CHEQUER MEAD EAST GRINSTEAD MUSIC DANCE COMEDY MUSICALS & DRAMA EVENT CINEMA FAMILY TALKS FILM PETER PAN CLOUDBUSTING VENUE GUIDE May - August 2017 THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY www.chequermead.org.uk HOW TOLondon FIND Rd US sat-nav: RH19 3BS Public Transport CHEQUER East Grinstead railway MEAD station is a 10 minute walk, Beeching Way with regular services to East Grinstead A22 B2110 Station A22 Christopher Rd London. All buses stop at King St King De L a Wa rr Railway Approach R the High Street; 2 minutes d walk from the venue. College Ln A22 London Rd Cantelupe Rd For further information on B2110 Sackville timetables, telephone Church Ln College B2110 St Swithun’s Church 0871 200 2233. West St High St A22 Ship St Parking There is ample and convenient parking immediately opposite Chequer Mead, which is free-of- charge after 6pm and all day Sundays. B2110To Turners Hill THEATRE SEATING PLAN CIRCLE Q Q P P N N M M L L K K STALLS J J H H G G F F E E D D C C L L K K B B A A STAGE 2 Chequer Mead acts as anBox agent Office: for all01342 events 302000 - A card • transactionwww.chequermead.org.uk fee of £x.xx per booking will apply Chequer Mead acts as an agent for all events • Booking fees apply WELCOME Welcome to Chequer Mead’s brand new venue guide for the summer season. 2017 marks the year of our 21st birthday and so to celebrate we’ve launched this new venue guide design and layout, putting our previous brochure design to rest after 12 long years! We’re pleased to have teamed up with EMS Design and Print and the result, as you can see, is great. This season we welcome back some firm favourites including Vienna Festival Ballet, The Simon and Garfunkel Story and The Sooty Show, whilst also bringing first appearances to the programme including Cloudbusting and Creeds Cross, both of which promise a great evening of music. Friday Night Live is an exciting addition to this season too, playing host to some great acoustic acts performing in The Pavilion and with tasty tapas available too. We’ve also been making improvements to the building over the last 10 months including our recently renovated foyer and new state of the art studio spaces which are already proving really popular with our hirers. These spaces have been designed to accommodate almost any eventuality from dance classes to meetings, private parties and functions. Further developments are just around the corner and we can’t wait to tell you more about them soon. Finally, we welcome Sussex Police to Chequer Mead whose new public contact point and policing base is now operating in the former Wagg Studio at Chequer Mead. The public contact point is open for general enquires Mon-Fri between 10am and 2pm. Keep an eye on our website for further information and updates about everything going on at Chequer Mead. It’s going to continue to be a busy year and we think you’re going to love what we have in store. Will Perkins CHEQUER MEAD DE LA WARR ROAD, EAST GRINSTEAD, WEST SUSSEX, RH19 3BS Box Office: 01342 302000 Administration: 01342 325577 Email: [email protected] www.chequermead.org.uk As a charity, Chequer Mead gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support it receives from East Grinstead Town Council. Registered Charity Number: 1165519 Registered Office: East Court Mansion, College Lane, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3LT Join Us on Facebook and Twitter www.facebook.com/chequermead www.twitter.com/chequermead Chequer Mead acts as an agent for all events • Booking fees apply 3 MID WEEK Bullfrog Music Collectors Fair For all your Musical Needs At CHEQUER MEAD from Rock to the Classics Third Wednesday of the month; 17th May, 15 Ship Street, East Grinstead, 21st June and 19th July, 10am-3pm RH19 4EG Please note: No fair in August Tel. 01342 315602 COINS • POSTCARDS STAMPS • EPHEMERA & OTHER COLLECTABLES FREE ADMISSION ENQUIRIES: 01342 327554 www.bullfrogmusic.co.uk Chequer01342 323516 Open Monday to Saturday Mead from 9am to 5pm Café Make your trip to the theatre extra special with one of our two- course pre-show dinners which are available for certain events and by prior booking. Shows with this logo indicates pre-show dinner is available. Please contact the Lodge Coffee Shop for further details on 01342 323516 4 Box Office: 01342 302000 • www.chequermead.org.uk Chequer Mead acts as an agent for all events • Booking fees apply STEVE BIDDULPH - RAISING BOYS Wednesday 3rd May at 7.30pm £16.00 Both shows £30.00 STEVE BIDDULPH - RAISING GIRLS Thursday 4th May at 7.30pm £16.00 Both shows £30.00 TALKS STEVE BIDDULPH IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S BEST KNOWN PARENT EDUCATORS. A psychologist for 25 years, he is now retired of boys and men. Today though, the but continues to write and teach. exploitation and misuse of girls and young His books, which have been translated women globally are a major focus. into 31 languages and include Steve’s live talks have had a remarkable The Secret of Happy Children, Raising Boys, public response, reaching 130,000 people The New Manhood and Raising Girls. over almost 30 years. Many people express They have influenced the way we look at surprise at how moving and emotional these childhood and especially the development talks are, as well as how much fun. NT Live presents OBSESSION Thursday 11th May at 7pm £12.00 Concessions: £10.00 EVENT CINEMA JUDE LAW STARS IN THE STAGE PRODUCTION OF OBSESSION, BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE BARBICAN THEATRE IN LONDON. Ivo van Hove (NT Live: A View from the Bridge, Hedda Gabler) directs this new stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film. Gino is a drifter, down-at-heel and magnetically handsome. At a road side restaurant he encounters husband and wife, Giuseppe and Giovanna. Irresistibly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a fiery affair and plot to murder her husband. But, in this chilling tale of passion and destruction, the crime only serves to tear them apart. The stage production of Obsession is produced by Barbican Theatre Productions Limited, London and Toneelgroep, Amsterdam. Certificate 15 Chequer Mead acts as an agent for all events • Booking fees apply 5 MUSIC CLOUDBUSTING – A KATE BUSH TRIBUTE Saturday 13th May at 7.30pm £18.00 AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL KATE BUSH FANS. Cloudbusting brings an experience to Kate The five-piece band’s authentic musical Bush fans across the UK, with their dazzling arrangements are complemented by eye- selection of hits such as Wuthering Heights, popping 3D-mapped projections and a Babooshka and This Woman’s Work. The music backdrop of original videography created of Kate Bush is as popular and relevant today and contributed by Kate-inspired artists from as it ever was. It is rare to find a current artist around the world. who doesn’t cite Kate as a major musical ‘Hounds of Love performed by Cloudbusting’ influence. is an intensely emotional journey through Mandy Watson as the voice of Kate doesn’t the hits such as Running Up That Hill, Hounds disappoint. She encompasses Kate’s range of Love and Cloudbusting culminating in the with uncanny yet effortless accuracy and crescendo of the album’s famous flip-side, The explores the emotional core of the songs Ninth Wave. without ever resorting to caricature. 6 Box Office: 01342 302000 • www.chequermead.org.uk Chequer Mead acts as an agent for all events • Booking fees apply THE SOOTY SHOW Sunday 14th May at 11am & 2.30pm £12.00 Concessions: £10.00 FAMILY IZZY WIZZY LET’S GET BUSY! SOOTY IS BACK IN A BRAND-NEW SHOW WITH GUARANTEED GIGGLES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! Direct from CITV, Sooty, Sweep and Soo head into town accompanied by TV’s Richard Cadell. Mr Slater has put Richard in charge of running the show but nothing is going to plan! Sooty’s magic tricks turn very messy and Sweep’s escapology act has him all tied up. Maybe Soo and her tap dancing will save the day? With special guest stars Butch and Ramsbottom. Expect magic, music and mayhem with buckets full of audience participation. A spectacular treat for Sooty fans old and new - plus a chance to meet Richard and Sooty after the show! “Works like a dream - your children will love it” The Guardian. “Absolutely Brilliant!” netmums “Richard Cadell is as close to a Corbett as you will ever get- Sooty is on the right hands” Matthew Corbett Vienna Festival Ballet presents CINDERELLA Wednesday 17th May at 5pm & 8pm Hirer’s Event £19.50 Concessions: £18.00 Pensioners, £12.50 Children/Students, Grandparent & Child £28.00 DANCE VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE CLASSIC TALE OF CINDERELLA, ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN RAGS-TO-RICHES FAIRY TALES OF ALL TIME. A mistreated young girl, a glass slipper, two comical ugly step- sisters and a handsome prince combine to make the perfect piece of story-telling. Vienna Festival Ballet’s production of Cinderella is based on the traditional story, the ballet will surely touch and reach out to everyone’s heart, with its combination of pure The music contains a collection of Rossini’s most famous operatic achievements classical dancing and a touch and has been especially arranged for Vienna Festival Ballet. of pantomime. Chequer Mead acts as an agent for all events • Booking fees apply 7 SULLY; MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON Thursday 18th May at 7:30pm £5.50 Concessions: £4.50 FILM ON 15 JANUARY 2009, CAPTAIN CHESLEY “SULLY” SULLENBERGER BECAME A NATIONAL HERO WHEN THE WORLD WITNESSED HIM PILOT HIS DISABLED PLANE ONTO THE WATERS OF THE HUDSON RIVER, SAVING THE LIVES OF ALL 155 ABOARD.