What’s On in September 2013

Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds

 

A Night of Folk Music with Terence Blacker

Sunday 1 September, 7.30pm

Join the writer and musician Terence Blacker as he introduces an evening of Folk music, including Cajun, Old-time, Appalachian, English acapella, Contemporary and Jazzy/Funk, featuring the Milkmaid Folk Club’s bands and musicians.

During the evening why not enjoy a pint of one of our special ales: Milkmaid Mild or Theatre Royal Bitter in the Greene Room (before, during or after the show).

Bands and musicians appearing include Kelly and Woolley, Cudby Calder, The Larks, Sound Tradition, Fern Teather, Valerie Choiseul and ‘B sometimes of the banjo’.

’Money raised from this fundraising event will help to support the Theatre Royal’s community and education programme (Registered Charity 242977) and The Milkmaid Folk Arts Centre C.I.C.

 

Lunchtime Concert- Sam Piha (Guitar) and Louise Garner (Flute) 

Tuesday 3 September, 1.10pm

Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds

Sam and Louise have been delighting audiences all over the world with their thrilling programmes of well-known and not-so-well-known captivating music, frequently including Sam’s own compositions.

 

The Taming of the Shrew

Wednesday 4- Friday 6 September, 7.30pm

Thursday 5 September, 2.00pm & 7.30pm

The Globe Theatre on tour presents The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Joe Murphy.

A small troupe of female travelling players breathes new life into Shakespeare’s outrageous comedy. Taming of The Shrew stars one of Theatre’s great screwball double-acts: a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up until the play’s controversial conclusion.

The Globe last visited the Theatre Royal with As You Like It and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

 

Michael Law’s Piccadilly Dance Orchestra

Saturday 7 September, 7.30pm

Stylish, sophisticated, smooth… Michael Law’s Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, recently featured on BBC 4’s hit programme Len Goodman’s Dancing Feet, recreate the glamour of the golden age of popular music, the 1920’s to 40’s, along with a hearty helping of foot-tapping jazz and ‘hot’ dance music… rediscover the lost, magical world of Broadway and Hollywood music from between the wars.

Programme includes: Night and Day, Anything Goes, I Get A Kick Out of You, Say It With Music, My Heart Belongs To Daddy, A Room With A View and Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

 

Stuff in the Attic

Thursday 12 & Friday 13 September, 7.30pm

Dick’s dad has died. His older brother Julian has come over from the US for the funeral. Dick has put his life on hold to care for his father in his last years. Julian left to pursue a glittering career. They never did get on…

A dark comedy in one act, with original music by Pat Whymark (composer for Dick Turpin’s Last Ride) and featuring Julian Harries and Dick Mainwaring.

 

Last Night of the Proms

Saturday 14 September, 7.30pm

Join the Bury St Edmunds Concert Band for a memorable concert evening to celebrate the finale of the terrific summer season of The Proms, as they perform popular classics and patriotic anthems.

Mansfield Park, a Theatre Royal BSE Production

Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 September, 7.30pm

Wednesday 18 & Saturday 21 September, 2.00pm & 7.30pm

‘… There certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them’

Unceremoniously uprooted from her humble family home, intelligent young Fanny Price is dropped into the bustling, aristocratic household of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, where she finds herself buffeted from one crisis to the next. Yet, throughout this turmoil one thing remains a constant – her love for the generous, worthy and steadfast Edmund Bertram. But will this love be her salvation? Or will she be forced to marry the charismatic Henry Crawford for connections and wealth alone?

‘A sheer delight’ British Theatre Guide

 

Betrayal, by Harold Pinter

Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 September, 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 September, 2.00pm & 7.30pm

Emma is married to Robert, a publisher. But for seven years, she has been having an affair with Jerry, a literary agent and Robert’s best friend.

Betrayal begins after the end of the affair, and pursues an intricate, gripping journey back to its very beginning.

‘Pinter’s masterpiece’ Daily Telegraph

 

Well

Friday 27 & Saturday 28 September, 7.30pm

Saturday 28 September, 2.00pm & 7.30pm

A world premiere of an aerial-dance theatre work exploring the largest mass-poisoning in history.

2013. Asha’s hands shake as her sister Arundhati folds her wedding sari around her. 1973. Anjali hangs from silk, her life is pouring out of her. A well is drilled. Clean water. 40 years later, and her daughter now hangs in the balance.

A rich soundscape of Bengali music and interwoven recorded text forms an atmospheric backdrop for Shreya Kumar’s stunning choreographic fusion of classical Indian dance with contemporary aerial circus.

 

 

Theatre Royal

Westgate Street

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 1QR

 

Tel: 01284 829947

Website: www.theatreroyal.org

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

 

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