Early Season Brochure 2016
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BOX OFFICE 01732 866114 www.heverfestival.co.uk SUMMER FESTIVAL 2016 Priority Information Bve come a Festival Friend to enjoy: Priority Booking and Ticket Discounts - full details inside v Priority Booking opens on Monday 22nd February v General Booking opens on Monday 14th March “We always enjoy our visits to the Hever Festival immensely. Fantastic setting and productions, it never fails to impress us.” FeThse tival Theatre at HEVER CASTLE Email - [email protected] Book online at www.heverfestival-tickets.co.uk FESTIVAL FRIENDS Supporting a Unique Arts Venue Would you like: v The best seats for your favourite shows this season? v To take advantage of Priority Booking? v To save 5% on all seats for all performances? v To receive additional discounts from our local partners Hever Castle Shops and The Guthrie Pavilion? Become a Festival Friend today for Just £25 Online: Go to www.heverfestival-tickets.co.uk and click on ‘Become a Friend’. You will receive a confirmation by email once you have successfully completed the application. By Post: Complete the enclosed Priority Booking Form with the shows you want to book for, and also tick the Festival Friends Annual Subscription box adding the £25 fee to your total. KEY DATES v Monday 22nd February: Priority Postal Booking Opens v Monday 29th February: Priority Booking Online and by Phone v Monday 14th March: General Booking Opens Priority Booking & Festival Friends Information v Priority Booking forms can be sent to the box office once completed, they will then be processed on a first come first served basis from Monday 22nd February when Priority Postal Booking Opens. v When priority booking opens online, your name and membership will be automatically recognised when you log in and you can select the Friends discount on your booking. v Festival Friends are entitled to a 5% discount on all full priced tickets booked throughout the season. Friends Discounts are not available on family, children or group tickets on which other discounts have already been applied. v Festival Friends can exchange tickets free of charge up to 3 days before the performance. Don’t miss out, become a Festival Friend today! BOX OFFICE 01732 866114 www.heverfestival.co.uk WELCOME To The Festival Theatre A Perfect Summer’s Evening We are delighted to send you advance information for this year’s season which is packed full of great shows and top quality entertainment. Last summer we enjoyed glorious weather in our stunning open-air location, and this year we are hoping for more of the same! Certainly the programme this season is as exciting and diverse as ever. “It’s quite magic coming to your performances” Highlights include spectacular shows celebrating the music of The Bee Gees, Billie Holiday, Simon and Garfunkel and Celine Dion; and we are thrilled to present two operatic productions both for the first time ever at Hever. Opera Brava present Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and for Gilbert and Sullivan fans, Illyria present Ruddigore. No Hever season would be complete without Festival favourites Kent Rep who this year present the Alan Ayckbourn classic, Time and Time Again. Plus Bromley Little Theatre return for their third year with a hilarious new production of Richard Bean’s popular play ‘One Man, Two Guvnors.’ Also back by popular demand, following their sell-out performances last year are The Magic of Motown, and The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars with a new show for 2016. All this and much more! To take advantage of priority booking and to get the best seats for the shows you want to see, you need to become a Festival Friend, it’s easy to do! See opposite for all the details. We’ll see you in the summer! The Festival Theatre Team “Fantastic setting and productions…these great evening theatre shows at Hever Castle are a must to see...” Theatre Development News We are always grateful for the donations we receive towards improvements of the Theatre facilities and site, and we were thrilled last season to reach our target for new canopies for the seating stands (pictured above). With the covered stage, and covered tiered seating stands our audience can enjoy the spectacular setting whatever the weather. Our next target is to improve the auditorium seating, and you can keep in touch with updates on Facebook or sign up to our E-mailing list to receive news on all our shows and unique venue too. “Very professional and a lovely setting on a summers evening, the pavilion restaurant was open and many people were enjoying a picnic before the show on the grass…all in all to be recommended!” Email - [email protected] Book online at www.heverfestival-tickets.co.uk FAMILY SHOWS Ticket Price: Adult - £16.50; Child - £14; Family Ticket (2A&2C/1A&3C) - £52 Performances start at 2.30pm; Gates open at 1.45pm; Exit 6pm ILLYRIA presents Danny the Champion of the World By Roald Dahl, adapted by David Wood Weds 1st & Thurs 2nd June Danny and his devoted father live in a caravan and operate the petrol station and garage. When Danny turns nine he is devastated to find out about his father’s secret passion for pheasant poaching in the estate of the nasty, greedy Victor Hazell, the local wealthy landowner. One night, Danny awakes to find his father has not returned from a night of poaching. Fearing that his father may be in danger, Danny sets off to rescue him. Soon, with a little help from the village, Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible and exciting plot ever attempted against Victor Hazell. Illyria promises a magnificent, funny and heart-warming story perfectly suited to the open-air. “…(Illyria were) amazing as usual. Loved every minute and can highly recommend.” Immersion Theatre presents The Wizard of Oz Wednesday 3rd August You are invited to click your heels and ease on down the yellow brick road as Immersion Theatre proudly presents a brand new adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, a magical family show guaranteed to have you in stitches from beginning to end! Join Dorothy on her quest to the Emerald City as she and her loyal friends: the brainless but cheeky scarecrow, the cowardly lion and the heartless (literally) tin man, navigate through the magical Land of Oz in search of the mighty and mysterious wizard. With the Wicked Witch of the West determined to stop them by any means necessary, however, will the spirit of friendship triumph over evil? With lashings of audience participation, dazzling costumes, an original script and plenty of laughter, this faithful re-telling promises to have you shouting, clapping and singing along to a host of brand new songs as Immersion Theatre presents a fantastic treat for all the family. Please note, this is a brand new family show and not the MGM version Chapterhouse Theatre Company presents “The performance (by Chapterhouse) was brilliant… Peter Pan written by J M Barrie and we really enjoyed spending time in the grounds Adapted by Laura Turner of the beautiful Hever Castle afterwards.” Thursday 11th August Chapterhouse Theatre Company are delighted to present the unforgettable story of Peter Pan the boy who wouldn’t grow up. Join Wendy, Michael and John Darling on their adventures with Peter, far away on the magical island of Neverland. There they encounter the enchanting mermaids, magical fairies and the cruellest pirate of them all, Captain Hook. Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French and in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, J.M.Barrie’s timeless classic is brought to life in a brand new adaptation by award winning writer Laura Turner, with original music and songs, and beautifully designed costumes. Join Peter and his friends for what promises to be a most magical afternoon this summer. BOX OFFICE 01732 866114 www.heverfestival.co.uk PLAYS Ticket Price: Sat - £18; Midweek - £16; Matinee - £14 Performances start at 8:00pm; Gates open at 6:30pm The KENT REP Production of Time and Time Again By Alan Ayckbourn Thurs 18th - Sun 21st August Matinee Performance at 2.30pm on Friday 19th August Kent Rep’s 2016 Hever production is vintage Ayckbourn and surely, one of his funniest. The action centres round ex- teacher Leonard, who despises the suburban life style of his sister and boorish brother-in-law with whom he has lived since he was locked out by his wife. Another of Leonard’s problems is that he finds it difficult to communicate with so called ‘normal’’ people. As a result, poetry quoting Leonard prefers to chat to Bernard, the garden gnome! When brother-in-law, Graham, brings home his employee, sports-mad Peter, and his attractive fiancée, Joan, who has attracted Graham’s own lecherous interest, it is ‘odd-ball’ Leonard to whom she takes a fancy. From that point “...it was a great show onwards, there ensues an hilarious sequence of incidents (by Kent Rep) that embrace all sorts of sporting and leisure activity such as we loved it...” cricket, football - even draughts. And not forgetting Leonard’s latest wheeze - Pond Dancing! Altogether, a wonderfully inventive and Bromley Little Theatre presents thought provoking comedy. Brilliant! One Man, Two Guvnors By Richard Bean Thurs 28th - Sat 30th July Matinee Performance at 2.30pm on Friday 29th July Following the success of Anne Boleyn (2014) and The Pitman Painters (2015), Bromley Little Theatre return to the Festival Theatre with their adaptation of the National Theatre’s internationally acclaimed smash- hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors. Richard Bean’s version of Carlo Goldoni’s classic Italian comedy, The Servant of Two Masters , follows the hilarious ups and downs of Frances and his desperate attempts to keep his ‘two guvnors’ apart, it is a glorious celebration of British comedy – a unique, laugh-out-loud mix of satire, songs, slapstick and glittering one-liners.