 5.00pm. Saturday: 10.00am to 5.00pm. Open until 8.00pm on show nights.

In Person: The Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent CT9 1HX

Theatre Royal: No booking fees apply to book purchases, schools’ bookings and groups of 10+, FREE or Pay What You Decide tickets.

Telephone: Box Office: 01843 292795 Theatre Royal Box Office: 01843 293877 (from 5pm on show days and 2 hours prior to weekend performances)

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Please note that bookings for events at both venues are made through the Winter Gardens Box Office. The Theatre Royal Box Office will open at 5pm on show days ( 2 hours before show time at weekends) for sales and collection of pre-paid tickets.

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Theatre Royal Margate - Get Involved Children: All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Children under 2 years of age may watch a show free, provided they sit on a paying ticket holder’s lap. Children over 2 and under 16 must have a valid ticket and are entitled to Concessionary prices, if available. Age ranges are provided as a guide on all shows. Disabled Access The Winter Gardens now provides an Assisted Access Scheme. Please contact the Box Office. We have adequate wheelchair spaces and disabled toilets at both venues. Disabled parking at box office level for the purchase of tickets and limited spaces are available in the promenade car park, Winter Gardens. A hearing loop system is fitted at both venues. This system may not be available on every show, please confirm with the Box Office prior to booking. Baby changing facilities available at both venues Guide dogs welcome.

The Theatre Royal is a listed building with only stair access to upper floors. Whilst the Stalls are wheelchair accessible, the Royal Circle and Gallery are not. The Gallery is unsuitable for people with mobility difficulties or vertigo. Please specify any special requirements to the Box Office at time of booking. For further information on disabled access please visit the DisabledGo website. Want to bring a group to a show but need transport? Margate Theatres have linked up with Thanet Community Transport Association to provide affordable and wheelchair accessible minibus transport. For more information, please call 01843 602030 Theatre Tours and workshops Our beautiful venues are regularly hired out to local community groups, but did you know that we can also offer bespoke packages of tours? Our customers range from schools to WI and local history groups, and as part of your visit we can also offer drama workshops tailored to your needs. Call 01843 292795 for further details.

Get Involved By Volunteering: Our volunteer ushers are invaluable to us and we thank every one of them. Ushers cover a range of duties, from taking tickets, selling ice creams and programmes, to helping people to their seats. We are always on the look-out for people with • Good verbal communication skills • The ability to use their initiative • A high level of punctuality and reliability • A passion for the theatre and its audience There are lots of benefits to being a Theatre Royal Margate Volunteer including selected complimentary tickets. Call 01843 292795 to register your interest. Get Involved By Giving: Sponsoring a seat in the Winter Gardens or Theatre Royal is a great way to support the Theatre; they make an ideal present, can be used to mark occasions such as birthdays or anniversaries or remember someone special who enjoyed happy times at the theatre. Your seat dedication on a brass plaque can be up to 10 words long and will remain on the seat for many years to come. Call 01843 292795 for further details. Gift Aid: Any gift, however large or small, will make an enormous difference to what we can do. If you are a UK taxpayer you can also Gift Aid your donation.

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Margate Theatres - Theatre Groups Adult company: Wednesday evenings: 6pm-7.30pm (Theatre Royal) 12 week terms, limited places: £60 per term By joining us you will:

“I enjoy learning about dramas techniques, and creating things with other people.” Jamie, 9 “The youth theatre is what finally brought me out of my shell; I have made many great friends and learned my many skills” Will, 19 Margate’s theatre groups have become a growing family over the past ten years. They comprise groups for 7 – 11s, 11 – 16s, Inspiration Inclusive and our new group – the Adult Company. Our Inspiration Inclusive Youth Theatre is run by Zoe and Peter Hammond and is funded by Children in Need.

Adult Company The key aim of this group is to support a safe creative space for adults. Here you will have freedom to be creative. This is a place where you can create your own work, have endless stimulus to devise, improvise, and be part of a creative community. No previous experience necessary, but all abilities welcome! Youth Theatre and Adult Company programme: 7-11s: Saturday afternoons 5pm-6pm (Hartsdown Leisure Centre) 12 week terms, limited places: £50 per term 11-16s: Tuesday evenings: 6pm-7.30pm (Theatre Royal) 12 week terms, limited places: £60 per term

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• Have a safe space to explore your imagination • Make new friends • Develop key drama skills • Create your own work • Perform in a major production for the public over 3 nights • Showcase your own devised work twice a year in the theatre • Be part of a growing community • Get to work each week in one of the most beautiful theatres in the country Further details: 01843 296111 youth.theatre@yourleisure.uk.com Inspiration Inclusive Youth Theatre (8-18yrs) The aim of our group is to cater for ANY young person who has a desire to perform! We believe the only label for our group is ‘Multi-abled’ because we believe that we all have skills and potential, and together we can all realise our dreams! ‘Inclusive’ literally means that anyone - whether deaf or hearing, using a wheelchair or not, needing extra support or not, can work together. We actively seek to bring together

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young people from all backgrounds and want to give them the opportunity to learn theatrical skills towards careers, or just for fun - learning how to communicate through voice, body, sign language and beyond. We work in diverse peer groups; and the biggest skill of all – to not only learn lines, physicality and cues but most importantly to support each other on and off stage so that no-one is ever left out. Led by Zoe and Peter Hammond alongside a large team of volunteers, all sessions are BSL signed. Members work towards a professionally supported show performed in the Theatre each Summer. So whether you feel that you “don’t fit in” at school/college, you want to make new friends, you love being around people, or you want to work in one of the most rewarding and fun groups ever... Then Inspiration is for you! Inspiration Inclusive programme: Tuesday evenings 5pm – 6.50pm term time only. £3 per session (voluntary subs), at Queens Road Baptist Church, Broadstairs To join the group please first contact the leaders on: 07792 684227 or Inspiration-inc@hotmail.co.uk Full details of our Theatre Groups can also be found on the Theatre Royal website.

Theatre Royal Margate Associate Companies

Theatre Royal Margate will be supporting the following Kent based companies to create and present work to audiences in Margate and beyond. Mischievous Theatre, Third Party and Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company have all been chosen because they make relevant, exciting and accessible work which we want to see more of, especially here in Margate. We’re proud to be able to showcase their work at the Theatre Royal, with the ambition of helping them reach a wider audience. Mischievous Theatre CIC, based in Ramsgate, was formed to create stimulating, provocative and mischievous theatre, to tour this work nationally and internationally and to encourage a greater involvement in the arts by the people of east Kent. This coming year is going to be a busy one with two new shows, a revival and a new community project. Firstly, ‘The Wooden Horse of Troy’,

a piece of story-telling theatre based on the Greek tales of the Trojan War, is currently touring into schools, ‘I Have Lost Myself …’ a new project that explores memory and Alzheimer’s disease, which had a work-in-progress performance at Theatre Royal last year, will be touring next spring (2017), ‘The Man in the Wide Awake Hat: Pugin’s Gothic Adventures’, ﬁrst performed in 2013, will be resurrected and will tour next autumn, and ﬁnally, ‘Thanet Folks Tales’ (working title), a new project, in association with Looping the Loop, is looking for stories from local Thanetians. None of these projects would be possible without the continued support from Theatre Royal Margate. Mischievous Theatre is pleased to be an associate company. www.mischievoustheatre.co.uk Third Party has been producing touring theatre for twenty years in the UK and abroad, playing theatres, village halls, festivals and found spaces. The bulk of their recent work has been in collaboration with director John Wright and has featured strongly visual and physically expressive versions of classic plays. In 2009 they premiered their two language, two country co-production of “The False Servant” by Marivaux at the Theatre Royal Margate. In 2012, Third Party adapted the children’s classic The Sagas of Noggin the Nog for the stage, directed by John Wright. T

Following previews here at the Theatre Royal, the show went to the Edinburgh Festival in August 2014 to rave reviews, including 4 stars from the Independent and The Stage. Third Party and Mischievous Theatre are currently collaborating on a new and exciting project in search of new audiences for theatre. Watch this space! www.thirdparty.org.uk The Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company “This is not about age - it is about being human” “Thrilling” “Delightful and strangely moving” “Inspirational” Moving Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company create high quality performance opportunities for older women. Working as co-authors, we celebrate the vitality of participants, challenging views of being an ‘old’ woman, providing a performance platform for those voices to be heard via

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movement, music and digital projection. We consider the funny side of things, the stuff of life, and all that moves us. Our Core Performance Company, Moving Memory, have worked alongside the Artistic Director, Sian Stevenson, for 6 years, producing over 10 performance projects which have toured to many venues around the South East. Audiences have been enthused by the unexpected approach of older women being human, not old, producing work that is daring, funny, and moving. The work has attracted an enthusiastic following stretching across all ages, male and female. We also run outreach ‘Moving Well groups’; a place to stretch, move, gain new skills, and as importantly,have a laugh. If you’re interested in learning more please email: info.movingmemory@gmail.com or tel: 07714 083258. www.movingmemorydance.com

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YourWedding Looking for a venue to celebrate your special day? Northdown House is a hidden gem in the heart of Thanet, this elegant English manor house is set in the picturesque grounds of Northdown Park, Palm Bay. The tree lined sweeping drive entrance unveils this beautiful building that provides a great intimate venue for wedding receptions. Ideal for a private setting for up to 130 people. Additional guests can be accommodated when using a marque. A private garden is available for those memorable wedding photographs. For larger parties, The Queens Hall at the Winter Gardens offers the flexibility of catering comfortably between 150-350 guests makes it a popular function suite in the area, Steeped with history, the building is a real testimony to Edwardian architecture and has retained many of its original features. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seaside location also offers that famous Turner Sunset. Affordable packages are available, whether you are looking to get married with us or getting married elsewhere and are searching for a venue for your wedding breakfast and evening reception, we can help. We welcome the opportunity to support you in organising your very special day.

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YourVenue All of our fabulous venues are available for private hire. The 466 seat Theatre Royal with its classical stalls, circle and balcony layout, make it the perfect venue for large meetings, conferences and presentations, as well as school showcases, award ceremonies and full scale theatrical productions. The Winter Gardens offers a variety of function rooms to cater for everything from small dinner parties and family celebrations to full banqueting and large conferences and exhibitions. The Main Hall accommodates up to 1400 (seated), 2150 (standing) and the smaller Queens Hall is perfect for seminars, cabaret style shows and intimate dinner dances, when it can accommodate 350 people comfortably.

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As an alternative, Northdown House is set in the picturesque grounds of Northdown Park, Palm Bay. The tree lined sweeping driveway entrance unveils this beautiful building that provides the perfect intimate venue for birthday, anniversary and wedding celebrations.

For enquiries email: events@yourleisure.uk.com or call 01843 296111 www.yourleisure.uk.com

We have everything you need to make your event run smoothly. From highly experienced technical teams and friendly Box Office staff to an expert catering team capable of providing everything from tea and biscuits through to canapĂŠs or fine dining.

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Autumn SeasonDiary Theatre Royal

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October 1 Les Petits Theatre Company - Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs 7 - 8 Black Theatre Live - Hamlet 9 Adverse Camber - Fire in the North Sky 12 Miles Jupp - Songs of Freedom 14 - 15 Shirley Valentine 16 Wizard Presents - Why the Whales Came 17 Tangled Feet - Kicking and Screaming 19 Selladoor Theatre - Pride and Prejudice 22 Kathryn Barker Productions - The Collector 23 Greenlight Theatre - Albee Vector - the Sound Collector 25 Slot Machine - Your Toys 27 From Ground Up - Operation Crucible 28 Henning Wehn - Westphalia is not an option

October 1 10cc in Concert 2 Horace's Palace of Fun 7 Sixties Gold 9 Killcam MMA * 12 Level 42 - Sirens II Tour 2016 13 Vienna Festival Ballet - Snow White 15 Mr Wonderful Dance 15 You're A Star - Winners Show * 22 Festival of Remembrance 23 LDN Wrestling - A Night of British Wrestling 26 Simple Simon - The New Adventures of Little Bo Peep 27 Noisy Notes * 29 Puppetry of the Penis 30 Family Scare Fair - Kids Halloween Party

November 3 Theatre Royal Wakefield and John Godber Company - This Might Hurt 4 RedCape Theatre - Be Brave and Leave for the Unknown 7 Townsend Productions - Dare Devil Rides to Jarama 8 - 9 Shakespeare Schools Festival 2016 10 Open Clasp Theatre - Key Change 12 Blackeyed Theatre - Frankenstein 15 Smoking Apples - In Our Hands 17 Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band 19 Humanish - Holy Presents 23 AJTC - The Underground Man 24 Jenny Éclair - How to be a middle aged woman… 25 Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company - Beyond the Marigolds 26 Theatre of Widdershins - Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom 30 Russell Kane - Right Man, Wrong Age

November 5 Professor Brian Cox - Live 18 Jim Davidson - 40 Years On 19 Jimmy Carr - The Best of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour 20 Craft Fair 22 Shalamar - All The Hits a Night to Remember 23 Psychic Tony - An Evening of Mediumship 25 The Dreamboys 26 Disco Inferno 27 The Obelisk Awards * 30 M.O.S - Family Pantomime Cinderella

December 1 - 4 M.O.S - Family Pantomime Cinderella 8 Chas n Dave - The Full Story 9 The Damned - 40th Anniversary Tour 10 Alexander O'Neal - 30 Years of Soul 10 - 23 Winter Wonderland Christmas Parties 18 Jason Donovan - Ten Good Reasons 31 Family New Years Eve Party December Guide Autumn 2016 | Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, £1.50 per ticket online 31 Winter Wonderland New Years Eve Party 1 European Arts Company - A Christmas Carol 2 Theatre Royal Margate & UK Arts International Tea Dance with Anna every Tuesday @ 2.15pm - Hannah and Hanna * Event listed but not featured in this brochure 3 Maddy Prior & the Carnival Band - Carols and Capers 10 - 31 Wicked Productions - Family Pantomime Peter Pan