LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY NOV 16 – MAY 17 FOUR ARTS VENUES IN TWO LOCATIONS A NEW REGIONAL THEATRE & GALLERY FOR HERTFORDSHIRE L EY S Broadway begins... AV EN Y U E After much anticipation and a year’s worth of renovations, we are delighted WA to unveil our inaugural season, as Broadway Theatre opens its doors P AD for the very first time. This is a new theatre for Letchworth, housed within RO CHEA WELCOME B the much-loved and iconic Broadway Cinema, but it is also a new regional ST EA theatre for Hertfordshire. Our collective vision was to meet a growing appetite for the arts by providing a home for professional stage productions in Letchworth, and to reimagine Broadway as a significant regional centre for the arts. We hope that the quality of our first season BROADWAY will fulfil both these ambitions, as we welcome back old friends and attract Four arts venues in two locations in new audiences to be entertained, uplifted and inspired. Public tickets will the heart of Letchworth Garden City be available for the star-studded Theatre Launch which will officially open the theatre on Sunday 5 February, so please keep an eye out for details. Our new brochure has been designed to help The new two-in-one venue can be turned into a theatre and back to a you plan your visit to Broadway, Events appear cinema overnight, allowing us to programme a varied and vibrant line-up, in chronological order, but please follow the and we are confident this first season has something for everyone. As one colour codes for each of our venues. of the last remaining independent cinemas in Hertfordshire, we are proud that this new era begins as Broadway celebrates its 80th year. We screen CINEMA all the latest blockbusters and films on the day that they are released All the latest blockbusters and films on the day nationwide, as well as the ever popular Event Cinema screenings of live of release, plus Event Cinema screenings from opera, ballet and theatre from the Royal Opera House, National Theatre the Royal Opera House, National Theatre Live Live and more. The Heritage Foundation continues to invest in the fabric and more. of the building and visitors will experience a refurbished foyer, concessions, toilets, and a new bar upstairs, to enhance their enjoyment of a trip to THEATRE the Broadway. Our new theatre presents drama, comedy, Since the beginning of 2016, the Broadway Gallery, located a few minutes’ live music, dance, and shows for schools, walk from the cinema and theatre, has been presenting the very best in young people and all the family. visual arts, while also nurturing local artistic talent and offering a delightful drop-in Family Arts Studio once a month on Sundays. Do have a peek, or pop in for a coffee at the new Café Bar. STUDIO We invite you to step inside and experience all that Broadway has to offer. Available to hire, a flexible space for events, The Broadway Arts Team rehearsals, workshops and performances. Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation GALLERY Our new gallery displays visual art, painting, sculpture, photography, craft and design by A charitable service of internationally acclaimed artists, as well as local and emerging talent. NOVEMBER - JANUARY I AM BOLT NO MAN'S LAND Usain Bolt is a globally adored icon. He is a man Following their hit run in New York, Ian McKellen who defines athletics, transcends sport and and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage embodies his homeland, a man whose signature in Harold Pinter’s No Man's Land, broadcast live lightning pose has become a symbol of inspiration to cinemas from Wyndham’s Theatre, London. for generations now and to come. He is a man we One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst know from the track - his focus, his smile, his MON 28 NOV and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and winning and now I Am Bolt lets us see the real man 7.15pm continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's behind the Triple Treble Olympic Gold Medals for stately house nearby. As the pair become the very first time. Usain shares unprecedented TICKETS £10 increasingly inebriated, and their stories CINEMA EVENT access to himself, welcoming us into his life as an includes a increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation Olympic and sporting legend, best friend, teammate glass of wine soon turns into a revealing power game, further and son. Raw, revealing, joyful and inspiring. or soft drink complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men. Also starring Owen Teale and Damien Molony, THU 15 DEC don’t miss this glorious revival of Pinter’s 6.45pm THE NUTCRACKER comic classic. The broadcast will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the cast and TICKETS £15 The Royal Ballet celebrates Peter Wright’s 90th director Sean Mathias. includes a birthday with his much-loved production of this glass of wine classic ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent or soft drink score. It is Christmas Eve and Drosselmeyer the magician sweeps young Clara away on a fantasy adventure in which time is suspended. The family THU 8 DEC living-room becomes a great battlefield, and a 7pm magical journey takes them through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets. Tchaikovsky's TICKETS £15 NABUCCO glittering score, beautiful designs and The Royal includes a The legendary Plácido Domingo brings Ballet's captivating dancing make this Nutcracker glass of wine another new baritone role to the Met under the quintessential Christmas experience. or soft drink the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla Monastyrska is Abigaille, the warrior woman determined to rule empires, and Jamie Barton is the heroic Fenena. Dmitri Belosselskiy is the stentorian voice L'AMOUR DE LOIN of the oppressed Hebrew people. broadway-letchworth.com Commissioned by the Salzburg Festival, where it was first seen in 2000, Kaija Saariaho’s breakthrough opera finally has its Metropolitan Opera Premiere. This dazzling new production by Robert Lepage, featuring glimmering ribbons of LED lights that extend across the length of the SAT 10 DEC SAT 7 JAN 68108801462 stage and over the orchestra pit. Eric Owens 5.40pm 5.40pm is the knight on a quest for love and Susanna Phillips is his lover on the other side of the TICKETS £15 TICKETS £16 sea. Conductor Susanna Mälkki makes includes a includes a her Met debut. glass of wine glass of wine or soft drink or soft drink NOW BOOK 4 5 EXHIBITION ALTERNATIVE LETCHWORTH: PAST AND PRESENT AN EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE SAT 3 DEC – RADICAL SIDE OF THE GARDEN CITY SUN 19 FEB Created in collaboration with the Letchworth Garden City Collection, Alternative Letchworth will explore counter-culture FREE and radicalism in the Garden City, displaying works from the ADMISSION GALLERY collection to reveal the town's bohemian and progressive past and its legacy on the town today. It brings together a variety of unique objects including photographs, costumes, texts and other items, alongside new, specially commissioned Top left: Image advertising works by four early career artists with local ties to Letchworth. the Garden City Pantomime, which lampooned life in the Alternative Letchworth shines a spotlight on the early early Garden City. pioneers of the Garden City and their radical beliefs and Bottom left: Cartoon of Letchworth lifestyles, many of which have become increasingly resident Percy Gossop dressed as ‘Little Bo Peep’. mainstream. It explores how a small group of people would Main Image: The Cloisters. c.1907 connect Letchworth Garden City with an international Below: Close up of cartoon for sphere of political and philosophical influence. Labour Party banner. The four artists, Sean Pearce, Richard Seaholme, Chantelle Images ©Garden City Collection Stephenson and John Vincent, have each produced works of art interpreting the idea of the alternative Garden City, exploring the links between their own experience and the little known past of their hometown. These contemporary works include photography, video and sculpture and explore GALLERY CAFÉ BAR subjects and sites as diverse as the Cloisters, Jackman’s Adjacent to the Gallery and located on the first floor of Estate, and early ‘Simple Life’ residents. The Arcade, our light and airy Café Bar overlooks the A series of talks and events will run alongside this Leys Square fountains. exhibition. Please see the website for details. Serving an all-day menu including light bites, cakes, Lulu coffee, and a range of beers and wine, the Café Bar is the perfect place to meet friends and relax. The Broadway Gallery and Café Bar are open Wed – Sat 10am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm. Admission is free Please go to our website for up-to-date information on all that is happening in the Gallery. broadway-letchworth.com 6 7 FEBRUARY WINTER CINEMA A new musical by THE SORCERER’S Ben Frost & APPRENTICE Richard Hough Presented by The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is best known to James Seabright modern audiences through a scene from the ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Directed by Disney film Fantasia. Ryan McBryde Acclaimed musical theatre writing team Frost Musical direction and Hough have taken their own spin on the BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by Seann story for this new musical, which reimagines Alderking THEATRE MOVIES BROADWAY AT the apprentice as the daughter of a master THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE magician. The show explores this father / Casting by daughter relationship and whether magic Stephen Moore can help them to repair it. 50 SHADES DARKER Letchworth audiences have an exclusive opportunity to see this concert presentation, Showing all the latest blockbusters and films with a cast of award-winning West End stars, on the day of nationwide release.