Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
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Running until Sunday 15 January 2012
A Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Production
Dick Whittington and his Cat
written by Daniel O’Brien
original music and lyrics by Peter White
directed by Colin Blumenau
designed by Will Hargreaves
Many centuries ago, with the face of England scoured by the Black Death, young Dick Whittington arrives in London to make his fame and fortune. At first all goes well. He makes friends with a cat called Tommy, gets a job with a merchant and falls in love with a girl. But there are wicked forces at play. This is an adventure story like none other filled with injustice, love at first sight, shipwrecks, singing jellyfish and a trip to Morocco.
‘traditional family fun… a must see for anyone who needs a little sparkle in their stocking’ EADT on Mother Goose, 2010
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Authentic Artist Collective, in association with Creative Learning,
invites you to:
Tender Age
Join us for a public sharing of our research and development including original text, song, music, movement and image. Tender Age brings older people (65+) and young adults (18-25) together to explore creatively what divides and what connects the generations.
Are the elderly and the young our treasure or our burden? What do we have to say to each other?
Project led by Kath Burlinson, Theatre Royal Associate Artist, and supported by Escalator and Arts Council England.
For more information email [email protected]
6pm at the Guildhall. All tickets: £3.50
Wednesday 25 January
Burns Night
with Mairi Campbell and David Francis
Join us for a really special evening with award winning singer songwriters, Mairi Campbell and David Francis as they perform a collection of Burns’ work alongside their own contemporary songs.
Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet, left a rich legacy of beautiful songs and poems which have inspired artist and laymen alike around the world. This acclaimed Edinburgh duo will perform a selection of Burns’ work including their version of Auld Lang Syne, which featured in the hit film Sex & the City in 2008. They will include their own award winning work, in a celebratory evening culminating in a traditional whisky tasting in the Greene Room, with our very own Scottish piper!
‘Campbell’s voice can stop the clock’ Scotsman (2009)
Money raised from this fundraising event will help to support the Theatre Royal’s community and education programme (Registered Charity 242977)
Thursday 26 January
Restoring the Repertoire
A Script in Hand reading
Speed the Plough (1800)
by Thomas Morton
originally read April 2004
A country comedy packed with vivid characters and comic incident. Young lovers, castle intrigues, marital mishaps and a ploughing competition…
Continuing the exciting development for our Script in Hand readings, we are turning the Theatre Royal into a radio recording studio for a day and giving you the chance to be a live audience for a performance of three of our favourite Restoring the Repertoire™ plays. Sit onstage with the actors and become part of the live recording and post-show discussion!
Seats are very limited so book early to ensure your place.
7pm
All tickets £8
Book all three Script in Hand readings for just £20
Friday 27 January
Nick Ross Orchestra
Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era
Recapture the sounds of a bygone era as the Nick Ross Orchestra presents ‘an unmissable evening of music and song’ – the Classic Big Band Sound of the 1940’s.
Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 January
The Theatre Royal Young Company
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
adapted for the stage by Alan Bennett
songs by Jeremy Sams
directed by Sally Waters and Amy Wyllie
This playful and quintessentially English family story is bought to life by the Theatre Royal’s Young Company. As the seasons pass, the riverbank plays host to Mole and his woodland friends Ratty, Toad and Badger as they discover the truth about loyal friendship, the perils of the big wide world and the joys of motor cars. Poop Poop!
Alan Bennett’s hilarious adaptation will delight audiences of all ages. A winter warmer
not to be missed!
‘A fantastic production and one of the best shows with young people I’ve ever seen! It looked amazing, it sounded amazing and the acting was amazing!’ Audience Member, The Skriker
Sat 28 at 7.30pm
Sun 29 at 4pm
All tickets £8 (£4)
Tuesday 31 January – Saturday 4 February
Out of Joint and Chichester Festival Theatre
Top Girls
by Caryl Churchill
directed by Max Stafford-Clark, designed by Tim Shortall, lighting by Jason Taylorsound by Ian Dickinson, video by Finn Ross, casting by Gabrielle Dawes
The Acclaimed West End Hit Production
‘Max Stafford-Clark’s immaculate revival. Simple, cryptic, sad and hilarious’ ***** Time Out
An unparalleled story of success and, chillingly, what happens to those left behind. One of the seminal plays of the twentieth century, Top Girls flashes with razor-sharp wit and ingenious theatricality.
Thatcher’s England: hard-nosed, go-getting businesswoman Marlene is hosting a dinner party to celebrate her promotion to MD of the Top Girls Employment Agency. Her guests, all powerful women from myth and history, make for an extraordinary gathering.
Max Stafford-Clark directed the première of Top Girls in 1982. His brand new production was a hugely acclaimed hit in the West End in 2011.
Out of Joint return to the Theatre Royal following recent productions of The Big Fellah, Andersen’s English, Dreams of Violence and Testing the Echo.
‘Outrageously funny… A classic play in a classic production’ ***** The Independent
Tues 31 – Sat 4 at 7.30pm
Wed 1 & Sat 4 at 2pm
Post-show Talk Out: Tuesday 31 January
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