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

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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

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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

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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

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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. Fame The Musical will indeed live forever. top 3 prices) SEPTEMBER

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Hartshorn - Hook Productions and Selladoor Productions in association with The Watermill Theatre and Broadway Asia present

Amélie is an astonishing young woman who lives quietly in the world, but loudly in her mind. She secretly improvises small, but extraordinary acts of kindness that bring happiness to those around her. But when a chance at love comes her way, Amélie will have to risk everything and say what’s in her heart. Amélie, played by the delightful Audrey Brisson The Elephantom, Pinocchio and Pericles (National Theatre), The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic) and more, is a new musical based on the much loved five-time Oscar®-nominated ‘A MAGICAL AND ‘AN IRRESISTIBLE, film. Nino will be played by Danny Mac Les Miserables (Southampton), EMOTIONAL TRIUMPH’ DELICIOUS TREAT’ Wicked (West End) Strictly Come THE GUARDIAN THE TIMES Dancing (BBC finalist), On The Town (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre). Although times are hard for dreamers, Amélie is someone to believe in.

Mon – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS Mon – Thu 7.45pm £22, £25, £30, £32 Wed & Sat 2.30pm £23, £25 Fri & Sat 7.45pm £25, £28, £33, £35 Conc £3 off Groups 10+ £2 off, 20+ £3 off (Excludes Sat, top 3 prices) Please note the role of Nino will be played by Chris Jared on Sat 14 September. Friends of Devonshire Park Theatre 25% off (First 2 nights only) STARRING ‘DELIGHTFUL’ SUNDAY EXPRESS & Audio described performance. See p. 46 AUDREY BRISSON DANNY MAC THE STAGE SEPTEMBER

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EDPT_10207_Amelie_BrochureDPS_296x210_+3mmBleed.indd 1 04/07/2019 16:19 CONGRESS THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Thursday 12 September 7.30pm Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 September AN AUDIENCE WITH HARRY REDKNAPP I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! winner and famous football manager Harry Redknapp is coming to Eastbourne! Telling stories from his football days and tales from the jungle, Harry is a wonderful raconteur with a wealth of hilarious stories to tell. The show will include a Q&A session.

TICKETS £32 VIP Meet & Greet £82 – Limited Availability

CONGRESS THEATRE Saturday 14 September 7.30pm JANE MCDONALD One of the nation’s best-loved entertainers, is back with her phenomenal new live show. The BAFTA award-winning star always delivers a stunning performance and along with her fantastic live band, Noël Coward’s guarantees to bring the audience to their feet on this evening of music and laughter!

Starring James Gaddas TICKETS £35, £40, £45, £50 Me and the Girls Limited Availability Adapted by Richard Stirling Directed and choreographed by Stewart Nicholls Tues – Sat 7.45pm Music arrangements by Rowland Lee Wed & Sat 2.30pm CONGRESS THEATRE TICKETS Friday 20 September 7.30pm George Banks has been touring Europe since the end of World War Two – always with his troupe Tues – Thur 7.45pm £22, £23, £25.50, £27.50 of girls. It’s the 1960s now, and he’s running out of LULU Fri & Sat 7.45pm ON FIRE TOUR steam. But in his mind, he’s still up there with the £23, £24, £27.50, £29.50 best – George Banks and His Six Bombshells! Wed & Sat 2.30pm If you haven’t seen Lulu live, then don’t £25 miss this opportunity as Lulu recounts her From the inspired pen of Sir Noël Coward comes this hilarious Conc £1.50 off remarkable life. Supported by a 4-piece band, and evocative musical comedy of the last days of vaudeville, Groups 10+ 10% off LED screen with carefully selected family and with songs such as Mad about the Boy, If Love Were All and (Apply Tue – Thu career defining moments, Lulu will have you Bad Times Just Around the Corner from the Coward songbook. 7.45pm only) sitting, standing, dancing, singing, laughing Starring James Gaddas best known to audiences for starring as Friends of Devonshire Park Theatre 25% off and simply listening to her amazing story. Governor Neil Grayling in ITV’s Bad Girls and West End Musicals (First night only) including Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia, The Girls and Spamalot. The cast also includes Nicola Bryan, Jessica Brydges, Stephanie Audio described performance. See p.46

TICKETS £37, £42 Cremona, Lara Lewis, Natalie Quarry, Lydia Shaw and Tom Self. SEPTEMBER

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CONGRESS THEATRE Thursday 26 September 7.30pm THE GREATEST HITS AGATHA CHRISTIE’S OF MOTOWN HOW SWEET IT IS Now in its 18th successive year, this stunning 100% live show combines first class music with the slickest choreography and an amazing band. This show will have you Dancing On The Ceiling, with songs Starring SUSAN PENHALIGON from legendary Motown artistes.

TICKETS £26, £28 Mon – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS CONGRESS THEATRE Mon – Thu 7.45pm Friday 27 September 7.30pm £21, £22, £24.50, £26.50 Fri & Sat 7.45pm £22, £23, £26.50, £28.50 TOMMY The Mousetrap has become the longest running show of Wed & Sat 2.30pm £21, £23 THE ALBUM – LIVE any kind in the world by keeping audiences on the edge Conc £1.50 off The Who’s iconic masterpiece is performed of their seat in this masterful whodunit by the Queen of Groups 10+ 10% off masterfully by fabulous, 8-piece band, (Apply 7.45pm only) Crime, Agatha Christie. The Goldhawks backed with exciting, and Under 16s & Students £9 A snowstorm closes in on a guest house, trapping a group of strangers Under 25s £10 sometimes heart-wrenching, projection of archive footage. To send you home on inside with a murderer… Who is it and why have they come to Friends of Devonshire Park Monkswell Manor? Theatre 25% off an even bigger high expect a few all-time (First 2 nights only) classic Who hits to close the show! Starring Susan Penhaligon (Bouquet of Barbed Wire, A Fine Romance), experience the mystery and suspense of one of Agatha Christie’s Audio described performance. See p.46

greatest plays, and remember – keep the secret! TICKETS £24 SEPTEMBER

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ticket for admission, contact box office for details TICKETS £21.50, £24.50, Conc £1 off SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

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TICKETS £29, £34, Conc £1.50 off TICKETS £25 Groups 10+ Get 11th Ticket Free

DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Tuesday 8 October 7.45pm Friday 11 October 7.30pm SINATRA: RAW PAM AYRES Written and performed by Richard Shelton UP IN THE ATTIC with live piano accompaniment. Pam Ayres has been making the nation laugh You are invited to Palm Springs, California, for over 40 years, making a popular return to 1971. Frank Sinatra faces retirement. The air the Congress, she will be performing poems is electric and the crowd jockey for position from her new book Up In The Attic along with at Sinatra’s last intimate show. But times are classic poems and stories from her long career. changing. This is the 2am Sinatra you dream of meeting. Dangerous. Unpredictable. Brilliant.

TICKETS £19 TICKETS £24.50

DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Wednesday 9 October 2.30pm & 7.45pm Friday 11 & Saturday 12 October 8pm THE NATIONAL TRUST ADAM KAY – THIS IS FAN CLUB GOING TO HURT Written and performed by Helen Wood (SECRET DIARIES OF A JUNIOR DOCTOR) Join Helen Wood’s one-woman quest to Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares visit every National Trust property and entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this become the NT’s biggest super-fan. Enjoy “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up Helen’s new show following hot on the heels and music.The accompanying book, This Is of sell-out hit The OS Map Fan Club. Packed Going To Hurt is a Sunday Times bestseller, to the brim with Goretex, cream teas, and a and is being turned into a major BBC series. loyal canine assistant (when NT rules allow).

TICKETS £19 TICKETS £26 OCTOBER

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(Mon eve only) on an adventure, brilliant young cellist idyll, the ‘Pastoral’ Symphony. more concerts OCTOBER-MARCH

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TICKETS £25.50

DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Wednesday 16 October 7.30pm CHARLIE LANDSBOROUGH In 2019, UK Country Music legend Charlie Landsborough plans to retire from touring, but before his retirement, Charlie embarks on an extended tour of Britain. Known as a country music singer, this is only one part of his live shows, expect a night of beautiful ballads, folk, blues, country, rock ‘n’ roll, pop and gospel.

TICKETS £26

CONGRESS THEATRE Thu - Sat 7.45pm Thursday 17 October 7.30pm Sat 2.30pm Age guidance 16+ THE SIMON & TICKETS Thu – Sat 7.45pm GARFUNKEL STORY £16, £18, £21.50, £23.50 Direct from a week-long run in London’s West A chance meeting between two writers in a North London Sat 2.30pm End, a worldwide tour and standing ovations, pub leads to an alcohol-fuelled night of verbal sparring. £19 The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back! Using Conc £1.50 off Hirst, a wealthy recluse, invites Spooner, a down-at-heel poet, to huge projection photos, original film footage Groups 10+ 10% off his Hampstead townhouse for a nightcap. As the whisky flows, their and a full live band enjoy all the hits including (Apply 7.45pm only) stories become more elaborate and improbable, until the arrival of and . Students £9 Mrs Robinson, Cecilia Homeward Bound two younger men forces events to take an unexpected turn. Under 25s £10 In his most beguiling and atmospheric play, inter interweaves Friends of Devonshire Park truth, language and memory to create a world of dark comedy Theatre 25% off

TICKETS £23, £25, Conc £20 and subtle power games. (First night only) OCTOBER

24 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 25 CONGRESS THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Saturday 19 October 11am & 2pm Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 October JUSTIN LIVE! Come and see CBeebies superstar and children’s favourite Justin Fletcher live on stage in an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza. Famous for his appearances in hit programmes such as Something Special, Justin’s House and Gigglebiz, Justin will bring his very own spectacular show to our stage.

TICKETS £18, £20, Under 16s £2 off top 2 prices Terraces £15

DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Sunday 20 October 7pm WIRELESS WISE A CELEBRATION OF BBC RADIO 4 Bringing together a unique group of seasoned radio pros for a celebration of BBC Radio in an unforgettable evening of comedy, music and nostalgia. Join Alistair McGowan, the Reverend Richard Coles, Garry Richardson, Charlotte Green and special guest Joe Stilgoe, as they reminisce with a show packed with hilarious anecdotes, sketches and music. Tue – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS £22.50, £24.50, £27.50 TICKETS Tue – Thu 7.45pm CONGRESS THEATRE £18, £19, £21.50, £23.50 Sunday 27 October 3pm Fri & Sat 7.45pm £18, £20, £23.50, £25.50 Agatha Christie turns sleuth! Wed 2.30pm LAST NIGHT OF THE £19 Starring Lin Blakley as Agatha Christie. Sat 2.30pm £19, £21 AUTUMN PROMS Agatha Christie and Margaret Rutherford should never have been friends. Conc Uplifting classics including Rossini Barber of But they were. Their paths crossed when they found themselves at the £1.50 off Groups 10+ 10% off , Debussy Sousa heart of one of British cinema's most successful franchises. However, Seville Overture Clair de lune (Apply 7.45pm only) , Elgar crowned with Liberty Bell March Nimrod the Miss Marple films almost didn't get made. Under 16s & Students £9 a Great British Proms finale and all your proms Murder, Margaret and Me is a story of friendship, identity and the Under 25s £10 favourites. Conductor Hilary Davan Wetton, achievement of women in the long-lost world of the silver screen. tenor Robyn Lyn Evans, baritone Grant Doyle Friends of Devonshire Park Theatre 25% off and the London Concert Orchestra. From the company who brought you The Picture of Dorian Gray, Tilted Wig Productions are delighted to tour this fascinating play which tells the (First 2 nights only) TICKETS £24.50, £29.50, £39.50 story of two of our greatest and most celebrated national treasures. Lin Audio described performance. See p.46 Groups 10+ 20% off (Top 2 prices) Blakley is most recently known to audiences as Pam Coker in EastEnders. OCTOBER

26 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 27 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Monday 28 October – Saturday 2 November This production is by arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) LTD., London London (EUROPE) LTD., INTERNATIONAL with MUSIC THEATRE arrangement is by This production Avenue Q has not been authorised or approved by the Jim Henson Company or Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility which have or Sesame the Jim Henson Company Workshop, by been authorised or approved Q has not Avenue its content for

Age guidance 14+ Mon – Sat 7.45pm Sat 2.30pm TICKETS Mon – Thur 7.45pm & Sat 2.30pm £25, £27, £28.50, £31.50 Music & Lyrics by GUESS Q’s BACK! Fantasies come true - the hilarious and Fri & Sat 7.45pm ROBERT LOPEZ multi award-winning Avenue Q is back in Eastbourne! £28, £30, £31.50, £34.50 and JEFF MARX Conc £3 off Catch-up with all your favourite (and unforgettable) characters on a Under 25s £15 downtown New York street trying to make sense of life’s burning issues – Book by Groups 4+ £3 off like what do you do with a BA in English? How do you find your purpose? JEFF WHITTY And is the internet really just for… never mind. Friends of Devonshire Park Theatre 25% off Based on an Original Concept by Missed all the fuzz last time round? Don’t let your life suck – book now! (First 2 nights only) ROBERT LOPEZ Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (Co-creator of Book of Mormon) Audio described and JEFF MARX performance. See p.46 and the producers of Footloose, Flashdance and American Idiot. - NOVEMBER OCTOBER

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THE RUSSIAN STATE BALLET & OPERA HOUSE present Thu 31 October, 7.30pm THE NUTCRACKER Fri 1 November, 7.30pm DON QUIXOTE Sat 2 November, 2.30pm & 7.30pm SWAN LAKE

Wed – Sat 7.30pm Thu & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS Wed & Thu 7.30pm The world renowned Russian Ice Stars take you through £15.50, £19.50, £22.50, their stunning adaptation of the enchanted tale, with £25.50 Family Ticket (2 adults an Evil Stepmother, Wicked Stepsisters and much + 2 under 16s) £74 needed Fairy Godmother! Fri – Sat & Thu 2.30pm £18.50, £22.50, £25.50, As the clock strikes midnight and the magic fades for poor Cinderella, £28.50 After sell-out performances last year, the Russian State the talented Ice Dancers continue to dazzle as the Prince searches Thu – Sat 7.30pm Family Ticket (2 adults + Sat 2.30pm the land for the beautiful girl who left behind her glass slipper. Ballet and Opera House is back for its annual UK tour 2 under 16s) £80 with spellbinding, lavish, full-production touring ballet. The high-speed combination of extraordinary skating, beautifully staged Conc £2 off TICKETS with breath-taking aerial feats will leave you mesmerised. This spell- Under 16s & Students £17 Featuring an impressive 30-piece orchestra and a dazzling company £30, £33, £35, £37 binding show promises to be both lavish and spectacular, dazzling Groups 10+ £2 off of virtuoso performers, enjoy three timeless ballet classics, the Conc £2 off

with its sheer beauty and elegance that will thrill the whole family. 20+ £3 off memories of which, you will cherish long after the final curtain falls. Under 16s £23 - NOVEMBER OCTOBER

30 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 31 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Monday 4 – Saturday 9 November Friday 8 November 7.30pm SOME GUYS HAVE ★★★★ ALL THE LUCK THE ROD STEWART STORY ‘THIS IS 50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, this fantastic live concert celebrates one of rock music’s most successful artistes A MUST. of all time. Capturing the excitement, energy and charisma that have made Rod a true DON’T rock icon, including those infamous moves and all the hits you know and love. MISS IT’ TICKETS £25.50, Conc £1.50 off WHATSONSTAGE

CONGRESS THEATRE DIRECT Saturday 9 November 7.30pm FROM THE AN AUDIENCE WITH WEST END SIMON REEVE STARRING From being chased by pirates, hounded by the KGB and bombed by Colombian barons, Simon Reeve has travelled through SAMANTHA WOMACK over 120 countries! This evening is not only a fascinating and educational show, but at times shocking, inspirational and hilarious! This show includes exclusive multi-media footage and a Q&A session. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN TICKETS £27 Critics are calling The Girl On The Train ‘ ’, Mon – Sat 7.45pm exceptional Wed, Thu & Sat 2.30pm ‘gripping’ and ‘must-see theatre’ and it’s coming to Eastbourne direct from the West End. TICKETS Mon – Thu 7.45pm Rachel Watson longs for a different life. £22, £23, £25.50, £27.50 Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train Fri & Sat 7.45pm window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel £23, £24, £27.50, £29.50 learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly Wed, Thu & Sat 2.30pm disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in £22, £24 a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than Conc £1.50 off she could ever have anticipated. Groups 10+ 10% off (Apply Mon – Thu Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ novel – an international phenomenon 7.45pm only) selling over twenty million copies worldwide – and starring Samantha Under 16s & Students £9 Womack (EastEnders, Game On, The Kingsman series) and Oliver Friends of Devonshire Farnworth (Hollyoaks, Coronation Street), this gripping new play Park Theatre 25% off

will keep you guessing until the final moment. (First night only) NOVEMBER

32 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 33 CONGRESS THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Monday 11 November 7.30pm Friday 15 November 7.30pm BEN ELTON ONE NIGHT IN DUBLIN More than 30 years ago, Ben Elton exploded Multi-award-winning Irish band The Wild into the national consciousness. Now, after a Murphys features the very best traditional 15-year absence, the Godfather of modern Irish musicians celebrating Irish classics stand-up returns to the medium he did so including: Galway Girl, Dirty Old Town, much to define. The Irish Rover, Whiskey in the Jar, Wild Back on the road with an all new stand-up Rover and Molly Malone. Guaranteed to have show, Ben promises to try and make sense hands clapping and toes tapping all night. of a world which appears to have gone stark raving mad. 'Just give him a stage and a microphone and Ben Elton is the best. No contest.' *TICKETS £24 The Sunday Times CONGRESS THEATRE Saturday 16 November 7.30pm LOST IN MUSIC ONE NIGHT AT THE DISCO *TICKETS £31.50 Get ready to recreate the magical 70’s and relive some of the greatest songs of all time. With sensational live band, DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE incredibly talented cast and stunning Thursday 14 – Sunday 17 November vocals, come dressed to impress as Thu – Sat 7.45pm, Thu & Sat 2.30pm, we celebrate the golden age of Disco! Sun 3pm

EODS present WEST SIDE STORY *TICKETS £26 This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised CONGRESS THEATRE performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe. Sunday 17 November 4pm Bernstein’s classic musical West Side Story is back in Eastbourne for the first time in over a New Sussex Opera decade. The Jets and the Sharks fight a turf war whilst young lovers try to overcome social LA BELLE HÉLÈNE and cultural differences. It’s a story as relevant Opéra-bouffe by Jacques Offenbach. A collaboration with today as it was in the 1950s. Opera della Luna. NSO Chorus, St Paul’s Sinfonia, Conductor Toby Purser. Cast includes Hannah Pedley and Anthony Flaum. Live opera, fully staged and sung in English. Prepare for plenty of surprises in Jeff Clarke’s version of the story of the lovely Helen of Troy. Stuffy it isn’t.

TICKETS £24, £31, £36

TICKETS £18, Under 16s £16 Under 16s & Students Half Price NOVEMBER

34 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | *Where applicable prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) *Where applicable prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 35 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Monday 18 – Saturday 23 November Friday 22 November 7.30pm THE ELTON SHOW A TRIBUTE TO THE ‘ROCKET MAN’ A celebration of Elton John’s greatest hits performed by international singer- songwriter C.J. Marvin. This uniquely entertaining show joyfully re-creates the magical “spirit” of Elton John and his music covering 4 decades of incredible music, BILL KENWRIGHT presents from the 70’s up to the present day.

TICKETS £25, Conc £23

Alan Ayckbourn’s CONGRESS THEATRE Hilarious Hit West End Comedy Sunday 24 November 7.30pm WHITNEY - QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Taking us on a magical rollercoaster ride through three decades of classic hit’s, this award winning production features a sensational line-up of musicians and artistes, and together with a powerhouse and breath-taking performance in the spirit of Whitney, deliver a show that exceeds expectation on every level.

TICKETS £26, £28

Mon – Sat 7.45pm CONGRESS THEATRE Wed & Sat 2.30pm Tuesday 26 November 7.30pm Robert Daws leads a star cast in the classic TICKETS Mon – Thu 7.45pm Ayckbourn comedy. £19, £20, £22.50, £24.50 SIXTIES GOLD 2019 In the long-since ‘grand’ ballroom of the local Swan Hotel, a most Fri & Sat 7.45pm Herman’s Hermits, The Merseybeats, miscellaneous assemblage gathers to conduct the business of the £19, £21, £24.50, £26.50 The Marmalade, Wayne Fontana and the Pendon Folk Festival, led by excitable chairman Ray. Unfortunately, Wed & Sat 2.30pm Mindbenders and Love Affair’s Steve Ellis. £19, £22 for Ray, his calamitous committee quickly divides, as his wife Helen Re-live the magic of the 1960s with five Conc £1.50 off has a bone to pick. Add a Marxist schoolteacher, a military dog- chart-topping acts from that memorable Groups 10+ 10% off breeder and an octogenarian secretary, and the table is set for decade, who between them scored over (Apply 7.45pm only) one of comedy master Ayckbourn’s most hilarious plays. 50 UK hits. Friends of Devonshire Park The star cast includes leading stage and TV actor Robert Daws Theatre 25% off (The Royal, Outside Edge and Roger Roger); Deborah Grant (First 2 nights only) ( and ); Robert Duncan ( ); Not Going Out Bergerac Drop The Dead Donkey Audio described

Elizabeth Power (EastEnders) and TV and theatre veteran, Mark Curry. performance. See p46 TICKETS £36 NOVEMBER

36 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 37 CONGRESS THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Thursday 28 November 7pm Friday 20 December 7.30pm Bourne School present THE ESTEFAN RETURN OF EXPERIENCE THE LEGENDS CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF GLORIA ESTEFAN Bourne School are back this year with Return of the Legends. Get ready for an exciting Celebrating the Queen Of Latin Pop, evening of dance from these talented children. experience all the hits from her amazing With toe tapping hits from major legends and career culminating in over 100 million icons, the children will blow you away with album sales and 26 Grammy Awards. each performance. This show stopping Latin extravaganza includes a live band with Cuban themed TICKETS £7 singers and dancers and of course the most iconic pop songs of the era: Get On Your Feet, 1-2-3, Rhythm is Gonna Get You, Anything CONGRESS THEATRE For You, Dr Beat, Here We Are, Don’t Want To Saturday 30 November 3pm Lose You Now, Can’t Stay Away From You, Coming Out Of The Dark and many more. THE FOUR SEASONS BY CANDLELIGHT TICKETS £26 One of the most celebrated pieces of classical SOUTHERN YOUTH BALLET PRESE NTS music, The Four Seasons remains as popular

today as when it was first performed. The verve CONGRESS THEATRE and virtuosity of the 18th century is brought to life in this enchanting concert staged in an Saturday 21 December 7.30pm The Nutcracker elegant candle-lit setting with an evocative Sunday 1st December 2019 programme crowned by Vivaldi’s masterpiece. THE ELVIS YEARS The Congress Theatre Eastbourne *TICKETS £19.50, £29.50, £35 AT CHRISTMAS with Southern Youth Ballet Groups 10+ 20% off (Top 2 prices) Orchestra conducted by It is time to get well and truly in the Christmas A Ballet in two Acts with spirit as The Elvis Years brings its very special music by Tchaikovsky Kenneth Roberts seasonal twist to town. CONGRESS THEATRE Sunday 1 December 5pm Two hours of rock and roll favourites such as Hound Dog, Devil in Disguise, Return to Sender, Southern Youth Ballet presents Viva Las Vegas, Suspicious Minds plus popular festive songs such as Blue Christmas, Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, Walking in THE NUTCRACKER a Winter Wonderland - and even a good A ballet in two acts with music by Tchaikovsky. old carol sing-along around the piano. With the Southern Youth Ballet Orchestra Santa is in the building! conducted by Kenneth Roberts. 'Southern Youth Ballet productions are a must see part of the winter entertainment calendar.' Eastbourne Herald.

TICKETS £12.50, £15. £18 TICKETS £26, Conc £24, Groups 10+ £2 off - DECEMBER NOVEMBER TICKETS £12.50 / £15.00 / £18.00 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 CREDIT CARD HOTLINE 01323 411555 [email protected] 38 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | *Where applicable prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 46) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 39 CONGRESS THEATRE Monday 2 – Saturday 7 December

INSPIRED BY THE CLASSIC HITCHCOCK THRILLER

GWEN TAYLOR BAFTA-nominated Gwen Taylor and ANDREW LANCEL ‘Villain of the Year’ Andrew Lancel are reunited for the first time since their DENIS LILL two years together in Coronation MARK WYNTER Street as Anne Taylor and her evil son Frank Foster. Andrew and Gwen SCARLETT ARCHER are back in this devilishly fun stage NICHOLAS AUDSLEY adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes by The Thriller BEN NEALON Theatre Company. IN When Socialite Iris’ travelling companion disappears, she’s bewildered to find fellow passengers deny ever having seen her. But with the help of musician Max, BILL KENWRIGHT she turns detective, and together they PRESENTS resolve to solve this perplexing mystery. Starring alongside Gwen and Andrew is Denis Lill, star of the highly acclaimed TV drama The Royal and Call the Midwife, actress Scarlett Archer, TV and theatre star Mark Wynter (The Mouse Trap, Witness for Prosecution); Nicholas Audsley, best known as the Duke of Monmouth in smash hit TV THE series Victoria and Ben Nealon (Soldier Soldier).

Mon – Sat 7.30pm Thu & Sat 2.30pm LADY TICKETS Mon – Thu 7.30pm £19, £20, £22.50, £24.50 Fri & Sat 7.30pm VANISHES £19, £21, £24.50, £26.50 Thu & Sat 2.30pm BASED ON THE FILM DIRECTED BY ALFRED HITCHCOCK £19, £22 WRITTEN BY SIDNEY GILLIAT AND FRANK LAUNDER HHHHH Conc £1.50 off Groups 10+ 10% off ADAPTED BY ANTONY LAMPARD “A high-energy, absorbing (Apply 7.30pm only) production that’ll keep you gripped” Friends of Devonshire DIRECTED BY ROY MARSDEN Park Theatre 25% off

Essential Surrey (First night only) DECEMBER

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Martyn Knight as Dame Trott Tucker as Simple Simon Join Jack, Dame Trott, Simple Simon and Clarabelle the Cow for a thrilling adventure filled with magic beans, a castle in the clouds and a walking, talking, very bad tempered Giant. Steven Serlin This is going to be... as Fleshcreep

Victoria Farley as Princess Jill

Katherine Glover as Jack

Clarabelle the Cow CONGRESS THEATRE Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 December ‘A TRIUMPHANT EVENING... UNMISSABLE AND UNBEATABLE’ THE SPECTATOR

BEST MUSICAL THEIR ...THEIR ALL MAJOR LIVES DESTINY AWARDS WERE JOINED Willy Russell’s legendary musical tells the captivating Tue – Sat 7.30pm WORLDS THEM Wed, Thu & Sat 2.30pm and moving tale of twins separated at birth, who grow APART... TOGETHER up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again TICKETS with tragic consequences. Tues – Thu £18.50, £22.50, £27.50, Lyn Paul (New Seekers) returns for her farewell tour in the iconic role £32.50, £36.50 of Mrs Johnstone, which she first made her own in London’s West End. Fri & Sat £21.50, £25.50, £30.50, Few musicals have been received with such acclaim as the multi- £35.50, £39.50 award-winning Blood Brothers. Bill Kenwright’s production surpassed Conc £3 off 10,000 performances in London’s West End, one of only three Groups 10+ £3 off, musicals ever to achieve that milestone. It has been affectionately 20+ £4 off, 50+ £5 off christened the ‘ ’, as inevitably it “ Standing Ovation Musical brings the Under 16s Half Price ‘LYN PAUL returns for her farewell tour as audience cheering to its feet and roaring its approval” (The Daily Mail). (Max 2 per full price adult) The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the (Conc & Discounts apply

'THE DEFINITIVE MRS JOHNSTONE'’ emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True. top 3 prices only) DECEMBER MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS INCLUDES PREVIOUS CAST PHOTOS

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