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Norfolk Festival ofo Natureatu e Monday 13th - Saturday 18th June THE ARTS AT GRESHAM'S | SUMMER | 2016 AUDEN THEATRE book on line at: www.audentheatre.co.uk Space to perform. Set in 200 acres of beautiful countryside and just 4 miles from the breathtaking North Norfolk coast, Gresham’s gives your children all the time and space they need to develop into confi dent, well-rounded young individuals. www.audentheatre.co.uk online 01263 713444 Open Mornings – Autumn 2016 An opportunity to meet our pupils and staff, explore our facilities and see the school in action. Forbox office dates and further details, visit www.greshams.com/opendays Gresham’s is an independent co-educational day and boarding school for children aged between 3 and 18. 2 Director of Drama’s Welcome Space to perform. At the heart of this season’s brochure is our annual Nature Festival. A week - long series of talks, walks, AUDEN lectures and exhibitions led by leading professionals Set in 200 acres of beautiful countryside and just 4 miles explores nature in all its diversity from saffron to from the breathtaking North Norfolk coast, moths, puffi ns to otters, a true celebration of wildlife Gresham’s gives your children all the THEATRE and landscape. time and space they need to develop The Subscription Concert series ends in impressive Once again, welcome to our new look arts brochure. style with internationally acclaimed musicians, into confi dent, well-rounded violinist Tasmin Little and pianist Piers Lane and in young individuals. Please take the time to read through the booking stylistic contrast we have our very own rock concert, information. a hugely popular event that celebrates pop and rock You will fi nd the main Auden events listed at the front in all its glory. www.audentheatre.co.uk of the brochure in the colour coded sections, but This year the world recognises the 400th anniversary please also check out the events in the Gresham’s of the death of William Shakespeare and celebrates Music Diary on page 10 which list the dates of our the extraordinary impact his work has had on shaping online many Music Department's events both in School and world theatre. As part of the celebration we welcome in the community, including a section for Music back to The Auden, Nicholas Collett (Nelson, and Munch. Details of the Norfolk Festival of Nature A Sailor’s Story) with his new show Your Bard a gently are on our centre pages 11 to 18. humorous one man show celebrating the life and Our online booking facility has proved very popular times of William Shakespeare. but you can still book direct with the box offi ce (more details on page 24). Further information about Theatre in the Woods A Celebration refl ects back our programme and terms and conditions are on another year at Gresham’s with a relaxed and informal revue, in the tranquil setting of our very own available on the Auden Theatre website where, if you 01263 713444 wish, you can register to receive future event outdoor amphitheatre. Open Mornings – Autumn 2016 information by email. To kick start summer we are delighted to bring back An opportunity to meet our pupils and staff, explore our facilities You can now also follow the Auden Theatre on the 1980’s band Shakatak and fi nally the superlative and see the school in action. Facebook and Twitter. sound of the ever popular Pasadena Roof Orchestra, putting on white tie and tails, takes us into the box office For dates and further details, visit www.greshams.com/opendays summer. Gresham’s is an independent co-educational day and boarding We warmly invite you to join us this summer to enjoy school for children aged between 3 and 18. some of the many and varied events in this term’s brochure. The Auden Team Alishia Cato-Pearl Bridget O’Brien Director of Drama 3 book on line at: www.audentheatre.co.uk What's On at a glance Thursday 14 - Saturday 16 April at 7.30pm Box Offi ce opening times.Monday to Friday 1.00 - 2.30pm and one hour before a ticketed Last chance to buy your tickets! performance during term time 18 April to 1 July (at all other times there is an answering machine) For opening times outside of term time please check our website or contact the box offi ce. North Norfolk Chamber Opera presents North Norfolk Chamber Opera Thursday 14 - Saturday 16 April at 7.30pm Tasmin Little & Piers Lane Thursday 21 April at 7.30pm www.audentheatre.co.uk Your Bard Monday 6 June at 7.30pm NorfolkN f lk online Festival The Norfolk Festival of Nature Monday 13 to Saturday 18 June of Nature Year 9 Concert Monday 20 June at 7.30pm North Norfolk Chamber Opera will present Carmen, An Evening of Rock Friday 24 June at 8.00pm one of the most famous operas in the world. 01263 713444 Carmen is packed with music that is immediately Summer with Shakatak Sunday 3 July at 7.30pm familiar, the famous prelude, Habanera and the Toreador Song. You can never be bored with this Opera. Musical Director, Susie Self, recently brought her box office The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Saturday 9 July at 7.30pm talents to the Auden with Hello Mr Gershwin which received great critical acclaim. Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society & Orchestra Saturday 16 July 2016 at 7.30pm Auden Theatre 4 Tickets: £15 Box Office: 01263 713444 Thursday 21 April at 7.30pm Orchestras. Tasmin is an exclusive recording artist Monday 6 June at 7.30pm for Chandos Records. Her recording of the Elgar Violin Concerto with Sir Andrew Davis and the Royal Subscription Concert National Scottish Orchestra garnered outstanding Nicholas Collett Productions presents Tasmin Little violin critical acclaim and was awarded the Critic's Choice Your Bard Award in the 2011 Classic BRIT Awards. Further Piers Lane piano awards include a Gramophone Award for Audience Innovation for her ground-breaking musical outreach programme, The Naked Violin, a Diapason d'Or for her disc of Delius violin sonatas with Piers Lane, and a Gold Badge Award for Services to Music. Piers Lane www.audentheatre.co.uk In great demand as soloist and collaborative artist, the London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane is renowned all over the world for his searching and engaging performances. Five times soloist at the online Proms, his concerto repertoire exceeds ninety-five Tasmin Little works and has led to engagements with many of the world’s great orchestras. Recent highlights Tasmin Little has firmly established herself as one have included concerto performances in Carnegie Written and performed by Nicholas Collett of today's leading international violinists. She has Hall and with the Sydney Symphony and the LPO. Directed by Gavin Robertson performed on every continent in some of the most He has a discography of over 50 CDs, primarily on prestigious venues of the world, including Carnegie the Hyperion label. He is Artistic Director of the William Shakespeare - the greatest playwright the Hall, Musikverein, Concertgebouw, Philharmonie Australian Festival of Chamber Music. In the Queens world has ever seen? Or just a front man? A player – Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, South Bank Centre, a poet – or fraud? Now’s your chance to meet Will Diamond Jubilee Honours, he was made an Officer in 01263 713444 Barbican Centre, Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center the Order of Australia for services to music. in person. In the pub. An informal audience with the and Suntory Hall. man himself. His childhood, adventures at the Globe and what’s it like on tour. And whether he wrote all Tasmin’s concerto appearances are too numerous those plays… to mention but include those with Adelaide Programme to include: Ex RSC and West End actor Nicholas Collett follows Symphony, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bournemouth box office Beethoven: his performance of the award-winning “Nelson – Symphony, Berlin Symphoniker, City of Birmingham Sonata for violin & piano in F, Op.24, Spring The Sailors’ Story” - and focusses 30 years of Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, London working with Will into one evening. Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, New Szymanowski: Ladies and gentlemen, raise your glasses –Your Bard! Japan Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Netherlands Three Mythes Post show talk. www.nicholascollett.com Radio Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Singapore Symphony, St. Louis Auden Theatre Auden Theatre Symphony, Ulster Orchestra, and all the BBC Tickets: £30 Tickets: £10; £8 concessions 5 book on line at: www.audentheatre.co.uk Monday 13 to Saturday 18 June Monday 20 June at 7.30pm Friday 24 June at 8.00pm The Norfolk Festival of Nature Year 9 Concert An Evening of Pop and Rock Norfolk www.audentheatre.co.uk Festival online of Nature For those who prefer to hold a guitar rather than a bow, this is their chance to shine. This popular annual fi xture sells out fast so get your tickets early for the annual rock concert which never disappoints! A concert to celebrate the talent of the youngest performers at the Senior School, the Year 9 concert promises to include a wide variety of solo and group 01263 713444 performances. box office © David Tipling Auden Theatre Auden Theatre 6 See complete details on centre pages Tickets: No tickets required Tickets: £5; £2 Gresham's students Box Office: 01263 713444 Friday 1 July at 8.00pm Sunday 3 July at 7.30pm Saturday 9 July at 7.30pm Theatre in the Woods a Celebration Shakatak - A Summer Night The Pasadena Roof Orchestra www.audentheatre.co.uk Since 1969 The Pasadena Roof Orchestra has been online faithfully re-creating the glories of popular music from the 1920’s and 1930’s.