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Hello and welcome reopen the Corn Exchange once more with back to the Aladdin. We have felt all along that Newbury Corn Exchange. needed the feel-good factor and brilliant family entertainment that we know our pantomimes I can’t begin to tell you provide – especially after the year we have how pleased we are to all had. be planning to welcome Aladdin you back to the Corn What has made both and our spring Exchange. It has been a truly extraordinary season possible is the vision and determination year, and we will no doubt find ourselves from our team, together with a brilliant new telling the stories of our experience of 2020 partnership with Arena seating. With their for generations to come. support we have completely reconfigured our auditorium to comply with social distancing There have certainly been times when returning and our workshop team at 101 have created to live performances and in person activity bespoke screens to separate household seemed a very remote possibility. But with the bookings. vision and commitment of our exceptional team, we have been able to reopen our buildings This innovative approach means that our safely and return to all of our creative activities. capacity, although reduced, is now sufficient to allow producers to afford to bring their shows The support we have received from you all to Newbury again. When I look at our spring has been tremendous, from those of you who season, it is filled with fantastic productions wrote to us to share what a difference our and looks as exciting and inspiring as always. creative activities made to you and your families This really is a remarkable achievement. during lockdown, or donated to our fundraising campaigns supporting our work and helping to So, please do come and join us once more. safeguard our future, to the many thousands of We might all be wearing masks, but I can SPRING you who kept hold of pantomime tickets even promise you - underneath we are grinning from ear to ear! when we were wondering ourselves if Aladdin 2021 would be able to take place. Katy Griffiths But, here we are! And although I am writing DIRECTOR this during a second lockdown we remain hopeful that live performances will once again be permitted from 3 December so that we can

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If you are interested in bringing a school group to watch the pantomime, please contact the Box Office for more details of our daytime schools performances. 1 BSL Performance 2 Captioned Performance 3 Audio Described Performance 4 Relaxed Performance

PANTOMIME Take the trip of a lifetime and journey to far off Thu 3 Dec 2020 – lands with Aladdin and his friends for this socially Sun 3 Jan 2021 distanced pantomime adventure.

Tickets £22.50 - £26 Your wish has been granted and, with a lot of hard work and a little (£20 - £25 concs) pantomime magic, we are thrilled to announce that we will be taking you on a magic carpet ride adventure this Christmas. Super Saver £18.50 - £20.50 Aladdin is written and directed by Plested and Brown (Claire Adult Nights £25 - £26 Plested, Adam Brown and Amanda Wilshire), and will be full of traditional Corn Exchange pantomime fun - plus a few surprises, of course! So rub that lamp, book your tickets and make all of your Christmas wishes come true. In order to make pantomime possible, we have rebuilt our auditorium so we can increase our capacity whilst still adhering to all social distancing measures. Our new seating layout has more space between rows, individual arm rests and each household group will be kept separate using dividing Perspex screens. You can also book with confidence, knowing that if you were unwell with COVID-19 symptoms or having to self-isolate, we would refund your tickets or credit your account. You can find out more at cornexchangenew.com/panto

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LANTERN WINTER MAKING KIT LANTERN

TRAIL This year, alongside our re-imagined Winter Lantern Trail, we are inviting you to make your own HOME inspired lantern. OUTDOOR Fri 11 – Sun 13 Dec Our annual Festival of Light takes on a reimagined Timed entry slots from format for 2020! This year we invite you to join Give your lantern as a gift to someone 5pm - 8pm us for a one-off explosion of creativity featuring you know, display it proudly in your sculptural lanterns by Thingumajig Theatre, window or bring it along to the FREE (must be reserved Handmade Parade, Rag and Bone and other Lantern Trail, and help to illuminate in advance). We will Newbury with art and light this winter. contact you by e-mail on artists from around the country. 5 December to ask you to Beautiful sculptural lanterns, light and music will guide you Book a FREE kit to collect from 101 confirm that you will need on a magical journey along the banks of the Kennet & Avon Outdoor Arts at Greenham Business all of your tickets. You will canal. Come together with your family and bubbles to experience Park on either the 5 or 6 December then be sent your e-ticket. the warmth of winter celebration in a safe and socially distanced and start getting creative at home. Starting from St Nicolas' fashion. Church, Newbury

Photo credit: Ghost Caribou by Thingumajig Theatre; photo by Ian Hodgson.

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FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS NICK COPE FAMILY MUSIC

MUSIC Fri 22 Jan 7.45pm FAMILY Sat 23 Jan, 27 Feb & 20 Mar 10.30am Tickets £26 (£25 concs) Tickets £9 Running Time 2hrs 20mins (including interval) Age Guide 8 and under Running Time 1 hour (no interval) Hit songs, high energy and happy times, in the new 2021 show. Join Nick Cope, star of CBeebies’ Come and join the greatest party in town as Blue Popcast, for his interactive music Jeans celebrates 25 successful and happy years sessions with songs about everything on the road. Forever in Blue Jeans stars Carole from counting to how plants grow. Gordon along with superb singers, dancers and musicians playing the best in country music and Nick's Family Music sessions have proved extremely popular so we advise early booking JIMMY CARR: TERRIBLY FUNNY rock ‘n’ roll! to avoid disappointment. This big hearted show performs songs from COMEDY For children under 18 months please purchase Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers and Thu 28 – Sat 30 Jan Jimmy’s all new stand up show comes to the Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, Tammy Wynette, a £1 babes in arms ticket from the Box Office. Corn Exchange. The Carpenters and Carol King plus many more. 6.30pm & 9pm The whole family can enjoy one of the liveliest This brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Tickets £26 and happiest shows of them all. Terrible things that might have affected you or people you know and Age Guide 16+ love. But they’re just jokes - they are not the terrible things. Having political correctness at a comedy show is like having health Running Time 1hr 15mins and safety at a rodeo. (no interval) Now you’ve been warned, buy a ticket.

14 cornexchangenew.com Box Office 0845 5218 218* 15 EVERYTHING (BUT THE GIRL) PRESENTED BY 2FACED DANCE

DANCE A triple-bill of lung-busting physicality, packed Wed 3 Feb 7.45pm with raw energy and exceptional movement, Tickets £16 (£14 concs) from one of the UK’s leading contemporary dance companies. Age Guide 11+ Marking their much-anticipated return to the stage, 2Faced Running Time 1hr 40mins Dance debut their 2021 tour at the Corn Exchange. This (including interval) tenacious triple-bill is full of raw energy and athleticism that will leave audiences astounded. Featuring Hollow in a World Too Full and 7.0 by Tamsin Fitzgerald and The Qualies by Fleur Darkin, this high-octane evening of dance is particularly resonant in its exploration of what can happen when everything we thought we knew is taken away from us.

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16 cornexchangenew.com Box Office 0845 5218 218* 17 BUMPER BLYTON PRESENTED BY THE MAKE-EM UPS COMEDY CLUB JOIN US FOR YOUR MONTHLY DOSE OF LAUGHTER AS AVALON PRESENTS SOME OF THE BEST NEW NAMES IN COMEDY. DON’T FORGET Grab a drink and sit back to enjoy an evening in the TO PRE-ORDER YOUR company of four comedians who’ll get your weekend off INTERVAL DRINKS to a great start. AT THE BAR! Avalon has an unrivalled reputation for finding new comedy talent and has many household names on their books, including Rob Delaney, Jenny Eclair, Greg Davies, Chris Ramsey, Frank Skinner and Phil Wang – you never know, you might see the next big name in Newbury! So whether you are looking to have a giggle with friends or are looking for a fun way to celebrate a special occasion, start your weekend in style at the Corn Exchange Comedy Club. PUT ALL THIS SEASON’S DATES IN YOUR DIARY!

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Fri 2 Apr THEATRE 8pm Thu 4 Feb 7.45pm Tickets £15 (£13 concs) A riotous improvised parody chock full Tickets £16 (£14 concs) Multibuy offer Book all 3 of the of innuendo and puns. spring Comedy Clubs at the same Age Guide 12+ Come and delight in lashings of ginger beer, grab a cheeky time and pay just £13 a ticket Running Time 2 hours tongue sandwich or wrap your lips round a nice spotted dick! Age Guide 18+ only (including interval) Cast yourself back to your youth in a show that’s utterly unique and spontaneous with this satirical take on childhood favourite books Line-ups are subject to change like The Famous Five and Mallory Towers. A cast of the UK's best-known and award-winning improvisers (as seen in Austentatious, Showstoppers! and TV’s Doctor Who), invent an improvised adventure live on the hoof based on audience suggestions. Performed in vintage costume with music and songs, the show offers an hilarious tongue-in-cheek homage. It's Enid Blyton... for grown-ups!

18 cornexchangenew.com Box Office 0845 5218 218* 19 FEBRUARY MORGAN & WEST FAMILY MAGIC SHOW

THE BAND CIRCUS FAMILY Wed 10 Feb A circus, dance and theatre production where Sat 6 Feb 2pm 7.45pm blind devotion meets desperate ambition. Tickets £15 (£13 concs, Bags of bafflement and side-splitting laughter for the It’s their final gig. Sandy and Bruno met in the seventies to form £8 under-25s) Tickets £15 (£13 concs, whole family. a band. She was fame hungry; he was doomed to follow her to £8 under-25s) Age Guide 5+ Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West are back with a show the ends of the earth. A one-hit wonder, they’re now washed full of fabulous family-friendly fun, frantic frolics and fantastic facial Age Guide 6+ up, cruelly forgotten. For one night only, they are dusting off Running Time 1 hour furniture! The dynamic duo deal out a delightful dollop of deception, their old costumes and preparing for one last gig. Is this their (no interval) deftly delivered with a dash of derring-do. Awesomely alliterative acts Running Time 1 hour last chance of fame? What will the audience decide? of amazement await! (no interval) The Band is a quirky and humorous production with striking visuals and a rousing soundtrack from Levantes Dance Theatre, ‘HILARIOUS AND GOOD All of Morgan & West’s best tricks, that audiences of all ages can enjoy a company which blends circus, dance and theatre with vibrant FOR ALL AGES’ from the comfort of their seats. PRIMARY TIMES aesthetics. Working in collaboration with Ockham Razor’s Tina Koch, the performers are Levantes’ artistic director and designer, Eleni Edipidi and Nathan Johnston, who each bring their unique physicality to the show.

20 cornexchangenew.com Box Office 0845 5218 218* 21 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY SPONTANEOUS POTTER SCHLOMO’S BEATBOX ADVENTURE FOR KIDS

THEATRE Fri 12 Feb 8.30pm Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate Tickets £18.50 (£16.50 concs) yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits... FAMILY Age Guide 16+ Sat 13 Feb The smash hit Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised Harry 2pm Running Time 1hr 50mins Potter comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction Tickets £11 Become one of record-breaking beatboxer SK (including interval) title. Hilarity ensues as an entirely new Potter adventure is magically Shlomo’s sidekicks in a world of funny sounds and improvised on the spot - with live musical accompaniment! Age Guide Suitable for Note: Spontaneous Potter is an unofficial all ages brilliant music! show that is not endorsed by or affiliated Previous titles performed include Harry Potter and the Chamber of with Warner Bros., JK Rowling or her SK Shlomo is a world renowned beatboxer who makes all kinds of publishers. All rights to the Harry Potter Commerce, Harry Potter and the Neville Wears Prada, Harry Potter Running Time 50 minutes books and associated trademarks are and the Rise of the Planet of the Snapes and Harry Potter and the (no interval) music using just his mouth and a mic. the property of JK Rowling/her publishers. All film/image rights associated with the Struggle for a Decent Mortgage in This Economy. Join this sonic superhero as he teaches everyone from 1 to 101 film series are property of Warner Bros. how to make music and impress your friends and families with ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ your new skills. SPONTANEOUS ‘JOYOUS... THE PARENTS POTTER KIDZ WERE HAVING JUST AS GOOD A TIME AS THEIR KIDS' Family Friendly Performance BROADWAYBABY.COM Fri 12 Feb, 6pm £15 (£13 concs) 22 cornexchangenew.com Box Office 0845 5218 218* 23 STRONGWOMEN SCIENCE PRESENTED BY CIRCUS250

FAMILY Thu 18 Feb A fast-paced family circus science show starring two 11.30am & 2.30pm women scientists turned circus performers, exploding with astounding tricks and messy experiments. Tickets £15 (£13 concs, £8 under-25s) Ever wanted to know how you balance a chair on your chin, if you can juggle liquid, or how circus performers eat fire? StrongWomen Age Guide 5+ Aoife and Maria reveal the scientific secrets behind their Running Time 40 minutes astounding tricks. In a fun, lively and fast-paced family circus (plus 20 minute workshop) performance, learn how jugglers, acrobats and hula hoop artists use science to create their amazing acts. StrongWomen Science seeks to promote enquiry, inventiveness and accessibility in science, and explore the worth of failure and 'A MOST ENJOYABLE, power of teamwork, shared by science and circus. Because when EMPOWERING EVENT science meets circus, anything’s possible. - SO INSPIRING AND ENTHUSIASTIC.’ AUDIENCE MEMBER

24 cornexchangenew.com Box Office 0845 5218 218* 25 THE MAN WHO WANTED TO BE A PENGUIN PRESENTED BY STUFF AND NONSENSE THEATRE COMPANY

FAMILY Fri 19 Feb A snowy half term adventure for all the family. 1pm & 4pm Sat 20 & Sun 21 Feb This is the story of an extraordinary explorer, a curious conjurer and pioneering problem- 11am & 2pm solver. You’ll find him pottering in his shed; Tickets £13 (£11 concs) planning his latest mission. He is learning to speak Penguin and hopes that you will too! Age Guide 3+ When he arrives at the Antarctic will its icy Running Time 1 hour wilderness meet his excited expectations? (no interval) Will the penguins’ reception be frosty, or will the colony welcome him with open wings?! With a playful energy and a mix of puppetry, music and song, this show will be a delightful celebration of wild creativity and the joy of individuality. Waddle on down and join the expedition!

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HENRY BLOFELD: OVER… AN EVENING WITH KEVIN AND ABBA FOREVER ONE NIGHT IN DUBLIN BUT NOT OUT! JOANNE CLIFTON MUSIC Fri 26 Feb 7.45pm MUSIC Sat 27 Feb 7.45pm TALK Wed 24 Feb 7.45pm DANCE Thu 25 Feb 2.30pm & 7.45pm Tickets £25.50 Tickets £23 Tickets £26 (£24 concs) Tickets £33 Running Time 2hrs 20mins (including interval) Running Time 2hrs 30mins (including interval) Running Time 1hr 30mins (no interval) Join Strictly Come Dancing champion Enjoy a night of ABBA favourites with A celebration of the music and song siblings Kevin and Joanne Clifton for non-stop choreography, stunning of Ireland. Henry Blofeld returns to Newbury a night of music and dance. visuals and top class musicianship. with more tales to share. For nearly 15 years Middi and his legendary The talented siblings will sing songs from This seven-piece plus two outstanding vocalists 'Wild Murphys' have been playing Irish music to Join Henry Blofeld for an evening of hilarious their CD, tell stories of their dancing lives will treat you to all your favourite hits in this the masses. Come and join in the craic as this yet fascinating stories direct from the TMS and perform some of your favourite Ballroom captivating show. award-winning seven piece Irish band covers commentary box, The Real Marigold Hotel and Latin dances with their professional songs by The Pogues, The Dubliners, The Saw and countless TV shows. Couple all that with dance partners. ‘THEIR CRYSTAL-SHARP SOUND Doctors, Daniel O'Donnell, Flogging Molly, his side-splitting life stories and you are in for AND EXCELLENT MUSICIANSHIP Dropkick Murphys, Van Morrison and many a real treat! Henry's quick wit, storytelling, Join Kevin and Joanne for a lovely evening ARE AS CLOSE AS YOU’LL GET more, in their own unique and upbeat style. and sparkling personality have certainly been of song, dance and dancing memories! TO HEARING ABBA SONGS sharped up by lockdown and he is raring to go! Due to popular demand we have now added AUTHENTICALLY PERFORMED LIVE’ The Wild Murphys celebrate Irish classics Over… But Not Out! is set to be a rip-roaring, a matinee performance. NUMBER9 REVIEWS including: Galway Girl, Tell Me Ma, Dirty Old belly laughing evening of not to be missed Town, The Irish Rover, Brown Eyed Girl and Molly anecdotes, gaffes and more! Malone, to name just a few. So come along and spend One Night in Dublin with us.

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THE SOUND OF SPRINGSTEEN PETE FIRMAN: BAG OF TRICKS OMID DJALILI: THE GOOD TIMES THINK FLOYD TOUR (WORK IN PROGRESS) MUSIC Sat 6 Mar 7.45pm MAGIC Thu 18 Mar 7.45pm MUSIC Sat 20 Mar 7.45pm Tickets £25.50 (£23.50 concs) Tickets £17 (£15 concs) COMEDY Fri 19 Mar 8pm Tickets £29.50 Running Time 2hrs 30mins (including interval) Age Guide 14+ Tickets £21 Running Time 2hrs 10mins (including interval) Running Time 1hr 15mins (no interval) Age Guide 16+ A night of rock for fans of The Boss. A stunning celebration of one of the The eight-piece tribute The Sound of One of the UK's most popular The multi award-winning comedian world's greatest musical icons. Springsteen comes to Newbury to rock you magicians is back on the road and and actor presents a work in progress This extraordinary band, dubbed the definitive with Bruce Springsteen's greatest hits and coming to Newbury. sharing for his latest tour. Pink Floyd experience, present a complete deep cuts. performance of The Wall as well as the whole You've seen him on ITV1's Tonight at the London With songs like Born in the USA, Glory Days, After experimenting with a Zoom gig where he range of classic tracks from Dark Side of the Palladium and The Next Great Magician and Streets of Philadelphia and many more, this got muted by 639 people, Omid Djalili is now Moon, Wish You Were Here and much more. BBC1's The Magicians, The John Bishop Show is a night of passion for Springsteen fans. where he belongs, on a stage and bringing back and The Sarah Millican Television Programme. the Good Times. Backed by an impressive laser light show, this Now it is time to experience his trademark blend His credits range from Hollywood films to exciting production will faithfully recreate all of laugh-out-loud comedy and jaw-dropping television and the West End stage. Earning the atmosphere, visual magnitude and musical magic live on stage as he returns to the Corn praise across the world for his performances, excellence of Pink Floyd live on stage. Exchange with his latest show. Omid is seen hosting his own ITV quiz show The Winning Combination. He appeared in the smash ‘SEAMLESS BLENDING OF QUALITY hit Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again, His Dark MAGIC AND STAND-UP COMEDY. Materials for BBC1 & HBO, and Letter for the King IT IS A JOY TO WATCH’ on Netflix. Omid also gained rave reviews for his EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE leading role of Tevvye in the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Fiddler on the Roof.

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THE NEW SCUMMY MUMMIES SHOW CRIMES,

COMEDY Wed 24 Mar 7.45pm Tickets £19 CAMERA, ACTION Age Guide 18+ PRESENTED BY NEW OLD FRIENDS Running Time 1hr 40mins (including interval) THEATRE Following their sell-out UK tour, the Fri 26 Mar The multi-award-winning New Old Friends are back Scummy Mummies are back with a 7.45pm with the latest show in their hugely popular ‘Crimes…’ series of comedy thrillers. brand new comedy show. New songs! Sat 27 Mar New sketches! New catsuits! And 2.30pm & 7.45pm Crimes, Camera, Action whisks the audience to golden-era even some new jokes! Hollywood and introduces a new lead detective, a world-weary, Tickets £18.50 hard-boiled private-eye in the mould of Humphrey Bogart: meet Join Ellie and Helen as they celebrate the Stan Shakespeare. Age Guide 12+ scummier side of parenting, from drinking The case? A screen starlet is stabbed as a result of a prop mix-up wine at teatime to hiding from the PTA. Bring Running Time 2 hours on set. It sets in motion a typically fast-paced and hilarious chain your friends and make it a parents' night out! (including interval) of events that sees a cast of four exceptional comic actors take This live show is based on the hit Scummy on multiple roles, sometimes within the same scene. Expect the Mummies podcast and best-selling book and usual New Old Friends mix of great theatrical set pieces, the Ellie and Helen have been heard on Radio 4 quickest of quick changes, lightning fast wordplay and a thrilling and featured in The Guardian, The Sunday Times plot driving the action at breakneck pace. and The Telegraph.

32 cornexchangenew.com Box Office 0845 5218 218* 33 MARCH APRIL THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY: THE MAN WHO THOUGHT 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR HE KNEW TOO MUCH

MUSIC THEATRE Thu 25 Mar Thu 1 Apr 8.30pm 7.45pm Tickets £23 (£21 concs) The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back! Tickets £15 (£13 concs) Chaplin meets Hitchcock meets Spaghetti Western in Now seen in 50 countries around the world, The Simon & Garfunkel Age Guide 6+ this fast-paced whodunnit from international physical Story is the critically acclaimed concert style theatre show about theatre company Voloz Collective. ‘AUTHENTIC AND EXCITING’ Running Time 1 hour two young boys from Queens, New York who went on to become the THE STAGE (no interval) Winner of the Les Enfants Terribles and Greenwich Theatre Award world’s most successful music duo of all time. 2020, this fast-paced whodunnit is an intercontinental, inter-genre, Using huge projection photos and original film footage, the 50th cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents. Roger Clement anniversary celebration also features a full live band performing all is a Frenchman in 1950s New York. His days have always followed a the hits including Mrs Robinson, Cecilia, Bridge Over Troubled Water, highly predictable yet not-unpleasant routine, until a minor delay saves Homeward Bound and many more. him from an explosion - igniting a powder-keg of twists and turns as Roger chases his wannabe assassins around the world to discover the truth. Raucously funny and endlessly inventive, this Lecoq-trained theatre company delights and stuns.

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MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2 – THE BON JOVI EXPERIENCE CRUISING THROUGH MENOPAUSE MUSIC Fri 30 Apr 6pm & 8.30pm Tickets £26 THEATRE Fri 23 Apr 6pm & 8.30pm Running Time 1hr 30mins (no interval) ★ ★ ★ ★ Tickets £31 One Wild Night of Bon Jovi hits. ‘AMBITIOUS, Age Guide 16+ ATMOSPHERIC The Bon Jovi Experience is the world’s first and WORK’ Running Time 2 hours (including interval) THE GUARDIAN finest tribute to the great Bon Jovi and is the only ON 2019’S tribute to have been requested by and to have TRIPLE BILL Hot flushes, mood swings, memory performed live on stage with Jon Bon Jovi himself. lapses, weight gain - these are a few The band have toured to ecstatic audiences the DANCE of our favourite menopausal things! world over… whatever your favourite track – Livin’ Ballet Black return with a double bill of lyrical on a Prayer, Keep the Faith or You Give Love a Bad Wed 28 Apr 7.45pm Crissy Rock (Benidorm), Nicole Barber-Lane Name – this is a night you won’t want to miss. contrasts and heady movement. (Hollyoaks), Rebecca Wheatley (Casualty), and Tickets £23 (£21 concs, Nicki French (Eurovision), star in the brand £19.50 schools) For her latest programme, Artistic Director Cassa Pancho brings us new and original works. Then or Now sees Royal Ballet’s Olivier Award- new show, Cruising Through Menopause. In Age Guide 7+ the hysterical sequel to the Menopause The winning choreographer William Tuckett blend classical ballet, poetry Musical®, we fast forward five years to catch Running Time 1hr 30mins and music to explore ideas of home and belonging while Mthuthuzeli up with the same four characters for tales (including interval) November contemplates the purpose of life in The Waiting Game. of their lives, loves and losses as they set off Expect sensational solos, seductive duos and fiercely dynamic pieces on the high seas. This is a hilarious, heartfelt, performed seamlessly by the group. Ballet Black is transforming the reassuring and unflinching look at the joys of dance landscape by giving a platform to artists of black and Asian menopause and friendship. Photo: Holly McGlynn descent as well as to new and established choreographic voices.

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