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SUMMER SEASON 2019

The Friars, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2AS Box Ofﬁce: 01227 787787 marlowetheatre.com WELCOME to The Marlowe’s Summer season. We’re proud to be presenting a diverse programme of drama, musicals, opera, comedy, dance and music for you, here in Kent’s major regional theatre in the heart of Canterbury.

This season includes two landmark plays by working class women writers – Shelagh Delaney’s 1950s classic A Taste Of Honey and Andrea Dunbar’s comedy Rita, Sue And Bob Too, which premiered at the Royal Court in 1982, when she was just nineteen. International dance comes to Canterbury with New York legend Mark Morris’s Pepperland and Dada Masilo’s stunning South African Giselle. Opera buffs have a treat in store with three sumptuous operas by Donizetti, Verdi and Handel presented by Glyndebourne and drama-lovers can see The Taming Of The Shrew, As You Like It and Measure For Measure performed in repertoire by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Philharmonia Orchestra’s glorious concert series is accompanied by a free digital orchestral installation, workshops and fringe performances in the Sidney Cooper Gallery on St Peter’s Street until 28 April. Over at the Kit on Stour Street, we’ve opened an immersive exhibition about Kent dramatists Christopher Marlowe and Aphra Behn and novelist Joseph Conrad, alongside our popular Escape Room. Both are open at weekends throughout the year – details on P41. If you love The Marlowe and the work that we do, then please consider supporting us. There are a range of membership options, from Friends to Creative Circle, which all feature benefts, including priority booking and social events. More information can be found at: marlowetheatre.com/memberships. Enjoy your visit!

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3 DANCE CONSORTIUM PRESENTS TUE 9 & WED 10 APR Mark Morris Dance Group’s Evenings 7.30pm Prices from £16.50* Pepperland Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information A vibrant new work from the world-famous call us or visit our website. choreographer. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Mark Morris swings into town with his unique tribute to Discounts (on selected seats) one of the best-selling albums of all time: The Beatles’ The Marlowe Friends £4 off top three prices Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Discovery Tickets This exuberant new dance work teases out the album’s Groups colourfully avant-garde heart, and eccentric charm, Schools £10 tickets (booking by phone or with playful and joyous originality. in person) A bold new score includes superbly creative reinventions of some of the album’s songs, including Show multi-buy Buy 3 shows save 15%, The A Day In The Life, When I’m Sixty-Four and Penny Marlowe Friends save 20% Lane, all performed live by a six-piece band and singer. “A truly joyous, celebratory work of art.” Show Talks Tue 9 Apr, post-show, free êêêêê THE TELEGRAPH Wed 10 Apr, post-show, free “A gorgeously entertaining and witty tribute to the

classic Beatles’ album.” THE GUARDIAN Dance at The Marlowe is sponsored by

4 MON 15-SAT 20 APR Benidorm Live Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm

By Derren Litten Prices from £24.50*

Book your tickets early to get the Final call for boarding! best price *Ticket prices are subject Starring Jake Canuso (Mateo), Janine Duvitski to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. (Jacqueline), Adam Gillen (Liam), Sherrie Hewson (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) (Joyce Temple-Savage), Shelley Longworth (Sam), Discounts (on selected seats) Tony Maudsley (Kenneth) and featuring Neptune’s very The Marlowe Friends £5 off top own Asa Elliott, this new stage version of Derren Litten’s three prices (Mon-Thu) smash-hit ITV comedy has been receiving standing Concessions (Mon-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed) ovations across the country. Groups (Mon-Thu) ITV’s award-winning comedy celebrates over a decade of all-inclusive hilarity, having followed the Solana holiday makers and staff for 10 series. Derren Litten has now written an all new set of Alicante escapades for the much-loved cast members as they swap sangria for the stage – after a quick spruce up at the Blow‘n’Go! “Strap in for one hell of a raucous ride!” êêêêê NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE

Recommended 12yrs+

5 OUT OF JOINT PRESENT WED 24-SAT 27 APR

Evenings 7.30pm Rita, Sue And Bob Too Sat matinee 2.30pm Prices from £15* The iconic and wickedly funny play. Book your tickets early to get the Best friends Rita and Sue get a lift home from married best price *Ticket prices are subject Bob after babysitting his kids. When he takes the scenic to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. route and offers them a taste of adult adventure, the (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) three start a fling each of them think they can control. Discounts (on selected seats) Told with wicked humour, startling insight and a great The Marlowe Friends £5 off top ear for dialogue, Andrea Dunbar’s semi-autobiographical three prices (Wed & Thu) Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu) play is a vivid portrait of girls caught between brutal Groups (Wed & Thu) childhood and an unpromising future, in this bold Access performances production directed by Kate Wasserberg. Captioned performance CAP Thu 25 Apr, 7.30pm “This is a great production... A blast of real life.” êêêê THE TIMES Show multi-buy Buy 3 shows save 15%, The “Bracingly uncensored and often very funny… Strongly Marlowe Friends save 20% recommended.” êêêê THE INDEPENDENT

“Hilarious, angry, and blazing with honesty.” Show Talk êêêê THE SCOTSMAN Wed 24 Apr, post-show, free Recommended 16yrs+, includes smoking, swearing, partial nudity and adult sexual content. Photo of previous cast of previous Photo 6

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CANTERBURY OPERATIC SOCIETY PRESENTS TUE 30 APR-SAT 4 MAY Lerner & Loewe's Evenings 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm My Fair Lady Prices from £13.25* Book your tickets early to get the Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. best price *Ticket prices are subject Music by Frederick Loewe. to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Gabriel Pascal's motion picture Pygmalion. Discounts (on selected seats) Original production directed and staged by Moss Hart. The Marlowe Friends £2 off top three prices (Tue-Fri) The classic musical. Concessions (Tue-Fri) Groups The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so she may pass as a lady. After a record-breaking run on Broadway, it was made into a popular flm. Includes musical numbers such as Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, I Could Have Danced All Night, On The Street Where You Live and I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face. My Fair Lady has frequently been called "the perfect musical". This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe.

7 A Beautiful Noise: Celebrating Neil Diamond SUN 14 APR 7.30PM Award-winning Fisher Stevens celebrates the life and music of Neil Diamond, PRESENTED BY ONE INCH BADGE What’s Love Got To one of the world’s greatest Dr John Cooper Clarke: ever singer-songwriters. Do With It? Fisher and his sensational Luckiest Guy Alive MON 22 APR 7.30PM band take you through THU 11 APR 7.30PM five decades of Diamond’s The joyous new show biggest hits including John Cooper Clarke shot to celebrating the music of the Brooklyn Roads, Heartlight, prominence in the 1970s as incredible Tina Turner. This is September Morn, Hello, the original ‘people’s poet’. the ultimate tribute concert Longfellow, Forever In Blue Today, John Cooper Clarke is as to one of the most iconic and Jeans, He Ain’t Heavy, relevant and vibrant as ever, his loved musical artists of our I Am... I Said, America, latest show is a mix of classic generation. Holy Holy and of course verse, new material and hilarious Prices from £29.50*, The Marlowe Sweet Caroline, plus ponderings on modern life. Friends £2 off many more. Prices from £27*, The Marlowe Friends £1.50 off price bands A & .B Please note this production is in no way endorsed by or associated with Neil Diamond. Prices from £27*, The Marlowe Friends £2 off

Paul Young: 35 Years The Solid Gold Of No Parlez Rock‘n’Roll Show MON 6 MAY 7.30PM TUE 7 MAY 7.30PM Everyone’s favourite 80s crooner Join us in celebrating Marty Wilde’s Paul Young is back on tour, 80th birthday, together with Eden performing his much loved album Kane, Mike Berry, and The Wildcats, No Parlez in celebration of 35 as well as special guest Little Miss years since its release. The album Sixties, Nancy Ann Lee. Performing produced Paul’s first UK number their own hits and collaborating 1 single – The Marvin Gaye cover live on stage, Marty, Eden and of Wherever I Lay My Hat and Mike, teen idols of their day, show hits Come Back & Stay and us how rock‘n’roll shaped the Love Of The Common People. style of music that we listen to. Prices from £32.50* Prices from £32.50*, The Marlowe Friends £2 off, Groups.

8 Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Live At The Marlowe WED 8 MAY 7.30PM Our hugely popular night of comedy returns with another stellar line-up of some of the country’s biggest and best comedians. This month’s bill includes Tom Allen, Tez Ilyas, Ed Gamble and Sarah Keyworth. May contain adult themes and language. Line ups subject to change. English Touring Opera’s Prices from £24*, Show multi-buy Verdi: Macbeth & Mozart: Idomeneo FRI 10 & SAT 11 MAY

New productions of Verdi’s stunning Shakespeare interpretation and Mozart’s first great opera. Macbeth: Macbeth will be king. But the cost of power is betrayal, murder and revenge. Idomeneo: A rich, emotional drama with unforgettable music. Jasper Carrott’s Stand Macbeth Schools Up And Rock Friday 10 May 7.30pm £10 tickets (booking by phone or in person) MON 10 JUN 7.30PM Idomeneo Saturday 11 May 7.30pm Multi buy The 2019 tour will see the 25% offMacbeth when booking legendary Jasper Carrott Prices from £26* Idomeneo alongside his musical compatriots, Discounts (on selected seats) the Bev Bevan Band. As well The Marlowe Friends & Friends Show Talks as being Jasper's mate, Bev is of ETO (£5 off top three prices) Fri 10 & Sat 11 May, 6.30pm, founding member of The Move and Concessions free, booking required ELO. This unique show gives the Discovery Tickets opportunity to see and hear great Groups artistes belting out a night of classic songs and Jasper back where he belongs... making us laugh! Prices from £32.50*

Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information 9 call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) TUE 14-SAT 25 MAY The Bodyguard Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Starring Alexandra Burke Prices from £28.25*

The smash-hit West End musical. Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject The international, award-winning smash-hit musical to change, for the latest information based on the blockbuster flm The Bodyguard is call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) back! Following her triumphant West End run and sell-out UK Tour, Alexandra Burke* returns to the role Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £5 off top of Rachel Marron. three prices (Mon-Thu) Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Concessions (Mon-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Tue 14-Thu 16 Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel eves) Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in Groups (Mon-Thu) charge – what they don’t expect is to fall in love. The Bodyguard features a host of irresistible classics including One Moment In Time, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Saving All My Love, Queen Of The Night, I Have Nothing and one of the greatest hit songs of all time – I Will Always Love You.

“The hottest ticket in town.” êêêêê SUNDAY MIRROR

*Alexandra Burke will perform the role of Rachel Marron at all evening performances only. The producers of The Bodyguard cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular artist, which is always subject to illness and holidays.

10 BIRMINGHAM STAGE COMPANY PRESENT THU 30 MAY-SUN 2 JUN

Terrible Tudors Horrible Histories Thu & Sat 10.30am Fri 7pm Sun 1.30pm Historical figures and events come alive on stage! Awful Egyptians We all want to meet people from history. The trouble Thu & Sat 1.30pm is everyone is dead! It’s time to prepare yourselves for Fri & Sun 10.30am two amazing shows with Horrible Histories! Using actors Prices from £17.50* and ground-breaking 3D special effects, these two Book your tickets early to get the astounding shows are guaranteed to thrill, as historical best price *Ticket prices are subject fgures come alive! to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. Terrible Tudors: From the horrible Henries to the end (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) of evil Elizabeth, hear the legends (and the lies!) about Discounts (on selected seats) the torturing Tudors. Survive the Spanish Armada as it Groups sails into the audience! Family Awful Egyptians: From the fascinating Pharaohs to the 4 Price Band A tickets for £65 power of the pyramids, discover the foul facts of death Multi-buy and decay with the meanest mummies in Egypt. 20% off when booking both shows

“The auditorium seems fit to combust spontaneously VenueShow sponsored Talk by in an explosion of joy and excitement!” THE TIMES Thu 30 May, post 1.30pm show, free “Wholly accessible, educating, entertaining and enjoyable. It’s a tour de force!” BBC.CO.UK

11 Sing-a-Long-a The Greatest Showman SAT 15 JUN 11AM & 3PM Experience The Greatest Showman Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra in the greatest way possible – with WED 12 & THU 13 JUN 7.30PM lyrics on the screen so you can A genuine British musical legend. After building his reputation sing along! Our live host will teach as part of Squeeze, in 1987, Jools formed The Jools Holland Big everyone a unique set of dance Band which gradually metamorphosed into the current 19-piece moves, and show you how to use Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, which consists our interactive prop bags. Fancy of pianist, organist, drummer, three female vocalists, guitar, bass dress is strongly encouraged! guitar, two tenor saxophones, two alto saxophones, baritone Please note this is a screening of the saxophone, three trumpets, and three trombones. movie not a live stage show. Prices from £39* Prices from £17.50*, Under 16yrs, Groups

Sing-a-Long-a Grease An Evening Of Eric & Ern The Marlowe Dance SAT 15 JUN 8PM SUN 23 JUN 7PM Network: The Planets Ever wanted to know what it’s A homage to the great double WED 3 JUL 7PM like to be a T-bird or a Pink act. Starring Jonty Stephens Lady but never quite felt cool and Ian Ashpitel, the Olivier- Holst's The Planets will provide enough to pull it off? Well, now nominated duo behind the the soundscape to this summer's is your chance! Sit back and critically-acclaimed West End showcase performance. Schools from across east Kent have been watch Danny and Sandy and hit Eric & Little Ern, this show is the gang, while singing and crammed full of renditions of working with the Philharmonia dancing along to the lyrics as those famous comedy sketches, Orchestra and a professional shown on the screen. that hit all the right notes! choreographer to bring this much-loved piece to life. Please note this is a screening of the Prices from £26.50* movie not a live stage show. Prices from £7.50*, Concessions Prices from £17.50*, Under 16yrs, Groups

12 Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) MON 17-SAT 22 JUN Club Tropicana Mon-Thu & Sat evenings 7.30pm Fri 5pm & 8.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm The brand new 80s musical from the producers of the hit UK tour of Hairspray. Prices from £19.75* This star cast is led by Joe McElderry (X Factor, Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), to change, for the latest information Neil McDermott (EastEnders, The Sound Of Music), call us or visit our website. Kate Robbins (Spitting Image, Dinnerladies), (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Emily Tierney (Wicked, The Wizard Of Oz); and Discounts (on selected seats) former Sugababe Amelle Berrabah. The Marlowe Friends £5 off top three prices (Mon-Thu & Fri 5pm) Take a trip back to the electric 80s and embark on Concessions (Mon-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Mon, Tue a summer of love and smash-hit classics! & Fri 5pm) Welcome to the Club Tropicana Hotel – the 1980s Groups (Mon-Thu & Fri 5pm) answer to Love Island – where the drinks are free and the whole family is invited to join the ultimate holiday musical, celebrating all that we love about the 80s. Set to the most iconic pop anthems of the era, performed live on stage, including: Just Can’t Get Enough, Take On Me, The Look Of Love, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Relax and many more!

13 MON 24-SAT 29 JUN Rock Of Ages Mon-Thu & Sat evenings 7.30pm Fri 5pm & 8.30pm Starring Kevin Clifton, Kevin Kennedy & Zoe Birkett Sat matinee 2.30pm

Prices from £23.75* The smash hit rock musical! Book your tickets early to get the Strictly Come Dancing winner Kevin Clifton will play the best price *Ticket prices are subject lead role of ‘Stacee Jaxx’. The internationally renowned to change, for the latest information dancer will swap the Ballroom for the ‘Bourbon Club’ call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) when he plays alongside Kevin Kennedy, Zoe Birkett, Jodie Steele, Luke Walsh, Lucas Rush, Andrew Carthy, Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £5 off top Vas Constanti and Rhiannon Chesterman in the ultimate three prices (Mon-Thu & Fri 5pm) 80s rock‘n’roll musical. Concessions (Mon-Thu & Fri 5pm) Discovery Tickets (Tue, Wed & Fri Rock Of Ages is an LA love story lavished with over 5pm) 25 classic rock anthems. Lose yourself in a city and a time Groups (Mon-Thu & Fri 5pm) where the dreams are as big as the hair, and yes, they can come true! This hilarious musical comedy will have you singing and laughing along with its epic songs played loud and proud by an awesome live band. Now a global smash with hit seasons on Broadway, London’s West End and Las Vegas and a star-studded Hollywood movie version, we promise you the biggest party in town! Warning: contains serious rock‘n’roll debauchery.

14 WED 24-SAT 28 JUL Madagascar: The Musical Wed 7pm Thu 2pm & 7pm Fri 1pm The live version of the smash-hit film. Sat 1pm & 5pm Based on the smash-hit DreamWorks animated motion Sun 11am & 3pm picture, Madagascar: The Musical follows all your favourite Prices from £15* friends as they escape from New York’s Central Park Zoo Book your tickets early to get the and fnd themselves on an unexpected journey to the best price *Ticket prices are subject madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar. to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. Alex The Lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) attraction at the zoo. He and his best friends have Discounts (on selected seats) spent their whole lives in blissful captivity. Not content The Marlowe Friends £5 off top three prices (Wed-Fri) to leave well enough alone, Marty The Zebra lets his Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu) curiosity get the better of him and makes his escape – Groups (Wed & Thu) with the help of some prodigious penguins. Show multi-buy Join Alex, Marty, Melman The Giraffe, Gloria The Hip-Hop Buy 3 shows save 15%, The Hippo and those hilarious, plotting penguins as they Marlowe Friends save 20% bound onto the stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Filled with outlandish characters, adventure galore and an upbeat score, you’ll have no choice but to Move It, Move It!

15 SELLADOOR PRODUCTIONS AND ARCOLA THEATRE PRESENT WED 31 JUL-SAT 3 AUG

Evenings 7.30pm Little Miss Sunshine Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Book by James Lapine, Music & Lyrics by William Finn Prices from £19* Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject A touching and hilarious new musical. to change, for the latest information Based on the Oscar-winning flm, Little Miss Sunshine call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) is a new musical comedy from Tony Award-winners James Lapine (Into The Woods, Sunday In The Park Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £5 off With George) and William Finn (Falsettos, 25th Annual top three prices (Wed & Thu) Putnam County Spelling Bee). Concessions (Wed & Thu) Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu) This European premiere cast includes two-time Olivier- Groups (Wed & Thu) award nominee Paul Keating (The Wizard Of Oz, London Palladium, Little Shop Of Horrors, The Full Monty) and Show multi-buy Buy 3 shows save 15%, The Gabriel Vick (Avenue Q, Les Misérables stage & flm, Marlowe Friends save 20% EastEnders). The Hoover family has more than a few troubles, but young Olive has her heart set on winning the Little Miss Sunshine beauty contest. When an invitation to compete comes out of the blue, the Hoovers must pile in to their rickety yellow camper van. Can it survive the 800-mile trip from New Mexico to California – and more importantly, can they?

16 Here Come The Boys FRI 5 JUL 2.30PM, 7.30PM Three of the biggest rock stars of dance, Aljaž Škorjanec, Giovanni Pernice and Gorka Marquez, battle each other every show in Latin, ballroom, commercial and contemporary, and they need you to decide the champion! Prices from £27.50* In The Night Garden Live WED 7 & THU 8 AUG

You’ll see all your favourite characters beautifully brought to life with full-size costumes, magical puppets, and enchanting music. The show lasts just under an hour and it’s a completely new production for the very frst In The Night Garden Live UK theatre tour. Now in its 10th year, In The Night Garden Live is one of the UK’s favourite family events. Over 1 million people have seen it so far and it gets 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 12,844 parents’ reviews. That'll Be The Day FRI 9 AUG 7.30PM “There’s nothing quite like In The Night Garden Live.” THE INDEPENDENT Get ready to party as the UK’s favourite rock’n’roll Wed 7 1pm & 4pm Prices from £17.50* variety production returns Thu 8 10am & 1pm with another brand new Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £1.50 off top show! Featuring incredible two prices live music performances, this Under 16yrs, £2 off hugely entertaining rock’n’roll spectacular blends classic gold hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s, with bags of hilarious comedy! Prices from £31* The Marlowe Friends £2 off band A

Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information 17 call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) SELLADOOR PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS MON 12-SAT 17 AUG

Evenings 7.30pm Fame Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Prices from £26* The musical based on the 1980s pop culture Book your tickets early to get the phenomenon. best price *Ticket prices are subject Starring Keith Jack (Any Dream Will Do, Joseph And to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Mica Paris (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) (Love Me Tender, Chicago, Mama I Want To Sing) Discounts (on selected seats) and Jorgie Porter (Hollyoaks, Dancing On Ice). The Marlowe Friends £5 off top Based on the 1980 phenomenal pop culture flm, three prices (Mon-Thu) Concessions (Mon-Thu) Fame The Musical is the international smash hit Discovery Tickets (Mon-Wed) following the lives of students at New York’s High Groups (Mon-Thu) School For The Performing Arts as they navigate their Show multi-buy way through the highs and lows and the ultimate Buy 3 shows save 15%, The elation of life. Marlowe Friends save 20% Featuring the Oscar-winning title song, join a cast of outstanding dancers, singers, musicians and actors as Make an evening of it Meal packages available in they transform from star struck pupils to superstars. The Green Room (see our website)

18 TUE 20-SAT 24 AUG The Girl On The Train Evenings 7.30pm Starring Samantha Womack Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Prices from £15*

The thriller that gripped the world. Book your tickets early to get the Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information escape is the perfect couple she watches through call us or visit our website. the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s Discounts (on selected seats) been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she The Marlowe Friends £5 off top fnds herself as a witness and even a suspect in three prices (Tue-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Tue-Thu) a thrilling mystery. Groups (Tue-Thu) Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ novel – an international Show multi-buy phenomenon selling over twenty million copies Buy 3 shows save 15%, The worldwide – this gripping new play will keep you Marlowe Friends save 20% guessing until the fnal moment. Samantha Womack is best known for playing Ronnie Mitchell in BBC One's EastEnders, plus the recent hit flms, The Kingsman series. “A first class thriller filled with dramatic twists and turns – be sure to grab a ticket!” THE DAILY ECHO “The play, like the book, keeps you gripped until the end.” êêêê TIME AND LEISURE

19 BILL KENWRIGHT PRESENTS TUE 27–SAT 31 AUG

Evenings 7.30pm Willy Russell’s Wed, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Blood Brothers Prices from £22.50* Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject The legendary musical. to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. The captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to Discounts (on selected seats) meet again with fateful consequences. The Marlowe Friends £5 off top Few musicals have received quite such acclaim as the three prices (Tue-Thu) Concessions (Tue-Thu eves) multi-award-winning Blood Brothers. Bill Kenwright’s Discovery Tickets (Tue-Thu eves) production surpassed 10,000 performances in London’s Groups (Tue-Thu eves) West End, one of only three musicals ever to achieve Book first and that milestone. save money The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe Become a Marlowe Friend for priority booking and and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True. great discounts (see our “Brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring website) its approval.” THE DAILY MAIL “Gritty, gripping, superb.” MAIL ON SUNDAY Photos include previous cast include previous Photos 20 TUE 3-SAT 14 SEP Motown The Musical Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm The songs. The sound. The story. Prices from £28* The sensational hit West End musical is bringing its Book your tickets early to get the unique sound to Canterbury and is guaranteed to have best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information you dancing in the street! call us or visit our website. With just $800 borrowed from his family Berry Gordy (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) founded Motown Records and launched the careers of Discounts (on selected seats) legendary artists including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, The Marlowe Friends £5 off top three prices (Mon-Thu) Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson And The Concessions (Mon-Thu) Miracles, The Temptations, and many more. Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed) Groups (Mon-Thu) This is the next chapter in Motown’s incredible history and is an experience you’ll never forget. Featuring over Book first and 50 classic hits including My Girl, What’s Going On, save money Become a Marlowe Friend Dancing In The Street, I Heard It Through The Grapevine for priority booking and and Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. great discounts (see our website) “One great big soul extravaganza.” DAILY MAIL “A solid gold massive 100% hit show.” SMOOTH RADIO êêêêê OK MAGAZINE

21 NEW ADVENTURES PRESENTS TUE 17-SAT 21 SEP Matthew Bourne's Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Romeo And Juliet Prices from £15* Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject Imagine a time when love is forbidden... to change, for the latest information Matthew Bourne’s Romeo And Juliet is a passionate and call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic love story. Confned against their will by a society that Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £5 off top seeks to divide, our two young lovers must follow their three prices (Tue-Thu) hearts as they risk everything to be together. Discovery Tickets (Tue-Thu) Groups (Tue-Thu) Bursting with youth, vitality and Matthew Bourne’s Schools £15 tickets (Thu, booking by trademark storytelling, the south east’s brightest young phone or in person) dance talent join the New Adventures company, with Show multi-buy direction and choreography by Matthew Bourne, design Buy 3 shows save 15%, The by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Paule Constable, sound Marlowe Friends save 20% by Paul Groothuis and new orchestrations of the Prokofev score by Terry Davies, played live by the Show Talk New Adventures Orchestra. Tue 17 Sep, post-show, free

“Bourne is a masterly storyteller.” THE NEW YORK TIMES Dance at The Marlowe is sponsored by Kent & Sussex Cottages Recommended 12yrs+ Image by Johan Persson Image by 22 SELLADOOR PRODUCTIONS, MATTHEW TOWNSHEND PRODUCTIONS, TUE 24-SAT 28 SEP BELGRADE THEATRE COVENTRY AND HORSECROSS PERTH PRESENT Evenings 7.30pm Frankenstein Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Prices from £15*

A brilliant new adaptation of the Gothic Book your tickets early to get the masterpiece. best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information An eighteen year-old girl, Mary Shelley, dreams up call us or visit our website. a monster whose tragic story will capture the (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) imaginations of generations to come. Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £5 off top A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein three prices (Tue-Thu) breathes life into a gruesome body. Banished into an Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed) indifferent world, Frankenstein’s creature desperately Groups (Tue-Thu) seeks out his true identity, but the agony of rejection Schools and a broken promise push him into darkness. £10 tickets (Tue-Thu, booking by phone or in person) Dangerous and vengeful, the creature threatens to obliterate Frankenstein and everyone he loves, in Access performances Sign interpreted performance a ferocious and bloodthirsty hunt for his maker. Thu 26 Sep, 7.30pm

Rona Munro’s brilliant new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Audio described performance AD Gothic masterpiece places the writer herself amongst Sat 28 Sep, 2.30pm the action as she wrestles with her creation and comes Show multi-buy to term with the reality of being a female dramatically Buy 3 shows save 15%, The ahead of her time. Marlowe Friends save 20%

23 TUE 1-SAT 5 OCT A Taste Of Honey Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm One of the great taboo-busting plays of the 1950s. Prices from £15* The National Theatre bring Shelagh Delaney’s career Book your tickets early to get the defning play A Taste Of Honey to Canterbury. Directed best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information by Bijan Sheibani (Barber Shop Chronicles), this British call us or visit our website. classic is an exhilarating depiction of working-class life (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) in post-war Salford. Discounts (on selected seats) When her mother Helen runs off with a car salesman, The Marlowe Friends £5 off top three prices (Tue-Thu) feisty teenager Jo takes up with Jimmy, a sailor who Discovery Tickets (Tue-Thu) promises to marry her, before he heads for the seas Groups (Tue-Thu) leaving her pregnant and alone. Art student Geoff Schools moves in and assumes the role of surrogate parent £12 tickets (Tue-Thu, booking by phone or in person) until, misguidedly, he sends for Helen and their unconventional setup unravels. Access performances Sign interpreted performance Jodie Prenger (Oliver!, One Man, Two Guvnors, Abigail’s Thu 3 Oct, 7.30pm Party UK tour) joins the cast as Helen. Audio described performance AD Sat 5 Oct, 2.30pm “Unmissable.” êêêêê MAIL ON SUNDAY Captioned performance CAP Wed 2 Oct, 7.30pm

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24 NORTHERN BALLET’S WED 9-SAT 12 OCT

Evenings 7.30pm Dracula Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Prices from £24.50* Step into the world of Dracula – if you dare. Book your tickets early to get the Seducing countless generations, Bram Stoker’s best price *Ticket prices are subject legendary vampire lives on in this Northern Ballet classic. to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. Fall under the eternal count’s captivating spell with (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) cinematic music by Rachmaninov, Schnittke, Pärt Discounts (on selected seats) and Daugherty. The Marlowe Friends £5 off top three prices (Wed & Thu) This is a bewitching ballet with a dramatic bite that will Concessions (Wed & Thu) leave you thirsty for more. Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu eve) Groups “The company are in fine dramatic form.” Schools êêêê THE GUARDIAN £10 tickets (Wed & Thu, booking by “A show anyone can sink their teeth into!” phone or in person) êêêê WHAT’S ON STAGE Under 16yrs 50% off top three prices (Wed, Fri Recommended 12yrs+ & Sat eve)

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25 MON 14-SAT 19 OCT Annie Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Starring Lesley Joseph. Prices from £28.50*

Direct from the West End. Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject This “glorious revival” (The Times) stars Birds Of to change, for the latest information A Feather’s Lesley Joseph as the tyrannical call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Miss Hannigan! Discounts (on selected seats) Set in 1930s New York, brave young Annie is forced The Marlowe Friends £5 off top to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. three prices (Mon-Thu) Her luck changes when she's chosen to spend Concessions (Mon-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Mon-Wed) Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Groups (Mon-Thu) Meanwhile, Miss Hannigan hatches a plan to spoil Schools Annie’s search for her true family… £15 tickets (Mon-Thu, booking by phone or in person) With its Tony® award-winning book and score, including It’s The Hard-Knock Life and Tomorrow, you can bet Under 16yrs £5 off (Price bands A-C, Mon-Thu) your bottom dollar that you’ll love it!

“Lavish escapism.” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Make an evening of it Meal packages available in “A glorious revival.” THE TIMES The Green Room (see our website) “An all-singing all-dancing triumph.” OK! MAGAZINE

26 DANCE CONSORTIUM PRESENTS FRI 1 & SAT 2 NOV Dada Masilo’s Giselle Evenings 7.30pm Prices from £15*

A fearless re-imagining of the iconic classic. Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject Opening in a lively South African village, renowned to change, for the latest information choreographer Dada Masilo's Giselle tells the story call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) of a trusting peasant girl who is thrust into a world of betrayal and shame when her lover rejects her. Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £3 off top Spurned by her family and killed by heartbreak, three prices Giselle returns from the grave as a supernatural being, Discovery Tickets Groups bent on revenge. Schools Performing in the title role, Masilo brings her £10 tickets (booking by phone or in stunning high-speed style to the stage, fusing ballet, person) contemporary and traditional Tswana dance. Powered by a hauntingly beautiful score which combines Show multi-buy Buy 3 shows save 15%, The classical strings with African percussion and voice, this Marlowe Friends save 20% UK premiere is ballet but not as you know it. “Irresistible.” êêêê BACHTRACK Show Talk Fri 1 Nov, post-show, free “Exhilarating. Bold, brazen, unapologetic and absolutely enrapturing.” DANCE MAGAZINE

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Times 7.30pm Fixed seat subscription Book 5 concerts and save Prices from £15* (offer excludesShaken Book your tickets early to get the Not Stirred concert). The best price *Ticket prices are subject Marlowe Friends save 25%, to change, for the latest information non-members save 20%. call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Show multi-buy Buy 3 shows save 15%, The Discounts (on selected seats) Still on sale The Marlowe Friends £3 off top Marlowe Friends save 20% Sat 13 Apr, 4 prices Concessions Musical Heroes Discovery Tickets Show Talks Thu 9 May, Wed 30 Oct, Sat 16 Feb, Rebels And Romantics Schools Fri 8 May, 6.15pm, free, Fri 14 Jun, £8 tickets (booking by phone booking required Great British Classics or in person)

28 WED 30 OCT SUN 16 FEB 2020 FRI 17 APR 2020 Fire And Grace Sunshine And Melody Soul And Spectacle Santtu-Matias Rouvali TBC conductor Paavo Järvi conductor conductor Timothy Ridout viola Zhang Zuo piano Nikolai Lugansky piano Walton Viola Concerto Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 Sibelius Lemminkäinen’s Brahms Symphony No. 2 Rachmaninov Symphony Return Tchaikovsky Swan Lake No. 2 (excerpts) Rachmaninov Piano Experience two passionate Concerto No. 1 Two contrasting works feature in masterpieces, a thrilling artistic a colourful programme of Tchaikovsky Swan Lake pairing, and an evening of (excerpts) Walton and Brahms. Composed by an idyllic Austrian lake in unforgettable melodies to leave No need to choose between summer, Brahms’s sunny Second you humming on your way home. Finnish legend, a night at the Symphony reveals free-flowing In a fusion of glitzy showmanship ballet, or an opportunity to hear melodies and gentle woodwind and subtle musicality, Liszt’s one of today’s top pianists – before an explosion of happiness Piano Concerto takes you on Santtu-Matias Rouvali rolls all in the finale. Dramatic, assertive a striking journey – guided three into one thrilling concert. and totally virtuosic, Walton’s expertly tonight by virtuoso Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto fiery Viola Concerto was such pianist Zhang Zuo. showcases sweeping melodies a hit at its premiere, critics called the composer a “born genius”. and fiery showmanship, framing Plus, we welcome back a ravishing central Nocturne, SUN 8 MAR 2020 electrifying Estonian conductor while the unforgettable lyricism Paavo Järvi, renowned for his of Swan Lake lingers long in Musical Pictures “soul-baring” (The Guardian) the memory. Alpesh Chauhan conductor performances of Rachmaninov’s heart-wrenching masterpiece, Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks the Second Symphony. SAT 23 NOV Shostakovich Piano Shaken, Not Stirred: Concerto No. 2 FRI 8 MAY 2020 Mussorgsky Pictures At An The Music Of Exhibition American Romantics Joana Carneiro conductor Step into spring with two lively James Bond Esther Yoo violin pieces, ahead of Mussorgsky’s Carl Davis conductor memorable musical journey Stucky Radical Light through an art gallery. From The name’s Bond. James Bond. Barber Violin Concerto the iconic solo trumpet in the Join us as all your favourite Copland Appalachian Spring opening ‘Promenade’, past songs from over 60 years of Bernstein Symphonic Dances action-packed movie making the charming ‘Ballet Of The from West Side Story meet the awesome power of Unhatched Chicks’, Pictures At Enjoy an evening of emotion- a live 80-piece orchestra. An Exhibition is an exhilarating experience, complete with packed music by three great In an evening of hits from grand finale. Shostakovich’s American composers of the Goldfinger to Adele’s powerful Piano Concerto No. 2 remains 20th century. Skyfall, be transported away one of his best-loved works, Dive headfirst into the passionate to a world of exotic locations featuring high-spirited, playful love story of West Side Story, and effortless style as the featuring favourites from ‘Maria’ Philharmonia bring to life outer movements framing to ‘Mambo’, and feel the gentle iconic soundtracks by a slow movement brimming John Barry, Monty Norman, with tenderness. But first, a rare warmth of Copland’s Appalachian and more. treat: bright, witty, and filled Spring. And experience the with optimism, Stravinsky’s artistry of violinist Esther Yoo, Dumbarton Oaks is 15 minutes who takes on Barber’s well-loved of pure musical magic. Violin Concerto.

29 TUE 5-SAT 9 NOV Glyndebourne Tour 2019 Evenings (not Thu) 7.15pm Thu matinee 2pm

Three glorious productions from the masters Prices from £25* of opera. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore call us or visit our website. TUE 5 & THU 7 NOV (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Discounts (on selected seats) An irresistible production of this sun-drenched The Marlowe Friends £5 off top three prices (Tue-Fri) comedy. Discovery Tickets (Tue-Fri) Adina is the toast of her small Italian town. Country boy Groups (Tue-Thu) Nemorino loves her, but she only has eyes for Belcore, Schools the smooth-talking sergeant. Light, lyrical and bursting £8 tickets (Thu 2pm) with energy, L’elisir d’amore was the biggest success of Show multi-buy Donizetti’s career. Buy 3 shows save 15%, The Marlowe Friends save 20% Verdi: Rigoletto Show Talks WED 6 & SAT 9 NOV L'elisir d'amore Tue 5 Nov, 6.15pm Rigoletto Lust, power and innocence collide in Verdi’s Wed 6 Nov, 6.15pm devastating masterpiece. Rinaldo Fri 8 Nov, 6.15pm The Duke has it all: money, power, looks, and any Free, booking required woman he wants – any woman, that is, except Gilda, the innocent young daughter of hunchbacked jester Rigoletto. But when Gilda is kidnapped and seduced by his master, Rigoletto plots revenge – with tragic results. The dramatic score, includes many of Verdi’s greatest tunes, including La donna e mobile. Handel: Rinaldo FRI 8 NOV

A riotous updating of Handel’s most successful opera. Christian knight Rinaldo loves Almirena, but she has been kidnapped by sorceress Armida. A magical battle ensues between Rinaldo’s Crusaders and the Saracen army, as the fate not just of two lovers but two nations hangs in the balance. Robert Carsen’s exuberant schoolroom staging is well

on its way to becoming a Glyndebourne classic. Shadric Toop Image by 30 31 Ben Elton Live WED 20 NOV 7.30PM More than 30 years ago, Ben Elton exploded into the national consciousness hosting Channel 4’s ground-breaking Saturday Live. Now, after a 15 year Josh Widdicombe: Dr Hook: The 50th absence, the Godfather of Bit Much Anniversary Tour modern stand-up returns to the medium he did MON 28 OCT 7.30PM SUN 3 NOV 7.30PM so much to define. Back A show that will change your Celebrating five decades of on the road with an all life and how you perceive your timeless music, and featuring new stand-up show, Ben place in the world. Bit much? songs like Sylvia’s Mother, Sexy promises to try and make Fine, it’ll be a very funny night Eyes, A Little Bit More, When sense of a world which of grumbles and jokes in which You’re In Love With A Beautiful appears to have gone stark Josh will finally tackle the Woman, Sharing The Night raving mad. hot comedy topics of advent Together, The Cover Of Rolling May contain adult themes and calendars, pesto and the closing Stone, The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan, language. time of his local park. and so many more. Prices from £32* May contain adult themes and Prices from £37* language. Prices from £22.50*

Henning Wehn: Romesh Ranganathan: Get On With It The Cynic’s Mixtape THU 21 NOV 7.30PM TUE 10 DEC 7.30PM You couldn’t make it up; Romesh is back with a brand new surely the German Comedy show. He's putting showbiz aside Ambassador hasn’t bosched out to deliver a carefully curated yet another new show? What’s selection of all the things he finds he still doing here anyway? Well, unacceptable, including why his lack of transferable skills trying to save the environment is keeps him here. This show is a a scam and his suspicion that his much-needed call to arms: stop wife is using gluten intolerance pondering and hand-wringing. to avoid sleeping with him. May contain adult themes and May contain adult themes and language. language. Prices from £25* Prices from £25.50*

32 Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) WED 13-SUN 17 NOV Nativity! The Musical Evenings (not Sun) 7pm Thu matinee 1.30pm Your favourite festive film is now live on stage! Sat matinee 2pm Sun 1pm & 5pm Following a smash-hit 2018 tour and London run, Prices from £15* Nativity! The Musical is coming to Canterbury. Book your tickets early to get the Feel-good, funny and full of joy, this cracker of a musical best price *Ticket prices are subject was adapted for the stage by Debbie Isitt, the creator to change, for the latest information of the much-loved flms. Featuring all of your favourite call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) sing-a-long hits from the movies including Sparkle And Shine, Nazareth, One Night One Moment, She’s Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £5 off top The Brightest Star and a whole host of new songs, this three prices (Wed & Thu) musical really “is a heartfelt hit” (The Times). Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu eve) Groups (Wed & Thu) Join us for some mayhem in Bethlehem! Schools £15 tickets (Thu matinee, booking by phone or in person) “It really is tinsel-tastic.” êêêê THE TIMES Access performances “A feel-good bonanza.” êêêê THE TELEGRAPH Sign interpreted performances “A warm-hearted family show.” êêêêê WHATSONSTAGE Thu 14 Nov, 7pm Audio described performances “Packed with joy.” êêêêê BIRMINGHAM MAIL AD Sat 16 Nov, 2pm

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Ben 10thRoddy’s year

NOVEMBER Thu 12 10.30am 2.30pm Mon 30 2.30pm 7pm Thu 28 7pm Fri 13 SOLD11am OUT 7pm Tue 31 10.30am 2.30pm Fri 29 1pm SOLD7pm OUT Sat 14 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Sat 30 2.30pm 7pm Sun 15 1pm 5pm JANUARY Wed 1 No performances DECEMBER Mon 16 1pm 7pm Thu 2 2.30pm 7pm Sun 1 1pm 5pm Tue 17 10.30am 7pm Fri 3 2.30pm 7pm Wed 18 No performances Sat 4 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Mon 2 No performances Thu 19 2.30pm 7pm Sun 5 1pm 5pm Tue 3 1pm 7pm Fri 20 2.30pm 7pm Wed 4 10.30am 7pm Sat 21 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Mon 6 No performances Thu 5 1pm 7pm Sun 22 2.30pm 7pm Tue 7 7pm Fri 6 1pm 7pm Wed 8 7pm Sat 7 10.30am 2.30pm 7pm Mon 23 2.30pm 7pm Thu 9 1pm 7pm Sun 8 1pm 5pm Tue 24 10.30am 2.30pm Fri 10 1pm 7pm Wed 25 No performances Sat 11 10.30am 2.30pm 5pm Mon 9 1pm 7pm Thu 26 2.30pm 7pm Sun 12 1pm 5pm Tue 10 No performances Fri 27 2.30pm 7pm Wed 11 1pm 7pm Sat 28 10.30am 2.30pm 7.30pm Sun 29 2.30pm 7pm

34 EVOLUTION PANTOMIMES AND THE MARLOWE THEATRE PRESENT THU 28 NOV-SUN 12 JAN Mother Goose Prices from £15* Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject The mother of all pantomimes! to change, for the latest information call us or visit our website. Don’t miss our fun-flled family pantomime, (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Mother Goose, starring Canterbury favourite, the Discounts (on selected seats and egg-cellent Ben Roddy (in his tenth Marlowe performances) pantomime!), with more star casting to be The Marlowe Friends £4 off top announced soon. three prices Discovery Tickets Once again this spectacular production will be written Groups and directed by Paul Hendy and is brought to you by Schools (on selected seats and Evolution, the same creative team behind the record- performances) Tickets from £9.50 breaking Cinderella. Access performances With hilarious comedy, beautiful sets and costumes Sign interpreted performance and fantastic music, Mother Goose will be our funniest Sat 7 Dec, 2.30pm and most spectacular pantomime ever! Sun 8 Dec, 1pm Audio described performance “Mesmerising, side-splitting and triumphant!” AD Sun 15 Dec, 1pm êêêêê THE REVIEWS HUB Captioned performance “Sensational, gag-filled extravaganza.” CAP Sun 22 Dec, 2.30pm êêêêê CANTERBURY JOURNAL Relaxed performance RP Thu 9 Jan, 1pm “Lively, lovely and lavishly designed.”

êêêê THE STAGE Make an occasion of it “Ingenious. Pure gold!” KENT ONLINE Meal packages available in The Green Room (see our Reviews of Cinderella website)

35 MON 20-SAT 25 JAN On Your Feet! Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Book by Alexander Dinelaris. Featuring music produced and recorded by Emilio & Gloria Estefan Prices from £15* & Miami Sound Machine Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject to change, for the latest information Her voice. His vision. Their story. call us or visit our website. The Broadway and West End production of Gloria (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) and Emilio Estefan's smash-hit musical is coming to Discounts (on selected seats) our theatre. The Marlowe Friends £5 off top three prices (Mon-Thu) On Your Feet! is the inspiring true love story of Discovery Tickets (Mon & Tue) Groups (Mon-Thu) Emilio and Gloria and charts their journey from its origins in Cuba, onto the streets of Miami and fnally Show multi-buy to international superstardom. Buy 3 shows save 15%, The Marlowe Friends save 20% This exhilarating musical features some of the most iconic pops songs of the era, including Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Conga, Get On Your Feet, Don’t Want To Lose You Now and 1-2-3. Directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde), with choreography by Olivier Award-winner Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys) and book by Academy Award® winner Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman). Winner of 26 Grammy awards, Gloria Estefan has sold over 100 million records worldwide. Emilio Estefan is a founding member of the pioneering Miami Sound Machine, who created a brand new Latin crossover sound – fusing infectious Cuban rhythms with American pop and disco.

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Image by RSC Visual Communications/Paul Stuart WED 29 JAN-SAT 8 FEB Royal Shakespeare Measure For Measure Wed 29 Jan 7.30pm, Sat 1 Feb 7.30pm, Fri 7 Feb 7.30pm, Sat 8 Feb 1.30pm Company As You Like It Thu 30 Jan 7.30pm, Fri 31 Jan 7.30pm, Sat 1 Feb 1.30pm, Measure For Measure Thu 6 Feb 7.30pm The Taming Of The Shrew Tue 4 Feb 7.30pm, Wed 5 Feb As You Like It 7.30pm, Thu 6 Feb 1.30pm, Sat 8 Feb 7.30pm

The Taming Of The Shrew Prices from £15* Direct from Stratford-upon-Avon, the RSC returns Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject with a season of exhilarating Shakespeare plays to change, for the latest information bursting with contemporary resonance. call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Opening the season is Shakespeare’s dark comedy, Measure For Measure. Directed by RSC Artistic Director Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £5 off top Gregory Doran, this intense and compelling production three prices (Tue-Thu) is shockingly relevant for today. Discovery Tickets (Wed 29 Jan, Thu 30 Jan, Tue 4 Feb, Wed 5 Feb) Following this an imaginative new take on Groups (Tue-Thu) Shakespeare’s riotous comedy As You Like It, directed Schools by Kimberley Sykes. Come on a journey of laughter, £10 tickets (Tue-Thu, booking by romance and self-discovery, as you enter the forest. phone or in person) Completing the season is The Taming Of The Shrew, Access performances directed by Justin Audibert, the ultimate battle of the Sign interpreted performances Fri 31 Jan, 7.30pm sexes is turned on its head in a fresh portrayal of gender politics. Audio described performances AD Sat 1 Feb, 1.30pm Join us for one, join us for all. It’s going to be quite Tue 4 Feb, 7.30pm a season. Sat 8 Feb, 1.30pm Captioned performance CAP Wed 5 Feb, 7.30pm Thu 6 Feb 7.30pm Fri 7 Feb, 7.30pm

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MON 23-SAT 28 MAR CREATIVE SPACE Everybody’s Talking 2020 Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm About Jamie Prices from £15* The smash-hit and critically acclaimed Book your tickets early to get the best price *Ticket prices are subject West End musical. to change, for the latest information Jamie New is 16 and lives on a council estate in call us or visit our website. (Prices accurate as of Mar 19) Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite ft in. Jamie is terrifed about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Discounts (on selected seats) The Marlowe Friends £5 off top Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded three prices (Tue-Thu) by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed eve) Groups (Tue-Thu) bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. With an original score of catchy pop tunes by lead Show multi-buy Buy 3 shows save 15%, The singer-songwriter of The Feeling, Dan Gillespie Sells and Marlowe Friends save 20% writer Tom MacRae (Doctor Who), this brand-new funny and feelgood musical will have everybody talking about Jamie for years to come. Sixteen: the edge of possibility. Time to make your dreams come true. “It’s the real deal. Everyone really should be talking, singing, shouting about Jamie now.” êêêêê THE TIMES Contains strong language and mild sexual content.

40 ESCAPE ROOM EXHIBITION CREATIVE SPACE The Marlowe Kit Escape Room • Exhibition • Creative Space

Housed in a wonderful 12th Century building on Stour Street, The Kit offers new and exciting ways to learn about Canterbury’s rich literary heritage. Escape Room: Marlowe’s Ghost Kent’s Remarkable Writers: OPEN EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY The Worlds Of Christopher Marlowe, (PLUS ADDITIONAL SLOTS DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS). Aphra Behn And Joseph Conrad OPEN SATURDAYS 10-5 AND Our popular escape room experience, themed SUNDAYS 12-5 OPENING IN APRIL around the life and death of Christopher Marlowe. Overcome a series of devilishly clever puzzles to A free exhibition about the lives and works unlock the mysteries of Canterbury’s greatest of Christopher Marlowe, Aphra Behn and dramatist. Joseph Conrad. Explore their connections to To book or to get the latest information on times and Canterbury and the very different worlds in prices, please visit our website or phone the Box Office. which they lived, through objects and immersive activities (including the chance to dress-up as Recommended for 10yrs+, under 16yrs must be accompanied by an adult. an Elizabethan actor and use a typewriter from Conrad’s time).

41 CANTERBURY TICKET SHOP Visit canterburyticketshop.com to buy tickets for a wide range of cultural events in Kent.

Canterbury Choral Society: Elgar The Apostles Blues On The Farm CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL WOOLTON FARM SAT 22 JUN 7.30PM FRI 14–SUN 16 JUN 11.30AM-11PM An epic event for Canterbury Choral Society Canterbury’s acclaimed festival of blues and together again with the Royal Philharmonic rock returns this year to Woolton Farm, boasting Orchestra. Elgar himself conducted this work in a remarkable array of stars, including Skinny Molly Canterbury Cathedral, and it represents a great from Tennessee. Joining them throughout the challenge for all performers with its scope and weekend are such legendary names as Climax Blues range of vision, ending with a roof-raising and Band, Dr Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Deborah unforgettable climax of telling splendour. Bonham, Geno Washington and many more. Prices from £29.50-£11.25 Prices from £91.25-£38.25

A New Day Festival Canterbury Cathedral Chorister's Concert MOUNT EPHRAIM GARDENS CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL FRI 2-SUN 4 AUG FRI 21 JUN 7.30PM FRI & SAT 11.30AM-11PM SUN 11.30AM-10.30PM The boys of the Cathedral Choir present a summer The prog-rock, classic rock, blues and roots music concert in support of the Choir Bursary Fund and festival returns. Once again, the little festival is the Graeme Hamilton Memorial Fund which helps able to boast big name bands; legends from the maintain their long and magnificent tradition. world of classic and prog-rock, blues and roots Come and hear them in a delightful programme of music such as Fish, Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes, music both familiar and unexpected. Wilko Johnson, Sweet, Uli Jon Roth, Mungo Jerry, Prices from £19.25 Climax Blues Band, Hawklords and Focus. Prices from £106.25-£41.25

42 GENERAL INFORMATION

Tickets can be booked online at Discovery Tickets marlowetheatre.com, by calling our Box Office If you’re aged 16-26 years, you can take on 01227 787787 (Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Tue 10am- advantage of our popular Discovery Tickets 6pm), or by visiting the theatre in person. scheme, which gives you the chance to try Your visit out a range of different productions, for just £10 a ticket. For how to get to the theatre and parking information, see our website. Sponsored by: Our popular restaurant, The Green Room, is open during the day and for pre-theatre dining. For pre-theatre meals, we recommend that you Terms and conditions book in advance, by calling 01227 862485 or Tickets are sold subject to the right of The visiting our website. Marlowe and/or the visiting producer to alter Accessibility or vary the advertised programme due to events or circumstances beyond our control. Prices are We aim to offer our disabled customers the best subject to change and alteration. For current possible facilities. For more information, see the ticket prices please visit our website. Access section of our website, or speak to our Box Office team. We do not offer refunds unless a show is cancelled. However, tickets can be exchanged Discounts at our discretion for an alternative performance, We offer discounts to children under 16 years, subject to availability, and up to five days before disabled customers, the over 65s, and group the performance. A fee will apply for this service. bookers. Discounts and concessions are subject to availability, are not available for every seat, Privacy policy and apply to selected performances only. We take the protection of your data Only one concession or discount can apply. very seriously and we want you to receive communications from us that are informative and helpful. To read our privacy policy, visit our website. If you have any questions or comments, please email us at [email protected]

BACKSTAGE TOURS

Learn about life backstage Tickets £10 (or £15 to include cream tea Enjoy a fun and informative 90 minute tour in The Green Room) of our theatre led by Marlowe staff members Find out more at marlowetheatre.com where you can learn all about life backstage. Wed 22 May 4pm, Wed 19 June 11.30am, Wed 14 Aug 11.30am, Wed 11 Sep 11.30am, Fri 27 Sep 11.30am, Thu 25 Jul 10am

43 MARLOWE MEMBERS

Why support us Ticket income enables us to bring world-class performances to Canterbury, but your donations help us make theatre possible for everyone. Each year we offer local young people, schools and members of our community free opportunities to engage with theatre. You can find out more about any of these areas of work by calling the memberships team on 01227 862309. Thank you We are very grateful to all our members and donors but there is not space to mention everyone here. A full list is on our website.

Creative Circle Benefactors Champions Maurice & Wendi Atherton Anna Grant Mrs Nicola Armitage Sir Graeme Odgers Heather & Antonia Hardy Paul & Patsy Barrett Roger & Claire O'Shea Mr Robert & Mrs Lida de Riki & Sara Samuel Fougerolles Stephen Surridge Mrs Jane Edred Wright Charles & Sally Villiers Michael & Emma Head Mr Iain C Johnstone Dr Mary Martin The Mia Family Ian & Juliet Odgers Mr & Mrs Richard Oldfield Mrs Fiona Sunley Lady Juliet Tadgell Peter & Jo Williams Mr Andrew Wills

Supported by Pioneering Places East Kent

44 BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP

For more information on sponsorship please contact [email protected] or call 01227 862309. For information on business membership contact [email protected] or call 01227 862309.

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