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SUMMER AUTUMN 2016 Stockport’s Super Cinema and Variety Theatre MERSEY SQUARE BOX OFFICE: 0161 477 7779 STOCKPORT GROUP BOOKINGS: 0843 208 1495 CHESHIRE. SK1 1SP WWW.STOCKPORTPLAZA.CO.UK TED DOAN General Manager In October 1932 a vision was born for Stockport and the North West in the form of a Super Cinema and Variety Theatre with a sumptuous Café that would evoke the glorious glamour of the era in a building that was a palace for the giant silver screen, the greatest stage productions and delightful fine dining for the entire family to enjoy. Over 80 years later we are still providing you with this service in the finest Art Deco surroundings. This brochure that you are holding contains information about a host of sensational big screen and live stage events including this year’s blockbusting family pantomime ‘PETER PAN’ which stars the truly ‘nastiest’ Captain Hook imaginable played by the fabulous JOHN ALTMAN known to millions of TV fans as ‘Nasty’ Nick Cotton from Eastenders. 2016 has seen the launch of ‘The Green Room’ for superb cabaret style events and the success of this wonderful performance locale goes from strength to strength whilst our Silver Screen Film Concession which we also launched this year can be found on a number of the cinematic presentations detailed in this brochure. Finally, did you know that The Plaza has been the bespoke wedding venue of choice for many wonderful couples over the years and we continue to have the honour of being part of these life time celebrations to this very day. If you are seeking the perfect location for your family celebrations, meetings or corporate events please do not hesitate to contact our Events and Hospitality Manager Vicky Cruse and her details can be found on Page 63 within this brochure. Patrons of The Plaza: Leslie Phillips CBE; Sabrina; The Right Honourable, The Baroness Bakewell DBE; & Ken Dodd OBE. Show Icon Key ADULTS DRAMA MUSIC COMEDY ONLY FAMILY SILVER DANCE FILM SHOW SCREENING 1 2 June 2016 FILM: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Friday 3 rd June at 11.00am & 7.30pm Stomping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap-dancing, TICKETS violating… Derby-topped Teddy boy hooligan Alex (Malcolm £6.50 McDowell) has his own way of having a good time. He has it at CONCESSIONS the tragic expense of others... Alex’s journey from amoral punk £5.50 to brainwashed citizen forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick’s future shock vision of Anthony Burgess’ novel. FILM CLUB MEMBERS Unforgettable images, startling musical counterpoints, the £4.50 fascinating language used by Alex and his pals – Kubrick shapes them in a shattering whole. Hugely controversial when released, the power of its art is such that it entices, shocks and holds us in its grasp. SILVER SCREEN CONCESSIONS FOR 11AM SCREENING: £5.50 LET'S DO IT AGAIN Saturday 4 th June at 7.30pm From the birth of rock 'n' roll to the demise of the Beatles TICKETS £18.50 What makes this show so different? These boys are young, vibrant, happy and exciting with a genuine love for the period. CONCESSIONS It’s as if you have gone back in a time machine. No middle aged £16.50 guys with wigs - this is the real thing! Artists covered in the show include: The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Spencer Davis Group, Simon and Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, The Searchers, Sam and Dave, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Roy Orbison, The Beatles and many more! 3 STOCKPORT PLAZA BOX OFFICE: 0161 477 7779 June 2016 RSC LIVE ON SCREEN: HAMLET Wednesday 8 th June at 7.00pm Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a TICKETS hedonistic life studying abroad when word reaches him that his £15.00 father is dead. CONCESSIONS Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his £13.00 certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world. NT ENCORE SCREENING: THE AUDIENCE Thursday 9 th June at 7.00pm Winner of three Tony Awards® and two Olivier Awards, TICKETS National Theatre Live’s smash-hit broadcast of the original West £15.00 End production of The Audience – featuring Helen Mirren’s CONCESSIONS multi-award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II – £13.00 returns to cinemas in celebration of the monarch’s 90th birthday. Written by Peter Morgan (The Queen) and directed by two-time Tony Award® winner and Academy Award® nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours), these special encore screenings include an exclusive Q&A with Helen Mirren and director Stephen Daldry. BOOK ONLINE: WWW.STOCKPORTPLAZA.CO.UK 4 June 2016 BYE BYE BABY: THE STORY OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS Friday 10 th June at 7.30pm Bye Bye Baby takes you on a musical journey through the career TICKETS of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, whose songs graced such £18.50 films as The Deer Hunter, Dirty Dancing and Grease. CONCESSIONS From their early beginning in the 1950s, this show celebrates the £17.50 greatest hits such as ‘Beggin’; ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’; ‘Walk Like A Man’; ‘Bye Bye Baby’; ‘Can’t Take my Eyes off You’; ‘Fallen Angel’ and ‘Grease'. The combination of world class vocals and harmonies, along with snappy choreography and a vast catalogue of hits makes for a memorable and unforgettable night of nostalgia. AN AUDIENCE WITH IAN WAITE AND NATALIE LOWE IN A TOUCH OF CLASS Saturday 11th June at 8.15pm Ian and Natalie will deliver a night you will remember forever… TICKETS FROM The Strictly Come Dancing favourites will perform a dance £24.00 showcase spectacular designed to dazzle and wow you. The pro pairing are best known for their high intensity performances on CONCESSIONS the hit BBC show. Ian and Natalie have become family AND GROUP R ATES favourites, as they are always pushing the boundaries of dance AVAILABLE to bring the best out of their celebrity couple. In addition to the performance there are 60 higher-priced tickets for a pre show meet and greet opportunity with Ian and Natalie for photos and autographs. Meet and Greet tickets cost an extra £10 but must be bought in conjunction with show tickets. 5 STOCKPORT PLAZA BOX OFFICE: 0161 477 7779 June 2016 DONNA LEWIS: 'BRAND NEW DAY' ALBUM LAUNCH TOUR Tuesday 14 th June at 7.30pm ‘I Love You Always Forever’ (from the multiple-platinum selling TICKETS ‘Now In A Minute’) was a global hit for Donna Lewis – a No. 1 £20.00 chart classic for which people around the world still have boundless affection. The Welsh native is an artist of many dimensions and her eagerly awaited new album, Brand New Day (released 17th June), sees a striking departure from anything she has done before. Donna’s UK tour features a stellar group of four A-list musicians, who have collectively worked with everyone from the Rolling Stones to Shirley Horn to Quincy Jones to Billy Cobham. FILM: THE DRESSMAKER Friday 17 th June at 11.00am & 7.30pm Kate Winslet stars as a dressmaker out for revenge in this quirky TICKETS comedy-drama. It's 1951 and Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage (Kate £6.50 Winslet) is returning to her hometown of Dungatar in Australia, CONCESSIONS decades after she was hounded out on suspicion of murder. Tilly £5.50 has spent the past 20 years as a high-class dressmaker in Paris and is coming home to care for her ill mother (Judy Davis). FILM CLUB MEMBERS When she arrives in Dungatar, she soon finds that her fashion £4.50 background makes her newly popular, but behind her role as the town’s new dress consultant lies a desire to enact revenge on the people who made her leave all those years ago. SILVER SCREEN CONCESSIONS FOR 11AM SCREENING: £5.50 BOOK ONLINE: WWW.STOCKPORTPLAZA.CO.UK 6 June 2016 A NIGHT IN VENICE BY CANDLELIGHT Saturday 18 th June at 7.30pm The next in the series of World On Stage’s classic opera series, TICKETS and from the producers of Magical Mozart and A Viennese £18.50 Strauss Gala is this glittering Opera Extravaganza. CONCESSIONS Recreating all of the romance and glamour of Venetian soirées, £17.00 masked balls and society bustle, this show encapsulates some of the great music of Verdi, Puccini and Rossini. Performed by the European Baroque Ensemble, the show features Maria Kesselman (BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night) and Jonathan Ansell (of G4 Fame) performing arias from the Grand Operas of the day: Aida, Madam Butterfly, Turandot and many more. 7 STOCKPORT PLAZA BOX OFFICE: 0161 477 7779 June 2016 GLYNDEBOURNE LIVE SCREENING: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Tuesday 21 st June at 6.30pm Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) live from TICKETS Glyndebourne’s 2016 Festival with the London Philharmonic £15.00 Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Chorus. CONCESSIONS Mischief and mayhem run riot in Rossini’s most popular £13.00 comedy, directed by Annabel Arden with sparkling wit and playful energy springing directly from Rossini’s joyous music, PLEASE NOTE and conducted by Enrique Mazzola, this new production SUNG IN ITALIAN heralds the welcome return of a masterpiece not seen at WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.