THE ARTS AT GRESHAM'S | SUMMER | 2017 AUDEN THEATRE Part ExchangeHelp to Buy Book online at: www.audentheatre.co.uk * * and available King’s Meadow, Holt NR25 6AJ www.audentheatre.co.uk Marketing Suite Now Open Online King’s Meadow is a charming collection of exquisite new homes in the historic North Norfolk town of Holt. There’s a home for everyone here with a variety of styles including two bedroom apartments and two to five bedroom houses, all designed, constructed and finished 01263 713444 to the highest specification and ideally located to enjoy the very best of coast and country life. Current availability from £254,995 Contact: 07435 961660 Box Office Marketing Suite open Thursday - Monday, 10am - 5pm Call: 01394 446860 or e-mail: [email protected] hopkinshomes.co.uk 2 Computer generated images of King’s Meadow. Price correct at time of press. *Subject to status. Terms and conditions apply. Part ExchangeHelp to Buy * Director of Drama’s Welcome * and available Here Comes Summer! AUDEN This summer we celebrate the opening of the Britten Building, a long anticipated move for the Music Department and a hugely exciting development for the Arts at Gresham’s. This will be launched in style with THEATRE a piano showcase and an opportunity for some of our talented students to share their love for music in our new Recital Hall. Please take the time to read through the booking A key focus for this term is the annual Nature Festival information. King’s Meadow, Holt NR25 6AJ and we have an exciting and thought-provoking weekend with falconry, The Wildlife Road Trip with TV You will find the main Auden events listed at the www.audentheatre.co.uk presenters Martin Hughes-Games and Iolo Williams front of the brochure in the colour coded sections, and an important debate, Field Sports – Destruction or Marketing Suite Now Open but please also check out the events in the Conservation? Gresham’s Music Diary on page 10 which lists the dates of our many Music Department's events both The Subscription Concert series draws to an end Online in School and in the community, including a section with two fabulous events. The first, an evening with King’s Meadow is a charming collection of exquisite for Music and Munch. internationally-renowned vocalist and BBC Radio 3 presenter, Claire Martin and Joe Stilgoe pianist, new homes in the historic North Norfolk town of Holt. Our online booking facility is proving very popular occasional drummer, jazz musician, singer, actor and but you can still book direct with the box office comedian, this is followed by the outstanding Albion There’s a home for everyone here with a variety of styles including two bedroom (more details on page 24). Quartet. apartments and two to five bedroom houses, all designed, constructed and finished In contrast, Liza Pulman of Fascinating Aida pays Further information about our programme and terms homage to Streisand and our own students come to the 01263 713444 to the highest specification and ideally located to enjoy the very best of coast and country life. and conditions are available on the Auden Theatre fore with an established favourite, an Evening of Rock, website where, if you wish, you can register to always a high energy event. receive future event information by email. Current availability from £254,995 Contact: 07435 961660 We end the school year with Theatre in the Woods a relaxed and informal revue, in the tranquil setting of our You will be pleased to know that for your comfort, very own outdoor amphitheatre. However, The Auden Box Office we are replacing our bench seating with comfy new remains open to welcome the Southrepps Chorale Marketing Suite open Thursday - Monday, 10am - 5pm individual seats at the end of May. If you would like to with Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man and Sheringham and sponsor a seat please see page 17 for details. Call: 01394 446860 or e-mail: [email protected] Cromer Choral Society with Haydn’s The Seasons. hopkinshomes.co.uk You can also follow the Auden Theatre on Facebook and Twitter. Computer generated images of King’s Meadow. Price correct at time of press. Doris Wu (detail) Bridget O’Brien Director of Drama 3 *Subject to status. Terms and conditions apply. Book online at: www.audentheatre.co.uk What's On at a glance Box Office opening times:Monday to Friday 1pm to 2.30pm and 1 hour before a ticketed performance during term time, Thursday 20 April to Friday 30 June (at all other times there is an answering machine). For opening times outside of term time please check our website or contact the box office. Thursday 13 Saturday 15 April nightly at 7.30pm Gianni Schicchi and The Telephone Page 5 Wednesday 26 April at 7.30pm Claire Martin and Joe Stilgoe Page 5 Friday 28 April at 6.30pm Battle of Kohima Friday Page 5 Friday 2 June at 7.30pm Fascinating Aida’s Liza Pulman Page 6 www.audentheatre.co.uk Wednesday 7 June at 7.30pm Albion Quartet Page 6 Friday 16 June at 7.30pm Wildlife Road Trip Page 6 Online Friday 23 June at 8.00pm Rock Concert Page 7 Sunday 9 July at 7.30pm The Armed Man Page 7 Saturday 15 July at 7.30pm Haydn’s The Seasons Page 8 01263 713444 Box Office 4 Box Office: 01263 713444 Thursday 13 - Saturday 15 April at 7.30pm Wednesday 26 April at 7.30pm Friday 28 April at 6.30pm Subscription Concert Puccini's - Gianni Schicchi Kohima: An Exploration of War, Claire Martin & Joe Stilgoe & Menotti's - The Telephone Memory and Gratitude (Film) North Norfolk Chamber Opera Few people know of the are delighted to present a incredibly hard fought comic double bill of Puccini’s Battle of Kohima which Gianni Schicchi and Menotti’s stopped a Japanese The Telephone. Invasion of India in its The opera will be starring tracks, just at the time when the Allies were young professional tenor www.audentheatre.co.uk Tristan Stocks. Tristan was preparing for the Normandy Landings. Defeat at a Britten-Pears young artist Kohima would have been catastrophic for the Allies at Aldeburgh and has been Two of the finest! Claire Martin OBE and Joe Stilgoe as the way would have been laid open for a Japanese awarded both the Grange Park and Susan Chilcott come together for a very special evening of songs, advance on Delhi and with it a major prolongation Online opera scolarships and has received a prize at the duets, tales and anecdotes - unadulterated pleasure of the war in Asia. Instead, the ferocious Japanese John Lill awards. Menotti composed The Telephone and a guarantee of a most entertaining night out. attacks were held back through weeks of hand to in 1947 but it has an up-to-date relevance in the hand fighting, most notably across what had been the increasing obsession with social media. Internationally-renowned vocalist and BBC Radio tennis court of the District Commissioner’s bungalow Every time Ben attempts to propose marriage to his 3 presenter, Claire Martin, is an established tour where the cemetery now lies. The Royal Norfolk girlfriend Lucy, her telephone rings. Will his bright de force on the UK jazz scene. Winner of the BBC Regiment played a major role in the successful idea enable him to win her hand? Jazz Awards Best Vocalist twice and the British Jazz outcome of the battle. After an exhausting approach We are again privileged to have Susie Self as our Awards’ Best Singer no less than six-times, Claire’s over steep mountains covered in thick jungle, 01263 713444 musical director. Susie studied at The Royal College performing credits span Europe, Asia and the USA the Norfolks engaged in extremely hard fighting, of Music and Cambridge University. Her opera and her 18 albums for Linn records are ‘must haves’ capturing what was to become known as “Norfolk The Butt premiered this summer at the in any collection. She was awarded the OBE last year. Ridge”. The Regiment suffered over 250 casualties Musiktheatretagen Festival in Vienna and she in under a month, including the death of Captain Jack Joe Stilgoe is a man of many talents. He is a pianist has just won a scholarship from Birmingham City Randle who received a posthumous Victoria Cross for and occasional drummer, a jazz musician and a his final assault on a Japanese bunker. University to read for a PhD in composition. Box Office singer. He is an actor, a comedian, a star of stage – (You will find more information on our website most recently in High Society at The Old Vic – small www.audentheatre.co.uk) screen and radio. He is a stalwart of the live circuit, and a perennially hot ticket, appearing extensively on Auden Theatre radio and television. Tickets: £25 Auden Theatre Which will include drinks and canapés after the film showing. Auden Theatre All profits will go to the Kohima Educational Trust to help in educational Tickets: £14; £13 concessions Tickets: £26 projects for today’s Naga children. 5 Book online at: www.audentheatre.co.uk Friday 2 June at 7.30pm Wednesday 7 June at 7.30pm Friday 16 June at 7.30pm Subscription Concert Liza Sings Streisand Wildlife Road Trip Albion Quartet Gresham's Quartet -in-residence 2016/17 The Norfolk Nature Festival at Gresham's Martin Hughes-Games and Iolo Williams Wildlife TV presenters Martin Hughes-Games and Iolo Williams have www.audentheatre.co.uk teamed up for an amusing and informative Liza Pulman, acclaimed singer, comedienne and one show packed with facts and fun for the whole Online third of the satirical and much loved comedy trio Fascinating Aida, pays homage to the remarkable A shared belief in the visceral, communicative power family.