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Millenniumforum @Millenniumforum Download Our App INCREDIBLE DINING JUST MOMENTS AWAY from YOUR THEATRE SEAT AWARD WINNING RESTAURANT www.millenniumforum.co.uk BOX OFFICE: 028 7126 4455 SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2017 PROGRAMME /MillenniumForum @MillenniumForum Download Our App INCREDIBLE DINING JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM YOUR THEATRE SEAT AWARD WINNING RESTAURANT WALK IN'S WELCOME OPEN WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY AND EVERY SHOW NIGHT BOOK NOW - 028 7137 2492 WWW.MILLENNIUMFORUM.CO.UK PART OF THE ARBUTUS CATERING GROUP 2 Box Office +44 (0) 28 7126 4455 www.millenniumforum.co.uk through Arts Council Northern Ireland Welcome to another great season of shows to take us through autumn. Over the next few months we have a fabulous line-up of music, comedy, drama and our ever popular pantomime to brighten up the dark nights of the season. Multi-platinum selling vocal harmony the month of December and stars comedian group, G4, joins us in September while William Caulfield as Dame Trot. Thanks PAUL CARRACK, best known as the former to the Richmond centre who are going to frontman of Mike and the Mechanics, makes support our pantomime for the next 3 years. his Forum debut in October. I am delighted There is drama this season with J.B. Keane’s to welcome PAUL HEATON and JACKIE THE SUCCESSFUL TD in September while ABBOTT of ‘The Beautiful South’ fame on we have new writing from The River Tall their return to our venue in October while Theatre Company with BLOOD UPON THE Irish Troubadour CHRISTY MOORE is back ROSE, which tells of a tragic love story set at in November, as is PHIL COULTER. Our the time of the Easter Rising. music offering this season continues with the inimitable Neil Hannon in THE DIVINE We welcome comedy drama this season with COMEDY in December. NATHAN CARTER the return of DIRTY DUSTING in September. returns for his annual Christmas show in the THE DOLLS ABROAD stops off at our venue same month and our own CARA DILLON is in October as part of its UK tour while The Grove Theatre brings us THE WIZARD OF OZ back before Christmas also. and Brian Foster’s A MIRACLE IN DONEGAL Our comedy offering is fast paced this arrives in November. season with a number of high profile comedians gracing our stage. STEWART LEE I am delighted to welcome NI Opera with is here in September with his first brand new Mozart’s spectacular music in COSI FAN full length show since the award-winning TUTTI which will light up our stage in ‘Carpet Remnant World’. Comedy superstar November. JOHN BISHOP arrives in October to warm I hope you can join us in our busy season! up his brand new show, ‘Winging It’. One You can view our full programme at of the UK’s most energetic and exciting millenniumforum.co.uk comedians JOEL DOMMETT joins us in the same month. British Comedy Award Thanks to all our patrons nominee and star of ‘Live At The Apollo’, JON and sponsors for their help RICHARDSON, is also here in October. and support. Our in-house production company, David McLaughlin Millennium Forum Productions, will bring Chief Executive two productions to the stage this season. Our acclaimed production, TITANICDANCE, will showcase in our venue in September The Millennium Forum is a registered charity: no. XR16635 before embarking on a tour of Ireland, the UK and China. Irish dance sensation, TITANICDANCE, showcases the story of the globally famous ship and takes us on a mesmerising journey of hope, aspiration, love and heartbreak. Millennium Forum Productions’ pantomime this year is JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. It promises the usual high quality offering with family fun and Christmas cheer to brighten Download Our App 3 Opry advert_Layout 1 28/06/2017 10:01 Page 1 September 2017 Opry advert_Layout 1 28/06/2017 10:01 Page 1 FREE WI- FI Fly Local #choseCoDA Make the most of your local airport for city breaks romantic getaways football trips or sunny beaches. Kep up to date with news & of ers: /City-of-Derry-Airport For more details please visit @CoDerryAirport cityofderryairport.com 101601 Destinations May 2017 148x210.indd 1 09/05/2017 15:37 FREE WI- FI Fly Local #choseCoDA Make the most of your local airport for city breaks Halfway To Paradise –The Billy Fury Story – a spectacular two romantic getaways football trips or sunny beaches. hour show telling the story of Billy Fury, Britain’s legendary Thur 7th September Rock’n’Roller, featuring the original members of his band Time: 8.00pm FURY’S TORNADOS and the golden voice of Colin Gold singing Tickets: £19.50, £22.50, £24.50 his many hits –Last Night Was Made For Love, Wondrous (Includes Development Fee) Place, Jealousy, Halfway To Paradise and many, many more. The band toured extensively with Billy throughout the 70s, Book Now for our Pre-Show Specials until his untimely death in 1983. The show includes giant screen footage of the band live onstage with Billy. Colin Gold’s portrayal of Billy brings his music to life once more. ‘Rock’n’Roll Heaven – A great 60’s Night Out!’ – The Stage G4-Live In Concert Featuring exciting new songs from their brand-new Sat 9th September album, G4 Love Songs which was released earlier this year, the multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group are Time: 8.00pm back on the road with special guests and their trademark Tickets: £28.50, VIP £48.50 harmonies that wow audiences wherever they go. (Includes Development Fee) Excited to take their classic releases of Bohemian VIP tickets include a pre-show Meet & Greet Rhapsody, My Way and Nessun Dorma on the road, the VIP with G4 at 6pm, where you’ll be served group is also thrilled to showcase some of the greatest love a glass of wine and have the chance to songs from the hotly anticipated album, G4 Love Songs meet the guys up-close and take photos & for the very first time. This new album features songs autographs. including “Your Song”, “Amigos Para Siempre” and “I’d Do Book Now for our Pre-Show Specials Anything For Love”. Kep up to date with news & of ers: “Hail the kings of Popera!” Daily Mail This show includes a smoke/haze machine. /City-of-Derry-Airport For more details please visit Corporate Discount Buy 10 Get 2 Free @CoDerryAirport cityofderryairport.com The Millennium Forum is a registered charity: no. XR16635 Download Our App 7 101601 Destinations May 2017 148x210.indd 1 09/05/2017 15:37 Children In Crossfire ‘Compassion in Action’ Public Talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama September 2017 Public Talk by the Patron of Children in Crossfire, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, aimed at encouraging people to be the change Sun 10th September they want to see in the world. Time: 12.30pm Tickets: £24.00 This unique event will not only feature His Holiness the (Includes Development Fee) Dalai Lama as a keynote speaker but other well-known local and international speakers and entertainers – details will be No large handbags or rucksacks. Delays released at a later date. are likely so please arrive early and The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet is the spiritual leader of Tibetan expect security checks people and a key proponent of world peace, the transformative power of compassion and the universal right to happiness. He has lived in exile in Dharamsala, India since 1959. His tireless efforts on behalf of world peace and human rights have brought him international recognition, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Three elderly cleaning ladies start up a telephone sex line. Thurs 14th & Fri 15th When three cleaners, Olive, Gladys and Elsie are threatened September with redundancy they feel that their lives are coming to an Time: 8.00pm end until a chance wrong number gives them a new business Tickets: £21.50, £23.50 start-up idea – why not run a telephone sex line? They’ve (Includes Development Fee) got motive, opportunity and a lifetime of experience – some more than others, mind you. Show contains adult references. 12+ Provided Elsie can teach the other two a few new tricks there’s Responsibility for allowing under 12s no reason why they can’t get rich quick providing they can to view lies with the accompanying keep their operation a secret from their bosses… and their adult. husbands…and their children…and their grandchildren. Book Now for our Pre-Show Specials A searing indictment of ageism in the 21st Century heavily disguised as a hysterical, laugh-out-loud, heart-warming comedy. “A fast-moving and riotously funny show.” BBC Birmingham “The humour is quite irresistible.” BBC Liverpool The Millennium Forum is a registered charity: no. XR16635 Download Our App 9 September 2017 Based on The Letters of A Successful TD and An Irish Minister of State Thurs 21st September by John B Keane. Adapted for the stage by Jon Kenny, Mary McEvoy and Time: 8.00pm Michael Scott. Starring Jon Kenny and Mary McEvoy. Directed by Michael Scott. Tickets: £14.50, £17.00, Through arrangement with Mercier Press £19.50 Concessions available One of your own – a vote for Tull is a vote for yourself! (Includes Development Fee) The Successful TD follows the trials, tribulations, misadventures and hilarious antics of Tull McAdoo as he seeks re-election to the Dail in the “October Elections”. Book Now for our Pre-Show Specials Written by John B Keane in 1967, he displays his edge for humour and satire that are uncomfortably close to the politics Corporate Discount Buy 10 Get 2 Free of today. Peppered with Keane’s gallery of madcap characters, this show will have you laughing at politics (in a good way) from the start.
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