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DATE PERFORMANCE TIME GENRE DATE PERFORMANCE TIME GENRE
Thursday 16 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Tuesday 10 March Riverside Comedy Club 8pm Comedy Friday 17 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Wednesday 11 March The Changing Room 7.30pm Children & Young People Saturday 18 January Whistle Down The Wind 2.15 & 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 12 March Ulster Orchestra: Northern Landscapes 7.30pm Music Tuesday 21 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community (The Diamond Hall) Wednesday 22 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 23 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Friday 13 March Claire McDowell Dance: Heart & Soul 8pm Dance/Community Friday 24 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Saturday 14 March Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30 am -1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Saturday 25 January Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Claire McDowell Dance: Heart & Soul 2pm & 8pm Dance/Community Whistle Down The Wind 2.15 & 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 19 March Limelight Comedy: Micky Bartlett 8pm Comedy Tuesday 28 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Friday 20 March Ruby 7.30pm Drama Wednesday 29 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Saturday 21 March Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30 am -1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People Thursday 30 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Friday 31 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community The Field 8pm Drama Saturday1February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Wednesday 25 March Now That’s What I Call Country Music 8pm Music Whistle Down The Wind 2.15 & 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 26 - 27 March Give My Head Peace 8pm Comedy/Drama Wednesday 5 February Piaf 8pm Music Saturday 28 March Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30 am -1pm/3-5pm Children & Young People Thursday 6 February George Murphy & the Rising Sons 8pm Music (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Friday 7 February Jake O Kane 8pm Comedy RYT Minis/ Midis Showcase 1pm Children & Young People Saturday 8 February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People Give My Head Peace 8pm Comedy/ Drama (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Wednesday 1 April Dracula 8pm Drama Toy Story 4 1.30pm Film Thursday 2 April A Celebration of Frankie Valli & 8pm Music Jake O Kane 8pm Comedy the Four Seasons Tuesday 11 February Riverside Comedy Club 8pm Comedy Friday 3 April In The Name of the Son 8pm Drama Thursday 13 February Neil Delamere 8pm Comedy Saturday 4 April Keep Telling Me Lies 8pm Drama Friday 14 February Rock n Roll Years 8pm Music/ Dance Tuesday 7 - 9 April Chicago - Schools Edition 7.30pm Musical Theatre/ Community Saturday 15 February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Tuesday 28 - 30 April Hi de Hi 8pm Drama / Community Beauty & the Beast Sing Along 11am Film Friday 1- 2 May Hi de Hi 8pm Drama / Community Catch Meade if You Can 8pm Mind-Reader Saturday 2 May Hi de Hi 2.15pm Drama / Community Tuesday 18 February There Was an Old Lady 2pm Family Friday 8 - 16 May Shrek The Musical 7.30pm Musical Theatre/ Community Who Swallowed a Fly Saturday 9 May Shrek The Musical 2pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 20 February NI Science Festival - Foxdog- 8pm Science Saturday 16 May Shrek The Musical 2pm Musical Theatre/ Community Robot Chef Wednesday 20 May Iain Stirling - Failing Upwards 8pm Comedy Saturday 22 February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People Friday 22 May Horse Country 8pm Drama (Minis & Midis) / (Seniors) Saturday 23 May Our Jimmy- Past & Present 8pm Comedy/ Drama Wednesday 26 February I, Elizabeth 8pm Drama Friday 29 May Andrew Maxwell 8pm Comedy Friday 28 February Terry McHugh - Mini Strokes of Luck 8pm Comedy Friday 5 - 6 June ROKIT 6 Red - World Seniors See website for Sport Saturday 29 February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Snooker Championships different session times Real Princesses of NI - 1pm Family Saturday 13 June Summer Country with the Stars 8pm Music Once Upon A Time Ball Saturday 20 June Iconic Street Dance 2pm & 6.30pm Dance/ Community The Kilkennys 8pm Music Friday 26 - 27 June Victoria Lagan Dance & Drama 8pm Dance/ Community Wednesday 4 March First Response - Stories from the Front Line 8pm Drama Tuesday 14 July Mr Stink by David Walliams 2.30pm Family Thursday 5 March Kieran Goss & Annie Kinsella 8pm Music Wednesday 5 - 15 August RYT - Musical Theatre Summer School 10am - 5pm Children & Young People Saturday 7 March Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am -1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People Saturday 15 August RYT - Musical Theatre Summer School - 3pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Showcase Baby Shark Show 2.30pm Family Saturday 22 August Strictly for the Birds 8pm Comedy/ Drama Colin Murphy - Colinization 8pm Comedy DIARY PAGES.inddDIARY 1 27/11/2019 13:46 PAGE 4 | riversidetheatre.org.uk / Box office: 02870 123 123 PAGE 5 | riversidetheatre.org.uk / Box office: 02870 123 123 SEASON AT A GLANCE SEASON AT A GLANCE Spring/Summer Events Spring/Summer Events
DATE PERFORMANCE TIME GENRE DATE PERFORMANCE TIME GENRE
Thursday 16 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Tuesday 10 March Riverside Comedy Club 8pm Comedy Friday 17 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Wednesday 11 March The Changing Room 7.30pm Children & Young People Saturday 18 January Whistle Down The Wind 2.15 & 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 12 March Ulster Orchestra: Northern Landscapes 7.30pm Music Tuesday 21 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community (The Diamond Hall) Wednesday 22 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 23 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Friday 13 March Claire McDowell Dance: Heart & Soul 8pm Dance/Community Friday 24 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Saturday 14 March Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30 am -1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Saturday 25 January Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Claire McDowell Dance: Heart & Soul 2pm & 8pm Dance/Community Whistle Down The Wind 2.15 & 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 19 March Limelight Comedy: Micky Bartlett 8pm Comedy Tuesday 28 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Friday 20 March Ruby 7.30pm Drama Wednesday 29 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Saturday 21 March Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30 am -1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People Thursday 30 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Friday 31 January Whistle Down The Wind 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community The Field 8pm Drama Saturday1February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Wednesday 25 March Now That’s What I Call Country Music 8pm Music Whistle Down The Wind 2.15 & 7.45pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 26 - 27 March Give My Head Peace 8pm Comedy/Drama Wednesday 5 February Piaf 8pm Music Saturday 28 March Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30 am -1pm/3-5pm Children & Young People Thursday 6 February George Murphy & the Rising Sons 8pm Music (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Friday 7 February Jake O Kane 8pm Comedy RYT Minis/ Midis Showcase 1pm Children & Young People Saturday 8 February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People Give My Head Peace 8pm Comedy/ Drama (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Wednesday 1 April Dracula 8pm Drama Toy Story 4 1.30pm Film Thursday 2 April A Celebration of Frankie Valli & 8pm Music Jake O Kane 8pm Comedy the Four Seasons Tuesday 11 February Riverside Comedy Club 8pm Comedy Friday 3 April In The Name of the Son 8pm Drama Thursday 13 February Neil Delamere 8pm Comedy Saturday 4 April Keep Telling Me Lies 8pm Drama Friday 14 February Rock n Roll Years 8pm Music/ Dance Tuesday 7 - 9 April Chicago - Schools Edition 7.30pm Musical Theatre/ Community Saturday 15 February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Tuesday 28 - 30 April Hi de Hi 8pm Drama / Community Beauty & the Beast Sing Along 11am Film Friday 1- 2 May Hi de Hi 8pm Drama / Community Catch Meade if You Can 8pm Mind-Reader Saturday 2 May Hi de Hi 2.15pm Drama / Community Tuesday 18 February There Was an Old Lady 2pm Family Friday 8 - 16 May Shrek The Musical 7.30pm Musical Theatre/ Community Who Swallowed a Fly Saturday 9 May Shrek The Musical 2pm Musical Theatre/ Community Thursday 20 February NI Science Festival - Foxdog- 8pm Science Saturday 16 May Shrek The Musical 2pm Musical Theatre/ Community Robot Chef Wednesday 20 May Iain Stirling - Failing Upwards 8pm Comedy Saturday 22 February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People Friday 22 May Horse Country 8pm Drama (Minis & Midis) / (Seniors) Saturday 23 May Our Jimmy- Past & Present 8pm Comedy/ Drama Wednesday 26 February I, Elizabeth 8pm Drama Friday 29 May Andrew Maxwell 8pm Comedy Friday 28 February Terry McHugh - Mini Strokes of Luck 8pm Comedy Friday 5 - 6 June ROKIT 6 Red - World Seniors See website for Sport Saturday 29 February Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am - 1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Snooker Championships different session times Real Princesses of NI - 1pm Family Saturday 13 June Summer Country with the Stars 8pm Music Once Upon A Time Ball Saturday 20 June Iconic Street Dance 2pm & 6.30pm Dance/ Community The Kilkennys 8pm Music Friday 26 - 27 June Victoria Lagan Dance & Drama 8pm Dance/ Community Wednesday 4 March First Response - Stories from the Front Line 8pm Drama Tuesday 14 July Mr Stink by David Walliams 2.30pm Family Thursday 5 March Kieran Goss & Annie Kinsella 8pm Music Wednesday 5 - 15 August RYT - Musical Theatre Summer School 10am - 5pm Children & Young People Saturday 7 March Riverside Youth Theatre 11.30am -1pm/2-4pm Children & Young People Saturday 15 August RYT - Musical Theatre Summer School - 3pm Children & Young People (Minis & Midis)/(Seniors) Showcase Baby Shark Show 2.30pm Family Saturday 22 August Strictly for the Birds 8pm Comedy/ Drama Colin Murphy - Colinization 8pm Comedy DIARY PAGES.inddDIARY 1 27/11/2019 13:46 PAGE 6 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123 YOUR VISIT TRUVA RIVERSIDE CAFÉ By day a perfect spot for long lunches and relaxing pit stops and by night a creative hub and socialising space for cast, crew, audiences and the general public. Truva Riverside serves up a fresh authentic Mediterranean inspired menu with stunning views across the River Bann. A selection of coffee, tea and soft drinks with a varied menu of mezze & small ‘plates’ freshly prepared daily. Food that is great in taste & good value, served with our exemplary service from our friendly, helpful staff. Whether you have time to enjoy the view or need to grab a fresh & tasty lunch on the go Truva Riverside will transport you to the Med for an experience that will tantalise your taste buds.
Pre-theatre dining available on show nights from 5pm – book a table online here: riversidetheatre.org.uk or by emailing: [email protected] RIVERSIDE BAR can help you source additional extras The Riverside Bar also opens during to make your event unique to your own events offering an extensive range of particular vision. Let us know if we drinks including local craft gins and can help source anything extra for the beers. day …from red carpets, performers, photographers … the sky is the limit … BEAT THE QUEUES to create an event you and your guests Beat the interval queue by pre-ordering will never forget … your drinks and snacks at our service points on arrival. Simply place and pay PRIVATE PARTIES for your order before the show starts Whether you are a community group and your drinks will be waiting for you hoping to arrange a bespoke gathering at the collection point allowing you or a parent trying to organise a child’s more time to enjoy the short interlude. birthday party – the Riverside can tailor a package to suit your party’s needs.
CONFERENCING/ Email: [email protected] EVENTS/WEDDINGS for more information on all our From bohemian bash to red carpet hospitality packages or enquire showbiz glitz and vaudeville circus by calling 028 7012 3387. themed spectacle – the Riverside team PAGE 7 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE RIVERSIDE YOUTH THEATRE (RYT) WORKSHOPS RYT MINIS (5-7 years old) & MIDIS (8-12 years old) Fee: £75 per child x 10 weeks Saturdays 11.30am – 1.00pm – 25 January, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 February, 7, 14, 21st & 28 March This term the Minis and Midis will be preparing and rehearsing towards their own unique showcase to be performed on the Riverside stage for family and friends on: Saturday 28 March at 1pm Admission Free but advance booking recommended RYT SENIORS (13 – 18 years +) Fee: £80 per young person x 10 weeks Saturdays 2 – 4pm 25 January, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 February, 7, 14, 21st & 28 March Connections 2020 Each year the National Theatre in London commissions ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK’s most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow. Every year, 300 youth theatre companies and over 6,000 young people from every corner of the UK produce a Connections play. This year RYT Seniors are lucky to join the bill! They will be performing Chris Bush’s The Changing Room at the Riverside for friends, family and public on: Wednesday 11 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £10 A lyrical piece about existing on the cusp and all the inevitable questions and confusions that come with it. Are we teenagers? Are we children? Do our parents embarrass us? It’s about bodies in flux and perspectives shifting; knowing change is coming but not what that change will look like. Set in and around a swimming pool, it follows a group of teens full of excitement, impatience and uncertainty, each with their own secret worries and desires for what comes next. *Nb: The young people will be asked to perform at the Lyric Theatre as part of the official Connections festival on Sunday 5 April 2020. More details to follow from the RYT facilitators. PAGE 8 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSICAL THEATRE/COMMUNITY Ballywillan Drama group presents
Thursday 16 January to Saturday 1 February 2020 Tickets from £16.00
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Jim Steinman
Last January Ballywillan’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang played to eighteen sold-out performances and now this award-winning group bring one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s finest family musicals exclusively to Northern Ireland – the sensational Whistle Down the Wind. Universally acclaimed as Lloyd Webber’s best musical since Phantom of the Opera, the show features a host of leading musical theatre stars as they tell the wonderful story of innocence and hope and the ability of unconditional love to open the hardest of hearts. This astounding musical features a 50 strong children’s chorus and chart-topping hits like “No Matter What” made famous by Boyzone and, of course, the title song “Whistle Down the Wind”. Lloyd Webber’s beautiful love songs and up tempo numbers make this a musical event not to be missed and will have audiences standing in tearful ovation night after night after night. PAGE 9 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSIC PIAF Wednesday 5 February, 8pm - Tickets: £20/£18 (conc.) Widely regarded as one of Europe’s finest interpreters of French Song, Christine Bovill has toured her one-woman play internationally, playing houses from several hundred to a 2,500 seater in South Korea. PIAF is as much a play as it is a musical tribute to the great French star, and involves Glasgow-born Christine and her pianist. It is not an impersonation, but rather a story of a Glasgow girl’s discovery of a Piaf record while at school and the subsequent journey it would take her on. Quite an incredible story...
MUSIC GEORGE MURPHY & THE RISING SONS Thursday 6 February, 8pm - Tickets: £23
At only 33 years of age, George Murphy has lived an entire life in music. Steeped in the tradition and folklore of Ireland’s greatest folk legends, George shot to fame overnight as a contestant of You’re a Star and a number one album produced by Phil Coulter, his brilliant version of Raglan Road was matched only by the great Luke Kelly. Lost his way for a few years touring the States, but brought very much to life again as a brilliant balladeer when he joined The High Kings. Now starring in his own right, his New Beginnings tour is now on the road. PAGE 10 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
FILM/FAMILY
Cinemagic in association with the Riverside Theatre present TOYSTORY 4 Saturday 8 February, 1.30pm Tickets: £5
When a new toy called “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy. Running Time: 1hour/40 mins
COMEDY Friday 7 & Saturday 8 February, 8pm Tickets: £23.50
Jake O’Kane’s new show, ‘Walks The Line’, sees Northern Ireland’s most popular comic once again cast his caustic eye over the events of the last year. As always, nothing and no-one are beyond attack as Jake continues his sixth year of sell-out tours. Jake’s show is a heady mix of video, photos and general mayhem as he picks apart our dysfunctional society. Once again, Jake will be ably supported by the talented Terry McHugh. Show contains adult reference for 16 years old+ PAGE 11 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
COMEDY
Tuesday 11 February, 8pm - Tickets: £5
Join MC Terry McHugh for the latest line-up of the funniest comedians on the NI circuit right now. Call Box Office or check out riversidetheatre.org.uk for confirmed acts closer to the time.
COMEDY NEIL DELAMERE - END OF WATCH Thursday 13 February, 8pm - Tickets: £22
Fresh from a sell-out tour, star of BBC’s the Blame Game, Fighting Talk and the News quiz Neil Delamere returns to the Riverside Theatre Coleraine with a brand new show. Time waits for no man, especially one trying to buy a watch. Things always get complicated. “You’ll be hard pressed to find a more gifted comic at the Fringe. ” The Scotsman
“One lean, mean, comedy, killing machine. ‘.” The Herald PAGE 12 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSIC/DANCE
David Hull Promotions presents ROCK n ROLL YEARS & DANCE HALL DAYS Friday 14 February, 8pm - Tickets: £23
Rock ‘n’ Roll Years and Dance Hall Days is back. After last year’s smash hit tour this wonderful nostalgic musical hits the road again … The all-star cast will once again takes you on a whirlwind journey through the musical decades of the 50s and 60s paying homage to the lives and music of the Stars of the Era. Don’t miss this year’s new show... You won’t be disappointed
FILM/FAMILY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Sing A-Long) Saturday 15 February, 11am Tickets: £5
Join us as we celebrate the live-action Beast’. Beauty and the Beast is the fantastic adaptation of Disney’s iconic fairy tale journey of Belle, a bright, resourceful and with on-screen lyrics so everyone can join independent young woman who is taken in! Sing your heart out to classic songs prisoner by a beast in his castle. such as ‘Be Our Guest’, ‘Belle’, ‘Gaston’ and not forgetting ‘Beauty and The Running Time: 2 hours PAGE 13 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MIND READER CATCH MEADE IF YOU CAN Saturday 15 February, 8pm - Tickets: £23
Described across the world as Vegas casino, he’ll blow your “Jaw Dropping” and “Hilarious”, mind as he does the impossible NI’s record breaking Mind Reader live on-stage right in front of you. Meade is back on home soil to blow Last year in Northern Ireland nearly your mind in his funniest and most 10,000 bought tickets to see David interactive show yet: “Catch Meade live - selling out every seat in every If You Can”. You simply have to see venue, so act now to secure a night this show to believe it. The first to remember that your whole mentalist to win a Million family will enjoy. dollars in a Las Can YOU catch him out?
FAMILY/CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE People’s Theatre Company presents THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY Tuesday 18 February, 2pm (Matinee for Half-term break) Tickets: £12 (conc. £10)
One of the world’s best loved nursery rhymes brought to life just in time to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Pam Adams’ best -selling book. This magical show has been written especially for grown-ups to enjoy with their children, so come and relive the delights of this most charming of tales complete with a feast of sing along songs, colourful animal characters and heart-warming family fun. It’s the perfect treat for anyone aged 2 to 102! PAGE 14 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
SCIENCE
NI Science Festival in association with the Riverside Theatre present FOXDOG - ROBOT CHEF Thursday 20 February, 8pm - Tickets: £12 (conc. £10)
These two IT consultants build robotic contraptions, play rock ‘n’ roll on self-made instruments and allow the audience to play along with computer-programmed games via their smartphones. And if that wasn’t enough, they’re funny too!
DRAMA
Dyad Productions presents I, Elizabeth Wednesday 26 February, 8pm - Tickets: £15 (conc. £12) From the award-winning creators of Austen’s Women, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, Orlando, Dalloway, and Christmas Gothic. Elizabeth I: Queen at 25, political phoenix and famously unmarried – but who was the woman beneath the crown? Using only Elizabeth’s words, Rebecca Vaughan explores the queen’s struggle to reconcile the desires of womanhood with the duties of sovereignty. Written & performed by Rebecca Vaughan. Directed by Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson (Morecambe). ‘Riveting… a breathtaking creation’. (Edinburgh Evening News) ‘Truly breathtaking. An absolute masterclass.’ (Fringe Review) ‘A performance worthy of an Academy Award’ (The Carrick) PAGE 15 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
COMEDY David Hull Promotions presents
Terry McHugh Mini strokes of luck Friday 28 February, 8pm - Tickets: £13 (conc. £11)
Sometimes when bad things happen people say, “We’ll look back at this and laugh someday” North Belfast Comedian and former yoyo Champion Terry McHugh says 'Why wait?!' That’s why, in “Mini Strokes of Luck”, his first new show for 2 years, Terry will be taking a very funny and honest look at this experience of suffering 2 mini strokes and the effects they had on him. Terry will turn a comedy eye on his strokes, his family, his 1 posh friend and the oddities of country living...... he might even show off his yo-yo skills.
FAMILY REAL PRINCESSES OF NI -
ONCE UPON A TIME BALL
Saturday 29 February, 1pm - Tickets: £12 (conc. £10) PQ Calling all Princesses, Princes, Fairy Godmothers and enchantedPQ talking animals REAL Princesses NI are bringing their favourite Royal friends to a stage near you; Join the wonderful REAL Snow Sisters as they attempt to lift a wicked fairy's curse that has jumbled their storyline with some of the most beloved Fairytale characters. With singing, dancing and a personal meet and greet with 5 characters. It's Coronation Day for the soon-to-be Ice Queen, what could go wrong? Well... A lot, when you add a jealous Wicked Fairy into the mix. Join the Snow Sister as she tries to figure out how to reverse the spell with the help of her wonderful friends, singing and dancing every step of the way to her "Happily Ever After"." PAGE 16 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSIC THE KILKENNYS IN CONCERT Saturday 29 February, 8pm - Tickets: £15
The Kilkenny’s are at the very forefront of folk groups taking Irish music to the world. They have already proved to be a hit with audiences over recent years and their inaugural appearance at the Riverside Theatre will show why the reputation of this talented and Irish folk and ballad tradition, it will feature many energetic four piece group continues to grow well-known ballads as well as new material well beyond these shores. from The Kilkenny’s that continues the centuries old Irish bardic tradition. From songs of love to Following recent tours in Europe, the U.S. and ballads of emigration, The Kilkenny’s will provide Asia, and their acclaimed performance on an unforgettable, energy filled, toe tapping and The Late Late Show on RTÉ, the fame of The hand clapping night of entertainment sprinkled Kilkenny’s continues to grow. This show will with some of Ireland’s most prolific songs and take the audience on a journey through the ballads.
DRAMA
The Playhouse Theatre and Peacebuilding Academy present FIRST RESPONSE: TRUE STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINE Wednesday 4 March, 8pm - Tickets: FREE, however advance booking is essential Throat clenches. Palm sweats. Vision tunnels. Breath shallows. Stomach knots. We all share a nervous system designed to respond to crisis in a certain way. But what happens when your professional duty requires you to run towards the scene of the horror, at a time when everyone else is running away? First Response has been created and performed by Fire-fighters, Paramedics, Nurses, Journalists, Police Officers, Community Workers, and Counsellors who worked the front lines of some of the most difficult experiences of The Troubles. What secrets do these men and women hold in their physiology, and how can their story help us understand ourselves and the society we live in today? PAGE 17 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSIC
David Hull Promotions presents KIERAN GOSS AND ANNIE KINSELLA ‘Oh the Starlings’ Thursday 5 March, 8pm - Tickets: £23.50
Veteran Irish songwriter Kieran Goss and singer Annie Kinsella released their debut duo album: 'Oh, the Starlings’ on 1st March 2 019. Goss has long been considered one of Ireland’s greatest songwriters. Together with singer and artist Annie Kinsella, who has joined him on stage on his recent tours, they have enchanted audiences with their live performances and won rave reviews. Gabriel, U2,Elvis Costello), Oh, The Starlings Recorded in New York in Spring 2018 with has been described by songwriter Rodney eight time Grammy winning engineer Kevin Crowell as : 'So good, it¹s heart-breaking... Killen at the helm (David Bowie, Peter The record itself feels like an old friend.'
FAMILY
Jolly Promotions presents THE BABY SHARK SHOW featuring the Little Mermaid & Friends Saturday 7 March, 2.30pm - Tickets: £10 (Family x 4 - £35)
Dive deep down under the sea in this all new mystical, magical adventure of Baby Shark & the Little Mermaid. Baby Shark is feeling adventurous and wonders what life is like away from his family, but as he wanders deeper into the ocean, things don’t go exactly as planned. On his travels he meets Eugene the rock & roll singing crab, two swashbuckling, troublesome pirates Calypso & Caspian, & The Owl & the Pussycat, – all who either try to help him or dare to lead him astray. Can Baby Shark find his way back to his family before he swims too far? Only you and The Little Mermaid can help him! PAGE 18 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123 COMEDY COLIN MURPHY - COLINIZATION Saturday 7 March, 8pm - Tickets £20
The star of the award winning BBC series The Blame Game is back on tour with a new stand-up show for 2020, Colinization. Since his last tour he has had a DNA test, become an artist, been to a funeral and built a shed, so the question is; who the hell do you think you are?
COMEDY
Tuesday 10 March, 8pm - Tickets: £5
Join MC Terry McHugh for the latest line-up of the funniest comedians on the NI circuit right now. Call Box Office or check out riversidetheatre.org.uk for confirmed acts closer to the time.
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Riverside Youth Theatre presents THE CHANGING ROOM As part of the National Theatre, London Connections Programme 2020 Wednesday 11 March, 7.30pm - Tickets £10
Each year the National Theatre in London commissions ten new plays for young people to perform. This year RYT are lucky to join the bill, performing Chris Bush’s The Changing Room. Set in and around a swimming pool, it follows a group of teens full of excitement, impatience and uncertainty, each with their own secret worries and desires for what comes next. PAGE 19 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSIC/CLASSICAL
Ulster Orchestra presents NORTHERN LANDSCAPES Thursday 12 March, 7.30pm - The Diamond Hall - Ulster University, Coleraine Tickets: £14 (For Under 26 years of age - £5 bookable in person at the box office with valid ID)
The Diamond Hall will ring with Nordic birdsong as Rautavaara’s Concerto blends recordings of birdcalls with atmospheric orchestral colour that evokes the frozen tundra of the Arctic, while a mythical Finnish swan forms the centrepiece of Sibelius’s Lemminkäinen Suite. Walton’s Viola Concerto is regarded as one of the great concertos for the instrument, bringing all of the viola’s best qualities to the fore in a work that is by turns elegantly lyrical and jazzily syncopated. Former BBC New Generation Artist Lise Berthaud will be the ideal soloist for this work, with The Daily Telegraph stating that “Quality came out vividly, from the young French violist Lise Berthaud, whose powerful tone soared effortlessly.” PAGE 20 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
COMMUNITY/DANCE/CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Claire McDowell School of Dance presents HEART & SOUL Friday 13 & Saturday 14 March, 8pm Matinee: Saturday 14 March, 2pm - Tickets £14 (conc. £12) £1 per ticket sold to be donated to Macmillan Cancer and the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice
The Claire McDowell school of Irish Dancing presents Heart & Soul. This show has been choreographed to celebrate the ever growing success of our school. Heart & Soul showcases a large variety of dance genres as well as incorporating our traditional Irish music, dance and song....A great way to start your St Patrick’s celebrations.
COMEDY
Shine presents MICKY BARTLETT - LOVE IT TOUR 2020 Thursday 19 March 2020, 8pm - Tickets: £15
Following a sell-out show at the Famous Ulster hall, and his third tour of Australia, Micky Bartlett is going on tour with his smash hit show "Love it!" A regular feature on BBCNI (the blame game, monumental) with appearances on BBC Scotland and BBC radio 4, Lurgan man Micky Bartlett might just be able to move out of his mum's house...and he's only 32. Divulging more hilarious secrets that most people wouldn't tell their priest, Micky takes you through the journey of his own head. Strap in, you're going to love it! 'Hour of cracking comedy!' (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine) 'Impressive... a stand-up natural... Masterful!' (Chortle.co.uk) 'Accomplished... intelligently done... always funny!' (BroadwayBaby.com) 'Bartlett is one of the finest comedy talents this country has ever produced' (BelfastLive.co.uk) PAGE 21 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
DRAMA
Little Willow Productions presents RUBY Friday 20 March, 7.30pm - Tickets £15
Following on from its critically acclaimed sell out run last year, Little Willow Productions is proud to return with ‘Ruby!’ a play written by Michael Cameron and featuring Libby Smyth as Ruby Murray. Belfast born Ruby Murray was one of the most popular singing stars in the world in the 1950s, becoming the only recording artist in history to have five songs in the Top Twenty in the same week. Behind the triumph show ever, a darker story was unfolding in Ruby’s life. This intimate drama enthralled audiences on its debut run. Please note the play contains strong language and adult themes.
DRAMA
Saturday 21 March, 8pm - Tickets £15 (conc. £13) The Field is set in rural Ireland during the mid-1960s... As a patriotic tenant farmer with a fearsome temper and an obsession with the field he has toiled for most of his life, The Bull McCabe epitomises the last stand in the protection of the old order, denying permission of entry to the impending industrial change which threatens the ‘status quo’. Based on a true story, this dark and at times, hilariously funny tale by J B Keane is a work which went on to inspire one of Irelands most successful films … brought to you by the same amazing theatre company who presented The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Riverside last Spring. PAGE 22 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSIC
Aiken Promotions presents Wednesday 25 March, 8pm - Tickets: £25
Featuring 20 songs from the hit compilation album ‘Now That’s What I Call Country Music’ and featuring the six-piece virtuoso country band The Wagon Wheelers.
The audience get to pick which songs are played via a giant wagon wheel of fortune - a spinning songbook featuring the country classics from the ‘Now’ compilation. There will be full audience participation each night where the audience ‘write’ a song with the band drawing on their personal experiences which they share on the night.
This is a laugh out loud, fee lgood gig with a history of the country song thrown in. The audience will be dancing in the aisles, shedding a tear in tender moments and will leave with a song (that they have co - written) in their hearts. Now That’s What I Call Country Music! PAGE 23 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
COMEDY/DRAMA
David Hull promotions presents GIVE MY HEAD PEACE Thursday 26, Friday 27 & Saturday 28 March, 8pm - Tickets £23.50
The Gang are back! After last year's completely sold out tour Ulster's 2 most dysfunctional families return to the stage with a brand new show. It will have your favourite characters, mad plots, lots of jokes, up-to-the-minute topical satire and superb stand-up comedy from Tim McGarry.
Give My Head Peace Live is a firm favourite with local audiences. If you haven't been before find out why audiences come back year after year.
Give My Head Peace live. Don't miss it. Show contains adult references. Responsibility for allowing under 12s to view lies with the accompanying adult. PAGE 24 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
DRAMA
UUSU CASS Society presents DRACULA Wednesday 1 April 8pm - Tickets: £8 (conc. £5)
This year CASS beckons you into a world of foggy streets, dismal castles and blood-curdling atmosphere. Dracula has been adapted and performed countless times since the original Stoker novel was published in 1897. Over a century later, the Carpathian Count has struck terror and fascination into the hearts and minds of the world, and now CASS try their hand at tackling the shadowy gloom of Victorian England and the suffocating glare of the great vampire himself. This play has something for Prepare yourselves for the one student everyone: Murder, Scandal, Witty banter, Love, production guaranteed to keep you glued to Loss; and of course some blood. your seat, even if you want to run away...
MUSIC A CELEBRATION OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS PRESENTED BY EUROPE’S NO 1 TRIBUTE BYE BYE BABY Thursday 2 April, 8pm - Tickets: £24.50
and the rock and roll hall of fame. In fact a musical journey through the sounds of one of the most successful vocal groups of all time. They perform 33 numbers in close 4 part harmony, with slick choreography and the recognisable falsetto this really sets the scene for a great night. This sensational production features many of the bands worldwide hits, including: BEGGIN',CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU’’ LETS Bye Bye Baby is more than your average HANG ON’ ‘RAG DOLL’, WALK LIKE A MAN, tribute group. They deliver a full theatre show BYE BYEBABY (BABY GOODBYE), SHERRY, covering the journey of the Four Seasons WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU’BIG GIRLS from the very beginning up until the Disco era DON'T CRY and many more. DRAMA
Friday 3 April, 8pm - Tickets: £16 (conc. £14) In the Name of the Son is an exciting new When he found himself searching bins in the play chronicling the extraordinary life of The backstreets of London for food, he knew he had to Guildford 4’s Gerry Conlon following his do something. What emerges from the darkness is release from prison in 1989. Conlon’s resilience and his eventual life-changing recovery to beat his demons and become a Charting Conlon’s remarkable journey into world-renowned Human Rights campaigner ‘freedom’ as he received and spent over against miscarriages of justice, similar to his own. £1million pounds, became a cause-celebre at the Hollywood Oscars and ran in the same Written by Gerry’s lifelong friend Richard O’Rawe circles as Johnny Depp, Shane McGowan and and Martin Lynch the play explores triumph of the Daniel Day Lewis. Conlon seemed to have it human spirit over extreme adversity. A great story all but away from the glamour, fuelled by an of hope. addiction to crack-cocaine, his life was spiralling out of control. PAGE 26 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
DRAMA
David Hull promotions presents KEEP TELLING ME LIES Saturday 4 April, 8pm - Tickets: £23.50
Of all the iconic buildings in Belfast, the now derelict Floral Hall still stands; a monument to the history of life, love, loss and the music of the Showband era. husbands who experienced fame and fortune Keep Telling Me Lies tells of the journey of two while the wives they left behind struggled to Belfast women. Set against the backdrop of the bring up their young families, working all day crumbling Floral Hall, they recall the fateful night and lonely all night. they met their future musician husbands. This is a story, driven by the music of the Old grudges resurface and sparks fly as they Showbands, the people who made the magic reminisce about the lifestyles of their globetrotting happen and those left on the side lines.
COMMUNITY/MUSICAL THEATRE/CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
More Performing Arts School presents CHICAGO - The Schools Edition Tuesday 7, Wednesday 8 & Thursday 9 April, 7.30pm Tickets: £12 (conc. £10)
Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Jazz-age Chicago, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the “celebrity criminal”. PAGE 27 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
DRAMA/COMMUNITY
Ballywillan Drama Group presents Tuesday 28, Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 April, Friday 1 & Saturday 2 May, 8pm Saturday 2 May Matinee performance at 2.15pm Tickets: From £14
By Paul Carpenter and Ian Gower, adapted Starring many of the cast from the Ballywillan from the original TV series by Jimmy Perry Drama Group production of Whistle Down the and David Croft Wind in January, this family favourite will stir happy memories for many and introduce this Welcome to Maplins, Britain’s favourite classic comedy to a new generation. holiday camp, where the sun-drenched summer never ends. The HI-De Hi! Stage Show features all your favourite characters from the BAFTA It’s the 1959 season and Peggy still dreams award-winning BBC comedy series. So, roll of becoming a Yellow coat, Ted is up to his up your trousers and get those knobbly knees money-making schemes again, Jeffrey, the out as Ted, Gladys, Peggy and the rest of the Entertainments Manager, is caught in his Maplins gang ensure you have the holiday of a chalet with who!!?? And Barry and Yvonne lifetime! are busy practising their sand dance……… “Good morning campers, hi-de hi!” PAGE 28 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSICAL THEATRE/COMMUNITY
Friday 8, Saturday 9, Monday 11, Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13, Thursday 14, Friday 15 & Saturday 16 May, 7.30pm - Matinees - Saturday 9 & 16 May 2020 at 2pm Tickets: All £20 - Group offer applicable - Book for 10 get 1 free
Following their critically acclaimed vertically challenged villain Lord Farquaad, a productions of Sister Act The Musical, gang of fairy tale misfits, and a ginger biscuit Portrush Music Society is back – and larger with attitude, and you’ve got an irresistible mix than life - with the smash hit movie musical of adventure, laughter and a bit of romance. blockbuster Shrek! Will cranky Shrek discover that love and happiness aren’t only true in fairytales as he Things are going to get ugly … ventures out of his swamp and on to our stage? Prepare to be transported Far Far Away, as This amateur production is presented by you join cantankerous ogre Shrek and his arrangement with Music Theatre International hilarious loyal steed Donkey when they set (Europe) off on a quest to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona from her tower. It’s going to be a hard All authorised performance materials are also task – she happens to be closely guarded by supplied by MTI Europe afire breathing, love-sick dragon! Add the PAGE 29 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
COMEDY
Avalon UK presents Wednesday 20 May, 8pm Tickets: £19.50
Iain Stirling (Love Island and Taskmaster) Having sold out his Edinburgh fringe run in is taking his ‘extremely funny’ (Telegraph) advance for the second time, Iain can currently comedy back on the road for his biggest ever be seen on our screens hosting the third nationwide tour, following his 2018 sell-out series of hit comedy gameshow Iain Stirling’s smash U OK HUN? x. CelebAbility (ITV2). He recently starred in his own Comedy Central Live special which Do you ever wonder how people manage to launched the latest series and has also been be normal? Iain does. So much so he’s written seen on The Comedy Bus, Drunk History a brand new stand-up show about it. Join the and Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central (all ‘star of comedy’ (The i) as he explores his Comedy Central), Virtually Famous(E4), Russell inability to function in the most basic of public Howard's Good News and Sweat the Small settings, social media’s constant pressure to Stuff (both BBC Three) and Fake Reaction and “live your best life” and that one time a man Safe Word (both ITV2). stole his shoes. “At his best the Edinburgh native is an unhinged free-form anecdotist” Mail On Sunday PAGE 30 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
DRAMA
Flying Bridge Theatre Company presents HORSE COUNTRY Friday 22 May 2020, 8pm - Tickets £15 (conc. £12)
Two clowns shoot the breeze, drinking bourbon and playing cards. While hunting the illusive nine of diamonds, they casually dissect capitalism, sea-lions, western culture, fishing, genocide, you know… stuff like that. Sam and Bob are not so much waiting for Godot, nor are they waiting for the audience to keep up. Their window on the world is one of menace, hilarity, disappointment and improbability, all delivered with a magnificent high-octane comic brio. Anarchic and surreal, this delightful and confusing satire surprises and provokes in spades… or the nine of diamonds… “A profound yet hilarious interchange between two of the most brilliant idiots one has the pleasure of being forced to watch.” New York Herald
COMEDY/DRAMA
David Hull Promotions presents OUR JIMMY - PAST & PRESENT Saturday 23 May 2020, 8pm - Tickets £21
Featuring some original, and some new material from the beloved comedy characters of Lily O' Condriac, Billy Hulk, Big Derek, Orange Lil, Willie Simpson, The Ballymena Man and wee Sammy the Schoolboy etc, this is a show that will delight fans old and new who enjoy good Ulster humour. How is Derek's mammy? Is Emily Beattie still on the scrounge? Has Billy Hulk started any more strikes? Is Willie Simpson ever sober? To find out the answers to these and some of today’s most pressing questions join William Caulfield as he celebrates the comedy legend that was James Young. PAGE 31 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
COMEDY
Andrew is out of the jungle and back with his creature comforts. He has swapped creepy ANDREW crawlies, rice and beans for Guinness, good grub and a posh hotel. He’s washed the ants MAXWELL out of his undies and is ready to do what he New Stand Up Tour 2020 does best; perform stand-up comedy across the country. He’s the winner of The Time Out Award Friday 29 May, 8pm - Tickets: £19 for Best Live comic, Chortle’s best live comedian, Best Irish Comedian and Channel 4’s King Of Comedy.
As seen on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here (ITV1), Live At The Apollo (BBC One), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Qi (BBC2), Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Mock The Week (BBC Two), Roast Battle (Comedy Central) and Winner of Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One). Andrew is also the voice of MTV’s hit show Ex On The Beach, his BBC Radio 4 series ‘Welcome To Wherever You Are’ has returned for a second series and he has been a guest host on The News Quiz.
SPORT ROKIT 6 RED WORLD SENIORS SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS Friday 5 & Saturday 6 June May 2020 All session times and ticket prices available online: riversidetheatre.org.uk
The ROKiT 6 Reds World Seniors Snooker Championships is coming to the Causeway already confirmed, this promises to be two days Coast in June 2020 with a host of the sports of top class sport for all snooker fans. 6 sessions greatest ever players doing battle in the over 2 action packed days with just one player Riverside Theatre in Coleraine. With Defending carrying off the £20,000 winner takes all prize. Champion Jimmy ‘The Whirlwind’ White, and Tickets are now on sale and expected to sell our own former world Champion Dennis Taylor fast. VIP seats for the final offers a chance to meet all the legends in a champagne reception before the final. Please note that VIP ticket holders must be at the venue for 6.30pm for the reception. PAGE 32 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
MUSIC SUMMER COUNTRY WITH THE STARS Saturday 13 June, 8pm - Tickets: £22.50
Back by popular demand the "Summer Country With the Stars Show" returns for another unmissable night of toe tapping magic with six of Irelands top stars all on one show. The line-up which wouldn't look out of place in Nashville includes the gentle giant of Country Music Mick Flavin, rising star Owen Mac, Yodelling Kenny Archer , the pure voice of Joe Moore, the truckers favourite Boxcar Brian and the hugely popular Shaun Loughrey who each will perform their biggest hit songs in the company of the fabulous Keltic Storm band. If it’s Country you like then this is the show for you. Early booking advisable.
COMMUNITY/DANCE ICONIC STREET DANCE SHOWCASE Saturday 20 June, 6.30pm - Tickets: £10 (conc. £5)
After a successful show at the Riverside in June 2019, ICONIC is back again in June 2020 with another jam-packed show. We cannot wait to showcase the wonderful students of the year, presenting all their hard work and talent in this lively entertaining event not to be missed … Spread the word and grab your tickets.
COMMUNITY/DANCE VICTORIA LAGAN DANCE & DRAMA SHOWCASE Friday 26 & Saturday 27 June, 8pm Tickets: £14 Victoria Lagan Dance and Drama’s annual summer showcase is set to hit the Riverside stage once again. Enjoy an evening of entertainment from the talented VLDD pupils showcasing their award winning choreography, NATD and LAMDA syllabus work, drama pieces and their contemporary, acro, street, jazz, lyrical and commercial dancing. PAGE 33 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
FAMILY/CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Heartbreak Productions presents Tuesday 14 July, 2.30pm - Tickets: Adults £16, children £11, family ticket of 4 (2 adults and 2 children £45)
You’re invited to celebrate Annabelle’s 10th Acting upon her curiosity and responding to birthday, hosted by everyone’s favourite MP her kindness, Chloe and Mr. Stink forge an candidate, Janet Crumb! (Almost) everyone extraordinary and rewarding friendship that is welcome…that is, everyone apart from takes them to the heady heights of live television Chloe’s particularly smelly new friend, Mr and Downing Street via a garden shed. Stink. Join Heartbreak Productions for David One perfectly normal afternoon in an Walliams’ best-seller Mr Stink on the outdoor average English town two restless souls unite stage. Pack a picnic, grab a chair and dress on a park bench – one of them the lonely for the weather. Packed with fun, humour and 12 year old Chloe Crumb and the other an a heart-warming message, this touching tale incredibly smelly homeless man. Oh, and provides the perfect family entertainment. let’s not forget his loyal dog, the Duchess. Recommended for children & young people aged 7+. Running Time: 2 Hours. PAGE 34 | riversidetheatre.org.uk /Box office: (028) 70 123 123
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE RIVERSIDE YOUTH THEATRE MUSICAL THEATRE SUMMER SCHOOL Directed by Ben Levy Wednesday 5th – Saturday 15 August, 10am – 5pm daily (excluding Sundays) *Showcase for parents on the final Saturday at 3pm (Tickets: £7 - available online: riversidetheatre.org.uk) Enrolment: £150 per child (payment by instalments available) Age Suitability: 8 years +
The Riverside Youth Theatre's (RYT) Musical Theatre Summer School is a nurturing and and Teacher of Singing for SLP College, Leeds, fun environment for children and young Head of Singing for SLP Junior Academy and people led by professional tutors, musicians Junior Associates and Musical Director for Military and choreographers. Students will develop Wives Choir, York. musical theatre skills, learn to collaborate with others as an ensemble and perform in a Ben is also in high demand as a workshop tutor, show-stopping showcase! recently working with BBC Radio York, Damien Poole Theatre Arts (DPTA), Royal and Derngate Director Ben Levy is a highly sought after Theatre, Northampton and PQA. musical director and singing tutor. Currently based in Leeds, he works as Musical Director
DRAMA/COMMUNITY
Belvoir Players presents except for the ‘lady next door’, who insists on putting out her washing just as the STRICTLY pigeons are returning from their exploits. When Muriel and Lily learn that they share FOR THE BIRDS a sweepstake that has drawn the favourite and are likely to win a considerable sum By Sam Cree of money, Muriel’s mother descends on Saturday 22 August, 8pm the household with the threat that life will Tickets: £11 (conc. £9) never be the same again for the hapless Herbie. Blending the customary potpourri Muriel and Herbie Glover and their daughter of Cree characters the play races along Susan enjoy life in the domestic setting of a wee to the inevitable conclusion but not before terraced house in Belfast. Their neighbour, Lilly audiences are treated to a hilarious evening Dodds, calls in quite frequently. Herbie keeps of comedy and mayhem that are the pigeons in his loft in the back yard. All is bliss hallmarks of Sam Cree’s writing.
FIND US The Riverside Theatre is located on the Ulster University campus in Coleraine. WALKING BUS You can access the University on foot via Translink’s 140b and 319a Ulsterbus services the Cromore Road or Portstewart Road side go via the University campus – visit of the campus on the ‘pedestrian access’ translink.co.uk for more information. routes labelled on the map, once on campus signage will lead you by walk-ways to the theatre. CAR/PARKING Access to the University campus by car is via the Cromore Road only, entry via either the main TRAIN or north entrance will guide you via signage to Translink operate a rail service from the theatre. Car-parking is free to the general Coleraine to the University – public after 7pm (Monday – Thursday), after visit translink.co.uk for more information. 5pm (Fridays) and completely free over the weekend. (Saturday and Sunday). There is a dedicated disabled car park directly beside the theatre’s front door.
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