Brooks Williams & Rab Noakes Saturday 11 May • 7.30pm Friday 20 December • 6.30pm Saturday 21 December • 1.00pm & 4.30pm Sunday 22 December • 1.00pm & 5.30pm Gyles Brandreth, Monday 23 December • 1.00pm & 4.30pm Tuesday 24 December • 11.00am & 2.30pm Break a Leg Friday 27 December • 1.00pm & 4.30pm Sold out Satuday 28 December • 1.00pm & 4.30pm Thursday 16 May • 7.15pm Sunday 29 December • 11.00am & 2.30pm The Royal Ballet, live broadcast Monday 30 December • 1.00pm & 4.30pm Mixed Triple Bill The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet Snow White and is shown in three works: Christopher Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour; Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern and a new the Seven Dwarfs work by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Starring Britain’s Got Talent Comedian £16.50 / £13.50 / £10.50 Drew Cameron He’s behind you! Book early for the panto to get your favourite seats as some dates sell out very quickly. £15.00 / £13.00 / £52.00

Friday 3 May: 6.00pm to midnight Saturday 4 May: midday to 5.00pm & 6.00pm to midnight Sunday 5 May: 11.00am to 5.00pm Wednesday 22 May • 7.30pm Thursday 23 May • 7.30pm Haverhill Beer Weekend Friday 24 May • 7.30pm The third Haverhill Beer Weekend features local beers and ciders Saturday 25 May • 7.30pm plus, new for this year, a gin-bar, plus the return of the Arts Centre Café grill. Saturday night will feature live music from The Caverners. Comedy Drama by Alan Bennett £2.00 per session Tuesday 7 May • 1.30pm Neil Sands Haverhill’s award winning Centre Stage Company perform Alan Bennett’s play about eight history students in the 1980s who are Sentimental Journey pursuing places at Oxbridge. Their headmaster is determined This brand new production for 2019 is guaranteed to have you to see them break records and enlists a new teacher to coach singing along from start to finish! With over 60 all time favourite theBOX boys OFFICE into 01440intellectual 714140 shape. Seduced though they are by his songs that bring back so many happy memories of golden days promises, theww boysw.centrestagecompan are concernedy.co.uk thatRegistered there Charity is Number more 269885 to the pursuit past, as well as celebrating the 75th anniversary of D-Day in a flag of learning than exams and grades. waving finale to pay tribute to the veterans of the armed forces. £11.00 – £13.50 £10.50 Saturday 1 June • 8.00pm Sam Avery – Learner Parent Parenthood is a crafty beast. The second you master something it changes the game so you’re rubbish at it again. Stand- up comedian and bestselling author Sam started his award-winning blog when his twin boys were born. A million nappies, Peppa Pig episodes and a head-full of hair loss later, he shares all the lows, highs and hilarious in-betweens of his experiences of first-time parenthood. Tuesday 28 May • 7.15pm £17.50 NT LIVE, recorded broadcast All My Sons by Arthur Miller, directed by Jeremy Herrin America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business. But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. Broadcast, as live from The Old Vic in London, Sally Field and Bill Pullman star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama. £16.50 / £13.50 / £10.50 Tuesday 4 June • 7.30pm Wednesday 29 May • 6.00pm Exhibition on Screen A Tribute to Van Gogh & Japan ‘I envy the Japanese’ Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. In the exhibition on which this film is based – Van Gogh & Japan at the Ariana and JoJo Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam – one can see why. Though The UK’s number one tributes to global Vincent van Gogh never visited Japan it is the country that had the superstar Ariana Grande & kids’ sensation most profound influence on him and his art. JoJo Siwa together in an exciting new pop production for 2019! £10.00 / £7.50 £15.50 Wednesday 5 June • 7.00pm Royal Shakespeare Company, Friday 31 May • 8.00pm live broadcast The Best The Taming of Queen of the Shrew This show features a selection of the most Justin Audibert turns Shakespeare’s loved and iconic classics from across fierce, energetic comedy of gender and Queen’s entire back catalogue creating a materialism on its head to offer a fresh live stage show which catches the essence perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy of this most incredible British band. and power. £20.50 £16.50 / £13.50 / £10.50 Thursday 6 June • 8.00pm Angela Barnes - Saturday 8 June • 8.00pm Take That Live Rose Tinted Celebrating 30 incredible years, Take That are bringing their huge Following another sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Angela 2019 Greatest Hits tour to cinemas for one night only! Broadcast Barnes (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, BBC 2’s Insert Name live on Saturday 8 June, you’ll have front row seats as Gary, Mark Here, BBC R4’s The News Quiz and host of The Comedy Club and and Howard perform their biggest hits from the last three decades. Newsjack on BBC R4Extra) is back. With stand up and stories, Get ready to throw your hands in the air – this is one party you’ll Angela is trying, really trying, to look on the bright side of life. never forget! £14.50 / £12.50 £12.00 / £10.00

Friday 7 June • 8.00pm Brooks Williams Tuesday 11 June • 7.15pm & Rab Noakes The Royal Ballet, live broadcast Fuelled by a shared passion for acoustic rock and folky Americana, this Scotland-USA collaboration was inevitable. Romeo and Juliet A rootsy songwriter, Williams is ranked in the Top 100 Acoustic Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography shows The Royal Guitarists but at the very beginning of his career, he unknowingly Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev’s iconic score began or ended every show with a Rab Noakes song Going Back provides the basis for the ballet’s romantic pas de deux and vibrant To Dublin. When he met the singer-songwriter from Fife at a gig crowd scenes, while 16th-century Verona is created by Nicholas many years later it was a match made in heaven. Georgiadis’s magnificent designs. £14.00 £16.50 / £13.50 / £10.50 Thursday 13 June • 8.00pm Chris Difford - Up The Junction, Tales from the Kitchen Sink Chris is a Grammy nominated and double Ivor Novello Award winning lyricist who has successfully turned the mundane into the beautiful for over 40 years. With his collaborator, Squeeze co-founder Glenn Tilbrook, Chris has written some of the most enduring and best-loved songs of our time such as Cool For Cats, Labelled With Love, and many others. £20.00

Saturday 15 June • 7.30pm An Everso Lovely Evening with Mavis From the creator and puppeteer of ‘Patsy May’, from Britain’s Got Talent, comes ‘Mavis’, Haverhill’s own local gal. Join Mavis, for a one of a kind cabaret style night of Suffolk chat, nostalgia, Suffolk history, fun and games, videos and music. Please note: Not recommended for very young children. £12.50 Tuesday 18 June • 7.00pm English National Opera, recorded broadcast Friday 14 June • 7.30pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera directed by Mike Leigh is packed full of sentimental pirates, blundering policeman, absurd Darren Page adventures and improbable paradoxes. The Voice of Roy Orbison £16.50 / £13.50 / £10.50 + a tribute to Brenda Lee Friday 21 June • 8.00pm From all the well-known ballads to the early rockabilly songs Darren will introduce to you the pure sound of Roy Orbison! Joining Darren, Sue Lowry will celebrate the music of Brenda Lee The All That Jazz Club with Let’s Jump the Broomstick, Dynamite, One Step at a Time plus many more. with Hannah Horton £18.00 £11.00 Saturday 22 June • 7.15pm Searchlight Theatre Would you Adam and EveIt? What happens if you tell two chaps who like to make people laugh to dramatise all 90 chapters from the first two books of the Bible, in Friday 28 June • 7.30pm 90 minutes? Well with a few strategic speedy bits to help it achieve it’s running time – this comedy show has amazed audiences around the world for the last 10 years, including the Edinburgh Fringe. One Night in Dublin In partnership with the Eastern Area Association of the Congregational Federation. A celebration of the music and song of Ireland. Featuring award winning lively Irish band The Wild Murphys performing their own £10.00 versions of classic and well known Irish songs by such favourites as The Dubliners, The Pogues, The Saw Doctors, Flogging Molly, The Dropkick Murphys, The Fureys and even Foster and Allen. £20.50

Wednesday 26 June • 1.00pm / 4.00pm The Very Hungry Caterpillar Saturday 29 June • 7.30pm The timeless classic has made its way off the page and onto the stage. This critically acclaimed production features a menagerie of The Counterfeit Seventies 75 lovable puppets, faithfully adapting four of Eric Carle’ s stories, You’ve heard of The Counterfeit Sixties show now we have The Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Lonely Firefly and of Counterfeit Seventies, from a decade of glam rock through to new course, the star of the show celebrating its 50th Birthday in 2019 - wave music, and everything in between. Featuring the music of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Slade, Sweet, T.Rex, The Bay City Rollers and many, many more, they will take you through a rollercoaster ride of the biggest 70s hits. £10.00 / £8.50 £19.50 Thursday 27 June • 7.00pm NT Live, recorded broadcast Tuesday 2 July • 7.00pm Small Island English National Opera, recorded broadcast Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning The Mikado novel comes to life in an epic new Nanki-Poo loves Yum-Yum. Just one snag. She’s betrothed to theatre adaptation. The play follows Ko-Ko, the new Lord High Executioner. And Ko-Ko needs to find three intricately connected stories as someone to execute! Otherwise, it’s his own neck on the block. hope and humanity meet stubborn Maybe Ko-Ko and Nanki-Poo can come to some arrangement… reality in the tangled history of Jamaica without anyone losing their head? One of most famous and best- and the UK. loved of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas. £16.50 / £13.50 / £10.50 £16.50 / £13.50 / £10.50 Friday 5 July • 8.00pm Saturday 13 July • 3.00pm One Night Haverhill Singers - of Adele It’s Summertime! Featuring the outstanding talents of The Haverhill Singers will present an informal concert including Sarah Evans, who was hand picked by well known Frank Sinatra, Simon & Garfunkel and Eva Cassidy Adele to perform for Adele at the BBC numbers. Also, a selection from West Side Story is on the and whose audition video made the star cry! programme, together with the ‘Vicar of Dibley’ tune, Linden Lea The show recreates Adele’s most captivating performances and other popular traditional songs. Have a drink from the bar and and with her incredible voice, stunning outfits and witty charm, relax to the music. Sarah enthrals audiences with Adele’s greatest songs, all £10.00, accompanied under 16s free performed live by her band of world class singers and musicians. £24.00

Saturday 6 July • 4.00pm A Viennese Tea Concert with the Cann Twins The identical twins, Claire & Antoinette, who have delighted audiences worldwide, play a sparkling Viennese programme with music by Strauss, Mozart, Brahms and Holloway with tea and cake in the interval. ‘ Breathtaking brilliance, fluency and precision coupled with uncanny telepathic co-ordination - world class.’ The Gulf Times, UAE £12.50 standard ticket / £15.50 ticket inc. tea and cake Friday 12 July • 8.00pm

Limehouse Lizzy Thursday 18 July • 8.00pm Renowned for an action-packed pyrothechnic-fuelled explosion of a show, Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep Griff Rhys Jones the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott A work-in-progress show, details TBC. Please ask to be added to and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and the waiting list and check on our website and Facebook page. dominating stages worldwide. £15.50 Friday 19 July • 7.30pm Wednesday 31 July • 7.00pm The Hollies and The Royal Shakespeare Company, live broadcast Measure for Measure Searchers Experience... When a novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, The best of both worlds she has no idea where to turn for help. When she threatens Enjoy again the magical hits of these two legendary harmony to expose him, he tells her that no one would believe bands. Bringing back memories of the most high-energy decade her. Shakespeare’s play, directed by Gregory Doran remains in pop music history. Let the haunting melodies transport you to astonishingly resonant today. that exciting era when millions of records were sold. £16.50 / £13.50 / £10.50 £18.50 Tuesday 23 July • 7.30pm Outspoken Theatre, East Town Park Othello The local Shakespearean specialists perform the tragic tale of jealousy, mistrust and deceit and their dire consequences. £6.00 Friday 26 July • 1.30pm – 5.00pm Saturday 27 July • 9.30am – 4.00pm

Flower Festival The Haverhill and District Flower Club’s annual competition, open to the public Free Saturday 27 July • 7.00pm Sunday 28 July • 3.00pm Thursday 1 August • 2.30pm Andre Rieu Maastricht Garlic Theatre Concert 2019 - Eggs on Legs Meet the zany Eggs on Legs, who live in a lost pocket of the Shall We Dance? globe. One day the wind blows a huge egg into their tree and Waltz the night away with André, this year he invites you to put on they are excited to play with it. But what happens if it hatches and your dancing shoes for his spectacular 2019 hometown concert can they protect it from the slithery snake? A poetic, Dr Seuss from Maastricht. world full of eggcentric puppets and music. £18.00 / £16.00 (for Saturday performance) £7.50 / £6.50 / £26.00 Monday 12 August to Wednesday 14 August 9.30am – 4.30pm Summer Music Fun Hannah Horton runs this music-filled, 3-day course for young musicians from ages 9 – 18 with grade 2 to diploma. Places are available for all woodwind, brass and string players with limited places available for percussion, bass guitar, and guitar. On the final day, all young musicians perform on stage in a spectacular evening concert. £85.00

Thursday 15 August • 2.30pm Long Nose Puppets Out of the Hat When Doris and Delilah wake up to find something strange and sparkly has fallen from the sky, they are inspired to put on Friday 4 October • 8.00pm the world’s greatest magic show! But HOW do you make real magic happen? What ingredients do you need and who can help them? Boo Hewerdine For over 30 years Boo Hewerdine has been considered one of £7.50 / £6.50 / £26.00 the UK’s finest singer-songwriters. As lead singer of seminal band, The Bible, through his subsequent solo work and his For more details and updates long-time collaboration with the incredible Eddi Reader he has on family shows and films check become something of a national treasure. This autumn he will out our website and be undertaking an extensive tour, singing songs from his new Facebook page. album Before and his extensive back catalogue. A naturally gifted raconteur his gigs are always a total joy. £13.50 ON SALE NOW

Saturday 14 September • 7.00pm Haverhill Silver Band Thursday 19 September • 7.30pm It’s Back to the 60s Tuesday 8 October • 7.30pm The Seagull Rep Hound of the Baskervilles Saturday 9 November • 7.30pm The Counterfeit Sixties Pre-show meal We are now offering a pre-show meal for selected events, available where you see this symbol.

There are two options available, both are £12.00. You can eat in the Theatre Bar any time from 6.30pm. Mediterranean-style platter • A selection of continental meats including Serrano ham and chorizo • Mixed salad with balsamic dressing Friday 15 November • 8.00pm • Olive and mozzarella skewer • Ciabatta roll Hal Cruttendon - Chubster • A slice of tarte au citron • A soft drink or a small glass of house wine or Quiche platter • A slice of brie and red pepper quiche • Mixed salad with balsamic dressing • Artisan crisps • Mini smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels • A slice of tarte au citron • A soft drink or a small glass of house wine Order platters online by selecting the relevant event or calling the box office on 01440 714140. Platters must be booked before 1.00pm on the day of the event. Any questions, please get in touch. Outdoor Events Organised by or with assistance from Haverhill Town Council

Saturday 22 June • 10.30am – 2.30pm Haverhill Street Festival* Saturday 29 June • 11.00am - 3.00pm Armed Forces Day* Sunday 7 July • 10.00am – 4.00pm Haverhill Show Sunday 14 July • 10.00am – 5.00pm Historic Vehicle Rally* Are you fed up with junk food, take aways and ready meals? Wednesday 31 July • 10.00am – 4.00pm The Big Day Out* Do you lack confidence in basic cooking skills? Saturday 3 August • 8.00pm Would you like to cook more with your kids? Great Big Tribute Night* Could your menu do with a refresh? Wednesday 7 August • 11.00am – 3.00pm Haverhill Community Kitchen Find out more Picnic in the Park* shares the joy of cooking. • [email protected] We are passionate about: Wednesday 14 August • 11.00am – 3.00pm • Facebook: Haverhill • Cooking from scratch Community Kitchen Chalkstone Fun Day* • Healthy eating Haverhill Community Kitchen is Saturday 17 August • 8.00pm based at Leiston Community Centre, • Reducing food waste Leiston Road, Haverhill, CB9 8JJ Great Big Tribute Night* Wednesday 21 August • 11.00am – 3.00pm Clements Community Fun Day* * Free Box Office opening hours Haverhill Arts Centre hosts a number of local organisations All groups are happy to welcome new members. CALL IN The Box Office during opening hours are: If no contact details are given please call 01440 714140 for more details. MONDAY 10.00am – 5.00pm Centre Stage Company TUESDAY 10.00am – 5.00pm 6.30pm – 8.00pm Producing and performing musicals, pantomimes and plays. WEDNESDAY 10.00am – 5.00pm 6.30pm – 8.00pm Contact: [email protected] THURSDAY 10.00am – 5.00pm 6.30pm – 8.00pm Haverhill & District Flower Club FRIDAY 10.00am – 5.00pm 6.30pm – 8.00pm Demonstrations promoting the art of flower arranging, every first Monday of the month. Contact: [email protected] SATURDAY 10.00am – 4.00pm 6.30pm – 8.00pm Haverhill Art Group SUNDAY One hour prior to a performance Relaxed and friendly workshops/demonstrations by visiting artists. 7.30pm on Please note that these times are occasionally subject to change. the second Wednesday of the month. Contact: [email protected] Payment and booking Haverhill & District Local History Group To book and pay by card go to www.haverhillartscentre.co.uk or call 01440 Monthly local history talks/search the archives. 10.30am to 12.30pm Thursdays 714140. If you prefer to call in at the Box Office to book you can pay by either and Fridays, Saturday 10.30am – 3.30pm. Every second Tuesday of the month, cash or card. Our address is High Street, Haverhill, CB9 8AR. or by appointment. Contact: 01440 714962, [email protected] Concessions Haverhill Silver Band Under 16s, full time students, those who are unemployed or receiving disability Performing concerts in and around the town/region. Also with a youth and related allowances or the state pension. We may ask you for proof of when community wing. Contact: [email protected] paying/collecting tickets. CB9 Media Hub Group bookings Working with young people to help them improve skills and qualifications Available on selected events, please enquire if you have a group of 10+ in photography, film-making, animation web design and more. Refunds Silverliners Line Dancing ( ) We can only refund if an event is sold out and tickets can be sold on. For our Tuesdays, 2.00pm. Tickets: £3.00 including refreshments 14 May, 28 May, full T&Cs go to the info hub on our website. 11 June, 25 June, 9 July, 16 July. These dates may be subject to change, please check with Box Office. Booking fee Music Maestro Tea Dancing Your ticket price for most events includes a 50p booking fee which is reserved to help offset our running costs. Wednesdays, 8 May, 12 June, 17 July. These dates may be subject to change, please check with Box Office. Latecomers University of the Third Age (U3A) To avoid disturbing other customers, if you arrive late, you may have to wait Encouraging retired people to continue educational interests in an informal to be seated. setting. Contact: 01440 763858. Accessibility and parking Haverhill Men’s Social Group We have ramped access to the main entrance, a lift to the upper floor, First Friday of the month, 10.30am for ages 50+. Coffee, chat and meet friends. accessible toilet, and an infra-red hearing system. Go to our website for further information or call us to discuss your needs. There is free parking after 6.00pm Haverhill Dementia Group in the South Car Park, CB9 8DN. This brochure is available in electronic format. The Terrific Tuesday Group, 11.00am. Coffee, chat, activities and support.

What else happens at HAC? Exhibition space Food and Drink Our exhibition space can be hired by artists and community groups Our café is a wheelchair and pram friendly space and is open Monday to May: Spring Time Arts, watercolours, acrylics, inks and oils by some Saturday, 10.00am to 2.30pm. Our bar is open before all events. See our of the arts centre staff and other local artists. 10% of proceeds donated website for more information. to The Stroke Society. Having a meeting, conference or party? June: Haverhill Art Group Our spaces can be hired for meetings, functions, exhibitions and conferences July: An exhibition from Castle Manor School and more. Go to our website to get more details. August: Paintings by Isobella Gladstone Every effort has been made to ensure the details in this brochure are correct. Haverhill Arts Centre reserves the right to change or amend the programme. AFTERNOON TEAS Enjoy a selection of delicious finger sandwiches, homemade scones, cakes and pastries with tea, coffee or even Prosecco. To book, call 01440 714936 or drop into the café.