Autumn | Winter 2019/20 Season

Welcome to the Autumn/Winter Season at Salisbury Playhouse and Salisbury Arts Centre. At Salisbury Playhouse we are excited to be transforming the Main House for two special productions this Autumn. Alan Ayckbourn’s brilliant comedy Relatively Speaking and Hugh P2-13 P49 Whitemore’s compelling drama Breaking the Code will be produced with seating on all The Main House at Christmas Entertainment at sides of the stage, bringing audiences closer than ever to the action and creating a special Salisbury Playhouse Salisbury Arts Centre atmosphere in the theatre. Alongside these two Wiltshire Creative productions, we are thrilled to be producing the world premiere of Barney Norris’ new play – a retelling of Lorca’s Blood Wedding, set in a Wiltshire Village. P14-33 At Salisbury Arts Centre, there is a lively mix of dance, comedy, music and film, as well as live The Salberg at P50 screenings from NT Live and New York’s Met Opera and a fascinating programme of visual arts. Salisbury Playhouse Take Part And, of course, there is plenty of entertainment over the Christmas period – from the family pantomime Robin Hood, a new musical adaptation of The Tailor of Gloucester and Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales at the Playhouse, to a festive murder mystery, stand-up comedy and Christmas music at the Arts Centre. Finally, why not get creative yourself? Take a look at the wide range of workshops our Take P35 Part team runs – from pottery and sculpture to dance, circus skills and even stand-up comedy Visual Arts at P51-53 – and give something a try. Salisbury Arts Centre Workshops Thank you to all our audiences and visitors who continue to support our work as Wiltshire Creative. We hope you find lots to entertain and inspire you this season.

P36-43 Live performances at P54 Sebastian Warrack Gareth Machin Salisbury Arts Centre Support Us Executive Director Artistic Director

P44-48 Films & Live Screenings at P57-60 Salisbury Arts Centre Diary of Events

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A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE PRODUCTION RELATIVELY SPEAKING By Alan Ayckbourn

Greg and Ginny are living together. Ginny is keen to marry Greg, Director but with unfamiliar slippers under the bed and a delivery of Jo Newman flowers and chocolates, Greg is becoming suspicious that he is Designer not the only man in her life. When Ginny says she is visiting her James Button parents, a dizzying series of misunderstandings unravel into chaotic comedy in this – Ayckbourn’s first big West End hit. See diary pages for performance times and details of BSL Signed, Captioned and Audio MAIN HOUSE TRANSFORMED! Described performances. For this production the Main House will be transformed. Tickets: £28 - £17 With seating on all sides of the stage you will find yourself Members 10% discount: closer than ever to the action. first 4 nights

MULTI-BUY OFFER Book for Relatively Speaking, Breaking the ‘Ayckbourn is an absolute master Code and Blood Wedding of the one-liner and a brilliant at the same time and save 15% (Members observer of human nature.’ save 20%) Valley News on the 2014 Salisbury Playhouse Production of Bedroom Farce Image: Feast Creative Feast Image:

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A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE PRODUCTION BREAKING THE CODE By Hugh Whitemore based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges

At the height of the Second World War eccentric genius Alan Director Turing was breaking the complex German code, Enigma, at Christian Durham Bletchley Park. Since his work was classified top secret for years Designer after the war, no one knew how much was owed to him when he James Button was later put on trial and publicly humiliated by the revelation of his sexuality. See diary pages for performance times and Hugh Whitemore’s compelling play intertwines an account of details of BSL Signed, Turing’s most heroic hour with that of his betrayal by the nation Captioned and Audio he had helped in its darkest hour. Turing’s story went on to be Described performances. told in the 2014 Oscar-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Tickets: £28 - £17 Benedict Cumberbatch. Members 10% discount: first 3 nights Age Guidance 14+

MAIN HOUSE TRANSFORMED! MULTI-BUY OFFER Book for Relatively For this production the Main House will be transformed. Speaking, Breaking the With seating on all sides of the stage you will find yourself Code and Blood Wedding closer than ever to the action. at the same time and save 15% (Members save 20%) Image: Feast Creative Feast Image:

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PW PRODUCTIONS AND KARL SYDOW PRESENT THE LOWRY PRODUCTION AN EVENING OF NIGEL SLATER’S ERIC AND ERN TOAST DIRECT FROM THE WEST END With Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens See diary pages for Toast vividly recreates Nigel Slater’s childhood through the performance times and This is a brilliant show full of Morecambe and Wise’s most loved See diary pages for tastes and smells he shares with his mother, culminating in details of Audio Described routines, songs and sketches and, of course, a musical guest. performance times. the young Nigel’s escape to London. From making the perfect performances. Tickets: £22 sherry trifle, through the playground politics of sweets, Tickets: £28 - £14 ‘You have the giddy out of time Members 10% discount: the rigid rules of restaurant dining, and a domestic war illusion that you are watching the first night over cakes, this is a moving and evocative tale of love, loss and... toast. legendary double-act live.’ Independent HHHHH ‘I never thought I’d see Morecambe ‘The show and Wise live – I think I just have!’ rises like a Ben Elton good soufflé.’ Mail on Sunday

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AN ORIGINAL THEATRE COMPANY AND YORK THEATRE ROYAL PRODUCTION AN ARIA ENTERTAINMENT, HOPE MILL THEATRE AND RAY RACKHAM THEATRICALS PRODUCTION

From the international number one best-selling author Sarah Waters MAME

THE NIGHT WATCH Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death! Director/Choreographer Adapted by Hattie Naylor That’s the motto of Mame Dennis, one of musical theatre’s all-time Nick Winston greatest heroines, in this brassy, hilarious and touching adaptation Book by London in the 1940s. A time when hearts beat faster and life See diary pages for of Patrick Dennis’s bestseller, Auntie Mame, starring critically Jerome Lawrence & burned more brightly. The Night Watch is a tender, tragic and performance times. acclaimed and two-time Olivier Award-winner Tracie Bennett as Robert E.Lee beautifully poignant portrait of four ordinary people caught up in Tickets: £28 - £14 Mame (End of the Rainbow, Hairspray, Blood Brothers, Coronation, Music & Lyrics the aftermath of an extraordinary time. Members 10% discount: Scott & Bailey) and film, TV and theatre favouriteHarriet Thorpe as Jerry Herman Olivier-nominated playwright Hattie Naylor creates a gripping and first night Vera (Absolutely Fabulous, The Brittas Empire, new BBC comedy Based on the novel theatrically inventive adaptation of this great modern novel. From Mister Winner, Wicked, Mamma Mia! - National Theatre & West End). by Patrick Dennis the team that brought you Birdsong, The Habit of Art and The & the play Auntie Mame Set in New York City and spanning the Great Depression and Importance of Being Earnest. by Lawrence and Lee World War II, Mame Dennis and her intellectual and arty clique are disrupted when her deceased brother’s 10 year old son Patrick is See diary pages for ‘Captures the heart of entrusted into her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame tries performance times and Sarah Waters’ love story.’ her hand at a number of jobs with comically, disastrous results but details of BSL Signed, The Guardian perseveres with good humour and an irrepressible sense of style. Captioned and Audio Described performances. Jerry Herman’s celebrated musicals includes the rousing title number, Tickets: £30 - £14 plus “Open a New Window,” “If He Walked into My Life,” “We Need a Members 10% discount: Little Christmas,” “Bosom Buddies” and “That’s How Young I Feel.” first night

With spirit, humour, class and wit, Mame is sure to thrill audiences Presented by arrangement for generations to come. with Tams Witmark

Tracie Bennett ‘One of the best storytellers alive today.’ Independent on Sunday

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A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE PRODUCTION ROBIN HOOD By Andrew Pollard

Join Robin and his merry band for a fantastic adventure this Director Christmas. With all the elements of a traditional pantomime Gareth Machin – comedy, dance, audience participation, fantastic sets and Designer familiar songs – you won’t want to miss this year’s Playhouse James Button extravaganza. It’s the perfect treat for all ages. Lighting Designer Nic Farman Robin Hood is written by Andrew Pollard, writer of previous Playhouse pantomimes Beauty and the Beast, Jack and the Choreographer Nicky Griffiths Beanstalk, Aladdin and Cinderella. Musical Director Sales for last year’s production of Beauty and the Beast were Christopher Peake record-breaking, so don’t leave it too late to book your tickets! See diary pages for ‘Packed full of song, dance performance times and details of BSL Signed, and plenty of laughs.’ Captioned and Audio Salisbury Journal on Beauty and the Beast, Christmas 2018 Described performances. Tickets: £28 - £12 Image: Feast Creative Feast Image:

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A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE AND UP IN ARMS PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH OXFORD PLAYHOUSE

Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING Retold By Barney Norris

A Wiltshire Village, today. Rob and his fiancée Georgie are Director checking out the village hall for their wedding reception, but Alice Hamilton Rob’s Mum wonders if they’re rushing into things. Just as they Designer begin to talk her round, a figure from Georgie’s past appears James Perkins and threatens to shatter their plans. Very soon Georgie is questioning who really is the love of her life. See diary pages for performance times and Barney Norris’s explosive retelling of Lorca’s classic tragedy sets details of BSL Signed, the action firmly in a modern day Wiltshire community that’s Captioned and Audio rocked by revelations and gossip. His previous plays include Described performances. Echo’s End and The Remains of the Day at Salisbury Playhouse. Tickets: £30 - £13 Members 10% discount: ‘Has an emotional pull that confirms first 5 nights Age Guidance 14+ (contains Norris as a writer to watch.’ some strong language) The Guardian on Echo’s End (2017)

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EXHIBITION 27 Jan – 28 Mar Don’t miss Cornwall-based artist Nicola Bealing’s exhibition Three Acts and Seven Scenes, a response to Lorca’s Blood Wedding at Salisbury Arts Centre. Image: Feast Creative Feast Image:

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See diary pages for ALL I SEE IS YOU M.E.H. performance times. By Kathrine Smith Tickets: £13.50 Ancient Egypt: ‘Wandering womb’ theory first recorded. (under 25s £9) Bobby works on Woolies’ record counter. Ralph dreams of Directors 1518: Hundreds of people dance uncontrollably on the streets of Members 10% discount: being a teacher. One kiss and they’re hooked. But it’s 1967 Ben Occhipinti & Strasbourg. Thu 12 Sep and their love is illegal. Mark Powell Age Guidance 12+ 1877: Dr Jean-Martin Charcot gives demonstrations of hypnosis A National Octagon prizewinner set in Bolton and Manchester, See diary pages for on female ‘hysterics’ in Paris. The Outbound Project is an award-winning physical theatre this is a rollercoaster love story, inspired by real accounts of performance times. queer life from 50 years ago. 2019: An award-winning theatre company write this blurb. company whose work has Tickets: £13.50 toured nationally to critical (under 25s £9) Right now: You read this and understand implicitly that it won’t acclaim. Inspired by British ‘Full of gasps & chuckles.’ Members 10% discount: just be a group of people screaming in a dark room for an hour. physical theatre companies such as Gecko and Theatre Go See This Thu 5 May You sense it’s an exploration of medical and theatrical storytelling Re, they use a combination Age Guidance 14+ (includes that transcends time. You feel a sensation that can only be of beautiful physical/visual ‘Heart-warming, heart-wrenching strong language and sexual described as an uncontrollable urge. You book your ticket. storytelling and sharp witty new references) writing to tell stories about the & heart-breaking.’ Praise for the Outbound Project human condition. Frankly My Dear 2019 tour supported by Arts Council England & Frank ‘...fiercely intelligent...relentlessly ‘Totally spellbinding.’ and Elizabeth Brenan. Northern Soul imaginative...philosophically and emotionally honest.’ Fest

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A THEATRE CHIPPING NORTON PRODUCTION A CIRCUS 250 PRODUCTION SKYLIGHT STRONGWOMEN SCIENCE By David Hare Ever wanted to know how you balance a chair on your chin, See diary pages for “With you, when something is right, it’s never enough. You don’t Director if you can juggle liquid, or how circus performers eat fire? performance times. StrongWomen Aoife and Maria reveal the scientific secrets value happiness. Because you always want more.” John Terry Tickets: £9 behind their astounding tricks. In a fun, lively and fast-paced Members 10% discount Schoolteacher Kyra receives an unexpected visit from her See diary pages for family circus performance, find out how jugglers, acrobats and former lover, Tom, a charismatic self-made restaurant tycoon. performance times. hula hoop artists use science to create their amazing acts. Supper bubbles on the stove, and flickers of their former Tickets: £13.50 passion rekindle. As they fall into a battle of opposing politics (under 25s £9) StrongWomen Science seeks to promote enquiry, failure, IDEAL Members 10% discount: inventiveness and accessibility in science, making it open to FOR AGES and mutual desire, is the gap between them too great? 5+ Tue 24 Sep all, in particular young women and girls. Because when science One of the great intimate plays of passionate ideas and complex meets circus, anything’s possible. love – delicate, hilarious and thought provoking, Skylight was originally produced at the National Theatre and won an Olivier Award for Best Play. ‘A zinging, stinging mixture of

wit and anger.’ The Telegraph

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A MESH THEATRE PRODUCTION A KALI THEATRE PRODUCTION THE SOLDIER HOMING BIRDS By Rachel Wagstaff By Rukhsana Ahmad

Inspired by the life of one of England’s best-loved war poets Young Afghan refugee Saeed desperately wants to reconnect See diary pages for See diary pages for Rupert Brooke and his contemporaries at the outbreak of WW1, performance times. with his roots and find his long-lost sister. So he leaves his performance times. The Soldier moves between London, Blandford Camp, Belgium adoptive family in London and returns to Kabul. But here he Tickets: £13.50 Tickets: £13.50 and the Aegean where Brooke died on his way to fight in the becomes caught up in the paranoia, suspicion and violence of (under 25s £9) (under 25s £9) Gallipoli campaign. Members 10% discount: contemporary Afghanistan and must face up to the realities of Members 10% discount: Thu 10 Oct his changed world. Thu 17 Oct Captivating and surprisingly modern in its treatment of warfare Age Guidance 11+ Age Guidance 12+ and relationships, it was Rachel’s first play, launching a stellar This moving and thought-provoking play asks if life has career which includes stage adaptations of Birdsong, Flowers meaning without a connection to family, home and roots. Writer for Mrs Harris and The Mirror Crack’d. Rukhsana Ahmad has written many plays for stage and the BBC and was a finalist for the Writers Guild Award and the Susan Blackburn Award.

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A SONIA SABRI COMPANY PRODUCTION A TAKING FLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION COMMISSIONED BY BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME AND THE PLACE SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT YOU’VE GOT DRAGONS Based on the book by Kathryn Cave A new family show, mixing Kathak, Hip Hop dance, contemporary See diary pages for dance, hints of live music and physical storytelling, to create a performance times. “Dragons come when you least expect it. You turn round… and playful and colourful world, exploring our curiosities and fears, the Tickets: £9 they’re there.” times we feel different and when we belong. Members 10% discount Lots of people get them. Sometimes they make you feel alone. See diary pages for performance times. Inspired by the well-known Anglo-Asian phrase ‘same, same… So, what can a young child with a bad case of the dragons but different’, meaning “Yes, something kind of similar, but not do? With live music, this sensitive production is a humorous Tickets: £9 the exact same thing”, three dancer-musicians conjure a magical IDEAL exploration of the dragons we face. Members 10% discount atmosphere where we celebrate our individuality, diversity and FOR AGES 5+ the bonds which connect us all. Featuring creative captioning, BSL and Audio Description, it’s a treat for the whole family. And remember… “No dragon is more IDEAL FOR AGES powerful than YOU!” 3+

DRAGON TAMING WORKSHOPS Thu 31 Oct 12pm & 3pm | FREE | Suitable for ages 3+ Have you or anyone in your family ever felt anxious or overwhelmed with worries? Do you want to build emotional resilience and discover some new, fun techniques to use with very young children to tackle their anxiety? Join this family friendly session of activities that can help tame the dragons we all face. Devised by Taking Flight and clinical psychologist Dr Sara Rhys-Jones. Free tickets available from Ticket Sales. Photo: Simon Richardson Photo:

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A LONGNOSE PUPPETS PRODUCTION A BREACH THEATRE PRODUCTION ARTHUR’S DREAM BOAT IT’S TRUE, IT’S TRUE,

Based on the book by Polly Dunbar, this is the story about a little See diary pages for IT’S TRUE boy who has a dream. performance times. Tickets: Fringe First-winning Breach Theatre restage the 1612 trial One night, Arthur has an amazing dream about a beautiful pink £9 See diary pages for Members 10% discount and green boat with a stripy mast. He can’t wait to tell everyone of Agostino Tassi, for the rape of baroque painter Artemisia performance times. Gentileschi. about it but no one (not even his dog!) is interested. In fact, they Tickets: £13.50 don’t even notice that this very same boat is growing on his head, Based on surviving court transcripts, the seven-month trial that (under 25s £9) getting larger and larger by the minute! Soon, Arthur is bouncing IDEAL gripped Renaissance Rome is brought to the stage, asking how Age Guidance 14+ (contains along the waves in his very own dream boat. Maybe now his FOR AGES nudity, strong language and 2-7 much has changed in the last four centuries. family will listen to him! some scenes audiences may Blending myth, history and contemporary commentary, this find upsetting) A magical playful children’s show with puppets, so enchanting is the story of how a woman took revenge through her art to that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur in his dream boat! become one of the most successful painters of her generation. The music is by Tom Gray, of the Mercury Award-winning band Gomez. HHHHH Financial Times Photo: Simon Richardson Photo:

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A PENTABUS THEATRE PRODUCTION MORGAN & WEST: THE TALE OF LITTLE BEVAN PARLOUR TRICKS By Robert Alan Evans

They’re back! Join time travelling magic duo Morgan & West In a peaceful Norfolk village three people are seeking happiness. See diary pages for See diary pages for for an evening chock full of jaw dropping, brain bursting, gasp performance times. But as the harvest moon fills and the party begins, ancient forces performance times. eliciting feats of magic. are brought to life. While Tony and Mike get trapped in the tunnels Tickets: £13.50 Tickets: £9 Tickets: £13.50 below the village, Gill’s plan for revenge turns extremely nasty. Morgan & West have fooled Penn & Teller (Fool Us ITV 1), (under 25s £9) (under 25s £9) competed to be the Next Great Magician (ITV 1), and even A darkly comic journey through 24 hours in the life of a village attempted to escape The Slammer (CBBC). Join these called Little Bevan, this new play promises live music and the practitioners of prestidigitation for an unforgettable evening of spirit of a 10th century saint. magic, mystery, and the unexplainable.

The dashing chaps offer up a plateful of illusion and impossibility, all served with wit, charm and no small amount of panache. Be sure to wear a hat – Morgan & West might just blow your mind! HHHHH ‘Hugely talented.’ Daily Mirror

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SHÔN DALE-JONES PRESENTS HUGH HUGHES IN A HOIPOLLOI PRODUCTION A GRAEAE & THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH PRODUCTION THE LADDER ONE UNDER By Winsome Pinnock The uplifting story about a downfall See diary pages for When theatre-maker Shôn Dale-Jones becomes too pessimistic performance times. An evocative play about the power of guilt and the quest to write a new show, he approaches his long-time collaborator, the Tickets: £13.50 for atonement, award-winning playwright Winsome Pinnock Welsh emerging artist, Hugh Hughes, to step in. (under 25s £9) (Rockets and Blue Lights) and Amit Sharma (Deputy Artistic See diary pages for Members 10% discount: Director, Birmingham Rep) join forces to explore the fragility of performance times. Determined to restore Shôn’s faith in humanity, Hugh creates Thu 21 Nov human relationships in this reimagining of One Under. Tickets: £13.50 The Ladder. Using the story of his father’s life and death, Hugh When a young man jumps in front of a train Cyrus is driving, the (under 25s £9) Hughes challenges us to wake up to the pitfalls that surround our Commissioned by Norfolk Members 10% discount: mysterious circumstances prompt him to search for answers. everyday lives. and Norwich Festival. Wed 27 Nov In association with In pursuing the truth of Sonny’s final hours, Cyrus is led to Age Guidance 16+ The Ladder is a wake-up call to the sleepwalkers heading off the Theatre Royal Plymouth & laundrette worker Christine, as the past begins to catch up with edge of the cliff. The show exposes us to some of the decisions Cambridge Junction. people whose lives are changed forever. Commissioned by Ramps we make in our lives – decisions we make, knowing full well, that Graeae are world-renowned for placing D/deaf and disabled on the Moon. we’re making the wrong choices. Presented in association artists centre-stage. All performances of One Under will feature with Curve. ‘Warm, funny and dances a gentle line creative captioning and audio description.

between playfulness and pathos’ Exeunt Photo: Simon Richardson Photo:

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A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE PRODUCTION

Beatrix Potter’s THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER A musical adaptation by Glyn Kerslake and Gareth Machin

Christmas day is just around the corner and the Tailor of Director Gloucester is busy working on an extraordinary new coat for the Jo Newman Mayor. But the Tailor is unwell and worried that the coat might Designer not be finished in time for the Mayor’s wedding on Christmas Verity Quinn Day. Simpkin, his cat, is too busy chasing mice to help but who Musical Director knows what might happen on this, the most magical night of the Glyn Kerslake year Morning and afternoon The writers behind The Night Before Christmas and Little Robin performances. Redbreast bring another magical musical show to the stage for See diary pages for young children and families this Christmas. performance times. Tickets: £10 ‘Completely captivating.’ Groups of 10+ £8 Raring2Go Magazine on The Night Before Christmas ‘A spell-binding treat for tots.’ Musical Theatre Review on Little Robin Redbreast Image: Feast Creative Feast Image:

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A WARDROBE THEATRE PRODUCTION A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS STEAMED: A DICKENSIAN IN WALES IMPROVISED TALE

Dylan Thomas’s wonderful short story and other works are See diary pages for Steam ships, steam trains, steamed puddings, hilarious See diary pages for brought vividly to life by Guy Masterson – following his sell-out performance times. comedy, astonishing drama and perhaps the odd catchy performance times. performances of A Christmas Carol last year. music hall number! Join Bristol’s Closer Each Day Company for Tickets: £13.50 Tickets: £13.50 something Dickensian and entirely improvised, created on the Often overshadowed by his masterpiece, Under Milk Wood, (under 25s £9) (under 25s £9) spot from your suggestions! Come along for a right old knees up Thomas’s seasonal story is brilliantly told by Masterson, Members 10% discount: Members 10% discount: and enjoy improv in the time of cholera! world- renowned performer of his works. Wed 18 Dec Thu 9 Jan The evening will also include a selection of Thomas’s other HHHH pieces, such as Fern Hill, Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night ‘Quick-witted, very watchable and Death Shall Have No Dominion. ensemble, razor-sharp in timing HHHHH and delivery.’ Stage Talk ‘Sheer unadulterated pleasure! Expect Thomas’s words and characters to be brought wonderfully to life...’ Scotland on Sunday

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27 Jul – 7 Sep 13 Sep – 16 Nov Wiltshire Creative The Last Full Measure of Summer Open Devotion: Kate Wilson Celebrating creativity flourishing within our Reflecting on the conflict in Afghanistan, this community by providing a platform for artists at any commemorative installation consists of a loving stage of their career based in Wiltshire and adjoining cup for each British service life lost in that country, counties. accompanied by a set of stitched kneelers bearing poetry written by a WW2 veteran. Kate Wilson is a studio ceramist, whose work examines emotional engagement with the banal and sometimes ridiculous. Image: © Kate Wilson © Kate Image:

11 Oct – 11 Jan

Imprint – Mind, Body and Soul Impressions from life, drawings by me Coinciding with the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Exhibition at The Salisbury Museum, Imprint is a drawing festival for families. Using the museum building and its collections tas inspiration, members of the public were invited to draw,s cribble and scrawl. Come and see a selection of outcomes from a whole week of drawing experiments – from string symphonies to human drawing machines. Image: © Francesca Maclean © Francesca Image:

21 Nov – 18 Jan 27 Jan – 28 Mar Drawn to Craft Three Acts and Our winter exhibition will seek inspiration from Seven Scenes drawing and will reflect on the drawn line. It will be an Nicola Bealing (solo exhibition) opportunity to see and to buy work from some of the top contemporary British craft practitioners, including A response to Blood Wedding Sarah Young print, Jennifer Hall ceramics, Jennie Nicola Bealing is represented by Matt’s Gallery, London Gilbert ceramics, Francesca Maclean illustration, Nicola Bealing is a Cornwall-based British artist who Louise Brown baskets, Colin Chetwood lamps, Sheila works in both painting and printmaking, who leans Herring ceramics and Bronwen Gwillim jewellery. toward the narrative and visually communicates modern day fables through the exploration of the absurdity of human behavioural patterns. Themes of dark and light, blood and contortion, wind, sky and water, eyes and teeth, long roads, high mountains, birds in forests together with powerful representations of flora recur in her work. This solo exhibition is a response to the retelling of Lorca’s Blood Wedding, being produced at Salisbury Playhouse. © Nicola Bealing with Eyes Roses White Image: © Jennifer Hall © Jennifer Image: Image: wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 34 35 Live Music SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE

Sat 7 Sep, Sat 5 Oct, Sat 14 Dec Sun 6 Oct, Sun 3 Nov, Sun 1 Dec 12pm (doors 11.15am) | £7 12pm – 2pm | FREE Big Band Brunch: GOJO Big Band Live Lunch: Delicious food available to purchase from 11.15am. Salisbury Ukelele Band

Sat 12 Oct 12pm – 2pm | FREE Live Lunch: Blues, Jazz ‘n’ Roots Fri 13 Sep 8pm Zoe Schwarz & Rob Koral £14 (£12 CONC) Expect a mix of classic blues standards, originals songs, plus a few surprises Rant all delivered with style and flare. Nominated ‘Folk Band of the ‘Eye catching vocals meet sumptuous guitar.’ Guitarist Magazine Year’ Scots Trad Awards 2016 Rant is the meeting of four of Scotland’s finest fiddle players, two from the Shetland Islands Sat 19 Oct and two from the Highlands. 3.30pm & 8pm Nominated in the BBC Radio AFTERNOON £10 (£8 CONC) 2 Folk Awards 2014 for Best EVENING £14 (£12 CONC) Traditional Track, they tour their unique brand of ‘chamber-folk’ O Duo far and wide. Described by The Daily ‘An irresistible journey through Telegraph as ‘brimming with reels, strathspeys and jigs.’ style and panache’, O Duo Songlines perform a mixture of popular classics and contemporary music, from Bach to Brubeck, with a stage full of fascinating Sat 14 Sep 12pm – 2pm | FREE tuned and untuned percussion instruments. Live Lunch: Rob Johnston One of the very best acoustic guitar players around, influenced by genres Percussion workshop including roots, world and classical. 2pm for ages 9-12 years ‘Staggering playing...He is a mighty, mighty fine player.’ See website for details. BBC Southern Counties Radio

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Sat 9 Nov 12pm – 2pm | FREE Sat 14 Dec 8pm Live Lunch: Daisy Chapman £16 (£14 CONC) Frequently compared to Regina Spektor, Nick Cave, Eva Cassidy & The Beat Kate Bush, Daisy’s unique voice soars high over dramatic strings & Goes Bang Nyman-esque piano. She has toured extensively and performed at many of Britain’s leading festivals including Glastonbury. Everett Morton, the original drummer for The Beat, has ‘Instantly captivating.’ The Independent. brought together some of Birmingham’s most talented artists to reform as The Beat Goes Bang, delivering that classic Ska and Reggae sound with a Post-Punk edge. Thu 21 Nov 8pm | TICKETS £16 (£14 CONC) A Shropshire Lad and a Wiltshire Lass Hurn Court Opera presents a feast of aria and song, performed by soprano Sian Dicker and baritone Michael Lafferty, with Ashley Beauchamp (piano). Music by Rossini, Butterworth, Mozart and others.

Wed 27 – Sat 30 Nov 7.30pm (Sat mat at 2.30pm)

£16 (£10 UNDER 16) Rhythm Of Life Salisbury Musical Society Featuring songs from popular musicals representing travelling through life – including hits from The Greatest Showman, Wicked, Little Shop of Horrors, Matilda, Rent, Fame and many more. Tue 17 Dec 8pm | £18 (£16 CONC) Moscow Drug Club Transcendent troubadours of gypsy jazz and swing! A curious musical place where elements of Berlin cabaret, Hot Club de France, French musette and storytelling meet. Imagine stumbling into an Eastern European bar where Django Reinhardt and Tom Waits are having an after hours jam.

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Sat 21 Sep 8pm

£14 (£12 CONC) Lemn Sissay My Name is Why This is Lemn’s life story: a story of neglect and determination, misfortune and hope, cruelty and triumph. To celebrate the publication of My Name is Why: A Memoir by Canongate Books, Lemn will be reading from his new Memoir and reflecting on a childhood in Fri 27 Sep 8pm care, self-expression and Britishness. £14 (£12 CONC) Fri 25 Oct 8pm, Sat 26 Oct 2.30pm & 8pm | £14 (£12 CONC) Confessions of a Fri 20 Sep Cockney Temple Living Spit’s Odyssey Captivating singer Kate Dimbleby joins Bristol’s favourite comedy theatre troupe Living Spit to reimagine 2pm & 8pm Dancer Homer’s classic work. £14 (£12 CONC) One-man comedy, The Odyssey, one of the supreme works of western literature, tells of Odysseus’ 10-year journey home to Ithaca Anjali Dance storytelling and dance from the Trojan War, overcoming some of Greek mythology’s greatest monsters, misfortunes and temptations. from Shane Shambhu While all Greece presumed him dead, Penelope, his faithful wife, fended off 100 drunken suitors who besieged Company their home. The story’s scope and beauty have entranced mankind for nearly three thousand years. Shane Shambhu reveals his secret Now Kate Dimbleby, the internationally renowned, stupefyingly talented singer and raconteur, joins Living Spit, Genius life as a “fat kid” growing up in the a pair of scruffy, puerile, knockabout chancers from a small seaside town just south of Bristol, to create a brand An exceptional group of cultural melting pot of East London to new and highly original retelling of this story of redemption, isolation and a desperate yearning for love. six dancers perform two becoming an international performer, in a bedazzling mix of comedy, theatre Expect great music and top-notch comedy married together with playful panache, pathos and painful puns dramatic explorations a-plenty! Let’s just hope they get on… of genius. Gary Clarke’s and dance. He rips up ideas of race, Beethoven takes a touching language and culture and re-imagines them to leave you with gestures of ‘This ribald reworking is a beguiling rib-tickler... The sense of mischief and sheer silliness are difficult to resist.’ and darkly humorous look at The Times on Living Spit’s Frankenstein the extraordinary personal hope. This is no Bollywood ‘raga to life and musical works of riches’ story, this is the real deal. ‘Stunning vocal virtuosity… This is an artist absolutely at the top of her game.’ Ludwig van Beethoven. Lea From an unlikely dance student to BBC Radio 6 Music on Kate Dimbleby Anderson’s Bloodsucker is a “rude” boy, to marketing manager to stylised and gently humorous international performer, his story is exploration of the legend of told through a fresh and captivating the vampire Nosferatu and blend of laugh-out loud comedy, Thu 24 Oct 7pm | £5 his depiction in film. impeccable characterisations and mesmerising dance. ‘Bold, ambitious, technically Scratch Night ‘Brilliant! Hilarious! Heart-warming! and visually stunning.’ Catch brand new work-in-progress extracts from theatre makers from across the UK – then stay behind for a Inspirational! MUST SEE!’ Audience member drink and let them know what you thought! The British Theatre Guide

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Sat 2 Nov 7pm

£14 (£10 CONC) PURCHASE 4 TICKETS FOR £45 Snow Holly Noble Dance Underneath the canopy of the big-top tent, a classic fairy tale is retold, with some not-so-familiar twists and turns… Mischievous and magical, the whole family can enjoy this interactive performance, which will be Sign Language interpreted and Captioned.

Sat 16 Nov 8pm

£14 (£12 CONC) Sat 14 Sep 7.30pm Fantasia

£18 (£16 CONC) Rosie Kay Dance Company “Fantasia”: a composition that breaks all the rules. Sindhu Vee: Sandhog Commonwealth Games Handover Ceremony choreographer Rosie Kay’s newest work takes ballet and tutus into Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee the 21st Century using dance and science to create an exquisite performance of pleasure, beauty and finesse. 2018, Sindhu Vee extends her UK tour due to Fine-tuning choreography with neurological research, Kay questions what it is that makes dance beautiful to popular demand with her critically acclaimed show, watch and experience. Sandhog. Loving your children, spouse and ageing parents (in Delve deeply into a soundtrack of Vivaldi, Purcell, Beethoven and Bach and revel in the vision of three bold female that order, please don’t tell my mother) is very hard dancers as they discover love, loss, emotion and joy. work, very intense and a lot of the time it sucks. Join us on a journey of music, delight and fantasy. But who wants to live without love? As seen on QI – BBC2, Have I Got News for You - BBC1 and Alan Davies As Yet Untitled - Dave, and heard on Guilty | £12 (£11 CONC) UNRESERVED SEATING Feminist podcast. Fri 4 Oct, Fri 1 Nov, Fri 6 Dec 8.30pm Ages 16+ Barnstormers Stand-up Comedy Nights Regularly selling out, don’t leave it too late to book a night of laughs.

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All tickets £5 (includes FREE ice cream). Café open from 10am for coffee and pre-matinee lunch. DF Dementia Friendly Matinee RS Relaxed Screening

Wed 10 Jul 2.30pm Wed 6 Nov 2.30pm DF Rear Window (PG) The Sound of Music (U)

Wed 17 Jul 2.30pm Wed 13 Nov 2.30pm

Dirty Dancing (12) Babette’s Feast (PG)

DF Wed 4 Sep 2.30pm Wed 20 Nov 2.30pm DF The Best Exotic Marigold The Man in the White Suit (U) Hotel (12A) Wed 27 Nov 2.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM Wed 11 Sep 2.30pm My Cousin Rachel 2017 (12A) Annie 1982 (U)

Wed 18 Sep 2.30pm Wed 16 Oct 2.30pm Slumdog Millionaire (15) Mustang (15) Wed 25 Sep 2.30pm Wed 23 Oct 2.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM The Imitation Game (12A) O Brother Where Art Thou (12A) Wed 2 Oct 2.30pm Wed 26 Jun 2.30pm Wed 30 Oct 2.30pm RS The Hippopotamus (15) Some Like it Hot (U) Dumbo 2019 (PG)

Wed 3 Jul 2.30pm Wed 9 Oct 2.30pm

In the Heat of the Night (15) The Blues Brothers (15) Wed 4 Dec 2.30pm

Holiday Inn (PG)

Wed 11 Dec 2.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM

Peter Rabbit (PG)

Wed 18 Dec 2.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM

The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)

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All tickets £8. Bar open from 6.45pm.

Wed 4 Sep 7.30pm Wed 13 Nov 7.30pm

Fisherman’s Friends (12A) Nae Pasaran (12)

Wed 11 Sep 7.30pm Wed 20 Nov 7.30pm

Mary Queen Of Scots (15) All Is True (12A)

Wed 18 Sep 7.30pm Wed 27 Nov 7.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM

Green Book (12A) Tolkien (PG)

Wed 25 Sep 7.30pm Wed 4 Dec 7.30pm

Stan and Ollie (PG) Wild Rose (15)

Wed 2 Oct 7.30pm Wed 11 Dec 7.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM

Shoplifters (15) Rocketman (PG)

Wed 9 Oct 7.30pm Wed 18 Dec 7.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM

At Eternity’s Gate (12A) It’s a Wonderful Life (U)

Wed 16 Oct 7.30pm

The Keeper (15)

Wed 23 Oct 7.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (15)

Wed 6 Nov 7.30pm | TICKETS £14.50 Wilderland Film Festival Incredible short wildlife films, introduced by Wilderland founders Dan O’Neill and Isaac Rice.

(All films correct at time of going to print. Please see website for latest details).

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The world’s greatest theatre and opera performances, screened live to Salisbury Arts Centre. Tickets £17 (concessions £15).

Thu 5 Sep 7pm Thu 7 Nov 7pm Wed 18 & Thu 19 Dec 8pm NT Live: Title TBC NT Live: Hansard £18 (£16 CONC) Thu 26 Sep 7pm Sat 9 Nov 5.55pm The Dots The Dots are a slick and sophisticated cabaret trio. NT Live: MET Opera Live: Well, they were until the soprano stormed out. And One Man, Two Guvnors Madama Butterfly the mezzo died – and all just before Christmas! Remaining Dot Helen (up Dot creek without a Thu 3 Oct 7.30pm dotting paddle) has frantically found emergency Mon 25 Nov 7pm understudies for the festive season. Watch as this Live Screening: Wise Children new ensemble launch into an under-rehearsed snow MET Opera (Encore): storm of quavering fear, major malfunctions and Sat 12 Oct 5.55pm Akhnaten minor injuries. Will they strike the right chord? Will they B flat? Join The Dots for music, mayhem and a MET Opera Live: Turandot Sat 7 Dec 7pm IN THE WHITE ROOM tinsel-ating crescendo! Thu 17 Oct 7pm NT Live: Present Laughter Tue 10 – Thu 12 Dec 7pm NT Live: A Midsummer Sat 11 Jan 5.55pm PRESENTED BY MURDEREDFORMONEY Night’s Dream WITH COMPLETE CATERING OF SALISBURY MET Opera Live: Wozzeck It’s Beginning to Look Wed 30 Oct 7pm IN THE WHITE ROOM Sat 1 Feb 5.55pm a lot Like Murder MET Opera (Encore): Manon Santa and his friends are back at the Arts Centre MET Opera Live: for an evening of mischief and mayhem – perfect Porgy and Bess for Christmas parties or a fun night out with family and friends. Join Santa as he returns to earth to judge the Toy of the Year competition. With a reindeer, fairy, elf and snowman as the four finalists, what could possibly go wrong...? Put your detective skills to the test as you interrogate suspects and solve clues, or simply sit back, watch and enjoy the fun.

£45 (INCLUDES 3 COURSE CHRISTMAS DINNER) Met opera Live: Madama Butterfly Live: opera Met

See website for menus. DINNER MURDER MYSTERY

One Man, Two Guvnors One Man, Two NT Live: Fri 20 Dec 8.30pm | £14 (£13 CONC) UNRESERVED SEATING Christmas Barnstormers Stand-up Visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk for latest screening dates as some will have been added after this Barnstormers is going all Christmassy with a festive line-up of stand-up comedians!

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For full details of Take Part activities visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk or contact Fabulous opportunities for people of all walks of life to get creative, perform, learn or just have fun. [email protected] Youth Arts Further Education For Children & Families Diploma Are you aged 4-25 years and looking for a 2 Sep, 7 Oct, 4 Nov, 2 Dec fun, social, creative activity? Stage 65 Youth Mon 10.30am Theatre offers workshops and performance Explore your career with Wiltshire Creative, opportunities. Inclusive workshops regularly Wiltshire College and University of the Arts smARTies London take place at Salisbury Playhouse, with . Free drop-in activities for children and their grown-ups. additional hubs in the region, including This unique learning opportunity offers access FREE | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE UNDER 5s Tidworth, Stonehenge School, Amesbury to exceptional professional facilities, including and Exeter House School, Salisbury. Salisbury Playhouse and Salisbury Arts 27 Sept, 25 Oct, 29 Nov Fri 10.15am Interested in dance? Our Youth Dance Centre. Tuition from professional staff and Story Time Movers Company, Jigsaw provides high quality dance industry professionals whilst putting learned Early years movement sessions inspired by familiar story opportunities with professional practitioners skills to the test on stage and behind the books. and companies which have included 2Faced scenes, you are certain to be given the best £5 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 2-5 YEARS Dance and Yorke Dance, also the opportunity start to a rewarding career. We currently offer to perform in regional festivals such as UAL Level 2 and level 3 in Performing and Origins at Pavilion Dance South West. For Production Arts in partnership with Wiltshire 28 Sep – 14 Dec Sat 9am & 11.15am College. gifted dancers aged 14-18 years with weekly Children’s Pottery rehearsals at Salisbury Arts Centre. Apply now. with Mirka Golden-Hann £88 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 7+ YEARS Community Creative Learning Mon 28 Oct 10am-4pm

Working with groups in and out of our We offer a range of activities for schools and Play in a Day Primary level Explore storytelling, costumes, props and sounds, make new buildings, our community work offers creative colleges. At our well established friends and create your own play in just one day! experiences for everyone. Current activities Beginners Please! project offers children the £25 | SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | AGE 5-7 & 8-11 YEARS include Mind the Gap, a performing arts opportunity to experience live theatre and group for older people, DANCE SIX-0, a develop their own performance skills. Our contemporary dance company for over 60s, Secondary programme includes the popular Sat 14 Dec 10am & 1pm Zone Arts creative sessions for adults with technical theatre workshops, teachers’ CPD, learning disabilities and Craft Club a free a writing competition and other activities to Family Christmas Printmaking with Charlotte Moreton drop-in session for adults. Other projects support English, Drama and Arts in school. include workshops with groups including Have fun all together! Create your own unique cards and wrapping paper for friends and family this year. military families and Celebrating Age Wiltshire. £7 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 5+ YEARS

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For Young People For Adults

Here is just a selection of workshops on offer at Salisbury Arts Centre. 23 Sep – 2 Dec Mon 5.30pm Please visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk for full details of these and other opportunities. Jigsaw: Youth Dance Company Tue, Wed & Thu with Amie Hawker Pottery £84 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 14-18 YEARS with Mirka Golden-Hann and Jennie Gilbert 28 Sep, 26 Oct, 30 Nov Sat 10am Zone Arts 18 Sep – 23 Oct Wed 7pm Music and filmmaking for participants with learning Introduction to Gouache disabilities. with Francesca McLean £18 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 16+ YEARS £72 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 18+ YEARS

Thu 31 Oct 10am Sat 21 Sep 10am Sat 16 Oct 10am Make a Bag in a Day Learn to Sew Slipper Boots Stand-up Comedy for Learn how to make a zip bag with Wiltshire Creative’s with Teri Buxton Beginners Teri Buxton. £40 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 18+ YEARS with Kevin Precious £30 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 13-17 YEARS £30 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 18 + YEARS 23 Sep – 2 Dec Mon 7.10pm Contemporary Dance Thu 5 Dec 6pm with Amie Hawker Festive Wreath Making £62 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 18+ YEARS with Pod and Pip £55 (INCL. WINE AND MINCE PIE) Fri 1 Nov Tuesday mornings (monthly) 11am SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 18+ YEARS 10am | 11-16 YEARS 1pm | 6-10 YEARS Craft Club Sat 11 Jan 10am Circus Skills Enjoy craft activities in a relaxed atmosphere. with Beth Ireland Drawn to Baskets £15 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE XX YEARS with Louise Brown £40 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 18+ YEARS Regular Sessions Stage 65 Youth Theatre Sat 18 Jan 10am Our Stage 65 Youth Theatre, offers weekly workshops, Drawn to Slipware end of term performances, productions on our stages with Jennifer Hall and a range of discounts to anyone aged 4-25 years. Visit our website to sign up. £48 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 18+ YEARS

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Members are at the heart of Wiltshire Creative Funders Jim Douglas William and Diana Verdon Smith and actively support our work as a registered A W Gale Charitable Trust Mrs E A Eyers Janet Watford charity, working with the UK’s best artists and Arts Council England The Late Miss Victoria Grayson Nigel and Wendy Wingate The Late Mr Richard Griffin across our community. Community First Foundation D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Paul and Sue Halliden Founding Sponsor As a thank you, you will receive a range of exclusive David Horlock Trust Desmond and Jenny Longfield benefits, including priority booking, special offers Film Hub South West Robert and Sarah Longley-Cook and behind-the-scenes news. Garfield Weston Foundation Fraser and Rosemary Macdonald Morrisons Foundation Chris and Clem Martin To find out more and to join, pick up a leaflet in our NFU Mutual The Late Mrs Eileen Pinniger Business Partners venues or visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk. One Stop Carriers For Causes The Late Mr David Quayle Fletcher & Partners Chartered Regional Theatre Young Directors Mr and Mrs Anthony Schendel Accountants Scheme Jack Stone Leehurst Swan School Salisbury City Council Eve Tytherleigh Parker Bullen Solicitors Santander Foundation Christopher and Frances Wain Rowanmoor South Square Trust Sally Walden Trethowans Solicitors South West Trains Wessex Fire & Security South Wilts Mencap Founding Benefactors BECOME A Stone King Foundation Richard and Paddy Archer The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Clive Barnwell The de Brye Charitable Trust Anne Beckwith-Smith The Foyle Foundation Michael and Hilary Bird BENEFACTOR The Holliday Foundation Gerry and Susie Blundell The Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust Rory Carter and Dame Elizabeth Neville £250+ The Oldham Foundation Richard Clements and Jenny Taylor The Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust George Cruddas The Verdon-Smith Family David and Rachel Davies Benefactors support Wiltshire Creative’s vision Charitable Trust Jeremy Davies and Simon McEnery to become the very best pan-arts organisation in The Walter Guinness Charitable Trust Jim Douglas the South West, celebrating the distinctiveness The Worshipful Company of Grocers Caroline Felton of each art form, as well as embracing creative Thomas Grace Charity Amanda Foster and Fiona Goodyear interaction between them. Your contribution Wiltshire Council Jacqueline Kingsley enables our wide range of work, including music, Wiltshire Council Recovery Fund Chris and Clem Martin dance and visual arts, to flourish and adds Wiltshire Music Connect Debbie McIsaac significant value to what we are able to achieve. Keith Miller With Special Thanks Lady Newbigging In recognition of your generous support you will Sir Christopher and Lady Benson Sian Parry enjoy named acknowledgement and exclusive Frank and Elizabeth Brenan Jane Podkolinski invitations to Opening Nights, Exhibition Private Chris Carnegy and Roger Price Susan Roller Views and special events. Alan Corkill Dame Rosemary Spencer Ann Coward Colin Taylor To find out more about becoming a Benefactor, please contact the Development team on [email protected] or call To find out more about how you could support Wiltshire Creative, get in touch with our Development team on 01722 343 036. 01722 343 036, email [email protected] or visit the Why Support Us? pages at wiltshirecreative.co.uk 54 55 Pricing PricingEvent Diary

Book early for the How to book 2019 SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | THE SALBERG SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE M (all events) best prices Online: wiltshirecreative.co.uk SEPTEMBER Phone: 01722 320333 04 Wed Relatively Speaking 7.30pm Film: Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2.30pm DF As the demand for tickets increases, prices are Film: Fisherman’s Friends 7.30pm subject to change. So book early for the best seats (usual hours 10am-7pm Mon-Sat). 05 Thu Relatively Speaking 7.30pm All I See Is You 7.45pm NT Live: Title TBC at the best prices. Visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk for In person: the Wiltshire Creative ticket office at 06 Fri Relatively Speaking 7.30pm All I See Is You 7.45pm T the latest ticket prices. Salisbury Playhouse is usually open 10am-8pm 07 Sat Relatively Speaking 7.30pm All I See Is You 7.45pm Live Lunch: Salisbury Ukelele Band 12pm Monday to Saturday, but may close earlier if there 08 Sun 09 Mon Relatively Speaking 7.30pm is no evening performance. See more, pay less with 10 Tue Relatively Speaking 7.30pm Tickets can also be purchased at Salisbury 11 Wed Relatively Speaking 7.30pm Film: Annie 2.30pm our Special Packages Arts Centre. Film: Mary Queen of Scots 7.30pm 12 Thu Relatively Speaking 2.15pm/7.30pm MEH (Mass Epidemic Hysteria) 7.45pm See page 4 for details of generous savings if you 13 Fri Relatively Speaking 7.30pm MEH (Mass Epidemic Hysteria) 7.45pm Rant 8pm are booking to see several performances at the Ticket exchanges 14 Sat Relatively Speaking 2.15pm/7.30pm MEH (Mass Epidemic Hysteria) 7.45pm Live Lunch: Rob Johnston 12pm same time at Salisbury Playhouse. Sindhu Vee 7.30pm and refunds 15 Sun 16 Mon Relatively Speaking 7.30pm Groups and schools No refunds will be given once tickets have been 17 Tue Relatively Speaking 7.30pm T purchased so please ensure your tickets are 18 Wed Relatively Speaking 7.30pm Film: Slumdog Millionaire 2.30pm can save Film: Green Book 7.30pm correct. Ticket exchanges (to a performance of the 19 Thu Relatively Speaking 2.15pm/7.30pm Groups of 10 or more can save at many same production) can be made up to 48 hours 20 Fri Relatively Speaking 7.30pm Anjali Dance: Genius 2pm/8pm performances. Call Ticket Sales on 01722 320333 prior to the performance, but not thereafter. 21 Sat Relatively Speaking 2.15pm/7.30pm Lemn Sissay 8pm to talk through your needs and find out about A £3 charge per ticket applies to all exchanges. 22 Sun performances with the greatest savings. 23 Mon Relatively Speaking 7.30pm Ticket prices shown are inclusive of a £1.50 24 Tue Relatively Speaking 7.30pm Skylight 7.45pm booking fee (50p in The Salberg and at Salisbury 25 Wed Relatively Speaking 7.30pm C Skylight 7.45pm Film: The Imitation Game 2.30pm Arts Centre). This fee may not apply to certain Film: Stan and Ollie 7.30pm Concessions A A selected events. 26 Thu Relatively Speaking 2.15pm /7.30pm Skylight 2.45pm/7.45pm NT Live (Encore): One Man, Two Guvnors 7pm Wiltshire Creative offers a range of concessions. 27 Fri Relatively Speaking 7.30pm B Skylight 7.45pm Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer 8pm All prices and discounts are subject to availability 28 Relatively Speaking BT Skylight For availability visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk Sat 2.15pm/7.30pm 2.45pm/7.45pm and all tickets are sold under our terms & 29 Sun conditions which can be found on our website. OCTOBER 02 Wed Film: The Hippopotamus 2.30pm Film: Shoplifters 7.30pm 03 Thu Live Screening: Wise Children 7.30pm 04 Fri Barnstormers Comedy 8.30pm Welcoming to all 05 Sat Breaking the Code 7.30pm Strong Women Science 11am/2pm Live Lunch: Salisbury Ukelele Band 12pm 06 Sun Big Band Brunch: GOJO Big Band 12pm At Salisbury Playhouse and Salisbury Arts Centre – and wherever we present work 07 Mon Breaking the Code 7.30pm – we aim to make your visit as enjoyable and comfortable as possible. 08 Tue Breaking the Code 7.30pm Audio Described 09 Wed Breaking the Code 7.30pm Film: The Blues Brothers 2.30pm We offer performances (with accompanying backstage touch Film: At Eternity’s Gate 7.30pm tours), Captioned performances (similar to surtitles) and BSL Signed performances. 10 Thu Breaking the Code 2.15pm/7.30pm The Soldier 7.45pm You can also reserve amplified sound headsets at most performances. We also 11 Fri Breaking the Code 7.30pm The Soldier 7.45pm offer Relaxed & Dementia Friendly perfomances. 12 Sat Breaking the Code 2.15pm/7.30pm The Soldier 7.45pm Live Lunch: Zoe Schwartz & Rob Koral 12pm MET Opera Live: Turandot 5.55pm To find out more about how we can help you with your visit, please visit our website. 13 Sun 14 Mon Breaking the Code 7.30pm Mark Simonds, Operations Director, is our Access Contact. You can contact him on 01722 320117 or [email protected] wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 56 57 Event Diary

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15 Tue Breaking the Code 7.30pm T 25 Mon MET Opera Encore: Akhnaten 7pm 16 Wed Breaking the Code 7.30pm Film: Mustang 2.30pm 26 Tue Film: The Keeper 7.30pm 27 Wed One Under 7.45pm Film: My Cousin Rachel 2.30pm 17 Thu Breaking the Code 2.15pm/7.30pm Homing Birds 7.45pm NT Live: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7pm Film: Tolkien 7.30pm 18 Fri Breaking the Code 7.30pm Homing Birds 7.45pm Rhythm of Life 7.30pm 19 Sat Breaking the Code 2.15pm/7.30pm Homing Birds 7.45pm/Salisbury Literary Festival O Duo 3.30pm/8pm 28 Thu One Under 7.45pm Rhythm of Life 7.30pm 20 Sun 29 Fri One Under 7.45pm Rhythm of Life 7.30pm RP 21 Mon Breaking the Code 7.30pm 30 Sat Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm One Under 2.45pm /7.45pm Rhythm of Life 2.30pm/7.30pm 22 Tue Breaking the Code 7.30pm DECEMBER 23 Wed Breaking the Code 7.30pm C Film: O Brother Where Art Thou 2.30pm 01 Sun Big Band Brunch: GOJO Big Band 12pm Film: Can You Ever Forgive Me? 7.30pm 02 Mon A A 24 Thu Breaking the Code 2.15pm /7.30pm Extraordinary Wall of Silence 7.45pm Scratch Night 7pm (in The White Room) 03 Tue Robin Hood 10.30am/5.30pm B 25 Fri Breaking the Code 7.30pm Extraordinary Wall of Silence 7.45pm Living Spit’s Odyssey 8pm 04 Wed Robin Hood 7pm Film: Holiday Inn 2.30pm 26 Sat Breaking the Code 2.15pm/7.30pm BT Extraordinary Wall of Silence 2.45pm/7.45pm Living Spit’s Odyssey 2.30pm/8pm Film: Wild Rose 7.30pm 27 Sun 05 Thu Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm 28 Mon 06 Fri Robin Hood 10.30am/5.30pm Barnstormers Comedy 8.30pm 29 Tue Same Same But Different 11am/2pm 07 Sat Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm NT Live (Encore): Present Laughter 7pm 30 Wed Film: Dumbo 2.30pm RP 08 Sun MET Opera (Encore): Manon 5.55pm 09 Mon The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm 31 Thu An Evening of Eric and Ern 7.30pm You’ve Got Dragons 11am/2pm 10 Tue Robin Hood 10.30pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am RP/1.30pm Murder Mystery Dinner 7.30pm NOVEMBER 11 Wed Robin Hood 10.30am/3pm BT The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm Film: Peter Rabbit 2.30pm 01 Fri An Evening of Eric and Ern 7.30pm Arthur’s Dreamboat 11am/2pm Barnstormers Comedy 8.30pm Film: Rocketman 7.30pm Murder Mystery Dinner 7.30pm 02 Sat An Evening of Eric and Ern 2.15pm/7.30pm It’s True, It’s True, It’s True 7.45pm Holly Noble Dance: Snow 7pm 12 Thu Robin Hood 10.30am/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm Murder Mystery Dinner 7.30pm 03 Sun Big Band Brunch: GOJO Big Band 12pm 13 Fri Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm B The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm 04 Mon Toast 7.30pm Parlour Tricks 7.45pm 14 Sat Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am RP/1.30pm Live Lunch: Salisbury Ukelele Band 12pm 05 Tue Toast 7.30pm Parlour Tricks 7.45pm The Beat Goes Bang 8pm 06 Wed Toast 7.30pm Parlour Tricks 7.45pm Film: The Sound of Music 2.30pm DF 15 Sun Film: Wilderland Film Festival 7.30pm 16 Mon The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm 07 Thu Toast 2.15pm A /7.30pm A Parlour Tricks 2.45pm/7.45pm NT Live: Hansard 7pm 17 Tue Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm Moscow Drug Club 8pm 08 Fri Toast 7.30pm Parlour Tricks 7.45pm 18 Wed Robin Hood 2.30pm A /7pm A A Child’s Christmas in Wales 7.45am Film: The Muppet Christmas Carol 2.30pm 09 Sat Toast 2.15pm/7.30pm Parlour Tricks 2.45pm/7.45pm Live Lunch: Daisy Chapman 12pm Film: It’s A Wonderful Life 7.30pm MET Opera Live: Madam Butterfly5.55pm The Dots 8pm 10 Sun 19 Thu Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am The Dots 8pm 11 Mon The Night Watch 7.30pm A Child’s Christmas in Wales 2.45pm/7.45pm 12 Tue The Night Watch 7.30pm 20 Fri The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm Barnstormers Christmas Comedy 8.30pm 13 Wed The Night Watch 7.30pm Film: Babette’s Feast 2.30pm A Child’s Christmas in Wales 7.45pm Film: Nae Pasaran 7.30pm 21 Sat Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm 14 Thu The Night Watch 2.15pm A /7.30pm A A Child’s Christmas in Wales 5pm 15 Fri The Night Watch 7.30pm 22 Sun Robin Hood 1pm/5.30pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm 16 Sat The Night Watch 2.15pm/7.30pm Rosie Kay Dance: Fantasia 8pm 23 Mon Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm 17 Sun 24 Tue Robin Hood 1pm/5.30pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm/4.15pm 18 Mon 25 Wed CHRISTMAS DAY 19 Tue 26 Thu Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 1.30pm/4.15pm 20 Wed The Tale of Little Bevan 7.45pm Film: The Man in the White Suit 2.30pm 27 Fri Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm Film: All Is True 7.30pm 28 Sat Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm The Tailor of Gloucester 10.45am/1.30pm 21 Thu The Ladder 7.45pm A Shropshire Lad and a Wiltshire Lass 8pm 29 Sun 22 Fri The Ladder 7.45pm 30 Mon Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm 23 Sat The Ladder 7.45pm 31 Tue Robin Hood 1pm/5.30pm 24 Sun M Members 10% discount available on all Arts Centre events wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 58 59 Food and Drink

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JANUARY Our light and airy Foyer Café is a great place The Café at Salisbury Arts Centre is the 01 Wed NEW YEAR’S DAY to have a pre-show drink, meet friends or ideal place for a relaxing lunch, offering 02 Thu Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm have informal meetings. a range of food and drink. 03 Fri Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm Open from 9.30am, Monday to Saturday. Open from 10am-3pm, Monday to Saturday. 04 Sat Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm 05 Sun Robin Hood 1pm/5pm We also offer a range of pre-show lunches Visit our website to see details of the latest 06 Mon and seasonal specials. menus and food and drink offers. 07 Tue Robin Hood 7pm 08 Wed Robin Hood 7pm 09 Thu Robin Hood 2.30pm RP/7pm Steamed: A Dickensian Improvised Tale 7.45pm 10 Fri Robin Hood 7pm Steamed: A Dickensian Improvised Tale 7.45pm 11 Sat Robin Hood 2.30pm/7pm BT Steamed: A Dickensian Improvised Tale 2.45pm/7.45pm MET Opera Live: Wozzeck 5.55pm 12 Sun Robin Hood 1pm/5.30pm 13 – 20 NO PERFORMANCES 21 Tue Mame 7.30pm 22 Wed Mame 7.30pm 23 Thu Mame 2.15pm A /7.30pm A 24 Fri Mame 7.30pm 25 Sat Mame 2.15pm/7.30pm 26 Sun FEBRUARY 01 Sat MET Opera Live: Porgy and Bess 5.55pm 02 Sun 03 Mon 04 Tue Wiltshire Creative Venues – 05 Wed 06 Thu Blood Wedding 7.30pm 07 Fri Blood Wedding 7.30pm For Hire 08 Sat Blood Wedding 7.30pm 09 Sun Discover a truly unique venue with a range of 10 Mon Blood Wedding 7.30pm sensational indoor and outdoor settings to host 11 Tue Blood Wedding 7.30pm 12 Wed Blood Wedding 7.30pm your big event. Salisbury Arts Centre is ideal for all 13 Thu Blood Wedding 2.15pm/7.30pm kinds of occasions, offering modern facilties within a 14 Fri Blood Wedding 7.30pm beautiful historic listed building. Salisbury Playhouse 15 Sat Blood Wedding 2.15pm/7.30pm offers theatre spaces, rehearsal rooms and informal 16 Sun 17 Mon Blood Wedding 7.30pm meeting areas. A variety of spaces can be hired 18 Tue Blood Wedding 7.30pm T for performances, parties, wedding receptions, 19 Wed Blood Wedding 7.30pm C workshops, seminars and meetings. 20 Thu Blood Wedding 2.15pm A /7.30pm A 21 Fri Blood Wedding 7.30pm B For further information, or to get in touch, please 22 Sat Blood Wedding 2.15pm/7.30pm BT visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk.

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