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What are our unknown stories from the First World War? A Marlowe Production at Dover Marine Station in November 2018.

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EVOLUTION PANTOMIMES AND THE MARLOWE PRESENT FRI 24 NOV–SUN 14 JAN

Peak performances £36.75-£18.75

Non-peak performances £31.75-£16.75

Saver performances Hook your tickets now for this amazing show! £25.75-£14.25

Don’t miss our fun-ﬁlled, family pantomime, Peter Pan, Relaxed performance starring Shaun Williamson (EastEnders and Extras), £10

Wendi Peters (Coronation Street), with children’s Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket favourites Gemma Hunt (CBeebies’ Swashbuckle), David (no booking fees) and get £4 o Ribi (Channel 5’s Milkshake) and Samantha Dorrance top three prices on Non-peak performances & Saver performances (CBeebies’ The Tale Of Mr Tumble). The show will also feature the hilarious Marlowe favourites Ben Roddy Discounts (on selected seats and and Lloyd Hollett. performances) Concessions Once again, the show will be written and directed Discovery Tickets by Paul Hendy and brought to you by Evolution, the Groups Schools same creative team behind last year’s award-winning Family show, Dick Whittington (which was seen by over Access performances (see p.56) 95,000 people!). With lots of audience participation and spectacular special eects, this promises to be AD CAP RP our biggest and funniest pantomime ever. The croc is ticking so hook your tickets now! Backstage Tours NOVEMBER Sun 10 1pm 5pm Thu 28 2.30pm 7pm 10.30am on Wed 6 Dec, Wed 20 Fri 24 7pm Fri 29 2.30pm 7pm “ Another sumptuous feast of entertainment.” Dec & Wed 3 Jan. Sat 25 2.30pm 7pm Mon 11 No performances Sat 30 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm KENT ON SUNDAY Sun 26 1pm 5pm Tue 12 1pm 7pm Sun 31 10.30am 2.30pm Tickets £6.50 per person Wed 13 1pm 7pm “ I don’t think I stopped laughing from the minute I sat Mon 27 No performances Thu 14 1pm 7pm JANUARY SOLD OUT down to the minute I left.” HEART FM Tue 28 1pm 7pm Fri 15 11am 7pm Mon 1 No performances Marlowe Friends Talk & Tour Wed 13 Dec 10.30am Wed 29 10am 1.30pm Sat 16 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Tue 2 2.30pm 7pm “ This gleaming Rolls Royce of a pantomime.” Free, booking required. Thu 30 10am 1.30pm Sun 17 1pm 5pm Wed 3 2.30pm 7pm SARDINES MAGAZINE Thu 4 1pm 7pm DECEMBER Mon 18 No performances Fri 5 1pm 7pm “ Hugely entertaining, visually arresting and full of SOLD OUT Fri 1 10.30am 7pm Tue 19 2.30pm 7pm Sat 6 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm great song and dance numbers.” KENT ON SUNDAY Sat 2 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Wed 20 2.30pm 7pm Sun 7 1pm 5pm Sun 3 1pm 5pm Thu 21 2.30pm 7pm “ Pantomime at The Marlowe is legendary.” Make an occasion of it Fri 22 2.30pm 7pm Mon 8 No performances êêêêê THE REVIEWS HUB Meal packages available in Mon 4 No performances Sat 23 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Tue 9 No performances The Green Room (see p.55) Tue 5 1pm 7pm Sun 24 10.30amSOLD OUT 2.30pmSOLD OUT Wed 10 7pm Reviews of Dick Whittington Wed 6 1pm 7pm Thu 11 1pm RP 7pm Thu 7 10.30am 2pm Mon 25 No performances Fri 12 10.30am 7pm Sponsored by Fri 8 10.30am 7pm Tue 26 2.30pm 7pm Sat 13 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Sat 9 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Wed 27 2.30pm 7pm Sun 14 1pm 5pm

4 5 JAMIE WILSON AND GAVIN KALIN PRESENT THE WATERMILL THEATRE PRODUCTION OF TUE 16-SAT 20 JAN

Evenings 7.30pm Crazy For You Wed, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Starring Tom Chambers and Claire Sweeney Fri & Sat performances £48.25-£30.75 Tue-Thu performances A multi-award-winning romantic comedy musical. £45.75-£28.25

High energy, high kicking and gloriously glamorous, Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket the acclaimed Watermill Theatre production of Crazy (no booking fees) and get £5 o For You is the ultimate feel-good musical starring top three prices on Tue-Thu

Tom Chambers (Top Hat and winner of Strictly Discounts (on selected seats) Come Dancing), Claire Sweeney (Chitty Chitty Bang Concessions (Tue-Thu) Bang, Hairspray, Tell Me On A Sunday) and Charlotte Discovery Tickets (Tue–Thu eves) Groups Wakeﬁeld (Sound Of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Polly, featuring a fabulous score from the Gershwin brothers’ songbook. Mistaken identities, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth Make an evening of it of memorable tunes, including I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Meal packages available in Take That Away From Me, Nice Work If You Can Get The Green Room (see p.55) It and Embraceable You all feature in this exhilarating celebration of the great Broadway musicals. “Irresistible, irrepressible and inventive.” êêêêê MARK SHENTON, THE STAGE “ The production is a delight.” êêêê THE TIMES 6 7

Trim: 297mm H x 210mm W CRAZY FOR YOU - Canterbury DPS Brochure FM1 EMG 10.20.17 PB CFY- 330 RD2 PRODUCTION: MELTDOWN | T: 323 380 6949 | JULIANMELTDOWN.LA | DONMELTDOWN.LA 5806 WARING AVE #7 | LOS ANGELES, CA 90038 | WWW.CREATIVEX.US CFY-330_Canterbury-DPS-Brochure_RD2b | CREATED ON: 01/07/16 SELLADOOR PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MARLOWE PRESENT MON 29 JAN-SAT 3 FEB

Evenings (not Tue) 7.30pm Of Mice And Men Tue, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Fri & Sat performances A brand new production of the most iconic and £37.75-£22.75 powerful story in American literature. Tue-Thu performances £35.75-£20.75 Set in the trying times of the Great Depression, Preview (Mon 29) Of Mice And Men is a compelling portrait of the £33.75-£18.75 American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket bonds of friendship and what it means to be human. (no booking fees) and get £5 o top This landmark play, by the Nobel Prize winner John three prices on Mon-Thu Steinbeck, tells the story of George and Lennie, two Discounts (on selected seats) migrant ranch workers who dream of owning their Concessions (Mon-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Mon & Wed) own ranch. Groups (Mon-Thu)

Still painfully relevant to today, this is a moving story Schools about trying to hold on to your dreams and friendships £12 (Mon-Thu, booking by phone or during dicult times. in person) From the producers of Avenue Q, The Crucible, Access performances (see p.56) American Idiot and Flashdance comes this American AD CAP classic for all time.

8 9 WINNER:

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GARY CLARKE COMPANY PRESENT THU 8 FEB Coal 7.30pm £24.75-£17.25

A riveting dance theatre show about life at the Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket coal face. (no booking fees) and get £3 off Created to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Discounts (on selected seats) miners’ strike, award-winning choreographer Gary Clarke Concessions Discovery Tickets proudly presents Coal, a riveting dance theatre show. Groups

Using Clarke’s striking physical language Coal explores Schools the darker underbelly of the mining industry unearthing £8 tickets (when booking by phone or in person) the true nature and body-wrecking demands of a working

class industry now almost forgotten. Show Talk Performed by a company of seven stunning professional Post show, free dancers, women drawn from the local community and a live brass band, Coal is an emotional, moving and ever- relevant exploration of community, solidarity and survival. “An absorbing, immediate slice of history rendered with the kind of emotional truth that deepens its impact as popular entertainment.” êêêê THE TIMES

10 11 DAVID PUGH & DAFYDD ROGERS + GARY BARLOW, HOWARD DONALD, MARK OWEN TUE 20 FEB-SAT 3 MAR RAYMOND GUBBAY PRESENTS MON 5-SAT 10 MAR AND ROBBIE WILLIAMS PRESENT Evenings (not Fri) 7.30pm Swan Lake Wed (21 Feb) & Sat matinees The Russian State Ballet & Mon-Wed 7.30pm The Band 2.30pm Wed matinee 2.30pm Fri 5pm & 8.30pm Cinderella Thu 7.30pm Do you remember what it was like to grow up with £50.75-£20.75 Orchestra Of Siberia Romeo And Juliet a boyband? Fri 7.30pm Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket New for 2018, sprinkled with magical It’s Manchester. It’s 1992 and we meet five 16-year-old (no booking fees) and get £3 o The Nutcracker girls for whom ‘the band’ is everything. Join us on this top three prices Mon-Thu special eects. Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm Swan Lake: The greatest romantic ballet of all time. £43.25-£20.25 emotional rollercoaster as this group of girls who were Discounts (on selected seats) once inseparable reunite after 25 years apart and try Groups (Mon-Thu & Fri 5pm) From the splendour of the Palace ballroom to the Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket moonlit lake, this tale of tragic romance has it all. once more to fulfil their dream of meeting the boyband Access performances (see p.56) (no booking fees) and get £5 o whose music became the soundtrack to their lives. Cinderella: The world’s favourite rags-to-riches fairytale top three prices on Mon-Fri AD The show features the spectacular music of Take That, is a magical mix of Prokofiev’s energetic score, lively Discounts (on selected seats) Britain’s most successful boyband of all time, whose choreography and colourful costumes. Concessions (Mon-Fri) Show Talk Discovery Tickets songs include Never Forget, Back For Good, A Million Wed 28 Feb, post-show, free Romeo And Juliet: Shakespeare’s tragic and passionate Groups Love Songs, Greatest Day, The Flood, Relight My Fire, tale is brought to life by Prokofiev’s soaring score and Under 16yrs Shine and Rule The World. emotionally charged choreography. 25% o “ Achingly funny yet heartbreaking in equal measure.” The Nutcracker: Be swept away to a fairytale world, êêêêê THE MIRROR Make an evening of it through the Land of Snow and to an enchanted place Meal packages available in “ Take That’s musical is a perfect alignment The Green Room (see p.55) where the magic really begins. of pop and poignancy.” THE GUARDIAN “Neatly and zestily danced.” FINANCIAL TIMES “Take That’s sensational new musical.” êêêêê THE SUN 12 13 SUMMER 2014 SUMMER SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU FEEL UPLIFTED, PLAYFUL, AMAZED, CAPTIVATED, MOVED,

SURPRISED, ENTERTAINED.The Studio is an intimate space with exciting theatre, comedy, music, dance and family shows. To see what’s going on in The Marlowe Studio, pick up a brochure or visit our website. 14 15 A Marlowe Schools Production

THE MARLOWE, CANTERBURY HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE MON 12 MAR MARTIN DODD FOR UK PRODUCTIONS BY ARRANGEMENT WITH MUSIC THEATRE MON 19-SAT 24 MAR COMPANY’S ASSOCIATE SCHOOLS PROGRAMME PRESENT INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) LTD PRESENT 7pm Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Julius Caesar: The Ides £6.25 Legally Blonde: The Musical Fri & Sat performances Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket £41.25-£25.25 (no booking fees) This all-singing, all-dancing romantic comedy is Mon-Thu performances Of March totally what you want! £38.25-£22.25 Discounts (on selected seats) Let slip the dogs of war. Under 16yrs £4.25 The smash hit Broadway and West End musical based Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket on the best loved movie follows popular sorority sister (no booking fees) and get £5 o As the people of Rome celebrate their returning hero Elle Woods. When she is dumped by her boyfriend, top three prices on Mon-Thu Julius Caesar, some fear what this all-powerful ﬁgure Warner Huntingdon III, she puts down the credit cards, Discounts (on selected seats) might do next. Is this man a visionary or a tyrant? Is Want to ﬁnd out more about Concessions (Mon-Thu) our work with schools? picks up her trusty pooch, Bruiser, and bags herself a Brutus a man for the people or part of the political Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed) Check out our website: place at the prestigious Harvard Law School to try and elite? Whilst storms rage, conspirators plot and friends Groups marlowetheatre.com/create win him back – learning on the way that you can be turn to enemies as the Republic is brought to its knees. both smart and fashionable. Young people from 11 schools across Kent come Starring Rita Simons (EastEnders) as Paulette together to bring to life Shakespeare’s iconic tale of Bonafonte, Lucie Jones (Eurovision UK representative Make an evening of it political intrigue and conspiracy. Meal packages available in 2017, Rent, Les Misérables, Ghost, We Will Rock You) The Green Room (see p.55) Julius Caesar is a fantastic celebration of the as Elle Woods, and Bill Ward (Emmerdale, Coronation achievements of young people involved in the Royal Street) as Professor Callahan, so bend and snap up your Shakespeare Company’s Associate Schools Programme, tickets today! a long term programme where schools work with artists and practitioners from the RSC and The Marlowe. Music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin. Book by Heather Hach. Based on the novel by Amanda Brown This is a production made with our Associate Schools. and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. 16 17 TUE 27–SAT 31 MAR Beautiful: The Carole King Evenings 7.30pm Wed, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm

Fri & Sat performances Musical £50.75-£34.75 Tue-Thu performances The story of the woman who wrote the soundtrack £47.75-£30.75

to a generation. Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Long before she was Carole King, the chart-topping (no booking fees) and get £5 o top three prices on Tue-Thu eves music legend, she was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. Discounts (on selected seats) Concessions (Tue-Thu eves) The Olivier and Tony Award®-winning West End and Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed eves) Broadway show tells the true story of King’s remarkable Groups (Tue-Thu)

rise to stardom, from writing songs with her husband Access performances (see p.56) Gerry Gon, to becoming one of the most successful

solo acts in popular music history. Along the way AD she wrote one of the best-selling albums of all time, Tapestry, and countless classics such as (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Take Good Care Of My Baby, You’ve Got A Friend, So Far Away, It Might As Well Make an evening of it Meal packages available in Rain Until September, Up On The Roof, and Locomotion. The Green Room (see p.55) “I dare you not to get up and dance.” BBC RADIO 2 “Slick and beautifully played.” THE TIMES

18 Photography of London production 19 Supporting local talent

BY AGATHA CHRISTIE & FRANK VOSPER

FIERY ANGEL IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROYAL & DERNGATE, NORTHAMPTON PRESENT TUE 3-SAT 7 APR CANTERBURY OPERATIC SOCIETY PRESENTS THU 12-SAT 14 APR Evenings 7.30pm Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Evenings 7.30pm Love From A Stranger Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm By Agatha Christie & Frank Vosper Fri & Sat performances £26.75-£16.75 £34.75-£20.25 Oklahoma! Adapted from a story by Agatha Christie Tue-Thu performances Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Directed by Lucy Bailey £31.75-£17.25 An amateur production by arrangement with R&H (no booking fees) and get £2.50 o Theatricals Europe top three prices (eves) Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Be careful who you wish for… (no booking fees) and get £5 o top Music by Richard Rodgers Discounts (on selected seats) A whirlwind romance with a handsome and charming three prices Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Concessions (Thu) Based on the play Green Grow The Lilacs by Lynn Groups stranger sweeps Cecily Harrington o her feet and she Discounts (on selected seats) Friends of COS £2.50 o top three recklessly abandons her old life to settle in the remote Concessions (Tue-Thu) Riggs. Original dances by Agnes de Mille. prices (eves) and blissful surroundings of a country cottage. However, Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed) Groups her newfound love is not all that he seems… A joyous celebration of the 1900s American spirit. Electric with suspense and with a shocking twist, this Set against vast blue skies over the western plains, edge-of-your-seat, rarely seen thriller by the UK’s Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is a simple story Book ﬁrst and save money of love between a humble ranch hand and an innocent greatest crime writer is rediscovered in a brand new Become a Marlowe Friend for production by Lucy Bailey (Gaslight, Dial M For Murder), priority booking and great farm girl. designed by Mike Britton. discounts (see p.52) Packed with some of the most memorable songs in musical history: Oh What A Beautiful Mornin’, People Will Say We’re In Love, The Surrey With The Fringe On The Top and, of course, the classic title song Oklahoma! This production will leave you with that feel-good glow that

Agatha Christie and the Agatha Christie signature are registered trade marks. All rights reserved. trade registered are signature Christie and the Agatha Christie Agatha only comes from times gone by. 20 21 MICHAEL HARRISON AND DAVID IAN PRESENT THE CURVE PRODUCTION OF MON 16–SAT 21 APR Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evenings 7.30pm Wed, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm

Fri & Sat performances Sunset Boulevard £51.25-£28.25 Mon-Thu performances Starring Ria Jones and Danny Mac £48.25-£25.25

Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket The Tony Award®-winning masterpiece. (no booking fees) and get £5 o top This new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s three prices on Mon-Thu

masterpiece, stars Ria Jones, who received standing Discounts (on selected seats) ovations every night when performing the role at the Concessions (Mon-Thu eves) London Coliseum, as Norma Desmond and Strictly Discovery Tickets (Mon & Tue) Groups (Mon-Thu) Come Dancing’s Danny Mac as Joe Gillis. Access performances (see p.56) In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, faded silent-screen goddess, Norma Desmond, lives in a fantasy world. AD CAP Impoverished screen writer, Joe Gillis, on the run from debt collectors, stumbles into her reclusive life. With its much-loved score (including Sunset Boulevard, Book ﬁrst and save money With One Look, As If We Never Said Goodbye, The Become a Marlowe Friend for Greatest Star Of All and The Perfect Year) performed priority booking and great with full orchestra, this “majestic, mesmerizing discounts (see p.52) and teasingly seductive!” (The Evening Standard) production promises to be a spectacular event. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. Based on the Billy Wilder ﬁlm.

“ Musical theatre gold.” êêêêêêê EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS “Danny Mac is a revelation.” LEICESTER MERCURY 22 23 THE CHILDREN’S TOURING PARTNERSHIP AND ROYAL & DERNGATE, NORTHAMPTON WED 25-SUN 29 APR MON 30 APR & TUE 1 MAY PRESENT English Touring Opera present Evenings 7pm The Marriage Of Figaro The Jungle Book Sat & Sun matinees 2pm Mon 30 Apr 7.30pm Fri-Sun performances Mozart: The Marriage Il tabarro/Gianni Schicchi By Jessica Swale £25.25-£17.75 Tue 1 May 7.30pm Wed & Thu performances Music by Joe Stilgoe £43.25-£24.75 £23.25-£15.75 Based on the stories by Rudyard Kipling Of Figaro & Puccini: Il Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Directed by Max Webster (no booking fees) and get £5 o (no booking fees) and get £2 o tabarro/Gianni Schicchi top three prices An exciting new adaptation of Kipling’s classic. Discounts (on selected seats) Discounts (on selected seats) Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu) The Jungle Book comes to life in this colourful new An energetic new production of Mozart’s beloved Concessions show brought to you by the team behind Michael Family opera, and a stunning Puccini double bill. Discovery Tickets Groups Book 4 or more tickets and get Mozart’s classic comedy, The Marriage Of Figaro, is one Morpurgo’s Running Wild. 15% o Schools Loved as a wild and fun tale of family, belonging and of the world’s most beloved operas. Blanche McIntyre Under 16yrs £1.50 o £10 tickets (booking by phone or identity, this production is packed with memorable (Tosca, 2017) returns to direct this most warm-hearted in person) Access performances (see p.56) of operas. Sung in English. characters, new songs and brilliant storytelling. Multi-buy oer Mowgli the man cub battles for survival in this heart- AD Puccini’s one-act operas Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi 25% o The Marriage Of Figaro could hardly be more dierent: one is a moody when booking for Il tabarro/Gianni warming story about a boy raised in the jungle. With Schicchi the help of his animal friends, including Bagheera the romance ending in a grotesque murder on a barge panther, Baloo the bear and Kaa the python, Mowgli in Paris, and the other is a sparkling comedy about a Show Talks Make an evening of it family inheritance in Florence. This double bill shows Mon 30 Apr & Tue 1 May, 6.30pm, outwits the cruel and powerful tiger, Shere Khan. free, booking required Meal packages available in Puccini at his ﬁnest as a master of the theatre that Recommended 6yrs+ The Green Room (see p.55) speaks to the heart. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

24 25 TUE 8-SAT 12 MAY TUE 15-SAT 19 MAY Hairspray Evenings 7.30pm The Winslow Boy Evenings 7.30pm Wed, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm The smash hit musical comedy Hairspray is back! Fri & Sat performances A brand new revival of Terence Rattigan’s classic Fri & Sat performances £44.75-£28.75 £35.25-£22.75 After a sell-out run last year the all-singing, all-dancing family drama. Tue-Thu performances Tue-Thu performances production returns. £41.25-£26.25 Having been expelled from the Royal Navy College £33.25-£19.75 for stealing a ﬁve-shilling postal order, young cadet It’s Baltimore, 1962 where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a mission to (no booking fees) and get £5 o top Ronnie Winslow’s entire family are pulled apart by the (no booking fees) and get £5 o top follow her dreams and dance her way onto national TV. three prices on Tue-Thu repercussions of this charge. three prices

Tracy’s audition makes her a local star and soon she is Discounts (on selected seats) The Winslow family ﬁght to clear his name or face social Discounts (on selected seats) using her new-found fame to ﬁght for equality, bagging Concessions (Tue-Thu) ostracism as the case becomes a national scandal. A Concessions (Tue-Thu) local heartthrob Link Larkin along the way! Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed) gripping masterpiece that is engrossing for Rattigan Discovery Tickets (Tue-Thu eve) Groups (Tue-Thu) Groups Starring Brenda Edwards (X Factor), Norman Pace lovers or newcomers alike. Access performances (see p.56) (Hale & Pace), Matt Rixon (The Ladykillers) and Layton Tessa Peake-Jones (Only Fools And Horses, Williams (Bad Education), Hairspray features the hit Grantchester) stars as Grace Winslow wife of Arthur songs Welcome To The 60s, You Can’t Stop The Beat, Make an evening of it Winslow, played by Aden Gillett (House Of Eliott, Holby The Nicest Kids In Town and many more. Meal packages available in City), the father who embarks on an extraordinary Show Talk The Green Room (see p.55) Thu 17 May, post 2.30pm show, This irresistible feel-good show is a perfect treat for all campaign for justice for his son. free the family – it’s time to let your hair down! “Rattigan’s best work.” THE TELEGRAPH “ As light and bouncy as a bubble of gum!” “ Masterful Rattigan puts press and politicians in the êêêêê THE OBSERVER dock.” THE GUARDIAN “The ultimate feel-good show.” THE GUARDIAN

26 27 Illustrations © Tony Ross, 2014. Lettering of author’s name © Quentin Blake, 2010. of author’s name © Quentin Blake, Lettering 2014. Ross, © Tony Illustrations Illustrations © Tony Ross, 2014. Lettering of author’s name © Quentin Blake, 2010. of author’s name © Quentin Blake, Lettering 2014. Ross, © Tony Illustrations

A NEW ADVENTURES PRODUCTION TUE 22-SAT 26 MAY THE BIRMINGHAM STAGE COMPANY PRESENTS WED 30 MAY-SUN 3 JUN

Evenings 7.30pm Wed-Fri evenings 7pm Matthew Bourne’s Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Awful Auntie Thu & Fri matinees 2pm Sat 10.30am & 2pm Tue-Sat performances Sun 11am & 3pm £44.75-£26.75 David Walliams’ amazing tale, live on stage! Cinderella Thu matinee Fri-Sun performances £36.75-£23.75 When Stella sets o to visit London with her parents, £25.75-£19.75 Music by Prokofiev Lord and Lady Saxby, she has no idea her life is in Wed & Thu performances Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket danger! Waking up three months later, only her Aunt £23.25-£17.25 A thrilling and evocative love story. (no booking fees) and get £5 o top three prices on Tue-Thu Alberta can tell Stella what has happened. But not Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Following the success of The Red Shoes, New Adventures everything Alberta tells her turns out to be true and (no booking fees) and get £3 o return to our theatre with one of their most beloved Discounts (on selected seats) Stella quickly discovers she’s in for the fight of her life Concessions (Tue-Thu) Discounts (on selected seats) productions. Matthew Bourne’s interpretation of the classic Discovery Tickets (Wed) against her very own awful Auntie! Groups (6+ people) fairytale has, at its heart, a true war-time romance. A Groups From the award-winning West End producers of Under 16yrs chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and Schools Gangsta Granny comes the world premiere of David £4 o her dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to £12 tickets (Tue-Thu, booking by Walliams’ tale of frights, fights and friendship, phone or in person) Access performances (see p.56) fall in love before being parted by the horrors of the Blitz. featuring a very large owl, a very small ghost and Cinderella takes you into the heart of Prokofiev’s Show Talk a very awful Auntie! magnificent score, with surround sound by Paul Groothuis, Tue 22 May, post-show, free “ The Birmingham Stage Company’s Gangsta Granny is Show Talk a specially commissioned recording of a 60-piece truly brilliant, so I’m hugely excited that they’re now Fri 1 Jun, post 2pm show, free orchestra, Lez Brotherston’s Olivier Award-winning bringing Awful Auntie to the stage. It promises to be designs and lighting by Olivier Award-winning Neil Austin. a thrilling show and a total hoot!” DAVID WALLIAMS LA TIMES “A valentine to the power of love.” “A gripping theatrical spectacle.” THE GUARDIAN 28 29 DAVID PUGH & DAFYDD ROGERS PRESENT THE OLD VIC PRODUCTION OF ART WRITTEN BY YASMINA REZA, TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON TUE 5-SAT 9 JUN SELLADOOR PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS MON 18-SAT 23 JUN

Evenings 7.30pm Evenings 7.30pm Art Wed, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Flashdance: The Musical Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Fri & Sat performances Starring Joanne Clifton Fri & Sat performances A comedy masterpiece starring £43.75-£25.75 £45.25-£28.25 Nigel Havers, Denis Lawson & Stephen Tompkinson Tue-Thu performances Mon-Thu performances £40.75-£22.75 Take your passion and make it happen! £42.25-£25.25

One of the most successful comedies ever. Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Flashdance tells the inspiring and unforgettable story Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket Art is a phenomenon and one of the most successful (no booking fees) and get £5 o top of Alex, a welder by day and ‘flashdancer’ by night, (no booking fees) and get £5 o top three prices on Tue-Thu eves three prices on Mon-Thu plays ever. Having opened in 1996, it took both the who dreams of going to the prestigious Shipley Dance West End and Broadway by storm, won Olivier, Tony, Discounts (on selected seats) Academy and becoming a professional dancer. When Discounts (on selected seats) Moliere and every other major theatre award, and has Concessions (Tue-Thu eves) a romance with Nick Hurley complicates her ambitions, Concessions (Mon-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Tue) she harnesses it to drive her dream. Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed) been packing in audiences worldwide for more than Groups (Tue-Thu) Groups 20 years. Prepare to be blown away with an astonishing musical Access performances (see p.56) Access performances (see p.56) When Serge spends an extortionate amount of money spectacle and phenomenal choreography to this on an all white modernist painting, his close friends AD iconic score, including the smash hits Maniac, Gloria, AD Marc and Yvan are baéd. But does their violent I Love Rock & Roll and the award-winning title track reactions to this provocative canvas mirror more Flashdance - What A Feeling. dangerous antagonisms towards each other? Yasmina Presented by Selladoor Productions - producers of Book first and save money Make an evening of it Reza’s dazzling study of friendship, prejudice and Become a Marlowe Friend for Footloose, Avenue Q and Little Shop Of Horrors and Meal packages available in priority booking and great tolerance is a masterpiece. Runaway Entertainment producers of In The Heights, The Green Room (see p.55) discounts (see p.52) “Art is a phenomenon.” THE TIMES Guys And Dolls and Lazarus. Recommended 11yrs+

30 31 WED 11-SUN 22 JUL Shrek The Musical Evenings 7pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Sundays 1pm & 5pm An all-singing, all-dancing, must-see musical comedy. Fri-Sun performances £48.75-£29.25 Based on the story and characters from the Oscar®- Tue-Thu performances winning DreamWorks Animation film, this hilarious and £44.75-£26.25 spectacular production turns the world of fairytales Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket upside down. (no booking fees) and get £5 o top three prices on Tue-Thu Join Shrek, our unlikely hero, and his loyal steed Donkey as they set o on a quest to rescue the beautiful (if Discounts (on selected seats) slightly temperamental) Princess Fiona from her tower, Concessions (Tue-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Wed) guarded by a fire-breathing love-sick dragon. Add the Groups (Tue-Fri) vertically challenged Lord Farquaad, a gang of fairytale Schools misfits, and a biscuit with attitude, and you’ve got an £15 tickets (Thu mat, booking by irresistible mix of adventure, laughter and romance, phone or in person) guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages! Access performances (see p.56) DAILY MIRROR “The most fun you’ll ever have.” AD CAP “Shrek-tacular.” êêêêê SUNDAY TELEGRAPH “ The perfect family musical.” êêêêê THE HERALD, SCOTLAND Make an evening of it Meal packages available in The Green Room (see p.55)

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Shrek_Marlowe_DPS.indd 1 02/06/2017 13:24 MON 6-SAT 11 AUG ZIPPOS PRESENTS WED 29 AUG-SAT 1 SEP An Ocer And A Evenings 7.30pm Wed & Thu 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Cirque Berserk! Fri 5pm & 7.45pm Sat 2pm, 5pm & 7.45pm Fri & Sat performances Gentleman £48.25-£29.25 Real circus – made for theatre. £29.75-£15.25 Mon-Thu performances Britain’s biggest theatre-circus spectacular is now in its The world premiere of a brand new musical that £45.75-£27.75 Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket fifth thrilling year! Showcasing the finest in traditional (no booking fees) and get £3 o top will simply sweep you o your feet! Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket circus thrills and skills, Cirque Berserk! celebrates the three prices An Ocer And A Gentleman is based on the Oscar- (no booking fees) and get £5 o top three prices on Mon-Thu 250th anniversary of the invention of Circus by bringing Discounts (on selected seats) winning film starring Richard Gere. Its feel-good this treasured form of live entertainment bang up-to- Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu) soundtrack includes the hit song from the movie, Discounts (on selected seats) date in a jaw-dropping spectacular created especially Groups Concessions (Mon-Thu) Up Where We Belong, along with many 80s classic Under 16yrs Discovery Tickets (Mon-Wed) for the theatre. anthems including Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Material £15.25 tickets Groups Combining contemporary cirque-style artistry with Girl, Don’t Cry Out Loud and Alone. Access performances (see p.56) adrenaline-fuelled stunt action, this astoundingly talented Featuring one of the most iconic romantic scenes ever international troupe includes over 30 jugglers, acrobats, AD portrayed on screen, this inspiring, breathtakingly aerialists, dancers, drummers and daredevil stuntmen. romantic musical celebrates triumph over adversity. Featuring the world’s most hair-raising circus act - the Let Love Lift You Up where you belong! legendary motorcycle ‘Globe of Death’. Book first and save money Become a Marlowe Friend for “ Great for kids and even better for adults!” priority booking and great êêêêê THE SUN discounts (see p.52) “Heart-stoppingly good fun.” êêêê TIME OUT “Adrenaline pumping entertainment!” SUNDAY MIRROR

34 35 WED 5-SAT 15 SEP TUE 18-SAT 22 SEP Calendar Girls The Musical Evenings 7.30pm The Comedy About A Bank Evenings 7.30pm Wed 12, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Wed, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s award winning Fri & Sat performances Fri & Sat performances production straight from London’s West End. £48.75-£28.25 Robbery £38.25-£25.25 Mon-Thu performances Tue-Thu performances Calendar Girls The Musical is based on the story of the £46.25-£25.75 Ocean’s Eleven meets the Marx Brothers in this £35.25-£22.25 calendar girls - a group of ordinary ladies who achieved Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket dynamite new comedy direct from the West End! Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket something extraordinary. (no booking fees) and get £5 o top Following the phenomenal sell-out success of their (no booking fees) and get £5 o top three prices on Mon-Thu three prices on Tue-Thu The Times described Calendar Girls The Musical as multi-award-winning comedy The Play That Goes “pure gold”. Don’t miss your chance to see this glorious Discounts (on selected seats) Wrong, Mischief Theatre return with their latest West Discounts (on selected seats) production. Concessions (Mon-Thu eves) End smash hit, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery. Concessions (Tue-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Wed 5 & Thu 6) Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed eve) This marvellous musical comedy which received Groups (Mon-Thu) A priceless diamond has been entrusted to the city Groups fantastic ﬁve star reviews in London’s West End now Access performances (see p.56) bank, an institution so corrupt that even the security comes to Canterbury with an all star cast. guards are on the take. Can it be safely stored or will it AD CAP êêêêê TELEGRAPH all go horribly wrong?

êêêêê DAILY MAIL Don’t miss this smash-and-grab hit comedy that’s guaranteed to deliver swag loads of laughter. Book now, êêêêê THE STAGE it’d be criminal to miss it! êêêêê THE SUN Book ﬁrst and save money Become a Marlowe Friend for “A fast and fabulous comedy caper.” êêêêê THE TIMES êêêêê SUNDAY TIMES priority booking and great discounts (see p.52) “ The funniest show in the West End.” êêêêê THE INDEPENDENT êêêêê DAILY TELEGRAPH “Spectacular madness.” êêêêê WHATSONSTAGE 36 37 TUE 2–SAT 13 OCT Northern Ballet’s WED 31 OCT-SAT 3 NOV Jersey Boys Evenings 7.30pm Evenings 7.30pm Wed 3, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm The story of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons. Fri & Sat performances The Three Musketeers Wed-Sat eves & Sat matinee £55.75-£30.25 £42.25-£24.25 The internationally-acclaimed stage sensation, Jersey Mon-Thu performances A rip-roaring ballet with a classic love story at Thu matinee Boys is working its way back to Canterbury! £53.75-£28.25 £38.25-£20.25 its heart. Jersey Boys tells the true life story of four boys from the Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket 17th century Paris. The mood is tense as d’Artagnan Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket wrong side of the tracks who wrote their own songs, (no booking fees) and get £5 o top (no booking fees) and get £5 o top and the three musketeers embark on an action-packed invented their own unique sound, and sold 100 million three prices on Mon-Thu three prices on Wed & Thu quest to save the Queen’s reputation and the life of records worldwide. Discounts (on selected seats) d’Artagnan’s love. Discounts (on selected seats) Featuring hit after legendary hit including Beggin’, Concessions (Mon-Thu) Concessions (Wed & Thu) Discovery Tickets (Tue 2 & Wed 3 See the tale unfold in a whirlwind of adventure, Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu) Can’t Take My Eyes O You, Oh What A Night, Sherry, eves) romance and intrigue, accompanied by Sir Malcolm Groups Walk Like A Man, Bye Bye Baby, Big Girls Don’t Cry and Groups (Mon-Thu) Arnold’s sweeping score played live. Under 16yrs many more, Jersey Boys is a story full of heart, humour Access performances (see p.56) 50% o top three prices (Wed, Fri, and “sheer musical razzmatazz” (Sunday Express) you David Nixon’s The Three Musketeers is bound to leave a Sat eve) AD CAP smile on your face. simply will never forget. Schools £10 tickets (Wed & Thu, booking by “A pure thrill to watch.” êêêêê THE SCOTSMAN phone or in person) “Oh what a night.” êêêêê EXPRESS AND STAR Please be aware Jersey Boys contains genuine New Jersey language which may not be suitable for younger audiences – parental guidance advised.

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JBTOUR17_M_003_CanterburyBrochurePage_AW.indd 1 17/07/2017 13:47 TUE 6-SAT 10 NOV Glyndebourne Tour 2018 Evenings 7.15pm Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat performances The Glyndebourne Tour marks its 50th anniversary £64.25-£40.75 with two stunning operas and a chance to look Thu performance behind the curtain. £21.25, £16.25 Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket (no booking fees) and get £5 off top Verdi: La traviata three prices (Tue, Wed & Fri) TUE 6 & FRI 9 NOV Discounts (on selected seats) Concessions (Tue, Wed & Fri) A timeless tale full of memorable arias. Discovery Tickets (Tue-Fri) There’s rarely a dry eye in the house as this poignant Groups (Tue-Fri) and powerful love story unfolds. The visual beauty of Under 16yrs Tom Cairns’s opulent production echoes the irresistible £11.25 tickets (Thu) allure of this beloved opera. Schools £8 tickets (Tue & Wed, booking by Sung in Italian with English supertitles. phone or in person) “As close to perfection as one could hope for.” êêêê DAILY EXPRESS “Outstanding.” THE INDEPENDENT Show Talks La traviata Massenet: Cendrillon (Cinderella) Tue 6 Nov, 6.15pm WED 7 & SAT 10 NOV Cendrillion Wed 7 Nov, 6.15pm A new production of this charming version of a Free, booking required classic fairytale. Following her critically acclaimed production of Britten’s The Rape Of Lucretia in Tour 2013, Fiona Shaw returns to direct Massenet’s Cinderella. Premiered in Paris in 1899, the opera infuses a familiar fairytale with Belle Epoque style. Sung in French with English supertitles. La traviata: Behind The Curtain THU 8 NOV

A glimpse into the world of La traviata. Following the success of Don Giovanni: Behind The Curtain in Tour 2016, Glyndebourne presents another glimpse beneath the surface. Presented by Lloyd Wood, a British theatre and opera director, this is a unique theatrical event, providing both opera fans and novices with a behind-the-scenes

© Clive Barda © Clive traviata La exploration of how an opera is staged. 40 41 SUPPORTED BY PHARON INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISERS LIMITED SAT 17 FEB FRI 4 MAY Shadows And Sunlight Passion And Poetry Jakub Hrůša conductor Christoph Altstaedt Piotr Anderszewski piano conductor Singers from The Philharmonia Piano Beethoven Glyndebourne Jerwood Concerto No. 1 Young Artists Scheme Mahler Symphony No. 5 Orchestra From tragedy to triumph, Wagner Siegfried Idyll Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is an Operatic arias and excerpts epic struggle; one that embraces Liszt Les préludes folksongs, horn calls and the Rising-star Christoph Altstaedt Resident at The Marlowe ravishing Adagietto - Mahler’s conducts a programme of unforgettable musical love operatic and symphonic romantic One of the world’s great orchestras letter to his young wife. This is music. The evening opens and on your doorstep. music that’s larger than life, so closes with two symphonic what better way to launch the poems: Liszt’s Les préludes concert than with the superb and Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll Piotr Anderszewski, and the pure sandwiching two popular operas sunshine of Beethoven’s youthful from the Romantic era. piano concerto? FRI 15 JUN SUN 8 APR Action And Romance Love Stories From The Han-Na Chang conductor Silver Screen Sunwook Kim piano Carl Davis conductor Rossini Overture, William Tell Grieg Piano Concerto Philharmonia At The Movies Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 returns with a concert of some “With passion and desire” of the most iconic film scores – that’s what Tchaikovsky and unforgettable love songs wrote on the score of his Fifth of all time. Symphony. Love, despair, Programme to include music sweeping waltzes and from: Love Story, Gone With The Times 7.30pm triumphant trumpets: this Wind, La La Land, West Side symphony has it all, just as £35.75-£17.75 Story, Dr Zhivago, Mamma Mia, Grieg’s Piano Concerto is the Star Wars, James Bond, Romeo Our Friends save £1.25 per ticket ultimate in romance. (no booking fees) and get £3 o top And Juliet, among many more. four prices

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Rock‘n’Roll Paradise TUE 23 JAN 7.30PM Rock‘n’Roll Paradise returns in a new and exciting format. Crammed full of the country’s best tributes to rock‘n’roll’s stars, including Elvis, Cochran, Holly, Vincent and many more, performing the very best songs ever written and supported by the explosively dynamic TELETUBBIES® and ©2017 DHX Worldwide TELETUBBIES® and ©2017 Peppa Pig © Astley Baker Davies Ltd / Entertainment One UK Ltd 2003 One UK Ltd / Entertainment Ltd Davies Baker Pig © Astley Peppa Paradise Band. Tickets £22.75, Friends save £1.25 Peppa Pig’s Anton & Erin: Teletubbies Live! Adventure Broadway To SAT 25 & SUN 26 AUG 10AM, 1PM & 4PM TUE 13 & WED 14 FEB 10AM, 1PM & 4PM See the iconic, world famous Hollywood Teletubbies in their ﬁrst-ever theatre show created especially for your Peppa Pig and friends are back in a THU 15 & FRI 16 FEB 3PM & 7.30PM brand new live show! little ones. Join Peppa as she gets ready to go on Celebrating a decade of dance. Join Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa Kodo: Evolution and Po in a show full of love and laughter SUN 4 FEB 7.30PM an exciting camping trip to the woods Join the nation’s favourite ballroom as they explore the magical world of with George and her school friends, couple when they return with an exciting The famous Japanese drumming Teletubbyland. Look out for the Tubby including Pedro Pony, Suzy Sheep and new show for 2018, as they celebrate the ensemble, with a show mixing Phone, Noo-noo and Sun Baby in a fun, new repertoire and timeless Gerald Girae. golden age of Hollywood. Expect bright and safe world which captures pieces from their archive. They With lunch-boxes packed and Daddy Pig dazzling new choreography, sparkling young children’s imaginations and promise to create a rhythmic driving the bus, Peppa and friends are costumes and a sensational show band. universe that will stir the encourages them to explore the world excited about their outdoor adventure, audience to its very core, as Featuring an ensemble of dancers, plus a around them. Join in and enjoy beloved full of games, laughter and live music. star vocalist and the London Concert they explore the rich variety features from the TV series along with of drumming techniques that £21.25-£16.25, Under 16yrs £2 o, Family 4 tickets Orchestra playing songs such as Cry Me Tickets brand new songs. Kodo has discovered during for £60, Friends save £1.25 A River, New York New York, A Couple Of Tickets £23.25-£15.25, Family tickets available, Friends its evolution. Directed by Swells and many more. save £1.25 Tamasaburo Bando, a Living Tickets £50.75-£33.25, Discounts (on selected seats), National Treasure, Kabuki actor. Concessions, Groups (eves), Friends save £5 and £1.25 Tickets £34.25-£27.25, Friends booking fee save £1.25 44 45 ONE NIGHTERS ONE NIGHTERS

Jack Jones Suggs: What A King Katherine Ryan: FRI 9 FEB 7.30PM Cnut Glitter Room A double Grammy winner SAT 10 FEB 7.30PM THU 15 MAR 8PM that both Frank Sinatra Due to huge popular and Tony Bennett said was What does Canada’s demand, after his first “Numero Uno”. first woman to have a smash hit tour My Life worldwide Netflix special Perhaps best known for Story, Suggs is treading Jon Richardson: The have in common with his hit renditions of The the boards again with a Britain’s first woman to Impossible Dream, Lollipops brand new show. Old Man have a worldwide Netflix And Roses, What I Did For If the first show was about WED 14 MAR 7.30PM special? They are both Love, The Race Is On, Lady, how on Earth he got there, single mothers with too Call Me Irresponsible and The Since Jon’s last show he has Suggs: What A King Cnut many pets. And they are Loveboat theme amongst become a husband and father, is about the surprises that both Katherine Ryan. others. Come and join Jack seen the UK vote to leave the EU awaited him when he did. Tickets £19.75, Friends save and celebrate his 80th and watched the rise of Donald £1.25 birthday. Tickets £29.75, Friends save Trump, all of which leaves him May contain adult themes £1.25 asking one question, why does it Tickets £36.25, Friends save £1.25 and language. seem that no one else alive can Recommended 14yrs+ correctly load a dishwasher? Tickets £21.75, Friends save £1.25 Recommended 14yrs+

Signed, Sealed, Fastlove: A Tribute Delivered To George Michael TUE 13 MAR 7.30PM MON 9 APR 7.30PM If you love the music of Stevie Get ready for an Wonder, then you’ll love our unforgettable evening smash hit show. Featuring with a global superstar, as back-to-back number ones he puts the Boom Boom The Sensational 60s including Signed, Sealed, into your heart in this all Delivered, Superstition and new production. Relive the Experience the biggest international passion, the flare, and the TUE 10 APR 7.30PM hit of all time – I Just unique sensitivity of George Called To Say I Love Michael in this incredible Starring Mike Pender, Chris You, plus many more! concert sensation. Farlowe, Herman’s Hermits, The Fortunes, New Amen Corner, Tickets £27.25, Tickets £28.25, Friends save £1.25 Friends save £1.25 delivering to you a night never to be forgotten. With the definite feel-good factor this is the must-see 60s show for 2018. Step back in time to when pop music was at its very best. Tickets £28.75, Friends £25.50, Groups

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Jools Holland & His David Baddiel - My Kevin & Karen Dance: Rhythm & Blues Family: Not The Live Tour 2018 WED 13 JUN 2.30PM & Orchestra Sitcom 7.30PM WED 2 & THU 3 MAY SUN 13 MAY 7.30PM 7.30PM Join Strictly sweethearts David’s Olivier-nominated Kevin and Karen Clifton for a A genuine British musical one-man show. My Family: sultry, hip-swinging journey Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert Brian Conley: Strictly legend, Jools will be joined Not The Sitcom is a show through the Waltz, Cha Cha, SUN 22 APR 7.30PM Come Laughing by his renowed Rhythm about memory, ageing, Fox Trot, Tango and Salsa. It’s & Blues Orchestra for infidelity, dysfunctional Is life that bad or have we good TUE 24 APR 7.30PM a high-energy performance two nights of brilliant relatives, moral policing reason to complain about it? Are filled with sassy tunes, heart- entertainment and on social media, golf, and we filled with righteous anger at The multi-talented and pounding choreography and stunning musicianship. gay cats. A massively a world gone wrong or are we irrepressible Brian Conley sparkling costumes. Backed by Tickets £43.25, £37.75, disrespectful celebration of all just a bunch of whiny little returns to the stage with his a supporting cast of dancers Friends save £1.25 the lives of David Baddiel’s brats? In short, are we spoiled? brand new show. Featuring and a live 12-piece show late, sex-mad mother, Come and watch as Byrne takes brand new comedy, sketches band, Kevin and Karen’s most Sarah, and dementia-ridden this question, turns it upside and songs alongside some of famous, edge-of-your-seat father, Colin. Come and be down and shakes it until the his best-known material from routines are brought to the offended on David’s behalf! funny falls out. stage and screen. Hurry along to stage propelled by passion. see why Brian Conley remains “ A show that bubbles with Tickets £25.25, Friends save £1.25 Tickets £46.75-£37.75, Friends one of this country’s most loved love and unexpected joie save £1.25 (booking fee) and £3 May contain adult themes entertainers. de vivre.” THE TELEGRAPH and language Tickets £24.25, Friends save £1.25 Tickets £26.75, Friends save £1.25 May contain adult themes Joel Dommett: and language Live MON 7 MAY 7.30PM One of the UK’s most energetic and exciting comedians returns to the road with his solo The Magic Of Motown Jason Manford: show. Catch the star of THU 2 AUG 7.30PM 2016’s I’m A Celebrity Muddle Class Get Me Out Of Here and Music fans are invited to the WED 17 OCT 2018 7.30PM Sky1’s Bring The Noise biggest party of the year as the Muddle Class promises to feature as he delivers his high unstoppable Magic Of Motown a wealth of new material about octane comedy. steams into town! Prepare yourself for 40 back-to-back Jason growing up ‘working class’ Tickets £19.75, Friends then finding, over the years, that save £1.25, Students £3 o classic Motown hits, glittering part of him has become ‘middle May contain adult themes costume changes, dazzling class’ - causing much confusion! and language dance moves and outstanding All delivered with Jason’s amiable Recommended 14yrs+ musicianship in this explosive concert experience. charm and captivating wit. Tickets £28.75, Friends save £1.25 Tickets £28.75, Friends save £1.25 May contain adult themes and language

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CANTERBURY CHORAL SOCIETY CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL Family Carols SAT 16 DEC 7PM A Christmas feast for all the family! Come and celebrate singing some favourite Christmas classics with old favourites and a few less familiar carols. The programme features the CCS Youth Choir and the Festival Brass Ensemble. Tickets £9.25, Under 16s £6.25 Bach: St Matthew Passion SAT 17 MAR 7.30PM Unquestionably one of the finest dramatic works of western music. The London Handel Orchestra, Live At The The Alternative will accompany a group of high-class soloists, with Canterbury Choral Society and its Youth Choir providing the great choral backdrop. Comedy Show £28.25-£11.25 Marlowe Tickets THE THEATRE THE STUDIO Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius MON 11 DEC 7.30PM WED 29 NOV 8PM SAT 23 JUN 7.30PM SUN 11 FEB 7.30PM WED 14 MAR 8PM “The best of me”, wrote Elgar, “this, if anything of SAT 16 JUN 7.30PM Discover your cool friend’s mine, is worth your memory.” One of the enduring choral ‘greats’, impassioned solos and choruses See some of the biggest names new favourite comedian at this mix within a full Romantic orchestral tapestry. in stand up. celebration of comic originality With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. and ideas. Our hugely popular regular night Tickets £28.25-£11.25 of live comedy, featuring some If you love seeing some of the of the country’s biggest stars country’s most experimental, CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL EASTERN CRYPT alongside the stars of the future. innovative and exciting comedians, Music Divine: A Concert By Candlelight this is the show for you! December’s fantastic line-up SAT 17 FEB 7PM features David O’Doherty (8 Out November’s line up includes Jamali Songs by Henry Purcell and his English Of 10 Cats), Hal Cruttenden (Live Maddix (Live At The Apollo), Glenn contemporaries, performed by candlelight in the At The Apollo), Phil Wang (Have Moore and Bec Hill (Dara O’Brien’s atmospheric setting of Canterbury Cathedral’s I Got News For You) and John Go 8Bit). twelfth-century Crypt. Robins (Mock The Week). This will be the debut performance of the Tickets £11.25, Friends £9, Discovery Tickets £10 Caroline Consort, a group of professional singers Tickets £21.75, Friends save £1.25 Contains adult themes and language Contains adult themes and language and instrumentalists founded and led by David Newsholme, Director of the Girls’ Choir and Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral. Lineups are subject to change Tickets £15

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