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What’s on in October 2016 at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Sat 1 Oct
Family /Scamp Theatre
STICK MAN
at Theatre Royal
Scamp Theatre’s delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s and Axel Scheffler’s best selling children’s book Stick Man is back by popular demand!
Touching, funny and utterly original, this award-winning production features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves.
Guarantees more fun than you can shake a stick at!
‘Wonderfully exuberant and imaginative! Our 3 year old was engrossed from start to finish’
Time Out, Critics Choice
2pm & 4pm
Tickets: £12.50 – £8.50
Sat 1 Oct
Comedy/Lakin McCarthy Entertainment Ltd
JO CAULFIELD – THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG
at Theatre Royal
Have you ever noticed that even when you’re right, you’re wrong? From the potential minefields of dating, relationships and divorce, to the simple things, like booking a holiday, or joining a pub-quiz team – nothing is ever as straightforward as it should be. Jo Caulfield is determined to get things back on track…
Award-winning Stand-Up comedian Jo Caulfield takes a humorous look at life’s potential traps, what can go wrong and how to deal with them (and, in some cases, how to make everyone else suffer with you).
This is a 90 minute laugh-out-loud show, full of razor-sharp observations; sharp, witty and insightful, Jo will make you think as much as she makes you laugh – you won’t be disappointed.
As seen on The John Bishop Show (BBC One), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC One), Mock the Week (BBC Two) and Have I Got News For You (BBC One).
Age 16+
8pm
Tickets: £16.50 – £10
Tue 4 — Sat 8 Oct
Drama/Northern Broadsides
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED
at Theatre Royal
Cleckleywyke, a town in the West Riding, 1908.
The Helliwells, the Parkers and the Soppitts are highly respected pillars of their community but not for much longer.
Married on the same day in the same chapel, they gather to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.
The celebrations are short lived when they discover the vicar wasn’t licensed and they are actually not married. In fact, they have been living in sin for 25 years.
Watch with mounting glee as the pandemonium switches from horrified social embarrassment to the realisation that they are free from the shackles of long tedious marriages. Home truths are dealt, bullies get their retribution and the hen-pecked are hilariously and most satisfyingly liberated.
J B Priestley’s heartily entertaining northern comedy plays right into the hands of the remarkable Northern Broadsides, a company celebrated by audiences for its charisma, vitality and relish of language.
Tues – Sat 7.30pm
Wed 2pm
Sat 3pm
Tickets: £21.50 – £8.50
Mon 10 Oct
Music
LUNCHTIME CONCERT – MEMBERS OF THE KINGFISHER ENSEMBLE
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
at Theatre Royal
Led by Beth Spendlove, violin, with Yan Li, Viola and Susanna Davis, Cello
1.10pm
Tickets: £8.50
Tue 11 — Sat 15 Oct
Community Productions/Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society
GREASE
at Theatre Royal
Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey is a lively, funny, romantic-musical, packed with show- stopping dances and memorable songs including Beauty School Dropout, You’re the One That I Want, ‘Greased Lightning, Hopelessly Devoted to You and Summer Nights. Set in 1959 the show brings back the look and sounds of the 1950’s with zip and charm. The sheer energy of Grease carries all before it and is definitely not to be missed.
Grease is a musical about two teenagers in the late 1950s, who fall in love but are from two different worlds. Danny is a member of The T-Birds. Sandy Olsson is a wholesome teenage girl who has a summer romance with Danny. Sandy is supposed to return to Australia and the two think they will never see each other again.
Staying in the United States, Sandy ends up at Rydell High, the same high school Danny attends. Inevitably Sandy and Danny meet again and the movie follows them as they make changes for each other.
Tues – Sat 7.30pm
Sat – 2.30pm
Tickets: £20 – £10
Mon 17 — Sat 22 Oct
Drama/Anton Benson Productions Ltd
BE MY BABY
at Theatre Royal
It’s 1964. Nineteen year old Mary Adams is sent away to a mother and baby convent to give birth to her illegitimate child shame free, with only a record player for company. Set against the backdrop of iconic girl groups and vocalists like The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las and Dusty Springfield, Mary – along with fellow residents Queenie, Dolores and Norma – must come to terms with their pregnancies, their lives and the fact they may never see their children again.
Starring Brooke Vincent (Coronation Street) in her debut stage role alongside Ruth Madoc (Hi De Hi), this poignant comedy examines the human need for friendship and the naivety of the 1960’s.
Mon – Sat 7.30pm
Wed 2pm
Sat 3pm
Tickets: £26.50 – £8.50
Sun 23 Oct
Children/Honalee Media Limited
MARTY MACDONALD’S TOY MACHINE
at Theatre Royal
A brand new show featuring the voices of CBeebies’ Justin Fletcher and Nicole Davis as Pongo the Pig and Molly-Moo the Cow – from the team who brought you Marty MacDonald’s Farm!
Everyone at Marty MacDonald’s Farm is delighted with the special delivery that’s arrived – the Toy Machine that makes all of the toys in the world! But then they realise that Crafty the Crow has been up to mischief and it shouldn’t really be there at all… Worse still, the machine has stopped working, so they need to fix it before the Toymaker comes to get it back!
Join Marty, Sally the Scarecrow, Pongo the Pig, Molly-Moo the Cow and Sheena the Sheep in a fun, musical, interactive adventure to repair the Toy Machine, save the day and give the world back its toys!
Songs include:
Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes, The Wheels On The Bus,
One Finger One Thumb, The Grand Old Duke Of York,
Mary Mary Quite Contrary, Old MacDonald Had A Farm and many more!
We use Makaton™ signing with our singing so everyone can join in!
Marty MacDonald’s Toy Machine is a fun, interactive, song-filled adventure, set on a colourful farmyard and featuring a host of lovable puppet characters. It’s family show particularly suitable for 2 – 7 year olds, lasts for 80 minutes (including a 15-minute interval) and has a special cast meet & greet after the performance.
Please note Justin Fletcher does not appear in person.
1pm & 3.30pm
Tickets: £12.50 – £8.50
Mon 24 Oct
Drama/Mandala Theatre Company
NIGHT LIGHT
at Theatre Royal
Somewhere in England two teenagers seeking asylum, fearing deportation, hide out in an abandoned factory.
As the long cold night unfolds, they imagine their future and tell each other about their past. In the midst of sharing food and stories, they hear someone else arrive. Terrified, they creep towards the door where they find a familiar figure. The three of them talk through the night about home, belonging and the system… But the children remain wary, at any point he can reveal their hiding place, turn them over to the authorities and send them back to their countries and to danger.
Written by Nadia Davids and directed by Yasmin Sidhwa.
7.30pm
Tickets: £16.50 – £8.50
Tue 25 Oct
Drama/Theatre Royal Writers
THE MULBERRY BUSH
at Theatre Royal
Based on Alfred Schniltzer’s play La Ronde, The Mulberry Bush shows a series of encounters between pairs of characters from different levels of society. All are looking for love or friendship in scenes which are by turns comic, tragic and sometimes violent.
An intriguing, amusing and disturbing experience. A rehearsed, script-in-hand performance in the Greene Room Bar. Tickets include welcome drinks and light refreshments.
7.30pm
Tickets: £10
Thu 27 Oct
Children/Green Light Theatre
ALBEE VECTOR THE SOUND COLLECTOR
at Theatre Royal
Find out how Albee and his love Andromeda survived kings, curses and cruelty on their quest for beautiful sound in the world. Sounds are running low so Albee will need a few more noises to tell this particular story… Can you help him? He’ll need you to make popping, fizzing, hissing, clopping, whizzing, whooshing, banging, crashing, and probably a fart noise or two!
Greenlight Theatre was founded in 2011 by Sam Woolf and Sadie Spencer. The company engages with how technology opens up communication channels and affects the way we think and behave.
Suitable for ages 4+
This tour is presented by house.
3pm
Tickets: £10.50 – £8.50
Fri 28 — Sat 29 Oct
Children/Story Pocket Theatre
KING ARTHUR
at Theatre Royal
Michael Morpurgo’s King Arthur is an epic tale of deep magic, heroism, love and betrayal.
When a small boy becomes stranded at sea, he is rescued by a mysterious old man who claims to be King Arthur Pendragon. When the old man starts to tell his stories, the boy and the audience are transported back to the days of Camelot. Guided by Merlin, the young king pulls the sword from the stone to win the throne, puts the Saxons to the sword and unites the kingdom and gathers his Knights of the Round Table. But even at his happiest with his beautiful Queen Guinevere and best friend Lancelot, Arthur senses the end of Camelot is not far away.
Stories of brave chivalry and battles, the search for the Holy Grail and the great betrayal of Lancelot and Guinevere are all part of this exciting new production from award-winning Story Pocket Theatre.
Michael Morpurgo’s (War Horse and Private Peaceful) King Arthur is a fast-moving show of adventure, physical theatre, puppetry and outstanding storytelling.
7+ years.
‘Michael Morpurgo’s King Arthur is a fast-moving show of adventure, physical theatre, puppetry and outstanding storytelling.’
The Scotsman
‘beautifully scripted, intelligently connected, and skilfully performed… this talented group are producing some of the best children’s theatre we have seen.’
Three Weeks
Fri 6.45pm
Sat 11am & 2pm
Tickets: £14.50 – £8.50 (Under 16s £12.50 – £8.50)
Sat 29 Oct
Comedy/Mick Perrin Worldwide Ltd
JULIAN CLARY: THE JOY OF MINCING
at Theatre Royal
Julian Clary, national trinket, author, TV and radio star is coming up your way…
The Joy of Mincing is Julian Clary’s celebration of 30 years as a camp comedian. There is so much to tell you; the ups and downs of his sordid love life, the true and heart stopping account of how he saved Dame Joan Collins’ life, and don’t start him on the perils of his DIY electrical home enema kit.
On stage Julian will proudly wear his well-deserved M.B.E (Mincer of the British Empire). It was the last thing he expected to receive when he knelt down in front of Prince Charles in the scullery at Buckingham Palace…
And because Julian gives and gives (until it hurts) he will be handing out honours to the lucky few in the audience too. This is Julian at his filthy best. Live and unplugged.
Come and witness a masterclass in camp comedy.
Recommended 16+
‘He never falters. You think knob jokes are easy? Clary makes them flow like cheap German wine. It’s absolute fluff, but he pulls it off.’
Dominic Maxwell. The Times.
‘Outrageously funny. A master comedian at the top of his game.’
Andrew Edwards What’s On Stage
8pm
Tickets: £25 – £12.50
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