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What’s On Autumn / Winter 2019-20 Featuring... Dave Spikey 42nd Street The Nutcracker Spirit of The Dance The Empire Theatre & Cinema Front Street, Consett DH8 5AB 03000 262 400 | www.empireconsett.co.uk @empiretheatreconsett Welcome Live 03000 262 400 | www.empireconsett.co.uk The Empire Theatre & Cinema has a packed programme Wannabe: The Spice Girls in store this Autumn / Winter season! Show Visit www.empireconsett.co.uk for more information about Saturday 7 September, 7.30pm The Empire and to book live shows and cinema screenings. This energetic musical stage show celebrates the career of the world’s biggest girl band, the Spice Girls, and Empire Empire recreates the era of Girl Power! Friends From the chart stomping Spice Up Your Life through to the hip shaking Who Do Café Cinema of The Empire You Think You Are?, WANNABE takes you Our café offers the Offering the latest Become a Friend of the on a Spice World journey through the perfect place to eat blockbusters and Empire and support Spice Girls group and solo careers that and drink, with a wide outstanding Event our fantastic venue. will make you Zig-A-Zig-Ahhhh. selection of tasty Cinema from around Benefits include Swing it, shake it, move it, make it down snacks, cakes, pastries the world, at great discounts on selected however you can. Costumes, groups & families all welcome for the biggest 90s and Afternoon Tea. value prices. shows and more. (pre-booking required party in town. Visit the website for for Afternoon Tea). Annual memberships £23 film listings and details start from only £6. Open 10am - 3pm of our varied cinema Call the Box Office for Monday to Saturday. programme. details. Mad About The Musicals Thursday 19 September, 7.30pm Taking you on a whistle stop tour from the heart of London’s theatre land to the glitz of Broadway, the critically acclaimed Mad About The Musicals is back – celebrating the very best songs from the shows we all know and love. With a host of your favourite numbers from the pen of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Boublil & Schonberg, the talented cast of Mad About The Musicals evoke the true spirit of the stage to bring you the very best show in town! £19, £17.50 concs Cover photo: Russian National Ballet: The Nutcracker, page 9. Live Live 03000 262 400 | www.empireconsett.co.uk The Best of WHAM! Dave Spikey: Juggling on Friday 20 September, 7.30pm a Motorbike A fantastic new show featuring the best Thursday 3 October, 7.30pm of George, Andrew, Pepsi and Shirlie Dave had been working in the NHS for with sensational vocals, choreography, 19 years as a Biomedical Scientist when costumes and an awesome live band. in 1987 someone uttered the immortal In four short years WHAM! sold more words, “You’re really funny, you should than 28 million records, topping the be a comedian” and for some reason, charts with three albums, four number he took them seriously! So here in 2019 one singles and eleven top ten hits. he celebrates the 32nd anniversary of his The Best of WHAM! show includes all comedy career. In this show he will look those hits, a few B side favourites and a back on his remarkable life and his couple of early George Michael bonus incredible journey from working class songs. lad to Chief Biomedical Scientist to much loved comedy performer and writer via This fun-loving, vibrant, mega-mix Phoenix Nights, Eight out of Ten Cats, tribute to the pop sensation of the Bullseye, Dead Man Weds, Magnolia, The 80s will be loved by ‘Young Guns’ of all Royal Variety Show, Parkinson and many ages. more. £23.50 £17.50 The Carpenters Story The Bobby Thompson Saturday 28 September, 7.30pm Story This highly acclaimed concert style Friday 4 October, 7.30pm production continues to captivate audiences across the UK with its Written and performed by Pete Peverley. spectacular celebration of the classic Bobby Thompson’s woodbine smoking songbook that made The Carpenters a ‘Little Waster’ alter ego became a folk legend in the world of popular music, hero across the North East, yet this hid a selling over 100 million albums and man troubled by drink, gambling debts singles. and the tax man. This brand new show for 2019 features Pete Peverley comes to the Empire the outstanding vocal talents of Claire Theatre for the first time with his Furley, with Musical Director Phil touching, heartfelt and very funny Aldridge leading The Carpenters Story celebration of the life and work of this Orchestra. comic legend. £23.50 £17, £15 concs 4 Live Live 03000 262 400 | www.empireconsett.co.uk Classic Clapton The Pitmen Poets Saturday 5 October, 7.30pm Friday 18 October, 7.30pm With a huge following in the North East From Billy Elliot to Close The Coalhouse built up over 34 years of performing, Door, When The Boat Comes In to Classic Clapton – the No.1 Eric Clapton The Pitmen Painters – now hear the show visits Consett for the first time, songs and stories of The Pitmen Poets. with front man Mike Hall and the After Ex-Lindisfarne singer and songwriter Midnight band. Featuring songs Billy Mitchell, Warhorse Songman Bob including Wonderful Tonight, Tears in Fox, leading exponent of Tyneside song Heaven, Crossroads, I Shot The Sheriff, Benny Graham, and much-covered Lay Down Sally, and Layla. Durham songwriter Jez Lowe £16 individually and collectively celebrate the triumphs, tragedy, humour and hard times of North-East England’s coal mining tradition in an evening of music, song and spoken word. £20 There Was An Old Lady Barry Steele & Friends: Who Swallowed A Fly The Roy Orbison Story Saturday 12 October, 2.30pm Thursday 24 October, 7.30pm The Peoples Theatre Company bring one Following his West End debut at of the world’s best loved nursery rhymes The Adelphi Theatre, the one and to life just in time to celebrate the 45th only Barry Steele is set to put the rock anniversary of Pam Adams’ best-selling back into ‘The Big O’ as he takes to the book! stage to commemorate this legend in ‘The Roy Orbison Story’. This magical show has been written especially for grown-ups to enjoy with Barry is joined on stage by a five-piece their children, so come and relive the band and sensational guest pianist delights of this most charming of tales Boogie Williams as the production also complete with a feast of sing along presents original material written but songs, colourful animal characters and never sung by Roy Orbison, and heart-warming family fun. showcases elements of the symphonic orchestration first heard on the recently £12, £10 concs, £40 family (4 tickets, min released albums. 1 adult) £23 6 Live 03000 262 400 | www.empireconsett.co.uk Sing-a-long-a The Greatest Showman Saturday 26 October, 6.00pm Look out ‘cause here it comes…. Singalonga Productions bring you their newest show, the smash hit film musical that everyone can’t stop singing! Experience The Greatest Showman in the greatest way possible – with lyrics on the screen so you can join in as loud as you want. As they show you how to use your interactive prop bags, the live host will full audience participation essential. teach you a unique set of dance moves Great for groups and families. that will truly make you come alive. Please note this is a screening of the movie YOU the audience will rewrite the stars. not a live stage show. PG certificate. Fancy dress is strongly encouraged and £16, £12 under 16s Live Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers Saturday 1 November, 7.30pm Always a sell-out at the Empire, the legendary Bay City Roller Les McKeown Russian National Ballet: The Nutcracker returns with his award-winning ‘rollertastic’ show! Saturday 2 November, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Don’t miss this unique voyage back to After the sell-out performances of Swan Lake last year, Russian National Ballet the 1970s, when Les and his legendary returns to enchant you with the delightful production of The Nutcracker. band ruled the world’s pop charts and The original Christmas story is based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King The Bay City Rollers’ music became the written by E.T.A. Hoffmann. It tells the story of Marie, a sad little girl, whose soundtrack for a generation of godfather, Drosselmeyer, gives her a Nutcracker doll as a present on Christmas teenagers. Packed full of original hits Eve. In her lively imagination it turns into a prince and the magic starts… including Bye Bye Baby, Shang-a-Lang, Remember, Summerlove Sensation, A wonderful treat full of glitter for the whole family! Give A Little Love and many more. £22, £20.50 concs, £17.50 under 16s £23.50 8 Live 03000 262 400 | www.empireconsett.co.uk Performance times Sat 30 Nov 3.00pm Sun 1 Dec 3.00pm Tues 3 Dec 10.00am Wed 4 Dec 10.00am Thurs 5 Dec 10.00am Fri 6 Dec 10.00am 1.30pm Sat 7 Dec 3.00pm 6.30pm Sun 8 Dec 3.00pm Tues 10 Dec 10.00am Wed 11 Dec 10.00am Thurs 12 Dec 10.00am Fri 13 Dec 10.00am Sat 14 Dec 3.00pm 6.30pm Sun 15 Dec 3.00pm Mon 16 Dec 10.00am Wed 18 Dec 10.00am Thurs 19 Dec 10.00am 1.30pm Fri 20 Dec 6.30pm Sat 21 Dec 11.00am 3.00pm Sun 22 Dec 11.00am 3.00pm Mon 23 Dec 1.00pm 4.30pm Tues 24 Dec 1.00pm 4.30pm Thurs 26 Dec 3.00pm Fri 27 Dec 3.00pm 6.30pm Sat 28 Dec 3.00pm Sun 29 Dec 3.00pm Mon 30 Dec 3.00pm Tues 31 Dec 1.30pm £17 (£15 concession), £56 family ticket (four tickets, min.