AUTUMN SEASON 2019 The Friars, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2AS Box Office: 01227 787787 marlowetheatre.com Welcome to The Marlowe’s Autumn season. Our brochure has a new look, with the exciting contemporary theatre on offer in our Studio listed alongside the rich main house programme of brilliant musicals, dramas, dance and residencies by the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Glyndebourne Opera. Plus the best comedy and music one-nighters, including the Canterbury Festival in October, bringing chart-topping musicians and Afro-Cuban brass. International dance spans the globe from Cuba to South Africa, with Carlos Acosta’s superlative young company Acosta Danza and Dada Masilo bringing her acclaimed approach to the classics with Giselle. There’s never been a better time to pick up a multi-buy offer and plan a whole season of epic theatre-going… Whether you’re already part of The Marlowe family or visiting us for the first time, you’ll find a warm welcome here in Kent’s regional theatre, right in the heart of Canterbury. Deborah Shaw Chief Executive SAVE BIG WITH OUR MULTI-BUY SAVE UP TO Book three or more shows from the front 20% section of our brochure (page 4-33) and save 15% (Marlowe members save 20%). This discount will be automatically applied whether you book your tickets online, by phone or in person. Remember, our prices change with demand, so get in touch today to get the best tickets at the best prices. marlowetheatre.com Box Office: 01227 787787 2 Book your tickets early to get the best price *Our prices change with demand. For the latest information call us or visit our website. Members get more! PRIORITY BOOKING AT THE BEST PRICES JOIN FOR AS LITTLE AS £35 BECOME A MEMBER AND RECEIVE EXCITING BENEFITS: PRIORITY BOOKING You will be the first to hear when new shows go on sale, and you'll be able to book before the general public for most shows. BEST PRICES You will have access to the earliest and best priced tickets. MEMBER DISCOUNTS Discounts on most shows, 10% in priority period, 5% at other times. Book up to nine tickets per show with your discount! Annual membership costs from only £35. Visit marlowetheatre.com/memberships or call Box Office on 01227 787787 to join now. 3 SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 SELLADOOR PRODUCTIONS AND SELLADOOR PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS ARCOLA THEATRE PRESENT Little Miss Sunshine Fame WED 31 JUL-SAT 3 AUG MON 12-SAT 17 AUG 2019 2019 THE THEATRE THE THEATRE A touching and The musical based on the 1980s pop hilarious musical. culture phenomenon. Based on the Oscar- Starring Keith Jack (Any Dream Will Do), Mica winning film, this musical Paris (Chicago) and Jorgie Porter (Hollyoaks). comedy stars Mark Based on the 1980 phenomenal pop culture film, Monaghan (Holby City) and Fame The Musical is the international smash hit The Voice’s Lucy O’Byrne. following the lives of students at New York’s High The Hoover family has School For The Performing Arts as they navigate more than a few troubles, but when young Olive their way through the highs and lows and the receives an invitation to ultimate elation of life. compete in the Little Miss Featuring the Oscar-winning title song, join a Sunshine beauty contest, cast of outstanding dancers, singers, musicians the Hoovers pile in to their rickety camper van. Can and actors as they transform from star struck they survive the trip from pupils to superstars. New Mexico to California? Evenings 7.30pm Discounts (on selected seats) Evenings 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Marlowe members £5 off top Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Prices from £26* three prices (Mon-Thu) Prices from £19*, Marlowe Discovery Tickets (Mon-Wed) members £5 off top three Groups (Mon-Thu) prices (Wed & Thu) Discovery Tickets (Wed & Thu) Groups (Wed & Thu) 4 Book your tickets early to get the best price *Our prices change with demand. For the latest information call us or visit our website. SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 TUE 20-SAT 24 AUG 2019 The Girl On The Train THE THEATRE Evenings 7.30pm Starring Samantha Womack and Oliver Farnworth Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Prices from £15* Direct from the West End. Book your tickets early to get the Critics are calling The Girl On The Train "exceptional", best price *Our prices change with "gripping" and "must-see theatre" and it’s coming to demand. For the latest information call us or visit our website. Canterbury this summer direct from the West End. Discounts (on selected seats) Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only Marlowe members £5 off top three escape is the perfect couple she watches through prices (Tue-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Tue-Thu) the train window every day, happy and in love. Groups (Tue-Thu) Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery. Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ novel – an international phenomenon selling over twenty million copies worldwide – and starring Samantha Womack (EastEnders, Game On) and Oliver Farnworth (Hollyoaks, Coronation Street), this gripping new play will keep you guessing until the final moment. “ This is a must. Don't miss it.” êêêê WHAT'S ON STAGE 5 SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 NEW ADVENTURES PRESENTS CHINA PLATE & STAATSTHEATER Matthew Bourne's MAINZ PRESENT Status Romeo And Juliet Written by Chris TUE 17-SAT 21 SEP 2019 Thorpe, developed THE THEATRE with and directed by Rachel Chavkin Imagine a time when love is forbidden... TUE 24 SEP 2019 THE STUDIO A passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic love story. We all have a nationality. Bursting with youth, vitality and Matthew Bourne’s Or almost all of us. trademark storytelling, Kent's brightest young Status is a show about dance talent joins the New Adventures company, someone who doesn't with direction and choreography by Matthew want his any more. About Bourne, design by Lez Brotherston, lighting by running away from the Paule Constable, sound by Paul Groothuis and national story you're given. new orchestrations of the Prokofiev score by Terry About who is responsible Davies, played live by the New Adventures Orchestra. for that story and what might happen to it if you Recommended 12yrs+ give it up. 7.30pm (on selected seats) Evenings Discounts 8pm Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Marlowe members £5 off top Tickets £17, Marlowe Members Prices from £15* three prices (Tue-Thu) Discovery Tickets (Tue-Thu) (10% off during priority Groups (Tue-Thu) period, 5% off outside priority Show Talk Tue 17 Sep, period), Discovery Tickets, post-show, free Schools £15 (Thu, booking by phone or in person) Groups Dance at The Marlowe is sponsored by Kent and Sussex Cottages 6 Book your tickets early to get the best price *Our prices change with demand. For the latest information call us or visit our website. SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 Photo ©Richard Lakos and Thread Design and Thread Lakos ©Richard Photo SELLADOOR PRODUCTIONS, MATTHEW TOWNSHEND PRODUCTIONS, BELGRADE FRANCESCA MOODY PRODUCTIONS THEATRE COVENTRY AND PERTH THEATRE AT HORSECROSS ARTS PRESENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEARED AND HOUSE PRESENT Frankenstein Square Go TUE 24-SAT 28 SEP 2019 By Kieran Hurley THE THEATRE and Gary McNair WED 25 & THU 26 SEP 2019 An imaginative re-telling of the Gothic masterpiece. THE STUDIO From the producers who brought you Of Mice And The unmissable, Men. An eighteen-year-old girl dreams up a monster. Fringe First Award- A young scientist, Frankenstein, breathes life into a winning hit show. gruesome body. Banished into an indifferent world, Square Go is a raucous, Frankenstein’s creature desperately seeks out his hilarious play about identity, but the agony of rejection pushes him into playground violence, myths of masculinity and darkness. Rona Munro’s brilliant new adaptation the challenge to step up places the writer amongst the action as she wrestles or run. Their visit follows with her creation and with the stark realities facing a sell-out Edinburgh revolutionary young women, then and now. Fringe run and a New Evenings 7.30pm Access performances York premiere. Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm Sign interpreted Featuring an original Prices from £15* performance soundtrack by members Thu 26 Sep, 7.30pm Discounts (on selected seats) of Frightened Rabbit. Marlowe members £5 off top Audio described AD 8pm three prices (Tue-Thu) performance Tickets £17, Marlowe Members Discovery Tickets (Tue & Wed) Sat 28 Sep, 2.30pm (10% off during priority Schools £10 tickets (Tue-Thu, period, 5% off outside priority booking by phone or in person) period), Discovery Tickets, Groups (Tue-Thu) Groups Book your tickets early to get the best price 7 *Our prices change with demand. For the latest information call us or visit our website. SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 SHOW MULTI-BUY OFFER | SAVE UP TO 20% – FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 2 Photo Seamus Ryan Photo NATIONAL THEATRE PRESENTS Gutted A Taste Of Honey THU 3-SAT 5 OCT 2019 THE STUDIO TUE 1-SAT 5 OCT 2019 THE THEATRE A powerful black comedy.