Arabella Weir - Does My Mum Loom Big In This? Tuesday 21st April 7.30pm Lancastergrand.co.uk Box Office 01524 64695 Hello and a very warm welcome to the Lancaster Grand Theatre Welcome to our New Season brochure 2020. As We’re constantly updating our events programme one of the North West’s leading venues for live so make sure you keep an eye on our website and entertainment, we pride ourselves on providing like and follow us on our official facebook page as memorable experiences for visitors old and new, this is often the first place we will announce any new near and far. This season we have an incredible shows and big names coming to the theatre. So stay eclectic mix of shows, with something different for one step ahead and give our page a ‘cheeky’ like. everyone’s taste. We are constantly working hard on your behalf to bring you some of the very biggest For those of you that don’t know, we an ‘unfunded’ names from TV and Radio, and quite often some theatre which means we are totally dependent on of the biggest ‘warm up’ shows for the high flying ourselves and our ability to sell tickets. So thank you comedians. to all our wonderful, loyal customers. Ellie Singleton - Theatre Manager An Introduction to Moor Space We’re excited to announce that through a new partnership with The Dukes we are now able to offer an extra venue for some of our shows. ‘Moor Space’ is on the corner of Moor Lane and Edward Street. It is a wonderful intimate space, holding up to 200 people. The space will allow us to stage many different productions, including devised, Black-box and Studio. The building includes a foyer area, which will double as a micro-bar/ Coffee bar when we have performances. Seating is unrestricted so allocated on arrival at any performance, we ask that people with mobility issues or wheelchair users please let Box Office know when booking. This will allow our Front of House team to support you on the day. The venue is fully accessible to wheelchair users, and has an accessible toilet. When you book a show with the Lancaster Grand please check which venue it is at. Lancaster Grand shows at Moor Space will be staffed by us. All queries and ticket sales for our performances at Moor Space should be via Lancaster Grand in the usual way. Box Office 01524 64695 January 2020 TROWEL and ERROR TALES FROM MY LIFE ON EARTH An Evening With Alan Titchmarsh Tuesday 7th January - 7.30pm Tickets: £26 To describe Alan as a National Treasure would not do his talents justice. A gardener, a poet, an excellent and innovative TV presenter, a writer of non-fiction and a novelist, he is an immensely creative and empathetic man. Such a richness of ability might be scary but in Alan, readers and viewers have found a friend. In fact, there is a rumour that his waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s has to have lipstick smudges wiped off every fortnight! Lancaster Grand A Grand Variety Show COMMUNITY SUPPORT in aid of Animal Care and Hope & Homes for Olhao Canil Dogs Saturday 18th January - 7.30pm Tickets: £10 This spectacular variety night will showcase some of the best local talent in order to raise funds for these loved and much needed charities. Your support would be greatly welcomed as the Lancaster Grand will divide the proceeds equally between both charities. Animal Care are a local very busy animal rescue Hope & Homes for Olhao Canil Dogs was started by Emma Roberts in 2018 following charity. They have been a registered charity helping a few trips to Portugal. The Algarve now wants to present a clean dog free holiday animals since 1978. They take unwanted and destination to the public but has outlawed killing strays so they are simply rounded abandoned animals in from all over the North West up and thrown into the most horrible dog prison you can imagine where they are and look after them until they can find them loving left locked in cages .. boiling hot in the sun and freezing cold in the rain. That is there new homes. They save predominantly dogs, cats, entire existence – many are there for their entire lives. By working together with a few rabbits, guinea pigs, and rodents. And rehome over 800 other women and some small helpful charities ‘Strolling for Strays’ in Portugal and animals every year. They are the only rescue in this ‘Animal Angels’ in the UK and a lovely pet transport company Emma is striving to get area which can help dogs, cats and small animals so the dogs rehomed in the uk following microchipping, neuteuring, healthchecks and they are always very busy and always very full. immunisations – so far she has managed to rescue 14 of the 80 or so dogs there. Lancastergrand.co.uk January 2020 Lancaster Footlights Open Day OPEN DAY Sunday 19th January - 11am – 4pm FREE ADMISSION Free Admission As part of our centenary celebrations we would like to invite you to come along to our Open Day. We will lift the curtain on everything it takes to put on shows at the Lancaster Grand. Come and see what goes on backstage before our audience arrive and what goes in to creating a Lancaster Footlights Show. We will have the volunteers from different departments including Production Team, Props, Costume, Set Designers/Builders, Lighting, Sound, Stage Management and Front of House. You could try your hand at set dressing or clothing a mannequin with one of our costumes. Whatever you are interested in Footlights members will be on hand to help you. So if you are interested in all things theatre or you just Please feel free to drop in, love the building come along and join us even if booking not required. it’s just for a brew. PHIL MCINTYRE ENTERTAINMENTS BY ARRANGEMENT WITH VIVIENNE SMITH MANAGEMENT PRESENTS Ed Byrne- If I’m Honest Wednesday 22nd January - 8pm Tickets: £25 Join Ed as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits that are worth passing on to his children. Ed Byrne presents his brand-new masterclass in observational comedy hot on the heels of his 17/18 Touring hit, Spoiler Alert! A TV household name, in the past year Ed has appeared on Live At The Apollo (Host, BBC), Mock The Week (BBC), The Pilgrimage (BBC), Top Gear (BBC) and QI (BBC). Age 16+ Box Office 01524 64695 January 2020 Dance To The Music Thursday 23rd January - 7.30pm Tickets: £26 / VIP: £45 Includes; Prime Seating, Meet and Greet and signed Tour Programme. This takes place after the show. Dance To The Music is a sumptuously beautiful, glamorous dance show created, directed, choreographed and starring ex Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff. Kristina is excited to tour the show with even more fabulous costumes, stunning vocals and breathtaking choreography. Hosted by heartthrob Jake Quickenden who first found fame with on the X Factor, I’m A Celebrity and Dancing On Ice and an exciting troupe of dancers featuring South African Dancing With The Stars professionals, Marcella Solimeo & Dylon Daniels, this promises to be an evening not to be missed. Bad Manners Friday 24th January - 7.30pm Tickets: £25 Buster Bloodvessel has been fronting Bad Manners for over 40 years and shows no sign of stopping. Enjoy a set of heavy sounds including Special Brew, Lip Up Fatty, Lorraine and of course the Can Can. Tours of the USA, Australia and Europe still dominate their heavy touring schedule. The band are still fronted by the man himself Buster Blood vessel. Bad Manners spent an unbelievable 111 weeks in the UK Singles Chart between 1980 and 1983, and all their albums achieved chart success. Age 14+ Lancastergrand.co.uk January 2020 Michael Portillo Life: a game of two halves Saturday 25th January - 7.30pm Tickets: £17.50 It took Michael Portillo little more than 10 years to get a seat in the Commons and then rise in power and esteem to a point where he was a favoured leader of his party and possible future PM. Although his political career then came to a humiliating end, losing his seat in May 1997, Michael has since reinvented and endeared himself to many with his obvious respect for the solid workmanship found in the great railways of the world, the effect of the railways on the history of countries and the daily lives of their people. Listen to his story, told with a “ parliamentary standup ”wit, and then feel free to question him about it. Followed by a book signing. John Shuttleworth John Shuttleworth’s Back! Sunday 26th January - 7.30pm Tickets: £19 ‘John Shuttleworth’s Back’... is giving him trouble. Years of strenuous DIY, not to mention playing his organ whilst perched upon a multi pack of Diet Sprite with no lumber support, has taken its toll. But - ever the trouper - John returns to regale audiences with an evening of his classic songs (plus new ones and hilarious ‘back’ stories), pausing only to reapply his deep heat rub! ‘A ludicrously compelling night out’ EVENING STANDARD Box Office 01524 64695 January 2020 BALLET THEATRE UK Wizard of Oz Friday 31st January - 7pm Tickets: £17.50 / £15.50 conc £10 under 16’s Join Ballet Theatre UK as we follow the yellow brick road and discover all the wonders of Oz. Enjoy Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion, (and yes Toto too) as they seek the Wonderful Wizard to find that there’s no place like home! The Wizard of Oz is a two act, full-length, ballet adaptation of the iconic tale by L.