Beauty and the Summer 2021 Season Beast Book online | towngatetheatre.co.uk BOOKING FAST or call | 01268 205 300 See Centre Pages! Book online towngatetheatre.co.uk or by phone 01268 205 300 Keep up to date and follow us on /towngate @towngatetheatre Your guide to the Towngate Theatre Welcome back! MAIN AUDITORIUM would like to start by thanking you for your As ever, we have a whole host of amazing continued support of the Towngate Theatre over productions to treat you with over the coming the past 18 months. I know many of you have months, details of all the shows can be found in Ienjoyed our online programme of events, including this brochure. Vist our website for further upcoming Lockdown Summer School, Towngate Stories, productions from March 2022 onwards. screenings of our magical pantomimes and a MIRREN STUDIO specially commissioned filming of Dickens’ As all our wonderful panto fans know, we had no alternative but to postpone our magical pantomime, A Christmas Carol. Beauty and the Beast, from 2020/21 to 2021/22. Whilst our auditorium doors may have been closed, Thanks to the hard work of our Box Office team, the theatre certainly wasn’t. Our catering team all previous bookings were transferred safely into have produced 5,000 packed lunches to support the closest equivalent performance. The fabulous the Active Essex and Basildon Council’s School Simon Fielding and Sophie Ladds will once again Holiday Programme, we transformed the Mirren be bringing panto sparkle to our stage, and we are Studio into a Rapid Test centre, and we continued delighted to welcome back Madeleine Leslay, who to work with the NHS to deliver vaccines to over stole our hearts as feisty Alice Fitzwarren in Dick 100,000 people from our Towngate auditorium. I Whittington 2019/20. Tickets are still available but am extremely proud to be part of the Towngate are booking up fast, so we strongly recommend you team, who have also played their part in the wider book soon in order to secure your favourite seats! community; acting as Covid marshals in our town centre, parks and recycling centre. We will of course make sure your visit is Covid safe, we will follow government guidelines and ensure However, we are very happy to be hanging up our you can Book and Visit With Confidence. Please high-viz jackets, as The Interval Is Over and I’m see our website for full details. delighted to be able to tell you after 18 months Welcome back to the Towngate Theatre, our mission is to ensure that you feel safe and comfortable at all times. without you, we are now open and ready to On behalf of the entire Towngate Team, WE’RE Please go to our Visit With Confidence page on our website to see full details of how our team will be following welcome you back to Towngate! BACK IN SHOW BUSINESS! Government guidelines on venue safety and what to expect from your visit. We will continually update this page as Simon Scott-Pearce the guidance changes. Theatre Manager BOX OFFICE INFORMATION BOOK TICKETS ONLINE / JOIN Allocated disabled parking Box Office: 01268 205 300 OUR MAILING LIST spaces are situated at the rear of Address: The Towngate Theatre, Our online box office is open 24 the building. St Martin’s Square, Basildon, hours a day, 7 days a week and We offer a hearing loop, neck Afternoon Tea Essex SS14 1DL gives you the chance to purchase loops with a hearing aid can be SAVOURY TREATS tickets whenever you choose. used by switching it to the ‘T’ Selection of Finger Sandwiches on White and Granary Bread Tickets will be sent to your Sign-up to buy tickets online and/ position. All-vegetarian sandwich fillings available upon request device as an e-ticket, which can or on our mailing list. To book PARKING DELICIOUS DESSERTS be shown to an usher on your online simply visit our website, There is plenty of daytime car Mini Cake selection: mobile device or printed off for click on a show and follow the use. Alternatively you can ask/ parking within a short walk of the Chocolate Éclairs online instructions. Macarons select Collect at Box Office. Towngate, both surface and multi- Raspberry Mousse Slice ACCESS FOR PEOPLE storey. You can find information If you require your tickets to Homemade Scone, served with a on the nearest car parks on the be posted, this will incur an WITH DISABILITIES Pot of Jam and Clotted Cream How To Find Us page on our additional £1.50 charge. The Towngate Theatre has Served with a Pot of Tea of your choice ground level access to the website. Concession rates (unless Just £13.50 per person building with two slip boxes in Please be aware that the specified) are applicable for 60+ the stalls. Wheelchair access to Towngate Theatre is not affiliated UPGRADE WITH BUBBLES! and Under 16s. these boxes is via a wheelchair with any Pay and Display car Add a glass of Prosecco for or a Bottle for lift. Wheelchair spaces should be £5 £22 Please note that all children, parks in the local area, so we booked in advance, and notice Must be pre-booked in advance with a minimum of 48 hours’ notice regardless of their age, must would thoroughly recommend have a ticket purchased on their given if assistance is required. There are two wheelchair that you check the rules and 01268 205296 behalf. accessible toilets on the ground regulations of your intended car [email protected] floor level of the theatre. park prior to your visit. 2 Summer 2021 Season Summer 2021 Season 3 Book online towngatetheatre.co.uk or by phone 01268 205 300 Keep up to date and follow us on /towngate @towngatetheatre The Take That Experience Bringing Back Friday 3 September, 7.30pm The Good Times As Take That celebrate over 30 years as the UK’s number Monday 13 September, 2.30pm one boy band, The Take That Experience mark over a decade together as their most popular and recognised Neil Sands and his wonderful West End cast are tribute act. With acclaimed vocal performances, stunning back to blow away all those lockdown blues, replica costumes and iconic dance routines, The Take That with a brand new show which will be spreading Experience recreate the magic of Take That live on stage with enough happiness and joy to lift the spirits of the their Greatest Hits Tour. nation! This incredible show features hit after hit from Take That’s This delightful trip down Memory Lane is career spanning three decades - from classic 90s hits especially produced to help you forget all your through to their most recent triumphs. Songs include Pray, worries and celebrate happier days, with over 60 of your all-time favourite songs from the 40s, Relight My Fire, Patience, Shine, These Days, Rule The 50s and 60s. Along with best loved sing-a-longs, World and Amore. ever popular show tunes, a grateful thanks to our This show is a must for any Take That fan as the boys don’t wonderful NHS, and a heartwarming tribute to just give you a night you’ll Never Forget… they give you The Dame Vera Lynn. Take That Experience! All mixed with stunning costumes, amazing voices and finishing with our very own signature Premium Front Three Rows: £25 flag waving finale singing theSongs That Won Standard Tickets: £23 The War and paying tribute to the veterans of our Concession Tickets: £21 beloved Armed Forces. “The closest thing to Take That” Groups 8+ On Standard Seats: £21 Nigel Martin-Smith, Take That’s former Manager Tickets: £16.50 Concessions: £15 Some Guys Have Whitney Queen of the Night All The Luck Thursday 16 September, 7.30pm Thursday 9 September, 7.30pm Direct from a sold-out run in London’s Over 50 years on from the release of West End, the critically-acclaimed Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All international stage sensation, Whitney The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is – Queen Of The Night, celebrates the back at the Towngate with a brand new music and life one of the greatest singers show, bringing to the stage a fantastic of our time. live concert celebration of one of rock music’s most successful artistes of all Fans will be blown away by the live band time. performing three decades of nostalgic hits, including I Wanna Dance With Capturing the excitement, energy and Somebody, Higher Love, One Moment charisma that have made Rod a true in Time, I’m Every Woman, How Will I rock icon, including those infamous Know, The Greatest Love Of All, I Will moves and all the hits like Handbags & Always Love You and many more. Gladrags, Maggie May, Baby Jane, Da Ya Think I’m Sexy, Sailing, Tonight’s The Night, The First Cut Is The Deepest, Tickets: £26 and You’re In My Heart. Concessions: £25 Tickets: £25 4 Summer 2021 Season Summer 2021 Season 5 BoxBook Office online01268 towngatetheatre.co.uk 205 300 Online www.towngatetheatre.co.uk or by phone 01268 205 300 Keep up to date and follow us on /towngate @towngatetheatre The Dreamboys Thursday 23 September, 7.30pm Scream if you are ready to misbehave, because Dreamboys are heading to Basildon with their brand new Too Hard To Resist UK Tour! Let the boys tease, tantalise and sweep you off your feet, as you and your friends enjoy the raunchiest night out of the year. Think chiselled torsos, high-energy dance routines and boy-next-door seduction that will leave your heart pounding! This West End style show has been created for all ages from 18 to 80 whether you are celebrating something special or just fancy embracing your inner flirt for a cheeky night out.