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SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE SPRING|SUMMER|2017 JANUARY TO JULY ECHO’S END by Barney Norris World Premiere Production March/April 2017 www.salisburyplayhouse.com | 01722 320 333 WWW.SALISBURYPLAYHOUSE.COM | 01722 320 333 1 Hello... Welcome to the Spring/Summer Season at Salisbury Playhouse. This season we are delighted to continue our commitment to producing THEATRE bold Original Drama with two premieres – Barney Norris’ new play Echo’s End in the Main House and Hattie Naylor‘s As The Crow Flies co-produced with Pentabus Theatre in The Salberg. The former is a beautiful story set firmly in Wiltshire during the First World War and the latter is a poignant rural tale that will tour to venues across the county FEST after its Salisbury run. Meanwhile, our first Original Drama hit Worst Wedding Ever is re-staged this season before touring to Ipswich and Hornchurch. It was a sell-out here in 2014 so don’t leave it too late to book your tickets this time WEST around. 2017 Alongside our own produced work we continue to bring the very best touring productions to Salisbury and this season includes the West End hits The Play That Goes Wrong and Showstopper! The Improvised 10 – 25 FEBRUARY Musical. Theatre Fest West is now in its sixth year and continues to celebrate theatre from across the region. This year it’s taking place during NOW IN ITS SIXTH YEAR, February and you can find full details on the centre pages of this SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE brochure. IS ONCE AGAIN JOINING We look forward to welcoming you to Salisbury Playhouse very soon. FORCES WITH SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE, THE POUND ARTS CENTRE, CORSHAM Sebastian Warrack Gareth Machin Executive Director Artistic Director AND TROWBRIDGE ARTS TO CELEBRATE THEATRE FROM CONTENTS ACROSS THE SOUTH WEST. Main House Ventoux 24 Over two weeks in February the venues Special Events 2–3 While We’re Here 25 will be bursting with exciting shows Worst Wedding Ever 4–5 for all ages, workshops and a Theatre The Play That Goes Wrong 6 Theatre for Families The Verdict 7 Leaf 27 Symposium that will see theatre makers, Echo’s End 8 –9 The Giant Jam Sandwich 28 producers and performers discussing the Before The Party 10–11 A Strange New Space 29 hot topics of the day. Showstopper! 12 Oyster Boy 30 Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival 13 Tom Thumb 31 For details of what’s happening at Twelfth Night 14 Salisbury Playhouse see the centre pages The Calman Before The Storm/ Tenors Un Limited 15 Information of this brochure. Into The Woods 16 Take Part 32–34 Take Part Showcase 35 The Salberg Become a Member 36 Meet Fred 18 Thank You 37 Salisbury Playhouse in partnership with The Misfit Analysis 19 Welcoming To All 38 As The Crow Flies 20 –21 Seating Plans 39 Jonny And The Baptists 22 Ticket Pricing 40–41 Theatre Fest West 2017 centre pages Performance Diary 42–44 Government Inspector 23 Food & Drink inside back cover 2 WWW.SALISBURYPLAYHOUSE.COM | 01722 320 333 1 SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENTS FRIDAY 13 JANUARY AT 7.30PM, MAIN HOUSE WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH AT 7.30PM, MAIN HOUSE DYLAN THOMAS’ RORY BREMNER: PARTLY POLITICAL UNDER MILK WOOD Britain’s best-known satirical impressionist comes to Salisbury! With Trump, Boris and Brexit fresh in the memory, Rory’s on a mission Adapted and performed by the incredible Guy Masterson, playing all to make sense (and nonsense) of it all. He will be joined by special 69 characters himself! surprise guests – some politicians, some comedians. Come and work Tickets £16 out which is which! Tickets £22 SATURDAY 14 JANUARY AT 7.30PM, MAIN HOUSE THURSDAY 16 MARCH AT 7.30PM, MAIN HOUSE COME AND SING TANGOMOTION THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Four world class tango dancers and tango quartet Tango Siempre combine in this virtuoso display of traditional tango dance and music No experience is necessary for this fun evening with G&S4U and of 1930s Buenos Aires and the powerful Nuevo Tango music of Astor D’Oyly Carte soloists. Join them and take on the roles of pirates, Piazzolla. The Tangomotion dancers and musicians have previously policemen or one of the Major General’s daughters – all from the appeared in the hit West End show Midnight Tango, on BBC TV’s comfort of your seat! Prizes for the best costumes. Strictly Come Dancing and in the film of Evita. Tickets £18.50 (includes programme and edited score). Groups of 12+ £16.50 Tickets £22 THURSDAY 19 JANUARY AT 7.30PM, MAIN HOUSE FRIDAY 17 MARCH AT 7.30PM, MAIN HOUSE THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA A SWINGIN’ AFFAIR Back by popular demand with music and jazz from the Twenties Join internationally renowned vocalist and BBC Radio 3 presenter and Thirties. Claire Martin, legendary saxophonist Ray Gelato and a trio of world- Tickets £21 class musicians as they explore The Great American Songbook. With classics including Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off, They Can’t Take That Away From Me and They All Laughed, if you like your music sassy, sharp and swinging then this is the show for you. Tickets £22 SATURDAY 21 JANUARY AT 7.30PM, MAIN HOUSE SATURDAY 18 MARCH AT 7.30PM, MAIN HOUSE ELEGIE: THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE CO. RACHMANINOff – A HEART IN EXILE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LONG LOST FIRST PLAY (abridged) Lucy Parham (piano) and acclaimed actor Henry Goodman (Narrator) In a better-late-than-never nod to the bard’s 400th anniversary, the chronicle the life of composer and pianist Rachmaninoff in a beautiful bad boys of abridgement present this ‘new’ play, as discovered in a evening of words and music. Leicester car park and now mercifully abridged from its full hundred Tickets £20 Artists appear subject to availability. hour running time to a more palatable ninety minutes. Tickets £18 (under 25s £16) 2 WWW.SALISBURYPLAYHOUSE.COMWWW.SALISBURYPLAYHOUSE.COM | 01722 320 333 3 A Salisbury Playhouse, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Production in the Main House WORST WEDDING EVER BY CHRIS CHIBNALL THURSDAY 2 – SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY Director Gareth Machin ‘IT MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH I ALMOST FELL Designer OUT OF MY SEAT’ James Button HHHH Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, on the 2014 production Lighting Designer Peter Hunter Rachel and Scott have big plans – new jobs, a new home and a Sound lavish wedding. As the recession bites, however, something will Mark Noble have to give. Musical Supervisor Kate Edgar With hopes of a dream wedding receding, Rachel’s mother hatches a brilliant plan. What if the family joins forces to give the couple Mon – Sat at 7.30pm a day to remember? With a marquee in the back garden, the pub Thu & Sat matinees at 2.15pm band and two almost fully-functioning portable toilets, surely the (exc. 2 & 4 Feb) day will pass without a hitch? Tickets £25.00 – £9.50 Following its sell-out premiere in 2014, Salisbury Playhouse’s hit Age guidance 12+ comedy is back! (contains some strong language) Chris Chibnall is a stage and television writer who created ITV’s Post Show Talk Broadchurch and from 2018 will be Head Writer and Executive Wednesday 15 February Producer of BBC TV’s Doctor Who. BSL Interpreted Performance Tuesday 21 February at 7.30pm CAP Captioned Performance ‘PROPERLY FUNNY YET UNEXPECTEDLY Wednesday 22 February at 7.30pm TOUCHING’ Audio Description & Touch Tour HHHH The Times on the 2014 production Thursday 23 February at 2.15pm & 7.30pm Backstage Tour Saturday 25 February at 11am, £6 Image: feastcreative.com Original Drama at Salisbury Playhouse 4 WWW.SALISBURYPLAYHOUSE.COM | 01722 320 333 5 Kenny Wax Ltd & Stage Presence Ltd present A Mischief Theatre Production A Middle Ground Theatre Company Production in the Main House in the Main House BEST NEW COMEDY AS SEEN ON WINNER THE ROYAL WHATSONSTAGE.COM VARIETY AWARD 2014 WINNER OLIVIER AWARD 2015 WINNER BROADWay WORLD UK AWARD 2015 HHHHH ‘I FEARED I WAS GOING TO HYPERVENTILATE’ The Daily Mail MONDAY 6 – SATURDAY 11 MARCH Starring CLIVE MANTLE, JACK SHEPHERD and familiar as Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe MONDAY 27 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 4 MARCH RICHARD WALSH in the hugely popular television series Wycliffe. The powerful best-selling courtroom thriller that The cast also includes Richard Walsh (London’s Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off! in this multi down our faces, it has to be seen” to Ant & Dec inspired a multi Academy Award-nominated film. Burning), Peter Harding, Cassie Bancroft, Tom award-winning West End smash hit comedy. “The funniest show we’ve seen! If you can get a Roberts (Emmerdale and 2point4 Children), Veronica ticket, go!” What price the truth? Frank Galvin is a washed up Quilligan, Okon Jones, Michael Lunney, Nuala Walsh, The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting veteran lawyer and an alcoholic. He is presented Eugenia Caruso, Jog Maher and Hannah Timms. on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title Don’t miss this brilliantly funny comedy that’s with one last chance to redeem himself when he is suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter! given an open-and-shut medical malpractice case Adapted by Margaret May Hobbs As the accident prone thesps battle on against all Designed & directed by Michael Lunney that no one thinks he can win. the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious Mon–Sat at 7.30pm. Thu & Sat matinees at 2.15pm Mon–Sat at 7.30pm. Thu & Sat matinees at 2.15pm The Verdict is a stunning courtroom thriller made results ensue! Tickets £32.50 – £18.00 Tickets £25.00 – £10.00 Concessions available famous by the five times Oscar-nominated Sidney Hailed “a gut-busting hit” by the New York Times, Concessions available Lumet film with Paul Newman and James Mason.