What's On Theatre - Summer '18

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SUMMER PERFORMANCES 2018

W H AT’S ON Birmingham City University

T H E AT R E

WELCOME TO ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE THEATRE COMPANY’S SUMMER ’18 SEASON

ABOUT ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE

As a result of the recent merger with Birmingham School of Acting, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is now a multi-disciplinary institution of music and acting offering an even greater range of performances from world-class professionals and emerging talent.

Formerly known as Birmingham School of Acting, we are now part of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. With roots as a drama school going back to 1936, we retain the professional outlook and commitment to contemporary training that has seen our acting courses consistently rated amongst the best in the UK.

Comprised of final year students from our acting courses, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company has established a reputation as one of the city’s most exciting outfits. The Company’s composition changes every year, so our seasons are highly eclectic, presenting a wide range of works – some challenging, some moving, some witty, but all with a freshness that comes from working with emerging professional actors.

The Company is supported by an energetic and creative production department consisting of a professional Stage Management Team, Property Master, Set Designer and Wardrobe Mistress. Each year, the Theatre Company is directed by professionals who present work nationally and internationally, ranging from productions in the West End to those for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

We look forward to welcoming you to our performances.

Julian Lloyd Webber Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Stephen Simms Vice Principal (Acting)

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The Way of the World at The Crescent, February 2018, photography by Julia Nottingham

We also train the associated disciplines of Stage Management and Applied Performance, which provides the perfect learning environment to launch your career as a performance industry professional.

For more information on Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and its courses, come to an Open Day or visit www.bcu.ac.uk/bsa/opendays To find out what’s on visit www.bcu.ac.uk/events

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The Way of the World at The Crescent, February 2018, photography by Julia Nottingham

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…

Date

Performance

Venue

Time

Page

4 May 2018

Peter and the Wolf with Sir Lenny Henry

Concert Hall @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

7pm

07

17 May 2018

Sold

Old Joint Stock

7.30pm

05

18 May 2018

Sold

Old Joint Stock

2.30pm & 7.30pm

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By John Godber

19 May 2018

Sold

Old Joint Stock

5pm

05

Directed by Chris Monks

26 May 2018

Catalogue d’emojis

The Lab @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

8pm

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6 June 2018

Don Juan in Chicago

Crescent Studio

7.45pm

08

7 June 2018

Don Juan in Chicago

Crescent Studio

2.30pm & 7.45pm

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8 June 2018

Don Juan in Chicago

Crescent Studio

7.45pm

08

9 June 2018

Don Juan in Chicago

Crescent Studio

5pm

08

13 June 2018

Crimes of the Heart

The Old Rep Theatre

7.30pm

09

14 June 2018

Monteverdi: Madrigals of War and Love

Crescent Studio

7pm

10

14 June 2018

Crimes of the Heart

The Old Rep Theatre

7.30pm

09

15 June 2018

Monteverdi: Madrigals of War and Love

Crescent Studio

7pm

10

15 June 2018

Crimes of the Heart

The Old Rep Theatre

2.30pm & 7.30pm

09

16 June 2018

Monteverdi: Madrigals of War and Love

Crescent Studio

2pm & 7pm

10

16 June 2018

Crimes of the Heart

The Old Rep Theatre

5.30pm

09

Old Joint Stock

21 June 2018

Waste

The Old Rep Theatre

7.30pm

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22 June 2018

Waste

The Old Rep Theatre

2.30pm & 7.30pm

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Thu 17 May: 7.30pm

23 June 2018

Waste

The Old Rep Theatre

5pm

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SOLD Sex trafficking and slavery are as big a problem in the UK now as they were when John Godber’s hard-hitting and humane play was first performed in 2007.

Two journalists go undercover to investigate the ‘new slave trade’ – but what happens when happily married family man Ray pays sex worker Anja to tell her story, and then decides to ‘rescue’ her?

Fri 18 May: 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sat 19 May: 5.00pm 5

CATALOGUE D’EMOJIS

These events form part of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Opening Festival

PETER AND THE WOLF WITH SIR LENNY HENRY

CATALOGUE D’EMOJIS

Conductor Christopher Houlding

By Michael Wolters and Paul Norman

PETER AND THE WOLF WITH SIR LENNY HENRY

Narrator Sir Lenny Henry

Cobalt Kate Halsall and Fumiko Miyachi Paul Norman and Michael Wolters

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Copland Rodeo: Hoe-Down Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Elfman Spiderman Williams Star Wars: Yoda’s Theme, Throne Room and Finale Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Sir Lenny Henry, Chancellor of Birmingham City University narrating Prokofiev’s classic story, Peter and the Wolf.

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The Lab @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Concert Hall @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Sat 26 May: 8pm

Fri 4 May: 7pm

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…

DON JUAN IN CHICAGO

CRIMES OF THE HEART

By David Ives

By Beth Henley

Directed by John Adams

Directed by Vik Sivalingam

Weaving together the story of womaniser Don Juan and the Faust legend, David Ives has constructed this timetravelling comedy.

Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize winning dark comedy, Crimes of the Heart, is a little bit Chekhov and a little bit Eudora Welty. It tells a twangy story of three Mississippi sisters loving, feuding and fussing through a very bad day.

Having planned to spend eternity in scholarly contemplation, Juan finds his time consumed with a relentless search for sexual partners, in which he is abetted by long-suffering valet, Leporello – until finally, as a tiresome fixture on the singles scene in Chicago, he realises sadly, “I have spent my life checking my watch and taking off my clothes.”

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DON JUAN IN CHICAGO

CRIMES OF THE HEART

Babe has just shot her husband; Meg is fresh from a Hollywood psychiatric ward; and poor Lenny celebrates her 30th birthday alone in the kitchen by sticking a candle in a cookie and making wish after desperate wish…and their horse has just been hit by lightning.

Henley’s brilliant dark comedy was called “A pure vein of Southern gothic humor” by The New York Times.

Crescent Studio

The Old Rep Theatre

Wed 6 Jun: 7.45pm

Wed 13 Jun: 7.30pm

Thu 7 Jun: 2.30pm & 7.45pm

Thu 14 Jun: 7.30pm

Fri 8 Jun: 7.45pm

Fri 15 Jun: 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Sat 9 Jun: 5.00pm

Sat 16 Jun: 5.30pm 9

MONTEVERDI: MADRIGALS OF WAR AND LOVE

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MONTEVERDI: MADRIGALS OF WAR AND LOVE Conductor Jeffrey Skidmore Directed by Matthew Sharp

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…

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By Harley Granville Barker

Vocalists from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Directed by Lynn Farleigh

With spell-binding intimacy, Father of Opera and Archetypal Troubadour – Claudio Monteverdi – spins epic tales of conquered hearts and lovelorn battlefields.

In this staged production, iconic madrigals like Lamento della Ninfa and Tancredi e Clorinda weave together with lesser-known gems to create an Ariadne’s Thread of breath-taking music and compelling drama that traces a path to the core of what it is to love, fight, lose and overcome.

Famously banned by the censors in 1907, Harley Granville Barker’s controversial masterpiece gathers a large ensemble to expose a cut-throat, cynical world of sex, sleaze and suicide amongst the political elite of England.

Henry Trebell’s political star is on the rise, then a casual affair results in horrifying consequences. Can he survive?

Crescent Studio

The Old Rep Theatre

Thu 14 Jun: 7pm

Thu 21 Jun: 7.30pm

Fri 15 Jun: 7pm

Fri 22 Jun: 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Sat 16 Jun: 2pm & 7pm

Sat 23 Jun: 5.00pm

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BOOKINGS

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200 Jennens Road, Birmingham, B4 7XR

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Box Office: 0121 359 9444 www.oldreptheatre.co.uk

Station Street, Birmingham, B5 4DY

The Old Rep Theatre

Box Office: 0121 200 1892 www.oldjointstock.co.uk

4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, B2 5NY

The Old Joint Stock

Box Office: 0121 643 5858 www.crescent-theatre.co.uk

Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, B16 8AE (Accessible facilities available)

The Crescent Theatre and Studio

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