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LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY SPRING 2020 WHAT'S ON WELCOME The team and I have brought together a fantastic range of productions for the whole family in our new 2020 programme, which we hope you enjoy. Live theatre on our stage MET OPERA 23 We always like to hear your feedback and last season some of our customers THE RONNIE SCOTT'S ALL STARS ROYAL OPERA HOUSE 24-25 told us they were pleasantly surprised to see that we present live performances on stage as well as our Event Cinema screenings. Hopefully you’ll notice within FRI 31 JAN 4-5 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE 26 this season’s brochure that we have made it clearer where a performance is THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO OTHER EVENT CINEMA 26 a ‘Live On Stage’ or an event broadcast on our cinema screens. We hope our SWALLOWED A FLY SUN 2 FEB 6 EXHIBITION ON SCREEN 27 exciting range of theatre performances will help our customers become more CONSPIRACY THEORY: A LIZARD'S TALE aware of Broadway as both a cinema and a theatre. SUN 2 FEB 7 BLOCKBUSTERS 28-29 Broadway continues to top the national tables for Event Cinema attendance GRIFF RHYS JONES: ALL OVER THE PLACE rates, most recently, we were second in the country for the Royal Opera House FRI 7 FEB 8 Independent Cinema League Table 2018/19. We were also first nationally DON GIOVANNI SAT 8 FEB 9 for the recent production of Fleabag. We are very proud of the reputation SINDERELLA TUE 11 FEB 10 PARADE 35 we enjoy nationally, so thank you for helping to put Letchworth on the map. THE AMAZING BUBBLE MAN THU 20 FEB 11 SUPPORTING EXHIBITIONS 36 2020 is the Herts Year of Culture and Broadway is playing an active role RICH HALL’S HOEDOWN DELUXE in supporting the programme throughout the year, so please watch out SUN 1 MAR 12 for special performances or opportunities to try something new. I look forward to welcoming you soon! CHECK OUT OUR RECOMMENDED › GUIDE! / @broadwaycinemalgc / @broadwaystudiogallery / @Broadway_Cinema Kevin Parker, Creative Programmer JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT / @BroadwayLGC NONSENSE FRI 6 - SAT 7 MAR 13 / Broadway.Cinema.Theatre POP DIVAS LIVE! SAT 14 MAR 14 / Broadway_Gallery_LGC THE COUNTERFEIT BEATLES SAT 21 MAR 14 SWINGING AT THE COTTON CLUB The Broadway venues are part of FRI 27 MAR 15 Letchworth Garden City Heritage MORGAN AND WEST UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE SAT 28 APR 15 Foundation, the custodian of the HUMBLE PI MATT PARKER'S COMEDY OF world’s first Garden City. MATHS ERRORS THU 16 APR 16 We reinvest the income earned WILDERLAND WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL FRI 17 APR 16 from our venues back into the SIMON EVANS: THE WORK OF THE DEVIL Letchworth community. SAT 18 APR 17 YOLANDA BROWN SUN 19 APR 18-19 SUMMER THEATRE HIGHLIGHTS 20-21 3 JANUARY LIVE THEATRE THE RONNIE SCOTT'S ALL STARS broadway-letchworth.com The Ronnie Scott’s Story: 60th Anniversary Concert broadway-letchworth.com In October, perhaps the world’s most iconic music venues celebrates its 60th birthday - in honour of this milestone The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Scott’s Story’. Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club and combining world FRI 31 JAN class live jazz alongside rare archive photos and video footage, 7.30pm the award-winning Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, take you on a guided, 01462 681088 musical tour of this music institution. RECOMMENDED › 01462 681088 MUSIC & Life at Ronnie’s is evocatively re-imagined through tales of the JAZZ LOVERS club’s past visitors, from pop stars, film stars and politicians to comedians and royalty, but above all, the musicians. TICKETS £24 This is a unique evening celebrating the music and history Concessions £22 of Ronnie Scott’s and is a must for any music fan. NOW BOOK 4 5 FEBRUARY LIVE THEATRE THERE WAS AN CONSPIRACY THEORY: OLD LADY WHO A LIZARD'S TALE Marlon’s a Jew. This didn’t bother him much until he discovered that SWALLOWED A FLY some people he knew didn’t believe the Holocaust happened. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. I don’t know why From 9/11 to shape-shifting lizards and Holocaust denial, this is a darkly she swallowed a fly... But The People’s Theatre Company do! comic tale of one man’s journey through the conspiracy underworld. One of the world’s best loved nursery rhymes is brought to life Marlon examines why conspiracy theories are as popular as ever with an amazing blend of live action, puppetry and animation. and why in the age of post-truth, fake news gives rise to ancient This magical show has been written especially for grown ups to slander. A comic tale which is no laughing matter. enjoy with their children, so come and relive the delights of this most charming of tales complete with a feast of sing along songs, colourful animal characters and heart warming family fun. SUN 2 FEB SUN 2 FEB It’s the perfect treat for anyone aged 2 to 102! 2.30pm 8pm Age Guidance 12+ RECOMMENDED › FAMILIES RECOMMENDED › PARENTS & BABY TOPICAL SATIRE COMEDY FANS TICKETS £13.50 Concessions £11.50 TICKETS £15 6 7 FEBRUARY Presented by Directed by Broken Robot John Ramster Productions and Music direction by So Comedy Gabriel Chernick By arrangement English with Troika translation by Amanda Holden LIVE THEATRE GRIFF RHYS JONES DON GIOVANNI ALL OVER THE PLACE Judgement Day for Don Giovanni, the world’s greatest lover. A supernatural comedy-thriller occurring in breakneck real time; Griff is back with his brand new full-length stand-up show. beginning with murder, ending with a hellish sentence passed on This is an evening of hilarious true stories, riffs, observations the legendary seducer; the epic downfall of a man who always knows and details of recent medical procedures. what we need, always makes us happy, but eventually realises he is It’s all guaranteed to be packed with wicked insights into out of time. Polarising audiences for centuries, startlingly modern yet the pains of celebrity, the vicissitudes of parenthood and a dinosaur, can Don Giovanni still make us love him as he hurtles encounters with the great, the good and even the royal. through his final hours? broadway-letchworth.com Yes, Griff is all over the place this year so make sure not to miss him! SAT 8 FEB 7.30pm 01462 681088 RECOMMENDED › FRI 7 FEB OPERA LOVERS 7.30pm TICKETS £21.50 TICKETS £20.50 Concessions £19.50 BOOK NOW NOW BOOK 8 9 FEBRUARY Presented by Joseph Purdy Productions LIVE THEATRE SINDERELLA THE AMAZING In a UK first, flying over the pond to wave her magic wand (no pun intended!) Stacy Layne Matthews (Ru Pauls Drag Race S3, All Stars BUBBLE MAN S4) joins the cast of Sinderella as The Fairy Drag Henny! Will she be Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years able to ensure true love still prevails or will our Wicked Step Mother with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles. An Edinburgh Fringe Divina De Campo (Ru Pauls Drag Race UK) and her wicked Step favourite, he has sold out there for the last twelve years. Louis explores Daughter Fifi Jamie Campbell (Everybody's Talking about Jamie) the breathtaking dynamics of bubbles, combining comedy and artistry get their evil way! Rob King (BGT 2019 semi-finalist) joins the with audience participation and enough spellbinding bubble tricks to cast as Prince Charming. keep everyone mesmerized. From square bubbles to rocket bubbles, broadway-letchworth.com tornado bubbles to flying saucer bubbles, The Amazing Bubble Man This show promise to be full of camp, fabulous and filthy fun! conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages. With glittering sets, a laugh-a-minute script and more sequins and diamantes on our costumes that you even knew possible - you'll have a ball this February at our naughty little pantomime adventure. TUE 11 FEB THU 20 FEB 8pm 2pm 01462 681088 Age Guidance 16+ Age Guidance 3+ TICKETS £22.50 RECOMMENDED › VIP Meet & Greet FAMILIES Includes a signed poster £32.50 TICKETS £14 BOOK NOW NOW BOOK 10 11 MARCH Presented by The Theatre Chipping Norton and The Barn Theatre A new play adapted from the works of PG Wodehouse Written by LIVE THEATRE Goodale Brothers RICH HALL’S JEEVES AND WOOSTER HOEDOWN DELUXE IN PERFECT NONSENSE Rich Hall’s comedy / music locomotive keeps on rollin’. Take your seats with caution! Aristocratic buffoon Bertie Wooster has Ever-evolving, ever-changing, Rich’s combination of keen hired the theatre for the night to present his one-man show detailing acerbic stand-up combined with spit and sawdust alt-country a recent series of misadventures, including the theft of a novelty cow lyricism is a ‘win-win' (GUARDIAN), as sold out crowds across creamer and a narrow escape from matrimony. The only trouble is the UK have attested. Fans keep returning because this show Bertie hasn’t worked out who’s going to play the parts. Will the show goes where other comedians wouldn’t dare: Barrow-in-Furness be a disaster? Or will his trusty manservant Jeeves save the day? broadway-letchworth.com for example. ‘I have to say I’m finding this acting business rather easy Jeeves! FRI 6 MAR Gut-busting, rib-tickling and toe-tapping, Rich Hall’s Hoedown Apart from having to do a newt impression, I think that went 7.30pm Deluxe covers the full anatomical spectrum.