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HELLO and The Birthday Party and from the producer of Birds of Feather Cow, London Classic Theatre present Harold Pinter’s Theatre with Hero’s Welcome. Other companiesreturning include Original Ayckbourn plays, the classicConfusionsandhislatest work Eastbourne Theatres Artistic Director Chris Jordan Verybest wishes Eastbourne Theatresvery soon. Welookforward to welcoming you to Show, Ronn Lucasand Dancing favourites Anton &Erin, Tap Factory, The ClassicRock Plus, onenight only appearances from return to the The Devonshire Park Theatre seasonopens with a welcome new production ofclassic tale Rudyard Kipling’s Metta Greeks. delightedWe toalso are welcome, for first the time, Histories with their new shows Shows the whole family canenjoy together include Horrible Tommy Steele andcelebrating the musicof The Beatles, Plus look out for new musicalsTheGlennMiller Story starring will bePriscillaQueenof the Desert, Blood Brothers kickingoff 2016. Also returning to Eastbourne Musicals beginabusy season with audience favourite exciting live theatre delights that await you over the coming year. As we wave farewell to 2015, we eagerly welcome 2016andall the Welcome to EastbourneThea www. [email protected] 01323 412000(standardrate) Box Office Dinnerladies, eastbournetheatres.co.uk TheatreDevonshire to the Park with theirspectacular

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3 Month DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE 11 December 2015 – 17 January 2016 Friday 15 January 7.30pm JOE BROWN Together with his five piece band, Joe Brown presents an evening packed with timeless classics, rockabilly, gospel, country, folk and rock ‘n’ roll, all interwoven with Joe’s effervescent delivery and humorous reminiscences. Premier Rock ‘n’ Roll legend Joe Brown goes from strength to strength, join him on this musical journey.

*TICKETS £23, £25, £27

CONGRESS THEATRE Saturday 16 January 3pm Shining Stars Dance Academy TIME TO SHINE Shining Stars Dance Academy invite you to their annual showcase, Time To Shine. The Shining Stars dancers aged 2-18 will impress audiences with their talent in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Contemporary, National, Hip Hop and much, much more! Come and show your support for these local children.

TICKETS £13, Under 16s & Over 60s £10.50

CONGRESS THEATRE Thursday 4 February 7.30pm Opera & Ballet International proudly presents an Ellen Kent production PUCCINI’S TOSCA Take to the skies with Peter, Wendy and Featuring international soloists, highly praised Tinker Bell and test your sea-legs as we board chorus and full orchestra. Set against the Various times Captain Hook’s pirate ship in this brand new beautiful backdrop of Rome, with spectacular Eastbourne pantomime adventure. costumes, and featuring a boys choir with choir boy solo, this most popular of operas Starring Brian Capron (Coronation Street) as Captain Hook, Britain’s TICKETS is sure to delight with its tender, moving arias From £12.50

Got Talent dance duo Twist and Pulse as Pirates Swash and Buckle, contact box office Vissi d’arte and E Lucevan le Stelle. Ewan Goddard as Peter Pan and Ashleigh Drew as Wendy plus for details or visit Sung in Italian with English surtitles. welcome returns for Martyn Knight as Mrs Smee and Tucker as Smee. eastbournetheatres.co.uk *TICKETS £22, £29, £31, £34, Conc £2 off, Under 16s &

Join us on a magical journey to Neverland and beyond! Students £3 off, Groups Buy 10 Tickets Get 11th Free – F ebruary December

4 Box office 01323 412000 | *Where applicable, prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) *Where applicable, prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 5 CONGRESS THEATRE Monday 18 – Saturday 23 January 2016 A TRIUMPHANT EVENING... UNMISSABLE AND UNBEATABLE’ THE SPECTATOR BILL KENWRIGHT PRESENTS HHHHH HHHHH ‘DAZZLING ‘TERRIFIC’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SUNDAY EXPRESS

Mon – Sat 7.30pm THEIR ...THEIR ‘GRITTY, GRIPPING, SUPERB’ Thur & Sat 2.30pm LIVES DESTINY MAIL ON SUNDAY WERE JOINED TICKETS WORLDS THEM Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers Mon – Thur tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, £15, £19, £24, APART... TOGETHER £28, £30.50 separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the Fri & Sat tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences. £19, £23, £28, Few musicals have received quite such acclaim as the multi- £32, £34.50 award winning Blood Brothers. Bill Kenwright’s production Conc £3 off surpassed 10,000 performances in London’s West End, one Groups 10+ £3 off, of only three musicals ever to achieve that milestone. It 20+ £4 off, 50+ £5 off has been affectionately christened the ‘Standing Ovation Under 16s Half Price 'EXHILARATING… ONE OF THE BEST Musical’, as inevitably it “brings the audience cheering (Max 2 per full price adult) to its feet and roaring its approval” The Daily Mail. (All Conc & Disc apply MUSICALS EVER WRITTEN’ The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe top 3 prices only)

Sunday Times and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True. JANUARY

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Congress Theatre DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Thursday 4 – Saturday 6 February Thur – Sat 7.30pm, Thur 2.3opm LONDON Bede’s School present PHILHARMONIC INTO THE WOODS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ORCHESTRA Book by James Lapine 2015/2016 SEASON A thrilling musical for all the family which Tianwa Yang intertwines the plots of several Brother Grimm fairy tales - tied together by a Sunday 31 January 3pm Sunday 6 March 3pm childless Baker and his wife in their pursuit Wagner Medtner to begin a family and undo a curse placed on Prelude to Act 1, Piano Concerto No. 2 them by a wicked witch. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Tchaikovsky An amateur production by arrangement Bruch Symphony No. 3 with Josef Weinberger Ltd. on behalf of Violin Concerto No. 1 Music Theatre International of New York Vladimir Jurowski conductor Khachaturian Jayson Gillham Marc-André Hamelin piano Masquerade Suite The LPO's Principal Conductor Tchaikovsky and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Swan Lake (excerpts) Jurowski presents an all-Russian Matthew Wood conductor programme which includes Tianwa Yang violin Medtner’s exuberant but rarely TICKETS £10, Conc £8.50, School Groups 10+ £8 performed Piano Concerto Join the Orchestra for a plus 1 teacher free in 10 students No. 2, and Tchaikovsky’s selection of classical treats irrepressible Third Symphony, to welcome in the new year, which whirls the listener including excerpts from Vladimir Jurowski through a series of dances. CONGRESS THEATRE Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, a work proving that ballet music has a Friday 12 February 7.30pm valuable place in the concert hall. Sunday 17 April 3pm De Falla ANTON & ERIN The Three-cornered JUST GOTTA DANCE! Sunday 14 February 3pm Hat (Suite No. 2) Join the nation’s favourite ballroom Nielsen Rodrigo couple, Anton du Beke and Erin Boag Helios Overture Fantasía para un gentilhombre with vocalist Lance Ellington, six world Schumann Prokofiev Miloš Karadaglic class ensemble dancers plus the full Piano Concerto Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) 25-piece London Concert Orchestra Sibelius conducted by Richard Balcombe. Jaime Martín conductor Symphony No. 5 Anton & Erin return with a thrilling new Miloš Karadaglić guitar TICKETS Christian Kluxen conductor show, exciting new choreography, sparkling The LPO is joined by classical £13, £20, £23, £25, £29 Jayson Gillham piano costumes and sensational band performing guitar superstar, Miloš, who will Conc £1 off timeless music from a golden age. Classic hits Celebrate Valentine’s Day with an Under 16s & Students £5 transport you to 1950s Spain will include Fever, Night And Day, Lullaby Of afternoon of romantic classics, Family Ticket (2 adults with Rodrigo’s Fantasía para Broadway, Too Darn Hot, Bye Bye Blackbird, including Schumann’s musical un gentilhombre – based on six + 2 under 16s) £40 Jealousy, Downtown and New York New love letter to his beloved wife Spanish folk dances. The concert Groups 10+ 20% off, York to name just a small selection. Clara: his Piano Concerto; closes with excerpts from 20+ 20% off + Free ticket and Sibelius’s beautiful and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet for organiser. uplifting Symphony No. 5. in celebration of Shakespeare’s Subscriber Discounts 400th anniversary year. available when booking 3 or more concerts – F ebruary anuary

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8 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) *Where applicable, prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 9 CONGRESS THEATRE Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 February 2016 DUE TO DEMAND EXTRA BILL KENWRIGHT MATINEE BRITAIN’S GREATEST PRESENTS ADDED! SONG AND DANCE MAN RETURNS IN A WONDERFUL NEW MUSICAL!

THE LONDON PALLADIUM’S ALL-TIME RECORD BREAKING PERFORMER

PLAYING THE BIG Featuring BAND ERA HITS… a spectacular IN THE MOOD 16 piece THE VERY ‘HE REMAINS A VERY orchestra THOUGHT OF YOU plus sensational MOONLIGHT GREAT STAR’ PERFORMERS SERENADE DAILY EXPRESS and dazzling choreography TUXEDO JUNCTION CHAT TANOOGA CHOO CHOO DIRECTED BY LITTLE BROWN JUG BOB TOMSON and BILL KENWRIGHT PENNSYLVANIA CHOREOGRAPHED by 6-5000 OLIVIER AWARD WINNER BILL DEAMER AND MANY, MANY MORE…

It’s been seventy years since Glenn Miller vanished over the English Channel as he flew to Paris to entertain Tues – Sat 7.30pm the troops during the Second World War. Did he crash? Wed, Thur & Sat 2.30pm Was he shot down? Will the mystery ever be solved? Brought to the stage in a brand new musical spectacular, is the life, TICKETS fame and vanishing of America’s most famous big band leader . Tue – Thur £18.50, £24.50, £29.50, Music legend Tommy Steele, Britain’s first rock n’ roll icon who £33.50, £36 became our greatest ever song and dance man, commands the stage as only a very great star can in this extraordinary Fri & Sat tale of the world’s most famous big band leader, featuring a £21, £27, £32, £36, £38.50 spectacular 16 piece orchestra plus a full supporting company of sensational performers and dazzling choreography. Conc £3 off Under 16s & Tommy’s legendary career boasts countless hit singles, Students £5 off Hollywood movies and award-winning stage musicals such Groups 10+ £3 off, as Half A Sixpence, Hans Andersen and Singin’ in the Rain 20+ £4 off, 50+ £5 off at the London Palladium, where he was recently honoured (All Conc & Disc apply with a prestigious plaque celebrating the fact that he top 3 prices only)

remains the theatre’s most successful ever star. F ebruary

10 Box office 01323 412000 Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 11 Confusions Hero’s Welcome CONGRESS THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Mon & Thur - Sat Tues 7.45pm, Wed Saturday 13 February 7.30pm Monday 22 – Saturday 27 February 7.45pm, Sat 2.30pm 2.30pm & 7.45pm SIMPLY THE BEST! Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, in association with Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, present DIVAS Starring X-Factor’s Amelia Lily and Niki Evans

comes a new live concert spectacular SJT featuring the biggest hits of the world’s most th celebrated divas. Join the ultimate concert experience with your favourite divas and classic tracks such as Like A Virgin, Single Ladies, Spinning Around, Chain Reaction, and many more!

*TICKETS £25.50, £27.50, £29.50, Conc £2 off

CONGRESS THEATRE Sunday 21 February 7.30pm THE CLASSIC ROCK SHOW A virtuoso band of the finest musicians will take you on a foot-stomping ride featuring the music of The Who, ELO, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton and much, much more. From the extraordinary opening sounds of Led

Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love to Queen's Written 40 years apart, one of Alan Ayckbourn’s powerhouse anthem I Want It All via AC/DC's most popular and studied plays is joined by the TICKETS Highway To Hell and everything in between! Mon – Sat 7.45pm World Premiere of his brand new 79th play. £15.50, £16.50, £19, £21 *TICKETS £23.50, £33.50 Confusions - From a devoted and isolated mother, to her unfaithful Wed & Sat 2.30pm £16 travelling salesman husband, through a solicitous waiter to well-heeled Conc £1.50 off diners and an utterly shambolic garden fete, human frailty is laid bare DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Groups Buy 10 Tickets as one hilarious situation after another unfolds. From high farce to Get 11th Free Tuesday 1 March 2.30pm & 7.30pm poignant observation; the laughs, however dark, keep coming. (Conc & Groups Moira House School present Hero’s Welcome - A decorated war hero returns to his boyhood apply 7.45pm only) stomping ground with a new young bride, but is all as it seems? Under 16s & Students £9 ANYTHING GOES Once the welcome flags have stopped waving, few of his friends Under 25s £10 Set sail with Cole Porter’s musical featuring seem particularly happy to see him back. Suddenly the couple, Friends of Devonshire songs I Get A Kick Out Of You, It's De-lovely in search of peace, find themselves once more in the firing line. Park Theatre 25% and Anything Goes. Presented by The School (First 2 nights only) of Music and Performing Arts at Moira House £5 off! when Girls School, directed by Jeremy James Taylor booking both shows OBE, with a live band under the baton of West (Top 2 prices only, End Musical Director Robert Cousins. £2.50 off per ticket) This is an amateur performance presented Blissfully Storytelling that courtesy of Musicscope silly holds you to the end The Telegraph Daily Mail TICKETS £12, Conc £10, Family Ticket (2 adults + on Confusions on Hero's Welcome Audio described performance. See p42 2 under 16s) £40. 2.30pm All tickets £8 – M arch F ebruary

12 Box office 01323 412000 | *Where applicable, prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 13 Groovy Greeks Incredible Invaders CONGRESS THEATRE Wed 10.30am, Thur 7pm, Wed 1.30pm, Thur 10.30am, CONGRESS THEATRE Wednesday 24 – Saturday 27 February Fri 10.30am, Sat 7pm Fri 7pm, Sat 2.30pm Friday 4 March 7.30pm LA VOCE The UK's answer to ‘Il Divo’, La Voce includes some of the best classically trained voices in the world. Backed by their musicians, La Voce enthrals and entertains with their perfect combination of choreography, comedy and music.

TICKETS £22, Conc £20

CONGRESS THEATRE Friday 11 March 7.30pm THAT’LL BE THE DAY Prepare for a nostalgia party as the rock ‘n’ roll variety show returns with another opportunity to see its 30th Anniversary Special. Featuring a fantastic line up of hits from the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s, plus more side-splitting comedy!

TICKETS £22.50, £25, £26.50

DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Thursday 17 & Friday 18 March Merely Theatre A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM Thur 2pm & Fri 7.45pm HENRY V We all want to meet people from history. Fri 2pm & Thur 7.45pm The trouble is everyone is dead! TICKETS The most talked-about new Shakespeare £16 company in the UK, Merely Theatre has honed So it’s time to prepare yourselves for Horrible Histories live on Conc £14 a style that strips the Bard back to basics - no stage. Using actors and 3D special effects, these two shows are gauche sets, frilly collars or fussy props: just guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and Under 16s £13.50 the actors, the audience and the text. Now events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips. Family Ticket (2 adult + the company are stripping back something 2 under 16s) £50 Groovy Greeks From savage Sparta to angry Athens, more profound: the concept of gender. discover the truth about growing up in Greece. Compete School Groups 10+ in the first ever Olympic Games and be zapped by Zeus! £9.50, plus 1 teacher 'Enthralling, fresh Incredible Invaders The Celts are crunched when the free in 10 students and relevant theatre' Ruthless Romans invade Britain. Hide behind Hadrian’s Wall HORRIBLE SUPER The Good Review and see the Savage Saxons smash their way in. Will you SAVER – Book Groovy survive the Vicious Vikings as they sail into the audience? Greeks & Incredible TICKETS 7.45pm £18.50, Conc £17 Invaders save 20%! 2.30pm £15.50, Under 16s & Students £14.50,

Family Ticket £58, Groups 10+ £12 – M arch F ebruary

14 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 15 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 March Wed – Sat 7.45pm Monday 7 – Saturday 12 March Thur & Sat 2.30pm Birdsong Productions in association with Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre present

TICKETS Wed & Thur 7.45pm £15.50, £18, £20 Fri & Sat 7.45pm £15.50, £19.50, £21.50 Thur & Sat 2.30pm £16 Conc £1.50 off Groups Buy 10 Tickets Get 11th Free (Apply 7.45pm only) Under 16s & Students £9 Under 25s £10 Friends of Devonshire Park Theatre 25% (First 2 nights only)

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Mon - Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm

TICKETS Mon – Thur 7.45pm £15.50, £16.50, £19, £21 Fri & Sat 7.45pm £15.50, £17.50, £21, £23 Wed 2.30pm This West End and Broadway hit is the love £16 story of C.S. Lewis - Oxford don and author Sat 2.30pm of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape £16, £18.50 Letters - and American poet Joy Davidman. Conc £1.50 off Lewis is comfortable in his life at Oxford University, smug in his Groups Buy 10 Tickets Get 11th Free convictions about God and his plan for the world until his fan Joy and (Conc & Groups apply her young son enter his life and the bewildered theoretician of love in 7.45pm only) Part of Peter Gordon's comic whodunnit trilogy, the abstract finally confronts its direct presence. starring Jeffrey Holland (Hi-de-Hi!), Judy Buxton Under 16s & Students £9 This powerful drama raises questions about religion, humanity, society Under 25s £10 (On The Up) and David Callister (The Bill). through a gripping story of love, belief and pain. Starring Stephen Friends of Devonshire Boxer (Humans and The Iron Lady) as C.S. Lewis with further casting Inspector Pratt arrives at Bagshot House with grim news for Colonel Park Theatre 25% Craddock, but that's just the beginning. Who is the strange Polish to be announced. (First 2 nights only) Count? Is Henrietta really an army Captain? How does the eccentric Following on from its original incarnation as a television drama then thespian, Longfellow fit in to the equation? These are just some of the subsequent stage adaptation and finally a film starring Anthony characters who make Pratt's return a chaotic nightmare as the bodies Hopkins, Shadowlands is brought to you by the producers of the Audio described performance. See p42 pile higher and higher. critically acclaimed touring productions of Birdsong and Flare Path. M arch

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Get ready for the ride of your life as the ultimate party, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert Mon – Sat 7.30pm The Musical, returns to Eastbourne starring Thur & Sat 2.30pm boyband Blue's Duncan James as Tick! Based on the smash-hit movie, Priscilla is the heart-warming, TICKETS uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a Mon - Thur 7.30pm £18.50, £24.50, £29.50, battered old bus searching for love and friendship and end £33.50, £36 up finding more than they could have ever dreamed of. Thur 2.30pm With a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and a hit £15, £18, £22, £25, £29 parade of dance floor classics including I Will Survive, Hot Stuff, Finally, Boogie Wonderland, Go West, Girls Just Wanna Fri 7.30pm, Have Fun, and I Love The Nightlife, rush to get your tickets Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm £20, £26, £31, £35, today and join this journey to the heart of fabulous! £37.50 Age recommendation 15+ Conc £5 off Groups 10+ £4 off, 20+ "Hugely "Ingenious… £5 off, 50+ £6 off entertaining... spectacular… (All Conc & Disc apply top 3 prices only, not insanely glitzy" a big hit musical" available Sat) Daily Telegraph Evening Standard M arch

18 Box office 01323 412000 Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 19 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 March Wednesday 23 March 7.45pm THE RONN LUCAS SHOW DOUBLE TALK The international legendary ventriloquist comes to the UK for a limited number of The hugely dates Ronn Lucas is back with Scorch talented and The Dragon, Buffalo Billy and much more. inventive Creative Produced, directed by and starring British Cow continues ventriloquist Steve Hewlett who shot to fame to promote and on the 2013 Britain’s Got Talent Final. present top notch theatre around the UK TICKETS £19.50, Conc £16 WhatsOnStage

CONGRESS THEATRE Friday 25 March 7.30pm LEGEND OF A BAND A TRIBUTE TO THE MOODY BLUES Featuring Gordy Marshall and Paul Bliss from The Moody Blues, Mick Wilson, Tim Maple and Malcolm Moore, these five world-class musicians, singers and songwriters faithfully recreate the music of the Moody Blues. From timeless classics Tuesday Afternoon, Legend Tues – Sat 7.45pm Of A Mind, Question through to Nights In Wed & Sat 2.30pm White Satin, celebrate some of the best Produced by Creative Cow in association with Malvern Theatres classic rock and pop music of a generation.

TICKETS TICKETS £22, Conc £20 TRAVELS Tues – Thur 7.45pm £15.50, £18, £20 Fri & Sat 7.45pm CONGRESS THEATRE WITH MY AUNT £15.50, £19.50, £21.50 Saturday 26 March 7.30pm By Graham Greene, adapted by Giles Havergal Wed & Sat 2.30pm £16 Conc £1.50 off WHITNEY: Four actors take on over 20 characters in this hilarious Groups Buy 10 Tickets QUEEN OF THE NIGHT mad cap dash around the world with-Henry Pulling. Get 11th Free (Apply 7.45pm only) A stunning celebration of the music and life of Whitney Houston. This award winning He is a retired suburban bank manager with a penchant for dahlias. Under 16s & Students £9 production features a stellar line-up with He meets his eccentric Aunt Augusta at what he supposes to be his Under 25s £10 rising West End star Rebecca Freckleton mother's funeral. She persuades him to abandon his dahlias and travel Friends of Devonshire delivering a powerhouse performance as with her to Brighton, Paris, Istanbul and across the world to Paraguay. Park Theatre 25% Whitney. Taking us through three decades of Through Aunt Augusta, a veteran of hotel bedrooms and shady (First 2 nights only) classic hits, this show beautifully remembers associates, Henry joins a shifty twilight society of pot smoking hippies, the most highly awarded female artiste in the war criminals, men from the CIA and hard core art smugglers. To world ever! his aunt’s great delight, he finds himself coming alive as he puts his Audio described performance. See p42 former dull and predictable life behind him. TICKETS £19, £21, £23 M arch

20 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 21 CONGRESS THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Monday 28 March 7.30pm Tuesday 29 - Thursday 31 March TAP FACTORY A breathtaking, high octane spectacular, Tap Factory showcases the world’s best tap dancers and international musicians as they blend dance, percussion, comedy and acrobatics. Packed with rhythmic drumming and percussive sounds created from the most ordinary of objects by a highly talented cast, this is so much more than a tap show!

TICKETS £17, £20, £22.50, under 16s £17

DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Friday 1 & Saturday 2 April Fri & Sat 2.30pm & 7pm THE RAILWAY CHILDREN Join Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis on the adventure of a lifetime in this wonderful new musical adaptation by Stephen Kingsbury and Ben Sleep. Capturing all the excitement and emotion of Nesbit's story this is a wonderful show for all the family to enjoy together. TICKETS 7pm £18.50, Conc £17, 2.30pm £15.50, Under 16s & Students £14.50, Family Ticket (2 adults + 2 under 16s) £58, Groups 10+ £12, Friends of Devonshire Park Theatre 25% (7pm only) Tues – Thur 7.45pm, Talking Scarlet present Wed 2.30pm

DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Sunday 3 April 7.45pm DEALER’S TICKETS Tues – Thur 7.45pm LIZA PULMAN CHOICE £15.50, £18, £20 SINGS HOLLYWOOD Wed £16 Conc £1.50 off In concert with Joseph Atkins and his Patrick Marber’s Dealer’s Choice is an uproariously Orchestra, Liza Pulman from Fascinating Groups Buy 10 Tickets funny, meticulously crafted and wonderfully Get 11th Free Aida, brings you an evening of some of (Apply 7.45pm only) the greatest songs from the silver screen. imaginative exploration of the endless power Her glorious voice, charming personality play between fathers and sons, winners and Under 16s & Students £9 and quirky comedic skills will take you on a losers, made men and ambitious outsiders. Under 25s £10 musical journey celebrating the golden age of Hollywood and beyond. Stephen’s restaurant is a haven of petty gamblers and ineffectual Friends of Devonshire dreamers, until it is threatened by the shady machinations of Ash Park Theatre 25% and the underworld. As events unfold, debts increase, the stakes (Tues 7.45pm only)

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22 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 23 24 B They Don’t Care About Us, Dangerous and Make Me Feel, Smooth Criminal,Beat It, Billie Jean, Dirty Diana, Bad, and band,including:IWant YouOffThe Wall, ABC, Back, The Way You Expect your favourite songsdelivered by anexceptionally talented cast precision andpassion. live performances andinnovative dancemoves executed with flair, rock, soul to discoas the cast pay homage to Jackson’s legendary You will experience over two hours of non-stop hits from pop to musical history. audio andelectrifying journey through the magicof Michael’s 45 year continues to moonwalk around the world, taking you ona visual, Seen by over 3millionpeople inover 30countries, Thriller Live the career of the world’s greatest entertainer. a spectacular concertcreated to celebrate in itsrecord breaking 7th year, Thriller Live is Direct from London’s West End where itisnow Monday 4–Saturday 9 April CONGRESS THEA well‑drill ed and A glitzyc brilliantly done ox office 01323 412000 d of songand on just keepon ance. Thehits Daily Telegraph Mail onSund Dazzlingly c oming oncert

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Photo of previous cast member David Graham Entertainment Ltd inconjunction with ITV presents Monday 4–Saturday 9 April DEVONSHIRE PARK THEA always a feature of the television series,in this excellent production. Take yourself back to the 60s, with all the great music, which was in alive stage production with abrand new script. Younger andanumber of the other most popular characters Come andseeDavid Stockwell, Gina Ward, PCGeoff atmosphere of the 1960s rural Yorkshire settings. with useof video footage andaclever set, recreates the Now itcomes to the stage in this touring production which, the top five television programmes across all the channels. regularly exceeding 10million viewers and was constantly in Heartbeat ran for 18 years from 1992 to 2010 with audiences ofcast. thetelevision comes to the stage starringmembers Sunday evening 60spolicedrama, Heartbeat, For the first time ever ITV’s popular TRE Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www. eastbournetheatres.co.uk Steven Blakeley David Lonsdale (First 2nights only) Park Theatre 25%off Friends of Devonshire Under 25s£10 Under 16s&Students £9 apply 7.45pm only) (Conc &Groups Get 11thFree Groups Buy 10 Tickets Conc £1.50off Sat 2.30pm£20, £22 Wed 2.30pm£20 £19, £21,£24.50, £26.50 Fri &Sat 7.45pm £19, £20, £22.50, £24.50 Mon – Thur 7.45pm TICKETS Wed &Sat 2.30pm Mon –Sat 7.45pm performance. Seep42 Audio described

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The international award winning Broadway and West End musical, Chicago, Mon – Sat 7.30pm comes to Eastbourne for one week only Thur & Sat 2.30pm starring West End and Eastenders actor John Partridge as Billy Flynn, Dancing TICKETS on Ice winner and Coronation Street star Mon – Thur Hayley Tamaddon as Roxie Hart, and £18.50, £24.50, £29.50, £33.50, £36 X Factor winner and real life prison warden Fri & Sat Sam Bailey as Matron 'Mama' Morton!! £20, £26, £31, £35, Based on events in the roaring 1920s, nightclub £37.50 singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along Conc £5 off with Cell Block rival, double-murderess Velma Groups 10+ £4 off, 20+ Kelly, they fight to keep from death row with £5 off, 50+ £6 off the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn. (All conc and disc apply top 3 prices, Mon – Thur) Created by the musical theatre talents of John Kander, Fred Ebb and legendary choreographer Bob Fosse, Chicago's sexy, sassy score includes All That Jazz and Razzle Dazzle. With 6 Tony, 2 Olivier, 1 Grammy, 2 Bafta and 6 Academy Awards, Chicago truly is "The sharpest, slickest show on the block" The Times A nightclub singer, a double-murderess, a smooth-talking lawyer and a cell block of sin: it would be a crime to miss it. APRIL

26 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 27 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Monday 11 - Wednesday 13 April Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 April London Classic Theatre present Talking Scarlet present

Tues – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm

Mon – Wed 7.45pm TICKETS Wed 2.30pm Tues – Thur 7.45pm £15.50, £18, £20 “There’s a gentleman living here. He’s got a birthday Fri & Sat 7.45pm today, and he’s forgotten all about it. So we’re going TICKETS £15.50, £19.50, £21.50 Mon – Wed 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm £16 to remind him. We’re going to give him a party.” £15.50, £18, £20 Conc £1.50 off In a shabby boarding house in a small English seaside town an Wed 2.30pm Groups Buy 10 Tickets £16 elderly couple take care of a solitary guest, who rarely ventures out. Get 11th Free The arrival of two enigmatic strangers seems to offer a welcome Conc £1.50 off (Conc & Groups distraction from their mundane existence. But when an impromptu, Groups Buy 10 Tickets, apply 7.45pm only) seemingly innocent birthday party abruptly turns into a deadly game Get 11th Free Under 16s & Students £9 of cat and mouse, there are horrifying repercussions. (Conc & Groups Under 25s £10 apply 7.45pm only) Hilarious new comedy written and directed By turns, cryptic thriller and macabre comedy, The Birthday Party Friends of Devonshire Under 16s & Students £9 by Return of the Saint star Ian Ogilvy was Harold Pinter’s first major work and is among the most unusual Park Theatre 25% off and absorbing of his plays. Making a welcome return following Under 25s £10 Brian Flowers and his wife Susan arrive at their house swapping (First 2 nights only) their production of Absent Friends in 2015, London Classic Theatre Friends of Devonshire summer vacation home in Spain, only to discover they’ve presents the first significant touring revival of the twenty-first Park Theatre 25% unknowingly traded houses with a British gangster! The mess gets century, promising to bring this ground-breaking classic to fresh (Mon 7.45pm only) bigger and the clean-up gets sillier as ex-girlfriends, twin brothers Audio described

and exhilarating life. and dead bodies all start piling up in this comical farce. performance. See p42 A pril

28 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 29 CONGRESS THEATRE Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 April HHHH 'A triumph!' Daily Telegraph Vincent Flavia Simone &Cacace in

Fresh from their sell-out hit shows Midnight Tango and Dance ’Til Dawn, Strictly superstars Tue – Sat 7.30pm Vincent Simone & Flavia Cacace have created Thur & Sat 2.30pm their most moving production yet as they prepare to dance in their final ever theatre tour. TICKETS Tue – Thur 7.30pm Twenty years of dancing together has seen them become Strictly Thur & Sat 2.30pm Come Dancing favourites, World Dance title-holders, create £23.50, £25.50, and star in their own West End productions – but now it is finally £30.50, £33.50 HHHH time for the nation’s best loved Argentine Tango Champions to Fri & Sat 7.30pm 'Star presence and say goodbye to the stage in a thrilling, new, live performance. £25.50, £28.50, poise danced with Don’t miss your last chance to see this beautiful couple £33.50, £36.50 exuberant delight' do what they do best live, in an intimate, passionate and Conc £2 off The Independent explosive experience – it’s time for The Last Tango. Groups 10+ £3 off, (Press quotes 20+ £4 off for Midnight Tango) Under 16s & Students £5 off (All Conc & Disc apply top 2 prices only) HHHHH Sunday Express The nation’s favourite Strictly Come Dancing

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30 Box office 01323 412000 Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 31 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 April Tuesday 3 May 7.30pm Middle Ground Theatre Company present THE SOLID SILVER 60s SHOW For 2016, this annual music concert for fans of the golden era of pop music returns with an iconic line-up comprising Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, Dave Berry, The Merseybeats plus very special guest from the USA Brian Hyland. New Amen Corner will also perform on stage with the artists.

*TICKETS £25.50, £27.50, £29.50

DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 May Tues, Thur - Sat 7.45pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm Eastbourne Gilbert & Sullivan Society present H.M.S. PINAFORE Sir Joseph Porter comes on board HMS Pinafore with the intention of marrying the Captain’s daughter Josephine but she loves Ralph, a poor seaman. Will true love or strict Tues – Sat 7.45pm Victorian conventions prevail? A joyous show Wed & Sat 2.30pm with many familiar tunes.

TICKETS Tues 7.45pm £13 all seats, Wed – Sat TICKETS £16, Conc £15, Under 16s £5 all performances, Tues – Thur 7.45pm Groups Buy 10 Tickets Get 11th Free £15.50, £18, £20 A murder is announced and will take place Fri & Sat 7.45pm on Friday, October the thirteenth, at £15.50, £19.50, £21.50 CONGRESS THEATRE 7.30pm little Paddocks – at six-thirty p.m. Wed & Sat 2.30pm £16 Thursday 5 May The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished to read an advert Conc £1.50 off IRELAND’S CALL Groups Buy 10 Tickets in the local newspaper that a murder will take place this coming Friday Critically acclaimed show Essence of Ireland at Little Paddocks, the home of Letitia Blacklock. Get 11th Free (Conc & Groups apply takes on a new lease of theatrical life with Unable to resist, the group gather at the house at the appointed time, 7.45pm only) Ireland’s Call, a new and exciting musical when the lights go out a gun is fired. Enter Miss Marple, who must Under 16s & Students £9 adaptation - direct from Ireland. The show unravel a complex series of relationships and events to solve the Under 25s £10 features an exhilarating mix of original mystery of the killer... scores and well-known songs together with Friends of Devonshire an ensemble of some of the most talented Judy Cornwell is probably best known for her much loved portrayal Park Theatre 25% off of Daisy in television comedy Keeping Up Appearances, while (First 2 nights only) dancers in the world. Diane Fletcher is forever immortalised as Elizabeth Urquhart in House Of Cards. They are joined by Tom Butcher (The Bill, Doctors), Sarah Thomas (Last of the Summer Wine) and Rachel Bright Audio described performance. See p42 (Eastenders) plus a full supporting cast. *TICKETS £22.50, Conc £20.50, Under 16s £18 A pril – M ay

32 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) *Where applicable, prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 33 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 May Thursday 12 May 7.30pm SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK THE ROD STEWART STORY Celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons from street busker through to international superstar! Paul Metcalfe is the legendary singer-songwriter and performer right down to the very last detail. Enjoy all the hits including Maggie May, Baby Jane and Da Ya Think I’m Sexy, Stay With Me and Sailing.

TICKETS £20.50

CONGRESS THEATRE Friday 13 May 7.30pm PURPLE ZEPPELIN Purple Zeppelin pay tribute to Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin – Together on the same bill for the very first time. In a full on show, you’ll hear more than 30 classic songs, basically the best bits of all time! The accent is firmly on entertainment Produced by Original Theatre Company with Ritchie Blackmore’s Lute, Jimmy Page’s and The Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Tues – Sat 7.45pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm twin neck Guitar and Theremin, and a very special Violin Bow Solo!

INVINCIBLE TICKETS Tues – Thur 7.45pm TICKETS £20, Conc £18 With the recession biting hard, Emily and Oliver have £15.50, £18, £20 decided to downsize and shift their middle-class Fri & Sat 7.45pm £15.50, £19.50, £21.50 CONGRESS THEATRE London lifestyle to a small town in the north of England. Saturday 14 May 7.30pm Wed & Sat 2.30pm £16 One night they open their doors and invite next door neighbours, Dawn motown’s greatest hits! and Alan into their home. Over the course of a disastrous evening of Conc £1.50 off DANCING IN Groups Buy 10 Tickets olives, anchovies, Karl Marx and abstract art; class and culture collide Get 11th Free THE STREETS where the consequences are as tragic as they are hilarious. (Conc & Groups Experience the energy and electricity of the apply 7.45pm only) From one of the most exciting playwrights to emerge since Alan motor city in a production packed with hit after Ayckbourn, Torben Betts, and produced by the award-winning Original Under 16s & Students £9 hit. The talented cast and band bring to life the Theatre Company (Birdsong, Three Men In A Boat), comes a brand new Under 25s £10 infectious, melodic, foot-tapping songs with a production of the smash hit comedy, Invincible. Friends of Devonshire touch of soul and style. Expect your favourite Park Theatre 25% off songs from The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Lionel ★★★★ ★★★★ (First 2 nights only) Richie, The Supremes and many more. 'Highly 'A refreshing, entertaining' Ayckbourn-style comedy' TICKETS £23.50, £25.50, £27.50, Conc £3 off, Audio described Groups 10+ £3 off, 15+ £4 off, 20+ £5 off ay The Times Daily Mail the Best Party in town

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34 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 35 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE ★★★★ Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 May Wednesday 18 May 8pm 'pulls out all the stops... a knock out' JULIAN CLARY The Times THE JOY OF MINCING (Critics' Choice) National trinket, author, television and on Mouthful radio star, Julian Clary, is coming your way. ★★★★ Celebrating 30 years as a camp comedian, there is so much to tell you! This is Julian at 'Extraordinary… Magical' his filthy best, live and unplugged. Come and witness a masterclass in camp comedy. Libby Purves on Alice Suitable for ages 16 and over.

★★★★ 'exquisite... impressive' *TICKETS £24, Students & Over 60s £21 The Times on Arab Nights DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Tuesday 31 May – Saturday 4 June Tues – Sat 7.45pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm Eastbourne Operatic & Dramatic Society present 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL Hilarious new musical comedy based on the hit movie, that centres on three office workers who turn the tables on their sexist boss. Featuring original numbers from Dolly Parton's Oscar, Tony® and Grammy Award nominated score. This is an amateur production.

Tues & Wed, Fri & Sat 7pm Wed, Thur & Sat 2.30pm TICKETS £16, Conc £14

JUNGLE BOOK TICKETS DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE 7pm Sunday 5 June 11am & 2pm Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale re-imagined with £18.50, Conc £17 street-dance, circus and spoken word 2.30pm THE CHRIS £15.50 This spectacular new production from the award-winning Metta & PUI SHOW Under 16s & Theatre brings Kipling’s classic tale crashing into the 21st Century with Students £14.50 CBeebies’ favourite double act is coming to breath-taking street dance and circus. town! See Chris & Pui from Show Me Show Family Ticket (2 adults Me in their new stage show with the toys and Mowgli is finding her way in the urban jungle. With a beat-boxing bin + 2 under 16s) £58 man Baloo, graffiti artist Bagheera and a skateboarding Wolf crew, this characters from their hit TV programme. heart-warming coming of age story will astonish and amaze. Groups 10+ £12 Incy Wincy, Twinkle, Old MacDonald, Humpty, (School groups 1 teacher Granny Humpty and many more of your Adapted and Directed by Poppy Burton-Morgan. Choreographed in 10 students Free.) favourite Chris & Pui characters will be by Kendra J Horsburgh (Into The Hoods, Sadler’s Wells and Blaze, dropping in along with the toys – Tom, Momo, International Tour) and featuring jaw-dropping tricks from an Teddington, Stuffy and Miss Mouse. extraordinary cast of performers from Zoo Nation and Cirque du Audio described performance. See p42 Soleil, this is a show for everyone from 8 to 108. *TICKETS £13, Under 16s £11, Family Ticket £44 – J une M ay

36 Box office 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) *Where applicable, prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 42) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 37 CONGRESS THEATRE EVENTS at the Wednesday 1 – Saturday 4 June WINTERGARDEN

Screaming Blue Murder Comedy CLUB

STEVE BEST JONNY AWSUM

Doors 7.30pm, Friday 22 January Friday 11 March Comedy 8pm STEVE BEST JONNY AWSUM "Rip-roaringly funny. See him!" “An engaging feel good songsmith... *Tickets The Guardian charming cheer” Sunday Times £10, Students £8 ELEANOR TIERNAN HAYLEY ELLIS Groups 12+ £9 “The fastest-rising comedy talent in “Small in stature and Big in energy, (Group price includes table the country” The Irish Times Ellis simply makes you laugh” reservation when tickets Giggle Beats booked at same time) MATT GREEN “Fast, fluent and very funny JEREMY O'DONNELL (Line up subject to change) stand up” venue.co.uk “Best act of the night, by far… Compere: Windsor Cutting edge funny” The Daily Mirror Suitable for ages 16+ Compere: Windsor

The hit West End and Broadway show! Seen by over 1-million people worldwide, Let It Be has established itself as one of the West End’s most popular shows and continues to delight audiences across the globe. Wed – Sat 7.30pm Thur & Sat 2.30pm Let It Be showcases the music of the world’s most successful rock ‘n’ roll band, in a spectacular concert charting the band’s meteoric rise from their humble beginnings in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, TICKETS through the height of Beatlemania, to their later studio masterpieces. Wed-Thu & Sat 2.30pm JOEY PAGE PADDY LENNOX The show is packed with over forty of The Beatles’ greatest hits £21, £24.50, £27.50, including: Twist and Shout, She Loves You and A Hard Day’s Night, £29.50 Friday 25 March Friday 22 April as well as global mega-hits Yesterday, Hey Jude, Come Together Fri & Sat 7.30pm ANTHONY KING ANDRE VINCENT and of course, Let It Be. £23, £26.50, £29.50, "His one-liners condense an entire "Ferociously funny" The Sunday Times Travel back to the magical sixties when all you needed was love, £31.50 sketch into a single sentence" The Guardian ELLIE TAYLOR and a little help from your friends! Conc £2 off “Radiates natural charisma… blessed The music defined a generation, captured the hearts and ideals Under 16s & JOEY PAGE with great flair” The Guardian of millions, and now you can relive it. Students £5 off “Brilliantly inventive, imaginative and very funny” Josie Long PADDY LENNOX Groups 10+ £3 off, “Comedy the way it should be: a 20+ £4 off SUZY BENNETT laugh-a-minute which leaves the ★★★★ ★★★★★ "A naturally funny person - very audience wishing the show was 'A NON-STOP 'THE BEATLES SHOW YOU (Conc & Groups not available Sat 7.30pm, funny indeed!" Jimmy Carr just a little bit longer.” Fest PARADE OF HITS' NEVER GOT TO SEE' top price only) Compere: Windsor Compere: Windsor DAILY TELEGRAPH PAUL PHEAR, SMOOTH RADIO

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Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 January Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 10am – 4.30pm EASTBOURNE WEDDING SPECTACULAR The Eastbourne Wedding Spectacular returns for its fifth year, showcasing a huge selection of wedding services and suppliers. Proudly supporting Help For Heroes, with three London production Fashions Shows each day and plenty of time to meet and talk with exhibitors FREE ENTRY

Tuesday 19 January, 23 February, 22 March, 26 April, 17 May 2pm – 5pm TEA DANCE Now showing 4 and 5 Three hours of ballroom magic (including a well-deserved tea until 27 Dec April break!) will pass by in a whirlwind with a varied programme of live music. Live musical accompaniment from Chris Mannion.

TICKETS £6, includes tea and biscuits HIGHLIGHTS Thursday 17 December Monday 21 – CHRISTMAS WITH BLAKE Wednesday 23 March THE UNDERSTUDYING OF MISS Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 January Saturday 6 February THE 4 TUNES CISSIE BRAITHWAITE Doors 9am, Matches start 11am A new play by Bobby Bennett Wednesday 17 – Supported by the Arts Council THE ‘RED DRAGON’ Wed 9 – Sat 12 DecemberSTREET MIRACLE ON 34th Saturday 20 February Thursday 24 – Saturday 26 March EASTBOURNE DARTS WEEKEND DISNEY’S BEAUTY & THREE DAYS & THREE THE BEAST JNR Open darts events for men, ladies and youths. Saturday mens, MINUTES WITH LARRY Thursday 25 – This new play tells the events of the ladies, youth singles and mixed triples. Sunday open and ladies 3 days leading up to what would be Saturday 27 February singles, open pairs and open first round losers competitions. Larry’s final finale. Supported by Eastbourne Stagers present the Arts Council £7,000 prize fund with £1,000 for Open winner. DICK WHITTINGTON Wednesday 30 March – Pre entry or on the day available. For an entry form contact Saturday 5 March [email protected] or call 07877241248 Saturday 2 April Saturday 9 April ROSS LEADBETTER THE GREAT The Rattonian Youth present CHRIS RAMSEY BRITISH SONGBOOK SUMMER HOLIDAY Saturday 12 March Friday 15 April Friday 12 - Sunday 21 February Sunday 28 February OH CAROL – THE MUSIC TONY STOCKWELL OF NEIL SEDIKA PSYCHIC EASTBOURNE MUSIC MUSIC & Friday 18 March Saturday 16 April & ARTS FESTIVAL ARTS TENORS UNLIMITED THE FRANK SINATRA VENICE TO VEGAS HOLOGRAM SHOW The 56th Eastbourne Music and Arts Friday 29 April FESTIVAL Saturday 19 March Festival will be offering new ideas and the A TOUCH OF CLASS: Saturday 30 April opportunity for around 2,500 entrants GALA CONCERT IAN WAITE & NATALIE LOWE CBBC: BEAR DAVID HAMILTON’S ROCK N of all ages to appear before professional BEHAVING BADLY ROLL BACK THE YEARS SHOW adjudicators and live audiences in a wide FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT range of performing arts disciplines. [email protected] For more information on shows and events at the Royal Hippodrome visit royalhippodrome.com or call box office 01323 412000

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Main Box Office 43 w 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 45 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 Infrared Hearing System 43 43 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 44 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 position Congress Theatre, Carlisle Road • Wheelchair 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 43 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 (Congress and Devonshire Park Theatre) 41 41 W 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4BP 40 40 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 38 41 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 Induction Loop System (Winter Garden 39 39 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 40 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 • 38 38 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 39 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 Tickets can also be purchased from & Devonshire Park) 37 37 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 38 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36

the Tourist Information Centre on 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 37 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 Patron Lift (Congress Theatre 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 36 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 Cornfield Terrace • 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 32 35 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 and Winter Garden) 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 34 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 31 A B 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 Phone 01323 412000 31 31

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Eastbourne Borough Council with support A 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 B CONGRESS THEATRE CONGRESS CONGRESS THEATRE CONGRESS 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 students in full-time education, under 16s from Friends of the Devonshire Park Theatre. 15 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 and 25s. Please note where concessionary 13 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 The Royal Hippodrome 12 9 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 tickets have been purchased suitable 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Theatre is run by RHT Management with 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ID may be requested. Family Ticket 2 adults 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 + 2 under 16s unless otherwise indicated. support from Eastbourne Theatres. 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 www.royalhippodrome.com 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Children under 2 are welcome at family 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 All details correct at time of going to print. 3 Restricted View productions. A £2 ticket will apply to shows Potentially 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1

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