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BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 SPRING 2017 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk JANUARY - MAY WELCOME TO EASTBOURNE THEATRES Welcome to Eastbourne Theatres spring season 2017. It really is a very exciting time for us all as we embark on the first major phase of the Devonshire Park Project with the start of work on the Congress Theatre and the adjacent new Welcome Building. CHRIS JORDAN Although we may have one venue closed, we still have a packed Artistic Director, programme of entertainment with some really exciting shows Eastbourne Theatres coming to the Devonshire Park Theatre and the Winter Garden. Johnathon Larson’s Landmark Musical, Rent opens the season followed by some great drama including a brand new adaptation ❱ ❱ HAVE YOU VISITED of Ruth Rendell classic crime thriller A Judgement In Stone, 6-7 13 THE WEBSITE? Abigail’s Party starring Amanda Abbington and the hilarious RENT BABE Take a browse through Play That Goes Wrong, direct from the West-End. the website today! eastbournetheatres.co.uk We are also thrilled to be presenting three chamber concerts gives you a complete from the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Devonshire Park programme of forthcoming Theatre, presented by principal players from within the orchestra. shows plus latest news from the theatres and Quality family theatre includes Babe; The Sheep-Pig, We’re Going new shows to go on on a Bear Hunt and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show - recently sale. Discover additional nominated for a Drama Desk Award on Broadway. information on forthcoming ❱ shows including production The Winter Garden plays host to a variety of music events 17 pictures, video trailers, MONEY FOR NOTHING: reviews and much more. from Beyond the Barricade, the Bay City Rollers and Whitney: Queen of the Night to Strictly Come Dancing lead vocalist DIRE STRAITS Download a copy of the latest brochure and use Lance Ellington. our new online booking system where you can print This is a great season for avid and occasional theatre-goers alike your tickets at home, view to experience new productions in alternative venues, so we really ❱ 20 your order history, update look forward to welcoming you to Eastbourne Theatres soon! ABIGAIL’S your mailing preferences and more. Very best wishes PARTY Go to Chris Jordan eastbournetheatres.co.uk Artistic Director and see what shows are Eastbourne Theatres coming soon! ❱ 29 Box Office Facebook.com/EBTheatres CONTACT US ❱ 01323 412000 (standard rate) ❱ 27 STIG OF [email protected] Follow us @EBTheatres GABRIEL THE DUMP www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk Follow @eastbourne_theatres 2 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000| www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 3 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE WINTER GARDEN 9 December 2016 - 15 January 2017 Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 January EASTBOURNE WEDDING SPECTACULAR The Eastbourne Wedding Spectacular returns for its seventh year, showcasing a huge selection of wedding services and suppliers. The largest and only two-day show in the area. TICKETS FREE ENTRY WINTER GARDEN Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 January Doors 9am, Matches start 11am THE ‘RED DRAGON’ EASTBOURNE DARTS WEEKEND Open darts events for men, ladies and youths. £7,000 prize fund with £1,000 for Open winner. Pre entry or on the day available. For an entry form contact [email protected] or call 07877241248. WINTER GARDEN Thursday 9 - Sunday 19 February EASTBOURNE MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL The 57th Eastbourne Music & Arts Festival will be offering new ideas and the opportunity for around 2,500 entrants of all ages to appear before professional adjudicators and live audiences in a wide range of performing arts disciplines. Mirror mirror on the wall, the perfect panto for one and all! Various Times Sunday 26 February From the creative team behind last year's Peter Pan, once again expect a show jam-packed with of all the essential pantomime ingredients; TICKETS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL top-class live music, a fabulous cast, dazzling choreography, From £13.50 GALA CONCERT stunning costumes and plenty of gags! Contact Box Office for details or visit For more information visit: Denise Black (Emmerdale & Coronation Street) leads the cast which eastbournetheatres.co.uk www.eastbournemusicandartsfestival.org includes Eastbourne favourites Tucker and Martyn Knight as Herbie the Huntsman and Dame Dotty. Snow White will be played by the captivating Hannah Boyce who is the picture perfect actress for this role and the Audio described dashing prince is played by Tom Senior. performance. See p37 Join us on a magical adventure! – FEBRUARY DECEMBER 4 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 37) www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 5 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Tuesday 31 January – Saturday 4 February Robert Mackintosh and Idili Theatricals Ltd for RENT 20th Anniversary Production Ltd present Tue – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm Do not miss Bruce Guthrie’s brand-new production of the legendary, multi-award-winning rock musical RENT as it celebrates its incredible 20th anniversary. TICKETS Tues - Thur 7.45pm This exhilarating, landmark musical tells the thrilling story of a group £26, £28, £31.50, £33.50 of impoverished young artists struggling to survive in New York City’s Fri & Sat 7.45pm East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian excess. £28, £30, £33.50, Inspired by Puccini’s classic opera La bohème, RENT features £35.50 unforgettable music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson including the Wed 2.30pm £25 much-loved songs: Seasons of Love, Take Me or Leave Me and La Vie Sat 2.30pm £25, £28 Bohème. Winner of four Tony® Awards, six Drama Desk Awards and the hugely prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Drama, it ran on Broadway Conc £3 off for an astonishing 12 years. Under 16s £3 off Groups 10+ £3 off, Featuring a brilliant cast that includes Layton Williams (Bad Education, 20+ £4 off Billy Elliot The Musical, Hairspray) and Lucie Jones (X Factor, Legally Friends of the Blonde The Musical, Les Misérables), this is a rare chance to experience Devonshire Park the searing emotion and breath-taking thrills of one of the all-time Theatre £25% off great musicals. (First night only) Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Ltd. (All Conc & Disc apply top 3 In association with Theatr Clwyd. prices, Mon – Fri eve only) – FEBRUARY JANUARY 6 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 37) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 7 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE 3pm DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Tuesday 7 – Wednesday 8 February LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 2016/2017 SEASON Sunday 5 February 2017 THE FOUR SEASONS J S Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 J S Bach Concerto for Two Violins Vivaldi The Four Seasons From the verdant melodies of Spring to the torrential winter storms with which they close, The Four Seasons continue to charm, delight, and entertain. Paired with music by J S Bach, this is set to be an evening of really joyous music-making. Sunday 12 March 2017 ENCHANTMENT AND ROMANCE R Strauss Sextet from Capriccio Mozart Clarinet Quintet Mendelssohn Octet Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Mendelssohn’s Octet – 35 minutes of enchantment, romance and youthful exuberance – is a piece that leaves everyone smiling, as does Mozart’s gorgeous Clarinet Quintet. First, though, savour the prelude to Richard Strauss’s final opera. TICKETS The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by author / illustrator £15, £20, £25 Eric Carle has delighted generations of readers Sunday 23 April 2017 Restricted View Seats since it was first published in 1969 selling TRAGEDY TO JOY £10, contact Box Office to book more than 43 million copies worldwide. Brahms Horn Trio Schubert Piano Quintet in Conc £1 off Eric’s well-known books captivated readers with his iconic colourful A major (‘Trout’) Under 16s & Students £5 hand painted tissue paper collage illustrations and distinctively simple Tues 4.30pm Soloists of the London Family Ticket (2 adults stories, introducing generations of children to a bigger, brighter world + 2 under 16s) £40 Wed 10.30am & 1.30pm Philharmonic Orchestra – and to their first experience of reading itself. Groups 10+ 20% off, Brahms’s haunting Horn Trio is 20+ 20% off + Free Now the timeless classic makes its way off the page and onto the paired with Schubert’s hugely ticket for organiser stage. Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, the critically acclaimed TICKETS popular Trout Quintet to form the £12 final concert in the LPO’s 2016/17 Subscriber Discounts production of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show’ features a menagerie concert season in Eastbourne. when booking all of 75 lovable puppets, faithfully adapting four of Eric Carle’s stories. Groups Buy 10 Tickets 3 concerts The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, Mister Seahorse, The Very Lonely Get 11th Free Photo Credit: Benjamin Ealovega Firefly and of course The Very Hungry Caterpillar. – APRIL FEBRUARY 8 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 37) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 37) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 9 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Thursday 9 – Sunday 12 February Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 February Middle Ground Theatre Company Ltd Presents The World Stage Premiere of THE VERDICT Tues – Sat 7.45pm By Barry Reed Wed & Sat 2.30pm Thur - Sat 7.45pm Adapted by Margaret May Hobbs Sat 2.30pm Directed and designed by Michael Lunney Sun 3pm Starring Clive Mantle and Jack Shepherd in a full cast of fourteen TICKETS Tues – Thur 7.45pm £15.50, £18, £20 TICKETS The powerful best-selling courtroom thriller that Fri & Sat 7.45pm Thur - Sat 7.45pm inspired a multi Academy Award-Nominated film. £15.50, £19.50, £21.50 £15.50, £19, £21 What price the truth? Wed & Sat 2.30pm £16 Sat 2.30pm & Sun 3pm Conc £1.50 off £16 Frank Galvin is a washed up veteran lawyer and an alcoholic.