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BOX OFFICE 0121 704 6962 19 GE Thecoretheatresolihull.Co.Uk EE PA OY - S DANNY BH 2 SUMMER /AUTUMN 2017 BOX OFFICE 0121 704 6962 19 GE thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk EE PA OY - S DANNY BH 2 2 PANTOMIME Box Office 0121 704 6962 DATE MORNING MATINEE EVENING Dame Trot is so poor she has Friday 8 Dec 7pm holes in her shoes and can’t Saturday 9 Dec 2.30pm 7pm afford the latest fashions. She Sunday 10 Dec 11am 3pm sends Jack off to market with their Monday 11 Dec NO SHOWS family cow, telling him to get the Tuesday 12 Dec SCHOOL 10am SCHOOL 1.30pm best possible price for her!... Wednesday 13 Dec SCHOOL 10am SCHOOL 1.30pm meanwhile, elsewhere a giant is Thursday 14 Dec SCHOOL 10am SCHOOL 1.30pm making fiendish plans with his Friday 15 Dec SCHOOL 1.30pm 7pm slimy servant Fleshcreep… what Saturday 16 Dec 2.30pm 7pm on earth ARE they planning? Sunday 17 Dec 11am 3pm Solihull’s own ‘Mr Panto’ Malcolm Stent is Monday 18 Dec NO SHOWS treating audiences to one final dollop of Tuesday 19 Dec 2.30pm 7pm sparkling fun and silliness as he takes to the stage in his panto finale Jack & The Beanstalk Wednesday 20 Dec 2.30pm 7pm after his amazing 27 year run. Thursday 21 Dec 2.30pm 7pm Jack and the Beanstalk is an action-packed Friday 22 Dec 2.30pm 7pm traditional panto packed with music, dancing Saturday 23 Dec 2.30pm 7pm and sparkling silliness for the whole family. Featuring Malcolm and his professional Sunday 24 Dec 10.30am 2.30pm ensemble cast of actors, dancers and musicians, Monday 25 Dec NO SHOWS suitable for ages 2-102! Tuesday 26 Dec 2.30pm 7pm Join the celebration in this giant pantomime 3 Wednesday 27 Dec 2.30pm 7pm show in our intimate venue where no one is Thursday 28 Dec 2.30pm 7pm more than 15 rows from the front. Offering great value prices and a wide choice of start times the Friday 29 Dec 2.30pm 7pm venue adjoins Touchwood with nearby parking Saturday 30 Dec 2.30pm 7pm and great shopping. Sunday 31 Dec 10.30am 2.30pm ACCESS/MOBILITY: Special requirements should be planned in Show time approx. 2 hours, 20 mins including interval. advance and booked early to ensure appropriate seating. TICKET PRICES There is a lift to the upstairs of the auditorium. Red £17 All Seats Green Full Price £19.50, Concession £17.50 S MAY 4 - 8 Family £70 (2+2) T N JUNE 8 - 12 Group Discount 1 in 10 FREE E T JULY 12 - 15 Gold Full Price £19.50, Concessions £17.50 N O AUGUST 15 - 16 Blue School Bookings Only - Contact Box Office C S SEPTEMBER 16 - 19 OCTOBER 19 - 24 SEE ALSO OUR NOVEMBER 24 - 28 LILY AND DECEMBER 28 THE LITTLE FORTHCOMING 29 SNOW BEAR ENCORE 29 SHOW ON PAGE 29 WORKSHOPS & CLASSES 30 BOOKING & SEATING 31 thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk PANTOMIME THE CORE EXPERIENCE! The Core welcomes thousands of people each month all busily engrossed in a multitude of purposes in this community building. Some are reading, studying, some proudly registering their babies whilst elsewhere others may be getting advice, using a PC or tracing their family tree. All are blissfully unaware that downstairs hundreds of people may be wildly applauding a Theatre show, whilst some are learning new dance steps in the Studio at the same time as toddlers are learning rhymes in the Children’s Library. This fantastic building is crammed with people doing things, who rub along nicely next to other people doing their own thing too! Long may this Core experience continue. So whatever you do here, next time take time to look around at something new… you never know where it may lead you! Q U Last brochure I asked readers to suggest new activities and daytime art E S classes were popular - so we’re giving it a try! (see page 30). T IO Finally, Solihull’s own ‘Mr Panto’ Malcolm Stent was honoured in Her N T I Majesty’s New Year List and we’re thrilled for him. Jack & The Beanstalk M this year will be his last after an astonishing 27 years! E I N S His Solihull panto finale will be a sparkling celebration of the decades O L I of fun, laughter and silliness he’s given the generations of H U pantomime audiences and we hope those audiences will L join us to thank him for every single laugh, of every L 4 single show! Lawrence Smith Theatre Manager THEATRE TUE 9 - SAT 13 MAY, 7.30PM, (MAT 2.30PM) ELTON JOHN & TIM RICE’S AIDA Solihull Theatre Company are proud to present the Solihull premiere of Elton John and Tim Rice’s vibrant musical - Aida! Set in ancient Egypt, it tells an epic tale of love, loyalty, and betrayal, chronicling the love triangle between Aida, a princess and a soldier they both love. With fun, humour and emotion, and featuring fantastic songs as you would expect from Elton John & Tim Rice including haunting ballads, upbeat Motown, and rousing Gospel anthems - Aida promises something for everyone! RUNNING TIME: 165MINS TICKETS: £16 MAY Box Office 0121 704 6962 MON 15 MAY, 7.30PM THEATRE MILTON JONES IS NEARLY OUT THERE: WORK IN PROGRESS Milton Jones is back on the road with another tour but unfortunately it isn’t quite ready yet. Don’t panic though he’s a professional, it’s the guy with the loud shirts and messed up hair from Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and various Radio 4 series. An evening in the company of an idiot. Or is he? Yes he is. Only come if you like jokes though. If not you’ll be cross. “He’s fast, absurd and very funny” Radio Times TICKETS: £18 PLEASE NOTE: THE SHOW WILL FEATURE A SUPPORT ACT STUDIO TUE 16 MAY, 2PM ALWAYS - IRVING BERLIN Award winning singer Robert Habermann sings the songs and tells the story of Irving Berlin. Born in Russia in 1888, Berlin escaped to America aged 4, becoming a singing waiter at 14, writing his first mega hit Alexander’s Ragtime Band in 1912 and became a star. Berlin wrote mega hits for over seventy years for great singers like Bing Crosby, 5 Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman. Songs include: White Christmas, Cheek To Cheek, I Love A Piano, Top Hat, Show Business, and of course Always. RUNNING TIME: APPROX. 2HRS TICKETS: £1O THU 18 MAY, 7.30PM THEATRE BACK TO THE 60 ’S EN CORE Its fab... its groovy... its back to the 60s with OFFER over 2 hours of hits from two of the most popular bands from this great era – The Fourmost & The Dreamers. The Fourmost were firmly within the Mersey Beat Boom with hits Hello Little Girl and A Little Loving. The Dreamers, with Freddie Garrity had hits such as You Were Made For Me and their zany antics kept audiences spellbound. After Freddie left in the 80s, they’re now The Dreamers, but Alan Mosca & Bryan Bung continue his great work. RUNNING TIME: 120MINS, PLUS INTERVAL TICKETS: £18.50 (£17.50 CONC.) thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk MAY STUDIO FRI 19 MAY, 7.30PM 20B 20B is a new drama written and performed by Jane English unearthing stories of a demolished council estate in East London. To find her sense of home, Jane goes on a mission to find and reconnect with her former neighbours, to document their memories and make a record of the community scattered by regeneration. A moving exploration of what home and community really mean and how it feels when these things are lost. With warmth and humour, Jane uncovers the narratives of our city from post-war slum clearance to Olympic-era gentrification. RUNNING TIME: 75MINS, NO INTERVAL TICKETS: £10 (SUITABLE AGE: 13+) THEATRE FRI 19 MAY, 7.30PM OPERA BOYS The Opera Boys are some of the UK’s finest classically trained young tenors with credits including lead roles on London’s West End, and throughout the UK and Europe plus several prestigious cruise lines. 6 The show delivers a magnificent blend of opera and classical favourites, mixed with the best pop songs and tunes from some fantastic musicals that the boys have been lucky enough to perform in. With charm, style and perfect harmony, they’ll perform a fabulous show for music lovers young and old. RUNNING TIME: TBC TICKETS: £19.50 THEATRE TUE 23 MAY, 7.30PM EN PASHA KOVALEV OFCFOERR E Pasha Kovalev from Strictly Come Dancing and his fantastic dancers are back again touring the UK with their completely brand new show. Expect all your favourite dance’s, stunning costumes, great music, and chat as Pasha and his friends dance the night away! Pasha won Strictly Come Dancing with Caroline Flack in 2014 and has scored more 10’s than any other professional dancer since the series began. This is your chance to watch him live! He is joined on tour by Anya Garnis and a talented troupe. Wed 24 May is sold out. RUNNING TIME: 2HRS TICKETS: £25 MAY Box Office 0121 704 6962 WED 24 MAY, STUDIO 7.30PM EN CORE SALLY BARKER & OFFER BROOK WILLIAMS A special collaboration between two classy and versatile singer songwriters with long varied careers is Sally Barker and Brook Williams who play in the Studio. Sally’s stint on BBC’s The Voice brought Tom Jones to tears, she’s supported Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and supports Fairport Convention’s 2017 Tour. She’s led The Poozies for many years.
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