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Spring | Summer 2020 SPRING|SUMMER 2020 Book online at www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE TUESDAY 21 – SATURDAY 25 JANUARY WELCOME AN ARIA ENTERTAINMENT, HOPE MILL THEATRE AND RAY RACKHAM THEATRICALS PRODUCTION STARRING AS MAME Welcome to the Spring/Summer season at Salisbury TRACIE BENNETT Playhouse and Salisbury Arts Centre. WITH Harriet Thorpe AS VERA DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY Nick Winston At Salisbury Playhouse we are delighted to premiere Barney Norris’ new play, the Wiltshire-set Blood Wedding, alongside a new production of Noël Coward’s brilliant comedy Hay Fever – both Wiltshire Creative productions. The Playhouse season also includes Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine, the return of The Kite Runner and the hit West End and Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet. At Salisbury Arts Centre there is a lively mix of music, comedy, film and live screenings, as well as a fascinating visual arts programme and, for the first time, Exhibitions on Screen, exploring the works of Lucian Freud and Frida Kahlo. And don’t forget, both the Playhouse and Arts Centre have great cafés, which are ideal places to stop for a coffee, meet up or grab a bite to eat. ONE WEEK We hope you find lots to interest you this season. ONLY Sebastian Warrack Gareth Machin Executive Director Artistic Director Wiltshire Creative Wiltshire Creative CONTENTS SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE pages 2–13 SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE | THE SALBERG pages 14–31 SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE pages 33–53 TAKE PART | CLASSES AND COURSES pages 54–57 EVENTS DIARY pages 61–64 BOOK BY MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BASED ON THE NOVEL BY Jerome Lawrence Jerry Herman Patrick Dennis AND THE PLAY AUNTIE MAME AND Robert E. Lee AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT KEEPING IN TOUCH BY LAWRENCE AND LEE We’d love to keep in touch with you and make sure you receive the latest information HHHH ‘OOZES STYLE AND SASS… about our work, along with the very best ticket discounts. We also want to be more BENNETT IS IRRESISTIBLE’ sustainable and cost effective with our marketing. During 2020 we are committed to The Times significantly reducing the amount of printed and mailed marketing materials we send out. DON’T MISS OUT – ensure that we have your correct email address and contact preferences. We don’t want to lose touch! 1 PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE THURSDAY 6 – SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE AND UP IN ARMS PRODUCTION Director Alice Hamilton Designer LORCA’S James Perkins Lighting Designer Johanna Town Sound & Music Harry Blake Age guidance 14+ (contains BLOOD some strong language) Tickets: £30–£13 Members 10% discount: first 5 nights WEDDING See diary pages for performance times and details Retold by Barney Norris of BSL signed, Captioned and Audio Described A Wiltshire village, today. Rob and his fiancée Georgie are performances. checking out the village hall for their wedding reception, but Rob’s Mum wonders if they are rushing into things. Just as they Young Writers Workshop (For ages 12–17) begin to talk her round, a figure from Georgie’s past appears with Barney Norris and threatens to shatter their plans. Very soon Georgie is Thursday 30 January questioning who really is the love of her life. 4pm–6pm Barney Norris’ explosive retelling of this classic tragedy sets the Places are FREE but must be booked in advance action in a modern Wiltshire community, rocked by revelations and gossip. His previous plays at Salisbury Playhouse include Playwriting with Barney Echo’s End and Remains of the Day. Norris (For ages 18+) Saturday 8 February 1pm–5pm ‘HAS AN EMOTIONAL PULL THAT £20 CONFIRMS NORRIS AS A WRITER Talk: Setting up a Theatre TO WATCH’ Company with Barney Norris and Alice The Guardian on Echo’s End Hamilton of Up in Arms Saturday 22 February 12pm–1pm £5 Supported by Wiltshire Creative’s Talk: Developing a Play with Barney Norris Image: Feast Creative Saturday 22 February 5.30pm–6.30pm £5 Up in Arms supported by Frank and Elizabeth Brenan 2 3 PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 7 MARCH AN EVERYMAN THEATRE CHELTENHAM PRODUCTION Director WILLY RUSSELL’S HIT COMEDY Ian Talbot See diary pages for performance times and details of Audio Described performances. SHIRLEY Tickets £29–£13 Members 10% discount on VALENTINE first night Starring Claire Sweeney From the writer of Educating Rita comes this heart-warming comedy, which has won multiple Olivier and Tony awards and been adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti. Claire Sweeney (Brookside, Scarborough, Chicago and Guys and Dolls) plays the title role of Shirley, who’s feeling stagnant and stuck in a rut in her empty nest, preparing egg and chips for her emotionally distant husband. When the opportunity arises to leave Merseyside behind for a holiday in Greece, Shirley leaves a note and heads for the sun where she starts to see the world – and herself – very differently. ‘THE PLAY IS AT TIMES FUNNY, AT OTHERS DESOLATINGLY SAD, AND AT THE END IT EMERGES AS A MOVING CELEBRATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT’ The Telegraph 4 5 PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE TUESDAY 10 – SATURDAY 14 MARCH TUESDAY 17 – SATURDAY 21 MARCH “There is a way to be good again” See diary pages for performance times and The Kite Runner, an outstanding and unforgettable theatrical details of Audio Described tour de force, returns to Salisbury following a hit West End run. performances. Based on Khaled Hosseini’s international bestselling novel, Tickets £30–£14 Members 10% discount on TV and stage favourite Tom Chambers, (Top Hat, Strictly Come this haunting tale of friendship spans cultures and continents See diary pages for first night and follows one man’s journey to confront his past and find Dancing) stars in this brand-new production as the charismatic performance times and Age guidance 15+ and manipulative Tony Wendice, a jaded ex-tennis pro who has details of Audio Described redemption. performances. given it all up for his wife Margot. When he discovers she has Afghanistan is a country on the verge of war and best friends are EXTRA MATINEE been unfaithful, his mind turns to revenge and the pursuit of the Tickets £28–£14 about to be torn apart. It’s a beautiful afternoon in Kabul, the ADDED! ‘perfect crime’. Members 10% discount on skies are full of colour and the streets are full of the excitement first night of a kite flying tournament, but no one can foresee the terrible Also featuring Christopher Harper (Coronation Street) and made Age guidance 10+ famous by Alfred Hitchcock’s world-renowned film of 1950, this incident that will shatter their lives forever. iconic play is the definitive seat-gripping drama that is not to EXTRA MATINEE be missed! ADDED! HHHHH ‘THE BEST PAGE-TO-STAGE SHOW SINCE WAR ‘A PRECISION-ENGINEERED DELIGHT’ HORSE… A SPELLBINDING PRODUCTION’ The Telegraph The Stage 6 7 PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE THURSDAY 26 MARCH – SATURDAY 11 APRIL A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE AND TOBACCO FACTORY THEATRES PRODUCTION Director David Mercatali Designer EDWARD ALBEE’S Anisha Fields Lighting Chris Swain Sound Designer WHO’S AFRAID OF Dinah Mullen See diary pages for performance times and details VIRGINIA WOOLF? of BSL Signed, Captioned and Audio Described George and Martha invite Nick and Honey to join them for a performances. nightcap. It’s way too late in the evening, but what do they Tickets £29–£13 have to lose? Members 10% discount on By turns brilliantly funny and utterly devastating, you won’t first 5 nights want to look away from Edward Albee’s landmark black Age guidance 14+ comedy, immortalised by the film starring Richard Burton and (contains adult themes and strong language) Elizabeth Taylor. Two professors and their wives living the American Dream. Presented by special arrangement with Samuel Following an innocent invitation after a college campus party, French Ltd, a Concord the paper-thin illusion that all is well starts to peel away as Theatricals company. George and Martha realise they have a captive audience for their toxic domestic games. As dawn approaches, there is only one way this party can end. And whether they like it or not, everyone must play their part. Pull up a chair and fix yourself a drink. ‘ALBEE’S BLACK COMEDY STILL PACKS A BLISTERING PUNCH’ Radio Times on a previous production Image: Alamy Francesca Henry Mark Meadows Pooky Quesnel Joseph Tweedale 8 9 PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL – SATURDAY 16 MAY A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE PRODUCTION Director Gareth Machin Designer NOËL COWARD’S Rebecca Brower Lighting Designer Sally Ferguson Sound Designer Andrea J Cox See diary pages for HAY FEVER performance times and details of BSL Signed, Captioned In deepest Berkshire, retired actress Judith Bliss and her and Audio Described eccentric family have invited guests over for a weekend in performances. the country. But the promise of an idyllic stay is quickly Tickets £29–£13 forgotten as the hapless visitors become playthings in the Members 10% discount on family’s self-made melodrama, resulting in comedic chaos. first 5 nights Cleverly constructed, wittily written and brilliantly entertaining, this is Coward at his best. A sparkling comedy of manners for a summer’s evening. ‘IN THE HIGHEST MOOD OF FANTASTIC COMEDY’ The Times on a previous production ‘COWARD’S HUMOUR IS RAZOR SHARP’ Daily Express on a previous production Image: Feast Creative 10 11 PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE PLAYHOUSE | MAIN HOUSE MONDAY 15 – SATURDAY 20 JUNE TUESDAY 30 JUNE – SATURDAY 4 JULY A MUSICAL THEATRE SALISBURY PRODUCTION Book by Music by Lyrics by ON SALE FEBRUARY 2020 Julian Fellowes George Stiles Anthony Drew ‘A FEEL GOOD MUSICAL WITH A SOUNDTRACK TO DIE FOR’ This amateur production is presented through special The Independent Based on the book by Kenneth Grahame arrangement with and all Original production produced by Jamie Hendry authorised performance There’s a whole lotta shakin’ going on! See diary pages for materials are supplied by performance times and Following its success in the West End, Las Vegas and on Musical Theatre Salisbury are delighted to present this enchanting Theatrical Rights Worldwide details of Audio Described (TRW), 122–124 Regent Street, Broadway, Million Dollar Quartet comes to Salisbury! This performances.
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