JANE MCDONALD One of the Nation’S Best-Loved Entertainers, Is Back with Her Phenomenal New Live Show
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EASTBOURNE THEATRES BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 AUTUMN 2019 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk AUG-DEC WELCOME TO EASTBOURNE THEATRES HELLO ❱ It’s that time of year as we present for you an exciting 30 autumn programme of theatre to tempt you away from ❱ 12-13 ❱ 14 CINDERELLA the sofa and into the wonderful world of live theatre. AMELIE LULU ON ICE Top class drama continues at the Devonshire Park Theatre. In the coming months we welcome war-time drama The Night Watch, Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, Agatha Christie classic The Mousetrap, Alan Ayckbourn comedy Ten Times Table and West End smash-hit thriller The Girl On The Train. We are delighted to bring you two new touring musicals; Oscar winning movie Amelie is now a fantastical stage musical receiving rave reviews wherever it plays, and Noel Coward’s Me & The Girls comes to Eastbourne prior to a London run. New faces making their way to the sunshine coast include football legend Harry Redknapp, comedian Ben Elton, pop- icon Lulu, author of best-selling novel This Is Going To Hurt Adam Kay and Louis Smith, Melody Thornton, Rachel Stevens and Lee Ryan in Rip It Up The 70s. And let’s not forget pantomime! Martin Knight and Tucker make ❱ 32 ❱ 42-43 a welcome return in Jack and the Beanstalk with Steven Serlin GIRL ON JACK & THE ❱ 44-45 as baddie Fleshcreep and Katherine Glover as your hero Jack. THE TRAIN BEANSTALK BLOOD BROTHERS It’s going to be Fe-Fi-Fo-Fun so be sure to come and join us! CHRIS JORDAN Box Office 01323 412000 Facebook.com/EBTheatres Theatre Director, (standard rate) CONTACT @EBTheatres Eastbourne Theatres boxoffice@ lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk US ❱ eastbournetheatres.co.uk @eastbourne_theatres eastbournetheatres 2 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 3 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Playing until Saturday 17 August Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 August Tue – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS First 2 nights £19 all seats From the team behind last summer’s Return To The Tue – Thu 7.45pm £19, £20, £22.50, £24.50 Forbidden Planet and One Man Two Guv’nors get Tue – Sat 7.30pm Fri & Sat 7.45pm ready for riotous spy thriller, The 39 Steps. Wed, Thu & Sat 2.30pm £19, £21, £24.50, £26.50 Based on John Buchan's classic novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film Wed & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS The 39 Steps, this hilarious comedy is 100 minutes of fast-paced fun! £19, £22 The West End production of Annie comes to Eastbourne. Tue – Thu It boasts an onstage plane crash, rooftop train chase, handcuffs, Conc £1.50 off This ‘ ’ (The Times) stars £21.50, £26.50, £33.50, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance! glorious revival Birds of a Feather’s £39.50, £42.50 Groups 10+ 10% off Lesley Joseph as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan! ‘Gasp’ in astonishment at the breathtaking adventures of our dashing (Apply 7.45pm only) Fri & Sat Under 16s Half Price £24.50, £29.50, £36.50, hero Richard Hannay as he grapples with dastardly murderers, double- Set in 1930s New York, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery £42.50, £47.50 crossing secret agents and devastatingly beautiful women. ‘Whoop’ (max 2 per full at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Her luck changes when she's chosen to price adult) Conc £5 off with delight as he narrowly escapes from a succession of hair-raising spend Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Meanwhile, Friends of Devonshire Park Under 16s £10 off escapades and ‘hoot’ with laughter as he and his fellow characters Miss Hannigan hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search for her true family… Theatre 25% off Groups 10+ £4 off, deliver some of the funniest one-liners you’ll hear on stage all year. (Tues nights only) With its Tony® award-winning book and score, including It’s The 20+ £5 off, 30+ £6 off A riotous blend of brilliant performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, Audio described Hard - Knock Life and Tomorrow, you can bet your bottom dollar (Apply Tue – Thu, performance. See p.46 The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of non-stop laughter! that you’ll love it! top 3 prices only) AUGUST 4 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 5 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Thursday 22 – Saturday 31 August FROM THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR Sarah Waters “HATTIE NAYLOR’S EXCEPTIONAL ADAPTATION OF THE BEST-SELLING ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY NOVEL.” HATTIE NAYLOR THE GUARDIAN HHHH Tue – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm “IT LEFT ME CHOKED TICKETS UP AND BLINKING The Night Watch is the thrilling and beautiful story from Tue – Thu 7.45pm the award winning, number one best-selling author, £19, £20, £22.50, £24.50 BACK THE TEARS AT Fri & Sat 7.45pm Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet, The Paying Guest £19, £21, £24.50, £26.50 THE END.” and The Little Stranger.)” Wed & Sat 2.30pm THE DAILY TELEGRAPH £19, £22 Set in London in the 1940s, we follow the lives and loves of people Conc £1.50 off recovering from the chaos of war. Groups 10+ 10% off HHHH A story of everyday heroism takes us from a dazed and shattered (Apply 7.45pm only) post-war Britain back into the heart of the Blitz, towards the secrets Under 16s & Students £9 “MOVING, GRIPPING, that are hidden there. Under 25s £10 Olivier-nominated playwright Hattie Naylor creates a gripping and Friends of Devonshire Park DRAMATICALLY theatrically inventive adaptation of this great modern novel. From the Theatre 25% off (First ELECTRIFYING AND team that brought you Birdsong, The Habit of Art and The Importance night & Tues night only) of Being Earnest this eagerly anticipated brand new production is set Audio described .” performance. See p.46 OUTSTANDING to shine on tour for the first time. THE TIMES (ON BIRDSONG) AUGUST 6 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 7 Eastbourne_Night-Watch_210x297mm.indd 1 12/07/2019 10:41 CONGRESS THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Thursday 22 August 7.30pm Sunday 25 August 3pm ANYTHING FOR LOVE THE LEN PHILLIPS BIG THE MEAT LOAF STORY BAND & SINGERS Steve Steinman brings you his brand-new production featuring twenty-five of Meat 100 YEARS OF BIG BANDS Loaf’s greatest hits. With incredible stage From the golden age of Basie, Miller, Ellington, set and live band, combined with Steve’s Goodman and Ted Heath, through to current sense of humour and stage presence, the artists Harry Connick Jr and Michael Bublé show can only be described as ‘ ’. awesome paying tribute to legends Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald along the way. Starring Matthew Ford (John Wilson Orchestra, Friday Night Is TICKETS £29.50, Under 16s £15 *TICKETS £20, Conc £18 CONGRESS THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Friday 23 August 8pm Saturday 7 September 10.30am T.REXTASY SOOTY & FRIENDS T.Rextasy have been performing around Sooty and gang are back! Along with Paul the world for over 20 years and have Megram/Colonel Custard and Bippo the been described by many as ‘beyond the Clown, Sooty, Sweep and Soo bring lots of boundaries of tribute’. If you would like to fun, mischief and magic in this show which know exactly what a Marc Bolan concert will amaze all the family – plus a chance to was like in the 1970s, this show is for you! meet Sooty and Richard after the show! TICKETS £26.50 TICKETS £12 CONGRESS THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Saturday 24 August 7.30pm Saturday 7 September 7.30pm BEYOND THE AN EVENING BARRICADE OF MAGIC Celebrating 20 years touring, this new show PREPARE TO BE AMAZED! will include many of the best numbers that Witness a spectacular show featuring the most have made Beyond the Barricade the most exciting names in magic & variety in the UK popular musical theatre concert in the including the Magic Circle Stage Magician of country, featuring a live band who capture the Year! A one off night promising the best in the magical feel of the original orchestrations. magic, juggling, comedy and variety. Suspend disbelief and allow yourself to be amazed. TICKETS £26, Conc £24 TICKETS £15 - SEPTEMBER AUGUST 8 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) *Where applicable prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 9 CONGRESS THEATRE Monday 2 – Saturday 7 September The definitive 30th anniversary tour of Fame The Musical Age guidance 12+ starring Keith Jack (Any Dream Will Do, Joseph and Mon – Sat 7.30pm the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Mica Paris Thu & Sat 2.30pm (Love Me Tender, Chicago, Mama I Want To Sing) TICKETS and Jorgie Porter (Hollyoaks, Dancing On Ice). Mon – Thu KEITH JACK JORGIE PORTER MICA PARIS £24, £29, £33, £36 as NICK PIAZZA as IRIS KELLY as MISS SHERMAN Based on the 1980 phenomenal pop culture film, Fame The Musical is Thu 2.30pm the international smash hit following the lives of students at New York’s £22, £27, £31, £34 High School For The Performing Arts as they navigate through the highs Fri & Sat £27, £32, £36, £39 FAME THE MUSICAL and lows and the ultimate elation of life. This bittersweet, uplifting triumph of a show explores the issues that confront many young people today. Conc £3 off Conceived and Developed by DAVID DE SILVA Book by JOSE FERNANDEZ Lyrics by JACQUES LEVY Music by STEVE MARGOSHES Groups 10+ £3 off, Featuring the Oscar-winning title song and a cast of outstanding Title Song FAME written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore 20+ £4 off, 30+ £5 off Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Limited dancers, singers, musicians and actors as they transform from star (Apply Mon – Thu, Director/Choreographer Nick Winston struck pupils to superstars.