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As you can see from our new-look Headline acts and Matt Adam Z. Robinson in association with LittleMighty present Spring 2018 brochure, we’ve been making Forde join us for some terrific comedy The Book of some changes here at Waterside. and for music you’re really spoilt for Along with a constantly evolving and choice with remarkable musicians Darkness & Light dynamic programme, we are starting , False Lights, Kathryn Fri 26 Jan | 19.30 to update our spaces and building and, Williams and Young Waters. as such, wanted to launch a new brand As always, there is a bumper programme to reflect our vision for the future. on offer for families, and don’t forget to visit our fantastic exhibition Our Spring programme is as diverse showcasing Cosgrove Hall Films or as ever, with plenty for theatre lovers - find out more about our sixth Waterside ranging from the contemporary to the Open exhibition. classic or the satirical. Thank you for your support. We look We’re delighted to be working with the forward to welcoming you back soon. brilliant team at Contact, to present the ground-breaking SKIN by 201 Dance Company. Darren Adams There are some big names coming our Manager way – an audience with Jason Donovan or Waterside ‘The Great Gambo - The Professor of Pop’ - . ‘ ...the music heightens the suspense in the room as [The Storyteller] draws the audience into his narrative web.’ Book tickets & sign up to stay in touch​ watersidearts.org ​| 0161 912 5616 Stagetalk Magazine [email protected] For more booking information, see the back cover. Three chilling tales. Two ghostly /watersidearts performers. One thrilling night. @watersidearts Join The Storyteller and The Musician watersidearts_ for an evening of spine-tingling tales Waterside, and haunting live music. 1 Waterside Plaza, Three ghostly stories to delight and Sale, Trafford, M33 7ZF horrify, accompanied by the beautiful sounds of the violin. Be thrilled, chilled and thoroughly entertained by this charming storytelling experience. But, be warned, once the pages of the book are opened, anything could happen. Open for pre and TICKETS: £12 / £10 post show drinks AGE: 14+ and all events all In the Robert Bolt Theatre day Saturday. THEATRE

James Seabright presents Gerard Logan presents Trumpageddon Wilde Without Sat 27 Jan | 19:30 the Boy Trumpageddon enjoyed a sell-out Thu 8 Mar | 19:30 premiere in 2016, when The Donald was a A dramatisation of De Profundis, the letter mere candidate – and now he returns as Oscar Wilde wrote in 1897 to his lover, Lord leader of the free world. Immerse yourself Alfred Douglas, from his cell in Reading in Trump’s world vision before he blows it gaol. Two years previously, Wilde had been to kingdom come. This absurdist satire is imprisoned for acts of gross indecency as demented, hysterical and disturbed as with other males. Painfully brilliant and the man himself. passionate, Wilde Without the Boy is a ‘Remarkable satiric performance.’ glimpse into the bruised, loving soul British Theatre Guide of one of the greatest geniuses ever to TICKETS: £14 / £12 | AGE: 14+ have lived. In the Robert Bolt Theatre TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 14+ In the Chambers

Lip Service presents Dyad Productions present Mr Darcy Jane Eyre: Loses the Plot An Autobiography Thu 1 - Sat 3 Feb | 19:30 Wed 21 Mar | 19:30

Jane Austen is dreaming up Darcy, a Struggling to think, live and love beyond proud, lip-curling handsome creation in the stifling expectations of duty, class very tight pants. But then a door squeaks, and convention, governess Jane Eyre and a visitor approaches and Jane hastily Master Edward Rochester take a dark hides her work. Mr Darcy is left dangling. journey towards sensual and intellectual Left to his own devices he embroiders his liberation. Told through Jane’s eyes, own storyline while his creator stitches Charlotte Brontë’s gothic subversion of her quilt. fairy-tale romance is now distilled for the ‘you feel a hundred times more invigorated stage, under its full title, by writer/director than when you went in, with the chuckle Elton Townend Jones. muscles positively aching at the glorious ‘Hands down the best adaptation of Jane Eyre, lunacy’ Yorkshire Post in any medium.’ Broadway Baby

TICKETS: £16 / £14 | AGE: 10+ TICKETS: £14 / £12 / schools £7.50 | AGE: 11+ In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre THEATRE

Common Chorus in association Theatre Royal Wakefield presents with Little Mighty present The Scary Bikers If I Say Jump Wed 11 & Thu 12 Apr | 19:30 Thu 22 Mar | 19:30

A bold and exhilarating tale of contemporary Britain, If I Say Jump is a show for anyone who has ever asked themselves ‘why did I just do that?ʼ It skillfully blends storytelling, comedy, original music and a live soundscape to chart a morally ambiguous quest for peace and wellbeing in a chaotic time.

TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 12+ In the Chambers

Written, directed and starring John Godber

Dyad Productions presents A new comedy about life, love and staying on your bike! The Time Machine Join retired miner Don and former Wed 4 Apr | 19:30 private school teacher Carol on their hilarious and heartfelt bike ride through In this new and radical interpretation Europe, as they reconcile the past, of the HG Wells classic, a Victorian time debate the present and worry about the traveller transcends across the ages future. Whether they’re saddle sore in from 1900 to our own far future – from Southampton, blistered in Bordeaux or the fall of man to the end of the world – frazzled in Florence, one thing is for discovering the fate of our endeavours sure – it takes two to tandem! and uncovering our darkest fears. Can we change the future? Or has the end Starring the double BAFTA and Olivier already begun? A philosophical journey, Award-winning partnership of John a nightmare adventure, a cautionary tale Godber and Jane Thornton, whose feature – this is the story of us all. film Last Laugh was released in October. ‘Terrific . . . grips the imagination . . . ideas spit of There will be a free post-show the narrative like sparks from a welder’s torch’ discussion with John Godber and Quentin Letts, Daily Mail Jane Thornton on Wed 11 Feb.

TICKETS: £14 / £12 | AGE: 11+ TICKETS: £17.50 / £15.50 | AGE: 13+ In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre THEATRE

2Magpies Theatre presents Hope Theatre Company presents Last Resort Gypsy Queen Fri 20 Apr | 19:00 & 20:30 Thu 26 Apr | 19:45

Can two men raised to fight ever learn to love? The story of ‘Gorgeous’ George O’Connell, bare-knuckle fighter and traveller, who enters the world of professional boxing which puts him on a collision course with his roots, his identity and his greatest fear. In the opposite corner, gay boxer Dane ‘The Pain’ Samson, the young pretender and son of a boxing legend, is fighting his own battles that lead to a tragedy that neither could predict. Gypsy Queen is an unconventional love story between two fighters who discover the greatest challenge lies outside the ring.

TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 15+ In the Chambers The Bumper Blyton Improvised Adventure Last Resort is an alternative future for Guantanamo Bay. You’ll sit in a deckchair, Fri 27 Apr | 20:00 you’ll get a rum cocktail on arrival and The picnic hamper’s packed, so cast you’ll feel the sand between your toes. yourself back to the 1940s when you could We’ll show you around. delight in lashings of ginger beer, a mouth 2Magpies Theatre will take you through full of tongue sandwich or get your lips the tropical haze on a unique multi- round a nice spotted dick! sensory package holiday. Last Resort In this riotous improvised spoof of the is a menacing fiction, made entirely nation's most beloved author, the all-star of unimaginable fact. cast spin an entirely new adventure for Seating for this show will be unreserved grown-ups using audience suggestions deck chairs. and inspiration from the Blyton classics.

TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 12+ TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 11+ In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Chambers DANCE

Waterside and Contact co-present Company of Dreams presents 201 Dance Scheherazade Company: SKIN and 1001 Nights Fri 9 Feb | 19:30 Sun 29 Apr | 19:00

‘ 201 have created a masterpiece of human sensitivity’ ‘ Thrilling...Thought provoking’ Edinburgh Culture

With this thrilling explosion of dance, fire and illusion, Company of Dreams transports you to the exotic, dangerous This is not my body this is not Andrea Walker directs a cast of 7 dancers and magical world of the Arabian Nights. my body this is not my body in a fast paced, emotionally driven story In this brand new production of one of the greatest stories of the ancient world, After the sell-out international tour of of family, identity and belonging. Scheherazade and her magical tales of Smother, 201 Dance Company’s award- Part of Queer Contact Festival 2018, genies, ghouls and faeries, of Sinbad, winning Hip Hop theatre comes to celebrating LGBT arts and culture Aladdin and Ali Baba, are retold in a Waterside with SKIN: a boy’s intimate across Greater from unique blend of jazz, bellydance and journey of gender transition to discover 3-24 February 2018. Latin dance, plus fire and illusion. a body that feels like home. contactmcr.com/queercontact Fusing urban and contemporary styles TICKETS: £12 / £10 inc Under 25s | AGE: 12+ TICKETS: £16 / £14 | AGE: 12+ with an original score, choreographer In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre AN AUDIENCE WITH COMEDY

Norwell Lapley Productions Ltd presents Paul Gambaccini: Simon Day An Evening with in Character The Great Gambo – Thu 15 Mar | 19:30 The Professor of Pop Thu 26 Apr | 19:30

For the first time, Paul Gambaccini reveals how he started life as a boy in the Bronx and wound up The Professor of Pop in Great Britain. Together with clips of great artists he has known, he will explain what it was like to experience the phenomena of as a child and as a teenager, how he got into radio, his early experiences with Rolling Stone magazine, his fascinating years at Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Classic FM, and his regular Simon Day brings his remarkable television appearances. RLN Music Ltd presents characters to stage including: TICKETS: £23.50 Jason Donovan Brian Pern - prog rocker and humanitarian In the Robert Bolt Theatre Brian will perform a unique piece & His Amazing involving music and some modern dance. Mid-Life Crisis Billy Bleach - Fast Show pub bore and star Fri 27 Apr | 19:30 of 2003 Grass witness protection comedy. Billy will be speaking to the public for This intimate gig will be a unique the first time since being in rehab for opportunity to see Jason like you’ve never gambling and constant overt sexist seen him before! remarks in the pub. Geoffrey Allerton At aged 491/2 and with a wealth of - unpublished Yorkshire poet – will be tantalising tales under his belt, this reading from his poetry collection autobiographical show will take Jason’s Marking Time. Finally Tony Beckton - looming 50th birthday as its starting one of Britain's most dangerous men point and will zigzag back and forth and habitual criminal who has served through his life. over 27 years in various prisons – will be Hear some new stories (and possibly one reading from his memoirs Beyond Reason or two you’ve heard before!) plus some of and discussing the problems he faces the songs you know and love for a night trying to go straight and not headbutting like no other! any traffic wardens.

TICKETS: £25 TICKETS: £19.50 / £16.50 | AGE: 14+ In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre COMEDY

Lakin McCarthy present George Egg: Best Of Buzz Comedy DIY Chef Waterside’s Legendary Sat 3 Feb | 20:00 Sun 4 Feb | 19:30 Monthly Comedy Night Headliner Mick Ferry is renowned as a fine purveyor of lugubrious surrealism, Comedian George Egg (the ‘Anarchist Showcasing Brand New Oldham attitude and Mancunian wit. Cook’) returns with a BRAND NEW SHOW and Established Talent Ben van der Velde is a sharp and crafty demonstrating more live cooking and gag-smith who performs with vitality laugh-out-loud comedy. Relocated to the garden shed, his imagination and and spontaneity. resourcefulness lead him to build an Sharing a spot are two fast-rising new improvised kitchen there instead. stars: nerdy offbeat laughs from Tom During an inspiring and inventive evening Short, and daft musical cameos from of stand-up, live cooking and comedy Edy Hurst. lecture, George prepares a breakfast, a lunch and a dinner using the most Sat 3 Mar | 20:00 unconventional of methods. Headliner Conor Drum follows in the It’s funny, inspiring and absurd in equal tradition of brilliant raconteurs from measure. Expect power tools, gardening Dublin, like listening to your funniest equipment and office supplies to be friend in the pub. re-purposed and abused. Expect lots of Alistair Williams has a reputation for laughs. Expect to learn something new. the quality of the laughs he generates. And you get to taste the food at the end. Simon Feilder is exuberant, extremely ‘the wonderfully talented George Egg is Matt Forde: A Show slick, and highly entertaining. genuinely unique’ The Independent Hastily Rewritten in Light TICKETS: £15 / £13 | AGE: 14+ of Recent Events - Again! In the Robert Bolt Theatre Sat 14 Apr | 20:00 Wed 2 May | 20:00 The legendary Smug Roberts has The UK's leading political comedian genuinely funny bones, and can and host of Unspun presents a show provoke peals of laughter from a quirky completely changed by events which colloquialism. haven’t yet happened. Ultra-topical Comedy & Curry Deal £23.95 Tanyalee Davis is a 3 foot and 6 inch comedy as seen on The Royal Variety Enjoy a starter, main course with rice/naan stand-up from Canada with a racy and Performance, Mock the Week, (from the meal deal menu) at Massala Lounge raunchy style.​ and Question Time. Now with added Trump. (opposite Waterside) – all for just £23.95. Alex Love brings some pub-quiz-based ‘Possibly the best political comedy show on Available before or after the show. Book via fun and some squid-based puns. the Fringe’ The Telegraph Box Office on 0161 912 5616 ‘A first-class comic’

TICKETS: £16 | AGE: 16+ TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 18+ In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Chambers MUSIC Joe Brown: Just Joe GS Concert Promotions Ltd present Thu 25 Jan | 19:30 The Blues Band Fri 9 Mar | 19:00 doors A real survivor and a mega musical talent, the musician’s musician Joe Brown has Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, seen it all and, as his fans can testify, his and Gary Fletcher. tales of life on the road are, quite simply, Many of the Blues Band’s 21st century hilarious. He has stories and jokes - and fans weren’t even born when these he knows how to tell ‘em. five virtuosos, already music industry Just Joe will see Joe talk about becoming veterans, decided to fly in the face of a Rock ‘N’ Roll pioneer and touring with musical fashion in 1979 and form a band the likes of Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury ‘just to play the blues’. No one could and Gene Vincent before headlining have predicted that, 39 years on, they’d MLM Concerts Ltd present shows with The Beatles as opening act. still be dazzling audiences with their This show, however, will not only be Cregan & Co - showmanship and virtuosity. About 20 stories and anecdotes it will feature a lot The Songs of albums and thousands of gigs later, of music, aided and abetted by his old they’ve earned a reputation around the friend Henry Gross. world as one of the finest exponents of the Sun 4 Mar | 19:30 blues tradition in all its forms. With this TICKETS: £25 line-up, it’s hardly surprising. Fancourt Music presents In the Robert Bolt Theatre More than 40 years on from co-writing, False Lights co-producing, and musically directing TICKETS: £25 adv / £28 on the door for Rod Stewart, Jim Cregan has formed In the Robert Bolt Theatre Fri 16 Mar | 19:30 his own band to perform that incredible False Lights are a six piece electric folk musical heritage. He is joined by four group formed in 2014 by Jim Moray other multi-talented musicians who have and Sam Carter, two of British folk’s played with the likes of Art Garfunkel, most celebrated and forward looking Frank Zappa, , The Who, Jeff performers. Melding traditional English Beck, and The Faces. ballads with alt-rock, electronica and Jim co-wrote the hits, recorded the shapenote hymn tunes, their meteoric albums, and toured the world with Rod – rise saw them headline festivals before writing and performing You’re in My Heart, even releasing an album. While steadily I Was Only Joking, Baby Jane, Have building a reputation as a ‘must see’ More Fun, Forever Young, D’Ya Think I’m Sexy live act, their eventual record ‘Salvor’ and many more number 1 hits. Now he is was received with five star reviews and taking to the road to present the very best nominated for Best Album at the BBC of Rod Stewart – the songs that formed Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016. the soundtrack to our lives for more than ‘Exhilarating and unexpected’ 30 years. The Guardian

TICKETS: £23 TICKETS: £17 In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre MUSIC Laughing Dog Music presents Fri 23 Mar | 20:00 The Boo

The magic of Kathryn Williams is difficult Hewerdine Band to capture - that elegant vocal, the Sat 14 Apr | 19:30 eloquent way with words. From dusty Brit Award winning, former Fairground Americana to playful jazz re-workings, Attraction singer and Scottish national and so much more besides, every record treasure is perhaps the Williams puts her name to burns with artist Boo Hewerdine is most regularly a meticulousness and an honesty that associated with, as a , casts a spell all of her own making, musician and producer. Together they following in the shadow of the listener for enjoyed international success with days at a time, for years to come. Ear Trumpet Music presents the (Hewerdine written) hit single TICKETS: £15 in 1995 and Boo also In the Chambers Young Waters produced Reader’s Sings the Songs of Sat 21 Apr | 20:00 Robert Burns in 2003, an album now viewed as a folk classic. Winners of the New Shoots Competition, Bath Folk Festival 2016 Boo Hewerdine is one of the greatest ‘Energetic, original...excellent stage presence songwriter performers in the business and varied, enchanting material...’ and a unique talent. Young Waters’ twisted neo-folk is a TICKETS: £16 tapestry of emotionally powerful vocals, In the Robert Bolt Theatre stirring harmonies, lyrical strings and Cuffe & Taylor presents finely mastered acoustic guitar. MLM Concerts Ltd presents Their exhilarating rhythms and intricate melodies, coupled with a repertoire that Sat 28 Apr | 19:30 The Simon & combines startling original material with Garfunkel Story traditional folk songs, makes for a La Voix is the larger than life star from Absolutely Fabulous The Movie, Britain’s Got Tue 27 Mar | 19:30 captivating stage presence. Talent semi-finalist and the UK’s most The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back! TICKETS: £15 dazzling performer. Using huge projection photos and original In the Chambers Join La Voix for the BEST night out of the film footage, this 50th Anniversary year, featuring live musicians, hilarious celebration also features a full live band comedy, incredible live singing and vocal performing all the hits including impersonations, from Cher to Shirley Mrs Robinson, Cecilia, Bridge Over Troubled Bassey, La Voix spares no diva! La Voix is Water, Homeward Bound and many more. simply the best, and this is one hot ticket ‘Authentic and Exciting’ The Stage you don’t want to miss!

TICKETS: £20 TICKETS: £18.50 In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre FAMILIES February Half Term Shows

Hullabaloo Theatre presents Hawk Dance Theatre & The Knotted Project present Big Wooden Horse presents Bear & Butterfly The Chit Chat Monstersaurus! ComedySportz Sun 21 Jan | 11:30 & 14:00 Sat 3 Mar | 11:30 & 14:30 4 Tots Chalk Show Sat 20 Jan | 10 Feb | 17 Mar | Tue 13 Feb | 11:30 & 14:00 Bear’s life changes when he meets Follow the young inventor Monty as 28 Apr | 15:00 Caterpillar. One day Caterpillar becomes Join our magical chalky adventure! Kiko he creates a whole world of whacky Highly interactive, this friendly, non- sick. Bear fears he will lose his friend, but embarks upon a quest to discover the inventions and incredible monsters, competitive version of the show is instead he grows into a beautiful butterfly mixture of emotions and colours that but he has a problem - now he has packed with silly games and songs for who flies high and has stories of his own. make her unique! made them all, what is he going to do with them?! even younger audiences. TICKETS: £9 / £7 / Family Club £4.50 TICKETS: £9 / £7 / Family Club £4.50 AGE: 4 - 7 | 50 mins TICKETS: £5 / £3 AGE: 3 - 8 | 60 mins TICKETS: £12 / £10 / Family Club £4.50 AGE: 6 and under | 45 mins In the Chambers In the Robert Bolt Theatre AGE: 3+ | 50 mins In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Chambers

Spark the Box Tale Soup presents ComedySportz Lyngo Theatre presents Wind in Sat 20 Jan | 10 Feb | 17 Mar | Tom Thumb Goblin Wizard the Willows 28 Apr | 18:30 Sat 3 Feb | 14:30 Fri 16 Feb | 11:00 & 14:30 Sun 18 Mar | 11:30 & 14:30 Sun 4 Feb | 11:30 & 14:30 An all ages, all improvised show where Written and performed by Dommy B A beautiful new adaptation of Kenneth two teams battle it out for laughs as This classic tale is brought to life in a Spark's magic can turn anything into Grahame’s much loved classic, featuring players create quick-witted sketches, playful and fascinating show when Tom anything... However, something strange handmade puppets, props and costume, scenes and songs from whatever shows everybody that even though he is and terrible begins to happen and poet and a charming original score. suggestions are thrown at them by small he is still mighty. Dommy B needs your help to save the day! ‘They are wonderful’ The Times the audience.

TICKETS: £9 / £7 / Family Club £4.50 TICKETS: £9 / £7 / Family Club £4.50 TICKETS: £9 / £7 / Family Club £4.50 TICKETS: £7 / £5 AGE: 3+ | 50 mins AGE: 5+ | 65 mins inc interval AGE: 4+ | 60 mins AGE: 7+ | 2 hrs inc interval In the Chambers In the Chambers In the Chambers In the Chambers FAMILIES Easter Holiday Shows FILM Little Angel Theatre presents Tickets just £5 Manchester Red Riding Hood Family Rave Family films £2.50 for by the Sea (2016) & the Wolf Fri 13 Apr | 11:00 - 12.30 Family Club members (15; 2h 17m) Thu 29 Mar | 19:00 A depressed uncle is asked Sat 31 Mar | 11:30 & 14:30 Waterside’s ultimate family party to take care of his teenage returns – taking you back to the 90s and nephew after the boy's Written by Jon Barton noughties for the very best family rave. Moulin Rouge (2001) father dies. Robyn can’t relate to Red Riding Hood, You’ll have a ball with DJ Duncacinno! (12; 2h 7m) Wed 14 Feb | 19:00 sugar and spice and all things nice. There A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan are two sides to every tale. What if the Big TICKETS: £3 / Under 12 months £1 The Boss Baby (2017) whom a jealous duke covets Bad Wolf wasn’t big or bad at all? In the Robert Bolt Theatre (U; 1h 37m) Sat 21 Apr | 11:00 Valentine’s £25 Package A suit-wearing, briefcase- TICKETS: £9 / £7 / Family Club £4.50 Includes 2 tickets, a bottle of carrying baby pairs up with AGE: 7+ | 50 mins pink prosecco & truffles. his 7-year old brother to stop In the Chambers the dastardly plot of the CEO Despicable Me 3 (2017) of Puppy Co. (U; 1h 30m) Sat 17 Feb | 14:00 Gru meets his long-lost charming, Sing-a-Long Trolls cheerful, and more successful twin (2016) brother Dru who wants to team up (U; 1h 32m) Sat 21 Apr | 14:00 with him for one last criminal heist. After last year’s sell out, Sing-A-Long Trolls returns to La La Land (2016) Waterside! After the Bergens (12; 2h 8m) Sat 17 Feb | 19:00 invade Troll Village, Poppy, the While navigating their careers in Los happiest Troll ever born, and Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall the curmudgeonly Branch set in love while attempting to reconcile off to rescue her friends. their aspirations for the future. Third Party Productions Ltd presents Dunkirk (2017) Noggin the Nog The Big Sick (2017) (12; 1h 46m) Sat 21 Apr | 19:00 MEI International presents Tue 3 Apr | 14:30 (15; 2h) Thu 1 Mar | 19:00 Allied soldiers from Belgium, Sarah & Duck Pakistan-born comedian Kumail the British Empire and In the Lands of the North where the black Thu 3 May | 14:00 Nanjiani and grad student Emily France are surrounded by rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in Gardner fall in love but struggle as the German Army and the dark night that is very long, the Men of The enchanting world of Sarah and Duck is their cultures clash. evacuated during a fierce the Northlands sit around their great log brought to life in a brand-new stage show, battle in World War II. fires and they tell a tale ...... Of Noggin featuring the wonderful characters from SING! (2016) the Nog! the BAFTA award-winning CBeebies show. (U; 1h 48m) Thu 29 Mar | 14:00 Come to 4 films – TICKETS: £9 / £7 / Family Club £4.50 TICKETS: £12 / £10 / Family ticket £40 / A hustling theatre impresario get the 5th free! AGE: 5+ | 2 x 45 min shows plus interval Family Club £4.50 | AGE: 3+ | 60 mins attempts to save his theatre with Pick up a loyalty card at Box Office In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre a singing competition. or call 0161 912 5616 for info

Sarah & Duck © Karrot Entertainment Distributed by BBC Worldwide Ltd. EXHIBITIONS CREATIVE INDUSTRIES Animation City Presents Creative Industries Trafford Cosgrove Hall Creative Industries Trafford (CIT) is Waterside's artist and professional development Films strand, providing talks, masterclasses, opportunities and mentoring for artists. Until Sat 17 Feb Cross Platform Waterside Open Waterside is the new home of the Narratives Artists’ Talk Cosgrove Hall Films archive! We're Thu 1 Mar | 18:30 – 21:00 Thu 3 May | 19:00 – 21:00 celebrating with an exhibition featuring your favourite Cosgrove Hall characters, As new platforms for stories continue Meet prize-winning visual artists from including Dangermouse, Bill and Ben The to emerge – how do storytellers create the Waterside Open 2018, alongside Peter Flower Pot Men, Noddy, and many more. narratives that can adapt from print Davis (a prize-winner from the Waterside Expect to see original puppets, story to stage to screen? This panel discussion Open 2016 and One Year On exhibition boards and props being exhibited features Ric Michael (producer, Aeon: 2017), discussing their work and looking together for the first time, alongside Miracle app and ex Head of Development at how Open exhibitions provide a behind-the-scenes insights into the at Baby Cow, Manchester) and Dan platform for artists to develop in their field. creative processes that brought this array Cooper, Development Producer at TICKETS: £3 of beloved characters to the screen. BBC Interactive. In the Studio Free Entry TICKETS: £5 In the Studio Coming Soon CIT Scratch Night Northern Lights Thu 19 Apr | 19:00 – 21:30 Writers’ Conference Join us for this two-part event featuring Sat 12 May | 10.30 – 17:00 work-in-progress performances from CIT’s writers’ conference returns for its some of the region’s most innovative fifth incarnation – an inspiring day of theatre makers in the return of our masterclasses, talks and workshops from popular Scratch Night. We’ll also be leading authors, agents and publishers. Waterside Open – Call for Entries launching an outline of CIT’s two year watersidearts.org/northernlights CPD and commissions scheme for National Exhibiting Work can be submitted in any medium theatre-makers. If you’d like to present TICKETS: £35 / £30 except live art. Full details of how to submit Opportunity a developing piece at this event, In the Robert Bolt Theatre work, and entry forms (available to download send a short outline to The Waterside Open returns for the sixth from from 1 Dec 17) at watersidearts.org/open [email protected] time. This national exhibiting opportunity creativeindustriestrafford.org will showcase a wide range of high quality There will be £1850 worth of prizes, plus TICKETS: £5 and contemporary art, craft and design visitors can vote for Visitors Choice Award. In the Chambers from established and emerging artists, There will also be a group exhibition for the designers and makers from the North 2018 winners at the Waterside in 2019. West and across the UK. SUBMISSION DATES: Fri 23 Feb 16.30 - 19.00 EXHIBITION RUNS: Thu 15 Mar - Sat 19 May & Sat 24 Feb 11.00 - 16.00 CLASSES AT A GLANCE Classes for Adults of all Abilities Spring Season Jan – Apr 2018 See our families brochure for young people and family classes! January MONTHLY CLASSES 20 ComedySportz 4 Tots 15:00 21 Jane Eyre: An Autobiography 19:30 Tuesday Tuesday 20 ComedySportz 18:30 22 If I Say Jump 19:30 21 Bear & Butterfly 11.30 | 14:00 23 Kathryn Williams 20:00 Write Out Loud Open Floor Visible Dance 25 Joe Brown 19:30 27 The Simon & Garfunkel Story 19:30 Poetry Evenings 10:30 – 12:00 26 Book of Darkness & Light 19:30 29 Sing! 14:00 16 Jan | 20 Feb | 20 Mar | 17 Apr (integrated session, open to all) £3.50 27 Trumpageddon 19:30 29 Manchester By The Sea 19:00 19:30 | £3 / £2 Dance for adults with learning disabilities. 31 Red Riding Hood & the Wolf 11:30 | 14:30 A casual evening to try out your poetry on Sing & Sign February a crowd, or just enjoy a drink and listen!​ 13:30 – 15:00 1 – 3 Mr Darcy Loses The Plot 19:30 April writeoutloud.net (integrated session, open to all) £3.50 3 – 4 Tom Thumb times vary 3 Noggin the Nog 14:30 Thursday A sign-along choir session for adults of 3 Buzz Comedy 20:00 4 The Time Machine 19:30 mixed abilities. 4 George Egg: DIY Chef 19:30 11 – 12 The Scary Bikers 19:30 Tea Dance 9 201 Dance Company: SKIN 19:30 13 Family Rave 11:00 11 Jan | 8 Feb | 8 Mar | 12 Apr Wild Colours Art Group 10 ComedySportz 4 Tots 15:00 14 The Boo Hewerdine Band 19:30 13:30 - 15.30 | £3 (price includes tea 10:00 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 15:00​ 10 ComedySportz 18:30 14 Buzz Comedy 20:00 and biscuits). There’s tuition as well £3 (price includes materials) 13 The Chit Chat Chalk Show 11:30 | 14:00 20 Last Resort 19:00 | 20:30 as social sequence dancing. Art class suitable for all abilities including adults with learning disabilities. 14 Moulin Rouge 19:00 21 Boss Baby 11:00 WEEKLY CLASSES 16 Spark The Goblin Wizard 11:00 | 14:30 21 Trolls 14:00 Wednesday 17 Despicable Me 3 14:00 Monday 21 Dunkirk 19:00 Dance Discovery 17 La La Land 19:00 21 Young Waters 20:00 Life Story 10:30 – 12:30 | £4 March 26 Gypsy Queen 19:45 10:30 - 12:30 | £3 Over 50s creative dance class. 26 Paul Gambaccini 19:30 1 The Big Sick 19:00 A music and memory project for adults with a Booking essential. 27 Jason Donovan 19:30 3 Montersaurus 11.30 | 14:30 learning disability and/or memory loss. Artful Voices Choir 27 The Bumper Blyton 3 Buzz Comedy 20:00 Wild Colours Art Group 19:30 – 21:15 (incl. tea break) £7 Improvised Adventure 20:00 4 Cregan & Co 19:30 13.00 – 15:00 | £3 (price includes materials) Join Artful Voices and sing songs arranged 28 ComedySportz 4 Tots 15:00 8 Wilde Without The Boy 19:30 Art class suitable for all abilities including specifically for you. Learn music, make friends 28 ComedySportz 18:30 9 The Blues Band doors 19:00 adults with learning disabilities. and have fun! No audition necessary. 28 La Voix 19:30 15 Simon Day in Character 19:30 Body Control Pilates Info on 0161 438 2012 or 29 Scheherazade and 1001 Nights 19:00 16 False Lights 19:30 18:00 – 19:00, 19:00 – 20:00 & 20:00 – 21:00 [email protected] 17 ComedySportz 4 Tots 15:00 May For more information, call Laura on 17 ComedySportz 18:30 2 Matt Forde 20:00 07867 914054 18 Wind In The Willows 11:30 | 14:30 3 Sarah & Duck 14:00

Exhibitions Animation City presents Cosgrove Hall Films Until: Sat 17 Feb Classes are term-time only. Waterside Open Thu 15 Mar – Sat 19 May For further details call Waterside on 0161 912 5616 unless stated otherwise. Visit watersidearts.org for more fantastic events coming up in May How to Book In person Seating Mon - Sat 10:00 - 17:00 The majority of shows in the Robert Bolt Theatre Event and term time class nights 10:00 - 19:00 are reserved seating. Any shows taking place No booking fee for cash and debit card payments. in the Chambers or standing events are Online generally unreserved. watersidearts.org Access Powered by Ticketline Waterside is a fully accessible venue, with a 8% booking fee. 50p min per ticket. ramp to the entrance and wheelchair spaces in Handling/postage fees apply. the theatres. For further information, call 0161 912 By phone 5616 or visit watersidearts.org/access 0161 912 5616 Location Times as above. £2.50 transaction fee Waterside, 1 Waterside Plaza, Sale, per booking. Trafford, M33 7ZF By textbox We are located next to the Town Hall and 0161 912 2102 Bridgewater Canal in Sale town centre, 20 (option 4). Ext 5899 minutes from Manchester city centre. We are directly opposite Sale Metrolink station and just Concessions & group bookings off the A56 (Junction 7, M60). A 300-space Q-Park 16s and under; students in full-time education; multi-storey car park is within easy walking over 60s; retirees; visual and hearing impaired distance on Broad Road. Claim your 20% discount people; disabled people in receipt of benefits; at Box Office. For sat nav directions, please use those claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance; Active Q-Park’s postcode M33 2AE. Trafford pass holders. Buy 10 tickets and get the 11th free. Our galleries are open Mon - Sat 10:00 - 17:00. For details on ticket collection, lost tickets, ticket Free entry, donation welcomed. refunds or exchanges and latecomers please visit watersidearts.org/howtobook Box Office /watersidearts watersidearts.org @watersidearts 0161 912 5616 watersidearts_

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