Margate Theatres Guide Summer 2016 May to September Box Offi ce: 01843 292795 theatreroyalmargate.com margatewintergardens.co.uk T T T Thursday 5 May 7.30pm Friday 6 May – 2pm Saturday 7 May – 7.30pm Alex Bradley & Bill Leslie Welcome to our latest theatres’ brochure Surtitle Tammy Needs You The All-Star with Sophia Farinella & Richie Smith. Stand-Up Tour 2016 Image: Bill Leslie Welcome to our latest theatres’ brochure The Theatre Royal has something for all ages. You know how much we like our comedy in Margate. Summer loving had me a blast (sorry we couldn’t help Tammy WhyNot is back with another free workshop Of course the big names love playing here – Bill Bailey, ourselves). Welcome to the new summer brochure for and show for adventurous seniors, whilst children Sean Hughes, Jeremy Hardy, Russell Howard, Joe Margate Theatres and what a treat we have in store can expect a treat from Monstersaurus, Aliens Love Pasquale, Mark Watson, and the brilliant Grumpy Old this season! Underpants, Pitschi the Kitten with Dreams and Women – Fifty Shades of Beige – what a great line-up! Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs. Older kids But check out our Edinburgh Festival Previews too and That cheesy welcome needs an explanation! will love Daniel Bye’s new show Error 404 too. see the big names of tomorrow, today. Let’s not forget This July we’ll be whisking you back to Rydell the big names of yesterday either. Two wonderful High in the 1950’s with the hit musical Grease. Traditional drama lovers will be delighted to see the shows focussing on the lives and loves of Kenneth Dressing up as your favourite character is not return of London Classic Theatre (last here with their Williams and Norman Wisdom complete the stellar mandatory but is actively encouraged. This won’t sensational “Waiting for Godot”), this time with Pinter’s comedy line-up. be our only popular musical hit this season, in early The Birthday Party. As part of the Shakespeare 400 May we have the multi-award winning M.O.S. with celebrations, the bard is back on the beach with All’s The high point of the summer has to be our Roundabout the hilarious Legally Blonde. Well That Ends Well and in the Theatre Royal with Festival – here for its third year in Margate and more Shakespeare Untold, then in October with the i rst all- thrilling than ever. Three new plays from Paines Plough What is a surtitle? It’s like a subtitle. It adds information Tammy WhyNot is a 65 year-old trailer-trash Presenting four heavyweight comics in the biggest Music dictates the offerings at the Winter Gardens black production of Hamlet. will be joined by a range of events and shows for all like “Paris, 1912”, or, “27 years later” or describes blonde and famous country-western singer turned comedy tour of the year. Featuring double Sony Award this summer, whether that be quality tribute acts or tastes and ages. Look out for the Roundabout brochure what the actors are saying for the hard of hearing. contemporary performance artist. She’s currently winner and star of ‘Mock The Week’ Gary Delaney, top named artists. We’re especially pleased to welcome And there’s no better time to try something new. Local or check out the website for details. That’s not really what this is. So here we are. A man, researching for her big project What Tammy comedy trickster and star of BBC 1’s ‘The Magicians’ the UK’s freshest and most exciting live act Cati sh company Accidental Collective will be in residence in a cheerleader and someone else. The people outside Needs To Know About Getting Old And Having Sex, Pete Firman, Kiwi compere Jarred Christmas and and the Bottlemen who recently picked up a 2016 September to bring us their new show Here’s Hoping, The sun may be shining but the real fun is in the snow. Me, writing this. Different times and (Here on 12 May - book now!) and wants to talk unbeaten legend, Never Mind The Buzzcocks team BRIT nomination as UK’s Best breakthrough act. Bristol based artist Alex Bradley will be here twice with happening indoors at Margate’s Theatre Royal his interconnected shows Surtitle and then Come as and Winter Gardens. places existing together. Turning slowly into the future. to Margate’s over-50s to hear their thoughts on captain and one of Channel 4’s ‘100 Greatest Stand- If music is not your thing, then we’ve got that covered Instructing, reframing and challenging the action on desire and intimacy in later life. Ups in the World’ Sean Hughes. You Are in Turner Contemporary. Last year’s Edinburgh Paul Palmer too. This July sees the return of Play Margate one of stage, Surtitle’s projected text involves the audience Festival hit Labels is simply unmissable, whilst On Entertainments and Facilities Manager Come and chat with Tammy at the Theatre Royal. “Master of satire and invention” the UK’s biggest gaming festivals which incorporates in a densely woven series of stories. the Run’s new show about eating disorders Tell me Tea, biscuits and juicy conversation will be provided. The Standard on Sean Hughes consoles and arcade machines from the 80’s to today. Pam Hardiman Anything comes direct from this year’s Festival. See page 22 for details a free, live, public version of Maximum capacity per workshop is 30, so advanced Programme Manager “Funnier than most comedians and more magical than Surtitle - Come as You Are. booking advised. Dumbledore on a good day” Time Out on Pete Firman Running time: 40 minutes ( no interval) Running Time: 3 hours Running Time: 1 hour 45 mins ( inc interval) Ages: 15+ Ages: 50+ Ages: 16+ Tickets: Pay What You Decide Tickets: Free but please call the Box Ofi ce Tickets: £18.50 Supported by Lancaster Arts and Arts Council England to reserve your place 2 Margate Theatres Guide Summer 2016 | Booking Fee 50p per ticket in person/phone, £1.50 per ticket online T theatreroyalmargate.com W margatewintergardens.co.uk | Box Ofi ce: 01843 292795 3 W T T T Wednesday 11 – Saturday 14 May – 7.30pm, Saturday 14 May – 3pm Matinee Thursday 12 May – 7.30pm Friday 13 & Saturday 14 May – 7.30pm Sunday 15 May – 2pm Margate Operatic Society MOS Ambreen Razia with Black Theatre Live Big Wooden Horse presents What Tammy Needs to Know The Diary of * about Getting Old and Having Sex a Hounslow Girl Lois Weaver as Tammy Whynot * Sheppard Image: Talula Harvard’s beloved blonde takes the stage by storm in Cast Members: Directed by Stuart Clements, who also plays the role Tammy WhyNot, former famous country-western singer A comic story of dreams, aspirations and coming of Monty found a book ‘Inventions – Very Rare – Create this fun, upbeat story of self-discovery. Georgia Rowland-Elliott leads the cast as Elle Woods. of Professor Callahan. turned lesbian performance artist, is on a mission to ask age. The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is told through the yourself a monster friend, BUT ONLY IF YOU DARE!’ all the difi cult questions, talk to those who really know eyes of a 16 year old British Muslim Girl growing up A fabulously fun international award-winning musical Stephen Porter as Emmet Forrest, the law student who Donna Clements is assistant director, Follow the young inventor as he creates a whole and i nd out the truth about sex, and all its associations, in West London. From traditional Pakistani weddings based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde. takes Elle under his wing. with Phil Hughes as Musical Director. world of wacky inventions and incredible monsters, The musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods at midlife and beyond. Part performance, part chat show, to i ghts on the night bus this funny, bold, provocative but now he has made them all how is he going to get Karen Martin as Paulette, the brash and funny owner of Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in the part comeback concert tour, What Tammy Needs to Know play highlights the challenges of being brought up as a rid of them?! This energetic show full of thrills, spills, Hair Affair, who befriends Elle. and Neil Benjamin - Book by Heather Hach pursuit of her dreams. About Getting Old and Having Sex was developed in young Muslim woman alongside the temptations and magic and mayhem will delight the whole family – with Ali e Murray as Warner Huntington III, Elle’s wealthy Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the collaboration with a growing community of international inl uences growing up in London. LEGALLY BLONDE The Musical will take you from the original music and plenty of audience participation! ex-boyfriend. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. seniors; from New York, Croatia, Poland, Tasmania and sorority house to the halls of justice with Broadway’s Running Time: 1 hour 10 minutes (no interval) This brand new show from the creators of Aliens This amateur production is presented by arrangement across the UK. Supported by a group of local seniors – her brightest new heroine (and of course, her Chihuahua, Molly Knight as Vivienne Kensington, an overachieving Ages: 14+ Love Underpants ( which is coming to Margate on with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of fabulous WhyNets - Tammy invites you to quit worrying Bruiser), Elle Woods appears to have it all. law student, who feels threatened by Elle’s presence at Tickets: £10, Schools £8 2 & 3 August) is monsterously good! why, and start thinking… Why Not? Harvard.