What's on at the Brunton Apr–Jul 18
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The Brunton, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh EH21 6AA Tickets: thebrunton.co.uk / 0131 665 2240 WHAT’S ON AT THE BRUNTON APR–JUL 18 The place to be in East Lothian Our live theatre and opera screenings are going down a storm so we are delighted to host in May, a cinema broadcast of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella, followed by a Q&A streamed live, with Matthew Bourne himself. This is a unique addition just for the cinema screening. Thanks to our Creative Scotland funding we have handpicked a selection of inspiring classical music concerts for you, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Susan Tomes’ Lecture Recital and Lucy Parham’s Elégie Rachmaninoff - A Heart in Exile a portrait of the composer in music and words, with actor Tim McInnerny. CS funding also supports our theatre and dance programme, allowing us to provide high quality arts experiences at The Brunton. This spring you can enjoy The Monster and Mary Shelley from Scottish theatre company The Occasion, The Isle of Love – musical theatre set on a Hebridean Island from Right Moves and much more! There is laughter in the air this spring at The Brunton! TV favourite Dad’s Army comes to life in Dad’s Army Radio Hour; veteran comedians Tommy Cannon and Crissy Rock entertain in Seriously Dead and Andy Gray and Grant Stott are a must see with Double Feature. There’s a fantastic buzz at The Brunton at this time of year as our Youth Theatre Network and Move It! dance classes take to the stage with their showcases of what they have achieved over the year. In addition to this, we welcome our local community theatre companies and dance schools to The Brunton with their fantastic shows. You, our audience, are at the heart of our programming so we do love to hear your feedback. You can keep in touch by Facebook or Twitter, or drop us an email to [email protected]. With best wishes Lesley Smith Team Manager Arts / General Manager, The Brunton SAVE MONEY Where the SAVE discount is quoted if you book for 3 – 5 shows with this you will save 10% or book for 6 or more and save 20%. Where the FRIENDS discount is quoted, members of Friends of The Brunton save 20% off a ticket or 50p off a film. SAVE and FRIENDS discounts cannot be used in conjunction with each other or any other offer. AT A GLANCE APRIL 4 WEDNESDAY 7.15PM ROH Live: The Royal Opera: Macbeth 7 SATURDAY 2PM Vision Mechanics: Little Light 7 SATURDAY 7.30PM Rock ‘n’ Roll Paradise 11 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: Darkest Hour (PG) 12 - 14 THURSDAY – SATURDAY 7.30PM SAT MAT 2PM MAMA: Calamity Jane 15 SUNDAY 12NOON – 5PM Dance Design 18 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: The Post (12A) 19 THURSDAY 7.30PM The Tannahill Weavers: 50th Anniversary Tour 20 FRIDAY 7.30PM Mark Ritchie: God Only Knows 21 SATURDAY 7.30PM Seabright Productions: Dad’s Army Radio Hour 25 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: Phantom Thread (15) 26 – 28 THURSDAY – SATURDAY 7.30PM Captivate Theatre: Sweeney Todd 27 & 28 FRIDAY 6.30PM & SATURDAY / 5PM Catherine Wheels & National Theatre Of Scotland: Eddie And The Slumber Sisters 27 FRIDAY 8PM Gilded Balloon: Double Feature 28 SATURDAY 2.30PM & 7.30PM A Vision Of Elvis MAY 1 TUESDAY 1PM Lunchtime Classical Concert: Clare Hammond 2 WEDNESDAY 11.30AM & 2.30PM Starcatchers: The Attic 2 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (15) 3 THURSDAY 7.30PM The Bob Dylan Story 5 SATURDAY 3PM Susan Tomes: Schubert Lecture & Piano Recital 5 SATURDAY 7.30PM The Monster and Mary Shelley 9 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: The Mercy (12A) 10 THURSDAY 7PM National Theatre Live: Macbeth 11 FRIDAY 7.30PM Abbamania 11 FRIDAY 7.30PM Don't Panic, It's Challenge Anneka 12 SATURDAY 7.30PM Seriously Dead 12 SATURDAY 7.30PM Tortoise in a Nutshell: FISK 15 TUESDAY 7PM Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella 16 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM The Magic Of Hollywood: Pasha Kovalev & Anya Garnis 16 – 19 WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY 7.30PM Encore: Thoroughly Modern Millie 17 THURSDAY 7PM Live Cinema Screening: An American In Paris 22-26 TUESDAY-SATURDAY Alpha Dance Academy Annual Show 23 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM The Fureys 24 THURSDAY 1.30PM Animals 25 FRIDAY 7.30PM W3l Wrestling Showdown 26 SATURDAY 7.30PM Aly & Phil 27 SUNDAY 7.30PM Jimmy Buckley 30 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: Journey's End (12A) 12 JUNE 1 FRIDAY 7.30PM Roy Orbison & The Traveling Wilburys Experience 2 SATURDAY 7.30PM Spatz & Co: Something In The Air 6 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: Black Panther (12A) 7 THURSDAY 7.30 PM The Budapest Café Orchestra 8 FRIDAY 7.30PM Right Lines Productions: The Isle of Love 9 SATURDAY 1.30PM & 6.30PM Dance Pointe Academy: Flying High 12 TUESDAY 7.15PM ROH Live – The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake 13 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: The Shape of Water (15) 15-16 FRIDAY-SATURDAY 7PM East Lothian Youth Theatre Showcase 16 SATURDAY 2PM Morag Alexander's Musical Theatre Show 16 – 23 SATURDAY - SATURDAY / VARIOUS TIMES Morag Alexander's Annual Show 20 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Film: Edie (12A) 22 FRIDAY 7.30PM The Rocket Man: A Tribute To Sir Elton John 25 MONDAY 7.30PM Cap a Pie: Woven Bones Bleachingfield Ctr, Dunbar 26 TUESDAY 6.30PM Move It! Showcase 29 FRIDAY 7.30PM Lucy Parham: Elégie Rachmaninoff JULY 18 WEDNESDAY 7.30PM Scottish Chamber Orchestra THEATRE Seabright Productions DAD’S ARMY RADIO HOUR Two actors play 25 characters in this brilliant staging of classic radio scripts based on favourite episodes from the original TV series. Celebrating 50 years of Perry and Croft's quintessential sitcom, which won the Best One-Liner accolade in a poll of comedians conducted earlier this year by Gold, with the immortal words "Don't tell him, Pike". Double Fringe First Award winner David Benson (star of Think No Evil Of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams and Boris: World King) and Jack Lane (Wisdom Of A Fool) present a selection of classic radio episodes featuring favourite lines, cherished characters and great feats of vocal impersonation! “The best-loved of all British comedies.” Daily Telegraph “Lewis's direction and Lishman's sound design give real light and shade in which the two versatile performers shine.” The Arts Desk www.DadsArmyRadioHour.com Pre theatre supper served in The Bistro SAT 21 APR 7.3OPM / £16 (£14) / THEATRE Gilded Balloon DOUBLE FEATURE Edinburgh’s favourite comedy double act, Andy Gray and Grant Stott, are back in a new play written by Only an Excuse’s Phil Differ. Gray and Stott play two old pals granted their dream job cleaning out an old cinema. In the process of stirring memories and recreating scenes from favourite movies, the two friends’ shared fanaticism for film soon makes way for bigger issues that have long remained unresolved. Gray and Stott won a prestigious Fringe First with Kiss Me Honey, Honey! (2013). “Powerhouse double act Andy Gray and Grant Stott bring all their comic knowhow to bear on Double Feature… marvel at the wit, the craft and the timing” All Edinburgh Theatre Pre theatre supper served in The Bistro FRI 27 APR 8PM / £16 (£14) / VENUE 1 The Occasion THE MONSTER AND MARY SHELLEY June 1816 – the year without a summer. At the age of 18, having recently watched her premature baby die, Mary Shelley has a waking dream and begins to write a story that will haunt and define her for the rest of her life. The Monster and Mary Shelley is an atmospheric, moving, and at times darkly comic exploration of fear. Incorporating elements of music hall, melodrama, horror and teenage rebellion with a pulsing contemporary cinematic score, the play explores the life of Mary Shelley – the Gothic Girl who electrified the world. Pre theatre supper served in The Bistro SAVE & FRIENDS DISCOUNTS SAT 5 MAY 7.30PM / £13.50 (£11.50), £8.50 UNDER 18 / THEATRE on the button DON’T PANIC! IT’S CHALLENGE ANNEKA Bum-bag? Check. Luminescent shell suit? Check. Positive attitude in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges? Hell yeah! Inspired by real life stories, Don't Panic... presents a frank, funny and open exploration of a topic that too often remains taboo: the challenge of overcoming anxiety. Join award-winning company on the button in this roller-coaster of a one-woman show, which channels the spirit of someone for whom no challenge is too big: Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka. "...I'd urge anyone to go and see: it's truthful, it's moving and, like Anneka, it never loses its resilient, funny and upbeat perspective." Broadway Baby Pre theatre supper served in The Bistro SAVE & FRIENDS DISCOUNTS FRI 11 MAY 7.30PM / £13.50 (£11.50), £8.50 UNDER 18/ THEATRE SERIOUSLY DEAD A brand new comedy musical starring Crissy Rock, Tommy Cannon, Billy Pearce, Leah Bell and Paul Dunn. Seriously Dead is an uplifting tale guaranteed to make you feel there is nothing serious about being dead at all because life’s party never ends - it simply moves to another location. The play tells the hilarious tale of Thelma Henderson deceased who cannot gain entry through The Pearly Gates as the system has gone digitalised and she has the incorrect paperwork. Thelma is told to wait by the scrapyard gates until the issue can be resolved but she finds herself a rather reluctant Guardian Angel watching over her school friend and the one true love of her life, Billy Blenkinsopp. Pre theatre supper served in The Bistro SAT 12 MAY 7.30PM / £21 (£19) / VENUE 1 Tortoise in a Nutshell in co-production with Teater Katapult FISK Amidst a vast, cascading ocean, a tiny boat is tossed through rolling waves and thundering storms, a speck amidst turbulent seas.