OnStage: Feb-Aug 2012

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ON STAGE FEB-AUG 2012

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By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Adapted by Wendy Kesselman Directed by Nikolai Foster Designed by Morgan Large Lighting Design by Richard G Jones Composer David Shrubsole

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Christopher Timothy as Otto Frank (James Herriot in the TV series All Creatures Great and Small, and Dr Brendan ‘Mac’ McGuire in Doctors)

FRI 17 FEB – SAT 3 MAR From the same partnership that produced last spring’s sell out production of To Kill a Mockingbird comes another classic text.

Anne Frank's world famous diary charts two years of her life from 1942 to 1944. This extraordinary personal account of hope, courage and survival has united and touched people world wide.

Whilst hidden from the German Nazis with her Jewish family, in a secret annex in Amsterdam, Anne documented her hopes, frustrations and day to day experiences in confinement.

Anne’s wry observations of herself and her companions have been dramatised in this stunning play, evoking all the original sentiments of a young girl’s dramatic and heartbreaking diary, written in the most hostile of environments.

On Stage Event for school parties before the matinee on Thu 1 Mar. 11am – 12.30pm, meet the team on stage, £2 per person. Book via Box Office.

An extensive education programme accompanies the show, please contact education@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk or see our website for more detail.

Times: 7.30pm with 2pm (Thu) & 2.30pm (Sat) matinees (see diary) Performance location: Main House Tickets: Tue- Thu Fri & Sat Matinees SIF Students, Schools & u25s Gallery £10 £12 £12 £10 £7 Upper Circle £13 £15 £12 £10 £7 Dress Circle £17 £20 £12 £10 £7 Stalls £15 £18 £12 £10 £7 Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

Signed performance: Wed 22 Feb, 7.30pm

After Show Discussion: Tue 28 Feb

Captioned: Sat 3 Mar, 2.30pm Audio Described: Sat 3 Mar, 2.30pm & 7.30pm

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York Light Opera Present

TUE 6 – SAT 17 MAR

With its unforgettable score The Sound of Music touches the hearts of all ages and brims over with Music by Richard Rodgers some of the most memorable songs ever produced Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the musical stage including; My Favourite Things, Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Climb Every Mountain, The Lonely Goatherd, Sixteen Suggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp Going on Seventeen, and of course the glorious title York Light Opera return with one of the world’s best song The Sound of Music. A perfect treat for all the loved musicals, telling the heartwarming story of the family!

Von Trapp family, and their eventual flight across the An amateur production presented by permission of Austrian mountains to safety.

JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE

Special Offer: Upper Circle only, buy one get one half price for Wed 7 and Thu 8 Mar. Group discounts available Family Ticket: (2 adults & 2 children u16) any full price nights, £42.50 in the Upper Circle.

Mon 12 Mar will be a special 'Sing-Along-a-Sound of Music' night.

We will have screens showing the lyrics for the audience to join in, and encourage the audience to dress up in appropriate Sound of Music costumes.

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Photography: Simon and Simon photography

INTERNATIONAL of New York Times: 7.30pm with 2.30pm (Sat) matinees Performance Location: Main House First night and two Sat matinees: Dress Circle £20.75, Child £13 Stalls £18, Child £10 Upper Circle £14, Child £8 Gallery £5, Child £3 Other evening performances : Dress Circle £23, Child £15 Stalls £20.75, Child £13 Upper Circle £16, Child £10 Gallery £5, Child £3

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PHOENIX DANCE THEATRE: REFLECTED

WORKS BY LOST DOG, PHILIP TAYLOR, SHARON WATSON AND RICHARD WHERLOCK TUE 20 – WED 21 MAR Following 2010’s Declarations, Phoenix Dance Theatre return to York Theatre Royal with their latest diverse and entertaining mixed programme Reflected. Featuring critically acclaimed new pieces and the return of a Phoenix classic, Reflected offers the perfect opportunity to get reacquainted with this internationally renowned contemporary dance company.

Philip Taylor’s What It Is is a sultry, playful take on love and sexuality set to a mesmerising Amy Winehouse soundtrack, and there is also a welcome return for audience favourite Pave Up Paradise, Ben Duke and Raquel Meseguer’s tongue in cheek retelling of the story of Adam and Eve. ‘Everyone should see this company.’ Dance Europe, December 2010

Photography: Simon and Simon photography

The bill includes Richard Wherlock’s sensual and vibrant Switch and Melt by Phoenix Artistic Director Sharon Watson which features an innovative blend of aerial dance and contemporary choreography.

Times: 7.30pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Tue- Wed Students, Schools & u25s Gallery £10 £7 Upper Circle £13 £7 Dress Circle £17 £7 Stalls £15 £7

After Show Discussion: Tue 20 Mar Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets Suitable for: 11+

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J-night presents

CLARE TEAL FRI 23 MAR One of Britain’s most loved jazz singers returns to York Theatre Royal.

Clare’s unique performance is held together by the concept of the great “British” song. Although rooted in the jazz traditions of the 1930’s and 40’s, the show covers a huge spectrum of sounds and genres. The show focuses on Clare’s interpretations of these well-written songs which have stood (and are standing) the test of time.

From Noel Coward to Annie Lennox, the show wends its way through 100 years of great songwriting, including songs such as Try A Little Tenderness and A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square.

Time: 8pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: £15

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STEWART LEE

CARPET REMNANT WORLD SAT 24 MAR Following his much acclaimed second BBC series, maverick comedian, writer and director Stewart Lee comes to York with a brand new full length show.

‘The most exciting comedian in the country, bar none.’

The Times HHHH ‘The greatest comedian in the country has done it again.’ GQ ‘Thrilling’ Metro HHHHH ‘About as funny as bubonic plague’ The Sun www.stewartlee.com

Time: 7.30pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: £18 (Dress Circle), £18 (Stalls) £15 (Upper Circle), £12 (Gallery)

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LORD MAYOR'S CHARITY GALA CONCERT SUN 25 MAR To kick off the year-long celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the city's mayoralty, this concert features local performers and groups including among others; York Stage Musicals, Attitude Dance, New York Brass Band, the Shipley Family, York Light Opera Company and Rebecca Newman.

All proceeds to the Lord Mayor's Charities, York Against Cancer and York Mind.

SCIENCE MUSEUM LIVE ON TOUR

UNLEASH YOUR INNER EINSTEIN EXPLOSIVE FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY! MON 26 – TUE 27 MAR Experience spectacular science, dangerous demonstrations and extraordinary experiments as the Science Museum takes to the stage with a fantastic live show to blow your mind and challenge your brain!

Fast, furious and frenetically fun, Science Museum Live on Tour will propel you on an exploratory theatrical adventure into the wonderful world of science. Get set for a breathtaking ride that will entertain, inform and inspire.

HHHHH 'A show that lights up the world. Go and see it!'

WhatsOnStage

Time: 7pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: £10 (Dress Circle & Stalls) £7 (Upper Circle), £5 (Gallery)

Times: Mon 26, 7pm, Tue 27 1.30pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Adults £14.50, Children u16 & Schools £10, Family ticket £44 (2 adults, 2 children) ) Members 15 % off two tickets Suitable for all ages 7 years and above.

FREE teachers’ resource pack available to download at: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/liveontour

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Serious and J-Night present

Ensemble present

Pluck present

ROBERTO FONSECA

SOUVENIR D'ANNE FRANK

PLUCK

WED 28 MAR

FRI 30 – SAT 31 MAR

THU 5 APR

York is lucky to have one of a few national touring dates for the fully-fledged Buena Vista Social Club prodigy.

Roberto leads a new generation of Cuban artists on a journey that weaves in and out of the island’s traditional music, picking up jazz, classical, and AfroCuban influences along the way to create an astonishingly original musical landscape.

A young Japanese girl journeys into a magical landscape of dreams and memories in the premiere tour of this original work which celebrates the life of Anne Frank, and the story of the beautiful Souvenir d’Anne Frank rose.

Pluck, the classical string trio with a seriously silly side, presents a tribute to the musicians who played on until the end. Nobody knows what filled the days of those brave few musicians before tragedy struck...So Pluck have made it up!

PLUS AYANNA

The live music of a piano trio, woven with song and words drawn from Anne’s extraordinary diary, bring East and West together in a haunting theatrical fusion that will both move and inspire.

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Featuring a real iceberg, one massive porthole and the biggest peanut you may ever see - and NO Celine Dion!!

‘Classical music for all ages and shoe sizes’ The Sunday Times

Roberto is joined by Ayanna, whose beguiling vocals skip and swing over intimate, honey-sweet cello.

Time: 7.30pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: £15 Members 15 % off 2 tickets

THE TITANIC SHOW

Directed by Cal McCrystal Times: 7.30pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: £20 (Dress Circle), £18 (Stalls), £15 (Upper Circle), £12 (Gallery), £7 students & u25s, Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

Time: 7.30pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: £18 (Dress Circle), £16 (Stalls), £13 (Upper Circle), £10 (Gallery), £8 students & u25s (Upper & Gallery) Concs available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

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ENGLISH TOURING OPERA English Touring Opera visit York Theatre Royal for the first time since 2005 with a season of two of the most popular operas in the repertoire – Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and a new production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

EUGENE ONEGIN

BY ROSSINI

BY TCHAIKOVSKY

(NEW PRODUCTION)

(REVIVAL OF ETO’S 2007 PRODUCTION)

TUE 3 APR

WED 4 APR

Effervescent, high-spirited, vocally brilliant, a work of comic genius: Rossini's masterpiece The Barber of Seville is a favourite with audiences around the world. ETO's new production, directed by the exciting and imaginative Thomas Guthrie and conducted by an experienced master of Italian opera, Paul McGrath, promises to be one of the highlights of the artistic calendar in 2012. The roguish young Count Almaviva, masquerading as the student Lindoro, will be sung by Nicholas Sharratt, one of the UK's most promising Italianate tenors.

English Touring Opera’s production of Tchaikovsky's romantic classic Eugene Onegin received critical acclaim and popular ovations around the country in 2007. ETO Director James Conway and Conductor Michael Rosewell return to this striking production with a new cast, including emerging star Nicholas Lester in the title role. With its heartfelt arias and ensembles, its splendid choruses and ballroom scenes, and Tchaikovsky's gift for melody, rich orchestration and drama, Eugene Onegin is a night at the opera for romantics of all ages.

Sung in English Translation.

Running time: 2 hours and 33 minutes Sung in English Translation

Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £22 (Dress Circle), £20 (Stalls), £16 (Upper Circle), £12 (Gallery) Special offers for Students & u25s 10 free tickets available at all performances £8 for Students & u25s available in the Upper Circle and Gallery (50 per performance) Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

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What chance does Lorna have of a quiet weekend when both daughters and her granddaughter descend on her with their own problems?

Libby Davison

Charlie Hardwick

Barbara Marten

Lisa McGrillis

Fresh Glory Productions presents in association with the Guild of Lillians and the Customs House South Shields

THE AWKWARD SQUAD

On top of that a BAFTA, an impending divorce, redundancy and a very upmarket caravanette force Lorna to reconsider both the past and the future – for everyone.

What’s a woman to do? Accept everything that’s thrown at her, or become a fully paid-up member of the ‘awkward squad’?

A STATE OF THE NATION COMEDY

BAFTA-winning Emmerdale writer Karin Young’s play is a state-of-the-nation comedy, taking a sideways look at the challenges faced by modern women of all ages.

Written by Karin Young

Starring Libby Davison (The Bill, Hollyoaks), Charlie Hardwick (Val Pollard in Emmerdale), Barbara Marten (Casualty, Coronation Street, Brookside), and Lisa McGrillis (Pitmen Painters).

TUE 10 – FRI 13 APR

Times: 7.30pm with a 2pm (Thu) matinee Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Tue-Thu Fri Matinees Dress £18 £22 £15 Stalls £16 £19 £15 Upper £13 £15 £13 Gallery £10 £12 £10 Audio Described: Fri 13 Apr, 7.30pm

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She’s spent three decades working for everyone else through the miners’ strikes, community milk schemes and library closures and tomorrow she’s to be given an honorary PhD - but her granddaughter thinks her boob job is more important….

18s & Under £12 £10 £8 £8

Special offers for Students & u25s 10 free tickets available at all performances £8 for Students & u25s available in the Upper Circle and Gallery, £2 off in the Stalls and Dress Circle.

Schools £8 all levels Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

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HHHHH ’The audience loved it. A hit’ Daily Mail

DIRECT FROM THE WEST END MON 16 – SAT 21 APR ‘Best New Comedy’ WhatsOnStage The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker played by Graham Seed (Nigel PargetterThe Archers) and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby played by Michael Simkins (Mamma Mia, Above Suspicion) are back in this hilarious new play.

Times: 7.30pm with 2pm (Thu) & 2.30pm (Sat) matinees Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Mon-Thu Fri & Sat Matinees Dress £18 £22 £15 Stalls £16 £19 £15 Upper £13 £15 £13 Gallery £10 £12 £10

In a world of spin, BlackBerrys and ‘sexed up’ dossiers, the PM is staring disaster in the face. The country is on the brink of financial meltdown and the Government’s only apparent salvation comes from a morally dubious deal with the Foreign Minister of Kumranistan. Will Jim Hacker and his team of advisors be able to rescue the country from the edge? ’Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey are back in truly vintage form. As politically sharp and blissfully funny as ever’ Daily Telegraph

Special offers for Students & u25s 10 free tickets available at all performances £8 for Students & u25s available in the Upper Circle and Gallery, £2 off in the Stalls and Dress Circle.

Schools £8 all levels Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

Audio Described: Sat 21 Apr, 2.30pm & 7.30pm

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Fresh Glory productions presents

LILIES ON THE LAND

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TUE 24 – SAT 28 APR

‘The British at their absolute best’ The Daily Telegraph

A truly remarkable and sparkling piece of theatre which celebrates an extraordinary episode in Britain’s history – the Women’s Land Army of World War II. This delightful and often deeply touching play charts the personal journeys of four women who sign up to become Land Girls, determined to work endless, backbreaking hours on farms across the country in a bid to do their best for the war effort.

Times: 7.30pm with 2pm (Thu) & 2.30pm (Sat) matinees Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Tue-Thu Fri & Sat Matinees 18s & Under Dress £18 £22 £15 £12 Stalls £16 £19 £15 £10 Upper £13 £15 £13 £8 Gallery £10 £12 £10 £8 Audio Described: Sat 28 Apr, 2.30pm & 7.30pm

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Based on hundreds of letters from and interviews with the original Land Girls along with songs from the period, Lilies on the Land is a revealing, funny, wonderfully moving and utterly captivating portrait of some of Britain’s pluckiest, unsung heroes. Simply unmissable, this is theatre at its most memorable.

Devised & written by the Lions part Directed by Sonia Ritter

Special offers for Students & u25s 10 free tickets available at all performances £8 for Students & u25s available in the Upper Circle and Gallery, £2 off in Stalls and Dress Circle Schools £8 all levels Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

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Northern Broadsides in partnership with the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme

TUE 1 – SAT 5 MAY

by William Shakespeare Directed by Barrie Rutter

Take four dashing young men.

Add a vow of celibacy.

Throw in a handful of beautiful young women…and wait for the sparks to fly!

youthful exuberance, Love’s Labour’s Lost fizzes like bubbles in a champagne glass.

Barrie Rutter directs a charismatic cast of 17 multitalented northern actors who will literally fill the stage in this fast-paced battle of the sexes. In true Broadsides’ style there’ll be rousing song and dance, scintillating performances, jaw-dropping comic timing and hilarious ‘steal-the-show’ scenes.

Northern Broadsides celebrates its 20th anniversary year with a delicious comedy that will entertain and delight. Romantic, mischievous and filled with

“The best Shakespeare around.”

The Independent on Sunday

Times: 7.30pm with 2pm (Thu) & 2.30pm (Sat) matinees Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Tue-Thu Fri & Sat Matinees 18s & Under Dress £18 £22 £15 £12 Stalls £16 £19 £15 £10 Upper £13 £15 £13 £8 Gallery £10 £12 £10 £8

Special offers for Students & u25s 10 free tickets available at all performances £8 for Students & u25s available in the Upper Circle and Gallery, £2 off in Stalls and Dress Circle Schools £8 all levels Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

Audio Described: Sat 5 May, 2.30pm & 7.30pm

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J-night presents

CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN: FEEL

BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET

WED 9 MAY

FRI 11 – SAT 12 MAY

Camille enjoys a formidable international reputation for her dramatic interpretations of the songs of Brel, Cave, Waits, Bowie and more. The awardwinning singer has stunned audiences around the world including a show-stealing appearance on Later with Jools Holland (BBC TV). Dark, fierce, amusing and mesmerizing, Camille transforms each song into an intense theatrical experience.

‘Mad, magical and magnificent... A major star’ HHHHH Scotsman

Time: 7.30pm Performance location: Main House Tickets: £15 Members 15% off 2 tickets

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This breathtaking programme presents a work from great British choreographer John Cranko, alongside a brand-new ballet by Jessica Lang, and thrilling excerpts from some of the world-famous classics with which Birmingham Royal Ballet has made its name.

opportunity to find out.

Following the success of the excerpts on last year's tour, Birmingham Royal Ballet presents two more highlights from some of our best-loved ballets. The Clog Dance and Lily of Laguna pas de deux from Director David Bintley's Hobson's Choice, is a funny and warming In Pineapple Poll we get to see peek into the lives of two what a classic cartoon might unlikely lovers. The programme look like if brought to life on finishes with the stunning, stage. With the aid of a footvirtuoso pas de deux from tapping medley of the best of Marius Petipa's great classic, Don Gilbert and Sullivan and a comic Quixote. choreographic touch, this is your Times: 7.30pm with a 2.30pm (Sat) matinee Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Eves Matinee Dress £22 £17 Stalls £20 £15 Upper £16 £13 Gallery £12 £10

Special offers for Students & u25s 10 free tickets available at all performances £8 for Students & u25s available in the Upper Circle and Gallery (50 per performance), Members 15% off 2 tickets Photo: Bill Cooper

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York Musical Theatre Company presents

SAT 14 APR

On the 14th April 1912 the passenger liner Titanic hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Exactly 100 years later, York Musical Theatre Company presents a concert performance of the Tony Award winning Titanic The Musical, which follows the stories of the people on board, from the triumphant moment of setting sail to the final tragedy.

The company received great critical acclaim in 2004 for Titanic’s UK premiere at the York Theatre Royal.

Join members of that original cast with full chorus and orchestra for an unforgettable evening.

Story and Book by Peter Stone Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston Director and Musical Director Paul Laidlaw

A CELEBRATION OF MUSICAL THEATRE WED 16 – SAT 19 MAY Enjoy a dazzling night in the West End. A company of principals and chorus will be joined on stage by a full live orchestra for an evening of the very best of musical theatre. Let the music take you to the glittering lights of the West End with songs from shows including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Wicked, Guys & Dolls, Chicago, Mamma Mia, Cabaret and Oliver.

2012 is a year to celebrate, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the London Olympics, the 800th anniversary of the City of York receiving its Royal Charter and our own 110th anniversary.

Director & Musical Director Paul Laidlaw An amateur performance

An amateur performance by arrangement with MusicScope and Stage Musicals Ltd of New York.

Time: 7.30pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Dress Circle & Stalls £18, Upper Circle £12.50, Gallery £10 £10 concession for registered disabled plus free companion ticket Members 15% off 2 tickets

Times: Wed & Thu, 7.30pm, Fri 4.30pm & 8pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Dress Circle & Stalls £18, u16s £16 Upper Circle £14, u16s £10 Gallery £10 Concessions: students and those in receipt of means tested benefits £10 (Upper Circle only) Members 15% off 2 tickets

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Newbury Productions (UK) Limited in association with York Theatre Royal present

THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY IN

THE COMPLETE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABRIDGED)

WED 13 – SAT 16 JUN The original "bad boys of abridgement" are back in the UK following a highly successful run in New York and a sell-out US tour of The Complete World of Sports (Abridged).

In this merciless but affectionate satire, The Reduced Shakespeare Company canter through the entire history of athletic competition in a marathon of madness and mayhem that sees the world's great sporting events shrunk down to theatrical size.

Times: 7.30pm with a 2.30pm (Sat) matinees Performance Location: Main House Tickets: Wed-Sat 18s & Under Dress £18 £12 Stalls £18 £10 Upper £15 £8 Gallery £12 £8 Audio Described: Sat 16 Jun, 2.30pm & 7.30pm

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The result is a tour-de-force comedy that will delight every sports and non-sports fan in the family. Every sport ever played on every continent in the entire history of the world in under two hours!

Let the games begin!

York Theatre Royal hosts the UK premiere ahead of a nationwide tour and the show’s West End premiere in this 2012 Olympic Year.

‘Owes as much to the insanity of Monty Python as to the inanity of actual sports programs.’

Boston Globe

Special offers for Students & u25s 10 free tickets available at all performances £8 for Students & u25s available in the Upper Circle and Gallery, £2 off in Stalls and Dress Circle Schools £8 all levels Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

www.reducedshakespeare.com

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Northern Stage and Live Theatre present

TUE 26 – SAT 30 JUN

By Alan Plater, based on stories by Sid Chaplin Music by Alex Glasgow Directed by Samuel West

What A Lovely War, the dark grit of Our Friends In The North, and the triumph over adversity of Billy Elliot.

A musical play celebrating the magnificent spirit of the North East, Close the Coalhouse Door is told with a wry smile, sparkling dialogue and moving songs by an extended family of wives, vicars, sons, daughters and of course the miners themselves.

Northern Stage and Live Theatre are the two biggest producing theatres in the North East. Most recently they have been seen around the country with Oh What A Lovely War and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Northern Stage), The Pitmen Painters and A Walk on Part (Live Theatre).

The show is an exhilarating ride through all the major strikes, victories and disappointments in British mining history from the formation of the first unions in 1831. Inspired by working mens' songs of each period it has all the irony and lively mischief of Oh

Times: 7.30pm with 2pm (Thu) & 2.30pm (Sat) matinees Performance Location: Main House Tickets Tue- Thu Fri & Sat Matinees 18s & Under Dress £18 £22 £15 £12 Stalls £16 £19 £15 £10 Upper £13 £15 £13 £8 Gallery £10 £12 £10 £8

Image: Joe Caffrey in the 1994 production, courtesy of Keith Pattison

CLOSE THE COALHOUSE DOOR

Special offers for Students u25s Audio&Described: Sep, 2.30pm & 7.30pm 10 free tickets availableSat at 17 all performances £8 for Students & u25s available in the Upper Circle and Gallery, £2 off in Stalls and Dress Circle Schools £8 all levels Concessions available see p36 for details, Members 15% off 2 tickets

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T E E F LITTLE Reeling and Writhing presents

Indefinitearticles presents

Claytime Claytime, a play with clay, where the audience are invited to participate.

Each Claytime is totally unique creating its own world, its own characters and its own stories drawn directly from its young audience.

Truly interactive theatre at its most engaging.

Tue 11am & 1.45pm Main House Stage 3–6 year olds

The Presents A live musical performance with minimal speech, for babies and their adult company. It’s performed in an intimate in-theround space for a maximum of 25 babies, so that each audience member can have a front seat view. The Presents contains a series of gifts made from music, objects, colour and sung-sound.

Led by four performer-musicians, the performance journeys from naturalism and the everyday, to magic realism and the impossible.

Wed 10am, 12noon & 2pm Main House Stage 4–18 months

Mon 18 – Sat 23 Jun York Theatre Royal and tutti frutti productions are collaborating to bring the second Little Feet Festival of children’s theatre to life.

This week will include some of the best theatre companies in the country presenting work for children, young people and families, plus the whole theatre will be transformed into a place to play, participate and enjoy. With roving story tellers, craft activities and participatory sessions happening throughout the week there will be lots to see and do.

Theatre days for school groups available on 20 & 21 Jun: Spend the day with us exploring the story in a practical way, followed by a 1.30pm performance of The Owl and The Pussycat or Hare and Tortoise. Time: 9.30am Cost £10 per pupil (includes workshop and the show), book via Box Office Suitable for Reception - Year 2.

30 pupils per day workshop.

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Hiccup Theatre and The Point Eastleigh Presents

Teasel Theatre Company presents

Grisly Tales

The Owl and the Pussycat

A determined orphan, a satchel full of spine-chilling stories and a whole lot of rain!

Welcome to Tumblewater. Not that it's a very welcoming place - unless you're an undertaker or an umbrella salesman. Caspian Prye, the twisted landowner, controls everything and everyone; even the police. Into this world stumbles Daniel Dorey, a fearless orphan armed only with his wits and a satchel of spine-chilling stories. Charles Dickens meets Roald Dahl via Horrible Histories with laughs, frights and live music.

Along the way they meet the piggy wig, the turkey who lives on the hill and the strangest looking tree you’ll ever see! Enjoy this absurd hogwash of nonsense featuring silly songs, babbling puppets and smaller than life characters.

Tue 1.30pm & 7pm Studio 8+ year olds

Wed 11am & 1.30pm Studio 3–8 years

Follow Owl and Pussy Cat as they set out on the high seas with only some honey, money and a runcible spoon to help them find their way.

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York Theatre Royal and tutti frutti present

Hare and Tortoise Written by Brendan Murray Meet two competing friends in this new fantastic adaptation of Aesop’s fable; a story about racing, opposites, time and friendship. From sun-shining spring to snow-falling winter, this much loved story is brimming with ideas, characters, live music and wonderful physicality.

Thu 11am & 1.30pm Studio 2–6yrs

The Crick Crack Club presents

The Devil, The Tsar & The Three Dry Biscuits The Tsar's winter palace has a demon problem, and there's only one man with the wit, the will and the peculiar equipment needed to solve it.

Ben Haggarty embarks on a tale of outwitting and trickery. In this Russian fairytale a magical sack can solve all your hunger problems, doctors wield drinking glasses in place of stethoscopes, and a soldier determined to outwit death learns that a game of cards can get you both into and out of trouble.

Fri 7pm Studio 8+ Mimka present

Landscapes

Fly By Night Serenaded by sounds from a musical bed, dancers run with the moon, snooze in the air and fly to the top of the stairs. With play at heart and with family in mind, bedtime, sleep and dreams come easily in Fly by Night.

Fri 11am & 2pm Studio Workshop at 12.30pm 18 months–5yrs

This unique and intimate show takes children on a journey to four lovingly realised landscapes from desert to rainforest, from beneath the sea to Antarctica.

Using no words, Mimika combine beautifully crafted puppets with an original musical score, stunning visual effects and an ingenious set to create a theatre which magically captures the atmosphere, rhythms and sounds of the natural world.

Fri 10am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2pm Sat 10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm De Grey Rooms 4–10 years

Scamp Theatre & Watford Palace Theatre are delighted to present:

Tiddler and other Terrific Tales from Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler A brand new show from the award-winning Scamp Theatre (Stick Man - Live on Stage!) adapted from the bestselling books by Children’s Laureate, Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler (creators of The Gruffalo).

A magical collection of Julia Donaldson’s most popular titles including Tiddler, The Smartest Giant in Town, A Squash and a Squeeze and Monkey Puzzle brought to life by the team that brought you Aesop’s Fables, Stick Man and Private Peaceful.

Under sea, over land, on the farm and in the jungle, these tales are woven together with live music, songs, puppets and a host of colourful characters who will delight.

Directed by Sally Cookson Designed by Katie Sykes Composed by Benji Bower Lighting by Elanor Higgins Fri 1.30pm, Sat 2pm & 5pm Main House 3+

Tickets Claytime & Landscapes: £8 adults, £5 children Studio Shows: £10 adults, £6 children The Presents: £12 for parent and child Fly by Night: £10 adults £6 children (£10 incl workshop) Tiddler: £14 adults, £6 children

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York Theatre Royal presents

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THU 26 APR – SAT 19 MAY Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play and The Evening Standard Best Play of the Year.

In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator. blue/orange is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a failing NHS. ‘Exuberant… Penhall has the gift of making serious points in a comic manner and of conveying moral indignation without preaching...

Stinging satire’ The Guardian ‘Provocative, blackly funny...taut with thought-provoking ambiguity’ Independent

Directed by Juliet Forster

Times: 7.45pm, with 2.30pm Thu matinees (3, 10, 17 May) & 2pm Sat matinees (5, 12, 19 May) Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15 % off two ticket After Show Discussion: Wed 16 May Book for Blue/Orange and get £2 off your ticket for Henry IV.

York Theatre Royal and Out of Character present

HENRY IV TUE 15 – FRI 18 MAY After he is knocked off his horse during a masquerade, a man loses his mind and remains locked in a castle for the next 20 years believing he is the medieval emperor Henry IV. A troupe of actors collude in this delusion daily, until one day he receives a visit from the woman he once loved and a psychiatrist determined to cure him. But who is sane and who is mad? And what is madness anyway?

Exploring the knife edge between illusion and reality, Out of Character bring their unique perspective to this fascinating and darkly humorous 20th Century classic.

Out of Character make challenging work for inquisitive audiences with the aim of transcending the boundaries of modern theatre and our perceptions of mental health, claiming the territory between inspiration and medication.

This production has been made possible by the kind support of Converge.

Directed by Juliet Forster Times: 7.45pm (Tue, Thu & Fri), 2.30pm (Wed) Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15 % off two tickets After Show Discussion: Thu 17 May

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Old Bomb Theatre presents

York Settlement Community Players presents

THE FANTASIST’S WALTZ

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WED 22 FEB - SAT 3 MAR

WED 7– SAT 17 MAR

Written by Jim Cartwright

Life in your teens, as Tammy discovers, can be unfair and even cruel. School is a disaster and at home she can do nothing right.

Then something really terrible happens. When she gets the chance to undo the tragedy, she grabs the opportunity. But is it possible to change the world around you without changing yourself?

FRI 17 – SAT 18 FEB Set in a world of misguided passions, momentary lifetimes and crumbs of desire, The Fantasist’s Waltz is a haunting modern fairy tale of an isolated man who disappears into his imagination for solace, a magnificent dream world in which he is the centre of wonder and the object of desire.

Through the veins of TongueTied’s tale pulses a live original score and inventive physical storytelling bringing to life the story of a man’s fight for survival in a world that has seemingly forgotten him.

Directed by Kyle Davies and Lizzie Wiggs Created by the Company Inspired by the original story, Mr Pemberly, by Julia Gwynne Set and Costume by James Perkins

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Suitable for 11+ Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

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In this extraordinary play about sleep, insomnia and growing old, eight elderly characters relive their lives and evoke their dreams. Old Bomb, the theatre company behind recent productions of Pinteresque, Cigarettes and Chocolate and Waiting for Godot, bring you another intimate and atmospheric show, complete with specially composed music and a very large bed.

‘The sheer exuberance and beauty of the writing and the piece’s urgent theatricality are difficult to describe… Cartwright (Two, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) is a true original.’ City Limits.

Time: 7.45pm with a 2pm matinee (Sat 3 Mar) Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £10 Tue - Thu and matinees; £12 Fri - Sat eve, £7 students & u25s, Concessions available see p36 for details Members 15% off 2 tickets

Written by Alan Ayckbourn

This serious comedy is a rare chance to see one of Alan Ayckbourn’s plays for young people and families. The issues it explores, its sense of fun and its gripping plot will appeal to people of all ages.

‘A magical play’ York Press Directed by Graham Sanderson & Sue Skirrow

Times: 7.45pm with 2pm matinees (Sat 10 & 17) Performance location: Studio Tickets: £10 Tue - Thu and matinees; £12 Fri - Sat eve, £7 students & u25s, Concessions available see p36 for details Members 15% off 2 tickets

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York Theatre Royal Young Actors Company presents

Wilkinson’s crew presents

The Open Work Ensemble and York Theatre Royal present

HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND NEVER BE FOUND

THE RIVALS

A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

TUE 27 MAR Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

WED 21 – SAT 24 MAR In debt, in trouble and in despair, Charlie holds the urn of his cremated mother in his hands. With his life crumbling around him, he is offered the chance to change his life forever. But to do this he will have to make ‘Charlie’ disappear completely…

Each year in England over 250,000 people are reported as missing, some are just late but the majority of people are missing by choice.

What drives someone to give up everything they’ve ever known?

And, can you ever truly escape your past life?

In Sheridan’s superlative comedy, ‘The Rivals,’ verbally challenged Mrs Malaprop, (50 claiming 29), speaks of ‘an allegory on the banks of the Nile’ and pursues the discreetly hardup baronet, Sir Lucius O’Trigger.

Threatening ‘I’ll invest five and threepence and you shall live on the interest,’ Sir Anthony Absolute furiously orders his son to marry an unseen, nameless heiress - already his secret fiancée. The melancholy Faulkland is convulsed with horror that his adored Julia has enjoyed a dance. Belowstairs, Lucy, (maid) and Tag, (valet), take bribes from all sides. At a bound everyone gets married.

A fast-paced and movement orientated story of a young man at a crossroads.

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £10, £8 students, u25s & concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

WED 28 – THU 29 MAR A digital opera in 2 acts by Craig Vear A Sentimental Journey is a digital opera for a mixed ensemble of technologies, remote audiences and live performers. It is inspired

by Laurence Sterne’s novel, first published in 1768.

The work will be performed live to the theatre audience, and streamed to hundreds of people around the world, who will be reporting back with photos and postcards of their sentimental journeys. The end result is a shared experience between the audience(s), the performers, the music, the book, and the collective imagination.

Created in association with the Laurence Sterne Trust and dedicated to Patrick Wildgust

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £5 Members 15% off 2 tickets

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The Crick Crack Club presents

Captain Mermaid Theatre Company presents

Claire Hind presents

PSALMS FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH

CAPTAIN MURDERER AND THE MORECAMBE MERMAID

GHOST TRACK

FRI 30 MAR Performance Storytelling Written by Hugh Lupton Hugh Lupton turns his lyrical eye towards the magical connection between man and horse, to evoke the mystery and the sense of otherness that horses conjure.

Intertwining Navajo mythology, Celtic wondertales and slave ballads, this programme has at its heart ‘The Horses’, Hugh’s stunning narrative poem in praise of the life of a horseman’s daughter Jenny Wing. This is poetic storytelling at its very best.

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

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SAT 31 MAR Captain Mermaid Theatre Company present a performance of their pitchblack musical comedy, Captain Murderer and the Morecambe Mermaid, featuring original songs and additional dialogue by Charles Dickens. A sinister visual feast, with puppets and masks, illusions and projections, it’s all about addiction, sexual exploitation, immigration and kiss-me-quick cheekiness.

Created and Performed by John Barber and Lisa Howard Original Music by John Newman-Holden Directed by Fiona Penney Lighting Design by Marcus Rapley

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

TUE 3 APR The work re-tells the story of act one scene one of King Lear through three microphones, and a Nano pad. Other stories are then weaved into a narrative about the Father to reveal the complexities of the psyche, the workings of the vocal chords and the intricate and anxious lives we can lead. Ghost Track juxtaposes experimental text based performance with stand up comedy and with sincerity. This work offers an entertaining way to think about Freud and performing autobiography.

Claire Hind collaborated with Gary Winters from Lone Twin to write Ghost Track and with Alexander Kelly of Third Angel as co-director.

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

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European Arts Company presents

Black Coffee Theatre presents

JR Productions presents

THE DUMB WAITER & THE LOVER

BRIAN LOOKS LIKE ALAN RICKMAN

PLAYING BURTON

WED 4 – THU 5 APR

TUE 10 APR

A double-bill of Harold Pinter's classic short, black-comedies.

Written by Jonathan Holby

In The Dumb Waiter, two hit-men are waiting in a basement room to do a job. Strange messages keep appearing via a serving hatch. Who are they from? Why are they waiting? And who is their next victim?

In The Lover, Richard and Sarah have been married for 10 years.

Every morning he commutes into the City to pour over balance sheets and graphs while she shows her lover the hollyhocks.

Both thrillingly powerful with an air of mystery.

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

Guys don’t talk about their feelings but, like most twenty something lads, Jonny, Brian and Finley all have some fear about what their life will hold, what they could achieve or what they may not. Not content with the direction his life is going, Jonny begins to ask “What if there’s more to life than this?”

This bittersweet play follows the boys as they finally step outside their comfort zones and chase their dreams.

And did we mention it’s also really quite funny.

WED 11 APR Written by Mark Jenkins From humble roots as the 12th child of a drunken Welsh miner, he rose to become the world’s first megastar. Infamously married to Elizabeth Taylor, the word ‘paparazzi’ was coined for them.

But the real Burton, little Richie Jenkins, was known only to a few.

Directed by Burton’s greatnephew, Guy Masterson, and presented in Burton’s own words and those of the great writers he admired, Welshman Josh Richards brings the flawed genius astonishingly to life.

Directed by Guy Masterson With Josh Richards as Richard Burton

Directed by Maria Crocker

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

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Niki McCreffon presents

Kepow Theatre presents

Kepow Theatre presents

MUTTNIK THE FIRST DOG IN SPACE

WHOSE STORY IS IT ANYWAY?

CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE!

THU 12 – FRI 13 APR

SAT 14 APR

SAT 14 APR

Muttnik is a stray. She lives on the streets of Moscow, cold and hungry until one day she is captured. To her surprise she finds herself in a new home with food, water and adventures better than dreams; she is living at the Russian Space centre and is to become the first dog in space!

This wonderful comedy theatre show guarantees to make children (and adults) laugh out loud, as it celebrates the power of the human imagination.

A comedy show about love in all it's many forms, starring Kevin Tomlinson and guests. Featuring sketches, improvisation, storytelling and stand up.

Kepow take suggestions from their young audience, adapt old folk tales, create new ones and improvise stories full of action and adventure.

Romantic love. Platonic love. A love for a hobby. Or a love for one's pet.

The love of money. Or the love of a God. You name it, this comedy show explores it!!

The First Dog in Space is blasting off to show audiences that you can teach an old dog new tricks with this refreshing slant on what happened to Laika, the dog sent into space aboard the Russian Sputnik 2 rocket in 1957.

What happened when Harry Potter discovered he had a twin called Larry? Or when Charlie built his own Chocolate Factory? Come and find out!

Told with dance, music and puppetry, this enchanting tale feeds the imagination.

Times: 11.30am & 1.30pm Performance Location: Studio Suitable for 3+ Tickets: £10 adults, £6 children Members 15% off 2 tickets

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Time: 2pm Performance Location: Studio Suitable for: 5 - 11 year olds (and playful adults!)

Tickets: £10 adults, £6 children Members 15% off 2 tickets

Come along and join in the fun!

Kevin Tomlinson is now recognised as one of the UK's leading comic improvisers. His career took off in 1999, when he performed alongside the cast of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Since then his improvisation shows have toured the world to great critical acclaim.

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

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Yellow Leaf Theatre presents

Theatre Action presents

KAREN’S WEG PHOENIX RISING : A KINDERTRANSPORT D. H. LAWRENCE LIFE SON & LOVER

Damsel Sophie presents

HOT FRI 20 APR Written by Damsel Sophie

TUE 17 – WED 18 APR

THU 19 APR

This captivating play tells the life story of the Jewish Kindertransport survivor and poet, Karen Gershon.

1928, Ille de Port-Cros, Var, France. D. H. Lawrence is a very ill man. In a series of animated snap-shots, Lawrence presents the personalities and events which shaped his early life.

A portrait emerges of a man able to view his life with a mixture of pathos and good humour – not the serious persona implied in his writings nor the puritan sage of his biographers.

Based on Karen’s words and poems and also inspired by music the drama moves from Germany to Britain and beyond in a diaspora renewed.

A new play by the award winning writer of Exchanges in Bialystok Vanessa Rosenthal

Phoenix Rising is a colourful portrait of an extraordinary artist at full throttle!

A powerful, brilliant, entertaining and utterly compelling, one man tour de force! …one actor, a table, a chair, a few books and one enormous imaginative talent! Talk Festival

Times: 7.45pm, 2.30pm Wed matinee Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

Get ready for the new sizzling cabaret theatrical sensation, HOT. Damsel Sophie has teamed up with Alex Wright (Belt Up Theatre, The Flannagan Collective) to create a smouldering new piece of cabaret that explores self-love, donkeys and proper important theatre.

Set to tour Australia and UK don't miss HOT at the York Theatre Royal studio in April.

Comedy-cabaret performer Damsel Sophie was winner of the Adelaide Fringe best cabaret award 2011.

‘Triumphant’ Time Out London ‘A new shining star’ The Scotsman www.sophiewalshharrington.com @DamselSophie

With Paul Slack as D. H. Lawrence

Directed by Alexander Wright

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Suitable for 14+ Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

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The Crick Crack Club presents

The Flanagan Collective presents

ISIS & HECATE

BEULAH

SAT 21 APR

WED 27 – SAT 30 JUN

Written by Xanthe Gresham

Written by Alexander Wright

Teetering between the sharply hilarious and the devastatingly provocative, this pair of rollercoaster performances combines mythology, fairytale, playground rhyme, and the things people get up to in their pursuit of love, happiness and enlightenment.

Beulah is a world created by William Blake that sits somewhere inbetween heaven and earth. This is a new piece featuring poetry, live music and song about time, dreams and reality; it’s about how we measure ourselves and the world around us.

Xanthe Gresham reveals herself to be the fool of the world, she delves deep into Isis and Osiris, the Egyptian tale of love versus murder, rape and betrayal, and brings Hecate, the great goddess of blackness and beginnings back onto the dance floor.

We measure our age by our birthdays but Lyca was born on a leap year. The play explores her concept of time.

Don’t miss this premiere from the innovative York based collective of performers, before it heads to the Edinburgh Festival. @FlanCol

SCRIPT FACTOR ALL WINNER’S FINAL MON 2 JUL All year, members of Script Yorkshire's York branch have been battling it out at our popular Script Factor events. Now the winners of each heat are pitted against each other for the final and the chance to take the coveted - though very small - Script Factor Champion's Trophy! The writers this year will be given a theme to write about and their 15 minute pieces will be presented, by actors from York Settlement Community Players, in the studio at YTR. As usual, it's you, the audience, making the final decision as you vote for your favourite. Come and be part of York's lively drama writing scene and help choose this year's winner.

Directed by Tom Bellerby Original Music by Gavin Whitworth

Times: 7.45pm with 2pm matinee Performance Location: Studio Suitable for 14+ Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

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Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Suitable for 14+ Tickets: £12, £8 students & u25s, £10 concessions Members 15% off 2 tickets

Time: 7.45pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £5 Members 15% off 2 tickets

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21 MAY – 9 JUN

From the 21 May the theatre will beco me the hub of an excitin g three week festival ru n entirely by a team of en thusiastic under 26 year ol ds. Every year the theatre ’s senior management te am hand over the reigns to a new TakeOver team who are responsible for running everything from the programming of shows and events to th e marketing.

We will be bringi ng new and exciting idea s to the table, whilst sh adowing the permanent staff at the theatre and learning the ropes.

Three years in, TakeOver has become a regular fixture in the theatre's calendar, and it just gets better and better. This the only TakeOver is year we will present an e country th in scheme exciting line-up of s young that enable a theatre, comedy, dance n people to ru eatre for a and music for all York th l a n professio Theatre Royal al period. iv st fe l specia audiences, whatever e y xcited to We’re reall their age or background. and show d get starte We’re also preparing e can do. you what w workshops, events, and us ebsite, find other treats, so keep an Visit our w w o ll fo d ival fest n ka eye out for our on faceboo p r to keep u te programme, coming to it tw n o us d n a ts even you soon! with news, involved. t e g to ways

See you in May! The TakeOver Team The TakeOver festival is kindly sponsored by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation

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Patrons: HRH The Duke of York, Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, Dame Judi Dench & Harry Gration

2- 27 AUG 2012 York Museum Gardens The medieval cycle of YORK MYSTERY PLAYS has been performed by the people of York across the centuries and is a world-famous part of the city’s cultural heritage.

From Creation to the Last Judgement, these plays form one of the greatest stories ever told. In summer 2012, the story of God, of man and woman and of the cosmic struggle between good and evil will be presented on an epic scale against the magnificent backdrop of St Mary's Abbey.

For the first time since 1988 in a production of this size, the Plays will return to York Museum Gardens, where a 1400 coveredseat theatre will be constructed within the ancient walls of the Abbey.

Taking place in the same year that London hosts the Olympic Games, this international event will also be a major part of York’s 800th anniversary celebrations of the granting of its Civic Charter. An exciting festival atmosphere will be created both in the Gardens and throughout the city, with entertaining fringe events and a celebration of the best of Yorkshire food and drink.

Presented by York Theatre Royal, Riding Lights Theatre Company and York Museums Trust and supported by City of York Council, this bold, accessible adaptation of the Plays is by York writer Mike Kenny, who also adapted E. Nesbitt’s The Railway Children for the Olivier award-winning production by York Theatre Royal and the National Railway Museum. Over 1,000 people from the local community will join with a team of professional artists and technicians to create this spectacular production.

For more information visit www.yorkmysteryplays2012.com

Times: 7.30pm with 2.30pm (Sat) matinees Performance Location: York Museum Gardens Tickets: Evening performances: £20 - £42 full price, £15 - £30 concessions, £15 - £25 under 16s Matinee performances: £15 - £35 full price, £12 – £25 concessions, £12 - £21 under 16s Family tickets and group discounts available

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Support the Mystery Plays, become an Angel: £150 (includes 2 tickets plus VIP benefits)

A production by: YORK CULTURAL COMPANY Company No. 7810751 Sponsors and supporters: Shepherd Building Group, The Feoffees of St Michael's, Spurriergate, and York Data Services.

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Adapted by Mike Kenny Directed by Paul Burbridge and Damian Cruden Designed by Sean Cavanagh with costumes designed by Anna Gooch

AUGUST 2012 Thursday 2

7.30

Friday 3

7.30

Saturday 4 Sunday 5

2.30 & 7.30 7.30

Monday 6 Tuesday 7

7.30

Wednesday 8

7.30

Thursday 9

7.30

Friday 10

7.30

Saturday 11 Sunday 12

2.30 & 7.30 7.30

Monday 13 Tuesday 14

7.30

York Theatre Royal Youth Theatre present

Wednesday 15

7.30

Thursday 16

7.30

THE MISSING MYSTERIES

Friday 17

7.30

Saturday 18 Sunday 19

2.30 & 7.30 7.30

Monday 20 Tuesday 21

7.30

Wednesday 22

7.30 BSL

Thursday 23

7.30 AD

Friday 24 Saturday 25 Sunday 26 Monday 27

7.30 2.30 AD/C & 7.30 AD 7.30 2.30 & 7.30

WED 11 – THU 12 APR York Theatre Royal youth theatre groups will be performing some of the Mystery Plays which are not included in the production in the Museum Gardens in the summer, in six York churches over two days. Each church will host one of the stories, performed by young people aged 11-16 and the audience will be encouraged to join the parade and experience these stories in our wonderful York churches.

Each piece will last up to 40 minutes and audiences can attend as many performances as they would like on each day. Events are free and donations will be welcome.

10.30am 11.30am 12.30 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm

Cain and Abel All Saints Pavement Ten Plagues St Helen's Crossing of the Red Sea St Deny’s St Martin’s Flight into Egypt/Baptism Mortification of Christ Holy Trinity Coronation of the Virgin St Olave’s

The 8-10s groups will be creating Mysteries radio plays in all churches over the two days.

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Information on these events can be found at www.yorkmysteryplays2012.com

YORKWALK

A WALK THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE MYSTERY PLAYS YorkWalk will be offering walks following the sites the Mystery Plays have visited over the last 800 years or more. Walks start by visiting the set of the 2012 production (and the site for productions from 19511988) which uses St Mary’s Abbey as a backdrop. Then focus turns to the medieval plays to discover how they were produced, following their exact route. For more info on public or private tours contact: 01904 622303/ www.yorkwalk.co.uk Dates in August: Thu 2 10.30am, Sat 4 10.30am, Sun 5 2.15pm, Wed 8 2.15pm, Sat 11 10.30am, Sun 12 2.15pm, Wed 16 10.30am, Sat 18 10.30am, Sun 19 2.15pm, Wed 22 10.30am, Sun 26 2.15pm

YORK MYSTERY CYCLE WORKSHOPS

WAGON PERFORMANCES

WED 7, 14, 21 & 28 MAR

The Historic Guilds of York will welcome other cities who own Mystery Cycles to take part in a free1hr performance on the York Wagons giving a wonderful insight into the differences between the York Mystery Cycle and others born of the same period. Dates and times will be announced, visit www.yorkmysteryplays.co.uk

By Ars Ludendi Exploring the Mystery Plays: A short course over four weekly sessions to help untangle the complex history, context and character of the medieval Mystery Plays.

Using a lively combination of performance illustrated lectures to explore a different facet of the historical, literary and artistic heritage of the York Mystery Plays each week.

Time: 7pm Venue: De Grey Rooms Tickets: £40 per person per course

MODERN MYSTERIES THU 26 APRIL

YORK MYSTERY CYCLE LECTURES SUN 12 & SUN 26 AUG

By Ars Ludendi The History behind the Mystery: A lively introduction to the rich and complex history of the York Mystery Plays from their medieval roots through to the modern day.

Lectures will take place at Tempest Anderson Hall in the Yorkshire Museum.

Time: 2pm Tickets: £10 bookable through our box office. Discounts available if you already have tickets to the Mystery 2012 production.

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In partnership with the York branch of Script Yorkshire, the 2012 Mystery team put together a script competition for local writers to write a modern response to plays from the Mystery Cycle.

Following a development period for the winning writers watch their first public performances - exciting, modern interpretations of some of our most famous Mystery Plays.

Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £4 To book visit www.thebasementyork.co.uk or call 01904 612940

YORK MYSTERY PLAYS ARCHIVE The rapidly expanding York Mystery Plays Archive welcomes your stories both past and present as they form an integral part of the offering surrounding the 2012 production. www.yorkmysteryplays.org

PRECIOUS CARGO YORKSHIRE MUSEUM FROM SAT 7 APR See the Yorkshire Museums Medieval gallery brought to life with contemporary fashion, films, performances and visual arts. All in celebration of the York Mystery Plays, the 1212: The Making of the City exhibition, and the Olympics.

For more information on the Precious Cargo project and the exhibition visit: www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk

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HIRE THE BALLROOM

DANCE EVENTS SALSA LATINO NIGHT

TEA DANCE

21 JAN

9 JUN

Enjoy a Salsa Latino dance to the sounds our live band Mambo con Rumbo with the option of taking a one hour dance class prior to the evening getting going. A bar will be available. This event is sponsored by York Marriott Hotel.

Doors 7.30pm, band 8pm, close 10.45pm Tickets £15 Dance class 6.30pm-7.30pm £3

Experience an afternoon tea dance in the perfect setting of the De Grey Ballroom and come to a dance class before the main event to brush up on your technique. Afternoon tea with freshly baked scones from our Café is included. (This event uses recorded music and does not feature a live band) Doors: 2pm. Close 4pm.

Tickets £7 Dance class 1pm-2pm £3

DANCE-A-THON 10 MAR Returning for a second year, York Theatre Royal will be hosting a fundraising dance-a-thon in aid of much needed repairs to the main stage. Participants can take part in one or more dances on the day and will be required to get sponsorship to take part. To register your intention in taking part and to find out more about how to collect your sponsorship donations, visit www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk /danceathon

In April 2011, York Theatre Royal formally opened the De Grey Rooms to the public and began to offer the spectacular Ballroom and Cocktail Bar for hire for events, wedding receptions and conferences. To enquire about hiring this unique venue in the heart of York, please see our website or contact Julia Smith, Events and Fundraising Co-ordinator julia.smith@yorktheatreroyal .co.uk 01904 658162

BIG BAND DANCE NIGHT 14 JUL Mr Swing’s Dance Orchestra return to the De Grey Ballrooms for another night of classic music and dancing with refreshments from our bar.

Sponsored by Hotel Du Vin. There is the option of taking a one hour dance class from 6.30pm-7.30pm on the night.

Doors 7.30pm, band 8pm, close 10.45pm Tickets £15 Dance class 6.30pm-7.30pm £3

Pilot Theatre at York Theatre Royal 2012

DRAMA ON DEMAND AND #PILOTLIVE. Pilot Theatre will be launching a range of audio dramas to listen to throughout the day in the theatre foyer from 16 Jan onwards. Starting with My Name is Rachel Corrie, which will be accompanied by a specially commissioned journal designed by Catherine Chapman, new works for different age groups will be added throughout the year.

In addition Pilot will be presenting #PilotLive. These are rehearsed readings along with interviews with artists broadcast on pilot-theatre.tv A full schedule will be announced at pilot-theatre.com in early 2012.

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D E V L O V N I T GE ADULT THEATRE STORY WORKSHOP MAKERS An ongoing series of workshops covering a wide range of dramatic disciplines to expand experience and develop confidence. Led by professional actor, Michael Lambourne.

The next Adult Theatre Workshops will run from 16 Jan until 26 Mar (No class on 13 Feb for half term) Price: £80 for the 10 week course.

Maximum of 20 participants, available to 18+.

Times: Monday evenings 7:30pm-9:30pm

Storymakers is a storytelling, drama and arts based session for 3 – 5 year olds and their mums, dads and carers. Each week we will explore a different story through arts, crafts and creative play.

The sessions will take place at York Theatre Royal on a Wednesday morning from 10.15am – 11.30am.

Meet in the foyer.

Jan 11, 18, 25 Feb 1, 8, 22, 29 Mar 7, 14, 21, 28 Apr 25 May 2 , 9, 16, 23, 30 Jun 13, 20, 27 Jul 4, 11 Tickets: £2 per child, available via the box office and online.

York Theatre Royal runs one of the largest Youth Theatres in the country with weekly workshops for people aged 5 – 19 exploring all aspects of theatre and regularly performing in their own productions. In addition we run a Young Actors Company for 18 – 25 year olds, who produce shows every year. Contact 01904 658162 or email education@yorktheatreroyal.co. uk for more information.

HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

SHADOW STORIES WORKSHOP

PLAY IN A WEEK

5 – 7 YEAR OLDS THU 5 APR, 10AM – 12.30PM Participants will play games, make and learn to use their own shadow puppets and experiment with percussion to create a short showing, which will be performed at the end of the session.

8 - 11 YEAR OLDS MON 13 FEB – SAT 18 FEB, 10AM – 1PM (PERFORMANCE SAT 18 AT 12.30PM) Work with a professional theatre practitioner to devise, script, design, direct, dress, rehearse and perform a brand new site specific play about the wonderful world of the imagination.

Cost: £60 (please ask for concessionary rates).

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YOUTH THEATRE AND YOUNG ACTORS COMPANY

EASTER HOLIDAY PLAY IN A DAY 11- 15 YEAR OLDS TUE 3 APR, 10AM – 5.30PM (PERFORMANCE 5PM) From inspiration and development to rehearsal and finally performance. Alongside a professional theatre maker, experience in one day the full process of making and performing a new play.

Cost £15.

Cost: £10.

Look out for summer holiday activities on www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, or to book a place, please contact Jessica Fisher, Education Administrator on 01904 658162 or email education@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

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MEMBERSHIP

SEE MORE THEATRE FOR LESS Become a Member • For only £35 per year • 2 free tickets to a YTR production (exclu panto)

CAFÉ RESTAURANT Open Mon to Sat from 10.00am (from 9.00am in February 2012)

NEW BREAKFAST MENU

From February 2012 the Theatre Escape the hustle and bustle of Royal café will be serving a new the city centre to sample the Breakfast menu from 9am to 11am. delights of the York Theatre Royal Choose between hot bacon, sausage Café. With a delicious range of and fried egg sandwiches with some locally sourced produce at of the most delicious coffee in York. affordable prices, the Café Bar blends quality cuisine with a NEW TAKEAWAY SERVICE friendly atmosphere just off the beaten track. Within a stones From February 2012 during the day throw of the Minster you can the café will be offering a new enjoy delicious deli salads, takeaway menu on all sandwiches gourmet sandwiches, hot (including hot breakfast sandwiches) quiches and pies or a freshly cakes, soup & drinks. baked treat whether you’re looking for a quick snack, lunch SPECIAL TREATS FOR or supper.

CHILDREN

WHY NOT MAKE A MEAL OF IT BEFORE THE SHOW? Quick and tasty suppers at very reasonable prices are available at the café before the show. Just turn up and order at the counter.

Alternatively we hold a Pre-Show Supper Club every Wednesday evening between 5.30pm-7pm of 2 courses (main meal & dessert) for £8 a head. Prebooking is essential at the box office. From February 2012.

Throughout the day and before our shows in the evening we offer great value children's 'Grab bags' with sandwiches, a piece of fruit, juice carton, cupcake, activity sheet, crayons & YTR balloon only £5 each.

Why not hold your children's party at the theatre? We can offer great value food and entertainment. Please talk to our café staff on 01904 550170 or email catering@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk.

The Café proudly supports local companies, and works in collaboration with Henshelwoods Delicatessen, Ye Olde Pie and Sausage Shoppe, and York Coffee Emporium.

• 15% off two tickets for every show throughout the year • 10% off food and drink at the café and bar • Annual Christmas party • Membership news and discounts from other businesses Join online www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

COSTUME HIRE From the historical to the hysterical we have thousands of extraordinary costumes to hire.

Our Costume Hire department is located in the De Grey Rooms next door to the theatre. Opening times: Tuesdays 10am – 4pm Thursdays 10am – 2pm (by appointment only) Saturdays 10am – 4pm Telephone 01904 715444 Costumehire@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

FRIENDS The Friends of York Theatre Royal are an enthusiastic, theatre-loving group keen to support their local theatre, raise funds and meet others who share a passion for the arts. The Friends help to fundraise for projects and also organise a range of theatre trips and social events and is always looking for new members.

To join the Friends please contact the secretary on 01904 638302

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By Telephone: Box Office 01904 623568 Lines are open Mon – Sat 10am – 8pm (6pm on non-performance days) Please note on the first Tue of each month we open at 10.30am due to staff training.

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Book securely online and choose your own seat www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk (no booking fee)

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Email us boxoffice@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

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In person or by post York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York, YO1 7HD

How to Pay: We accept cash, cheque, debit or credit cards. Tickets booked over the phone can be posted to you for £1. Online bookings will be held at the Box Office for collection.

Reserving Tickets: You can reserve tickets for 4 days.

If you have unpaid tickets on reserve please collect them at least 30 mins before the performance as reserved tickets may be released for re-sale after that point.

Exchanging Tickets: We must have the tickets at Box Office to perform a re-sale or exchange. We are unable to refund tickets but will aim to do our best to re-sell them. Please note that our own unsold tickets will take priority. Provided we have the tickets at least 24 hours before the performance we will exchange them for other tickets of equivalent value for an admin fee of £1 per ticket (free to members). No ticket refunds will be given on the announcement of a subsequent special offer.

Concessions: apply to Over 60s, those in receipt of means tested benefits and students & u25s (Stalls & Dress Circle). £2 off standard tickets in the Stalls, Dress Circle and Upper Circle. Includes matinees and studio performances.

Registered Disabled: customers £10 (Tue – Thu Main House and Tue – Sat Studio) £12 (Fri & Sat Main House) where available.

Schools may claim 1 teacher ticket free with every 10 pupils over 8, 1 in 5 free with pupils 8 years and under. Additional teacher tickets can be purchased at £8 when accompanying a school party.

Cream tea matinees are £18 and include a ticket, programme and a cream tea where available.

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Groups 10+ are entitled to a discount of £2 off per ticket. This excludes matinee performances Access: We are committed to making our performances as accessible as possible. We have wheelchair spaces available in the stalls (Main House) and in the Studio. Please state at the time of booking if a wheelchair seat is required. There are accessible toilets and baby changing facilities. We have a wireless system for audio described performances and the hard of hearing (please collect relevant equipment from box office) and also programme signed and captioned performances. Companion tickets are available and access dogs are admitted. Touch Tours can be booked 24hrs in advance of an Audio Described performance.

Latecomers: Latecomers may be asked to wait until a suitable break in the performance before taking their seats. On some occasions it may be impossible to admit latecomers until the interval. Please note for Studio performances without an interval, latecomers will not be admitted at any stage due to the layout of the performance area.

York Theatre Royal has a customer services policy.

We welcome your feedback, please email us at feedback@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk or fill in a comments card next time you visit us.

For more information visit www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk Registered Charity no. 229396 Errors and omissions excepted

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AD: C: BSL: D: SIF:

Audio Described Performances for the blind and partially sighted Captioned Performances for the deaf, deafened and hard of hearing British Sign Language interpreted performances After show discussion See it First

USE

APRIL

MARCH

FEBRUARY

HO MAIN FRI 17 SAT 18 SUN 19 MON 20 TUE 21 WED 22 THU 23 FRI 24 SAT 25 SUN 26 MON 27 TUE 28 WED 29 THU 01 FRI 02 SAT 03 SUN 04 MON 05 TUE 06 WED 07 THU 08 FRI 09 SAT 10 SUN 11 MON 12 TUE 13 WED 14 THU 15 FRI 16 SAT 17 SUN 18 MON 19 TUE 20 WED 21 THU 22 FRI 23 SAT 24 SUN 25 MON 26 TUE 27 WED 28 THU 29 FRI 30 SAT 31 SUN 01 MON 02 TUE 03 WED 04 THU 05 FRI 06 SAT 07 SUN 08 MON 09 TUE 10

STUDIO

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

7.30 SIF 7.30

THE THE THE THE THE

DIARY DIARY DIARY DIARY DIARY

OF OF OF OF OF

ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE

FRANK FRANK FRANK FRANK FRANK

7.30 7.30 BSL 2.00 & 7.30 7.30 2.30 & 7.30

THE THE THE THE THE

DIARY DIARY DIARY DIARY DIARY

OF OF OF OF OF

ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE

FRANK 7.30 D FRANK 7.30 FRANK 2.00 & 7.30 FRANK 7.30 FRANK 2.30C/AD & 7.30 AD

THE THE THE THE THE

SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND

THE FANTASIST'S WALTZ THE FANTASIST'S WALTZ

7.45 7.45

BED BED BED BED

7.45 7.45 7.45 7.45

STUDIO TALK BED BED BED BED BED

7.00 7.45 7.45 7.45 7.45 2.00 & 7.45

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 2.30 & 7.30

MISS MISS MISS MISS

YESTERDAY YESTERDAY YESTERDAY YESTERDAY

7.45 7.45 7.45 2.00 & 7.45

SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC 7.30 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 7.30 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 7.30 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 7.30 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 7.30 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 2.30 & 7.30

MISS MISS MISS MISS MISS

YESTERDAY YESTERDAY YESTERDAY YESTERDAY YESTERDAY

7.45 7.45 7.45 7.45 2.00 & 7.45

HOW HOW HOW HOW

TO TO TO TO

OF OF OF OF OF

MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

PHOENIX DANCE PHOENIX DANCE

7.30 D 7.30

CLARE TEAL STEWART LEE LORD MAYOR'S CHARITY CONCERT SCIENCE MUSEUM LIVE SCIENCE MUSEUM LIVE ROBERTO FONSECA

8.00 7.30 7.00 7.00 1.30 7.30

SOUVENIR D'ANNE FRANK SOUVENIR D'ANNE FRANK

7.30 7.30

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE EUGENE ONEGIN PLUCK: THE TITANIC SHOW

7.30 7.30 7.30

GHOST TRACK THE DUMB WAITER/THE LOVER THE DUMB WAITER/THE LOVER

7.45 7.45 7.45

THE AWKWARD SQUAD

7.30

BRIAN LOOKS LIKE ALAN RICKMAN

7.45

DISAPPEAR DISAPPEAR DISAPPEAR DISAPPEAR

COMPLETELY..

COMPLETELY..

COMPLETELY..

COMPLETELY..

7.45 7.45 7.45 7.45

THE RIVALS 7.45 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY 7.45 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY 2.00 & 7.45 PSALMS FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH 7.45 CAPT MURDERER & MORECAMBE MERMAID 7.45

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HO MAIN

MAY

WED 11 THU 12 FRI 13 SAT 14

STUDIO

THE AWKWARD SQUAD THE AWKWARD SQUAD THE AWKWARD SQUAD TITANIC CENTENARY CONCERT

7.30 2.00 & 7.30 7.30 AD 7.30

SUN 15 MON 16 TUE 17 WED 18 THU 19 FRI 20 SAT 21 SUN 22 MON 23 TUE 24 WED 25 THU 26 FRI 27 SAT 28 SUN 29 MON 30 TUE 01 WED 02 THU 03 FRI 04 SAT 05 SUN 06 MON 07 TUE 08 WED 09 THU 10 FRI 11 SAT 12 SUN 13 MON 14 TUE 15 WED 16

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

7.30

THU 17

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

7.30

FRI 18 SAT 19 SUN 20

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

4.30 & 8.00 2.30 & 7.30

YES YES YES YES YES YES

PRIME PRIME PRIME PRIME PRIME PRIME

LILIES LILIES LILIES LILIES LILIES

ON ON ON ON ON

LOVE’S LOVE’S LOVE’S LOVE’S LOVE’S

MINISTER MINISTER MINISTER MINISTER MINISTER MINISTER

THE THE THE THE THE

LAND LAND LAND LAND LAND

LABOUR'S LABOUR'S LABOUR'S LABOUR'S LABOUR'S

LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST

CAMILLE O'SULLIVAN BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET

7.30 7.30 7.30 2.00 & 7.30 7.30 2.30 AD & 7.30 AD

DOUBT KAREN'S WEG KAREN'S WEG PHOENIX RISING HOT ISIS AND HECATE

7.30 7.30 2.00 & 7.30 7.30 2.30 AD & 7.30 AD

BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE

7.45 7.45 7.45

7.30 7.30 2.00 & 7.30 7.30 2.30 AD & 7.30 AD

BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE

7.45 7.45 7.45 2.30 & 7.45 7.45 2.00 & 7.45

BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE

7.45 7.45 2.30 & 7.45 7.45 2.00 & 7.45

HENRY IV HENRY IV BLUE/ORANGE BLUE/ORANGE HENRY IV HENRY IV BLUE/ORANGE

7.45 2.30 7.45 D 2.30 7.45 D 7.45 2.00 & 7.45

7.30 7.30 2.30 & 7.30

21 MAY – 9 JUN WWW.TAKEOVERFESTIVAL.CO.UK

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PLAYING BURTON 7.45 MUTTNIK DOG IN SPACE 11.30 & 2.00 MUTTNIK DOG IN SPACE 11.30 & 2.00 WHOSE STORY IS IT ANYWAY? 2.00 CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE 7.45 7.45 7.45 2.30 & 7.45 7.45 7.45 2.00 & 7.45

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JUNE

HO MAIN WED 13 THU 14 FRI 15 SAT 16 SUN 17 MON 18 TUE 19 WED 20 THU 21 FRI 22 SAT 23 SUN 24 MON 25 TUE 26 WED 27 THU 28 FRI 29 SAT 30 SUN 01 MON 02

COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE

WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD

STUDIO OF OF OF OF

SPORTS 7.30 SPORTS 7.30 SPORTS 7.30 SPORTS 2.30 AD & 7.30

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LITTLE FEET FESTIVAL MON 18 - SAT 23 JUNE MAIN HOUSE & STUDIO see pages 18 and 19 for times

CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE

THE THE THE THE THE

COALHOUSE COALHOUSE COALHOUSE COALHOUSE COALHOUSE

STUDIO TALK

DOOR 7.30 DOOR 7.30 DOOR 2.00 & 7.30 DOOR 7.30 DOOR 2.30 & 7.30

BEULAH BEULAH BEULAH BEULAH

7.45 7.45 7.45 7.45

SCRIPT FACTOR FINAL

7.45

Coming Soon York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre present

MON 27 FEB York Theatre Royal and York St John University continue a series of talks on the theme of narrative and art.

These public discussions have included speakers such as playwright Mike Kenny, actor George Costigan plus visual and multi media artists.

Time: 7pm Performance Location: Studio Tickets: £5

FRI 14 SEP – SAT 29 SEP

PANTOMIME 2012/13 ON SALE 1 MARCH 9am in person from Box Office 2 Mar 10am phone bookings open

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