LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 SCREENINGS LIVE The Broadway venues are The latest blockbusters, plus opera, Live theatre on our stage Exhibitions and art events owned and run by Letchworth ballet and event cinema screenings CLARE TEAL & HER TRIO Garden City Heritage SAT 21 SEP 5 Foundation, the custodian of JANE EYRE FRI 4 & SAT 5 OCT 6 the world’s first Garden City. WHAT'S ON SHOWSTOPPER! We reinvest the income earned THU 10 OCT 7 from our venues back into the THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR Letchworth community. 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GARDENS WELCOME SEPTEMBER Welcome to the Broadway Cinema and Theatre’s Autumn/Winter season programme. This is the first season that I’ve had the pleasure of playing an integral part in programming for this multipurpose venue and I am proud to be part of the Broadway team. Our latest programme brings together a wide variety of live shows to suit different ages and tastes, so I hope you’ll find something to excite you within the following pages. Broadway Cinema & Theatre are part of the Heritage Foundation’s portfolio of heritage and cultural venues and it’s new strategy aims to KEVIN’S CAREER PATH bring a diverse offer to people of all ages and backgrounds. Access to LIVE THEATRE DIRECTOR OF THE the arts has been central to my work for more than 25 years. And I have HORSHAM ARTS CENTRE seen first-hand the benefits a live performance can have on audiences. (now known as The Capitol It not only inspires but creates a shared experience and drives the Theatre, Horsham) imagination. Over the coming year, the Broadway team will be working FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF with the community to create an environment where culture truly is for THE NETWORK TOURING all. We plan to bring the best in live theatre, music and family events to CONSORTIUM the stage and to build a reputation for our live performance programme VICE-CHAIR AND A TRUSTEE on a par with Broadway Cinema, one of the regions’ most successful OF SOUTH EAST DANCE independent cinemas. THE BRIGHTON BASED NATIONAL DANCE AGENCY That’s why we have created a short survey you can use to tell us CHAIR OF THE SOUTH EAST what you’ve enjoyed and the new things you’d like to see here ARTS USERS GROUP at Broadway, in the future. You can complete the survey at broadway-letchworth.com/theatresurvey. FOUNDING CEO OF ARTS CULTURE HARROW Enjoy the season! DIRECTOR OF STOCKTON CLARE TEAL & HER TRIO ARTS CENTRE BRAND NEW SHOW FOR 2019 As the hot bed of Teal creativity, award winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal’s concerts with her Trio are constantly evolving and renowned across the country for their fabulous arrangements interspersed with Clare’s warm and witty storytelling. This brand new show promises a rich jazz infused repertoire in its many forms and an eclectic song list, bringing you more broadway-letchworth.com exhilarating swing and sparkling melodies as Clare and her band celebrate popular music from the Great American and British Song books through to contemporary writers creating the SAT 21 SEP standards of today. 7.30pm As one of the UK’s greatest interpreters of song and much loved performers, Clare and her Trio guarantee an evening of inspired RECOMMENDED FOR music and unbridled entertainment performed by the very best. COUPLES 01462 681088 GROUPS SENIORS TICKETS £24 Concessions £22 BOOK NOW NOW BOOK 4 5 OCTOBER LIVE THEATRE A World Premiere Presented by JANE EYRE Presented by SHOWSTOPPER! The Showstoppers ‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being Blackeyed Theatre THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL with an independent will' in association with 2016 Olivier Award Winners - Best Entertainment and Family Show A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, South Hill Park Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest - direct from the Jane Eyre tells the thrilling story of an orphan girl and her journey Arts Centre West End and now heading to Letchworth! from a childhood of loneliness and cruelty to a life at Thornfield Hall and an unlikely relationship with the mysterious Mr Rochester. With eleven years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, Falling in love, she gradually uncovers a hidden past to the gloomy, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End run and an forbidding Thornfield Hall, a terrible secret that forces her to make Olivier Award to their name, The Showstoppers have delighted broadway-letchworth.com a heart-wrenching choice. audiences across the globe with their ingenious blend of comedy, musical theatre and spontaneity. Don’t miss Blackeyed Theatre’s brand new stage adaptation of one of the greatest works of English fiction. Captivating, brooding FRI 4 & A brand new musical comedy is created from scratch at each THU 10 OCT and intensely powerful, Jane Eyre is a moving and unforgettable SAT 5 OCT performance of this award-winning show as audience suggestions 7.30pm portrayal of one woman’s quest for equality and freedom, and 7.30pm are transformed on the spot into all-singing, all-dancing RECOMMENDED FOR endures as one of the great triumphs of storytelling. productions with hilarious results. RECOMMENDED FOR COUPLES COUPLES GROUPS 01462 681088 ‘ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE, GROUPS SENIORS AUDACIOUS COMPANIES WORKING IN SENIORS YOUNG ADULTS CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH THEATRE' THE STAGE TICKETS £18 TICKETS £21 Concessions £16 Concessions £18 BOOK NOW NOW BOOK 6 7 OCTOBER LIVE THEATRE THE VERY HUNGRY MONSTERSAURUS One day Monty found a book ‘Inventions Very Rare' create CATERPILLAR yourself a monster friend BUT ONLY IF YOU DARE! This The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by author/illustrator Eric Carle brand new show from the creators of Aliens Love Underpants has delighted generations of readers since it was first published is monster-ously good! Follow the young inventor Monty as in 1969 selling more than 43 million copies worldwide. he creates a whole world of whacky inventions and incredible Eric’s well-known books captivated readers with his iconic monsters, but he has a problem - now he has made them all, colourful hand-painted tissue paper collage illustrations and what is he going to do with them?! This energetic show full of distinctively simple stories, introducing generations of children thrills, spills, magic and mayhem will delight the whole family broadway-letchworth.com to a bigger, brighter world – and to their first experience of – with original music and plenty of audience participation! reading itself. TUE 29 OCT 3pm The timeless classic has made its way off the page and onto SUN 13 OCT the stage. Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, the critically 1pm & 3.30pm WED 30 OCT acclaimed production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Ages 6 months+ 11am & 2pm features a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets, faithfully adapting Ages 3+ RECOMMENDED FOR four of Eric Carle’s stories, Brown Bear, Brown Bear; 10 Little FAMILIES RECOMMENDED FOR 01462 681088 Rubber Ducks, The Very Lonely Firefly and of course, the star PARENT & BABY FAMILIES of the show celebrating its 50th Birthday in 2019 The Very Hungry Caterpillar. TICKETS £14 TICKETS £15 Concessions £12 Concessions £13 Family Ticket £48 Family Ticket £52 BOOK NOW NOW BOOK 8 9 NOVEMBER LIVE THEATRE Presented by GEORGIE FAME IN CONCERT THE SCARECROWS’ Scamp Theatre One of a very select number of UK tour dates, Georgie Fame appears in concert at Broadway Theatre, for one night only. WEDDING The team behind Stick Man present the best wedding ever, With his much loved blend of Jazz and Rhythm & Blues, the best wedding yet… Georgie Fame has consistently worked in the highest musical circles and has become a true icon of the British music scene. Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay are excellent scarecrows. Their wedding plans are all coming together until Harry leaves Betty’s So far there have been more than twenty albums and fourteen hit side and the devilishly smooth Reginald Rake tries to take Harry’s singles, including the Number 1’s: Yeh Yeh, Get Away and The Ballad place. Will Harry make it back in time to save their special day? of Bonnie and Clyde. Add to this a long list of collaborations with broadway-letchworth.com This heart-warming and award-winning adaptation of Julia some of music’s most famous names, including Muddy Waters, FRI 15 NOV Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s bestselling book is bursting Gene Vincent, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton and Van Morrison, amongst 4.30pm many others, and in Georgie Fame you have bona fide music legend! at the seams with Scamp Theatre’s inimitable style.