watersidearts.org | 0161 912 5616 Spring 2018 THEATRE As you can see from our new-look Headline acts Simon Day and Matt Adam Z. Robinson in association with LittleMighty present Spring 2018 brochure, we’ve been making Forde join us for some terrific comedy The Book of some changes here at Waterside. and for music you’re really spoilt for Along with a constantly evolving and choice with remarkable musicians Darkness & Light dynamic programme, we are starting Boo Hewerdine, False Lights, Kathryn Fri 26 Jan | 19.30 to update our spaces and building and, Williams and Young Waters. as such, wanted to launch a new brand As always, there is a bumper programme to reflect our vision for the future. on offer for families, and don’t forget to visit our fantastic exhibition Our Spring programme is as diverse showcasing Cosgrove Hall Films or as ever, with plenty for theatre lovers - find out more about our sixth Waterside ranging from the contemporary to the Open exhibition. classic or the satirical. Thank you for your support. We look We’re delighted to be working with the forward to welcoming you back soon. brilliant team at Contact, to present the ground-breaking SKIN by 201 Dance Company. Darren Adams There are some big names coming our Manager way – an audience with Jason Donovan or Waterside ‘The Great Gambo - The Professor of Pop’ - Paul Gambaccini. ‘ ...the music heightens the suspense in the room as [The Storyteller] draws the audience into his narrative web.’ Book tickets & sign up to stay in touch watersidearts.org | 0161 912 5616 Stagetalk Magazine [email protected] For more booking information, see the back cover. Three chilling tales. Two ghostly /watersidearts performers. One thrilling night. @watersidearts Join The Storyteller and The Musician watersidearts_ for an evening of spine-tingling tales Waterside, and haunting live music. 1 Waterside Plaza, Three ghostly stories to delight and Sale, Trafford, M33 7ZF horrify, accompanied by the beautiful sounds of the violin. Be thrilled, chilled and thoroughly entertained by this charming storytelling experience. But, be warned, once the pages of the book are opened, anything could happen. Open for pre and TICKETS: £12 / £10 post show drinks AGE: 14+ and all events all In the Robert Bolt Theatre day Saturday. THEATRE James Seabright presents Gerard Logan presents Trumpageddon Wilde Without Sat 27 Jan | 19:30 the Boy Trumpageddon enjoyed a sell-out Thu 8 Mar | 19:30 premiere in 2016, when The Donald was a A dramatisation of De Profundis, the letter mere candidate – and now he returns as Oscar Wilde wrote in 1897 to his lover, Lord leader of the free world. Immerse yourself Alfred Douglas, from his cell in Reading in Trump’s world vision before he blows it gaol. Two years previously, Wilde had been to kingdom come. This absurdist satire is imprisoned for acts of gross indecency as demented, hysterical and disturbed as with other males. Painfully brilliant and the man himself. passionate, Wilde Without the Boy is a ‘Remarkable satiric performance.’ glimpse into the bruised, loving soul British Theatre Guide of one of the greatest geniuses ever to TICKETS: £14 / £12 | AGE: 14+ have lived. In the Robert Bolt Theatre TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 14+ In the Chambers Lip Service presents Dyad Productions present Mr Darcy Jane Eyre: Loses the Plot An Autobiography Thu 1 - Sat 3 Feb | 19:30 Wed 21 Mar | 19:30 Jane Austen is dreaming up Darcy, a Struggling to think, live and love beyond proud, lip-curling handsome creation in the stifling expectations of duty, class very tight pants. But then a door squeaks, and convention, governess Jane Eyre and a visitor approaches and Jane hastily Master Edward Rochester take a dark hides her work. Mr Darcy is left dangling. journey towards sensual and intellectual Left to his own devices he embroiders his liberation. Told through Jane’s eyes, own storyline while his creator stitches Charlotte Brontë’s gothic subversion of her quilt. fairy-tale romance is now distilled for the ‘you feel a hundred times more invigorated stage, under its full title, by writer/director than when you went in, with the chuckle Elton Townend Jones. muscles positively aching at the glorious ‘Hands down the best adaptation of Jane Eyre, lunacy’ Yorkshire Post in any medium.’ Broadway Baby TICKETS: £16 / £14 | AGE: 10+ TICKETS: £14 / £12 / schools £7.50 | AGE: 11+ In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre THEATRE Common Chorus in association Theatre Royal Wakefield presents with Little Mighty present The Scary Bikers If I Say Jump Wed 11 & Thu 12 Apr | 19:30 Thu 22 Mar | 19:30 A bold and exhilarating tale of contemporary Britain, If I Say Jump is a show for anyone who has ever asked themselves ‘why did I just do that?ʼ It skillfully blends storytelling, comedy, original music and a live soundscape to chart a morally ambiguous quest for peace and wellbeing in a chaotic time. TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 12+ In the Chambers Written, directed and starring John Godber Dyad Productions presents A new comedy about life, love and staying on your bike! The Time Machine Join retired miner Don and former Wed 4 Apr | 19:30 private school teacher Carol on their hilarious and heartfelt bike ride through In this new and radical interpretation Europe, as they reconcile the past, of the HG Wells classic, a Victorian time debate the present and worry about the traveller transcends across the ages future. Whether they’re saddle sore in from 1900 to our own far future – from Southampton, blistered in Bordeaux or the fall of man to the end of the world – frazzled in Florence, one thing is for discovering the fate of our endeavours sure – it takes two to tandem! and uncovering our darkest fears. Can we change the future? Or has the end Starring the double BAFTA and Olivier already begun? A philosophical journey, Award-winning partnership of John a nightmare adventure, a cautionary tale Godber and Jane Thornton, whose feature – this is the story of us all. film Last Laugh was released in October. ‘Terrific . grips the imagination . ideas spit of There will be a free post-show the narrative like sparks from a welder’s torch’ discussion with John Godber and Quentin Letts, Daily Mail Jane Thornton on Wed 11 Feb. TICKETS: £14 / £12 | AGE: 11+ TICKETS: £17.50 / £15.50 | AGE: 13+ In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre THEATRE 2Magpies Theatre presents Hope Theatre Company presents Last Resort Gypsy Queen Fri 20 Apr | 19:00 & 20:30 Thu 26 Apr | 19:45 Can two men raised to fight ever learn to love? The story of ‘Gorgeous’ George O’Connell, bare-knuckle fighter and traveller, who enters the world of professional boxing which puts him on a collision course with his roots, his identity and his greatest fear. In the opposite corner, gay boxer Dane ‘The Pain’ Samson, the young pretender and son of a boxing legend, is fighting his own battles that lead to a tragedy that neither could predict. Gypsy Queen is an unconventional love story between two fighters who discover the greatest challenge lies outside the ring. TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 15+ In the Chambers The Bumper Blyton Improvised Adventure Last Resort is an alternative future for Guantanamo Bay. You’ll sit in a deckchair, Fri 27 Apr | 20:00 you’ll get a rum cocktail on arrival and The picnic hamper’s packed, so cast you’ll feel the sand between your toes. yourself back to the 1940s when you could We’ll show you around. delight in lashings of ginger beer, a mouth 2Magpies Theatre will take you through full of tongue sandwich or get your lips the tropical haze on a unique multi- round a nice spotted dick! sensory package holiday. Last Resort In this riotous improvised spoof of the is a menacing fiction, made entirely nation's most beloved author, the all-star of unimaginable fact. cast spin an entirely new adventure for Seating for this show will be unreserved grown-ups using audience suggestions deck chairs. and inspiration from the Blyton classics. TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 12+ TICKETS: £12 / £10 | AGE: 11+ In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Chambers DANCE Waterside and Contact co-present Company of Dreams presents 201 Dance Scheherazade Company: SKIN and 1001 Nights Fri 9 Feb | 19:30 Sun 29 Apr | 19:00 ‘ 201 have created a masterpiece of human sensitivity’ The Times ‘ Thrilling...Thought provoking’ Edinburgh Culture With this thrilling explosion of dance, fire and illusion, Company of Dreams transports you to the exotic, dangerous This is not my body this is not Andrea Walker directs a cast of 7 dancers and magical world of the Arabian Nights. my body this is not my body in a fast paced, emotionally driven story In this brand new production of one of the greatest stories of the ancient world, After the sell-out international tour of of family, identity and belonging. Scheherazade and her magical tales of Smother, 201 Dance Company’s award- Part of Queer Contact Festival 2018, genies, ghouls and faeries, of Sinbad, winning Hip Hop theatre comes to celebrating LGBT arts and culture Aladdin and Ali Baba, are retold in a Waterside with SKIN: a boy’s intimate across Greater Manchester from unique blend of jazz, bellydance and journey of gender transition to discover 3-24 February 2018. Latin dance, plus fire and illusion. a body that feels like home. contactmcr.com/queercontact Fusing urban and contemporary styles TICKETS: £12 / £10 inc Under 25s | AGE: 12+ TICKETS: £16 / £14 | AGE: 12+ with an original score, choreographer In the Robert Bolt Theatre In the Robert Bolt Theatre AN AUDIENCE WITH COMEDY Norwell Lapley Productions Ltd presents Paul Gambaccini: Simon Day An Evening with in Character The Great Gambo – Thu 15 Mar | 19:30 The Professor of Pop Thu 26 Apr | 19:30 For the first time, Paul Gambaccini reveals how he started life as a boy in the Bronx and wound up The Professor of Pop in Great Britain.