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Autumn | Winter 2019/20 Season Autumn | Winter 2019/20 Season THEATRE | DANCE | MUSIC | COMEDY | FILM | VISUAL ARTS | WORKSHOPS | CAFES Book online | wiltshirecreative.co.uk Or call | 01722 320333 Welcome Contents 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 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 WED 4 – SAT 28 SEP SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE 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 Image: Feast wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 2 3 SAT 5 – SAT 26 OCT SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE 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 Image: Feast wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 4 5 THU 31 OCT – SAT 2 NOV SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE MON 4 – SAT 9 NOV SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE 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 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 6 7 MON 11 – SAT 16 NOV SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE TUE 21 – SAT 25 JAN SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE 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 favourite Harriet 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 Harriet Thorpe wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 8 9 SAT 30 NOV – SUN 12 JAN SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE 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.
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