What’s On in May 2014

Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds

Tuesday 29 April- Saturday 3 May

THE IRVING STAGE COMPANY

JEKYLL & HYDE

The Musical

conceived for the stage by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn

book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse music by Frank Wildhorn

A musical thriller based on the novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, this vibrant show by Bricusse & Wildhorn is full of powerful musical numbers.

Tues 29 – Sat 3 at 7.30pm £19 £15 £12 £8.50

Sat 3 at 2.30pm £19 £15 £12 £8.50

Tues 6 May

BALLET CENTRAL

BALLET CENTRAL 2014 

Fresh from a sell-out season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ballet Central perform at Bury St Edmunds with an exciting programme of ballet, contemporary and jazz dance. The varied repertoire includes a mixture of newly commissioned works and much-loved revivals, which showcases the talent of the company’s young and emerging dancers.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see these highly talented dancers as they launch their professional careers.

‘A complete delight’

Dance Europe, Ballet Central’s 2013 Tour

Performance time: 7.30pm

Ticket Prices: £20 £16 £12 £8.50

Wed 7 – Thurs 8 May

Salida Productions in Association with Assembly

FORMBY

performed and written by Ewan Wardrop directed and co-devised by Ed Hughes

Follow George Formby’s rise from awkward stable boy to one of Britain’s biggest stars. In a unique one-man performance Ewan Wardrop plays the role of Formby, as well as all the key characters involved in this fascinating slice of his life.

This sensational production features many of Formby’s classics, including: Blackpool Rock, Leaning on a Lamp-Post, When I’m Cleaning Windows, and many more.

‘A little stick of theatrical dynamite’

**** The Telegraph

Wed 7 – Thurs 8 at 7.30pm £16 £16 £10 £8.50

Thurs 8 at 2pm £12 £12 £10 £8.50

Fri 9 – Sat 10 May

OPERA UK

COSI FAN TUTTE

by Mozart, sung in English

100^TH ANNIVERSARY WWI 

An evening of fun, frivolity and heartache!

A seeming soufflé of fun makes us question the definition of love, honesty and integrity. With Mozart’s sublime score plummeting and soaring, gloriously reflecting every change of mood, two men, Guglielmo and Ferrando, encouraged by their friend Don Alfonso, deceive their girlfriends by telling them they have gone to war, only to return, disguised, and seduce them.

With the deception revealed, life returns to normal, or does it? And with the First World War looming, can things ever be the same?

Performance time: 7.30pm

Ticket prices: £25 £21 £16 £8.50

Sat 10 May

OPERA UK

KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING

100^TH ANNIVERSARY WWI

The Theatre Royal is very pleased to welcome back Ian Lavender, Dad’s Army’s Pike, and Opera UK for an afternoon of musical tour-de-force, revisiting the First World War era.

With popular music of the era including Lehar’s The Merry Widow, many of Ivor Novello’s hits, and such well known classics as Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.

Performance time: 2.30pm

Ticket prices: £20 £16 £12 £8.50

Tues 13 – Sat 17 May

DRAMA / Creative cow

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

by Oliver Goldsmith

With mayhem and merriment, this classic comedy by Oliver Goldsmith revels in the mistakes and misunderstandings that come together to create a heart-warming, hilarious evening.

‘The Rivals is not only tackled, but wrestled to the floor in a flurry of ruffled wigs, corsets and impeccable comic timing’ WhatsOnStage.com

Tues 13 at 7.30pm & Sat 17 at 2.30pm £16 £12 £10 £8.50

Wed 14 – Sat 17 at 7.30pm £20 £16 £12 £8.50

Wed 14 & Thurs 15 at 2pm £10 £10 £10 £8.50

Sun 18 May

Cabaret / MUST CLOSE PRODUCTIONS

COWARDS IN THE WINGS

Two of the East Anglia’s brightest personalities Helen McDermott (Anglia TV) and Adrian Wright lift a glass to the genius of Noel Coward in this kaleidoscopically entertaining celebration of his songs, joined by pianist Annette Jude and John Knowles.

Only Mad Dogs and Englishmen should miss this fantastic cabaret evening!

Money raised from this fundraising event will help to support the Theatre Royal’s community and education programme (Registered Charity 242977)

Performance time: 7.30pm

Ticket prices: £16 £16 £12 £8.50

Mon 19 – Tues 20 May

Metta Theatre

ALICE

100^TH ANNIVERSARY WWI

1915. While bombs rain down outside

Alice Hargreaves takes refuge in her dusty cellar, rediscovering her childhood amongst broken tennis racquets, old lamp shades and moth-eaten christening gowns. Meanwhile her son Alan, a WWI soldier, makes the same imaginary journey down the rabbit hole to escape the madness of war, animating the objects around him to return them both to a wonderland of talking rabbits, mad hatters and savage queens.

Based on Lewis Carroll’s literary classic and the real life Alice who inspired it, this poignant new play is brought imaginatively to life with Metta’s trademark mix of theatre and puppetry.

Age Guidance 10+

Mon 19 – Tues 20 at 7.30pm £12 £12 £10 £8.50

Mon 19 – Tues 20 at 2pm £10 £10 £10 £8.50

Wed 21 May

House and Snuff Box Theatre in collaboration with Richard Jordan Productions

BITCH BOXER

by Charlotte Josephine

Meet Chloe, 21, from Leytonstone. She likes the simple things in life: cherry sambuca, hairbrush-in-the-mirror karaoke and winding her Dad up.

Oh, and she’s a boxer.

London, 2012. Women will step into the Olympic boxing ring for the very first time. And it’s in Stratford. Down the road. As Chloe trains for the fight of her life, she is left winded by two life-changing events. In a man’s world, can she prove she’s still worth the title?

‘Sparkily written, feistily performed’

**** London Evening Standard

Performance time: 7.30pm

Ticket prices: £16 £10 £8.50

Fri 23 May

DANCE

JALEO FLAMENCO 

In a scintillating fusion of heartwrenching vocals, explosive footwork and virtuoso guitar playing, Jaleo return to Britain with their latest new stage show A Compás, brimming over with the intoxicating rhythms, palpable energy and joie de vivre which have become synonymous with the company.

A Compás (in rhythm) charts an evocative musical journey through the diverse flamenco regions of Andalusia in which some of Spain´s finest award-winning artists combine their talents in a mesmerising tour-de-force to produce a unique spectacle of universal appeal which encapsulates the very essence of flamenco.

‘Spellbinding fusion of acoustic guitar, rhythm,

songs, handclapping and ignitable dance’

The Guardian

Performance time: 7.30pm

Ticket prices: £20 £16 £12 £8.50

Sat 24 – Sun 25 May

SLIGHTLY FAT FEATURES

SLIGHTLY FAT FEATURES IN VARIETYVILLE

 A riotous comedy cabaret for all ages, shapes and sizes.

The smash hit variety troupe Slightly Fat Features, return to Bury St Edmunds after their packed out shows in 2010 and 2012 with more astonishing physical skills and orchestrated mayhem.

So gasp in wonder at dazzling feats, laugh till your belly hurts and gorge yourself on a smorgasbord of theatrical invention.

With special guest appearances from Bury St Edmunds’ very own brilliant Hazelwood Dance Studio dancers.

Variety is back and it’s Slightly Fat.

‘Comedy magic’ The Independent

Sat 24 at 7pm £13 £10 £10 £8.50

Sun 25 at 2.30pm £10 £10 £10 £8.50

Tues 27 – Sat 31 May

Comedy Theatre Company

RISING DAMP

by Eric Chappell

ITV’s top comedy of all time, Rising Damp, comes to the stage in a brand-new production from the Comedy Theatre Company, producers of the stage versions of Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies and BBC TV’s Birds of a Feather.

‘The stage version of ITV’s best and certainly most highly-respected sitcom to date, Rising Damp shines as a masterwork and is a real highlight…’

British Comedy Guide

Tues 27 at 7.30pm & Sat 31 at 2.30pm £20 £16 £12 £8.50

Wed 28 – Sat 31 at 7.30pm £25 £21 £16 £8.50

Wed 28 at 2pm £16 £14 £10 £8.50

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To book tickets, visit www.theatreroyal.org or
contact the box office at 01284 769505

Theatre Royal

Westgate Street

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 1QR

Website: www.theatreroyal.org

Office hours: 9am – 5.30pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

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