Download Our Brochure

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Download Our Brochure SUMMER SEASON 2020 The Friars, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2AS Box Office: 01227 787787 marlowetheatre.com Welcome... Members get more! ...to our new season at The Marlowe. It’s packed with great shows from the worlds of contemporary theatre, dance, PRIORITY BOOKING AT THE BEST PRICES comedy, music, family shows and, of course, musicals for everyone to enjoy. If there’s a teenager in your life, then the thread of sassy new musicals-with-attitude from Everybody's Talking About Jamie, to Six to Heathers and My Best Friend’s Wedding will keep them happy. Highlights for theatre-lovers include the thrillingly-staged A Monster Calls and James Graham’s smart and thought-provoking comedy Quiz, whilst the Studio continues its programme of the very best new shows around. And we welcome two explosive dance shows JOIN FOR AS from ‘rockstar choreographer’ Hofesh Shechter with Political Mother Unplugged and the legendary Breakin’ Convention, which will fill the LITTLE AS theatre with world class hip hop stars and local talent. In the Autumn, of course, we’ll be manning the barricades for the £35 unmissable Les Misérables. Look out for brilliant money-saving offers for multi-buys and membership and we look forward to seeing you for an extraordinary season of theatre-going! Become a Member to receive exclusive Deborah Shaw benefits and get closer to the action: Chief Executive SAVE UP TO PRIORITY BOOKING You will be the first to hear when new shows go on sale, 20% and you'll be able to book before the general public for most shows. MAKE BIG SAVINGS WITH BEST PRICES OUR MULTI-BUY OFFER You will have priority access to the best priced tickets. Book three or more shows from the front section of our brochure (page 4-37) and save 15% (Marlowe Members save 20%). MEMBER DISCOUNTS This discount will be automatically applied whether you book your tickets Discounts on most shows, 10% in priority period, 5% at other times. online, by phone or in person. Remember, our prices change with demand, Book up to nine tickets per show with your discount! so get in touch today to get the best tickets at the best prices. marlowetheatre.com Annual membership costs from only £35. Box Office: 01227 787787 See our website or contact our box office for a complete list of applicable shows. The multi-buy Visit marlowetheatre.com/memberships Sponsor of The Marlowe Friends offer is subject to availability and is available on the top 4 prices, apart from Live At The Marlowe where there is only one price. The offer applies to tickets purchased in the same transaction and or call Box Office on 01227 787787 to join now. cannot be applied retrospectively or used in conjunction with any other offer. 2 Book your tickets early to get the best price 3 *Our prices change with demand. For the latest information call us or visit our website. SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% -– FINDFIND OUTOUT MOREMORE ONON PAGEPAGE 32 SHOWSHOW MULTI-BUYMULTI-BUY OFFEROFFER || SAVESAVE UPUP TOTO 20%20% –- FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 23 THE OLD VIC PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISTOL OLD VIC JAVAAD ALIPOOR AND HOME IN THE MARLOWE, YORK THEATRE NEW ADVENTURES ASSOCIATION WITH TRAVERSE ROYAL, LITTLE ANGEL THEATRE A Monster Calls THEATRE COMPANY AND ENGINE HOUSE Matthew Bourne’s production of Based on the novel by Patrick Ness. Rich Kids: A History The Storm Whale Inspired by an original idea by Siobhan Dowd. MON 6-SAT 11 APR 2020 The Red Shoes Of Shopping Malls THE STUDIO TUE 7-SAT 11 APR 2020 TUE 31 MAR-SAT 4 APR 2020 In Tehran THE THEATRE THE THEATRE Based on the award- THU 2-SAT 4 APR 2020 THE STUDIO winning books by “ A gorgeous swirl of storytelling and style.” The Olivier award-winning West End show. Benji Davies. THE INDEPENDENT A powerful insight into love, loss and healing, this An award-winning One summer, while his Matthew Bourne’s triumphant adaptation of the stunning adaptation of the bestselling novel is show about excess Dad was busy at work, Noi legendary film returns after winning two Olivier Awards beautifully told by a large ensemble cast through and Instagram. rescued a little whale that and dazzling audiences across the UK and the USA. imaginative staging, physical theatre, aerial stunts This stand-out hit from the washed up on the beach. A friendship began that and live music. 2019 Edinburgh Festival is The Red Shoes is a tale of obsession, possession a play about entitlement changed their lives forever. and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the Teenager Conor and his mum were just fine, but now and consumption, and The charming tale, brought world. The Red Shoes will dazzle your senses and his mum is sick and isn’t getting any better. One night, the human problem of to life with stunning puppets break your heart. Conor is woken by something at his window: a monster what successful and brutal is perfect for children of 4yrs+. has come walking, to tell him tales. Now Conor must people do with their Various times “ Matthew Bourne’s exquisite production is a dazzling, tell his own story and face his deepest fears. coddled children. Tickets £13, Marlowe Members triumphant masterpiece.” êêêêê THE UPCOMING The production encourages 5% off, Groups of 4+ £11.50 êêêêê THE TIMES Evenings 7.30pm Audio described “Spectacular” per ticket AD audiences to use Instagram Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm performance Recommended for adults and children aged 10yrs+. Relaxed performance to explore what's RP Prices from £15* Wed 8 Apr, 7.30pm Evenings 7.30pm Under 16s 20% off happening in the world Tue 7 Apr, 11am Discounts Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Sign interpreted Sign interpreted Show Talk around them. Marlowe Members 5% off Tue 7 Apr, post-show, free Prices from £15* performance performance 8pm Discovery Tickets (Tue-Thu) Discounts (on selected seats) Sat 4 Apr, 2.30pm Sat 11 Apr, 11am Tickets £17, Marlowe Members Groups (Tue-Thu) Dance at The Marlowe is Marlowe Members 5% off Audio described sponsored by Kent and Sussex AD 5% off, Discovery Tickets, Schools £15 tickets (Thu, Discovery Tickets performance Cottages. Groups booking by phone or in person) Groups (Tue-Thu) Sat 4 Apr, 2.30pm 4 Book your tickets early to get the best price Book your tickets early to get the best price 5 *Our prices change with demand. For the latest information call us or visit our website. *Our prices change with demand. For the latest information call us or visit our website. SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% -– FINDFIND OUTOUT MOREMORE ONON PAGEPAGE 32 SHOWSHOW MULTI-BUYMULTI-BUY OFFEROFFER || SAVESAVE UPUP TOTO 20%20% –- FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 23 English Touring Opera BREACH THEATRE Beautiful: The Carole King Musical SILENT UPROAR It’s True, It’s True, Thank You For TUE 21-SAT 25 APR 2020 Mozart: Così fan tutte It’s True THE THEATRE Doing Nothing WED 22-SAT 25 APR 2020 THU 7-SAT 9 MAY 2020 THE STUDIO Handel: Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) THE STUDIO The Olivier Award-winning West End and WED 15 & THU 16 APR 2020 Broadway show. A comedy musical THE THEATRE The tale of how one woman took revenge Long before she was Carole King, the chart- about climate change and the people English Touring Opera return to Canterbury with through her art. topping music legend, she was an ordinary girl who want you to do two operatic masterpieces, each full of stunning This award-winning with an extraordinary talent. Beautiful tells the nothing about it. music and breath-taking performances. production focuses on inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to the 1612 trial of Agostino stardom. This is a show that sings, Così fan tutte: Mozart’s perfect comic opera is an Tassi for the rape of dances and lies about how Along the way, she wrote the soundtrack to a enduring favourite. A story of young love and fidelity, baroque painter Artemisia everything in the future it is in many ways Mozart’s most perfect opera. Sung Gentileschi. generation, creating countless classics such as will be brilliant, and that in English. Based on surviving court (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Take climate change isn’t worth Good Care Of My Baby, You’ve Got A Friend, So worrying about. Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar): One of Handel’s most transcripts, this play dramatises the trial that Far Away, It Might As Well Rain Until September, Recommended 12yrs+. Contains celebrated operas: a story of passion and revenge, strong language. gripped Renaissance Rome featuring a treasure trove of great arias. The opera Up On The Roof, and The Locomotion. and asks how much has 8pm “Slick, beautifully played and full of hits.” THE TIMES follows Julius Caesar’s conquest of Egypt. Sung in changed in the last four Tickets £17, Marlowe Members 5% off, Discovery Tickets, Italian, with surtitles in English. centuries. “A tapestry of greatest hits.” THE GUARDIAN Groups Così fan tutte Discounts (on selected seats) 8pm “ I dare you not to get up and dance.” Wed 7.30pm Marlowe Members 5% off Tickets £17, Marlowe Members Show Talk SALLY BOAZMAN, BBC RADIO 2 Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) Discovery Tickets 5% off, Discovery Tickets, Fri 8 May, post-show, free Thu 7.30pm Groups Groups Evenings 7.30pm Discounts (on selected seats) Prices from £15* Schools £10 tickets (booking by Sign interpreted Wed, Thu & Sat matinees Marlowe Members 5% off phone and in person) performance 2.30pm Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed eve) Fri 24 Apr, 8pm Prices from £15* Groups (Tue-Thu) 6 Book your tickets early to get the best price Book your tickets early to get the best price 7 *Our prices change with demand.
Recommended publications
  • KIPPS the NEW HALF a SIXPENCE MUSICAL Based on the H.G
    “We Try To Please” and “Pleased To Try” MONDAY 5th - SATURDAY 10th JULY 2021 Mountview by arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh presents KIPPS THE NEW HALF A SIXPENCE MUSICAL Based on the H.G. Wells novel “KIPPS: The Story of a Simple Soul” and the original musical by BEVERLEY CROSS and DAVID HENEKER Original Songs by DAVID HENEKER Book by JULIAN FELLOWES New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by GEORGE STILES and ANTHONY DREWE Orchestrations by WILLIAM DAVID BROHN Co-created by CAMERON MACKINTOSH This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe. mtishows.co.uk Director STEPHEN JAMESON Musical Director ANDREW HILTON Choreographer EMMA WOODS Set and Costume Designer PJ MCEVOY Lighting Designer BEN ORMEROD Sound Designer MATT MCKENZIE Photo by RULER ABOUT MOUNTVIEW Excellence, Access and Innovation in dramatic training are at the heart of our work. Since 1945, we have trained the very best performers, directors, theatre production artists and producers. We are committed to ensuring our community of over 500 students is representative and that drama training is accessible to all. Opened in 2018, our home in Peckham was conceived in partnership with Southwark Council as a truly 21st-century drama school and a creative arts hub for all. Our state-of-the-art facilities include the 200-seat Mountview Theatre (made possible by a £1m donation from Sir Cameron Mackintosh), the 80-seat Backstage Theatre, 21 acting/dance studios, TV and radio suites and production workshops. In recognition of their extraordinary work in establishing Mountview’s new home and for their commitment to promoting inclusivity, Joint Chief Executives Stephen Jameson and Sarah Preece were presented with Olivier Awards in 2020.
    [Show full text]
  • Charlie Stemp and Danielle Hope to Play the Prince and Snow White in S N O W W H I T E at T H E L O N D O N P a L L a D I U M
    CHARLIE STEMP AND DANIELLE HOPE TO PLAY THE PRINCE AND SNOW WHITE IN S N O W W H I T E AT T H E L O N D O N P A L L A D I U M Qdos Entertainment today (12 October 2018) announced that Charlie Stemp will return to the London Palladium to play The Prince in this year’s Pantomime, Snow White at the London Palladium along with Danielle Hope who will play the title role of Snow White. They join the previously announced Dawn French as The Wicked Queen, Julian Clary as The Man in The Mirror, Paul Zerdin as Muddles, Nigel Havers as The Understudy, Gary Wilmot as Mrs Crumble with Vincent and Flavia as The King and The Queen for this strictly limited 5 week run. They are joined by Josh Bennett, Simeon Dyer, Craig Garner, Ben Goffe, Jamie John, Blake Lisle and Andrew Martin as The Magnificent Seven and ensemble members Faye Best, Myles Brown, Darragh Cowley, Ivan De Freitas, Scott English, Liz Ewing, Ross Finnie, Diana Girbau, Matt Holland, Abigayle Honeywill, Stevie Hutchinson, Jemima Loddy, Megan Louch, Mollie McGugan, James Paterson, Leanne Pinder, Oliver Roll, Jordan Rose, Aaron J Smith, Lucie-Mae Sumner, Carrie Sutton, Grant Thresh and Charlotte Wilmot along with The Palladium Pantoloons. Performances of Snow White at the London Palladium begin on Saturday 8 December 2018 with Gala Night on 12 December with the run concluding on Sunday 13 January 2019. Produced by the Olivier Award-winning team behind last year’s Dick Whittington, Snow White at the London Palladium will again be directed by Michael Harrison, with choreography by Karen Bruce, scenery designed by Ian Westbrook, costumes designed by Hugh Durrant, speciality costumes designed by Mike Coltman, visual special effects by The Twins FX, lighting by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Gareth Owen, video and projection design by Duncan McLean, and original music by Gary Hind.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 the BBC Executive’S Review and Assessment 07 08
    PART TWO: Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 The BBC Executive’s review and assessment 07 08 Director- General ’s introduction 01 About the BBC 02 BBC & me 04 BBC Executive Board 24 BBC at a glance 26 Review of services Future Media & Technology 29 Vision 32 Audio & Music 38 Journalism 44 Commercial activities 52 Engaging with audiences 54 ...quality programming that informs Performance us, educates us and more often BBC People 58 than not, entertains us. These three Operations 62 Statements of Programme Policy tenets are as important today as commitments 2007/08 70 when they were first uttered around Finance 80 years ago. Financial overview 82 Governance and financial statements 86 Getting in touch with the BBC 148 Other information Inside back cover THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL 01 WELCOME When I wrote to you a year ago, our award- Despite these difficulties, the BBC has had a downloads and streams. And it’s still growing. winning Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston year of outstanding creative renewal. From There is no evidence that it is impacting was still missing. We didn’t know if we would Cranford to Sacred Music to Gavin and Stacey, our linear television and radio ratings which ever see him again. And then, what we’d all television has lived up to our aim – to delight remain very strong. been hoping, working and praying for: Alan’s audiences. And we have seen the nation share tired but smiling face as he was led to freedom. some of the events that unite us all – from the With Freesat now launched, complementing Concert for Diana to Wales’ triumph at the Six our popular Freeview service, it’s clear But within a few days, we had fresh problems Nations Rugby championship.
    [Show full text]
  • WILL ING Writer
    WILL ING Writer Television 2020- CHANNEL HOPPING WITH JON RICHARDSON 2021 Rumpus Media 2019- THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MOVIES 2021 CPL Productions/ Sky1 2018- A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN 2021 CPL Productions/Sky1 8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN Zeppotron, 2012-19 2019- GOLDIES OLDIES 2020 Viacom 2019 WHAT HAPPENS IF Screen Glue 2017 ZAPPED Co-Creator & Co-Writer (with Paul Powell and Will Ing) of a high-concept series Black Dog Television and Baby Cow Productions for UKTV (2 series) 8 OUT OF 10 CATS Zeppotron/More 4 THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE ITV UNSPUN WITH MATT FORDE Avalon (Series 2) BIG STAR’S LITTLE STAR 12 Yard/ITV (Series 4 & 5) A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN CPL Productions/Sky1 FABLE Pilot script in development with Baby Cow/Microsoft LAST IN LINE Co-Creator & Co-Writer (with Paul Powell and Dan Gaster) of pilot script Black Dog Television / Kudos MY FAMILY AND OTHER IDIOTS Co-Creator & Co-Writer (with Paul Powell and Dan Gaster) of pilot script Black Dog Television NICE GUY EDDIE Co-Creator & Co-Writer (with Paul Powell and Dan Gaster) of pilot script Black Dog Television 2015 8 OUT OF 10 CATS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Zeppotron/Channel 4 BIG STAR’S LITTLE STAR 12 Yard/ITV WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON? BBC Earth 2014 YOU SAW THEM HERE FIRST Three Series, ITV RELATIVELY CLEVER Scriptwriter, John Stanley Productions/Sky LIVE AT THE APOLLO Additional material, Open Mike/BBC COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Writing for Victoria Wood WILD THINGS Additional material, IWC Media/Sky 1 OPERATION OUCH Two Series for CBBC/Maverick LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU STV/ITV HOLLYWOOD SQUARES Non-TX Pilot for Group M MARCEL LE CONT SHOW Non-TX Pilot for BBC, 2014 2013 10 O’CLOCK LIVE Two Series, Zeppotron, 2012-2013 SHOW ME THE TELLY ITV HOW TO WIN EUROVISION BBC WHEN MIRANDA MET BRUCE BBC SECRET EATERS Endemol/Channel 4 FAKE REACTION Two Series for STV Productions/ITV, 2011-2013 AND YOU ARE? Co-Creator & Co-Writer, hosted by Miranda Hart.
    [Show full text]
  • GLASGOW CELEBRATES TEN YEARS of LAUGHTER Glasgow International Comedy Festival Unveils Tenth Anniversary Line-Up
    ***STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01hrs WEDNESDAY 18 JAN 2012*** GLASGOW CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF LAUGHTER Glasgow International Comedy Festival Unveils Tenth Anniversary Line-Up Glasgow will celebrate the city‟s famous sense of humour once again this spring as the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Europe‟s premier comedy event, returns for its tenth year. The city will play host to a bumper gathering of some of the world‟s most in-demand comedians when the festival rolls into town from 15 March to 1 April 2012 with nearly 100,000 tickets available for more than 300 shows across 40 venues. Funded by Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and Event Scotland, over the last decade the festival has become a city and Scottish institution. Over 600,000 tickets have been sold and more than 2,000 comedians have graced the many stages the festival provides throughout the city over the last ten years. This year boasts the best programme yet with more big name shows than ever before. The festival‟s official tenth anniversary line-up was revealed today unveiling a variety of top stand-up, sketch, music, theatre, TV and film performers from around the world. Household names like Sarah Millican, Dara O‟Briain, Rory Bremner, and Jenny Eclair are among the big acts performing at venues across the city this year. Nightly stand-up at the city‟s largest theatre, The Kings, includes stars like Stewart Lee, Ardal O‟Hanlon and Dorothy Paul. A gala charity night on 19th March brings together two of Scotland‟s biggest stars – Frankie Boyle and Greg McHugh (Gary Tank Commander) to raise funds for Palestine.
    [Show full text]
  • Photo by David Brennan Tyne Theatre and Opera House A6 Landscape AD.Qxp V 19/09/2017 14:49 Page 1
    Photo by David Brennan tyne Theatre and Opera House a6 Landscape AD.qxp_v 19/09/2017 14:49 Page 1 Freshly Roasted Coffee Born and Speciality Teas Espresso Machinery brewed in Barista Training Byker brinkburnbrewery.co.uk Setting up a coffee shop? www.pumphreys* Buy online and -receivecoffee.co.uk free delivery on all orders over £50! * Give Pumphreys0191 a call 414 and 4510 benefit from the experience of established experts. @PumphreysCoffee pumphreyscoffee Pumphrey’s Coffee Freshly Roasted Coffee Speciality Teas Espresso Machinery Barista Training Setting up a coffee shop? www.pumphreys* Buy online and -receivecoffee.co.uk free delivery on all orders over £50! * Give Pumphreys0191 a call 414 and 4510 benefit from the experience of established experts. @PumphreysCoffee pumphreyscoffee Pumphrey’s Coffee tyne Theatre and Opera House a6 Landscape AD.qxp_v 19/09/2017 14:49 Page 1 Freshly Roasted Coffee Born and Speciality Teas Espresso Machinery brewed in Barista Training Byker brinkburnbrewery.co.uk Setting up a coffee shop? www.pumphreys* Buy online and -receivecoffee.co.uk free delivery on all orders over £50! * Give Pumphreys0191 a call 414 and 4510 benefit from the experience of established experts. @PumphreysCoffee pumphreyscoffee Pumphrey’s Coffee WELCOME TO OUR NEW WHAT’S ON GUIDE! What an amazing 2017 we’ve had so far, and there’s still plenty more in store! This year saw Tyne Theatre & Opera House celebrate its 150th Anniversary, and we’ve seen some brilliant events take place, including Tyne Theatre Productions’ spectacular West Side Story and our exciting collaboration with Whitley Bay Film Festival, The Cinema Years.
    [Show full text]
  • JON+RICHARDSON+Edinburgh+11+
    EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2011 JON RICHARDSON Introduces extracts from his debut book It’s Not Me, It’s You Pleasance Ace Dome 20 ththth ––– 282828 ththth August at 2:302:30pmpmpmpm ‘A neurotic genius’ – Radio Times 'Sublimely brilliant, stunning....He is a comic rightright on the verge of gregreatness.atness. If you haven't seen him yet get your finger out and sort it.’ --- Time Out Impossible perfectionist seeks very very very tidy woman. 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, star of Stand Up For The Week , Have I Got News For You , Live At The Apollo and new team captain on Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats , Jon Richardson returns to Edinburgh this year with a brand new literary show. Jon will be reading extracts from his debut book It’s Not Me It’s You (released by HarperCollins June 23 rd ) at the Pleasance Ace Dome from 20 th – 28 th August at 2.30pm. Is your filing faultless? Your CDs, apostrophes, cutlery all in the right places? Can you eat a biscuit in the correct way? Then Jon Richardson (single for seven years and counting) could be your ideal man… Living alone in a one bedroom flat in Swindon, 28 year old Jon has had far too much time on his hands to think. In fact to obsess. About almost everything. Jon’s obssessive compulsive personality disorder has seen him arrange the coins in his pockets in ascending size and colour code his bookshelves. It takes him less than 90 seconds to locate a receipt for a pair of shoes he bought in 1997.
    [Show full text]
  • Power Play Sport the Media and Popular Culture.Pdf (2
    Power Play Sport, the Media and Popular Culture Second edition Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes Edinburgh University Press For Noelle, Lauren and Liam (RB) For Susan, Alice and Adam (RH) © Raymond Boyles and Richard Haynes, 2009 First edition published by Pearson Education Limited, 2000 Edinburgh University Press Ltd 22 George Square, Edinburgh www.euppublishing.com Typeset in 11/13 pt Stempel Garamond by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, and printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7486 3592 4 (hardback) ISBN 978 0 7486 3593 1 (paperback) The right of Raymond Boyles and Richard Haynes to be identifi ed as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Contents Preface v Acknowledgements x 1 Sport, the Media and Popular Culture 1 2 All Our Yesterdays: A History of Media Sport 19 3 A Sporting Triangle: Television, Sport and Sponsorship 43 4 Power Game: Why Sport Matters to Television 66 5 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Media Sport and Stardom 86 6 The Race Game: Media Sport, Race and Ethnicity 107 7 Playing the Game: Media Sport and Gender 122 8 Games Across Frontiers: Mediated Sport and 144 National Identity 9 The Sports Pages: Journalism and Sport 164 10 Consuming Sport: Fans, Fandom and the Audience 184 11 Conclusion: Sport in the Digital Age 204 Bibliography 223 Index 240 Sport, is of course one of the very best things about television; I would keep my set for it alone.
    [Show full text]
  • May All Our Voices Be Heard
    JUST THE TONIC EDFRINGE VENUES 2019 FULL LISTINGS AND MORE 1st - 25th August 2019 EDINBURGH FRINGE PROUDLY SPONSORED BY NO ONE - TOTALLY INDEPENDENT 7 venues 8 Bars 4000 performances 98.9%* 19 performance spaces 182 shows comedy *THE OTHER 1.1% ARE FUN AS WELL… CHALLENGE: GO FIND THE OTHER 2 SHOWS INSIDE! MAY ALL OUR VOICES BE HEARD www.justthetonic.com Big Value is the best Big Value compilation show at The Fringe. It’s an Comedy Shows excellent barometer of The longest running stand up compilation show on the fringe. We ask promoter people who are going Darrell Martin to take a look at at it’s fine heritage. to go on to big things. Starting in 1996, with a line up that included The show is currently produced by Darrell And I’m not just saying Milton Jones and Adam Bloom, the Big Value Martin, who runs Just the Tonic. It wasn’t Comedy Shows have been selecting the always that way. Many years ago Darrell was that because I did it. stars of the future for almost 25 years. a keen performer that was desperate to be part of the show. Comedians such as Jim Jeffries, Pete Harris was the person who set it all up. Sarah Millican, Jon Richardson and He ran a chain of clubs called Screaming ROMESH Romesh Ranganathan are some of Blue Murder. According to Adam Bloom, it all RANGANATHAN came out of a conversation where Adam said Big Value Comedy Show 2011 + 2012 those who were first exposed to the to Pete that he wanted to go to Edinburgh but couldn’t afford it.
    [Show full text]
  • British Cult Comedy.Indb 215 16/8/06 12:34:16 Pm Cult Comedy Club up the Creek in Greenwich, Southeast London
    Geography Lessons: comedy around Britain British Cult Comedy.indb 215 16/8/06 12:34:16 pm Cult comedy club Up The Creek in Greenwich, southeast London British Cult Comedy.indb 216 16/8/06 12:34:17 pm Geography Lessons: comedy around Britain Comedy just wouldn’t be comedy without local roots. And that is why, in this chapter, we take you on a tour of British comedy from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands, visiting local comedic landmarks, clubs and festivals. Comedy is prey to the same homogenizing forces Do Part, was successfully re-created in America, that have made Starbucks globally ubiquitous but Germany and Israel, suggesting that comedy that humour doesn’t travel so easily or predictably as touches, however lightly, on universal truths can cappuccino. In the past, slang, regional vocabu- be exported around the world. lary, accents and local knowledge have often A comic’s roots, cherished or spurned, are limited a comic’s appeal, explaining why such crucial to their humour. The small screen has acts as George Formby and Tommy Trinder never made it easier for contemporary acts – nota- quite transcended the north/south divide. Yet a bly Johnny Vegas, Peter Kay and Ben Elton character as localized as Alf Garnett, the charis- – to achieve national recognition while retain- matic Cockney bigot in the sitcom Till Death Us ing a regional identity. Since the 1980s, a more 217 British Cult Comedy.indb 217 16/8/06 12:34:17 pm GEOGRapHY LESSONS: COmedY arOUND brItaIN adventurous approach to sitcoms has meant that theme to British comedy, it was that, as Linda shows such as The Royle Family have had a much Smith told him: “A lot of comics come from more authentic local flavour than most of their the edge of nowhere.” Smith often argued with predecessors.
    [Show full text]
  • Vision 2015-2018 London’S Most Vibrant Venue for New Theatre, Comedy and Cabaret
    VISION 2015-2018 LONDON’S MOST VIBRANT VENUE FOR NEW THEATRE, COMEDY AND CABARET. 3 SOHO THEATRE’S MISSION IS TO: CONTENTS PRODUCE VISION NEW WORK CORE DISCOVER WHAT THE WORK AND NURTURE HOW DISCOVER, DEVELOP, PRODUCE NEW WRITERS WHO AUDIENCES & ARTISTS AND ARTISTS WHERE DEAN ST & ELSEWHERE TARGET GROWTH AND DEVELOP NEW AUDIENCES VALUES Chair of Board: Nicholas Allott OBE Artistic Director: Steve Marmion Executive Director: Mark Godfrey SUMMARY 2 La Bohème, 2010 Soho Theatre and OperaUpClose (associate company) 3 2011 Olivier Award winner for Best New Opera VISION Over the next three years... Over the last five years we WE WANT TO MAKE have almost trebled our audiences, opened a new MORE WORK venue and produced more work than ever before. WE WANT TO MAKE Each year we have over BETTER WORK 2000 performances on our stages and audiences of more than 220,000 people WE WANT see our work. MORE PEOPLE TO SEE IT 4 Utopia, 2012 Soho Theatre and Newcastle Live (associate venue) 5 “If you’re putting on stuff that’s a regurgitation of a newspaper article for people who’ve already read it, and already agree, then nothing changes – it’s basically an act of mutual masturbation – very nice but doesn’t make the world better.” “We want to make things WHAT you’ve never seen before.” THE WORK QUALITY IS OUR MAIN CRITERIA THEATRE COMEDY DOES NOT BORE DOES NOT LEAVE THE AUDIENCE CABARET FEELING STUPID FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY DON’T LIKE THEATRE “We are at our most innovative and distinctive with work at the convergence point of the “The two parts of our name sum us areas we excel in.” up nicely.
    [Show full text]
  • Preface Church of All Saints in the Vendée
    Church of All Saints in the Vendée “To know and to share Jesus Christ” February 2016 CONTACTS: Priest: Reverend Caroline Sackley: Vicarage: 27, rue de Malvoisine, 85110 St Vincent Sterlanges: Phone no: 02 51 46 39 51 mobile: 06 73 94 40 01 e-mail addresses: [email protected] and [email protected] In Revd Caroline's absence and/or in case of emergency, please contact any of the following: Church Wardens: Barbara Kenyon: Phone no: 02 51 40 51 59, email: [email protected] Doug Green: 05 49 72 18 46, email: [email protected] Reader: John Matthews: Phone no: 05 49 75 29 71, e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.allsaintsvendee.fr Preface I am writing this on a cold, grey day in January, and after such a mild December who knows what the weather will be like in February? Thankfully I am in our own home so am curled up in front of the wood burner! But my prayers are with those who are so affected by the floods in the UK and the refugees and other homeless people who are in such desperate conditions. Thank you all that have supported our appeals for goods for the refugees and for money. Polly and I are making sure that it all gets to the right places to be moved onwards. Healthwise I am very much better and I want to thank you all for your prayers and support. I hope you enjoyed the story of the ladies toilet in last month’s Grapevine! I will be remembering that I am only a part time, house for duty Priest this year if Bob has anything to do with it.
    [Show full text]