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Visit our website at www.cafemorello.com Welcome from Averil Brennan Chair of the Maddermarket Trust A warm welcome to our new brochure Stephen had been due to play a major role in writing containing full details of the both our scheduled October revue show, and our December production of ‘A Christmas Carol’. Maddermarket’s in-house and visiting productions through to Christmas. Happily, two popular Maddermarket guest directors have stepped into the breach, so I can confirm that Eagle-eyed readers will see that we Roger Parsley will now direct Harold Pinter’s ‘No Man’s have made one or two changes to the Land’ in October, and Tim Seely will revisit John programme – but more of that later. Mortimer’s excellent adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in December. When we last staged this as our First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to Christmas show some years ago we sold more than 90 confirm a piece of news that doubtless many of you per cent of tickets; it is a terrific family show, and I’m will know by now. Namely, that our director of sure it will be equally successful this time round. productions, Stephen Picton, tendered his resignation earlier this summer, and left the Maddermarket after Just for good measure, our enthusiasm for performing directing our July production of ‘Under Milk Wood’. Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Season’s Greetings’ in November was somewhat dampened by news that a touring Stephen had been with the Theatre for just under a production would be visiting Norwich beforehand! No year, so it’s fair to say that things didn’t quite work out problem - Rob Morris will instead direct Ayckbourn’s as either he, or the Maddermarket, would have wished. ‘How the Other Half Loves’. Suffice to say that, on the one hand, we were not One way or another I suppose 2011 hasn’t gone quite entirely in agreement over Stephen’s terms of as smoothly as anyone connected with the Theatre employment, or about his role. And, on the other hand, might have hoped as we mark both the 100th I think Stephen’s family commitments as a new dad anniversary of the Guild of Norwich Players, formed in probably made life slightly difficult for him given the 1911, and the 90th anniversary of the opening of the fe Mo unsociable working hours that evening rehearsal Maddermarket in 1921. That, however, is the nature of a rell schedules inevitably involve. life, and we battle on! C o Although Stephen was with us for only a relatively I am grateful to the organisers of some excellent events short period of time he will be remembered for to mark the Theatre’s birthday milestones. The Bishop’s some excellent productions including ‘The BFG’, Garden open day raised nearly £1000 for the Theatre, ‘Oleanna’ and ‘40 Years On’ – the latter giving him and we also had a float in the Lord Mayor’s Street an opportunity to display his own considerable Procession in July. We have had a barn dance, and a acting skills. declutter sale, and I urge you to keep an eye out for the imminent publication of a new book about the Theatre. Stephen is a very talented man; we are sorry to I’ve had a sneak preview, and it’s excellent! lose him so quickly, and I wish him every success for the future. Finally, as ever, I would like to thank all of our season ticket holders, audience members and company That brings me to the changes to our in-house members for their ongoing and invaluable support. programme over the remaining months of the year. I hope you enjoy our forthcoming shows. Maddermarket productions Book online at: Guy D S anD OllS and GUYS Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Something has to give when high-rolling gambler Dolls Sky Masterson falls for Sergeant Sarah Brown, prim- and-proper leader of the local Save-a-Soul Mission... With its witty script and evergreen score - jam-packed with familiar numbers - ‘Guys and Dolls’ ranks as the quintessential Broadway musical, brilliantly adapted from Damon Runyon’s witty short stories about New York gamblers, gangsters and their molls. Tickets: £12 / £10 / £8 SEPT 15 16 17 19 20 21 2.30 and 22 23 24 7.30 show 7.30 show nO Man’S lanD By Harold Pinter ‘No Man’s Land’ is one of Harold Pinter’s most powerful plays, and was instantly acclaimed when it was first performed – starring Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud - at the Old Vic in 1975. Set in a luxurious Hampstead house, the main protagonists, Hirst and Spooner, play out a game of words and memories. Do they really know one another, or is their relationship a charade? No Man’s Fascinating, entertaining and absorbing theatre! Tickets: £12 / £10 / £8 Land OCT 20 21 22 24 25 26 2.30 and 27 28 29 7.30 show 7.30 show www.maddermarket.co.uk Box Office: 01603 620917 HOW THE OTHER HalF lOVES By Alan Ayckbourn Alan Ayckbourn’s much-loved farce focuses on the lives, loves and romantic entanglements of three married couples – one at the top of the social ladder, one attractive and upcoming, and the third socially inept but earnest. Bob Phillips’ liaison with his boss’s wife is in danger of being discovered. They try to wriggle out of suspicion at the expense of the unsuspecting Featherstones – with hilarious consequences. The action takes place at two dinner parties given on consecutive nights. NOV 17 18 19 21 22 23 2.30 and Tickets: £12 / £10 / £8 24 25 26 7.30 show 7.30 show a CHRISTMaS CaROl Adapted by John Mortimer from Charles Dickens Charles Dickens’ famous festive tale tells of Ebenezer Scooge’s amazing transformation from embittered miser into generous benefactor following his eventful encounters with the ghosts of Christmas Past, A Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Christmas This stylish and atmospheric adaptation was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and smashed box office records galore when it was last Carol produced at the Maddermarket. A real family show for Christmas! DEC 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 31 Tickets: £12 / £10 / £8 7.30 2.30 & 2.30 JAN 2 3 show 7.30 show Visiting productions Book online at: others. Enjoy classic songs such as ‘Comfortably Numb’, ‘Another Brick in the Wall’, ‘Arnold Layne’, ‘Money’, ‘Wish You Were Here’ and ‘Echoes’. Complete with lights and special effects, The Pure Floyd Show captures the atmosphere of the originals with energy and fun. www.thepurefloydshow.co.uk m ON SEpT 19Th – FrI SEpT 23rD: 1.10pm SEATS: £12.50 (CONCESSIONS £10.00) LNETU chtiM HEATRE – ThurS S EpT 1ST: 7.30pm KEEPiNG MUM RAYMOND FROGGATT by H Richard ARRiS Raymond Froggatt has been in the Pauline, a worn, harassed, music business for more than 40 middle-aged woman, sits at the years as performer and songwriter. hospital bedside of what appears to Froggie followers traditionally be her terminally-ill mother. She arrive clutching frogs and with mulls over the previous few green scarves – certainly a sight to months, exploring her churning behold. Raymond writes and sings emotions of guilt, irritation and his own songs, mesmerising the SAT SEpT 3rD: 7.30pm hate – all underlined by a love that audience as he makes them laugh it is now to late to communicate. at one of his many stories, or cry BUBLE FEVER This powerful, poignant monologue with emotion at a song that is performed by lunchtime theatre touches the heart like no other. An Buble Fever features Rickie Arthur regular Jo Sessions. It is taken from evening with Raymond Froggatt is as Michael Buble, complete with the full-length play ‘Visiting Hour’, pure magic, and not be missed. his own seven-piece band of and was first presented in 1987. www.raymond-froggatt.com fantastic musicians, including a This show takes place in the three-part brass section. Seeing is ALL SEATS: £12.50 rehearsal room. believing, and Rickie looks like, www.cutoutandkeeptheatre.com sounds like and captures every SEATS: £6.00 gesture and vocal mannerism of (CONCESSIONS £5.00) Michael Buble. You’ll believe it’s really him! Great audience interaction and a powerful performance of all the Buble hits – Rickie is receiving standing ovations! A night to remember. www.michaelbublefever.co.uk SEATS: £17.50 F rI SEpT 2ND: 7.30pm (CONCESSIONS £15.50) THE PURE FLOYD SHOW T uES SEpT 27Th: 7.30pm This high-energy seven-member band pays tribute to the legendary T.REXTASY Pink Floyd, covering all eras from T.Rextasy is officially recognised the psychedelic pop of the 1960s to as the world’s top group dedicated ‘Dark Side of the Moon’, ‘The Wall,’ to Marc Bolan, the greatest glam ‘The Division Bell’ and many rocker of them all.