May - August 2019 + select Autumn live dates

Church Road • Street • Theatre • BA16 0AB & Cinema Box Office 01458 442846 www.strodetheatre.org.uk Public booking opens Thursday 25 April Welcome to our brochure for Summer season ...with some treats from the autumn season too...

WELCOME Summer is almost upon us already. Last year, the weather was so hot that - together with the World Cup - it turned out that not too many folk wanted to came out and play at the theatre or cinema! I know we were not alone -many theatres and visitor attractions really ‘took a hit’ last year. The summer before, on the other hand, we had a ‘bumper’ summer season; such is the nature of the game! Without knowing how the Look out for the Family weather is going to turn out, it is difficult to programme appropriately Friendly logo. –so we have to hedge our bets! This season, I hope you are able to enjoy something from our wide programme of films, live broadcasts and live This indicates films, shows shows. So that you can enjoy the warm evenings as well as top qulaity films, I’m very pleased that we have partnered once again with Alfred and live transmissions that Gillett Trust and now also with Clarks Village to give you yet another are appropriate for all ages Outdoor Cinema season! (see page 40) and fun for all the family. I’m also very glad to be able to tell you that we have just received a small award from Film Hub South West - a regional division of the British Film Institute (BFI) - for our British, international and independent film programme in 2018. We are all delighted to receive such recognition and FAMILY FILM OFFER support for the diverse programme which we always strive to bring you. With support from the BFI we are also launching a new ticket price for Purchase 3 child tickets to under-25-year-old cinema goers. This demographic remains nationally the most ‘unengaged’ with the big screen (which has not always been a family friendly film and the case), and are now also the most financially challenged. So I’m glad receive an adult ticket to try in whatever ways we can to encourage and facilitate the potential future generation of cinema goers to be able to take the opportunity of free. the very wide programme of films we have available on the big-screen. To take advantage of this Thank you, as ever, for your continued support –I hope you have a lovely summer, in the garden, on the beach …or at Strode Theatre! offer online simply put at least 3 children and 1 adult in your basket and the discount will be added at the checkout.

Farès K Moussa, Theatre Manager Alternatively you can pop PS. Are you interested in hearing more about the delicate balance in or call the box office between the programme and finances, and how things may look in the on 01458 442846. near future at the theatre? My talk last season sold out and we have a waiting list, so I will be delivering the talk again on Wed 22nd May (see page 18). (Applies to qualifying films only)

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NUREYEV / ACOSTA: DANCE ON FILM EXHIBITION

Mon 13 May & Fri 17 May The White Crow p. 12

Sun 19 May Nureyev p. 16

Mon 3 Jun & Sun 9 Jun Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story p. 20

Three excellent films - two biopics and one documentary - on two of the most brilliant male ballet dancers of all time: Rudolf “DOUBLE VISION I & II” Nureyev and Carlos Acosta. Essential viewing for any lovers TWO EXHIBITIONS OF WORKS BY of dance and ballet. DANCE SUE DURANT & LIN HAWKINS COMING OF AGE Wed 3 April - Tue 14 May Wed 22 May Mid90s p. 18 & Wed 26 Jun - Tue 6 Aug

Tue 2 Jul Too Late to Die Young p. 30 Sue Durant and Lin Hawkins Wed 17 Jul Beats p. 35 have worked together for a long time and have shown their These three recent release indie films couldn’t be more different paintings for the last three years. in their cinematographic style, narrative pace and the cultures they depict. But all of them, in their own very distinctive and Lin paints an eclectic mix of brilliant ways separately tackle ‘coming of age’ for three groups mountains, trees, buildings and of people growing through the trials of childhood or into birds. adulthood. Indulge yourself in three beautifully nuanced films. Sue paints and photographs COA land and seascapes. NEW! DISCOUNTED CINEMA TICKETS FOR 16-25’S!

Are you 16 - 25? We’re discounting the prices of all our film tickets to only £5.50 for young adults. From blockbuster releases to cult classics, Strode Theatre brings the best of independent and mainstream films from the UK and beyond right to your doorstep. Supported by the Southwest Film Hub, the BFI and the Audience Agency FREE ENTRY

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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE ALL IS TRUE (12A) FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS presents an AS LIVE screening of (12A) ALL ABOUT EVE Thu 25 April 7.45pm STUDIO Fri 26 April 7.30pm THEATRE Fri 26 April 5.00pm THEATRE Thu 25 Apr 7pm THEATRE Sat 27 April 7.30pm THEATRE Director: Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Mon 29 April 7.45PM STUDIO Director: Ivo van Hove Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Sam Ellis Thu 2 May 7.45pm STUDIO With Gillian Anderson & Lily James UK 2018 | 2hrs 1min Wed 8 May 7.30pm THEATRE 2hrs with no interval Thu 9 May 7.45pm STUDIO

England 1613: when a misfiring Director: Chris Foggin. With Daniel Mays, Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live cannon causes ’s Globe Tuppence Middleton, James Purefoy, David A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily Theatre to burn to the ground, Hayman, Dave Johns. UK 2019 | 1hr 52mins James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go William Shakespeare (Kenneth Again) lead in All About Eve, the Branagh) returns to Stratford- story of Margo Channing. Legend. upon-Avon, hoping to enjoy his Inspired by the rise-to-fame of True star of the theatre. The well-earned retirement in peace. the eponymous real-life Cornish spotlight is hers, always has been. But while William was away, his men’s choir, this is the story But now there’s Eve, her biggest wife Anne (Judi Dench) never of fast-living London music fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The got over the death of their son executive Danny (Daniel Mays) golden girl, the girl next door. Hamnet many years before. Can on a stag weekend in a Cornish he still bridge the distance to village, where he’s pranked by his Lifting the curtain on a world her and his troubled daughters, boss into trying to sign a group of jealousy and ambition, this and finally face up to his own of shanty-singing fishermen. new production from one of the feelings over Hamnet’s death? As Danny struggles to gain the world's most innovative theatre respect of the unlikely boy band, directors, Ivo van Hove (NT Live: “A boldly fanciful but nuanced he starts to feel the draw of the A View from the Bridge), asks why portrait…” Independent.co.uk traditional way of life - not least our fascination with celebrity, due to the charms of local girl youth and identity never seems “Ben Elton has written a Alwyn (Tuppence Middleton). to get old. sweet-natured, melancholy film about the retirement “There’s ... death, tears, All About Eve is adapted from the years of someone he’s lately betrayal, plenty of belly laughs 1950 Twentieth Century Fox film been turning into his specialist and the unassailable urge by Joseph LMankiewicz and the subject: William Shakespeare.” to join in on the choruses.” play The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr. Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian FolkRadio.co.uk

Tickets £17 Conc. £15.00 incl. 50p cmsn. Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50

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DUMBO (PG) STRODE THEATRE presents THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET Fri 26 April 5.15pm & 7.45pm STUDIO Sat 27 April 2.30pm THEATRE Sun 28 April 7pm THEATRE Tickets £20.00 Mon 29 April 5.15pm STUDIO Led by Hammond Organ guru, James Taylor, and reportedly the Director: Tim Burton. With Danny DeVito, Colin band for which the term ‘Acid Jazz’ was originally coined, JTQ stands Farrell, Michael Keaton. USA 2019 | 1hrs 52mins with one foot planted firmly in 2019 - and the other, just as firmly, somewhere south of the 1970s!

Visionary director Tim Burton In addition to his work with JTQ, James Taylor has collaborated with the brings the classic story of likes of U2, The Wonderstuff, Manic Street Preachers and The Pogues, as Dumbo to a new generation in well as with Tom Jones on his multi-platinum album Reload. this live-action reimagining. JTQ are perhaps best-known and loved for their unrivalled live Circus owner Max Medici performances. JTQ jam out with sly rhythms and kitschy-cool melodies. (Danny DeVito) enlists former Their live favourites include their debut single Blow Up, Green Onions, star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) Time is Tight, JTQ Theme and of course, the inimitable Starsky and Hutch. and his children Milly and Joe to care for a new-born elephant STOP PRESS STOP PRESS whose oversized ears make him ***JUST ANNOUNCED FOR 2020*** a laughing-stock in an already struggling circus. But when they STRODE THEATRE discover that Dumbo can fly, presents the circus makes an incredible FRANCIS ROSSI comeback, attracting persuasive “I TALK TOO MUCH” entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere (Michael Keaton). Sat 14 March 2020 7.30pm THEATRE

“There’s plenty of humour Friends booking: 18th April 10am and pathos along the way Quo Fanclub: 24 April 10am ... Burton’s characteristically Public booking: 26th April 10am whimsical charm… is found here.” Geoffrey Macnab, Legendary Status Quo lead singer Francis Rossi will share the Independent extraordinary secrets of his 50-plus years in rock’n’roll when he takes to the Strode Theatre stage for an intimate evening of chat and music.

Standard ticket (from row G): £30.00. “VIP ticket” (central stalls & merch bag): Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 £40.00. “Super VIP” (front stalls, pre-show meet & greet, merch bag): £75.00.

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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE THE HOUSE BY THE SEA FROM THE LONDON PALLADIUM presents a LIVE screening of (12A) an AS LIVE screening of FAUST THE KING AND I (12A) By Charles-François Gounod Tue 30 April 7.45pm STUDIO Thu 2 May 7.15pm THEATRE Tue 30 Apr 6.45pm THEATRE Director: Robert Guediguian With Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Director: Bartlett Sher (Stage version), Director: David McVicar Darroussin, Gérard Meylan Gary Halvorson (for the screen). With Kelli Conductor: Dan Ettinger France 2017 | 1hr 47mins O’Hara, Ken Watanabe, Ruthie Ann Miles 3hrs 35mins including one interval Mainly in French with English subtitles 2hrs 52mins including one interval

There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul At a picturesque villa in a little The multi-award winning and with the Devil for youth bay near Marseille, three siblings critically acclaimed Lincoln Center and power, but Gounod’s have gathered by their dying Theater’s production of Rodgers opera remains one of the most father’s side. Angela, an actress and Hammerstein’s The King And I constantly enthralling. Michael living in Paris, Joseph, newly is back on our screen by popular Fabiano stars as Faust, with Diana in love with a woman half his demand. Don’t miss this number Damrau as his beloved Marguerite age, and Armand, the only one one box office hit, recorded at and Erwin Schrott as who stayed behind in the family London’s iconic Palladium. the diabolical Méphistophélès. business, need to weigh up Virtuoso leading roles, a large what their father’s ideals - and Set in 1860s , the chorus, sensational sets, ballet, the magical place he created - musical tells the story of the and an ecstatic finale make mean to them. Then the arrival unconventional and tempestuous this the epitome of theatrical of a boat full of refugees throws relationship that develops spectacle – the lavish scale of their private world into turmoil. between the King of Siam and French grand opera is wonderfully Anna, a British schoolteacher in evidence in this production by “…a hopeful, heartfelt portrait whom the modernist King, in an David McVicar, set in 1870s Paris. of three later-life siblings imperialist world, brings to Siam finding unexpected renewal in to teach his many wives and The music includes several of their childhood home.” Variety children. popular opera’s most recognisable numbers, performed by a cast of “Five stars for a sumptuous King great international singers and the and I. Book now. It’s a hit.” The Royal Opera Chorus. Times

Tickets £15.50 Conc £13.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Tickets £15.50 Conc. £13.50

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AT ETERNITY’S GATE (12A) THE KEEPER (15) HANNAH (12A) Tue 7 May 7.30pm THEATRE Tue 7 May 7.45pm STUDIO Wed 8 May 7.45pm STUDIO Wed 8 May 5.30pm STUDIO Wed 8 May 5pm THEATRE Mon 13 May 5pm THEATRE Sun 12 May 1.30pm STUDIO Director: Julian Schnabel. With Willem Mon 13 May 7.30pm THEATRE Director: Andrea Pallaoro. With Charlotte Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen Rampling, André Wilms, Stéphanie Van Vyve Swz, Ire, UK, Fr, USA 2018 | 1hr 51mins Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller. With David It, Fr, Bel 2017 | 1hr 33mins Partly in French with English subtitles Kross, Freya Mavor, John Henshaw In French with English subtitles Germany, UK 2018 | 1hr 59mins Partly in German with English subtitles Oscar-nominated director Julien Charlotte Rampling Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the demonstrates her command Butterfly; Before Night Falls) has This is the extraordinary true and restraint in this heart- now taken on the most famous story of German PoW Bert breaking study of a woman of conflicted artists: Vincent Van Trautmann, who made it to the disintegrating when her Gogh (Willem Dafoe). top of post-war English football. husband is arrested, winning her the Best Actress Award at the Even with all his troubles, Van While visiting a PoW camp near Venice Film Festival. Gogh lived his life rich with magic, at the end of WWII, profound communication with local team manager Jack Friar Reminiscent of the work of nature and the wonder of being. (John Henshaw) is very taken by Michael Haneke and Chantal At Eternity’s Gate is a journey one young prisoner’s prowess as Akerman, this elusive character inside the world and mind of a a goal-keeper and arranges for study is another superb late- man who, despite scepticism, him to play for his team. Jack’s career showcase. ridicule and illness, created some daughter Margaret is initially of the world’s most beloved and appalled - he’s ‘the enemy’ after “Rampling is a true marvel here stunning works of art. all - but Bert’s personality soon ...” The Washington Post changes her opinion of him. “…a heartfelt if straightforwardly While Margaret and Bert’s love “...flashes of serious substance reverent film...acted by Willem slowly blossoms despite local can be glimpsed beneath Dafoe with all the integrity and hostility, Bert’s heroics in goal the exquisitely steely unselfconscious ease that you are getting noticed. style.” BFI Sight & Sound would expect from this great actor.” Peter Bradshaw, The BBFC Insight: strong language Guardian

Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50

Box Office: 01458 442846 www.strodetheatre.org.uk 7 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm STREET ART TRAIL 2019 #ARTTRAILINSTREET Sat 4 May - Sat 18 May

Street Art Trail is a collaboration between Street Parish Council, the Alfred Gillett Trust, and the award winning CREATE:SPACE II community of artists. Working with partner organisations and venues, INSIGHT SERIES including Strode Theatre, Clarks Village, Crispin Hall, and the Clarks Shoe Museum, the Trail is intended to showcase the very best of local creativity, connecting the contemporary practice of local artists and makers back to the industrial heritage of the local area. STREET ART TRAIL 2019 Centered around the well-established Somerset CREATE:SPACE II Day celebrations which Street village hosts each year, the Trail will be marked by specially A talk by Pastor Dylan Thomas commissioned Trail Boards featuring new artworks from some of the CREATE:SPACE II artists, placed Wed 8 May 3.30pm STUDIO within silhouettes of iconic shoes from the Alfred Gillett Trust digitisation project. Whilst optimists and pessimists squabble over the contents of their glass, opportunists find something to fill it with!

Armed with little more than a love of the local community, and an unshakeable belief that given an opportunity, LIVE ON STAGE people will always surprise you with their talent and STREET ART TRAIL 2019 generosity, what began as “STRANGERS” – FOUR IN THE FIRE a simple question in the Autumn of 2015 has grown Fri 10 May 7pm STUDIO FREE ENTRY. ADVANCE BOOKING RECOMMENDED into a thriving, innovative, eclectic collective of over 140 “Strangers”, or A-Ni-Gi-Lo-Hi in the language of the Cherokee, is a artists, writers, makers, and series of personal stories and cautionary tales from the mountains musicians. and wilderness camps of the American gold rush. Told in a series of projected digital still images, original artworks on display, short stories, Now into its 4th year, and 6th songs and music including guitar, fiddle, piano, vocal harmony, and major exhibition, the story Cherokee flute; this evening explores the common humanity of of CREATE:SPACE II is one of preachers and card sharps, indigenous peoples and prospectors, as hope, determination, and they struggled to carve out a space for themselves in the hollow the power of collaboration places where time and trail ran out. between people who started out as strangers. First drawn together through a shared love of vocal harmony, Dylan and Liz Thomas have played stages and festivals from Nashville to Galveston, as well as across the UK, with the unique take on Southern FREE ENTRY. ADVANCE BOOKING Roots music and Gospel Blues which they call “Four in the Fire”. RECOMMENDED

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LIVE ON STAGE RSC ON SCREEN FORGED LINE DANCE CO. presents an AS LIVE screening of presents AS YOU LIKE IT TREASURE By William Shakespeare Fri 10 May 7.30pm THEATRE Thu 9 May 7pm THEATRE Forged Line Dance Company return to Strode Theatre with their brand Director: Kimberley Sykes. With Lucy Phelps, new work, Treasure. Anthony Byrne, Emily Johnstone 3hrs including one interval Treasure is a fearless and physical contemporary dance work that delves deep into our past, exploring our innate and powerful relationship to the sea. Marine fossils transport us to a distant world of ancient Come into the forest; dare to creatures, fighting for survival in a strange and volatile environment. change your state of mind. Human curiosity leads us to collect these fragile fossils, keeping their stories safe for the future. But are they simply keepsakes, reflections of Rosalind is banished, wrestling our own memories, or a warning for what lies ahead? with her heart and her . With her cousin by her side, In an uncertain environment where resources are pushed to the brink she journeys to a world of exile and marine life faces new challenges every day, Treasure is a defiantly where barriers are broken down positive and high-energy dance performance, celebrating the beauty and all can discover their deeper and mystery of the sea. selves. “Beautiful and captivating choreography with such quality Director Kimberley Sykes (Dido, of movement and attention to detail. A stirring and lifting Queen of Carthage) directs a performance” riotous, exhilarating version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy. “A flowing, moving performance with depth and tension”

“Amazing performance, wonderful music”

Forged Line Dance Company was founded in 2016 and is based in Bath. The company is committed to creating high quality dance work in collaboration with different art forms and cultural organisations.

Tickets £17.00 Conc. £15.00 Tckts £11.50 Conc. £10.50 Under 25s £9.50

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MISSING LINK (PG) THE MID-SOMERSET ORCHESTRA presents Sat 11 May 2.30pm STUDIO SAM HAYWOOD PLAYS BRAHMS SECOND PIANO CONCERTO Director: Chris Butler. With (voices of) Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Sat 11th May 7.30pm THEATRE Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas USA 2019 | 1hr 35mins (approx.) Conductor: Hitoshi Suzuki Leader: Hywel Jenkins Solo Piano: Sam Haywood This charming animated adventure follows the charismatic Sir Lionel Frost (voiced by Hugh The MSO is thrilled to welcome internationally renowned virtuoso Jackman), the world’s foremost concert pianist Sam Haywood as soloist in Brahms’ monumental investigator of myths and 2nd Piano Concerto (1881), as much a major symphonic work as it monsters, on a quest to prove the is a virtuoso display for the soloist. existence of a legendary creature - a living remnant of Man’s primitive Also on the programme will be Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony, the ancestry, the Missing Link. genesis of which can be traced to Sibelius’ trip to Italy in early 1901. The 2nd symphony has retained extraordinary popularity for its When Frost finds Mr. Link, he turns individualistic tonal language, dark wind colouring, muted string out to be a surprisingly smart writing, simple folklike themes and distinctly “national” flavour that and soulful beast. But he’s the are all Sibelian to the core. last of his kind, and to seek out his rumoured distant relatives, he Sam Haywood has performed to critical acclaim in many of the enlists Sir Lionel’s help to find the world’s major concert halls. A finalist in the BBC Young Musician fabled valley of Shangri-La. 1986, the Washington Post has hailed his ‘dazzling, evocative playing’ and ‘lyrical sensitivity’ and the New York Times his ‘passionate flair and sparkling clarity’. A regular duo partner with both violinist Joshua Bell, with whom he has recently toured in the US, and cellist Steven Isserlis, Sam is equally at home as a soloist or chamber musician as on the concerto platform.

Tickets £14.00 Concessions £13.00 Children 18 & under £3.00 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Ticket price includes a £1 or 50p contribution to the Strode Theatre Support Fund

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METROPOLITAN OPERA MC PROMOTIONS presents presents LIVE & ENCORE screenings of KAST OFF KINKS DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES by Francis Poulenc Sun 12 May 7pm THEATRE

Sat 11 May 5pm STUDIO Tickets £20.00. Ticket price includes a £1 contribution to the Strode Theatre Support Fund ENCORE: Wed 15 May 6.30pm STUDIO

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. With Kast Off Kinks consists solely of original members of , including Isabel Leonard, Adrianne Pieczonka, Erin Ian Gibbons, , and Dave Clarke -and they have Morley, Karen Cargill, Karita Mattila, David lost none of their genius and enthusiasm! Portillo 3hrs 29mins approx. including one interval One of the greatest rock bands to have come out of , The Kinks had 24 hit records during the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, including three No.1s - , and , Met Music Director Yannick and further massive hits like , All Day and All of the Night Nézet-Séguin leads Poulenc’s and, of course, Lola, all in all spending 215 weeks in the charts! masterpiece. Kast Off Kinks are the ‘real thing’ - back at Strode Theatre for the As the French Revolution begins, second time by popular demand - they will take you back to the best shy Blanche becomes a novice days of your life or let you catch up on what you’ve missed... nun under an elderly prioress. Blanche’s aristocratic family flees the terror, but she remains behind, STREET ART TRAIL 2019 struggling between her fear of EMMA HOUSLEY – ARTIST IN the guillotine and her duty to RESIDENCE the convent. When the nuns are Mon 13 - Sat 18 May, 11am-4pm expelled from the convent and threatened with death, Blanche Emma Housley is a must make an agonising decision. LIVE ON STAGE contemporary abstract painter In the shattering final scene, the whose distinctive pallet and nuns walk towards the guillotine confident use of form are singing Salve Regina. Their voices instantly recognisable. Having are cut off, one by one, with each trained in both the UK and stroke of the blade, until all are Cyprus, Emma’s work has a silenced. vibrancy and light about it.

Emma will be creating new pieces in an open studio type setting in Tickets £17.00 Conc £15.00 the theatre scene dock - come and visit, watch and participate!...

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DANCE STREET ART TRAIL 2019 EATEN BY LIONS (12A) THE WHITE CROW (12A) RON WEBSTER – MARQUETRY & PARQUETRY Mon 13 May 5.45pm STUDIO Mon 13 May 7.45pm STUDIO Wed 15-Fri 17 May 11am-4pm Fri 17 May 5pm THEATRE FOYER Director: Jason Wingard. With Antonio For many Somerset folk, Ron Aakeel, Jack Carroll, Asim Chaudhry, Johnny Director: Ralph Fiennes. With Oleg Ivenko, Webster will be recognisable Vegas, Vicki Pepperdine, Kevin Eldon Ralph Fiennes, Sergei Polunin as the boatman from the River UK 2018 | 1hr 35mins UK, France 2018 | 2hrs 7mins Tone, but as part of the Street Partly in Russian and French with English Art Trail event this year, Ron subtitles will be showcasing another of Featuring a wealth of top British his talents demonstrating the comedy talent, this hilarious traditional skills of marquetry caper follows teenage half- A young man in a black beret and parquetry. brothers, Omar and Pete, on and a dark narrow suit is on an their search for a new family. aeroplane from St Petersburg When their beloved Grandma, to Paris. It is 1961 and Rudolf who brought them up, passes Nureyev, not yet the imperious away, Pete’s aunt’s family refuse figure of legend, is a member to take care of Omar --so the of the world-renowned Kirov lads embark on a quest to Ballet, travelling for the first time Blackpool to track down Omar’s outside the Soviet Union. Parisian birth father. life delights Nureyev and he is eager to consume all that the Two innocents abroad in a world dazzling city has to offer. But his of ruthless, useless or ridiculous KGB minders become increasingly adults, will the boys ever find a suspicious. Finally, they confront place to call home? Nureyev with a shocking demand... PORTRAITURE LIVE “Here’s that rare but joyful Sat 18 May 11am-4pm FOYER thing, a British comedy with “… a strong piece of cinema some decent laughs.” Variety that carries both historical Come and join us as some of and political resonance” the CREATE:SPACE II community TheUpComing.co.uk of artists take on the challenge of producing a new portrait of a mystery sitter in just 4 hours of painting time. Pop in for a short visit, or spend the day with us in the beautiful foyer cafe-bar. Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50

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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE HAPPY AS LAZZARO (12A) “MUD SWEAT AND PENCILS” presents a LIVE screening of ALL MY SONS Tue 14 May 7.45pm STUDIO ART BY A BLOKE CALLED MATT by Arthur Miller MILLER Director: Alice Rohrwacher. With Adriano Directed by Jeremy Herrin. With Sally Field Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani Wed 15 May – Sun 9th June and Bill Pullman It, Swz, Fr, Ger 2018 | 2hrs 5mins 2hrs 20mins including 1 interval In Italian with English subtitles Matt is a self-taught artist. Tue 14 May 7pm THEATRE This beautifully shot, Cannes He works in many mediums; ‘Best Screenplay’-winning including pencil, acrylic and Broadcast live from The Old Vic magical-realist fable follows in the water colour and has a passion in London, Academy Award- cinematic footsteps of Jarman for trying new techniques, winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, and Fellini, mixing folk tales with which can be seen in his varied Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman social critique, biblical allegories styles of work. (The Sinner, Independence Day) star and pop culture references. in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. Lazzaro is a young peasant whose sweet nature makes people America, 1947. Despite hard mistake him for simple-minded. choices and even harder knocks, He happily does the bidding of Joe and Kate Keller are a success anyone in his local village, and story. They have built a home, even makes a friend of Tancredi, raised two sons, and established the petulant son of the Marchesa a thriving business. But nothing who rules over the village. But lasts forever, and their contented then Tancredi convinces his new lives, already shadowed by the ally to help him stage a dramatic loss of their eldest boy to war, incident to secure a ransom… are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, “… inexpressibly moving, long buried truths are forced to yet also disturbing and the surface and the price of their unaccountable. It is a pastoral American dream is laid bare. enigma, and a satirical attack on exploitative feudal snobbery…” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian.

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STRODE THEATRE presents ROYAL OPERA HOUSE SUSIE DENT: THE SECRET LIVES OF WORDS presents LIVE & ENCORE screenings of WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR Wed 15 May 7.30pm THEATRE Tickets £20.50 incl. 50p cmsn MEDUSA FLIGHT PATTERN Journey into the curious and downright surreal origins of words. Thu 16 May, 7.15pm STUDIO Susie will tell the stories that lie hidden within such words as ‘lasagne’ ENCORE: Wed 22 May, 7.15pm THEATRE (involving a chamber pot) and ‘bugbear’ (a terrorising monster), and explain such oddities as the silent h in ‘ghost’ and the mysterious Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon, Sidi disappearance of ‘kempt’, ‘gormful’, and ‘ruly’. She’ll look to the lexicon Larbi Cherkaoui, Crystal Pite. Music: Ezio of the past to fill some of today’s linguistic gaps – such as the frenzied Bosso, Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki, Henry Purcell fit of tidying we all do just as guests are about to descend (that’s a 3hrs 15mins, including 2 intervals ‘scurryfunge’). Alongside such forgotten stories you will hear Susie’s selection of the funniest moments from her 25 years on Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works Susie will include favourite words from around Somerset, and will ask from three of today’s leading the audience for theirs. She will be welcoming any questions about choreographers. Christopher word origins, usage irritations, the dreaded impact of Americanization Wheeldon’s Within the Golden and the very future of our language in her own ‘word surgery’. Hour is based around seven couples separating and intermingling, to music by Vivaldi and Bosso and lit with rich colours suggested by sunset. Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern, revived for the first time, uses a large dance You don’t need to go away to ensemble and Górecki’s familiar music from his Symphony of university to get a good degree... Sorrowful Songs for a poignant We offer a range of high quality university level and passionate reflection on courses including: migration. Between them, Medusa • History, Heritage and Archaeology - by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, created by Foundation Degree and BA (Hons) Degree The Royal Ballet, has its premiere to bring the contemporary truly • English with Creative Writing - Foundation Degree up-to-date.

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THE SISTERS BROTHERS (15) STREET ART TRAIL 2019 THE KID WHO WOULD BE LOOKING OUT KING (PG) Fri 17 May 7.30pm THEATRE An evening of poetry with Kim Ridgeon Mon 20 May 7.45pm STUDIO Sat 18 May 2.30pm STUDIO Fri 17 May 7.30pm STUDIO Director: Jacques Audiard. With John C. Director: Joe Cornish Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal With: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Dean Fr, Sp, Rom, Bel, USA 2018 | 2hrs 2mins Kim was born and raised Chaumoo, Patrick Stewart, Rebecca in Cornwall. His poetry Ferguson connects the natural world UK 2019 | 2hrs A dangerous, witty and to the human condition with emotionally cathartic Western, all its contradictions and exploring what it means to be uncertainties. His themes touch Old-school magic meets a man, from the director of A upon time, memory and how the modern day in this epic Prophet. our individual emotional and adventure, partly filmed around physical experiences influence the South West. Alex is just an It’s 1851, and Charlie and Eli our view of the world and of ordinary London schoolboy, Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix and nature in all its complexity. In when, hiding from the school John C. Reilly) are assassins, many of his poems he utilises a bullies, he discovers King boys grown to men in a savage sense of place, real or imagined, Arthur’s legendary sword world. They have blood on their to reflect the importance of Excalibur on a local building site. hands - that of criminals and achieving harmony between Before he knows it, he’s gearing that of innocents - but older nature and humankind. He up to save the world instead of brother Eli still dares to dream was a teacher for twenty five his own skin. Now his friends of a normal life. As their journey years and has lived in Somerset must become knights and takes them into the mountains since 1989, drawing inspiration join the wizard Merlin (Patrick of Oregon and California, they from the local landscape and Stewart) to fight the wicked increasingly question each other places he has known witch Morgana. other’s methods… in his life. He often employs gentle humour and a sense of “The characters are a delight, “An eccentric, funny yarn spirituality in his work. the action sequences thrum filled with eccentric, funny with invention, characters…” Empire Kim has published Middle Age and when it’s Spread, Uncovering and, most funny, it’s very BBFC Insight: gory images, strong violence, recently, Looking Out. funny indeed.” language EmpireOnline.com

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RED JOAN (12A) BOLSHOI BALLET NUREYEV (12A) presents an ENCORE screening of Sat 18 May 7.30pm THEATRE CARMEN SUITE / Sun 19 May 6.30pm THEATRE Sun 19 May 3.30pm STUDIO PETRUSHKA Mon 20 May 5.30pm STUDIO Director: Jacqui Morris & David Morris. With Thu 23 May 7.30pm THEATRE Sun 19 May 3pm THEATRE Marlon Dino, Grace Jabbari, Jordan Kennedy Documentary Director: Trevor Nunn. With Judi Dench, Sophie Carmen Suite. Music: Georges Bizet & UK 2018 | 1hr 49mins Cookson, Tom Hughes Rodion Shchedrin. Choreography: Alberto UK 2018 | 1hr 50mins Alonso. Libretto: Alberto Alonso after Carmen de Prosper Mérimée. Petrushka. Music: Igor This striking documentary Stravinsky. Choreography: Edward Clug traces the extraordinary life of Loosely inspired by the Rudolf Nureyev from humble biography of British KGB agent 2hrs 20mins including one interval beginnings to pop culture icon Melita Norwood, this historical of his time, contextualising thriller starts in London in 2000, his life against the politically where retired scientist Joan Carmen: Impetuous Carmen charged divide between the Stanley (Judi Dench) is arrested seduces Don José in order to Soviet Union and the West and for crimes committed many years convince him to let her out of the critical role that Nureyev ago. Back in 1938 Joan is a young jail. Once outside, she thinks she’s played as a global cultural Cambridge student, drawn into finally free before realising that phenomenon. a circle of politicised youths she’s in fact prisoner of a love supporting the Republicans in triangle: she wants to be with the Blending archive footage, a Spain and the Soviet dream of a famous Torero Escamillo, but she stunning original score and classless society. But when the can’t make Don José go away. spellbinding dance tableaux war begins, she is recruited onto directed by Russell Maliphant, a secret intelligence project, Petrushka: At St Petersburg’s Nureyev is a cinematic biopic like which attracts intense interest carnival, three puppets are no other. from one of her fellow students. playing the same role over and over: the unhappy lover “A good old-fashioned British Petrushka, the coquette and a “Abundant archive footage spy thriller in the scientific Moor. Fed up with this endless ...speaks eloquently enough mold of Enigma...” The part that never goes well for him, through dance and silent Super Hollywood Reporter Petrushka attacks his rival and 8 to draw tears.” Leslie Felperin, flees from the puppet theatre. The Guardian

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OUT OF BLUE (15) HOLY LANDS (15) 3 FACES (15) Sun 19 May 5.45pm STUDIO Tue 21 May 7.30pm THEATRE Tue 21 May 7.45pm STUDIO Mon 20 May 7.30pm THEATRE Thu 23 May 7.45pm STUDIO Director: Jafar Panahi. With Behnaz Jafari, Director: Carol Morley. With Patricia Director: Amanda Sthers. With James Caan, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei Clarkson, Mamie Gummer, James Caan Rosanna Arquette, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Iran 2018 | 1hr 41mins USA, UK 2018 | 1hr 50mins Rhys Meyers In Persian & Azerbaijani with English subtitles Fr, Bel 2018 | 1hr 40mins

Adapted from Martin Amis’ Night Despite being subject to a Train, this new film from British Facing a crossroads in life, 20-year film-making ban, the filmmaker Carol Morley has an retired New York cardiologist multi-award-winning Iranian incredible lead performance Harry Rosenmerck (James Caan) director of Offside and The from Patricia Clarkson as leaves everything behind for the Circle keeps coming back with Mike Hoolihan, a homicide unlikely plan to start a pig farm revealing and heartfelt ‘under- detective who is called to in Nazareth. Predictably, the cover’ tales from his country. investigate the murder of a locals are less than keen and not Behnaz, a famous actress, leading astrophysicist in New afraid to show it. Harry’s conflict receives a heart-breaking video Orleans. As the investigation with the town’s Orthodox plea from a young woman living deepens, a dark conspiracy is rabbi, Moshe (Tom Hollander), in a remote village, whose family slowly revealed and Hoolihan however, slowly turns into a have forbidden her to take up a is confronted by a mystery that friendship that leads him to place at acting school. Fearing begins to destabilise both her re-evaluate his relationship with the girl may have committed view of the world and her very the estranged family he left suicide, Behnaz and a friend set being. behind in America. off to find her.

“The noir quality of Out of Blue, “...subtly charming...a film full of with its intimations of murky BBFC Insight: strong language delicate metaphors and gentle family shame, brings out echoes humour” The Globe and Mail of John Stahl’s Leave Her to Heaven or Roman Polanski’s “...maintains the unique blend Chinatown, and there is a woozy of introspection and intrigue Lynchian dreaminess.” Peter that defines this singular Bradshaw, The Guardian director’s talent.” IndieWire.com BBFC Insight: strong bloody images BBFC Insight: suicide references

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INSIGHT SERIES: TALK MID90s (15) WILD ROSE (15) FARÈS K MOUSSA “STRODE THEATRE: Wed 22 May 7.45pm STUDIO Fri 24 May 7.30pm THEATRE WHAT IS THE FUTURE?” Mon 3 Jun 7.30pm THEATRE Including a backstage tour Director: Jonah Hill. With Sunny Suljic, Sun 9 Jun 6pm STUDIO ENCORE! Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges USA 2018 | 1hr 25mins Director: Tom Harper. With Jessie Buckley, Julie Wed 22 May 3.30pm STUDIO Walters, Sophie Okonedo UK 2018 | 1hr 40mins This no-holds-barred coming-of- For over 55 years Strode Theatre age movie follows young teen has been an arts hub for Somerset, Stevie (Sunny Suljic) who spends Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) and beyond. Besides from a small his summer navigating between is bursting with raw talent, grant from Street Parish Council, it his troubled home life and a charisma and cheek. Fresh recieves no arts funding. group of new friends whom he out of jail and with two young meets at a local skate shop. kids, all she wants is to get out Full of insights on the economics of and make it as a of the theatre, film and music Superbly played by its young country singer in Nashville. But industries, Farès (Strode Theatre leads, this (almost-literally) break- her mum Marion (Julie Walters) Manager) sets out his vision of neck journey through the 1990s- has had a bellyful of Rose-Lynn’s where Strode Theatre has come era LA skate-board scene is “... Nashville nonsense. Forced to from, where it is now and what an unabashed love letter to a take responsibility, and a cleaning challenges lie ahead in seeking to particular decade ... but also to job, Rose-Lynn finds an unlikely answer the question: “what is the a specific moment in everyone’s champion in the lady of the future of Strode Theatre?” life” (The Wrap) house (Sophie Okonedo).

Farès has been part of the “...hilarious and heartfelt… “Wild Rose tells a richly stirring managment team of three Mid90s bristles with fun, feeling human story...it lets you theatres, including the Royal Opera and the exhilaration that comes experience what the glory of House. He is also an anthropologist with risking life’s hairpin turns. country music really is: an art specialising in arts practice, religion …totally irresistible.” Rolling torn straight from life itself” and the cultures of North Africa Stone Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian. and the central Mediterranean. BBFC Insight: strong language, drug misuse, BBFC Insight: strong language, sex Proceeds from this talk will be donated self-harm, violence to the Strode Theatre Support Fund.

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FILM SCHOOL OF DANCE presents BROADWAY & BEYOND LIVE ON STAGE

20 AGOYRS Thur 30 May 7.00pm Fri 31 May 7.00pm LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (PG) Sat 1 June 2.00pm Sat 1 June 7.00pm LIVE ON Fri 24 May 7.45pm STUDIO STAGE THEATRE Director: Roberto Benigni. With Roberto Choreography: Harriet Durston & Sarah Neale Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano Director: Sarah Neale Italy 1997 | 1hr 53mins Musical Director: Kathryn Stevens In Italian with English subtitles Producer: Sarah Jones

Following their smash hit successes with Cats (2015) and Barnum A gentle Jewish-Italian waiter, (2017), the award-winning South West School of Dance return to the Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni), Strode Theatre stage with a stunning celebration of musicals from meets Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), Broadway & Beyond. a pretty schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and This highly talented group of performers will sweep audiences on a humour. Eventually they marry journey from the 1950s with classics The King and I, The Sound of Music and have a son, Giosue (Giorgio and 42nd Street, right up to 2019 with the latest hit musicals such as Cantarini). Nativity!, Matilda and Newsies. Featuring some of the best dancers and singers in the region, Broadway & Beyond is sure to be a half term treat Their happiness is abruptly for the whole family. halted, however, when Guido and Giosue are separated from Dora and taken to a concentration camp. Determined to shelter his son from the horrors of his surroundings, Guido convinces Giosue that their time in the camp is merely a game.

“...a tribute to the powers of imagination, innocence, and love in the most harrowing of circumstances.” Tom Dawson, BBC Ticket prices £15.00 - Adults £14.00 - Senior Citizens £11.00 - Children 16 and under Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Ticket price includes a £1 contribution to the Strode Theatre Support Fund

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YULI: THE CARLOS ACOSTA EXHIBITION ON SCREEN presents RSC ON SCREEN STORY (15) VAN GOGH & JAPAN presents a LIVE screening of THE TAMING OF THE Mon 3 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO Tue 4 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO SHREW Sun 9 Jun 5.30pm THEATRE Thu 6 Jun 7.30pm THEATRE By William Shakespeare Director: Icíar Bollaín. With Carlos Acosta, Director: David Bickerstaff | 1hr 25mins Wed 5 Jun 7pm THEATRE Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez Sp, Cuba, UK, Ger 2018 | 1hr 55mins Director: Justin Audibert. With Amanda Documentary “I envy the Japanese” Van Gogh Harris, Richard Clew, Joseph Arkley Partly in Spanish with English subtitles wrote to his brother Theo. In the 2hrs 50mins including one interval exhibition on which this film is based – Van Gogh & Japan at the Based on his bestselling Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam In a reimagined 1590, England autobiography No Way Home, this – one can see why. Though is a matriarchy. Baptista Minola dramatized biopic follows young Vincent van Gogh never visited is seeking to sell off her son Carlos Acosta from growing up on Japan it is the country that had Katherine to the highest bidder. the impoverished streets of his native the most profound influence on Cue an explosive battle of the Havana, through his time at the him and his art. One cannot know sexes in this electrically charged country’s National Dance School, to Van Gogh without understanding love story. performing at London’s prestigious how Japanese art arrived in Paris Royal Ballet. in the middle of the 19th century Justin Audibert (Snow in and the profound impact it had Midsummer, The Jew of Malta) In a neat reversal of the ‘’ on artists like Monet, Degas and, turns Shakespeare’s fierce, story, Acosta’s father actually insisted above all, Van Gogh. energetic comedy of gender that the football-mad youngster and materialism on its head concentrate on his formal ballet The film travels to France, the to offer a fresh perspective on training. Netherlands and Japan to its portrayal of hierarchy and further explore the remarkable power... “...a consistently colorful hybrid: heritage that so affected Van ... ravishing when it lets Acosta’s Gogh and made him the artist “Deftly provocative and physical artistry take over...” Variety we know today. exuberantly entertaining” **** The Times BBFC Insight: strong language, discriminatory terms “Funny, eye-opening and illuminating” **** The Stage

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A DEAL WITH THE LIAM GALLAGHER: AS IT BREAKING HABITS (15) UNIVERSE (15) WAS (CERT TBC) + LIVE BROADCAST WITH LIAM Fri 7 Jun 7.30pm THEATRE Wed 5 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO GALLAGHER Director: Robert Ryan. With Sister Kate Director: Jason Barker Thu 6 Jun 7pm TBC STUDIO UK 2018 | 1hr 26mins UK 2018 | 1hrs 30mins START TIME MAY VARY - TBC Documentary Documentary Director: Charlie Lightening UK 2019 | Runtime TBC Meet Sister Kate, former high- Made entirely from personal Documentary flying corporate executive, reborn archive and home video rebel and founder of a commune diaries, this documentary of activist nuns, called The Sisters follows director Jason Barker’s Screening of the new of the Valley, who run California’s incredible story of how he came documentary film followed by a fastest growing marijuana farm. to give birth to his child, giving live broadcast of Liam Gallagher. They provide medical cannabis remarkably intimate insights to those in need, for everything into gender identity and new Liam Gallagher: As It Was tells from epilepsy to cancer, against parenthood. the honest and emotional often ferocious opposition from story of how one of the most the authorities and local cartels. “I don’t see this as a story about electrifying rock’n’roll frontmen a ‘pregnant man’ – for one I’m went from the dizzying heights This gripping documentary not pregnant for most of the of his Champagne Supernova follows Sister Kate’s journey film and by the end of it am years in Oasis to living on the to becoming a voice for the not really calling myself a man edge, ostracised and lost in the unheard - and possibly the most either. To me, this is a story musical wilderness of booze, feared nun in the world. about how we all change over notoriety and bitter legal battles. time…” (Jason Barker) Starting again alone, stripped BBFC Insight: drugs theme, strong language “The film cuts through all the bare and with nowhere to hide, intellectual debate around Liam risks everything to make these subjects to remind us of the greatest comeback of all the human experiences at their time. core.” EyeForFilm.co.uk

BBFC Insight: strong language

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MATTHEW BOURNE’S TAKE THAT AVENGERS 4: ENDGAME GREATEST HITS LIVE (CERT TBC) AS LIVE from Sadler’s Wells LIVE from Principality Stadium, Sat 8 Jun 2.30pm STUDIO Fri 7 June 7pm STUDIO SOLD OUT Sat 8 Jun 8pm THEATRE Sun 9 June 2.30pm THEATRE 2hrs 10mins approx. Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo. With Brie Larson, Bradley Cooper, Evangeline Lilly Director: . Music by USA 2019 | Runtime TBC Tchaikovsky. With Will Bozier as The Swan/ Celebrating 30 incredible years, The Stranger, Liam Mower as The Prince and Take That are bringing their Nicole Kabera as The Queen spectacular 2019 Greatest Hits Disney’s Marvel super-hero 2hrs 10mins without an interval. tour to cinemas for one night franchise continues with this only! Broadcast LIVE from their thrilling new sci-fi fantasy last UK concert of the tour, this adventure. This thrilling, audacious and highly anticipated anniversary witty production is perhaps still show promises to be their best The universe is in ruins due to best known for replacing the yet. the efforts of the Mad Titan, female corps-de-ballet with Thanos. With the help of their a menacing male ensemble, With ‘front row seats’, you’ll be a remaining allies, the Avengers which shattered convention, part of the action as Gary, Mark must assemble once more… turned tradition upside down and Howard journey through and took the dance world by Take That’s incredible music The star-studded cast includes storm. Retaining the iconic history. Performing their biggest Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett elements of the original staging hits from the last three decades, Johansson, Brie Larson, Josh loved by millions around the and new tracks from their latest Brolin, Tom Holland and Michelle world, Matthew Bourne and album , fans will love this Pfeiffer. award-winning designers Lez ultimate big screen sing along. Brotherston (Set & Costumes) So, get ready to throw your and Paule Constable (Lighting) hands in the air – it’s a party have created a “spellbinding...” you’ll never forget! (***** Independent) re-imagining of this classic New “Take That took it and smashed Adventures production. it out of the arena.” ***** The Telegraph Filmed at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London in January 2019.

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LORO (18) FUTURE 4 @ STREET DRAMA GROUP presents a screening of Sat 8 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO ALICE IN WONDERLAND & GOTTA KEEP MOVING! Director: Paolo Sorrentino. With Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio Sun 9 Jun 3pm STUDIO Italy, France 2019 | 2hrs 31mins In Italian with English subtitles Adapted, Edited and Directed by Dave Palmer Produced by Leza England and Dave Palmer Cast: Wendy Bennet, Michael Bond, Anita Chant, James Portingail, Claire Reakes, Charlotte Sergio is a clever businessman Simon, Stefan Smith, Jamie Topham, Sue Wheeler and Diane White who manages a group of young escorts which he uses to bribe Runtime: Alice in Wonderland: 17mins. Gotta Keep Moving!: 17 mins. Plus Q&A local politicians and authority and discussion with the Director and cast. figures. But he soon sets his eyes on bigger game and makes it his mission to work his way into the Future 4 @ Street Drama Group present their new film of Lewis ranks of a man with a notorious Carroll’s timeless classic Alice in Wonderland. The cast, all of whom taste for both hedonism and have learning disabilities, have spent several months making this corruption — Italy’s Prime wonderful 17-minute film. Join Alice as she chases after the White Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Rabbit and finds herself in a crazy, magical world of talking cats, mad tea parties & murderous playing cards. Master filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, The Great The members of the Future 4 @ Street Drama Group (part of Discovery) Beauty) reveals the scandalous have met every Tuesday for the past three years, to devise a range of private life of Italy’s most plays, musicals and now, for their eighth production, a film. As well as infamous politician. Packed with making all the miniature sets and colourful painted backgrounds, the satirical sting, biopics don’t come cast and staff have also created the film’s marvellously atmospheric more unauthorised than this! music and sound effects, using a Soundbeam 5.

”...the definitive Paolo Sorrentino Also included in this programme is a film of one of the group’s live film to date. It’s brash, stylish, performances, their devised jukebox musical, Gotta Keep Moving! and silly. ... a glorious mess.” Sam Fragoso, The Wrap

BBFC Insight: strong sex, drug misuse

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Box Office: 01458 442846 www.strodetheatre.org.uk 23 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm FILM ARTS WEEK ARTS & DESIGN LIVE ON SCREEN END OF YEAR SHOW 2019 Tue 11 - Wed 19 June - Free entry Showcasing the work of students completing arts courses this academic year. Exhibitions open: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ARCTIC (12) 9.30am - 4pm Monday to Friday presents a LIVE screening of (Strode College and Strode Theatre) 10am - 2pm Saturday, plus The Royal Ballet’s Tue 11 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO performance evenings (Theatre foyer) ROMEO AND JULIET Wed 12 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO www.strode-college.ac.uk/events Tue 11 Jun 7.15pm THEATRE Director: Joe Penna PERFORMING ARTS & With Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma DANCE SHOWCASE By: Kenneth MacMillan Smáradóttir Music: Sergey Prokofiev Iceland 2018 | 1hr 34mins Wed 12 June, 7.30pm, Theatre Conductor: Pavel Sorokin conducts the Fri 14 June, 7.30pm, Theatre Orchestra of the Royal Opera House A showcase of work by Dance and 3hrs approx. including 2 intervals Mads Mikkelsen gives a tour- Performing Arts students. de-force performance as a pilot Tickets £6.00, Full Concessions £5.00, whose plane has crashed in Strode Students & Under 16s £4.00 Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate a remote corner of the Arctic. Ticket price includes a 50p contribution to the choreography for Romeo Just as he is about to receive Strode Theatre Support Fund. and Juliet shows The Royal long-awaited help, a terrible This is a campus production raising funds for the College’s educational activities. Ballet at its dramatic finest. accident means he not only Sergey Prokofiev’s iconic score loses his rescue, but also now has provides the basis for the to look after a seriously injured ballet’s romantic pas de deux fellow survivor (Maria Thelma Open Evening and vibrant crowd scenes, Smaradottir). As she is fast losing while 16th-century Verona is the battle for her life, he must Wednesday 12 June created by Nicholas Georgiadis’ make the choice between the magnificent designs. relative safety of his camp and 6pm-8pm risking both their lives in the Post-16 education Romeo and Juliet fall wilderness in search of help. passionately in love, but their Apprenticeships families are caught up in a ”...gripping...a terrific, ruddy- University level courses deadly feud. They marry in cheeked performance from Mads Adult courses secret, but tragic circumstances Mikkelsen.” The Guardian lead Romeo to fight and Pre-register online at kill Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. As www.strode-college.ac.uk punishment, he is banished or turn up on the night from the city.

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STRODE THEATRE & STRODE LIVE ON HER SHOULDERS (12A) present ANUP KUMAR BISWAS Thu 13 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO & THE DRYSTONES A FUNDRAISER in Celebration of 25 Years of the Mathieson Music Trust with Director: Alexandria Bombach. With Nadia international Artists Murad, Murad Ismael, Amal Clooney, Ban Ki-moon Thu 13 Jun 7.30pm THEATRE Documentary USA 2018 | 1hr 34mins Partly in Arabic with English subtitles Cellist Anup Kumar Biswas, internationally acclaimed for performing Western and Eastern , will perform with internationally renowned singers Daniel Brevik (bass-baritone) and Jennifer Brevik Nobel Peace Prize recipient (mezzo-soprano), both from Massachusetts. They are supported and Nadia Murad’s life is a joined by exceptional folk duo The Drystones, returning to Somerset from dizzying array of exhausting their national tour promoting their latest album Apparitions. undertakings—from visiting refugee camps to one-on-one Anup Kumar Biswas was born in West Bengal. At the age of six meetings with top government he went to a mission school in Calcutta before studying with Pierre officials. In this highly topical Fournier in Geneva and Jacqueline du Pre in London. He has given documentary, filmmaker concerts internationally, including Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Alexandria Bombach follows Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Westminster this strong-willed young Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, Riverside Studios, Carnegie Hall, New York woman, who survived the and Grays Inn (where, in addition to a Vivaldi concerto, he played an 2014 genocide of the Yazidis Indian raga at the personal request of HRH the Prince of ). in Northern Iraq and escaped the hands of ISIS to become a The Drystones are a young duo making big waves on the UK folk relentless beacon of hope for scene. Combining traditional music’s timeless instrumental union of her people, even when at times fiddle and guitar with technical mastery, and an unexpectedly large she longs to simply have an live sound, it’s no wonder they earned themselves a nomination for the ordinary life. 2018 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. “… a powerfully affecting Strode College students have visited the Mathieson Music School, portrait” ScreenDaily.com of which Anup is the director, for several years. The school provides a rounded education to children from the poorest backgrounds in India, and is entirely funded by donations and musical events like this.

Tickets £15.00 Students £10.00 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50

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THE HUSTLE (12A) SOMERSET MUSIC & THE LOCAL POKÉMON DETECTIVE LIONS CLUB Fri 14 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO PIKACHU (PG) present Thu 20 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO MID-SOMERSET MUSICAL Sat 15 Jun 2.30pm STUDIO SPECTACULAR Director: Chris Addison. With Rebel Wilson, Anne Hathaway, Tim Blake Nelson Director: Rob Letterman. With (the voices of) Mon 17 & Tue 18 Jun 7pm THEATRE USA 2019 | 1hr 34mins Ryan Reynolds, Suki Waterhouse, Bill Nighy Japan, USA 2019 | 1hr 44mins Pupils from schools, music In this daftly hilarious new clubs and drama groups in comedy, a gender-reversal remake This gloriously over-the-top, Mid Somerset will showcase of the 1988 comedy classic Dirty animation-cum-live-action their musical talents over two Rotten Scoundrels, Anne Hathaway detective adventure will delight performances. Each evening will and Rebel Wilson star as two very any Pokémon fan. When ace be unique, featuring a different different swindlers – one a high- private eye Harry Goodman goes cast with a wide variety of skills class con artist, the other a ballsy mysteriously missing, his son Tim and talent on show. This series loudmouth – who team up to teams up with his father’s former of concerts has presented many take down the dirty rotten men Pokémon partner, wise-cracking local youngsters with their first who have wronged them. little furry sleuth Pikachu. opportunity to perform on the Chasing clues together through big stage, and this year will be British director Chris Addison has the sprawling, neon-lit streets no exception. previously worked on a range of of Ryme City, they uncover a iconic TV series, variously behind shocking plot that could destroy Proceeds from the concerts and in front of the camera, in the the peaceful co-existence of will go to Somerset Music and likes of The Thick of It, Skins, Veep humans and Pokémon. other children’s charities. and . Booking opens on Mon 20 May

Tickets £7.00 Non-performing students & children £2.50

Ticket price includes a 50p contribution to the Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Strode Theatre Support Fund

26 www.strodetheatre.org.uk Box Office: 01458 442846 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm STRODE THEATRE PRESENTS presents THE DODO STREET BAND Celtic Gypsy Klezmer

Blows - Piers Adams Scrapes - Adam Summerhayes LIVE ON STAGE Bellows - Murray Grainger Twangs - Malcolm Creese Bangs - Cormac Byrne

LIVE ON STAGE Sat 15 Jun 7.30pm THEATRE

This explosive band combines unbelievable fiddle virtuosity from international star Adam Summerhayes; outrageous brilliance from world number one recorder genius, Piers Adams; incredibly high-ABV insanity from accordion master, Murray Grainger; positively feverish power from bass legend, Malcolm Creese; and dazzling bodhran playing from king of folk percussion, Cormac Byrne.

Supporting the release of their first CD Natural Selection, the Dodos take audiences on a joyously wild musical odyssey, encompassing melodies from the shores of the Hebrides to the mountains of Eastern Europe - a famous Irish melody might take a wild Klezmer twist, an ancient Scottish wedding song is recast in a mesmeric soundscape that evokes the lonely island from which it came with gypsy tunes and Eastern European rhythms spiralling faster and faster - it’s impossible not to dance!

Tickets £16.50 Concessions £15.50 Children 16 & under £12.50 FILM FILM LIVE ON SCREEN

WOMAN AT WAR (12A) STYX (12A) ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA SCREEN presents an AS LIVE screening of Mon 17 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO Thu 18 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO Gilbert & Sullivan’s Wed 19 Jun 5.30pm STUDIO THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Director: Wolfgang Fischer. With Susanne Director: Benedikt Erlingsson. With Halldóra Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Felicity Babao Wed 19 Jun 6.30pm THEATRE Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson Ger, Aus 2018 | 1h 34m Ice, Fr, Ukr 2018 | 1hr 40mins (approx.) Mainly in German with English subtitles Directed by Mike Leigh In Icelandic with English subtitles 2hrs 35mins including 1 interval

Rike (Susanne Wolff) is a 50-year-old Reykjavik successful A&E doctor in Cologne, Captured live in 2015, this choirmistress Halla seems to Germany. For her holiday she Gilbert & Sullivan masterpiece lead a quiet life, but her sunny is sailing her yacht solo from returns to the Strode screen personality hides a secret: she Gibraltar to Ascension Island in together with The Mikado is engaged in a one-woman- the Atlantic. But after a storm (Tue 23 July, pg 36). Palme war on the local aluminium on the high seas, she finds d’Or winner and 5-times Oscar industry to protect the stunning herself right next to a damaged, nominee Mike Leigh makes his highland landscape that overloaded fishing boat full of opera-for-the-stage directorial is under threat. Just as she desperate people in danger of debut with this popular comic begins planning her biggest drowning. She tries to radio for opera, which features much- and boldest operation yet, she help and reinforcement, but her loved favourites including A receives an unexpected letter pleas remain unanswered, and Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy that will change everything... Rike is forced to act… One and I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General. “Is there anything rarer than an “...thrillingly lean...filmmaking as intelligent feel-good film that crisp and slicing as a sea breeze “Precise and pricelessly funny knows how to tackle urgent global ...scintillatingly modern.” Variety production” ***** The Stage issues with humor as well as a satisfying sense of justice?” Variety “A jolly good show” ***** The Telegraph

“A delightful surprise” **** The Times

Tickets £13.50 Conc £12.50 Book with ENO’s The Mikado on Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 23rd July (pg 36) and SAVE £5

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TOLKIEN (12A) STREET THEATRE presents LAST TANGO IN LITTLE GRIMLEY Wed 19 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO Thu 20 Jun 7.30pm THEATRE Fri 21 Jun 7.30pm THEATRE Fri 21 Jun 5pm STUDIO Sat 22 Jun 7.30pm THEATRE By David Tristram Director: Matthew Maisey Director: Dome Karukoski. With Nicholas Producer: Peter Goater Hoult, Lily Collins, Pam Ferris USA 2019 | 1hr 52 mins Plus supporting programme An amateur performance by arrangement with Samuel French. This biographical drama explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Group is in trouble. The finds friendship, love and artistic membership has dwindled to four - the audiences aren’t much inspiration among a group of bigger - and if they don’t come up with some rent soon, fellow outcasts at school. This they’re going to be thrown out. “There is only one thing that sells takes him into the outbreak of tickets these days” argues Gordon the Chairman. “Sex!” World War I, which threatens to tear the ‘fellowship’ apart. All of Thus begins the chaotic and hilarious build-up to an evening of these experiences would inspire extraordinary home-grown drama - an evening the locals will never Tolkien to write his famous forget! Middle-Earth novels.

Nicholas Hoult leads the cast which also includes Lily Collins, Pam Ferris, Derek Jacobi and Tickets £14.00 Concessions £13.00 Colm Meaney. School party rates by arrangement Non-school party booking: 1 free seat in 10 Ticket price includes a £1 contribution to the Strode Theatre Support Fund

Street Theatre are always looking for people to help us bring high quality drama to Somerset. If you’d like to join us, whether it’s because you’re an established or budding actor or whether you’d like to be part of our set-building, backstage, makeup, costume or technical teams, just get in touch and we’ll tell you more: Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 www.street-theatre.org/contact-us.

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VOX LUX (15) NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG (15) presents an AS LIVE screening of Fri 21 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO SMALL ISLAND Tue 2 Jul 7.45pm STUDIO Sat 22 Jun 7.45pm STUDIO based on the novel by Andrea Levy Director: Dominga Sotomayor Castillo. Director: Brady Corbet. With Natalie Adapted by Helen Edmundson With Demian Hernández, Antar Machado, Portman, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law Magdalena Tótoro USA 2018 | 1 hr 55 mins Tue 2 Jul 7pm THEATRE Chile, Br, Arg, NL, Qatar 2018 | 1hr 50mins In Spanish with English subtitles

Injured in a high-school shooting, Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize- a young girl writes a moving winning novel Small Island comes Set in Chile in the summer of song tribute, and becomes an to life in an epic new theatre 1990, this is a beguiling coming- overnight sensation. But under adaptation, filmed live on stage as of-age drama, partly inspired by the tutelage of her manager part of National Theatre Live’s 10th the director’s childhood in an (Jude Law) young Celeste is birthday. ecological community. quickly caught up in the sleaze and commercialism of the pop Small Island embarks on a journey As the country comes to terms circus. Eighteen years later, Celeste from Jamaica to Britain, through with the end of Pinochet’s (Natalie Portman), now a hugely the Second World War to 1948 dictatorship, a group of successful, hard-nosed diva, finds – the year the HMT Empire adolescents living on a rural herself at the centre of another Windrush docked at Tilbury. commune in the foothills of the atrocity... The play follows three intricately Andes attempt to make sense connected stories. Hortense of their own burgeoning desires “…an audacious story…and a yearns for a new life away from and tangled relationships. deeply satisfying, narratively rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of ambitious jolt of a movie.” New becoming a lawyer, and Queenie A subtly observed and York Times longs to escape her Lincolnshire beautifully shot evocation of roots. Hope and humanity meet a time brimming with hope BBFC Insight: strong violence, language, drug stubborn reality as the play traces and trepidation, with ravishing misuse the tangled history of Jamaica cinematography capturing and the UK. perfectly the sun-scorched hues of an endless teenage summer. A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre BBFC Insight: strong language in this timely and moving story.

Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Tckts £17.00 Conc. £15.00 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50

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ROCKETMAN (CERT TBC) BIRDS OF PASSAGE (15) presents Wed 3 Jul 7.30pm THEATRE Wed 3 Jul 7.45pm STUDIO PERFORMING ARTS SHOW Sun 7 Jul 6pm STUDIO Tue 9 Jul 7.30pm THEATRE Directors: Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra. Fri 5 Jul 7.30pm THEATRE With Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Director: Dexter Fletcher. With Taron Reyes, Jhon Narváez, Greider Meza Director: Joanne Turner Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell Col, Den, Mex, Ger, Swi 2018 | 2hrs 6mins Stage Manager: Claire Baumgardt UK, USA 2019 | Running time TBC In Wayuu & Spanish with English subtitles

Come and enjoy Crispin School’s The director of Eddie the From the director of Oscar- annual performing arts show, Eagle and Sunshine on Leith nominated Embrace of the which will be showcasing returns with an epic musical Serpent, Birds of Passage is a story drama, dance and musical fantasy about the incredible about indigenous traditions works. human story of ’s and the corrupting forces of breakthrough years, following wealth and power, set against As always it will be an exciting the journey from shy piano the backdrop of the Colombian evening, showing off the huge prodigy Reginald Dwight to marijuana boom of the 1970s. amount of talent that the school international super-stardom. has. Selected as an opening film the at Set to Elton John’s best loved the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and Performing Arts awards and songs and starring Taron received Special Commendation presentations will follow to Egerton in the title role, Jamie at London Film Festival 2018. celebrate the success of the Bell as Elton’s long-time writing year. partner Bernie Taupin, and Bryce “...a visually stunning and Dallas Howard as Elton’s mother often surprising true story... Sheila, this is the inspirational practically erupts with colour” story of how a small-town boy Peter Debruge, Variety became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. “...a sprawling tale of drugs, dowries and indigenous traditions.” **** Jordan Hoffman The Guardian BBFC Insight: strong violence, bloody images, sex

Tickets £6.50 Ticket price includes a 50p contribution to the Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Strode Theatre Support Fund

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X MEN: DARK PHOENIX THE MID-SOMERSET ORCHESTRA (CERT TBC) presents ASSORTED SUITES FOR SUMMER! Fri 5 Jul 7.45pm STUDIO Sat 6 Jul 7.45pm STUDIO Sat 6th July, 7.30pm THEATRE Director: Simon Kinberg. With Sophie Turner, Conductor: Hitoshi Suzuki Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Nicholas Leader: Hywel Jenkins Hoult, Michael Fassbender USA 2019 | Running time TBC A suite arranged for orchestra showcases the best of an original, hopefully leaving the audience wishing for more! In this star-studded new Marvel adventure, the X-Men face their No time for this here, however, as the MSO’s summer treat for most formidable and powerful 2019 is a whirlwind “pick’n’mix” with Suppé’s popular Light Cavalry foe: one of their own, Jean Grey Overture there at the top as you open the packet of goodies! There (Sophie Turner). follows the Spanish bravado, gypsy lilts, tragic drama and, above all, immortal melodies of Bizet’s opera Carmen all captured in 6 During a rescue mission in short movements, in its turn followed by Grieg’s equally immortal space, Jean is nearly killed incidental music for Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, whose eponymous hero when she is hit by a mysterious (and the composer’s fictional compatriot) travels around the world cosmic force. Back home on ending up in The Hall of the Mountain King in their mutual native Earth, this force not only makes Norway. This then leads to all the best numbers from Rodgers and her infinitely more powerful, Hammerstein’s Musical Oklahoma!, including Beautiful Morning, but far more unstable. Wrestling Farmer and the Cowboy and of course Oklahoma! theme, all skilfully with this entity inside her, Jean woven together by Robert Russell Bennett, to close proceedings. unleashes her powers in ways Well, not quite. The orchestra, in customary style, will invite the she can neither comprehend audience at the end to join in with Jerusalem! nor contain... Spotlights on the way are on the orchestra’s wind and string sections respectively playing Gounod’s joyous Petite Symphonie and Holst’s ever popular English folk-inspired St. Paul’s Suite.

Tickets £12.00 Concessions £11.00 Children 18 & under £3.00 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Ticket price includes a £1 or 50p contribution to the Strode Theatre Support Fund

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GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL 2019 DONBASS (15) THE LADY EVE (U) presents an AS LIVE screening of CINDERELLA Mon 8 Jul 7.45pm STUDIO Wed 10 Jul 7.30pm THEATRE (CENDRILLON) by Jules Massenet Director: Sergey Loznitsa. With Valeriu Director: Preston Sturges. With Barbara Andriuta, Natalya Buzko, Evgeny Chistyakov Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn , Sun 7 Jul 5.30pm THEATRE Ger, Ukr, Fr, NL, Rom 2018 | 1hrs 50mins USA 1941| 1hr 30mins (recorded 30 June) In Ukrainian & Russian with English subtitles

Director: Fiona Shaw. Conductor: John Wilson Hilarious, wild and romantic, With Danielle de Niese, Kate Lindsey, Nina The war in the Donbass region of The Lady Eve is a match made Minasyan, Lionel Lhote Eastern Ukraine is sharply exposed in cinematic heaven — a classic London Philharmonic Orchestra and The and satirised in this new feature screwball comedy from Preston Glyndebourne Chorus by the multi-award-winning Sturges, complete with dazzling director of A Gentle Creature. A stars. journey through the Donbass In this new production directed unfolds as a chain of curious Con-artist Jean Harrington by critically-acclaimed actor and adventures, where the grotesque (Barbara Stanwyck) manipulates director Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter, and everyday life are shockingly her way through life, getting Killing Eve), the classic Cinderella intertwined; war is called peace, what she wants with skill, charm story is told with composer propaganda is uttered as truth and charisma. On a cruise she Massenet’s sensuous and lavish and hatred is declared to be love meets Charles (Henry Fonda), score. Glyndebourne favourite – a timely warning to a world lost a gullible millionaire and snake and international star Danielle de in post-truth and fake identities. scientist, who falls for her in a Niese plays the titular role in this heartbeat. But then he learns of glittering and colourful opera. “A scathing portrait of a society her past… where human interaction “Fiona Shaw...turns this fin-de- has descended to a level of “One of the warmest, funniest, siècle confection into a complex barbarity” Variety most romantic movies ever modern-day fairytale and a story made” Indiewire of psychological transformation.” BBFC Insight: strong language, violence, threat The Times

“Fiona Shaw’s direction gracefully explores the story’s psychological resonances.” The Daily Telegraph

Tickets £15.50 Concessions £13.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50

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WESTLIFE SOMETIMES ALWAYS GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL 2019 THE TWENTY TOUR LIVE NEVER (12A TBC) presents an AS LIVE screening of AS LIVE from Croke Park Stadium, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Recorded live on 6 July) Sat 13 Jul 7.45pm STUDIO By Gioachino Rossini Sun 14 Jul 6pm STUDIO Fri 12 Jul, 7.30pm THEATRE Tue 16 Jul 7.30pm THEATRE Sun 14 Jul 5.30pm THEATRE (Recorded live in 2016) Director: Carl Hunter. With Bill Nighy, are back! It’s been 20 Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter, Sam Riley, Tim Director: Annabel Arden. years since the record-breaking McInnerny Conductor: Enrique Mazzola boyband smashed into the UK 2018 | 1hr 27mins With Danielle de Niese, Alessandro Corbelli, charts with their first No. 1 single Taylor Stayton, Björn Bürger and now their highly anticipated London Philharmonic Orchestra and The reunion tour – which sold out in Sharp-suited tailor Alan (Bill Glyndebourne Chorus minutes – is coming to cinemas Nighy) has spent years searching worldwide. for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Mischief and mayhem run riot in Recorded LIVE at Dublin’s iconic Scrabble. With a body to identify Rossini’s most popular comedy. Croke Park stadium, ‘The Twenty and his family torn apart, Alan Figaro, the renowned Barber of Tour’ will see Shane, Nicky, Mark sets out to solve the mystery of Seville, has a cunning that knows and Kian perform their brand- an online Scrabble player who no bounds. His playful energy is new music, alongside all 14 of he thinks could be Michael. brought to life in director Annabel their UK No.1 hits. Written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Arden’s sparkling and springing this “unexpected, offbeat delight” production. This is also another For one unforgettable night, (News.com.au) also features Sam chance to catch Danielle de Niese Westlife fans from coast to coast Riley, Alice Lowe, Tim McInnerny who plays the determined Rosina. will raise the roof once more, in and Jenny Agutter. celebration of one of pop’s most “…a triumphant celebration of sensational comebacks. “...elegant, offbeat comedy- Rossini’s musical genius .” The drama, terrifically written ... a Independent distinct, articulate pleasure” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian “Danielle de Niese is a Rosina of irrepressible energy” Financial Times

Tickets £15.50 incl. 50p cmsn Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Tickets £15.50 Concessions £13.50

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FILM HEART A fundraising Variety show in aid of The British Heart Foundation LIVE ON STAGE & Above and Beyond Director: Sarah Neale

COA BEATS (18) Wed 17 Jul 7.45pm STUDIO Director: Brian Welsh. With Lorn Macdonald, Cristian Ortega, Gemma McElhinney Sun 21 Jul 3pm THEATRE UK 2019 | 1hr 41mins Sun 21 Jul 7pm THEATRE

Bringing together a huge amount of talent from across the region and Small-town in 1994. hosted by BBC Radio Somerset’s Claire Carter, come and support two Just as their lives are about to amazing charities, The British Heart Foundation and Above and Beyond take very different directions, (who work with The Bristol Heart Institute). childhood best mates Johnno and Spanner are determined to The South West School of Dance, and Street Musical make the summer count. Across Comedy Society, Somerset County Youth Choirs, Somerset County the UK the free party scene is Show Choir, Jess Michelmore and members of Weston Operatic exploding as a huge counter- Society are all proud to be taking part, with more exciting acts to be cultural youth movement. In confirmed. pursuit of adventure and escape the boys head out to an illegal For director Sarah Neale, Assistant Principal of The South West rave: an electrifying journey into School of Dance and member of G&SMCS, this is a cause that anarchy and freedom that ends is very close to her heart, having undergone her 20th heart with a full-on collision with the procedure this year, and we hope that many of you will come forces of law and order. and enjoy the show whilst supporting this worthwhile cause.

“...an infectiously enjoyable slice of knockabout nostalgia that wears its Trainspotting heritage proudly on its rough- edged tartan sleeve.” The Hollywood Reporter

BBFC Insight: very strong language

Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Tickets £10.00

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ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA SCREEN NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE ANDRE RIEU - SHALL WE presents an AS LIVE screening of presents a LIVE screening of DANCE? LIVE from Maastricht Gilbert & Sullivan’s THE LEHMAN TRILOGY THE MIKADO by Stefano Massini Sat 27 Jul 7pm THEATRE Sun 28 Jul 3pm THEATRE Tue 23 Jul 6.30pm THEATRE Adapted by Ben Power Directed by Sam Mendes Directed by Jonathan Miller André Rieu invites you to put 3hrs including 1 interval Thu 25 Jul 7pm THEATRE on your dancing shoes for his spectacular 2019 hometown Maastricht concert: Shall we Dance? Set in an ever-so English 1930s The story of a family and a seaside hotel, ENO’s iconic company that changed the world, You can waltz the night away with production of The Mikado is a told in three parts. Academy André Rieu - the majestic waltz popular hit with audiences of Award winner Sam Mendes has been such an inspiration to all ages. (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs André throughout his career that , Adam Godley its three-four beat has become, in Experience Gilbert and Sullivan’s and Ben Miles who play the many ways, the rhythm of his life. irresistible combination of Lehman Brothers, their sons and virtuosic wit, memorable grandsons. On a cold September This year the maestro will melodies and hilarious antics morning in 1844 a young man bring the waltz to life in an in this much-loved production from Bavaria stands on a New unforgettable evening of music from Jonathan Miller. York dockside. Dreaming of a and dance. Summer nights are new life in the new world, he is made for dancing and this is a “A glorious production of joined by his two brothers and party you don’t want to miss! Join Gilbert & Sullivan’s best comic an American epic begins. 163 André Rieu, his Johann Strauss opera” **** Daily Express years later, the firm they establish Orchestra, world class sopranos, - Lehman Brothers - spectacularly The Platin Tenors and special “Bright and Sharp. The pace collapses, and triggers the largest guests for a magical cinema never really lets up” ***** The financial crisis in history. This experience. Guardian critically acclaimed and five-time Olivier Award nominated play Audiences will be treated to “Hilariously funny’’ ***** features stunning set design from behind the scenes content and Backtrack Es Devlin (NT Live: Hamlet) and is an exclusive interview with André broadcast live as part of NT Live’s and, as always, some delicious 10th Birthday season. surprises. Shall we dance? Tckts £13.50 Conc £12.50 incl. 50p cmsn Book with ENO’s The Pirates of Penzance on 19 Jun (pg 28) & SAVE £5 Tickets £17.00 Conc £15.00 Tickets £17.00 Conc £15.00

36 www.strodetheatre.org.uk Box Office: 01458 442846 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm Already open for STRODE THEATRE booking presents BARKING DOG COMPANY ALICE IN WONDERLAND By Lewis Carroll

LIVE ON STAGE (adapted by Mike Brooks)

STUDIO LIVE IN THE STRODE Sat 27 Jul 2.30pm STUDIO

Barking Dog Theatre Company presents an exciting adaptation of one of the most famous books ever - Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.

The show features all the popular Alice in Wonderland characters portrayed by a cast of two talented actors. One plays Alice and the other manically portrays everyone she meets. Expect brand new catchy sing-along songs composed especially with children in mind, fabulous puppets and lots of surprises.

From the time Alice falls down the rabbit hole to the hilarious and curious ending, everyone, including adults, will be spellbound. A great holiday show suitable for families and particularly for children aged five to nine.

Tickets £9.50 Children 16 & under £7.00

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RSC ON SCREEN YESTERDAY (12A TBC) GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL 2019 presents a LIVE screening of presents a LIVE screening of MEASURE FOR MEASURE Fri 2 Aug 7.30pm THEATRE THE MAGIC FLUTE By William Shakespeare Sat 3 Aug 7.30pm THEATRE (DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE) Sun 4 Aug 6pm STUDIO By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wed 31 Jul 7pm THEATRE Director: Danny Boyle. With Himesh Patel, Sun 4 Aug 5.30pm THEATRE Director: Gregory Doran. With David Ajao, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, James Corden, Hannah Azuonye, Joseph Arkley Ed Sheeran Direction and Design: Barbe & Doucet Runtime TBC UK 2018 | 1hr 52mins TBC Conductor: Antonello Manacorda With David Portillo, Björn Bürger, Sofia Fomina, Brindley Sherratt “To whom should I complain?” Oscar-winning director Danny Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment When a young novice nun is Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) The Glyndebourne Chorus compromised by a corrupt returns with this charming official who offers to save her British rock-n-roll comedy. brother from execution in return Mozart’s most magical comedy for sex, she has no idea where In an English seaside town, The Magic Flute returns to to turn for help. When she Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a Glyndebourne for the first time in threatens to expose him, he tells struggling singer-songwriter, over a decade. her that no one would believe whose dreams of fame are her. rapidly fading, despite the fierce This new production by the devotion and support of his renowned directing/design duo Shakespeare wrote this play in childhood best friend, Ellie (Lily Barbe & Douce promises to take a the early 1600s, yet it remains James). But after a freak bus fresh and playful look at the opera’s astonishingly resonant today. accident during a mysterious troublesome gender politics. Artistic Director, Gregory Doran, global blackout, Jack wakes Leading British bass Brindley directs this new production. up to discover that The Beatles Sherratt stars as Sarastro alongside have never existed - and only exciting young singers including he remembers their songs. He’s Caroline Wettergreen, Sofia Fomina about to become a very big and Björn Bürger. deal…

TIckEts £17.00 Conc £15.00 Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Tickets £15.50 Concessions £13.50

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“HAVE A COLOURFUL DAY” VITA AND VIRGINIA (12A) AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY JANIKA HAGEN Mon 12 Aug 7.30pm THEATRE Tue 13 Aug 7.45pm STUDIO Wed 7 Aug - Fri 20 Sep Wed 14 Aug 7.30pm THEATRE Wed 14 Aug 7.45pm STUDIO Sun 18 Aug 5.30pm STUDIO Support the HAVE A COLOURFUL DAY is an Arts in Somerset exhibition of watercolours and Director: Chanya Button. With Gemma by becoming a art quilts, celebrating colour, Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Friend of by international textile artist, Rossellini Strode Theatre or teacher & writer JANIKA HAGEN , UK 2018 | 1hr 50mins by making a donation. dip. C.S.D. As a Friend you can enjoy “I am now approaching my 80th Written by Eileen Atkins, this a week of priority booking birthday and this exhibition is stylish, biographical romantic as well as weekly email a celebration of my life as an drama explores the relationship updates and seasonal ‘international textile colourist’ between wealthy socialite Vita newsletters. beginning with my first childhood Sackville-West and literary icon memories , “being in love with Virginia Woolf. Despite moving Single person membership colour in the natural world.” in different circles in 1920s is from £20 per year or £2 London – the former living in per month aristocratic splendour, the latter in bohemian Bloomsbury -the Two people at the same magnetic Vita and the beguiling address from £30 per year Virginia forge an unconventional or £3 per month affair, which inspired one of Woolf’s most iconic novels, Pick up a form from the Box ‘Orlando’. Office or visit www.strodetheatre.org.uk/ “...a gorgeous supplement to support-us/friends/ both women’s legacies ... a thoughtful celebration of their complexity and their love” Jourdain Searles, Fishnet Cinema

FREE ENTRY Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 Registered Charity no. 1112942

Box Office: 01458 442846 www.strodetheatre.org.uk 39 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm outdoor cinema August 2019 The Grange, Clarks Village, Street

Thu 15 Aug 8.30pm Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again PG

Fri 16 Aug 8.30pm Bohemian Rhapsody 12A

Sat 17 Aug 8.30pm Vote for your family favourite! @strodetheatre @clarksvillage @agtsomerset

Standard £12.00 / Concessions £10.50 / Child £9.00 Family £38 (2 adults, 2 children) / Deckchair hire £5.00 Advance booking essential: 01458 442 846 / www.strodetheatre.org.uk

ALFRED GILLETT TRUST

Free Parking • Popcorn • Candy Floss • Refreshments • Licensed Bar outdoor FILM cinema LIVE ON SCREEN August 2019 Quiz Night The Grange, Clarks Village, Street SPIDERMAN: FAR FROM NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE In The Bar HOME (CERT TBC) presents an AS LIVE screening of ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Sat 7 Sep 2.30pm STUDIO by Richard Bean Thu 15 Aug 8.30pm Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again PG based on The Servant of Two Masters Sun 6 Oct 7.00pm Director: Jon Watts. With Tom Holland, by Carlo Goldoni, with songs by Grant Olding Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Fri 16 Aug 8.30pm Bohemian Rhapsody 12A Smulders, Jon Favreau, JB Smoove Thu 26 Sep 7pm THEATRE Quiz Night is a Ireland, USA 2019 | Runtime TBC favourite at Strode Sat 17 Aug Featuring a Tony Award-winning Theatre and raises 8.30pm Vote for your family favourite! Peter Parker returns in Spider- performance from host of the The considerable funds @strodetheatre @clarksvillage @agtsomerset Man: Far From Home, the next Late Late Show, James Corden, the chapter of the Spiderman: hilarious West End and Broadway for the Friends of Homecoming series! hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns Strode Theatre. to cinemas to mark National Standard £12.00 / Concessions £10.50 / Child £9.00 Our friendly neighborhood Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. Test your knowledge Family £38 (2 adults, 2 children) / Deckchair hire £5.00 super hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the Fired from his skiffle band, Francis in this sociable Advance booking essential: 01458 442 846 / www.strodetheatre.org.uk rest of the gang on a European Henshall becomes minder to setting as you vacation. However, Peter’s plan Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East to leave super heroics behind End ‘hood’, now in Brighton to support the future for a few weeks are quickly collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s of your local theatre scrapped when he begrudgingly dad. But Roscoe is really his sister and cinema. agrees to help Nick Fury uncover Rachel posing as her own dead the mystery of several elemental brother who’s been killed by her creature attacks, creating havoc boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed across the continent! up at The Cricketers Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of a meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his Table of four £20.00 per table two guvnors apart. Simple. Call the box office on ALFRED 01458 442846 GILLETT or book online at TRUST Full £8.50 Conc £7.50 Under 25s £5.50 TIckets £17.00 Conc. £15.00 www.strodetheatre.org.uk Box Office: 01458 442846 www.strodetheatre.org.uk 41 Free Parking • Popcorn • Candy Floss • Refreshments • Licensed Bar Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST presents A FUNDRAISING EVENING WITH KITTY MACFARLANE Fri 13 Sept 7.30pm THEATRE LIVE ON STAGE

Tickets £15 Conc £10 VIP Tickets £30

On the heels of a largely sold out UK tour promoting her debut album Namer of Clouds, local songwriter and guitarist Kitty Macfarlane comes home to Somerset to perform at this very special event hosted by Somerset Wildlife Trust, to raise awareness of the importance of the local wildlife and wild lands that gave her the imagery for her writing.

As well as playing songs from her new album, Kitty will share the inspiration for her folk music, including the starling murmurations on the Somerset Levels and the lowly eel’s epic transatlantic migration. Many sounds were recorded down the road from the theatre in secret places on the Trust’s Avalon Marshes reserves.

Kitty was voted Female Artist of the Year 2018 by FATEA, nominated for Album Of The Year in the fRoots Critics Poll and her debut album Namer Of Clouds, released last year, was included in The Guardian’s Best Folk Albums of 2018. “Her remarkably accomplished debut album, Namer Of Clouds, beguiles with its poetry and tenderness, and her eye for detail, vivid imagination and bright vocals make it a captivating listen. She is a talent to watch.” The Guardian

This event is in aid of Somerset Wildlife Trust. To find out more, please visit www.somersetwildlife.org.

STRODE THEATRE presents JASON REBELLO - SOLO PIANO Sun 15 Sep 7pm THEATRE Masterclass 4.30pm LIVE ON STAGE Concert £16.00 Masterclass £7.00 Combo ticket £21.00

An evening of exciting improvisation, beautiful melodies and stunning keyboard virtuosity.

Celebrated pianist Jason Rebello was labelled a veteran by critics at 19 and over the next decade won most of the major jazz music awards.

Classically trained but inspired by Herbie Hancock, Jason soon came to the attention of one of the founders of jazz fusion, Weather Report’s saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who produced his debut album A Clearer View in 1990. Jason has worked with artists across the musical spectrum including Wayne Shorter, Gary Burton, Branford Marsalis, Sting, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and recently Charlene Soraia.

His latest solo piano record Held is a masterful set of original compositions spanning numerous musical worlds, from jazz to classical to pop. The album won best new CD in the 2016 British Jazz Awards.

42 www.strodetheatre.org.uk Box Office: 01458 442846 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm STRODE THEATRE presents THE LIFE AND RHYMES OF BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH Sat 21 Sep 7.30pm THEATRE LIVE ON STAGE

Tickets £21.50

He befriended Nelson Mandela, fought in the 1980s race riots and recorded radical reggae music with Bob Marley’s former band. Benjamin Zephaniah was unable to read or write at school but became one of Britain’s most remarkable poets. And now he’s back to continue his first tour in eight years, which coincides with his remarkable autobiography The Life And Rhymes Of Benjamin Zephaniah

In a compelling and inspiring show, Zephaniah will explain how he fought injustice and discrimination to lead a remarkable life, while sharing a selection of favourite stories and poems. Signed copies of The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah will be available after the show.

STRODE THEATRE presents MARTIN HARLEY - LIVE Sat 12 Oct 7.30pm THEATRE

LIVE ON STAGE Tickets £17.50

In 2019 British guitarist and songwriter Martin Harley is making a change. Having created a deep impression on the acoustic blues roots and Americana scene with his last two Nashville- recorded albums, his highly anticipated new record finds a new and exciting sound. An intimate and gritty analogue album, recorded in a remote chapel deep in the wilds of Pembrokeshire. Taking country blues riffs to the electric bottleneck slide guitar, served with sweet vocal harmonies and the driving rhythms of co-producer and drummer Harry Harding (Yola Carter/William the Conqueror).

Through his road-worn song-writing style, this record explores hopes and fears for fast changing times, offering gospel-like comfort and consolation. The song ‘Roll with the Punches’ implores the listener not to get dragged down when challenges seem insurmountable. ‘Coming Home’ asks questions beyond the end of life and explores freedom from worldly desires.

In 2018 Martin Harley was ranked #16 in the world’s greatest acoustic guitarist poll in Total Guitar Magazine and he was nominated as Instrumentalist of the Year at the Americana Music Association UK Awards.

“Spellbinding” – The Guardian “Quite simply a great live act” – Time Out London

Box Office: 01458 442846 www.strodetheatre.org.uk 43 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm STRODE THEATRE presents TIBETAN MONKS FROM TASHI LHUNPO MONASTERY THE POWER OF COMPASSION LIVE ON STAGE Mon 21 Oct 7.30pm THEATRE

Tickets £12.50

The Power of Compassion is a performance of masked dance and sacred chant from a Tashi Lhunpo Monastry in India.

The dramatic dances, taken from the Gutor Festival before Tibetan Losar (New Year) use colourful costumes and masks, and the instruments include the long horns, drums, cymbals and of the Tibetan Tantric orchestra, interspersed with the atmospheric calm of traditional chanting mantras and prayers from the monastery. The performance includes introductory explanations of each item in the programme.

The monks have performed in theatres, arts centres and village halls all over the UK and Europe and have been in residence at a number of festivals including Glastonbury, Womad, Musicport and Larmer Tree amongst others. In 2018 they appeared for three weeks at the Edinburgh Fringe.

MC PROMOTIONS PRESENTS presents SPENCER JAMES THE STONES Sun 27 Oct 7pm THEATRE LIVE ON STAGE

Tickets £20.00

Spencer James has been the lead singer of the legendary 60s band The Searchers for the past 34 years, who until their retirement last March were one of the most popular 60s bands on the circuit.

The Searchers have performed throughout the world including at the National Indoor Arena in the millennium year with Sir Cliff Richard, The Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Gardens and have toured Australia, New Zealand, , U.S.A. and Canada. Spencer will keep the music of The Searchers alive in his own solo show. Who can forget Needles and Pins, Don’t Throw Your Love Away and Sweets for my Sweet, all of which reached number 1 in the UK charts; plus timeless top 3 classics Sugar and Spice Goodbye My Love and everyones favourite When You Walk in the Room.

The Stones are the UK’s premier tribute to the Rolling Stones, bringing all the hits and timeless Rolling Stones tracks to the big stage at Strode Theatre, from Jumping Jack Flash and Satisfaction to Ruby Tuesday Start Me Up and Brown Sugar. The Stones are the UK’s most authentic tribute to the Rolling Stones.

44 www.strodetheatre.org.uk Box Office: 01458 442846 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm RIVERBANK PRODUCTIONS presents DR DOLITTLE Tue 29 Oct 11am & 2pm THEATRE LIVE ON STAGE Tickets £11.50 Children 16 & under £8.50

Our brand new show from Riverbank Productions tells the story of Dr John Dolittle MD whose parrot, Polynesia, teaches him how to speak to animals! Of course this enables him to become a first-class animal doctor.

One day a monkey from Africa arrives and asks Dr Dolittle if he can find a cure for a dreadful disease for a colony of monkeys. So, accompanied by his trusty friends Dab Dab the duck, Gub Gub the pig, Too Too the owl and Jip the dog, Dr Doolittle embarks on an unforgettable journey to Africa. Some of the animals in the production are played by puppets and others by actors. As well as all the animals and the doctor himself, you may expect to meet such characters as Princess Bumpo and a short sighted horse!

Featuring new songs, especially composed for the production, sing-a-long favourites, humour and lots of joining in, Dr Doolittle is the ideal show for all the family and particularly for children aged 5 to 10.

GLASTONBURY & STREET MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY presents SLEEPING BEAUTY Adapted by Alan P Frayn Director: Brian Epps Musical Director: Shaun Rigby LIVE ON STAGE Choreographer: Shelley Smith Producers: Mary Parker & Judi Neale Sponsored by Holland & Odam Fri 27 Dec - Mon 30 Dec 2pm & 6pm Tue 31 Dec - Wed 1 Jan 2pm

£15.00 Conc. £14.00 Children 16 & under £10.00 Family evening special: 2 adults & 2 children £46.00. Party Booking: 1 free seat in 10.

G&SMCS return with a sparkling version of one of the most popular traditional pantomimes of all time. With family friendly start times, it is packed with great songs, amazing dance and brilliant quick fire comedy from a super talented cast.

Featuring a full singing and dancing company; a king and queen; a beautiful princess; a handsome prince; some shenanigans with pointy objects; stupid postmen; lovely fairies, and the baddest of all bad witches you will ever see, combine to make this a panto to remember. Oh yes! Not forgetting the formidable Nurse Hettie Harpic. You won’t want to upset her as you never know where she might pop-up next!

With the award-winning father and daughter partnership of director, Brian Epps and choreographer, Shelley Smith leading the creative team, together with Maestro Shaun Rigby pulling the strings as musical director, this is one panto you do not want to miss!...

Box Office: 01458 442846 www.strodetheatre.org.uk 45 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm HOW TO BOOK Book ONLINE at our website until one hour before the show or film: www.strodetheatre.org.uk Book by PHONE on 01458 442 846 during the Box Office opening hours (10am-2pm, Mon - Sat). Book IN PERSON during the Box Office opening hours (10am-2pm, Mon - Sat) DELIVERY OPTIONS (for online & phone bookings). Tickets may be delivered in advance for a £1 postage fee, or you can opt to print at home in advance (or display on your mobile device), or pick up at Box Office on the day of the film/s or show/s you have booked. THE SMALL PRINT RETURNED TICKETS. We do not exchange or give refunds on paid-for tickets. Tickets may be left at the Box Office for resale in the event of a sell-out at a charge of £1 per ticket and any refund will be credited to your Strode Theatre account. TICKET COMMISSION. Film, Live Broadcast and some live shows include a 50p commission (booking fee). In the event of the re-sale of a returned ticket or any other exceptional cases, this is strictly non-refundable. ACCOUNT CREDITS. Credits held for longer than 18 months will automatically expire and are non-refundable. CONCESSIONS. These apply to people over the age of sixty, children and students in full-time education and people in receipt of state benefits. Please be prepared to provide proof of concession. DATA PROTECTION. We do not divulge personal information from our mailing list to third parties. We ask you if you wish to join our postal and/or e-mailing list when booking for the first time. CHILDREN AND BABIES. Babes in arms up to 18 months old can only be admitted for family shows. FILM CATEGORIES Please note that 15 or 18 certificate U Suitable for all ages films may offend. Please ask box PG Parental Guidance. May be unsuitable for children under 8 office or visit: www.bbfc.co.uk 12A  May be unsuitable for children under 12. Children Live shows do not carry certification. under 12 must be accompanied by an adult We recommend that children are 15 15 years and over - photographic proof of age essential accompanied by an adult and the 18 18 years and over - photographic proof of age essential box office team can give advice on For further details, visit: www.bbfc.co.uk suitability where available.

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Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ post‑16 education Wide choice of A Levels, vocational courses and Apprenticeships at Somerset's best performing FE college1. Excellent results and student progress. Up to £575 bursary available towards the cost of the county bus ticket2. University Level Education - local, quality, affordable Career-focused Degrees, HNDs and HNCs, relevant to growth industries in the south west. Lower fees than universities. Study full-time (two days a week) or part-time (one day a week), leaving time for paid work. Courses for adults Want to develop your career, learn a new skill or enjoy a leisure interest? Contact us for courses starting in September and beyond. 1 Vocational and A Level courses, League Tables 2018. 2 Depending on circumstances. Visit: www.strode-college.ac.uk or call: 01458 844400 Church Road, Street, Somerset BA16 0AB SEATING PLANS SEATING PLANS SEATING PLANS

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Inspiring all to maximise ACCESS: Strode Theatre has a level entrance, four disabled parking bays, toilets for disabled people, three wheelchair spaces in the Theatre and two in the Studio which should be booked in their potential advance. The Theatre has an induction loop which can be used by switching a hearing aid to the “T” position. Headphones are also available for film screenings in the Theatre and Studio. Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ post‑16 education A large print version of this brochure is available from the box office. Wide choice of A Levels, vocational courses and DIARY Apprenticeships at Somerset's best performing FE college1. Excellent results and student progress. APRIL 8, 13 Hannah (12A) p.7 Up to £575 bursary available towards the cost of the 25 NTLive: All About Eve p.4 8 CREATE:SPACE II p.8 2 county bus ticket . 25, 26 All Is True (12A) p.4 9 RSC: As You Like It p.9 University Level Education - 26-9 May Fisherman’s Friends (12A) p.4 10 “Strangers” - Four in the Fire p.8 local, quality, affordable 26-29 Dumbo (PG) p.5 10 Forged Line Dance Company: Treasure p.9 Career-focused Degrees, HNDs and HNCs, relevant 28 The James Taylor Quartet p.5 11 Missing Link (PG) p.10 to growth industries in the south west. Lower fees 30 ROH: Faust p.6 11 MSO: Brahms Second Piano Concerto p.10 than universities. Study full-time (two days a week) or part-time (one day a week), leaving time for paid work. 30 The House by the Sea (12A) p.6 11, 15 Met Opera: Dialogues des Carmélites p.11 MAY Courses for adults 13-18 Artist in Residence: Emma Housley p.11 2 The King & I p.6 13 Eaten by Lions (12A) p.12 Want to develop your career, learn a new skill or enjoy a leisure interest? Contact us for courses starting in 7, 8 At Eternity’s Gate (12A) p.7 13, 17 The White Crow (12A) p.12 September and beyond. 1 Vocational and A Level courses, League Tables 2018. 7,8,12,13 The Keeper (15) p.7 14 NTLive: All My Sons p.13 2 Depending on circumstances. Box Office: 01458 442846 Church Road, Street, Somerset BA16 0AB www.strodetheatre.org.uk 47 Visit: www.strode-college.ac.uk or call: 01458 844400 Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm DIARY LIVE ON SCREEN INSIGHT SERIES LIVE ON STAGE FILM MAY (continued from previous page) 15 The Dodo Street Band p.27 14 Happy As Lazzaro (12A) p.13 17, 18 Lions: Mid-Somerset Musical Spectacular p.26 15-17 Ron Webster: Marquetry & Parquetry p.12 17, 19 Woman at War (cert TBC) p.28 15 Susie Dent: The Secret Lives of Words p.14 18 Styx (12A) p.28 16, 22 ROH: Within the Golden Hour/Medusa/Flight Pattern p.14 19 ENO: The Pirates of Penzance p.28 17, 20 The Sisters Brothers (15) p.15 19-22 Tolkien (12A) p.29 17 Kim Ridgeon: Looking Out p.15 21 Street Theatre: Last Tango in Little Grimley p.29 18 Portraiture Live p.12 21, 22 Vox Lux (15) p.30 18 The Kid Who Would Be King (PG) p.15 JULY 18-20,23 Red Joan (12A) p.16 2 NTLive: Small Island p.30 19 Bolshoi: Carmen Suite/Petrushka p.16 2 Too Late to Die Young (15) p.30 19 Nureyev (12A) p.16 3, 7, 9 Rocketman (cert TBC) p.31 19, 20 Out of Blue (15) p.17 3 Birds of Passage (15) p.31 21, 23 Holy Lands (15) p.17 5 Crispin School Show p.31 21 3 Faces (15) p.17 5, 6 X-Men: Dark Phoenix (cert TBC) p.32 22 FK Moussa: The Future of Strode Theatre p.18 6 MSO: Assorted Suites for Summer! p.32 22 mid90s (15) p.18 7 Glyndebourne: Cinerella (Cendrillon) p.33 24,3&9 Jun Wild Rose (15) p.18 8 Donbass (15) p.33 24 Life is Beautiful (PG) p.19 10 The Lady Eve (U) p.33 30-1 Jun SWSD: Broadway & Beyond p.19 12 Westlife: The Twenty Tour Live p.34 JUNE 13,14,16 Sometimes Always Never (12A TBC) p.34 3, 9 Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story (15) p.20 14 Glyndebourne: The Barber of Seville p.34 4, 6 Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh & Japan p.20 17 Beats (18) p.35 5 RSC: The Taming of the Shrew p.20 21 You’ll Be In My Heart p.35 5 A Deal with the Universe (15) p.21 23 ENO: The Mikado p.36 6 Liam Gallagher: As It Was (cert TBC) p.21 25 NTLive: The Lehman Trilogy p.36 7 Breaking Habits (15) p.21 27, 28 André Rieu: Shall We Dance? p.36 7, 9 Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake p.22 27 Alice in Wonderland p.37 8 Take That: Greatest Hits Live p.22 31 RSC: Measure for Measure p.38 8 Avengers: Endgame (cert TBC) p.22 AUGUST 8 Loro (18) p.23 2, 3, 4 Yesterday (12A TBC) p.38 9 Future 4: Alice in Wonderland & Gotta Keep Moving! p.23 4 Glyndebourne: The Magic Flute p.38 11 ROH: Romeo and Juliet p.24 12-18 Vita and Virginia p.39 11, 12 Arctic (12A) p.24 15-17 Outdoor Cinema at The Grange p.40 12 Strode College Performing Arts Showcase p.24 SEPTEMBER 13 Anup Kumar Biswas & The Drystones p.25 7 Spiderman: Far From Home (cert TBC) p.41 13 On Her Shoulders (12A) p.25 26 NTLive: One Man, Two Guvnors p.41 14 Strode College Dance Showcase p.24 13 Somerset Wildlife Trust: Kitty Macfarlane p.42 14, 20 The Hustle (12A TBC) p.26 15 Jason Rebello - Solo Piano p.42 15 Pokémon Detective Pikachu (PG TBC) p.26 21 The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah p.43