BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 SUMMER 2017 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk MAY - SEPTEMBER FROM THE TEAM BEHIND WELCOME TO EASTBOURNE THEATRES STICK MAN AND TIDDLER HHHHH HHHHH LATEST 7 WHAT’S GOOD TO DO HHHH HHHH THE LIST DAILY MAIL Scamp Theatre & Watford Palace Theatre present Welcome to Eastbourne Theatres summer entertainment programme packed with, I hope, something to appeal to everyone. CHRIS JORDAN As building work continues on the Congress Theatre we have Artistic Director, plenty to offer in the Winter Garden and the Devonshire HHHH Eastbourne Theatres Park Theatre. ‘ENCHANTING For music lovers, we have something for all tastes as we welcome ❱ 10-11AND HILARIOUS Go West, Heatwave and the inimitable Formerly Of Bucks BAGS OF SHEER FAMILY FUN’ DON’T DRESSTHE STAGE ❱ 13 LOVE THEATRE? Fizz, all playing the Floral Hall in the Winter Garden. We’re also Then why not become very pleased to welcome for the first time, Jacqui Dankworth FOR DINNER JACKSON an Ambassador for Books Children’s Books, an imprint of Scholastic Scheffler, published by Alison Green © 2014 Julia Donaldson and Axel and Lance Ellington, the amazing vocalist from Strictly Come Eastbourne Theatres! Dancing, and the return of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. For those We currently run a wanting a real party night don’t miss Arrival: The Hits of Abba. successful Ambassadors Wedding The Scarecrows’ Scheme but we’re looking In the Devonshire Park Theatre we probably have our most to expand this group and want to hear from theatre varied programme ever. From Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet enthusiasts who would like and Twelfth Night to edge of your seat thriller Wait Until Dark. to become an Ambassador. In addition, August sees top musicals in Eastbourne with 60’s We need people to write show Shout and Gareth Gates starring in Footloose. ❱ reviews and spread the 18 word about shows coming Finally, we are particularly pleased to be presenting the West SCARECROWS’ to Eastbourne Theatres. End and Broadway smash hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors. WEDDING By becoming an With music, comedy, slapstick and much mistaken identity, Ambassador you will this multi-award winning farce is set to take the Devonshire receive free tickets for Park Theatre by storm throughout July. Don’t miss it! a selection of shows at ❱ 20-21 the Devonshire Park Thank you for your continued support and I look forward Theatre plus be invited to welcoming you to Eastbourne Theatres this summer. ONE MAN, to exclusive events. TWO GUVNORS If you are interested Very best wishes please contact us on Chris Jordan theatresmarketing@ Artistic Director eastbourne.gov.uk for details and an Eastbourne Theatres application form. ❱ 30 Box Office Facebook.com/EBTheatres CONTACT US ❱ 01323 412000 (standard rate) ❱ 28-29 FORMERLY OF [email protected] Follow us @EBTheatres FOOTLOOSE BUCKS FIZZ www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk Follow @eastbourne_theatres 2 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000| www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 3 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE LIMITED Wednesday 3 - Saturday 6 May Monday 8 - Saturday 13 May AVAILABILITY Wed – Sat at 7.45pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm Eastbourne Gilbert and Sullivan Society present BEST NEW COMEDY THE MIKADO WINNER WINNER WINNER Eastbourne Gilbert and Sullivan Society are WHATSONSTAGE OLIVIER AWARD 2015 BROADWAY WORLD now in their 49th year of ‘keeping Gilbert AWARD 2014 UK AWARD 2015 and Sullivan alive’. The Mikado of Japan, has devised a unique but ruthless law to keep young men on the ★★★★ straight and narrow, discouraging unseemly ‘GENUINELY practices such as flirting. But the townsfolk HILARIOUS. of Titipu have come up with their own unique way to get around it... BOY, DOES IT HIT THE FUNNY BONE’ Meanwhile, Wandering Minstrel Nanki-Poo DAILY TELEGRAPH arrives in Titipu, and falls for Lord High Executioner’s fiancé. Yum-Yum’s delighted until Katisha reveals his dark secret, and ★★★★★ he’s for the chop! ‘I FEARED I WAS GOING Can Three Little Maids save the day or will TO HYPERVENTILATE’ Nanki end up on Ko-Ko’s “Little List”! DAILY MAIL Topsy-Turveyness at best! Mon - Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS £16, Conc £15, Under 16s £5 all performances TICKETS Mon – Thur 7.45pm £17.50, £21.50, £25, £27 WINTER GARDEN Fri & Sat 7.45pm £19.50, £23.50, £27, Friday 5 May 7.30pm £29.50 Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off in this multi CHAMPIONS OF ROCK award‑winning West End smash hit comedy Wed & Sat 2.30pm THE SUPREME £17.50, £22 The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder QUEEN & MEAT LOAF SHOW Conc £1.50 off mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! Recreating the fun, musicianship and Groups Buy 10 Tickets As the accident prone thesps battle on against all the odds to reach Get 11th Free showmanship of Queen with the UK’s No1 their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue! (Conc & Groups apply Meat Loaf spectacular performing hits 7.45pm only) Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Hailed “a gut-busting hit” by the New York Times, Mischief Theatre’s Friends of Devonshire We are the Champions and more. Plus the sell-out West End comedy has won a host of celebrity endorsements from the likes of Joanna Lumley “We laughed until the tears ran down Park Theatre 25% off amazing Terry Nash Meat Loaf revue steals (First 2 nights only) the show with Bat Out of Hell, Dead Ringer our faces, it has to be seen” to Ant & Dec “The funniest show we’ve for Love and I’d Do Anything for Love. seen! If you can get a ticket, go!” Don’t miss this brilliantly funny comedy that’s guaranteed Audio described performance. See p37 *TICKETS £22, Conc £20 to leave you aching with laughter! MAY 4 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | *Where applicable, prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 37) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 37) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 5 WINTER GARDEN DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Wednesday 10 May 7.30pm Wednesday 17 – Saturday 20 May Creative Cow in association with Malvern Theatres THE CELTIC TENORS and Buxton Opera House Achieving for Irish tenor singing what River Dance has done for Irish dance, their self-titled, double-platinum debut album was a UK No2. Honoured as Best Classical Crossover Act, enjoy the hits from their top-selling albums along with traditional Irish treasures and everyone’s favourites from the world of opera. TICKETS £22 WINTER GARDEN Saturday 13 May 7.30pm BOWIE EXPERIENCE A spectacular concert featuring all of David Bowie’s hits – celebrating the music of the world’s greatest pop icon. An unforgettable journey of sound and vision through Bowie’s golden years from Space Oddity through to Let's Dance. A must-see for all Bowie fans and those absolute beginners out there. Wed – Sat 7.45pm OUR MAN Thur & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS £23.50 IN HAVANA TICKETS WINTER GARDEN By Graham Greene Wed & Thur 7.45pm Sunday 14 May, Sunday 18 June, Adapted by Clive Francis £15.50, £18, £20 Sunday 16 July 2.30pm Fri & Sat 7.45pm 'You should dream more, Mr. Wormold. Reality in our £15.50, £19.50, £21.50 century is not something to be faced.' JOHN MANN Thur & Sat 2.30pm £16 Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana Conc £1.50 off MUSIC SHOW Cuba 1958. Meet Jim Wormold – a hapless vacuum cleaner Marking an incredible 36 years of summer Groups Buy 10 Tickets salesman who gets sucked in to a dirty world of espionage and Get 11th Free concerts at the Winter Garden, join John double agents when the chance of helping out MI6 with a job (Conc & Groups apply Mann for an afternoon of live music played or two proves too good an offer to resist. And, quite frankly, 7.45pm only) on the Organ and Grand Piano. This is musical he could do with the cash to pay for his teenage daughter’s Under 16s & Students £9 nostalgia at its best. ever increasing lifestyle. Under 25s £10 From the company who brought us Travels With My Aunt and Friends of Devonshire thrillingly adapted for the stage by Clive Francis, this uproarious Park Theatre 25% off farce is filleted to perfection from Graham Greene’s hilarious, (First Night only) TICKETS £7 subversive and ever popular novel. – JUNE MAY 6 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 37) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 37) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 7 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Tuesday 16 May 3pm & 7.30pm Monday 22 May 7.45pm Moira House School presents REDUCED ANNIE SHAKESPEARE From the production team that bought you Anything Goes and Joseph, Moira House are COMPANY proud to present the hit musical Annie. Full WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S of toe tapping tunes such as Tomorrow, Easy LONG LOST FIRST PLAY Street, NYC and You're Never Fully Dressed (ABRIDGED) Without a Smile, follow the adventures of little orphan Annie, bought to life by a fantastic Acclaimed stars of the West End stage, the cast of young and talented performers and Reduced Shakespeare Company, are back accompanied by a live professional orchestra! with their new show lampooning the Bard’s finest moments as only they can! TICKETS 3pm £8, 7.30pm £12, Conc £10 (7.30pm only) TICKETS £19.50 WINTER GARDEN WINTER GARDEN Friday 19 May 7.30pm Tuesday 23 May 7.30pm LANCE ELLINGTON JOHNNY CASH ELLINGTON SINGS ELLINGTON AND MORE ROADSHOW The UK’s No1 celebration of Johnny Cash, Join Lance and his band in this show that fronted by award-winning singer/songwriter expertly blends the music of his father, Clive John.