BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 AUTUMN 2018 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk AUGUST – DECEMBER WELCOME TO EASTBOURNE THEATRES ❱ 7 ❱ 11 RAIN MAN FLAWLESS Welcome to autumn at Eastbourne Theatres! A new season of live entertainment brings a wonderful mix of drama, opera, ballet, live music and famous faces coming to town. New touring drama includes Oscar winning movie Rain Man brought to the stage starring Mathew Horne and Ed Speleers, Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s Wipers Times arrives direct from a record breaking West End season and classic drama My Mother Said I Never Should marks a welcome return for London Classic Theatre. There’s an abundance of shows for our youngest theatregoers with Teletubbies, Peppa Pig and Bing Live all making their way to the Devonshire Park Theatre for the first time. It is with much excitement that this brochure previews just ❱ ❱ a few of the shows coming to the Congress Theatre in 2019. 13 14 The London Philharmonic Orchestra re-opens the venue, JASONBingLive DONOVAN Eastbourne brochure intro img 69x49mm.pdf 1 19/07/2018 12:58SWAN LAKE as they did when the Congress Theatre first opened back in 1963. Other shows confirmed and on sale include West End musical Rock Of Ages, and brand new family musical Madagascar. Be sure to keep a look out for more shows CONTACT US ❱ being announced over the coming months! And finally, it’s never too early to book your seats for this Box Office 01323 412000 year’s pantomime, Cinderella starring Eastbourne favourites (standard rate) Martyn Knight and Tucker. With over 13,000 tickets already [email protected] sold make sure you and your family don’t miss the most www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk magical pantomime tale of them all! Facebook.com/EBTheatres @EBTheatres @eastbourne_theatres CHRIS JORDAN ❱ 21 ❱ 22-23 Artistic Director, BING LIVE CINDERELLA Eastbourne Theatres 2 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 3 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Thursday 9 August – Saturday 1 September Wednesday 5 & Thursday 6 September 10am & 1pm TELETUBBIES LIVE The Teletubbies’ first ever theatre show created especially for your little ones is here! Join Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po in a show full of love and laughter as they explore My first the magical world of Teletubbyland. Look out theatre for the Tubby Phone, Noo-noo and the Sun show! Baby in a fun, bright and safe world which captures young children’s imaginations and encourages them to explore the world around them. Join in and enjoy beloved features from the TV series along with brand new songs. TICKETS Single Ticket £13, £15, £20 Family of 2 £25, £29, £39 Family of 3 £36, £42, £57 Family of 4 £46, £56, £71 0-6 month olds free but a ticket is required TELETUBBIES® and ©2018 DHX Worldwide. for admission, please contact box office. DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Saturday 8 September 7.30pm Tues – Sat 7.45pm DEREK ACORAH Wed & Sat 2.30pm LOVE, LIFE, LAUGHTER TOUR TICKETS Following his captivating appearance First 3 nights £23 on Celebrity Big Brother, which saw a all seats phenomenal run to the final, 2018 sees Tues – Thur 7.45pm Britain’s best loved, and most entertaining, £21, £24.50, £27.50 medium take to the stage with his all new tour. From the team that brought you last summer’s Fri & Sat 7.45pm A thoroughly modern medium whose appeal £21, £26.50, £29.50 smash hit show One Man Two Guv’nors, stand by for crosses the generations, he remains the Wed & Sat 2.30pm a high-octane musical that is truly out of this world. £25 forerunner in the field of paranormal and spiritual matters. The much loved and critically acclaimed, Olivier award winning Conc £1.50 off, Groups 10+ 10% off spectacular Return To The Forbidden Planet takes to the Devonshire (Top 2 prices, apply Park Theatre stage this summer and is ready for lift off! 7.45pm only) Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest the show is packed with Under 16s & Students £15 (Available at all classic hits such as Heard It Through the Grapevine, Young Girl, performances) Great Balls of Fire, Shake Rattle And Roll and Johnny B Goode. Friends of Devonshire With a brilliant cast of actor musicians, stunning special effects Park Theatre 25% off and live music make sure you don’t miss this feel-good musical (Tues 7.45pm only) which is perfect for all the family to enjoy. Audio described performance. See p25 Fasten your seatbelts for the musical theatre ride of your life! TICKETS £20 – SEPTEMBER AUGUST 4 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 25) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 25) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 5 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Sunday 9 September 3pm Tuesday 18 – Saturday 22 September LEN PHILLIPS BIG BAND THE GREAT AMERICAN SWINGBOOK Featuring Matthew Ford and Eleanor Kenan plus the Hep Cat Dancers. As heard on BBC Radio 2. The song writing mastery of Porter, Berlin and Gershwin are given the swing treatment courtesy of Basie, Ellington, Sinatra, Goodman and Miller. TICKETS £20, Conc £18 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Friday 14 September 7.30pm Russian State Ballet & Opera House present MADAMA BUTTERFLY Sad, tragic and utterly compelling, Puccini’s supreme theatrical achievement gave the world it’s most sublime and beautiful arias One Fine Day and Love Duet, as well as the Humming Chorus. Sung in Italian with English Surtitles. TICKETS £30, £33, Under 16s £21, Conc £2 off Tues – Sat 7.45pm Wed, Thur & Sat 2.30pm Based on the MGM motion picture • story by Barry Morrow, screenplay by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow TICKETS DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Produced by special arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Tues – Thur 7.45pm Saturday 15 September 7.30pm £20.50, £22, £24.50, Russian State Ballet & Opera House present Based on the Oscar winning film which famously £26.50 starred Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. Fri & Sat 7.45pm LA TRAVIATA £20.50, £22.50, £26, £28 When self-centred salesman Charlie Babbitt discovers his long- Wed, Thur & Sat 2.30pm Bringing the splendour and gaiety of mid-19th lost brother Raymond, an autistic savant with a genius for numbers, £19, £21 century Parisian life to the stage. But there has inherited the family fortune, he sets out to get ‘his half’. As the Conc £1.50 off, is also heartbreak and pathos in this tragic brothers embark on a trip across America Charlie soon discovers Groups 10+ 10% off and resonant morality tale in which Violetta, (Apply 7.45pm only) that Raymond is worth more than he could have ever imagined… a high-society courtesan with a heart of gold, Under 16s & Students £9 sacrifices everything for the man she loves. Mathew Horne (Raymond Babbit) is best known for playing Gavin in Under 25s £10 Sung in Italian with English Surtitles. comedy series Gavin and Stacey, as well as roles in The Catherine Friends of Devonshire Tate Show and Bad Education. His most recent West End stage credit Park Theatre 25% off (First 2 nights only) was The Miser opposite Griff Rhys Jones and Lee Mack. Ed Speleers (Charlie Babbit) starred as Jimmy Kent in Downton Abbey and played Audio described performance. See p25 TICKETS £30, £33, Under 16s £21, Conc £2 off the lead role in fantasy Blockbuster Eragon. SEPTEMBER 6 BOX OFFICE 01323 412000 | Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 25) Prices inclusive of booking fee (see p. 25) | www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 7 CONGRESS THEATRE & DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE 3pm Thursday 27 September 7.30pm FASTLOVE LONDON PHILHARMONIC A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE MICHAEL ORCHESTRA 2018/2019 SEASON Get ready for an evening with a global superstar, as he puts the Boom Boom into Sunday 23 September 2018 Sunday 10 February 2019 your heart in this all new production. Devonshire Park Theatre Devonshire Park Theatre THE WORLD IN MINIATURE THE MUSIC OF FRIENDS Relive the passion, flare, and unique sensitivity of George Michael in this incredible concert. Rachmaninoff Trio Elegiac No. 1 Mozart Oboe Quartet in G minor Beethoven String Quartet Op. Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in 18, No. 1 C minor, Op. 101 Brahms Clarinet Quintet Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E Soloists of the London flat major Philharmonic Orchestra TICKETS £25, £26.50, £28.50, Conc £2 off Soloists of the London Music doesn’t get any lovelier, Philharmonic Orchestra or more personal, than Mozart’s When you add a cello and violin delightful Oboe Quartet, Brahms’s DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE to a grand piano, you open up Clarinet Quintet or Beethoven’s a new world of emotion and Quartet Op. 18, No. 1. It’s music Friday 28 September 7.30pm expression. Rachmaninoff, that speaks from the heart, to Brahms and Schubert prove the heart. THE MAGIC that great musical experiences can come in surprisingly Sunday 24 March 2019 OF MOTOWN small packages. Congress Theatre Prepare yourself for 40 back-to-back classic ELEGY AND TRIUMPH Motown hits, glittering costume changes, Sunday 11 November 2018 Glinka Overture, Ruslan dazzling dance moves and outstanding Devonshire Park Theatre and Ludmilla musicianship in this explosive concert HEAVEN AND EARTH Elgar Cello Concerto experience. This breath-taking concert Dvořák Serenade in D minor, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 spectacular takes you on a musical journey Op. 44 Darrell Ang conductor through all your favourite Motown songs. Mozart Wind Serenade No. 10 Kian Soltani cello (Gran Partita) The Orchestra returns to the Soloists of the London Congress Theatre with some of Philharmonic Orchestra the nation’s best-loved pieces: TICKETS £26, £27.50, £29.50, Conc £2 off A hand-picked team of LPO Elgar’s timeless Cello Concerto woodwind players journey to and Tchaikovsky’s triumphant and musical heaven, with beloved unashamedly autobiographical TICKETS pieces by Mozart and Dvořák Fifth Symphony.