Summer Season May > September 2015 Book online www.theatreroyal.com What’s On Top Hat p. 3 The Lyric Tue 28 Apr > Sat 09 May ‘A MUSICAL LIKE THIS COMES AROUND ONCE IN A LIFETIME’ Don Quixote p. 4 The Drum Tue 28 Apr > Sat 02 May THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Back Down p. 5 The Drum Tue 05 > Sat 09 May The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas p. 6 The Lyric Mon 11 > Sat 16 May Every Brilliant Thing p. 7 The Drum Tue 12 > Sat 16 May Pioneer p. 8 The Drum Tue 19 > Sat 23 May The Woman In Black p. 9 The Lyric Mon 18 > Sat 23 May Barnum p. 10 - 11 The Lyric Tue 26 May > Sat 06 Jun Plymouth Fringe Festival p. 12 - Mon 25 > Sat 30 May Anything Goes p. 13 The Lyric Mon 08 > Sat 13 Jun The Solid Life Of Sugar Water p. 14 - 15 The Drum Mon 08 > Sat 13 Jun Funky Llama Festival p. 16 - 17 The Hoe Sat 13 Jun Dirty Dancing p. 18 The Lyric Tue 16 Jun > Sat 04 Jul THE TRIPLE OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING WEST END SMASH HIT Carrie’s War p. 19 The Drum Tue 23 > Sat 27 Jun A Man For All Seasons p. 19 The Drum Tue 14 > Sat 18 Jul Mended p. 20 The Drum Thu 02 > Sat 04 Jul The Bodyguard p. 21 The Lyric Tue 07 > Sat 18 Jul Playhouse p. 22 The Drum Wed 08 > Sat 11 Jul U.Dance p. 23 The Lyric Thu 23 > Sat 25 Jul Shrek p. 24 - 25 The Lyric Tue 28 Jul > Sat 15 Aug Jersey Boys p. 26 - 27 The Lyric Tue 18 Aug > Sat 05 Sep Immune p. 28 The Drum Wed 19 > Sat 22 Aug Annie p. 29 The Lyric Mon 07 > Sat 12 Sep Rambert p. 30 The Lyric Wed 23 > Fri 25 Sep Mack & Mabel p. 31 The Lyric Thu 01 > Sat 10 Oct Previews Matthew Bourne p. 32 The Lyric Sat 17 > Sat 24 Oct Birmingham Royal Ballet p. 32 The Lyric Tue 27 > Sat 31 Oct Glyndebourne p. 33 The Lyric Tue 24 > Sat 28 Nov Cinderella p. 33 The Lyric Fri 18 Dec ’15 > Sat 16 Jan ’16 Get Involved p. 34 - 35 The Gallery p. 36 Discounts and Concessions p. 36 Accessibility p. 37 Assisted Performances p. 37 General Information p. 38 Booking Information p. 39 Front Cover: After Electra is a Support Us p. 40 - 41 Theatre Royal Plymouth Food, Drink and Special Extras p. 42 - 43 production. TRP Standby Tickets p. 44 Theatre Royal Plymouth Thu 12 > Sat 28 Mar The Tricycle, London Due to the contemporary nature of certain Tue 07 Apr > Sat 02 May productions, some may contain strong language and powerful themes. HHHHH ‘A MUSICAL LIKE THIS COMES AROUND ONCE IN A LIFETIME’ THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH THE TRIPLE OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING WEST END SMASH HIT Now the proud winner of three Olivier Awards, Tue 28 Apr > Sat 09 May for Best New Musical, Best Choreography and Best Costume Design; this spectacular West End Mon - Thu 7.30pm • A£40 B£37.50 C£34 D£31 E£23 production brings the glamour of Hollywood’s Fri 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm • golden age to the stage in one of the greatest A£42 B£40 C£36 D£34 E£25 dance musicals of all time. Thu 2.30pm • A£35 B£32 C£29 D£25.50 E£19 Packed full of Irving Berlin’s greatest hits Discounts & Concessions see website • A including, Cheek to Cheek, Top Hat, White Tie & Tails, Let’s Face the Music & Dance and Puttin’ Post Show Q&A Tue 05 May on the Ritz, Top Hat dazzles with over 200 Recommended for everyone aged 8+ beautiful costumes, breathtaking dance and a Running Time 2hrs 50mins (approx) love story that will set the pulse racing! book online www.theatreroyal.com/tophat The Lyric 3 Little Soldier Productions, produced in association with Jacksons Lane An award winning hilarious take on Cervantes’ timeless novel Inspired by Don Quixote’s wanderings, two feisty señoritas and a downtrodden Englishman embark on a journey through Spain, taking on one of the most accomplished works of fiction ever written. Accompanied only by an otherworldly virtuoso guitarist whose presence there makes no sense whatsoever, they will lead you to joy, pain and ultimate wisdom. A madcap rendition concluding with a common sentiment: “These guys did not read the book”. Little Soldier presents a hilariously inventive adventure of immense proportions, to be taken with a pinch of salt and a handlebar moustache. HHHHH Technically brilliant and jaw- droppingly entertaining. The Stage HHHHH The three players put the audience in fits of laughter. broadwaybaby Tue 28 Apr > Sat 02 May HHHHH Tue - Sat 7.45pm • All Seats £14.70 A perfect blend of chaos and All Concessions £10.70 control. Edinburgh Spotlight Post Show Q&A Wed 29 Apr Recommended for everyone aged 14+ Produced using public funding by the National Lottery Running Time 1hr 20mins (approx) through Arts Council England. Supported by the Embassy of Spain, Cervantes Institute & Hispania London 4 The Drum book online www.theatreroyal.com/gentleman Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company in association with the Roundhouse presents This’ll be good. Has to be. Three boys and a mountain. By Steven Camden Director Tessa Walker Luke, Zia and Tommy have known each other for forever. With Luke about to leave for university it’s time for one last adventure together. Armed with Zia’s mix CD and a bag of Brummie pride, they set off to conquer Snowdon. But when their jaunt takes an Tue 05 > unexpected turn they are forced to face up to the reality of why Sat 09 May they needed the trip in the first place. Tue - Sat 7.45pm • All Seats £14.70 Back Down is the highly-anticipated first play by Steven Camden, more commonly known as the award-winning spoken All Concessions £10.70 word artist, Polarbear. Steven has crafted a must-see coming-of- Discounts & Concessions see website age story that is both insightful and incredibly funny. Post Show Q&A Wed 06 May This production and the subsequent UK tour are supported by the Contains some strong language Sir Barry Jackson Trust and the The John Feeney Charitable Trust. Running Time 1hrs 30mins (approx) book online www.theatreroyal.com/backdown The Drum 5 Children’s Touring Partnership production Based on the bestselling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart- wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship between two innocent boys. Set during World War II, the story is seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and devastating consequences. From the book by John Boyne, adapted by Angus Jackson Bruno’s friendship with Shmuel takes him from innocence to revelation, revealing Mon 11 > Sat 16 May the poetic irony that through a child’s eye everyone can appear the same. Mon - Thu 7pm, Sat 2.30pm • A£17 B£15 E£12 Brought to you by The Children’s Touring Fri & Sat 7.30pm • A£19 B£17 E£13 Partnership who have previously produced Thu 1pm • A£15 B£13 E£11 Swallows and Amazons and Goodnight Post Show Q&A Tue 12 May Mister Tom, this world première of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas promises to be Discounts & Concessions see website a deeply moving and thought provoking Recommended for everyone aged 11+ production. Running Time 2hrs (approx) 6 The Lyric book online www.theatreroyal.com/pyjamas A Paines Plough and Pentabus The Edinburgh Festival Theatre Company production and Off-Broadway hit EVERY BRILLIANT THING By Duncan Macmillan With Jonny Donahoe Directed by George Perrin You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad HHHH says she’s ‘done something “Heart-wrenching, stupid’. She finds it hard to hilarious… be happy. possibly one of the funniest plays So you start to make a you’ll ever see.” list of everything that’s The Guardian brilliant about the world. Everything worth HHHH living for. “Funny, clever, 1. Ice cream and surprisingly 2. Kung Fu movies uplifting.” 3. Burning things The Telegraph 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose HHHH 5. Construction cranes “Filled to the brim 6. Me with joy… beautiful, You leave it on her pillow. heart wrenching You know she’s read it and very funny.” because she’s corrected Time Out your spelling. HHHH Soon, the list will take on WhatsOnStage a life of its own. A new play about Tue 12 > Sat 16 May HHHH depression and the The Independent Tue - Sat 7.45pm • All Seats £14.70 lengths we will go to for those we love. All Concessions £10.70 HHHH Recommended for everyone aged The Sunday Times Based on true and 14+ untrue stories. Running Time 1hr (approx) HHHH The Scotsman HHHH Evening Standard Every Brilliant Thing is supported by Anne McMeehan and Jim Roberts and was developed with the support of nabokov and the Jersey Arts Trust. book online www.theatreroyal.com/brilliant The Drum 7 HHHH HHHH ‘THRILLING… ‘RESTLESSLY EXHILARATING… INTELLIGENT INTRICATE AND EPIC’ THEATRE’ The Scotsman The Telegraph It’s 2029. The first human mission to Mars disappeared without a trace. A reclusive Indian billionaire has funded Ghara I, a new attempt to achieve this dream. Tue 19 > Sat 23 May In Siberia, two Russian brothers reconnect by driving a Tue - Sat 7.45pm • All Seats £14.70 Lada Sputnik 1.3 in search of the birth of space travel.