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EASTBOURNE THEATRES BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 SPRING 2019 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk JANUARY - MAY WELCOME TO EASTBOURNE THEATRES HELLO ❱ 12 ❱ 6 A SONG AT ❱ 14-15 What an incredibly exciting year we have ahead of us at DEAR ZOO LIVE TWILIGHT ROCK OF AGES Eastbourne Theatres! Spring heralds the opening of the brand new Welcome Building and the re-opening of the Congress Theatre. The London Philharmonic Orchestra return to the venue with the final concerts in their current season, Rock Of Ages marks the return of large-scale touring West End musicals to town and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery sees the Olivier Award nominated play making its debut visit. The Devonshire Park Theatre welcomes back producers of The Wipers Times with Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s new play Trial By Laughter, Original Theatre present their latest show Caroline’s Kitchen prior to a New York run and Simon Callow and Jane Asher star in Noel Coward's A Song At Twilight. All this plus children’s book Dear Zoo comes alive on stage and Dinosaur World Live will explore uncharted territories in front of ❱ 16-17 your very eyes! THE COMEDY ❱ 20 ❱ 26-27 With so much to keep you entertained this season and beyond ABOUT A BANK DINOSAUR WORLD MADAGASCAR we hope to welcome you back to the theatre very soon! ROBBERY LIVE THE MUSICAL CHRIS JORDAN Artistic Director, Box Office 01323 412000 Facebook.com/EBTheatres (standard rate) Eastbourne Theatres CONTACT @EBTheatres boxoffice@ lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk US ❱ eastbournetheatres.co.uk @eastbourne_theatres 2 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 3 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE & 7 December 2018 - 13 January 2019 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE 3pm LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Sunday 10 February Devonshire Park Theatre The Music of Friends Mozart Oboe Quartet Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No.1 Brahms Clarinet Quintet Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Music doesn’t get any lovelier, or more personal, than Mozart’s delightful Oboe Quartet, Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet or Beethoven’s Quartet Op. 18, No. 1. It’s music that speaks from the heart, to the heart. Sunday 24 March Congress Theatre Elegy and Triumph Glinka Overture, Ruslan and Ludmilla Elgar Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Darrell Ang conductor Kian Soltani cello The Orchestra returns to the Congress Theatre with some of the nation’s best-loved pieces: Elgar’s timeless Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s triumphant and unashamedly autobiographical Fifth Symphony. TICKETS Saturday 7 April CONGRESS THEATRE Congress Theatre £13, £20, £23, £25, Legends of the North Premium Seats £29 DEVONSHIRE PARK Bax Tintagel THEATRE Grieg Piano Concerto Sibelius Belshazzar’s Feast Suite, Op. 51 £15, £20, £25 Sibelius Symphony No. 5 Family Ticket (2 adults + 2 under 16s) £40 Join us for the most magical pantomime of them all! Various Times Osmo Vänskä conductor Conc £1 Jan Lisiecki piano Left at home by the ugliest of sisters, Cinderella cannot go to the ball. TICKETS Under 16s & Students £5 However, with the help of her Fairy Godmother and brilliant buffoonery From £14.50 Bax’s Tintagel is one of the most passionately romantic pieces Groups 10+ 20% off, 20+ from Buttons, the most exciting night of her life can begin… ever written by a British composer. Hear it alongside Sibelius’s 20% off & free ticket for organiser This year’s magical extravaganza is brought to you by the team behind Contact box office Fifth Symphony, and one of the simplest – but greatest – melodies ever written for orchestra. Subscriber Discounts last year’s Dick Whittington and once again we promise you live music, for details or visit when booking all 3 eastbournetheatres.co.uk stunning sets, sensational costumes and laugh out loud comedy! concerts - APRIL JANUARY 4 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 34) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 5 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Sunday 3 March 11am & 2.30pm Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 March SOOTY’S MAGIC SHOW Direct from their hit ITV series, Sooty, Sweep and Soo and TV’s Richard Cadell will amaze you with impossible tricks and side-splitting jokes! Be astounded at Sooty's flying car, Soo’s singing unicorn and Sweep’s levitating sausage! Plus don't miss a chance to meet Richard and Sooty after the show! TICKETS £13 Under 16s £11 Family Ticket (2 Adults + 2 Under 16s) £42 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Sunday 17 & Monday 18 March Sun 1.30pm & 3.30pm, Mon 11am DEAR ZOO LIVE! Rod Campbell’s best-selling lift the flap book has delighted generations of young readers since it was first published and has sold more Tue – Sat 7.45pm Wed, Thur & Sat 2.30pm than 8 million copies worldwide. This production will delight both young and TICKETS old as it unfolds with child-engaging puppets, Tue – Thur 7.45pm music and lots of audience interaction. £21, £22, £24.50, £26.50 Fri & Sat 7.45pm Join us to see what the zoo has sent! £22, £23, £26.50, £28.50 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wed, Thur & Sat 2.30pm ‘A MUST-SEE FOR FANS OF THE BOOK, AND FOR £21, £23 ANY YOUNG CHILD WHO LIKES ANIMALS!’ Following critical acclaim for The Wipers Times, Ian Hislop and Nick Conc £1.50 off Groups 10+ 10% off WHATSGOODTODO.CO.UK Newman have once again taken inspiration from real life events for their (Apply Tues – Thur new play Trial by Laughter. Running time 55 minutes, no interval 7.45pm only) William Hone, the forgotten hero of free speech, was a bookseller, Friends of Devonshire TICKETS £14 publisher and satirist. In 1817, he stood trial for ‘impious blasphemy and Park Theatre 25% off School Groups 10+ £11 (First night only) Family Ticket (2 Adults + 2 Under 16s) £50 seditious libel’. The only crime he had committed was to be funny. Worse Children under 1 require a ticket for admission, than that he was funny by parodying religious texts. And worst of all, he Audio described performance. See p34 contact box office. was funny about the despotic government and the libidinous monarchy. MARCH 6 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 34) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 34) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 7 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE PRIOR TO DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Tuesday 12 - Saturday 16 March NEW YORK Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 March RUN! The Original Theatre Company, Ghost Light Theatre and Eilene Davidson present A comedy by Torben Betts Directed by Alastair Whatley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘THE COMEDY SIMMERS’ DAILY MAIL Tiilted Wig Productions, Malvern (CRITIC’S CHOICE) Theatres and Churchill Theatre present ‘MAKES YOU OSCAR WILDE’S LAUGH WHEN YOU REALLY THINK YOU SHOULDN’T... THE PICTURE OF IT’S HILARIOUS’ JENNI MURRAY RADIO 4 DORIAN GRAY Tues – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm Tues – Sat 7.45pm In a society obsessed with youth and beauty, Dorian Gray Wed & Sat 2.30pm From the team who brought you the smash hit comedy TICKETS is given the chance to keep his looks forever. But at what TICKETS Tues – Thur 7.45pm cost...? Invincible, and direct from its London run this searing, £18, £19, £21.50, £23.50 Tues – Thur 7.45pm sharp, state of the nation comedy is coming to Eastbourne. Fri & Sat 7.45pm “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?” £16, £17, £19.50, £21.50 Caroline Mortimer is the nation’s favourite TV cook. In the glow of the £18, £20, £23.50, £25.50 This bold new production based on the classic novel celebrates Wilde's Fri & Sat 7.45pm studio lights, she has it all - a sparkling career, a big house, a (golf) loving Wed 2.30pm £19 wonderful language and will appeal to audiences old and new. Featuring £16, £18, £21.50, £23.50 husband, smart kids and the best kitchen money can buy. Sat 2.30pm £19, £21 Wilde’s famous wit and a stellar cast, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a fast- Wed & Sat 2.30pm £19 But when the camera turns off the truth comes out and when an Conc £1.50 off paced thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seats right up until Conc £1.50 off Groups 10+ 10% off the final scenes of the play. Groups 10+ 10% off unexpected guest disrupts a night of celebration there is more to spill (Apply 7.45pm only) (Apply 7.45pm only) than the wine... Welcome to Caroline’s Kitchen... Friends of Devonshire Jonathan Wrather will take on the role of Lord Henry Wotton. With Friends of Devonshire extensive stage credits he is most recently known to audiences for From the award-winning Original Theatre Company (The Importance of Park Theatre 25% off Park Theatre 25% off playing the controversial Pierce Harris in and Joe Carter Being Earnest, Wait Until Dark, Birdsong) Caroline’s Kitchen stars Caroline (First 2 nights only) Emmerdale (First 2 nights only) in . Langrishe (Lovejoy, Judge John Deed), Aden Gillett (House of Eliott) and Audio described Coronation Street Audio described performance. See p34 performance. See p34 James Sutton (Emmerdale, Hollyoaks). MARCH 8 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 34) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 34) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 9 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Monday 25 March 7.30pm Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 March DAN SNOW AN EVENING WITH THE HISTORY GUY Moin historian and TV presenter Dan Snow as he recounts anecdotes and experiences from his very successful career as an historian and broadcaster. Dan will also research and include historical facts and stories relating to Eastbourne and the surrounding area concluding the night with a Q&A session.