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LET US ENTERTAIN YOU AUTUMN/WINTER AUTUMN/WINTERPROGRAMME PROGRAMME 2019 2019 www.thebrewhouse.net WWW.THEBREWHOUSE.NET WELCOME It is hard to contemplate winter as I write amidst a tropical Somerset summer but as the first Strictly Come Dancing contestants are announced, you know the count-down to Christmas has begun. As has ours: preparations for our main house production of The Railway Children steam along with The Snow Dragon and Christmas Tales with Granddad creating a perfect mix of seasonal treats. Beforehand there is a fantastic autumn line-up in store including one of my all-time favourite choreographers, Russell Maliphant. You can also spend an evening with Lesley Garrett, who I had the pleasure of working with at the Royal Opera House, many years ago. There will be plenty of laughs with Jack Dee, Mark Watson, Boycie and award-winning author Gill Sims. The music of legends Carole King, Buddy Holly, Blondie and Phil Collins will lift your spirits, alongside our much-loved local celebrities Cleverly Everly and Clare Teal. Expect exemplary performances from the European Union Chamber Orchestra and Ballet Cymru’s dancers in Romeo a Juliet. There are numerous live broadcasts to sample, such as NT Live: One Man Two Guvnors, 42nd Street, ROH Live: Don Giovanni, Emma Rice’s production Wise Children, Billy Connolly and Margaret Atwood in conversation. Kids will love the West End’s production of The Tiger who Came to Tea, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and I Believe in Unicorns. As the nights close in, come in from the cold and receive a warm welcome at The Brewhouse as we have plenty to keep you entertained this season. Vanessa Lefrancois, Chief Executive We are proud to sponsor Financial advice with true vision Invest Southwest is an established and experienced team of Independent Financial Advisers. Our head office is in Taunton and we have advisers based across the South West. Our services include: • Pensions • Savings & Investments Call now for your initial financial review • Mortgages • Personal Protection • Equity Release • Long-Term Care FREE however long it takes • Estate & IHT Planning • Will Management 01823 353 970 12 Hammet Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1RZ I www.investsouthwest.co.uk CONTENTS Performances and Event Cinema 4-21 Christmas 2019: The Railway Children and more 22-24 Cinema 15 Activities 21 Exhibitions 26 Gift Vouchers 26 Community Groups & External Promoters 27 Social Media Information 27 Membership/Volunteering 29 Next Season highlights 30 Seating plan 30 Useful Information 31 Donation Information 31 3 SEPTEMBER TALON - THE BEST OF EAGLES WHY MUMMY DOESN’T GIVE A WED 4 & THU 5 SEP **** - AN EVENING WITH GILL SIMS One of the most successful theatre touring (LIMITED AVAILABILITY) shows in the UK - back by popular demand. FRI 6 SEP This world class seven-piece band’s ‘Greatest Hits Tour 2019’ features the Eagles’ timeless Join Gill Sims, best-selling author of “Why Mummy back catalogue including Hotel California, Take It Drinks”, “Why Mummy Swears” and “Why Easy, One Of These Nights, Take It To The Limit, Mummy Doesn’t Give A…” as she is interviewed Desperado, Lyin’ Eyes, Life In The Fast Lane and about her blog, books, character and much more! many more She’ll also be giving readings from her books and taking questions from the audience. Books available for purchase/autographing. Please note: latecomers not admitted. 7.30PM | £25 | MUSIC | ALL AGES 7.30PM | £16 | TALK | 16+ MARGARET ATWOOD: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR: LIVE IN CINEMAS FROM SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE TUE 10 SEP WED 11 SEP Broadcast from the National Theatre, treat yourself Shakespeare’s only comedy set in England, with to an evening of Margaret Atwood sharing her double-meanings and disguises all around as Sir insights into her long and distinguished career, John Falstaff sets about improving his financial starting with her highly anticipated new novel – situation by wooing the ‘Merry Wives’ Mistress The Testaments (34 years after The Handmaid’s Page and Mistress Ford. The broadcast of this new Tale). Includes exclusive readings by high-profile production also features insightful interviews and actors, as well as filmed documentary content exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. Note: Not a from throughout Atwood’s life. live broadcast. 7.30PM | £18 | EVENT CINEMA | 12A 7PM | £11/£17/£19 | EVENT CINEMA | 12A 4 SEPTEMBER NT LIVE: FLEABAG JACK DEE: OFF THE TELLY THU 12 SEP (SOLD OUT - WAITING LIST See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman AVAILABLE) show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, SAT 14 SEP broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller- Star of TV sitcoms Bad Move, Lead Balloon and Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Josh, Jack Dee’s other credits include presenting Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of Jack Dee’s Helpdesk, The Jack Dee Show, Jack Dee’s woman living her sort of life. Saturday Night, Jack Dee’s Happy Hour and Jack Dee Live at the Apollo. “I’ve probably appeared in every TV show with my name in the title” 7.30PM | £11/£17/£19 | EVENT CINEMA | 15 8PM | £22 | COMEDY | 14+ BOOTLEG BLONDIE FRI 13 SEP Bootleg Blondie is the official Debbie Harry & Blondie tribute band - the only one to have played at the legendary CBGBs in New York City (where the original band first kicked off their career). They’re also the only Blondie tribute to have had an original member join them on stage - drummer Clem Burke joined the band playing full shows on their major UK tour at the start of 2019. He said afterwards that watching and playing with Bootleg Blondie was very emotional. Lead vocalist Debbie Harris not only has the looks of the original Blondie bombshell, but the voice and attitude too. Like her heroine she is typically outrageous on stage and has been known to wear dustbin liners, thigh length boots and t-shirts with more holes than t-shirt! 8PM | £17 | MUSIC | ALL AGES 5 SEPTEMBER THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY TUE 24 SEP Direct from a sold-out world tour with standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is a critically acclaimed concert style theatre show about two young boys from Queens, New York who went on to become the world’s most successful music duo of all time. Using huge projection photos and original film footage that set the songs in their historical context. As well as pictures of the real Simon and Garfunkel, 1960s New York is conveyed in images of landscape wastes, civil rights protest and rain- washed tenements. This 50th Anniversary Celebration features Adam Dickinson as Paul Simon and Kingsley Judd as Art Garfunkel, plus a full live band performing all the hits including ‘Mrs Robinson’, ‘Cecilia’, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘Homeward Bound’, ‘The Sound of Silence’, ‘The Boxer’, ‘Scarborough Fair’, plus some of their lesser-known songs that helped them become global stars. 7:30PM | £21/£23 | MUSIC | ALL AGES THE KING OF POP STARRING NAVI NT LIVE: ONE MAN, SAT 21 SEP TWO GUVNORS (ENCORE) The only tribute artist ever to be chosen by THU 26 SEP Michael Jackson himself, Navi was hired as Based on the classic Italian comedy The Michael’s official body double. This incredible Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, production features all the classics performed by this new English version by prizewinning Navi and his band, dancers and special effects in playwright Richard Bean, (songs and music by a show suitable for the whole family. Grant Olding), features a Tony-Award winning performance by James Corden. Sex, food and money are high on the agenda. Originally broadcast in 2011. 7.30PM | £23 | MUSIC | ALL AGES 7PM | £11/£17/£19 | EVENT CINEMA | 12A 6 SEPTEMBER THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA FRI 27 - SUN 29 SEP The Tiger Who Came to Tea takes to our stage in this truly magical Olivier Award nominated production adapted and directed by David Wood, based on the book by Judith Kerr. A little girl named Sophie is having tea with her mother in their kitchen. Then there’s a knock on the front door - it’s the tiger with a very polite inquiry: “Excuse me, but I’m very hungry. Do you think I could have tea with you?” But the tiger drinks all the tea and eats all the food in the house! Keep an eye out for some sleight-of- paw tricks as the tiger secretly snaffles the plates loaded with goodies, leaving everyone else wondering where all the food has gone. Join the tea-guzzling tiger in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-along songs and clumsy chaos! A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem… expect to be surprised! TIMES VARY | £14 / £50 FAMILY / GROUPS 10+ £9.50 PP | FAMILY | 3+ 7 OCTOBER JOHN ROBINS: HOT SHAME TUE 1 OCT Vibe-Chasers and Shame-Well Divers delight! Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner, radio star and author John Robins returns with a hilarious new show. “Following my commercial digital indie radio quest to rid the UK of shame, I have decided to climb the rope out of John’s Shame Well to travel the country with stories of “Hot Shame”. Conveniently I already had a 44-date pub crawl in the diary, and my agents suggested I combine it with shows at regional arts centres and theatres. After some long, and, at times, quite heated discussions about remuneration, I agreed.” 7.30PM | £18.50 | COMEDY | 16+ SILENT LINES THU 3 OCT The multiple award-winning Russell Maliphant Company was established in 1996 as the framework for Maliphant to initiate productions and to work with his own ensemble of dancers.