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P29-P33 Training ,Workshops ,Workshops Training EDUCATION BOX OFFICE INFORMATION OPENING HOURS Monday- Friday 9.30am- 5.30pm Saturday: 10.00am- 4.00pm HOW TO BOOK By Telephone: Call (028)71268027 during box office hours. In person: Simply call into the box office during office hours. Online: Log on to www.derryplayhouse.co.uk anytime On the Night: The Box Office will be open 45 minutes before a performance for ticket sales/collections. Concessions available for those in receipt of benefits, students, under 18’s and senior citizens. Group discounts also available. Please phone Box Office in advance for details. ACCESS & DISABLED PATRONS Winner of the William Keown Prestige Access Award 2010, The Playhouse has full access for disabled patrons and an infra-red hearing assisted system is installed in our theatre. If patrons have any special requirements, please contact the Box Office and we will be happy to help in any way we can. LATECOMERS Latecomers cannot be admitted once a performance has started until a suitable interval. REFUND POLICY Please note that there are no refunds, except in the event of the show being cancelled. MAILING LIST To receive this brochure and other regular mailings, both by post and email, join our free mailing list by contacting the Box Office or visit www.derryplayhouse.co.uk or emailing [email protected]. COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 5 LIVE SCREENING LIVE Music. Power. Jealousy. Power. Music. Thrones, of Game (Luther, MsamatiLucian NT Live: The Comedy of Errors)Peter plays Shaffer's Salieri orchestral live iconic with and inTheatre, National play, the broadcast liveSinfonia. from Southbank by accompaniment Wolfgang Amadeus capital music Mozart, the Vienna, in arrives prodigy, a rowdy young of the world - and he's determinedcourtgenius, his splash.Awestruck by a to make composer Antonio Salieriname. destroyhis or talent his promote has the power to obsessive by Seized Thursday 2nd February, 7pm 7pm February, 2nd Thursday Tickets £11 - Cert: contribution) 12Adevelopment £1 (includes National Theatre Live presents Live Theatre National AMADEUS LIVE SCREENING LIVE
nothing is as it seems. themselves lost on a fantasticalwhereislanda on themselveslost up on the shore. When they wake they find storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies men who wronged him. Creating a vast magicalvast a Creatinghim. wronged who men out across the ocean to the ship that carries the When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches elements and bend nature to his will. Prospero is a magician, able to control the verythecontrol to able magician, a is Prospero ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. island. ordinary no this and man, ordinary enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his On a distant island a man waits. Tickets £11contribution) development £1 (includes THE TEMPEST THE 7pm 2017, January 11th Wednesday Royal Shakespeare Company Live presents Live Company Shakespeare Royal Bloody Sunday March Committee presents The Royal Opera presents THE OLIVE TREE BY KATIE O’KELLY VERDI IL TROVADORE Friday 3rd February, 8pm Saturday 4th February 2017, 7.15pm Tickets: £8 / £6 concession Tickets £14 / £10 concession (includes £1 development contribution) (includes £1 development contribution)
From a dull day in Tesco to the dusty fields of Il Trovatore is one of the great operas of the Palestine. In the blink of an eye. Romantic period, a story of passion and blood, love and vengeance, disaster and murder. What the f**k just happened? New in the 2015/16 Season, this atmospheric and On a rainy day in Dublin, a jaded supermarket poetic staging by director David Bösch puts the story employee rips the boycott sticker off a bottle of olive of passion against the backdrop of war. oil... And the Palestinian olive tree of history comes to life before her eyes. Fire and snow in the landscape echo the cruelty and love of the story. The famous Anvil Chorus is just one The Olive Tree is a magic realist journey into the of the highlights of Verdi's exceptionally fine music, stories and struggles of Palestine, past, present which captures the shifting emotions of the drama and future. through impassioned love duets, fiery solos and The play is written and performed by Katie O’Kelly stirring choruses. (Stage UK nominee for Best Solo Performer, Edinburgh Fringe 2012). SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 7 SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING ENCORE SPECIAL The pioneering literarychoreographeraward-winning for inspiration the work of Virginia Woolf isBallet. Royal TheMcGregor's triptychfor Wayne McGregor has long beenhe atworkcriticallyacclaimed this in theand ballet cutting edge of combines themes from- three Waves TheOrlando and Dalloway, Mrs. – novels of Woolf's landmark with elements of her letters, essayscreates Richter Max composer andBritish Acclaimed diaries. incorporatingcommissionedspeciallyscore a music. live andelectronic Saturday 11th February, 7.15pm February, 11th Saturday Tickets £14/ £10contribution) concession development £1 (includes The Royal Ballet presents WOOLFWORKS Age 16+
workshop exploring the issues raised in the play. Performances will be followed by an interactivean by followedPerformances be will on the family. the on shines a light on depression and the impact it has itimpact thedepression andon light a shines uncomfortable and raw continues in a play that theatre audiences in issues that are sometimesare thatissues inaudiences theatre Sole Purpose Productions' reputation for engaging engaging for reputation Productions' Purpose Sole you may know someone like him. is a story about Ryan. You may not know him but him know not may You storyRyan.about a is man, there is a darkness that will not go away. This away. go not darknesswill thata is thereman, Behind the closed door, inside the mind of a young a of mind the inside door, closedthe Behind nobody gets you?” “Do you ever feel alone, like really alone, like alone, really like alone, feel ever you “Do Evening £10 / £8 concession £8 / £10 Evening donation) development £1 (includes Tickets: Matinee £6, Matinee Tickets: BLINKERED 8pm & 10.30am February, 9th Thursday Sole Purpose Productions presents presents Productions Purpose Sole The Ulster Orchestra Presents National Theatre Live presents ON YOUR DOORSTEP SAINT JOAN Sunday 12th February, 5pm Thursday 16th February, 7pm Tickets: £10 / £8 concession Tickets £11 - Cert: 12A (includes £1 development contribution) (includes £1 development contribution)
The Ulster Orchestra is delighted to appear at The Gemma Arterton is Joan of Arc, broadcast live from Derry Playhouse as part of the ‘On Your Doorstep’ the Donmar Warehouse. concerts series; a new initiative started in the Bernard Shaw's classic play follows the life and trial Orchestra’s 50th anniversary year which sees the of a young country girl who declares a bloody Orchestra play in as diverse a range of venues as mission to drive the English from France. As one of possible across Northern Ireland. the first Protestants and nationalists, she threatens This afternoon concert will feature members of the the very fabric of the feudal society and the Catholic orchestra in a programme of music which is sure to Church across Europe. banish winter blues and put a spring in your step! Josie Rourke (Coriolanus, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) A brilliant chance to see an intimate performance directs Gemma Arterton (Gemma Bovery, Nell of orchestral favourites. Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) as Joan of Arc in this electrifying production.
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 presents Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 presents ZOMBIE SCIENCE: MY PLACE IN SPACE WORST CASE SCENARIO Sunday 19th February. 1.30pm Friday 17th February. 12pm & 3pm TICKETS: £6 / £3 concession TICKETS: £6 / £3 concession www.nisciencefestival.com www.nisciencefestival.com My Place in Space, is a highly interactive event Worst Case Scenario; the world’s first fully certified that tells the story of our place in Space, Dr. interactive tutorial in dealing with a real Zombie Niamh Shaw takes the audience from the outbreak – can you survive? Zombie Science is back smallest thing to the furthest reaches of the with a spoof tutorial on the real science behind a Observable Universe. disease outbreak. Join Theoretical Zombiologist UGLY ANIMALS Doctor Austin as he puts you at the heart of a hypothetical Zombieism outbreak, and teaches you Sunday 19th February. 1.30pm what to do should a Zombie outbreak occur. TICKETS: £6 / £3 concession Featuring a multi-media presentation and www.nisciencefestival.com interactive demonstrations the outcome of the The Ugly Animal Preservation Society raises the outbreak is down to you! Supported by the profile of the world’s most ugly endangered Wellcome Trust and University of Glasgow. species. Join biologist Simon Watt for a perfor- Certified by the Zombie Institute for Theoretical mance that celebrates the incredible biology of Studies. the animal kingdom’s most monstrous, featuring videos and demonstrationstion. COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 11
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www.nisciencefestival.com Sunday 26th February. 3pm 3pm February. 26th Sunday £8 TICKETS: SenseNation?Flavour of taste a Fancy that event interactive new exciting an is This roller-coasterride a on budstaste your takes sensoryyourchallenge will senses. It thethrough hearing,and sight smell,touch,taste,skills, your whenother each withreact they how see to throwntexturesdifferentsounds,smellsare and ordinaryexperience;no you is This mix. the into smellingyour test “fifth taste”, thesample will sampleand budsmemorytaste skills, your trick some very weird foods. Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 presents 2017 Festival Science Ireland Northern FLAVOUR OF TASTE A SENSENATION - Ages 18+ Ages
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factual insight into the physiology and pharmacolphysiologyandthe into insightfactual be treated to three delicious drinks while gaining a gainingdrinksdelicious threewhile to treated be we consume on a day-to-day basis. popular Synaesthesia Cocktail night at NISF16, you'll NISF16, atpopular SynaesthesiaCocktailnight ogy of poison and learn about the toxic ingredients From the people who brought us the extremely the us brought who people the From Join us for an evening of toxicology and intoxication! TICKETS: £20 TICKETS: WHAT'S YOUR POISON? 8pm February. 24th Friday Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 presents 2017 Festival Science Ireland Northern www.nisciencefestival.com The Playhouse & The Rainbow Project present Commedia of Errors Theatre Company presents OUT LOUD: SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN LIVES UNDER THE RADAR Thursday the 23rd February, 8pm Saturday 18 February, 8pm TICKETS: £14 / £11 Concession Free Event (includes £1 development donation) From isolation to belonging, from harassment to Clare McMahon and Siobhan Kelly breathe new life love, from the pain of the past to hopes for the into Shakespeare's most famous females; from Juliet future; Out Loud is a funny and moving new play to Cleopatra, to name just a few. Seamlessly fusing that weaves together the real life experiences of the modern comedy and drama with classical verse, city’s LGBT communities. Created and performed by audiences will see Shakespeare‘s favourite ladies in a LGBT people, in conjunction with award-winning brand new light. writer Hilary McCollum, this dramatic reading will A modern examination of the relationships between put the spotlight on LGBT lives in Derry/London- men and women. Can one woman’s advice stop the derry in an unprecedented way. other doing something stupid? Would they be All welcome. happier (and less dead) if they just dumped their men? ‘Shakespeare’s Women’ is sure to entertain This project is supported by the Good Relations and enthrall. Program of the Derry City & Strabane District Council & The Community Relations Council of Written & performed by Clare McMahon & directed Northern Ireland. by COE Productions’ Benjamin Gould. COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 13 - The Customer Is Always Wrong Always Is Customer The 8pm 2017, March 4th Saturday Tickets £15 /£12 Concessioncontribution) development £1 (includes relation dating, of minefields potential the From is nothing - thingssimple the to divorce, and ships Award- be.straightforward shouldas it ever as winning Stand-Up comediandetermined Jo Caulfield to is get things back on track... potential life's at look humorous a takes Caulfield traps and how to deal withshe as much as think you them.make willinsightful, Jo Sharp, witty and laugh. you makes As seen on The John BishopWeek the MockRoadshow, ComedyMcIntyre's Show, Michael You. for News Got I Have and Lakin McCarthy and the Big Tickle presentCAULFIELD JO
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(includes £1 development donation) development £1 (includes spectacle like no other. no spectacle like this famous fairytale make this Sleeping Beauty a the overgrown castle and the colourfulcharactersthe inandovergrowncastle the royal court, the panoramic journey of the prince to prince the of journey panoramic the court, royal The rich evocations of the baroque opulence of a of opulencebaroquethe evocationsof richThe dances for the happy union of prince and princess.andprince of union happy the for dances her suitors, and of course the concluding celebratoryconcludingthe course of andsuitors, her including the Rose Adage as Princess Aurora meetsPrincessAurora as Adage Rose the including The Sleeping Beauty has wonderful ensembles, solos ensembles, wonderful has Beauty Sleeping The talented dancers.talented the best of classical ballet, splendid music andmusicsplendidclassical ballet, of best the Tickets £14/£10 Concession The Royal Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty combines A perennial delight and a much-lovedclassic,a andperennial delight A
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY SLEEPING THE 7.15pm March 1st Wednesday The Royal Ballet presents National Theatre Live presents Bread & Roses Theatre presents HEDDA GABLER WAVING NOT DROWNING Thursday 9th March, 7pm THE MENTAL HEALTH ROADSHOW TICKETS: £11 CERT: 12A Friday 10th March, 8pm (includes £1 development contribution) TICKETS: £10/£8 (includes £1 development donation) "I've no talent for life." One in four of us will have mental health problems Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free... at some stage in our lives. This simple statement Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their throws up a host of questions: What’s life like for honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. the one in ten of us in Ireland suffering from Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those depression? around her, only to see her own world unravel. For the family and friends of the 451 individuals Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View who took their own lives last year? Why aren’t we from the Bridge at the Young Vic Theatre) returns doing more to help those who become unwell, and to National Theatre Live screens with a modern to promote good mental health? production of Ibsen's masterpiece. Bread and Roses Theatre Company’s pioneering Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) plays new production ‘Waving, Not Drowning, The the title role in a new version by Patrick Marber Mental Health Roadshow’ is an imaginative (Notes on a Scandal, Closer). attempt to address these concerns. A montage of original short plays and sketches and songs. LIVE SCREENING COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 15 Ages 16+ Ages
Friday 31st March, 8pm. March, 31st Friday concession £10 / £12 TICKETS: contribution) development £1 (includes life. young her all place passedthis hasHector An old house. Must thought. second a be house the a hundred gave really never years old. She escapeto. to place a needsshe when now Until not inside,living still someonediscoversis She on… clinging Still budging. heartbreaking,and Famla hilariousHaunting, the hide ourselves to tell storieswe challengesthe truth of who we really are.withMcCannJohn writer from and Reilly Directed O’ by Patrick Jbe to nottheatrical feast a is incredible,Famla missed. language.strong of use of Mild Tinderbox Theatre Company presents Company Theatre Tinderbox FAMLA LIVE SCREENING LIVE
self-sacrifice. light and excitement to darknessand to excitementand light conducts this intense and gripping journey from Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano San clings vainly to her dreams.her to vainlyclings San ‘Un bel dì' (One fine day) as the abandoned Cio-Cio- Well known moments include the impassioned aria and Patrice Caurier'sproduction.stunninglybeautifulPatrice and for the first time at Covent Garden, in Moshe Leiser Moshe in Garden, Covent at time first the for Much-loved soprano Ermonela Jaho sings the title roletitle theMuch-loved sopranosingsErmonela Jaho husband. story of a loving geisha deserted by a callous Americancallous a desertedgeisha by loving a story of of all operas, with ravishing music and a heartbreaking Puccini's Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular most the of Butterflyone Madama is Puccini's
Tickets £14/£10 contribution) development £1 (includes PUCCINI MADAMA BUTTERFLY MADAMA PUCCINI 7.15pm 2017, March 30 Thursday The Royal Opera presents National Theatre MY COUNTRY: A WORK IN PROGRESS Tuesday April 4th – Saturday 8th April, 8pm. Matinee: Thursday 6th April Saturday 8th April, 1pm TICKETS: £15/£12 Concession OPENING NIGHT,MATINEE: £10 Group rate available. (includes £1 development contribution)
In the days after the EU referendum, the National Theatre began a nationwide project. A team of interviewers spoke to people around the country – from Leicester to Derry/Londonderry and Merthyr Tydfil to Glasgow – to hear their views of home, life, the future, and the referendum. Using words taken from the interviews, My Country puts those conversations centre stage. Rufus Norris, Director of the National Theatre, collaborates with Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, to create this exciting new production. This show was created in collaboration with eight UK arts organisations including The Playhouse itself and in association with Cusack Projects Limited. COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 17 The Playhouse presents THE PLAYHOUSE 25TH ANNIVERSARY MASQUERADE BALL @THE GUILDHALL Saturday 8th April, 7pm. TICKETS: £550 per table of 10 or £60pp
The Playhouse cordially invite you to our Masquerade Ball. A magical night to celebrate the 25th Silver Anniversary of The Playhouse. Don your masks and join us for a night of Secrets, a night of Delight, a night of Theatrical and Culinary Decadence. Includes a wonderful champagne reception hosted by the Mayor. Come along and celebrate in style! COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 19 CLASS ACT SCHOOL OF SPEECH The Royal Opera presents BALANCHINE JEWELS AND DRAMA SPRING SHOW Tuesday 11 April 2017, 7.15pm Saturday 1st April, 5pm. TICKETS: £14 / £10 concession TICKETS: £8 (includes £1 development donation) (includes £1 development donation) Class Act School of Speech & Drama was estab- George Balanchine's evocation of the sparkle of lished in 2007 and it has grown from strength to emeralds, rubies and diamonds is a brilliant ballet strength since. The drama school is run by two local classic. The French Romantic music of Fauré provides teachers, Mrs. Loretta Bradley and Mrs. Brenda the impetus for the lyricism of ‘Emeralds', while Grant. The drama teachers prepare the children for the fire of ‘Rubies' comes from Stravinsky and the local feisannas, boost confidence and stage a yearly jazz-age energy of New York. Grandeur and elegance Christmas Show and a Spring Show. complete the ballet with the splendour of Imperial Russia and the music of Tchaikovsky in ‘Diamonds'. This is the group’s sixth show to be staged in The Playhouse. They are really looking forward Jewels is a masterclass in the many luminous facets to staging this year’s performance. It will be a of classical ballet and of The Royal Ballet itself: the perfect evening, full of singing, dancing and choreography of Balanchine, the intensity of the one or two “calamities” in between! One not soloists and the precision of the entire Company. to be missed.
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Daily Express Daily “Immensely funny” funny” “Immensely Saturday 22nd April, 8pm£12 / £15 TICKETS: contribution) development £1 (includes journalist, broadcaster, comedian, a is Hardeep and chef whose credits includeto Show OneThe Celebrity fromMasterchef& shows ranging Question Time & This Week.Hardeepcookery show, loved much his toured Having previous is back with his brand new show. In ‘Mix Tape’ the BBC Radio 4 starthat shares have made the him songs who heexplored all are iseight middlebizarre the today.and pain The joy, the in an all new stand-up showfavourite. Fringe from this Edinburgh So Productions present Productions So – KOHLI SINGH HARDEEP MIX TAPE -
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TICKETS: £12 / £10 concession £10 / £12 TICKETS: contribution) development £1 (includes ABIGAIL’S PARTY ABIGAIL’S 8pm April, 13th Thursday The Lifford Players present Players Lifford The National Theatre Live presents Brassneck Theatre Company present TWELFTH NIGHT THE BLUE BOY OF GLEN MOR Tuesday 25th April, 7pm Thursday 4th May. 8pm Tickets £11 - Cert: 12A TICKETS: £14 / 12 concession (includes £1 development donation) (includes £1 development donation) Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shake- Jemmy John is a tortured soul. The flax bogs on speare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity. the Glen and the cottage are his life. His younger sister Colleen however, doesn't share his enthu- A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed siasm. She feels entrapped by the Glen and her ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. brother. She craves a better life. Two local suitors, Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to Paudie Rua and Stephen are determined to steal explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of Colleen’s heart and escape... but Jemmy John is mistaken identity and unrequited love. having none of it! Simon Godwin directs this joyous new production A fresh, sensational and hauntingly dark comedy, with Tamsin Greig (Friday Night Dinner, Black 'The Blue Boy Of Glen Mór' is brought to you by Books, Episodes) as a transformed Malvolia and the multi-awarding winning company behind an ensemble cast that includes Daniel Rigby 'The Holy, Holy Bus', 'Man In The Moon' & (Flowers), Tamara Lawrence and 'A Night With George'. Doon Mackichan (Smack the Pony).
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Saturday 29nd April,concession 1.30pm 11 / £14 TICKETS: & 8pm MATINEE: £11 / £8 Concession contribution) development £1 (includes The Henry Girls need littlefolkbeautifultheir with hereaudiencesenchanted introduction havingveryspeciala for back now harmonies.are They show for the 2017 Derry Jazz Festival. They’vecrafted a tributeSisters, show to The who Boswell were the first acts including many so on influence major sister jazz trio and a Ella Fitzgerald, The Andrews themselves. Girls’ Henry Sisters and the This brilliant showis what will for band piece seven a see by stage on The Henry Girls joinedthis pointsof high the of one be guaranteed to festival.year’s The Henry Girls present TRIBUTE A – GIRLS HENRY THE SISTERS BOSWELL THE TO
them that “Frankie the Lips sent ya!” sent Lips the “Frankie that them way to find out. Get the secret the password and tell Holiday. What will this year hold in store? Only oneOnly store? in hold year this will What Holiday. from The Andrew Sisters and Marlene Hill as Billie Last year’s festival saw phenomenalfestivalperformancessaw Lastyear’s new to enjoy. every year there’s always something exciting andsomethingexciting always there’s everyyear gambling, molls and dolls, 50’s swing and G.I. blues… for its fourth year! We’ve had gangsters and The original Speakeasy is back by populardemand by back Speakeasyoriginalis The war punch! war Music, danger, excitement and old fashionedpostold andexcitement danger, Music, Tickets: £5 contribution) development £1 (includes FESTIVAL SPEAKEASY FESTIVAL Thurs 27th – Sun 30th April, 9.30pm THE PLAYHOUSE JAZZ PLAYHOUSE THE THE RETURN OF RETURN THE The Playhouse presents Playhouse The THE PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS BAG FOR LIFE BY COLIN BATEMAN Saturday 6th May. 8pm TICKETS: £10 (includes £1 development contribution)
A ONE WOMAN PLAY - DIRECTED BY KIERAN GRIFFITHS "What are we to make of the men of violence whose time has been and gone, and who have settled into both civil and civilian life? Is there any reason at all to suppose that their capacity for murder has somehow drained away, or will it always be there, like a lining of grease and fat lurking in their mental plumbing?" Award winning writer Colin Bateman’s second play asks the question, can forgiveness overcome the want for revenge in 21st century Northern Ireland? This powerful and captivating play, laced with the blackest of humour, is returning to The Playhouse due to popular de- mand. This follows a fantastic debut at The Playhouse in 2016, a sellout run at Bangor’s Open House festival and standing ovations at the Lyric theatre, Belfast. The show will also be heading out on an all-Ireland tour in April – May 2017.
“A raw, powerful and no-holds-barred journey through the deepest, darkest emotions we have all...Bag for Life will stir the darkest recesses of the Northern Irish soul” Irish News COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 25 -
WITH BRIAN LACEY, KEN MCCORMACK MCCORMACK KEN LACEY, BRIAN WITH MAHON JOE AND Thursday 11th May, 8pm concession £8 / £10 TICKETS: contribution) development £1 (includes Where is Derry going and whathold? does the future knowncommentatorsbestwillcity’s the of Three lay outtheir views for discussionreminiscences.storiesandideas, of evening ing in this entertain Derrythephotographs fromtalksold about Ken historytheunderour puts Brian archives; microscope and Joe will bringcity. the character of the his unique slant to talent musical Derry from entertainment Interval old. and young both The Playhouse presents Playhouse The DERRY VANISHING
Drama On One. O Connor awards and broadcast on RTE Radio One winner of the 3rd prize in the 2015 RTE Radio One PJ PJ One Radio RTE 2015 the in prize 3rd the of winner The show also features a staged reading of The Fund, Nation? Charlie Haughey make of the current State Of The do Thomas Davis, Jim Larkin, Michael Collins and civil war politics, water charges to Brexit.whatJust to charges politics, waterwar civil conversation hots up - covering topics from 1916 to 1916 fromtopics covering - conversationup hots poker in the afterlife. As the game draws on the Four towering figures from Irish history meet to play Featuring Conal Gallen as Charlie Haughey Written by Conor Malone Conor by Written
TICKETS: £11 / £8 concession £8 / £11 TICKETS: contribution) development £1 (includes THE STATE OF THE NATION THE OF STATE THE Sunday 7th May, 8pm Balor Rep Present. Rep Balor Big Telly Theatre Present. DMC Promotions present THE FAERIE THORN THE KILKENNYS ‘IN CONCERT.’ Friday 12th May. 8pm Saturday 13th May. 8pm TICKETS: £11 / £8 concession TICKETS: £14 / £10 concession. (includes £1 development donation) (includes £1 development donation) Adapted by Zoë Seaton & Shelley Atkinson The Kilkennys have already proved a hit with Directed by Zoë Seaton Derry audiences over recent years and their return Music by Garth MacConaghie will once again show why the reputation of this talented four piece group continues to grow well Based on ‘The Faerie Thorn and Other Stories’ by beyond these shores. Jane Talbot; The Faerie Thorn propels the audience into a world of devilish debts, hoodwinking, They’ve just completed tours of Europe and the revenge and magic. The stories inhabit an U.S., where they recently played the main stage incredibly vivid and dangerous world controlled by at the largest Irish Fest in the World in Milwau- a complex fairy mafia including factions like the kee. Their new show features many well-known memory takers, the time keepers, the bad talkers ballads as well as new material that continues the and trolls, which humans tackle at their peril. centuries old Irish bardic tradition. A vibrant piece of contemporary physical theatre The Kilkennys provide an unforgettable, energy that incorporates masks, movement and illusion. filled, toe tapping and hand clapping night of entertainment. Witty, dark and wickedly comedic. COME AND WATCH | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 27 Saturday 27th May. 8pm May. 27th Saturday concession £12 / £14 TICKETS: verytheirOrchestraChamberDonegal thefor Join first performanceDerry. in wonderful of years celebrating10 is DCO The North-West the across music-making chamber and beyond. It was foundedcellistSpanishand Orsolyaviolinist inSzabó-Yélamo 2006 by Hungarian Víctor Yélamo now based in Donegal. include will Playhouse the at programme The classical works by Vivaldi,Bartók. and Handel, Grieg, Elgar oneis classicalchamberorchestra,string DCO A the Education Music Donegal the of ensembles the of Partnership, part of theBoard. DonegalTraining Education and The DCO presents CHAMBER DONEGAL THE ORCHESTRA
world of NI dance. NI of world brilliant chance to see emerging new talent in thein talent newemerging see to chancebrilliant and featuring poetry by Maria McManus, this is a is McManus,this Mariapoetry featuring by and Choreographed by Eileen McClory and the students created in the Dance performanceDance Module.the in created DUST a scintillating new piece specially devised anddevisedspeciallypiece scintillatingnew a DUST final year students’ choreographic works as well as BA Dance. This performance includes a chance to see to performancechanceThis Dance.a includes BA performance from the students at UlsterUniversityperformancestudentsatthe from Join us for a celebratorycontemporary a finale dancefor us Join where will you stand? past, clouding the future. When the dust settles, dust the When future. the clouding past, society and contemporarysocietyand reflecting dilemmas;the DUST – A physically charged exploration of modernexplorationchargedphysically of A – DUST
TICKETS: £10 / £8 concession. £8 / £10 TICKETS: contribution) development £1 (includes DUST Thursday 18th May. 8pm Eileen McCrory & JP Conaghan present Conaghan JP & McCrory Eileen COMING UP LATER IN 2017…
The Royal Ballet presents The Royal Opera presents ASHTON THE DREAM / SYMPHONIC VERDI OTHELLO VARIATIONS / MARGUERITE AND ARMAND Wednesday 28th June, 7.15pm Wednesday 7th June, 7.15pm TICKETS: £14 / £10 concession TICKETS: £14 / £10 concession (includes £1 development donation) This gorgeous mixed programme demonstrates the World-famous tenor Jonas Kaufmann makes his great creative vision of Frederick Ashton, Founder role debut as Otello in Verdi's passionate retelling Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. The Dream is of Shakespeare's great tragedy of jealousy, Ashton's adaptation of Shakespeare's riotous comedy deception and murder. in which a forest sprite plays havoc, armed with a Soprano Maria Agresta will be his Desdemona love potion. and baritone Ludovic Tézier his nemesis Iago in Symphonic Variations was one of the Company's first a new production by Olivier Award- winning to be performed on the huge main stage of the Royal director Keith Warner. Opera House, in 1946. With six dancers performing a series of quartets, duets, sextets and solos to Franck's A major work of the opera repertory, Verdi's brooding Variations symphoniques. Otello draws on the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Opera Marguerite and Armand is Ashton's beautiful and Chorus and this stellar line-up of principal singers, emotional retelling of a well-known story, familiar to with exquisite duets, emotionally potent us through Verdi's opera La traviata. solo numbers and thrilling choruses.
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Current Playhouse Projects include Residents groups at The Playhouse PARTNERSHIPS SOLE PURPOSE PRODUCTIONS are ongoing between The Playhouse and several is a professional theatre company founded in local organisations, including RNIB, Action on 1997 to use the discourse of imagination to Hearing Loss, Rossdowney House, and Foyle investigate and illuminate social and public issues. Disability Resource Centre.For more info email Contact: 028 7127 9918 or visit www.solepurpose.org [email protected]. LILLIPUT THEATRE COMPANY STREET TALK is one of Northern Ireland’s leading theatre A cross community project involving young people companies for adults with learning disabilities. who come together to address the impact crime Recent productions include a specially adapted has on the community. version of Macbeth and commissioned plays THEATRE OF WITNESS WORKSHOPS exploring disability rights. Workshops and film screenings exploring and Contact: 028 7136 8150 or email lilliputthe- illuminating the stories of a range of people deeply [email protected] affected by The Troubles. Please contact [email protected] For more information contact The Playhouse on if you wish to book a workshop. 028 71 268027 or email [email protected].. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH | www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 31
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE interestedIf you’re in applying study to THE PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCESTHE PLAYHOUSE SEVERAL NIGHT CLASSES ADULT AND GAIN AN OPEN NETWORK COLLEGE QUALIFICATION! (OCN) GET CREATIVE, HAVE FUN, LEARNA NEW SKILL.. HAVE GET CREATIVE, WHAT GETS YOUR CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING? CREATIVE GETS YOUR WHAT ADULT EVENING CLASSES ADULT CARERS’ CRAFTS WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES AT THE PLAYHOUSE FOR ADULTS PLAYHOUSE PARENTS GROUP (PPG) PLAYHOUSE PAINTERS Providing a space for local parents and carers of Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2-4pm children to come together and explore creative ap- Contact: 028 71 268027. proaches to practical parenting. Workshops which will be designed by and for the group, so get in THE CREATIVE PATH touch and express your interest. Awakening your Authentic Self through creativity. A series of highly enjoyable workshops that look Contact: Siuan O Doherty 028 71 268027 at the creativity inherent in each of us. or email [email protected] Contact Ursula McHugh: ADULT ARTS or email [email protected] Are you bursting with creativity? We want to SO MUCH MORE THAN hear from adult groups and individuals interested YOGA CLASSES in short hobby workshops on arts and craft techniques. Thursdays 10.30am – 12pm Contact: Siuan O Doherty 028 71 268027 or email Contact: Ursula McHugh 07813124126 [email protected] [email protected]
DERRY PLAYHOUSE WRITERS FOYLE CAMERA CLUB Wednesdays 1pm – 4pm The first and third Tuesday of every month 7 –9pm Contact: www.derryplayhousewriters.org Contact: [email protected] FAB MEDITATION WITH CHITTA This project is designed to provide a fun creative space Tuesdays 7 - 8.15pm. £6 per class pay as you go. for fathers and their children to come together and Contact: [email protected] engage in arts based activities that encourage positive interaction and bonding. TAI CHI The workshops will begin on Saturday 4 March 2017 Mondays 6.45- 7.45pm from 10 - 11.15am. It costs £15 for five weeks. so get Contact: 028 7126 8027. in touch and express your interest. Contact: Siuan O Doherty 028 71 268027 or email [email protected] EDUCATION AND OUTREACH | www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 33 CLASS SCHOOL ACT OF SPEECH AND DRAMA Fridays 4.30 - 6pm. years. For ages 4-16 Contact: 999 Loretta 2662 0791 7982Brenda 326 0775 MARY HILLSCHOOL MARY OF BALLET Fridays 3pm – 8pm and Saturdays 9am –2pm. 9005Contact or 7132 028 [email protected] email NA MBALLAI:SCOIL RINCE CATHAIR CITYTHE WALLED SCHOOL OF DANCE 5.30pm Tuesdays – 7.30pm. or 967 841 / 07749 1895 Contact 7135 028 email [email protected]
Email: [email protected] Contact Grainne McCool April; 6th May and 3rd June. Saturday 11th February; March;Saturday 8th 11th Saturday 11th or email [email protected] the skills creative of writing. Contact: Siuan O Doherty 268027 71 028 A monthly class for children learn to and develop Cost £60 per child. THE WRITE STUFF KIDS CLUB The project begins on February 25 2017. a strong emphasis on fun and creativity. ten weeks and explore different art themes with children aged7-11 years. Workshops will runchildren for aged7-11 This is a fun visual arts project that is aimed at DESIGN DEN FOR CHILDREN FOR MANY THANKS TO OUR CORPORATE PATRONS
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JANUARY
Wednesday 11th The Tempest P5
Thursday 16th St Joan P8 FEBRUARY Friday 17th Thursday 2nd NI SCIENCE FESTIVAL NTL – Amadeus P5 Zombie Science: Worst Case Scenario P10
Friday 3rd Saturday 18th The Olive Tree P6 Out Loud: LGBT Lives Under the Radar. P12
Saturday 4th Sunday 19th ROH – IL Travatore P6 NI SCIENCE FESTIVAL – Ugly Animals P10
Thurs 9th Friday 24th Sole Purpose Blinkered P7 NI SCIENCE FESTIVAL – My Place in Space P10
Saturday 11th Thursday 23rd Woolf Works. P7 Shakespeare’s Women P12
Sunday 12th Friday 24th Ulster Orchestra ‘On Your Doorstep.’ P8 NI SCIENCE FESTIVAL – What’s Your Poison? P11
Tuesday 14th Sunday 26th An Evening with Bette Midler. P9 NI SCIENCE FESTIVAL A Taste of Flavour SenseNation P11 AT A GLANCE | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 39 P27 P23 P23 P22 P24 P25 P25 P26 P26 P27
Donegal Chamber Orchestra. Sunday 7th State of the Nation. Thursday 11th Lecture Friday 12th Faerie Thorn Saturday 13th The Kilkennys Wednesday 18th Dust Saturday 27th Thursday – Monday 1st 27th Jazz Festival Speakeasy Saturday 29th The Henry Girls - The Boswell Sisters MAY Thursday 4th The Blue Boy of Glen Mor Saturday 6th Bag for Life P20 P21 P21 P22 P20 P16 P18 P14 P14 P17 P13 P13
Tuesday 25th Tuesday Twelfth Night Hardeep Singh Kohli – Mix Tape Saturday 22nd Saturday Thurs 13th Abigail’s Party Jewels Tuesday 11th Saturday 8th Playhouse 25th Anniversary Masked Ball My Country: A Work in Progress Tuesday 4th – Saturday 8th Saturday 1st Class Act
APRIL Friday 31st Tinderbox – Famla Madama Butterfly Thursday 30th Thursday 9th Hedda Gabler Jo Caulfield Saturday 4th Wednesday 1st Wednesday Sleeping Beauty MARCH HOW TO FIND US… The Playhouse is located within the historic Walls of Derry. Londonderry, just a short walk from the Foyleside and Richmond Shopping Centres; 5-7 Artillery Street Derry Londonderry, BT48 6RG, Northern Ireland Tel: 028 71 268027 Fax: 028 71 261884 www.derryplayhouse.co.uk [email protected]
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