Spring | Summer 2019 Season

Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2019 Season at FULL EVENTS DIARY P52–55 The easiest way to enjoy performances at the best prices Salisbury Playhouse and Salisbury Arts Centre. At Salisbury Playhouse we are thrilled to be working PLAYHOUSE MAIN HOUSE SPECIAL* with Wales Millennium Centre to produce the first Salisbury Playhouse | Main House 4-17 Book for FOUR or more productions in the Main House at Salisbury Playhouse at the same stage production of Agatha Christie’s The Mirror time and save 15% off top price tickets. Crack’d (premiering here prior to a national tour) Salisbury Playhouse | The Salberg 18-27 (Productions that apply: Hancock’s Half Hour, The Mirror Crack’d, Much Ado About Nothing, and with York Theatre Royal and Oldham Coliseum The Remains of the Day, Handbagged and Around the World in 80 Days). on a new production of the razor-sharp comedy Salisbury Arts Centre 28-43 about the Queen and Mrs Thatcher, Handbagged. MEMBERS SAVE MORE with an additional 5% saving. Your purchase is completely flexible, with free ticket exchange (to a performance of the same production) up to 48 hours We are also delighted to be presenting Barney Take Part 44-48 prior to a performance. Norris’s new adaptation of The Remains of the Day, the welcome return of Around the World in 80 Become a Member 49 Days (prior to a U.S. tour) and Northern Broadsides’ GROUPS SAVE MORE production of Much Ado About Nothing. Partner With Us 50 If you are part of a group of 12 or more you could save £££ at many performances. Call Ticket Sales on 01722 320333 to talk through your needs and find out about performances with the At Salisbury Arts Centre there’s a full programme of Event Diary 52-55 music, theatre, film, visual art and more, including greatest savings. music from Nick Harper, Cara Dillon and GOJO Big Food & Drink 56 Band, dance from Rosie Kay and Yorke Dance and comedy from Alfie Moore and Stuart Goldsmith. Not PAY WHAT YOU CAN NIGHTS Thank you to our supporters 57 to mention a packed film programme of afternoon We’re proud that coming to a production is already reasonable. But now, great theatre is even and evening screenings including classic movies more accessible with Pay What You Can nights on our own productions (this season The Mirror and the latest releases. Crack’d and Handbagged). Conditions apply, so do take a look at our website for details of how to access these performances, or call Ticket Sales on 01722 320333. We hope you find lots to keep you inspired and entertained this season. SILVER SCREEN MATINEES – AND FREE ICE CREAM! Every Wednesday afternoon at Salisbury Arts Centre you can enjoy some of your favourite Sebastian Warrack Gareth Machin classic films for just £5 (including a FREE ice cream!). Come early for lunch and then sit back Executive Director Artistic Director and enjoy the movie. This season’s titles include Brief Encounter, Rebecca and West Side Story. See pages 38 - 39 for the full programme.

MAKE YOUR VISIT SPECIAL WITH PROSECCO Add a glass of chilled prosecco to any booking at Salisbury Playhouse this season. You will receive a voucher to redeem at the bar on the day of your visit. Just £6 per person.

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WILTSHIRE CREATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POUND, CORSHAM AND TOWN HALL ARTS, TROWBRIDGE FEST WEST 2019 SALISBURY A celebration of bold new INTERNATIONAL performances from across the South West. ARTS FESTIVAL 2019 For the full programme of shows and events – including family activities during PRIORITY BOOKING FOR WILTSHIRE CREATIVE MEMBERS | TUE 5 MAR Half Term – visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk or pick up a Fest West brochure at GENERAL BOOKING | FRI 15 MAR Salisbury Arts Centre or Salisbury Playhouse. To receive advance information and priority booking become a Wiltshire Creative Member today. Join online at wiltshirecreative.co.uk or call 01722 320333

50 years ago man set foot on the moon. 30 years ago the Berlin Wall fell. The 2019 Salisbury International Arts Festival will reflect on these inspirational and historic moments with a thrilling programme of more than 100 world-class events including music, dance, theatre, comedy, spoken word and visual arts. Guest Festival Director: Jonathan Dove The full programme of events will be announced in February.

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Galton & Simpson’s Thu 24 Jan 7.30pm | MAIN HOUSE | £15 Salisbury Plain Military Wives Choir HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR An evening of military-style songs, show songs and fun songs from our very own Salisbury Plain Military Wives Choir. From the producers of the critically acclaimed tours of Eves: 7.30pm Round the Horne and The Goon Show comes another Mats: Thu & Sat 2.15pm radio comedy classic live on stage. Tickets: £27 - £13 Members 10% discount: In 1954 Tony Hancock burst onto the airwaves with a Thu 31 Jan Fri 25 Jan 7.30pm | MAIN HOUSE | £21 brand-new style of comedy, the sitcom. Now, 65 years Showstopper! The Improvised Musical later, join the lad ‘himself’ and his cast of fellow comedy greats including ‘Sid James’, ‘Hattie Jacques’ and ‘Kenneth Back by popular demand, this Olivier Award-winning show sees a group Williams’ as we transport you to 23 Railway Cuttings, East of amazing performers create a new musical from ideas provided by the Cheam for three hilarious episodes of this timeless classic. audience. No two shows are the same!

Sat 26 Jan 7.30pm | MAIN HOUSE | £23 An Evening of Marvin Gaye Wayne Hernandez and his live band perform Gaye’s most iconic hits including How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You), Ain’t That Peculiar, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, What’s Going On, Let’s Get It On and many more in this celebration of the Prince of Soul.

Tue 29 Jan 7.30pm | MAIN HOUSE | £24 The Pasadena Roof Orchestra The return of the world famous Pasadena Roof Orchestra, with a foot-tapping evening of dance music and jazz from the 20s and 30s.

Wed 30 Jan 7.30pm | MAIN HOUSE | £25 | £50* Rory Bremner & Jan Ravens Supporting Wiltshire Creative She’s Merkel to his Trump. He’s Boris to her Theresa. Two of Britain’s finest impressionists come together in this Special Relationship. *A limited number of tickets are available at £50, to support the work of Wiltshire Creative, and include an exclusive post-show drinks reception with Rory and Jan.

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A WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE AND WILTSHIRE CREATIVE PRODUCTION

Agatha Christie THE MIRROR CRACK’D Adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff

In this rich, psychological drama, everyone has a secret... Director Melly Still Times are changing. Girls are wearing trousers and Hollywood Set Designer has come to a sleepy English village in the shape of a beautiful Richard Kent film star. Miss Marple is left to feel that the world has no Costume Designer need of her now, until a mysterious death calls into question Dinah Collin the past of all those present. Everyone’s version of events is different. Can Miss Marple unravel the tangle of ties? Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth This thrilling new play, based on Agatha Christie’s novel, Music & Sound Designer explores how we all colour our own memories, our own truths, Jon Nicholls to disguise the darkness that lies within. Movement Director An outstanding cast includes Susie Blake (Coronation Joseph Alford Street, Mrs Brown’s Boys, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV) as Cast: Miss Marple, Simon Shepherd (Peak Practice, Casualty) as Susie Blake Detective Inspector Craddock and Julia Hills (Worst Wedding Colin R Campbell Joe Dixon Ever) as Dolly Bantry. Suzanna Hamilton Julia Hills Katherine Manners Katie Matsell Davina Moon Huw Parmenter Gillian Saker Simon Shepherd

Eves: 7.30pm Susie Blake Simon Shepherd Julia Hills Mats: Thu & Sat 2.15pm (excl. 16 Feb) BSL perf: Tue 5 Mar Captioned perf: Wed 6 Mar Audio Described perf: Thu 7 Mar 2.15pm & 7.30pm Tickets: £27 - £13 Members 10% discount: Fri 15 & Sat 16 Feb

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FROM THE PRODUCERS OF SAND IN THE SANDWICHES BALLETBOYZ: THEM/US MILES JUPP IN

Applauded across the globe for their stunning live performances, Eves: 7.30pm THE LIFE I LEAD films and TV appearances, BalletBoyz make their first Salisbury Tickets: £22.50 - £13 By James Kettle appearance with two brand new works, both set to original scores by world-class composers. Best remembered for playing Mr Banks in Disney’s classic film Director Them, the first half of the show, is created through a unique, Mary Poppins, David Tomlinson was renowned for playing the Selina Cadell collaborative choreographic process by the BalletBoyz company classic English gent, forthright, proper, and a loveable fool. dancers. The piece explores the individuality that resides within Eves: 7.30pm The Life I Lead sees Miles Jupp, one of Britain’s leading stand- each dancer and the versatility of movement which the company Mats: Sat 2.15pm up comedians and revered actors (Mock the Week, The News has always been known for. Them proves to be an exciting Tickets: £22.50 - £13 Quiz, Rev, The Durrells) bring his remarkable story to life, in a culmination of the experience the company has gained after richly comic and moving tale which fills in the blanks behind a 20 years of working with leading choreographers, designers, very well-known face. composers and artists. Tony and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon concludes the evening with Us, exploring human connections and culminating in a an expanded version of the tender duet which premiered in 2017 to wide critical and public acclaim. Performed by the full company, the piece presents BalletBoyz at its powerful best. Set to contrasting scores by cult singer- songwriter Keaton Henson and emerging composer Charlotte Harding, this innovative double bill asks where we see ourselves in relation to the “other,” and explores the fine balance between them and us.

‘It doesn’t matter what they dance. The result is always the same – fantastic.’ The Times Photo: Hugo Glendinning Hugo Photo:

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A WILTSHIRE CREATIVE, OLDHAM COLISEUM AND YORK THEATRE ROYAL PRODUCTION HANDBAGGED A comedy by Moira Buffini

Tea at four. Handbags at dawn. Director Jo Newman Handbagged imagines what may have happened at the Designer Queen’s infamous weekly meetings with Margaret Thatcher. Dawn Allsopp Entertainingly told and packed with satirical humour, the two Lighting Designer women collide as they share their opposing views of Britain’s James Mackenzie role in the world. With a supporting cast of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Geoffrey Howe, Denis Thatcher and others, Eves: 7.30pm Handbagged is funny, sharp and mischievous. Mats: Thu & Sat 2.15pm (excl. 4 & 6 Apr) Don’t miss this West End hit, nominated for Best Comedy at No performance on the 2015 Olivier Awards. Good Friday 19 Apr BSL perf: Tue 16 Apr Captioned perf: Wed 17 Apr HHHH Audio Described perf: ‘A clever, mischievous pleasure with Thu 18 Apr 2.15pm & 7.30pm the sharp teeth of a kicked corgi.’ Tickets: £27 - £12 Metro (on previous production) Members 10% discount: Thu 4 - Tue 9 Apr

‘Wickedly funny.’ Evening Standard (on previous production)

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A NORTHERN BROADSIDES AND NEW VIC THEATRE PRODUCTION MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING AROUND THE WORLD William Shakespeare’s greatest romantic comedy IN 80 DAYS Six years of war are finally over. Returning soldiers swap the Director Adapted by Laura Eason battlefield for a landscape of love, masked balls and much- Conrad Nelson needed laughter. Two young dreamers fall head over heels, while Returning to Salisbury prior to a U.S. season, Theresa Heskins’ Eves: 7.30pm BACK BY POPULAR two others resume their combative courtship. HHHH DEMAND Mats: Thu & Sat 2.15pm celebrated production – ‘highly entertaining’ (The Times) – features a hugely talented cast of eight playing over IMMEDIATELY As faithful friends plot romance and a vengeful brother plans Audio Described perfs: PRIOR TO A 125 characters in this imaginative, high-spirited escapade that destruction, can true love conquer all, or will whispers and Thu 21 Mar 2.15pm & 7.30pm U.S. SEASON rumour win out? includes six trains, five boats, four fights, three dances, two Tickets: £27 - £13 circus acts and an elephant! Told in true Northern Broadsides style, this production of Members 10% discount: Eves: 7pm Shakespeare’s glorious romantic comedy is sure to capture your Tue 19 & Wed 20 Mar Mats: Thu & Sat 2pm hearts this spring. ‘A magnificently preposterous (please note early start time) romp.’ Audio Described perfs: Thu 25 Apr 2pm & 7pm ‘Invigorating and exciting.’ HHHH The Independent The Stage on Northern Broadsides’ Richard III Tickets: £27 - £13 ‘Sparkling.’ Members 10% discount: HHHH Sunday Express Tue 23 & Wed 24 Apr

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AN OUT OF JOINT AND ROYAL & DERNGATE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH OXFORD PLAYHOUSE THE REMAINS OF THE DAY Based on the book by Kazuo Ishiguro Adapted by Barney Norris

1930s England. Darlington Hall runs like clockwork under one Directed by of the last truly great butlers. Reserved and dutiful like his father Christopher Haydon before him and with the funny and forthright housekeeper Miss Kenton by his side, Stevens faithfully serves his employer. Eves: 7.30pm Meanwhile, England stands on a precipice, as fascism builds and Mats: Thu & Sat 2.15pm boils in Europe. No perf Mon 6 May Audio Described perf: 20 years later, Stevens travels to find an old friend, remembering Thu 9 May 2.15pm & 7.30pm choices made and not made, journeying to one last chance at Tickets: £27 - £13 happiness. Members 10% discount: 2017 Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, which became Tue 30 Apr & Wed 1 May a beloved Merchant Ivory film, is a story for anyone who has ever been afraid to follow their heart. This exquisite new stage adaptation is written by Barney Norris (Echo’s End, Salisbury Playhouse and the Salisbury-based novel Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain).

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A STAGE 65 YOUTH THEATRE & JIGSAW YOUTH DANCE COMPANY PRODUCTION

Stephen Tompkinson & Jessica Johnson in WILLY RUSSELL’S THE WIZARD OF OZ Stage 65 Youth Theatre and Jigsaw Dance bring a bold new By L. Frank Baum EDUCATING RITA staging to this family favourite – a magical adventure for all With Music and Lyrics of ages. the MGM motion picture When married hairdresser Rita enrols on a university course to Eves: 7.30pm score by Harold Arlen and expand her horizons, little does she realise where the journey will Mats: Thu & Sat 2.15pm When a viscious tornado tears through Kansas, Dorothy and her E. Y. Harburg take her. Her tutor Frank is a frustrated poet, brilliant academic Audio Described perfs: dog Toto are thrown into the wonderful world of Oz. Seeking a Background Music by and borderline alcoholic, who’s less than enthusiastic about Thu 20 Jun 2.15pm & 7.30pm way home, they journey down the Yellow Brick Road towards the Herbert Stothart Dance & Vocal Arrangement taking Rita on, but thetwo soon realise how much they have to Tickets: £27 - £13 Emerald city in the hopes of finding the wizard. On the way, they teach each other. meet a scarecrow, a tinman and a cowardly lion who all need a by Peter Howard little help too. Adapted by John Kane This hilarious and heart-warming comedy won the Olivier award from the motion picture when it was produced in London’s West End by the RSC and was screenplay. adapted into the multi award winning film which starred Julie Walters and Michael Caine. Director Dave Orme Written by one of our greatest ever playwrights Willy Russell and Eves: 7pm starring one of our best loved actors Stephen Tompkinson as Mats: Sat 2.15pm Frank and introducing Jessica Johnson as Rita. Tickets: £15 Members 10% discount: Wed 7 Aug

Generously supported by Jack Stone By arrangement with MusicScope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York

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What happens when a rapper becomes a father? Join world Eves: 7.45pm GIANTS OF SCIENCE record-holding beatboxer Testament as he starts to unpick his Mat: Sat 2.45pm own prejudices. Living Spit are back with a scien-triffic new show! Tickets: £13.50 Eves: 7.45pm A rapper and World Record holding beatboxer, he thinks he’s a (under 25s £9) Howard Coggins knows nothing about science. Stu McLoughlin Tickets: £13.50 right-on kind of guy. He’s made theatre shows and had his poetry Members 10% discount: knows even less. Nevertheless they have agreed to give a lecture (under 25s £9) Members 10% discount: on Radio 4. Thu 31 Jan on the subject, and after enlisting the help of the smartest Age Guidance 12+ scientific sages of the ages, that’s just what they aim to do. Thu 7 Feb Then his daughter is born and suddenly he’s not so sure. That’s Age Guidance 14+ why he’s staying up late, lost in the dark worlds of the internet. With jarring jokes, pitiful puppetry and the silliest of scientific Because that’s the place people go to talk about these things. songs, you can expect this raucous romp through the hilarious history of scientific stupidity to be… well, if nothing else, What will he discover as he starts to unpick his own prejudices? thoroughly entertaining. With a dose of wit, a knack for self-deprecation and a truck-load of honesty, Testament is ready to find out. Expect beatboxing, spoken word, storytelling and hip-hop classics as you’ve never heard them before.

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A TIATA FAHODZI AND TARA FINNEY PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH WATFORD PALACE THEATRE A SILENT UPROAR PRODUCTION GOOD DOG A SUPER HAPPY STORY By Arinze Kene (About Feeling Super Sad) By Jon Brittain Mum’s promised him that bike, so even when school or homelife Eves: 7.45pm bites, he knows to keep his chin up, his head down and his shirt Mat: Sat 2.45pm Music by Matthew Floyd Jones (Frisky & Mannish) clean. Because in the end, everyone who’s good gets what they Tickets: £13.50 deserve. Don’t they? (under 25s £9) An hilarious cabaret musical about depression, that explains, sings Eves: 7.45pm and throws glitter about how it’s OK not to be OK. Delicately observed and fearlessly told by writer Arinze Kene Members 10% discount: Mat: Sat 2.45pm (Netflix’s Crazyhead, EastEnders, Channel 4’s Youngers, West End Thu 14 Mar It’s a joyful, buoyant, gleeful, slightly silly, sugar-coated, unrelenting Tickets: £13.50 smash Girl From the North Country, and Misty at Bush Theatre), and completely super happy show! Except for all the bits about (under 25s £9) good dog embarks on its second national tour following its depression. Members 10% discount: acclaimed premiere in spring 2017. Thu 21 Mar ‘Superb.’ HHHHH Lyn Gardner, The Guardian ‘good dog is theatre at its most ‘Fun, silly and sad.’ simple and its most striking.’ Scottish Daily Mail The Reviews Hub

Fest West 2019 14 FEB – 2 MAR For details of Fest West events in The

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A LOOSE TONGUE & HIGHTIDE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH BUSH THEATRE THE TRICK COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS

The Trick is a magic show about getting older. Eves: 7.45pm Like the name says it’s a comedy club for kids! Cracking Times: 11am & 2pm entertainment for everyone over six years or under 400. Mat: Sat 2.45pm Tickets: £9 Mira lost her husband seven months ago, but just because he’s The best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what died doesn’t mean either of them are ready to let him go. Tickets: £13.50 Members 10% discount (under 25s £9) they do best… but without the rude bits! Ghosts, goldfish, mediums, and all kinds of tricks collide in Members 10% discount: this new play by Eve Leigh (Stone Face, Silent Planet), directed Thu 28 Mar ‘A highlight for children... giving by the award-winning Roy Alexander Weise (Nine Night, The Sponsored by Lansons Mountaintop). them a taste of some of the biggest names in comedy with the fun, rowdy feel of a real comedy club.’ The Guardian

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A STAGE 65 YOUTH THEATRE PRODUCTION A FOLIO THEATRE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH WILTSHIRE CREATIVE THE THE EDIT

LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE If you could re-write your past, would you? Eves: 7.45pm By Timberlake Wertenbaker Nick Loved Elena. Elena loved Nick. Their relationship was a Mat: Sat 2.45pm disaster. The Edit unfolds in real time, a year after they broke Tickets: £13.50 As Athens is consumed by war, the king of Thrace, Tereus, is Director up, as they desperately try to unpick where things went wrong, (under 25s £9) promised a marriage to Procne, the reluctant daughter of the Dave Orme and whether they could – or should – take another chance on Members 10% discount: King of Athens, after his assistance in the war. Designer Thu 25 Apr Hannah Wolfe each other. As Procne struggles to adapt to her new life with Tereus and the Composer A new play by BBC writer and Theatre Fest West Writer’s Prize unfamiliar culture around her, she longs for her sister Philomele. David Lewington 2016 finalist Sarah Gordon. As Tereus travels back from Athens to Thrace with Philomele, his desire for his sister-in-law soon sets the path for brutality Eves: 7.45pm and revenge. Mat: Thu 2.45pm With live music and a powerful ensemble style from Stage 65 Tickets: £12 Youth Theatre, this classic tale will prove as relevant and as (under 25s £9) moving as ever. Members 10% discount: Tue 16 Apr Age Guidance 14+ (some strong language and violence)

‘A stunning adaptation of the Philomele myth written with grace, authority and economy.’ Time Out (on a previous production)

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A POSTCARD PRODUCTIONS PRODUCTION A JETHRO COMPTON PRODUCTION, IN ASSOCIATION WITH HALL FOR CORNWALL THE STRANGER ON F Scott Fitzgerald’s THE BRIDGE THE CURIOUS CASE OF By Katie Hims BENJAMIN BUTTON A New Celtic Musical This stranger-than-fiction true life story is a moving and thoughtful Director portrayal of one man’s determination to find the Good Samaritan Lizzie Minnion Discover a sleepy fishing harbour at the end of the First World Book by who changed his life. Jethro Compton Eves: 7.45pm War – home to a most curious story of one man, and the timeless On a cold January morning in 2008, 21 year old Jonny Benjamin Mat: Sat 2.45pm tale of a love that defies all odds. Lyrics by Jethro Compton & went to Waterloo Bridge to take his life. Balanced on the edge of Tickets: £13.50 Born in the most unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button Darren Clark the railings, a stranger stopped and talked him out of jumping in (under 25s £9) is an old man, not at the end of his life, but at the beginning. Music by an act of kindness that was to change both their lives forever. Members 10% discount: Trapped in a body where he doesn’t belong, locked away from Thu 2 May Darren Clark The Stranger on the Bridge is a poignant account of what led the world and branded a monster, Benjamin dreams of freedom Age Guidance 14+ (includes and adventure. And more than anything, he dreams of love. But Jonny to the bridge that day and the astonishing events six references to mental illness Eves: 7.45pm years later when he decided to track down the Good Samaritan and suicide) just as he gives up hope, resigning himself to a life of solitude, a Mat: Sat 2.45pm to say thanks. miracle occurs – a local girl, by the name of Elowen Keene. Tickets: £13.50 (under 25s £9) A heart-warming, inspirational and deeply moving production But, as we all know, time and tide wait for no man, and as the decades pass, their lives begin to move in reverse. And when war Members 10% discount: featuring an appearance from Jonny Benjamin himself, this is Thu 9 Apr an account of what it is to struggle with mental illness but also calls Benjamin across the seas, time is not their only enemy. how redemption can be found in the darkest and unlikeliest of moments. ‘This should be taken to all theatres we need plays like this.’ Audience Comment Photo: [email protected] Photo: wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 26 27 Salisbury Arts Centre

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Sat 26 Jan 12pm – 2pm | FREE Sat 2 Mar 12pm – 2pm | FREE Live Lunch: Nick Tudgey Fest West Live Lunch: Nick Tudgey is a young guitarist from Southampton Salisbury Ukelele Band & who has gained international recognition for his unique approach to playing fingerstyle guitar. The Salisbury Zone Club evolution of his playing can be heard on his three studio albums, the latest of which has music of many backgrounds, from jazz standards, movie soundtracks, country hits and much more. Sun 3 Mar 12pm (doors 11.15am) | £7 Big Band Brunch: Salisbury Area Young Musicians Delicious food available to purchase from 11.15am.

Sat 16 Mar 8pm

£15.50 (£13.50 CONCESSIONS) Nick Harper: 58 Fordwych Road Following sell-out performances of Thu 24 Jan 7.30pm A Wiltshire Tale at the Arts Centre in £14 (£12 CONCESSIONS) 2018, musician Nick Harper returns with a new show that centres on his Helen Chadwick: Truth growing up surrounded by some of A spellbinding fusion of song and choreography, the 60s’ most revered songwriters created by Helen Chadwick and directed by Steven and musicians as they visited his Hoggett, using testimonies collected from all over parents’ Kilburn home at the height the world – some brutal, some hilarious. of the acoustic explosion in swingin’ A beautiful and thought-provoking song theatre London. show, which explores the once-simple notion of truth in our messy modern age of fake news. ‘Haunting and hilarious.’ The Daily Spectacle Recommended age 13+ (contains strong language)

Sun 3 Feb 12pm (doors 11.15am) | £7 Big Band Brunch: GOJO Big Band Delicious food available to purchase from 11.15am.

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Thu 21 Mar 7.30pm Thu 16 May 8pm | £14.50 £16 (£14 CONCESSIONS) The Churchfitters Trio Megson A folk band like no other. Heart-wrenching vocals The husband and wife duo bring an infectious mix accompanied by a musical saw or a glass harp; of heavenly vocals, lush harmonies and driving foot-stompingly fast fiddle mixed with infectious funk- rhythmic guitars. Comprising Debs Hanna (Vocals, rock rhythms; traditional tunes reinvigorated with Whistle, Piano Accordion) and Stu Hanna (Guitar, mesmerising jazz sax. A high energy, uplifting show Mandola, Banjo) Megson have gained fame on that leaves audiences cheering. the British folk scene, not only for their arresting & intelligent songwriting, but for their exquisite musicianship and northern humour. ‘A force in the folk revival.’ Neil Spencer, The Observer

Sat 30 Mar 12pm – 2pm | FREE Live Lunch: Isobel Thatcher Sat 4 May 8pm | £14

Sun 7 Apr 12pm (doors 11.15am) | £7 Riots & Lobsters By The Saboteurs Big Band Brunch: Salisbury Big Band Songs written by Nick Darke & Jim Carey, originally Delicious food available to purchase from 11.15am. performed by Kneehigh Theatre. An exhilarating evening exploring the whirling words and worlds of Cornish playwright Nick Darke with Sat 27 Apr 12pm – 2pm | FREE esteemed composer and musician Jim Carey and his band of Saboteurs. Be enthralled by an evening Live Lunch: The Portraits of music first created for plays including Ting Tang Mine, The Bogus, The King of Prussia, and The Riot, toured nationally by Kneehigh, here re-imagined Sat 27 Apr 8pm | £20 and arranged in a fresh new context by the original composer Jim Carey. Cara Dillon According to Mojo Magazine, Cara Dillon has ‘quite possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice’. Join this Sun 5 May 12pm (doors 11.15am) | £7 exceptional Irish singer for a collection of beautiful and moving songs, including material from her new album Big Band Brunch: Wanderer. GOJO Big Band Delicious food available to purchase from 11.15am.

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Sat 16 Mar 12.30pm & 3pm | £9

A RED EARTH THEATRE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY Mirror Mirror A new version of Snow White When a kind old lady offers Snow White a juicy red apple, the girl is sorely tempted. On the other hand, how does she know it’s not poisoned? She’s nearly been poisoned twice this week already, and it’s not pleasant. This is the wonderfully wicked, age-old story of a vengeful queen, a magic mirror and a child as bright as the moonlit snow. Free craft drop-in between shows. Recommended age 5+

Thu 31 Jan & Fri 1 Feb 8pm | £14 (£12 CONCESSIONS) Thu 28 Mar 11am & 1.30pm | £10 (CARERS FREE) ROSIE KAY DANCE COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BRITISH ARMY FROZEN LIGHT THEATRE 5 Soldiers: The Body is the Front Line The Isle of Brimsker A thrilling and humane portrait of army life telling the stories of men and women serving on the front line. A multi-sensory story of adventure and homecoming, for audiences aged In 2008, choreographer Rosie Kay joined the 4th Battalion The Rifles, to watch and participate in full battle 13+ with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. exercises, and visited the National Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre. What came of these observations A lighthouse keeper lives on a desolate outcrop surrounded by stormy seas. was this award-winning, five-star work. Duty bound to maintain the light that guides boats away from danger, she ‘An extraordinary exploration of modern war as a physical experience.’ The Independent lives a solitary existence. One day a runaway lands on the shore. Together Rosie Kay is choreographer of the Commonwealth Games Handover Ceremony and the hit film Sunshine on they face the inevitable. Leith. Her trademark style of intense physical and athletic dance theatre aims to thrill and move.

Thu 4 Apr 7pm Sat 6 Apr 7.30pm | £14 (£12 CONCESSIONS)

£5 Fri 15 Mar 8pm | £14 (£12 CONCESSIONS) Yorke Dance Project: YDP20 Scratch Night In celebration of their 20th anniversary, this highly Best of BE Festival Catch brand new work- acclaimed contemporary ballet company will An exhilarating medley of circus, theatre and illusion all in one astounding in-progress extracts from celebrate its roots in American repertory with a new evening. theatre makers from across commission by Los Angeles based choreographer and composer, Sophia Stoller and Peter Shin. Each year, BE Festival (Birmingham European Festival) packages up three the UK, then stay behind for a YDP will be celebrating the past and present with work of their favourite shows and sends them on a tour of the UK. Out on the drink and let them know what by legendary choreographer Robert Cohan alongside road this year, there’ll be a daredevil, an illusionist and a juggling-computer- you thought! work by English National Ballet’s Tamara Rojo. musical genius. Preceded by a Curtain Raiser from Jigsaw Dance ‘Some of the most innovative work being made across Europe.’ The Guardian Youth Company.

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Fri 12 Apr 7pm | £12 (CONCESSIONS £10) Fri 25 Jan, Fri 22 Feb, Fri 29 Mar, Fri 26 Apr 8.30pm

FAMILY TICKET (4 PEOPLE, AT LEAST 1 UNDER 16) £40 £12 (£11 CONCESSIONS) UNRESERVED SEATING PRESENTED BY PANGOTTIC. COMMISSIONED BY DÉDA SUPPORTED BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND Barnstormers Stand-Up Comedy Nights Matt Pang: Long Shot Now regularly selling out, don’t leave it too late to book a night of laughs. Join us for a catapultastic evening of clowning, contraptions, comedy and courage, as one man’s belief in the near impossible is put to the test. This Sat 13 Apr 8pm | £12.50 show will have you on the edge of your seat. Or hiding behind it. Either way, it’s going to be a blast. Stuart Goldsmith: End Of Circus Skills workshop 2pm – see website for Intelligent stand-up comedy for everybody, but details. of particular interest to people over thirty who’ve lost touch with all their old friends and can’t eat just one pain au chocolat. Featuring ultimates, absolutes and surprisingly few conclusions.

Thu 2 May 8pm ‘Expert, charming stand-up.’ £14 (£12 CONCESSIONS) The Sunday Times Knot Host of The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast (10 million downloads) and as seen on As Yet Untitled Through breathtaking acrobatics and heart-wrenching (Dave) and Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central dance, Knot is the internationally acclaimed circus (Comedy Central). and dance work by Nikki Rummer and JD Broussé. Fri 8 Feb 8pm These talented performers use hand-to-hand circus skills to tell the tale of an impossible choice: How can £12.50 (£10.50 CONCESSIONS) we be honest with ourselves without hurting those we love? Alfie Moore: Getting Created in collaboration with award-winning Away With Murder choreographer Ben Duke of Lost Dog Dance In his latest stand-up tour show former Detective Company. Sergeant Alfie Moore, and star of BBC Radio 4 HHHH ‘A show of great complexity and comedy It’s A Fair Cop, takes you on a thrilling and breathtakingly effortless acrobatic skill.’ interactive journey through the art and science of Peter Jacobs, The Review Hub murder investigation. Enjoy Alfie’s trademark blend of humour, practical policing experience and detailed knowledge of the law as he answers the questions ‘What makes a murderer?’ and ‘Why do they caught...or not’? A truly charismatic performer, this show will have you in stitches and is certainly not one to be missed. ‘Lots of well-crafted jokes and a large dash of gallows police humour.’ The Sunday Telegraph

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All tickets £5 (includes FREE ice cream). Café open from 10am for coffee and pre-matinee lunch. DF Dementia Friendly Matinee

Wed 16 Jan 2.30pm Wed 27 Mar 2.30pm

Rebecca (1940) (PG) Amélie (2001) (15)

Wed 23 Jan 2.30pm Wed 3 Apr 2.30pm

West Side Story (1961) (PG) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) (U)

Wed 10 Apr 2.30pm

Chocolat (1989) (15)

Wed 6 Mar 2.30pm Wed 17 Apr 2.30pm Murder She Said (1961) (PG) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) (U) Wed 13 Mar 2.30pm Wed 24 Apr 2.30pm On Chesil Beach (2017) (15) Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953) (U) Wed 20 Mar 2.30pm Wed 1 May 2.30pm DF Wed 30 Jan 2.30pm Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (U) Brief Encounter (1945) (PG) Cinema Paradiso (1988) (15) In The White Room at Salisbury Arts Centre

Wed 6 Feb 2.30pm Met Opera: Carmen

Wed 13 Feb 2.30pm

A Room With a View (1986) (PG)

Wed 20 Feb 2pm Fest West Film Matinee: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Wed 8 May 2.30pm Never Let Me Go (2010) (12) Wed 27 Feb 2pm DF Fest West Film Matinee: Wed 15 May 2.30pm The Secret Spitfires Cabaret (1972) (15)

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All tickets £8. Bar open from 6.45pm.

Wed 16 Jan 7.30pm Wed 20 Mar 7.30pm

Disney’s Christopher Robin Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) (12A) (2018) (PG) Wed 27 Mar 7.30pm Wed 23 Jan 7.30pm The Seagull (2018) (12A) Isle of Dogs (2018) (PG) Wed 3 Apr 7.30pm Wed 30 Jan 7.30pm IN THE WHITE ROOM The Iron Lady (2011) (12) The Happy Prince (2018) (15) Wed 10 Apr 7.30pm Wed 6 Feb 7.30pm Mary Magdalene (2018) (12A) The Children Act (2017) (12) Wed 17 Apr 7.30pm

Wed 13 Feb 7.30pm Mamma Mia! Here We (1942) Now Voyager (U) Go Again (2018) (PG)

Wed 20 Feb 8pm Wed 24 Apr 7.30pm

Fest West Film Night: Peterloo (2018) (12A) South West Shorts Wed 1 May 7.30pm Wed 27 Feb 8.30pm The Favourite (2018) (15) Fest West Film Matinee: The Levelling (2016) (15) Wed 8 May 7.30pm Blackkklansman (2018) (15) Fri 8 Mar 7.30pm Amnesty Screening: Wed 15 May 7.30pm Breadwinner Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Wed 13 Mar 7.30pm Kendal Mountain Film Festival

(All films correct at time of going to print. Please see website for latest details).

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The world’s greatest theatre and opera performances, screened live to Salisbury Arts Centre. The Gallery and Café at Salisbury Arts Centre are open Mon – Sat from 10am – 3pm. Tickets £17 (concessions £15).

Tue 15 Jan 7pm Fri 11 Jan – Sat 23 Feb NT Live: The Tragedy of King ARTISTS’ TALK SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2PM Richard the Second Venus in the Landscape The first broadcast from London’s Almeida Theatre, Drawing inspiration from pre-history and the starring Simon Russell Beale in a stripped back, landscapes that have witnessed the creativity of modern interpretation of William Shakespeare’s play. mankind, this exhibition showcases Mirka Golden- Hann’s collection of 365 ceramic female figures inspired by the Ice Age Venuses. Also included is

Met opera Live: Die Walkurie Live: opera Met monumental felt work by Sarah Walters, flint-inspired sculpture by Wendy De Salis and film by Karel Spalek. Sat 30 Mar 5pm Created with assistance from Wessex Archaeology & Martin Green. Met Opera Live: Die Walkurie Wagner’s epic opera (Part Two of The Ring Cycle). Thu 11 Apr – Sat 18 May Where The Land Ends Three Wiltshire-based artists – painter Debra Met opera Live: Carmen Live: opera Met Sweeney, sculptor Roger Stephens and Sat 2 Feb 5.55pm photographer Jane Osbourne – come together to Wed 6 Feb 2.30pm (Repeat showing) explore land, geology and stone. Met Opera Live: Carmen Richard Eyre’s dynamic production of Bizet’s classic opera. Dialogues des Carmelites Dialogues Live: opera Met

Sat 2 Mar 5.55pm Sat 11 May 5.55pm Met Opera Live: Met Opera Live: La Fille du Regiment Dialogues des Carmelites Wed 27 Feb – Sat 6 Apr Donizetti’s comic opera, co-produced with the Poulenc’s masterpiece, set during the French Revolution. Clancy Steer: The Nature Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. of Imagination Leading British theatre and film costume designer Wed 6 Mar 7pm Deirdre Clancy, working under her family name NT Live (Encore): Clancy Steer, opens up her private collection of landscape, icon paintings and costume designs. I’m Not Running Clancy has been working in period costume design David Hare’s explosive new play, recorded at the for ballet, theatre and opera since the 1960s, at National Theatre. major theatres across the world. She also received a BAFTA for her costume designs for Mrs Brown I’m Not Running I’m Not (Encore): NT Live starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly. Visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk for latest screening dates as some will have been added after this

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Here is just a selection of workshops on offer at Salisbury Arts Centre. 14 Jan - 25 Mar Mon 5.30pm Please visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk for full details of these and other opportunities. 29 Apr - 15 Jul Mon 5.30pm Jigsaw: Youth Dance Monday evenings Company Contemporary Dance with Amie Hawker for Adults with Amie Hawker £84 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 14-18 YEARS

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays 17 Jan - 28 Mar Thu 4pm 2 May - 11 Jul Thu 4pm Pottery Youth Pottery with Mirka Golden-Hann and Jennie Gilbert with Mirka Golden-Hann £95 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 12+ YEARS Saturday mornings (monthly) Zone Arts Music and filmmaking for adults with learning disabilities.

Tuesday mornings (monthly) Saturday 2 February (animal sculpture) Craft Club Thursday 1 August (upcycling sculpture) Enjoy craft activities in a relaxed atmosphere. Sculpture with Charlotte Moreton

Saturday 9 March Make a Skirt in a Day 17 Jan - 28 Mar Thu 4.30pm with Teri Buxton from our 2 May - 11 Jul Thu 4.30pm Wardrobe Department Filmmakers Anonymous with Simon Davison Saturday 6 April (Letterpress & Produce finished films from storyboarding to post- rubberstamp with Eightfivepress) production. Work behind the camera, act or help on set. Saturday 8 June £68 | SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE | AGE 13-19 YEARS (Printmaking with Charlotte Moreton) Printmaking

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| FRI 8 MAR 7pm SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE THE SALBERG | £5 MEMBER Stage 65 Youth Theatre joins forces with Graeae Stage 65 Youth Theatre’s Exeter House group will be working with world-class theatre company Graeae this spring to create their own piece of new theatre. Through its ground-breaking work, Graeae Theatre challenges preconceptions and champions diversity by boldly placing D/deaf and disabled artists centre stage. Stage 65 Youth Theatre (Exeter House) will perform their show in The Salberg at Salisbury Playhouse on Fri 8 Mar at 7pm.

TUE 19 FEB 11am & 2pm BEMERTON HEATH SALISBURY | £5

A TOR THEATRE PRODUCTION Theatre for families at Bemerton Neighbourhood Centre The Firecatcher Become a Member today from just £40 and support our work as a registered charity with the UK’s very best Meet Coyote... she’s fast and fearless, cunning and kind. But there are two things she doesn’t artists and across our community. like… one is being cold (so she decides to steal Plus, receive for fire and give it to the world), the other is narrators a variety of exclusive benefits (because they’re, well, boring). So imagine her Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury International Arts Festival and Bemerton Heath residents can purchase tickets surprise when she finds a narrator telling her Salisbury Playhouse... just a little thank you from us! at £2 (family tickets £6 for 4 people, with extra story… The Fire Catcher! A fast and furious show tickets at £1). To take up this offer please for ages 3 and up and their adults. contact: [email protected] FREE craft drop-in session between shows! TO FIND OUT MORE AND TO JOIN IN, PICK UP A LEAFLET OR VISIT WILTSHIRECREATIVE.CO.UK

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JANUARY 23 Sat The Mirror Crack’d 2.15pm/7.30pm Fest West Fest West 15 Tue NT Live: King Richard the Second 7pm 24 Sun 16 Wed Film: Rebecca 2.30pm 25 Mon The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West Film: Disney’s Christopher Robin 7.30pm 26 Tue The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West 17 Thu Rocky Shock 7.45pm 27 Wed The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West Film: The Secret Spitfires2pm DF 18 Fri Rocky Shock 7.45pm Fest West Film: The Levelling 8.30pm 19 Sat Just William 2.15pm 28 Thu The Mirror Crack’d 2.15pm/7.30pm Fest West Fest West Ultimate Bublé 7.30pm Rocky Shock 7.45pm MARCH 20 Sun 01 Fri The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West 21 Mon 02 Sat The Mirror Crack’d 2.15pm/7.30pm BT Fest West Fest West: Live Lunch 12pm 22 Tue Met Opera Live: La Fille du Regiment 5.55pm 23 Wed Film: West Side Story 2.30pm 03 Sun Big Band Brunch 12pm Film: Isle of Dogs 7.30pm 04 Mon The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm 24 Thu Military Wives Choir 7.30pm Helen Chadwick: Truth 7.30pm 05 Tue The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm B 25 Fri Showstoppers! 7.30pm Barnstormers Comedy 8.30pm 06 Wed The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm C Film: Murder She Said 2.30pm 26 Sat An Evening of Marvin Gaye 7.30pm Live Lunch 12pm NT Live (encore): I’m Not Running 7pm 27 Sun 07 Thu The Mirror Crack’d 2.15pm A /7.30pm A 28 Mon 08 Fri The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Stage 65 Exeter House & Graeae 7pm Amnesty Screening: The Breadwinner 7.30pm 29 Tue Pasadena Roof Orchestra 7.30pm 09 Sat The Mirror Crack’d 2.15pm/7.30pm 30 Wed Rory Bremner 7.30pm Film: Cinema Paradiso 2.30pm 10 Sun Film: The Happy Prince 7.30pm 11 Mon 31 Thu Hancock’s Half Hour 2.15pm/7.30pm M Woke 7.45pm M 5 Soldiers 8pm 12 Tue BalletBoyz 7.30pm FEBRUARY 13 Wed BalletBoyz 7.30pm Film: On Chesil Beach 2.30pm 01 Fri Hancock’s Half Hour 7.30pm Woke 7.45pm 5 Soldiers 8pm Kendal Mountain Film Festival 7.30pm M 02 Sat Hancock’s Half Hour 2.15pm/7.30pm Woke 2.45pm/7.45pm Met Opera Live: Carmen 5.55pm 14 Thu The Life I Lead 7.30pm good dog 7.45pm 03 Sun Big Band Brunch 12pm 15 Fri The Life I Lead 7.30pm good dog 7.45pm Best of BE Festival 8pm 04 Mon 16 Sat The Life I Lead 2.15pm/7.30pm good dog 2.45pm/7.45pm Mirror Mirror 12.30pm/3pm Nick Harper: 58 Fordwych Road 8pm 05 Tue 17 Sun 06 Wed Met Opera Live: Carmen 2.30pm Film: The Children Act 7.30pm 18 Mon M 07 Thu Giants of Science 7.45pm M NT Live: Antony & Cleopatra 7pm 19 Tue Much Ado About Nothing 7.30pm M 08 Fri Giants of Science 7.45pm Alfie Moore 8pm 20 Wed Much Ado About Nothing 7.30pm Film: Fiddler on the Roof 2.30pm Film: Bohemian Rhapsody 7.30pm 09 Sat Giants of Science 7.45pm 21 Thu Much Ado About Nothing A Super Happy Story 7.45pm M Megson 7.30pm 10 Sun 2.15pm A /7.30pm A 11 Mon 22 Fri Much Ado About Nothing 7.30pm A Super Happy Story 7.45pm 12 Tue 23 Sat Much Ado About Nothing 2.15pm/7.30pm A Super Happy Story 2.45pm/7.45pm 13 Wed Film: A Room With a View 2.30pm 24 Sun Film: Now Voyager 7.30pm 25 Mon 14 Thu Fest West Fest West 26 Tue 15 Fri The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm M Fest West Fest West 27 Wed Film: Amelié 2.30pm M 16 Sat The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West Film: The Seagull 7.30pm 17 Sun 28 Thu The Trick 7.45pm M The Isle of Brimsker 11am/1.30pm 18 Mon The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West 29 Fri The Trick 7.45pm Barnstormers Comedy 8.30pm 19 Tue The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West 30 Sat The Trick 2.45pm/7.45pm Live Lunch 12pm 20 Wed The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West Film: The Guernsey Literary and Met Opera Live: Die Walkurie 5pm Potato Peel Pie Society 2pm 31 Sun Fest West Film: South West Shorts 8pm APRIL 21 Thu The Mirror Crack’d 2.15pm/7.30pm Fest West Fest West 22 Fri The Mirror Crack’d 7.30pm Fest West Fest West: Barnstormers Comedy 8.30pm 01 Mon M Members 10% discount available on all Arts Centre events wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 52 53 Event Diary

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02 Tue 13 Mon 03 Wed Film: The Lavender Hill Mob 2.30pm 14 Tue Film: The Iron Lady 7.30pm 15 Wed Film: Cabaret 2.30pm 04 Thu Handbagged 7.30pm M Scratch Night 7pm Film: Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns 7.30pm 05 Fri Handbagged 7.30pm M 16 Thu The Churchfitters Trio8pm 06 Sat Handbagged 7.30pm M Comedy Club 4 Kids 11am/2pm M Yorke Dance Project 7.30pm 17 Fri 07 Sun Big Band Brunch 12pm 18 Sat 08 Mon Handbagged 7.30pm M 19 Sun 09 Tue Handbagged 7.30pm M 20 Mon 10 Wed Handbagged 7.30pm Film: Chocolat 2.30pm 21 Tue Film: Mary Magdalene 7.30pm 22 Wed 11 Thu Handbagged 2.15pm/7.30pm 23 Thu 12 Fri Handbagged 7.30pm Matt Pang: Long Shot 7pm 24 Fri Salisbury International Arts Festival 13 Sat Handbagged 2.15pm/7.30pm BT Stuart Goldsmith: End Of 8pm 25 Sat Salisbury International Arts Festival 14 Sun 26 Sun Salisbury International Arts Festival 15 Mon Handbagged 7.30pm 27 Mon Salisbury International Arts Festival 16 Tue Handbagged 7.30pm B The Love of the Nightingale 7.45pm M 28 Tue Salisbury International Arts Festival 17 Wed Handbagged 7.30pm C The Love of the Nightingale 7.45pm Film: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 2.30pm RP 29 Wed Salisbury International Arts Festival Film: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 7.30pm 30 Thu Salisbury International Arts Festival 18 Thu Handbagged 2.15pm/7.30pm A The Love of the Nightingale 2.45pm/7.45pm 31 Fri Salisbury International Arts Festival 19 Fri GOOD FRIDAY JUNE 20 Sat Handbagged 2.15pm/7.30pm 21 Sun 01 Sat Salisbury International Arts Festival 22 Mon 02 Sun Salisbury International Arts Festival 23 Tue Around the World in 80 Days 7pm M 03 Mon Salisbury International Arts Festival 24 Wed Around the World in 80 Days 7pm M Film: Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday 2.30pm 04 Tue Salisbury International Arts Festival Film: Peterloo 7.30pm 05 Wed Salisbury International Arts Festival 25 Thu Around the World in 80 Days 2pm A /7pm A The Edit 7.45pm M 06 Thu Salisbury International Arts Festival 26 Fri Around the World in 80 Days 7pm The Edit 7.45pm Barnstormers Comedy 8.30pm 07 Fri Salisbury International Arts Festival 27 Sat Around the World in 80 Days 2pm/7pm The Edit 2.45pm/7.45pm Live Lunch 12pm 08 Sat Salisbury International Arts Festival Cara Dillon 8pm 09 Sun Salisbury International Arts Festival 28 Sun 10 Mon 29 Mon 11 Tue 30 Tue The Remains of the Day 7.30pm M 12 Wed MAY 13 Thu 01 Wed The Remains of the Day 7.30pm M Film: Brief Encounter 2.30pm DF 14 Fri Beerex 2019 Film: The Favourite 7.30pm 15 Sat Beerex 2019 02 Thu The Remains of the Day 2.15pm/7.30pm The Stranger on the Bridge 7.45pm M Knot 8pm 16 Sun 03 Fri The Remains of the Day 7.30pm The Stranger on the Bridge 7.45pm 17 Mon Educating Rita 7.30pm 04 Sat The Remains of the Day 2.15pm/7.30pm The Stranger on the Bridge 2.45pm/7.45pm Riots & Lobsters 8pm 18 Tue Educating Rita 7.30pm 05 Sun Big Band Brunch 12pm 19 Wed Educating Rita 7.30pm FE Showcase 2.30pm/7pm 06 Mon BANK HOLIDAY 20 Thu Educating Rita 2.15pm/7.30pm 07 Tue The Remains of the Day 7.30pm 21 Fri Educating Rita 7.30pm 08 Wed The Remains of the Day 7.30pm Film: Never Let Me Go 2.30pm 22 Sat Educating Rita 2.15pm/7.30pm Film: Blackkklansman 7.30pm M Members 10% discount available on all Arts Centre events 09 Thu The Remains of the Day 2.15pm A /7.30pm A The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 7.45pm M KEY 10 Fri The Remains of the Day 7.30pm The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 7.45pm 11 Sat The Remains of the Day 2.15pm/7.30pm BT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Met Opera Live: Dialogues des Carmelites B BSL Signed Performance C Captioned Performance RP Relaxed Performance BT 11am Backstage Tour 2.45pm/7.45pm 5.55pm A Audio Described Performance T Post Show Talk DF Dementia Friendly Matinee M Members Discount Available 12 Sun & Touch Tour wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 54 55 Food and Drink Thank you

Salisbury Playhouse Salisbury Arts Centre Wiltshire Creative is a registered charity. We are delighted to acknowledge the generous support of the following: Our light and airy Foyer Café is a great place The Café at Salisbury Arts Centre is the to have a pre-show drink, meet friends or ideal place for a relaxing lunch, offering Funders Jim Douglas Dame Rosemary Spencer have informal meetings. a range of food and drink. Arts Council England Mrs E A Eyers Colin Taylor Open from 9.30am, Monday to Saturday. Open from 10am-3pm, Monday to Saturday. Wiltshire Council The Late Miss Victoria Grayson William and Diana Verdon Smith We also offer a range of pre-show lunches Visit our website to see details of the latest Salisbury City Council The Late Mr Richard Griffin Janet Watford and seasonal specials. menus and food and drink offers. Community First Foundation Paul and Sue Halliden Nigel and Wendy Wingate The Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust Desmond and Jenny Longfield The de Brye Charitable Trust Robert and Sarah Longley-Cook Founding Sponsor D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Fraser and Rosemary Macdonald The Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust Chris and Clem Martin The Foyle Foundation The Late Mrs Eileen Pinniger A W Gale Charitable Trust The Late Mr David Quayle Thomas Grace Charity Mr and Mrs Anthony Schendel Business Partners The Walter Guinness Charitable Trust Jack Stone Fletcher & Partners Chartered The Holliday Foundation Eve Tytherleigh Accountants David Horlock Trust Christopher and Frances Wain Leehurst Swan School Morrisons Foundation Sally Walden Parker Bullen Solicitors NFU Mutual Rowanmoor One Stop Carriers For Causes Founding Benefactors Trethowans Solicitors Regional Theatre Young Richard and Paddy Archer Wessex Fire & Security Directors Scheme Clive Barnwell Wiltshire Creative Venues – Santander Foundation Anne Beckwith-Smith South Square Trust Michael and Hilary Bird For Hire South West Trains Gerry and Susie Blundell Stone King Foundation Rory Carter and Dame Elizabeth Neville Discover a truly unique venue with a range of The Verdon-Smith Family Richard Clements and Jenny Taylor sensational indoor and outdoor settings to host Charitable Trust George Cruddas your big event. Salisbury Arts Centre is ideal for all The Andrew Lloyd Webber David and Rachel Davies kinds of occasions, offering modern facilties within a Foundation Jeremy Davies and Simon McEnery beautiful historic listed building. Salisbury Playhouse Garfield Weston Foundation Jim Douglas offers theatre spaces, rehearsal rooms and informal The Worshipful Company of Grocers Caroline Felton meeting areas. A variety of spaces can be hired Jacqueline Kingsley for performances, parties, wedding receptions, With Special Thanks Chris and Clem Martin workshops, seminars and meetings. Sir Christopher and Lady Benson Debbie McIsaac Frank and Elizabeth Brenan Keith Miller For further information, or to get in touch, please Chris Carnegy and Roger Price Sian Parry visit wiltshirecreative.co.uk. Alan Corkill Jane Podkolinski Ann Coward Susan Roller Photo: Tim Kidner Photo: To find out more about how you could support Wiltshire Creative, get in touch with our Development team on wiltshirecreative.co.uk / 01722 320 333 01722 343 036, email [email protected] or visit the Why Support Us? pages at wiltshirecreative.co.uk 56 57 wiltshirecreative.co.uk Ticket Sales 01722 320 333

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