CAT Autumn 2013 Brochure

Cambridge Arts Theatre

J ULY 2013 – f e b r u ary 2 0 1 4 BOX OFF ICE : 01223 503333 Book online and select your own seats: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

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5 Dec 2013 - 12 Jan 2014

Robin Hood

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Wed 17 - Sat 27 Jul

KING LEAR - Outdoor performances

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Wed 21 - Sat 24 Aug

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - Outdoor performances

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Tue 17 - Sat 21 Sep

GLOBE Theatre ON TOUR - HENRY VI

12 Mon 23 - Sat 28 Sep

A PASSIONATE WOMAN

14 Mon 30 Sep - Sat 5 Oct

The Butterfly Lion

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Tue 8 – Sat 12 Oct

THE MIKADO

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Wed 16 - Sat 19 Oct

THE CAMBRIDGE GREEK PLAY

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THE PRIVATE EAR

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Tue 29 Oct - Sat 2 Nov

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

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Mon 4 – Sat 9 Nov

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

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Sun 10 Nov

STACEY KENT

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Wed 13 - Sat 16 Nov

ENGLISH TOURING OPERA

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

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THE DUCK HOUSE

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Tue 26 - Sat 30 Nov

SOUTH PACIFIC

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Thu 6 - Sat 8 Feb 2014

ETERNAL LOVE

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HOW TO BOOK

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education

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ACCESS

THE PUBLIC EYE

assisted performances and pre/post-show talks Get involved and make the most out of your trip to the theatre with our programme of assisted performances and pre/post-show talks.

• A Passionate Woman: BSL Interpreted performance, Wed 25 September, 7.45pm.

• PROMETHEUS AND THE FROGS: Pre show talk, 16, 17, 18 and 19 October, 1.30pm.

• James and the Giant Peach: Audio Described performance, Sat 2 November, 2pm.

Touch Tour available.

• English Touring Opera: Pre show talk, 13, 14 and 15 November, 6.30pm.

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• The Duck House: Audio Described performance, Sat 23 November, 2.30pm. Touch Tour available.

• Robin Hood: BSL Interpreted Performance: Sun 8 December, 1pm Relaxed Performance: Sat 21 December, 11am (see page 5 for details) Audio Described: Friday 3 January, 2pm Touch tour available • Eternal Love: Captioned performance, Saturday 8 Feb 2014, 2.30pm.

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welcome Welcome to our Autumn 2013 season. As I write this the normal sounds of our Theatre have been replaced by the drilling and banging of builders. Greasepaint and costumes have given way to hard hats and high-vis vests! We are now well into a seventeen week building program which will lead to a transformation of our foyer and bar spaces. Great theatre is always all about what is on stage, but the overall experience is so much more pleasant if you can meet friends before for a coffee and get a decent glass of wine in the interval without too much queuing and stress. If you can get to the loo without battling your way through crowds and perhaps even hang on after the show for a drink and a natter about the play you will surely have had a great evening at the theatre.

These works mark a first and decisive step towards delivering our Act Two vision to build a vibrant and sustainable theatre. There will still be a lot to do once we have finished this work but it feels great to have got started. Please do bear with us whilst the work is being done, building projects on this scale can hit problems so it might take us a little while to get everything working really well. It’s definitely going to be worth the effort and you can see some pictures of how it will all look at www.cambridgeartstheatre.com We are incredibly grateful to the Arts Council, Kings College, Cambridge City Council and a number of major donors particularly our Chairman Baroness Cohen and her husband Jim for their steadfast and generous support. It has been very hard raising money in these austerity times and we are very proud to be supported by these outstanding and visionary organisations and individuals. We all have a lot to thank them for.

The wonderful Globe Theatre will be returning in September with a spectacular staging of Shakespeare’s seldom seen Henry VI trilogy; Lynda Bellingham will be playing to packed houses in the wonderful A Passionate Woman; our younger theatre connoisseurs are in for a treat with Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach; the feel good musical Save the Last Dance for Me is returning; English Touring Opera are presenting a thrilling trio of baroque operas; and Ben Miller will be starring in The Duck House, a riotous new comedy about the MP’s expenses scandal.

And just in case a major building project didn’t give us enough excitement for one year we have decided to do Robin Hood for the first time in nearly fifty years for our annual panto! Robin Hood, Maid Marian and their band of Merry Men will be battling injustice and foiling the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Many of our panto favourites will be back including Matt Crosby as Nurse Nelly, Rolan Bell as Robin Hood and Stephen Beckett as The Sheriff of Nottingham. Get ready to cheer and boo, sharpen your swords, practise your archery and have the best family outing in Cambridge this Christmas.

Thank you as ever for your support and I hope to see you all again soon this Autumn in our wonderful new foyer here at Cambridge Arts Theatre. Now where is that tool belt and hard hat…?

With kindest regards,

Dave Murphy Chief Executive Cambridge Arts Theatre 6 St Edward’s Passage Cambridge CB2 3PJ Administration: 01223 578933

Construction work on the first phase of our ambitious ACT II project is underway.

From the autumn, it will be easier and more enjoyable to move around the building. There will be extended bars with new seating areas for drinks before a show and during the interval.

Come and have a look around – we hope you enjoy your newlook theatre!

If you’d like to find out more go to

www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

Cambridge Arts Theatre

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THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER 2013 – SUNDAY 12 JANUARY 2014 CA MBR IDGE ARTS THEATR E PR ESENTS THIS YEAR'S TR A DITIONA L FA MILY PA NTOMIME

Directed by Michael Fentiman CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED Following the enormous success of Jack and the Beanstalk last year Cambridge Arts Theatre is proud to present Robin Hood for the first time in nearly 50 years! A spectacular cast featuring some familiar pantomime faces will bring this much-loved tale to life, with a fabulous sprinkling of pantomime magic that will delight and entertain the young and young at heart alike!

Get ready to cheer at the goodies and boo at the baddies as Robin, Maid Marian and their band of Merry Men fight injustice from their Sherwood Forest hideout and try to outwit the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.

This re-discovered gem is sure to shoot right to the top of any Christmas list, so book your tickets today and come and enjoy the very best in festive family fun that Cambridge has to offer!

WHAT THE PRESS SAID ABOUT JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 2012:

‘This is another Arts Theatre triumph: bursting with with invention and spectacle... monstrously good fun.’

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‘Michael Fentiman’s traditional but nicely tweaked panto is one of the best I’ve seen.’ THE STAGE

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Discounts: Only one discount applies; no discounts on lower priced seats or the Preview.

Schools’ Tickets: £10 – available for performances highlighted in YELLOW only.

All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee.

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for one night only Sunday 10 November

‘She has charm to burn, a smile that could give you hope in February and sings like nobody’s business’ THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

‘Devastatingly stylish...a beauty in any circumstances’ THE OBSERVER

‘A delight’ THE GUARDIAN

Stacey

Kent Grammy-nominated singer, Stacey Kent, brings her new album, The Changing Lights, to Cambridge Arts Theatre.

The Changing Lights places Kent’s love for Brazilian music centre-stage, featuring Bossa Nova classics like How Insensitive alongside originals by the songwriting team of Jim Tomlinson and acclaimed novelist, Kazuo Ishiguro.

Stacey’s repertoire and audience have expanded with every album. Her platinum-selling album Breakfast On the Morning Tram (Blue Note, EMI 2007) was nominated for a Grammy Award. Whilst her follow-up albums Raconte-Moi and Dreamer in Concert have been released in more than 37 different countries worldwide - making Stacey a truly international artiste.

Stacey’s limited number of UK tour dates will provide a rare opportunity for fans to hear her performing tracks from the new album live in concert.

7.45pm: £12.50/£17.50/£22.50 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

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for one night only Sunday 17 November

HHHHH ‘Clive Francis storytelling is as fresh, ingenious and enthralling as if it had only this minute sprung to life’ The Irish Times

Cambridge Arts Theatre welcomes back the renowned actor Clive Francis this November as he repeats his acclaimed RSC performance as the misanthropic Ebenezer Scrooge. After Charles Dickens’s bicentennial last year, Francis’s reading will be inspired by Dickens’s first reading and performance of A Christmas Carol on December 27th 1853 at the Birmingham Town Hall.

Almost 160 years later, Francis will be bringing to life one of Britain’s favourite Christmas tales live for one night only.

HHHHH ‘Spellbinding’ The Times

‘I have endeavored in this ghostly little book to raise the ghost of an idea, which shall not put my readers out of humor with themselves with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it’ Charles Dickens - December 1843 Don’t miss your chance to see a whole host of Dickensian characters, from the spectral Jacob Marley to the warm and loving Bob Cratchit and his son Tiny Tim, not forgetting of course the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Clive Francis will be generously donating his fee for this performance to Macmillan Cancer Support.

7.45pm: £15 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

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shakespeare’s GLOBE ON

Outdoor performances in the master’s garden, Corpus

Christ

Wednesday 17 – Saturday 27 July

King Lear

By William Shakespeare

Old King Lear, weary of royal duties, proposes to break up his kingdom and divide it among his three daughters. But this rash generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear discovers too late the false values by which he has lived – and, in turn, the suffering common to all humanity.

Every evening at 7.30pm Thursdays, Saturdays and Sunday 21 at 2pm Please note there is no performance

Tempestuous poetry shot through with touches of humour and moments of heart-rending simplicity, King Lear is one of the deepest artistic explorations of the human condition. Performed on an Elizabethan-style stage, a small troupe of travelling players breathe new life into Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

Joseph Marcell will play King Lear. He is best known for his role as Geoffrey in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and has previously performed at the Globe in Much Ado About Nothing (2011) and Coriolanus (2006).

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on Monday 22 July Tickets: £20 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

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There will be no seating for these performances, but there will be some limited room for patrons to bring their There will be limited wheelchair spaces provided. Performances go ahead in all but the most inclement weather

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wednesday 21 – saturday 24 august

The Taming of the Shrew

By William Shakespeare

Two wealthy sisters in Padua must be married off. The modest, demure Bianca has no shortage of suitors, but who on earth will take the wild, ungovernable, ‘shrewish’ Katherina? Perhaps the gold-digging Petruchio, as maddeningly strong willed and perverse as Katherina herself, will be equal to the task of bullying her to the altar.

Direct from the Globe and performed on an Elizabethan-style stage with an all-female cast, a small troupe of travelling players breathe new life into Shakespeare’s outrageous comedy. Starring one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to its controversial conclusion.

Every evening at 7.30pm Thursday and Saturday, 2pm Tickets: £20 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

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own chairs. This will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis and so cannot be guaranteed. conditions so please dress accordingly. Admission will be 30 minutes before the start of the performance.

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Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 September Globe Theatre on Tour presents

Henry VI

Three Plays

By William Shakespeare

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HENRY VI

The plays which make up Shakespeare’s Henry VI create a world without ideology; a savage time, when the heroes are not kings, but formidable women, such as Joan of Arc, or rebels, such as Jack Cade. Bold characterisation, black comedy, rhetorical power and, in the personality of Henry VI, touching pathos combine in Shakespeare’s powerful rendering of a country racked by civil war.

Shakespeare almost certainly did not set out to write a trilogy. Each play can be enjoyed without knowledge of the other but for true theatre lovers there is the rare opportunity to see all three parts in one week, with the chance to devote yourself to an entire day of the Bard on Saturday 21 September.

HARRY THE SIXTH Tuesday 17 September, 7.45pm Saturday 21 September, 12.30pm

Following the death of Henry V, celebrated for having united England and subjugated France, divisions appear at the highest levels – first between those around the infant Henry VI, later between the two great factions in English politics: the houses of Lancaster and York. Only the young Lord Talbot, locked in combat with the bewitching and enigmatic Joan of Arc, seems capable of redeeming a divided and dishonoured kingdom.

THE HOUSES OF YORK & LANCASTER Wednesday 18 September, 7.45pm Thursday 19 and Saturday 21 September, 4pm

The saintly Henry VI is undermined by his nobles, especially the ambitious Richard, Duke of York, and by the Kentish rebellion, led by the charismatic Jack Cade, popular champion and savage critic of England’s social inequality.

THE TRUE TRAGEDY OF THE DUKE OF YORK Thursday 19, Friday 20 and Saturday 21 September, 7.45pm

A bloody power struggle opens up between the King’s party, led by the fearsome Queen Margaret, and the Yorkists, led by first Richard, then his sons Edward and ‘that lump of foul deformity’, Richard of Gloucester.

Tue: Harry the Sixth, 7.45pm Wed: The Houses of York & Lancaster, 7.45pm Thu: The Houses of York & Lancaster, 4pm.

The True Tragedy of the Duke of York, 7.45pm Fri: The True Tragedy of the Duke of York, 7.45pm Sat: Harry the Sixth, 12.30pm

The House of York & Lancaster, 4pm

The True Tragedy of the Duke of York, 7.45pm Tickets: £15/£21/£25/£27

THREE-SHOW TICKET £30/£42/£50/£54

This will entitle you to see all three shows for the price of two. Just one booking fee is applicable. This three show ticket cannot be booked online.

Terms and Conditions apply. Please note, there are no concessions for these productions.

All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

Book if you enjoyed: Henry V, Anne Boleyn, Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour

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Monday 23 – Saturday 28 September

prior to the West End

It’s the morning of Betty’s son’s wedding and she decides to go up into the attic to dust.

Surrounded by clutter, memories and ghosts from her past, Betty finds herself torn between the three men in her life – a husband she’s never really loved, a son she’s about to lose and a man she had a passionate affair with over thirty years ago.

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Desperate to escape it all, there’s only one place to go and that’s…up.

Kay Mellor’s glorious comedy stars Lynda Bellingham and Christopher Timothy, Polish film star Mateusz Damiecki ̨ and Peter McMillan.

This brand new production is brought to the stage on its pre West End tour

by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers the multi award winning producers of Calendar Girls, Brief Encounter, The Full Monty and ART.

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Monday – Saturday, 7.45pm and Saturday, 2.30pm: £15/£25/£30/£35 Thursday, 2.30pm: £15/£20/£25/£30 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee BSL interpreted performance, WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, 7.45pm

Book if you enjoyed: Calendar Girls, Relatively Speaking, Barefoot in the Park

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Monday 30 – Saturday 5 October BILL KENWRIGHT PRESENTS THE MERCURY THEATRE COLCHESTER PRODUCTION

FROM THE WRITER OF WARHORSE

ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY DANIEL BUCKROYD ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY, CURVE THEATRE LEICESTER AND DERBY THEATRE

Starring

GWEN TAYLOR

From the award-winning writer of War Horse comes this inspiring tale of enduring friendship. From the African veld to the battlefields of First World War France, follow the adventures of Bertie and the White Lion as they strive to find sanctuary amongst devastating adversity.

As a young boy living in Africa, Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub, but is forced to part with it when he is sent to boarding school and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie vows he will see his friend again, but little does he realise the incredible journey his life will take him on before that momentous day finally comes.

Former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo catapulted onto the world stage in 2007 with the National Theatre production of his book War Horse.

The show subsequently transferred to the West End and Broadway and still plays to sold out audiences all over the world. It has since been adapted for the screen and is now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

Monday – Saturday, 7.45pm and Saturday, 2.30pm: £15/£21/£25/£27 Thursday, 2.30pm: £15/£20/£25 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

Book if you enjoyed: War Horse, Why The Whales Came, I Was a Rat!

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Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 October Opera della Luna present

The Mikado

By Gilbert and Sullivan

‘Jeff Clarke’s vivacious production is delightful. Mischievous and witty.’

FINANCIAL TIMES

Opera della Luna makes a welcome return to Cambridge Arts Theatre with Gilbert and Sullivan’s much-loved classic, The Mikado. An astonishingly inventive company, Opera Della Luna have achieved widespread popular and critical acclaim for their innovative and energetic productions. They remain faithful to the spirit and fun of Gilbert and Sullivan whilst bringing a wholly modern slant to the shows.

Set in the flashy world of modern fashion houses, with costumes inspired by Versace and Jean-Paul Gaultier, the production promises a riot of gorgeous and bizarre creations. Sequins, stunning gowns, glamour, glorious singing, and of course, the company’s inimitable brand of wild humour! The cast includes Gilbert and Sullivan specialists Simon Butteriss as Ko-Ko, and Gilbert and Sullivan specialist Ian Belsy as The Mikado.

Tuesday – Saturday, 7.45pm and Saturday, 2.30pm: £15/£21/£25/£27 Thursday, 2.30pm: £15/£20/£25 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

Book if you enjoyed: Classic Gilbert and Sullivan, Propeller Theatre Company

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Wednesday 16 – Saturday 19 October

The Cambridge Greek Play 2013 A double bill of

Directed by Helen Eastman Music by Alex Silverman Designed by Neil Irish Lighting Design by Neill Brinkworth

‘The Cambridge Greek Play… a revelatory experience’ GUARDIAN

in the original Greek with surtitles

The triennial Cambridge Greek Play returns to the Arts Theatre. After the success of 2010’s Agamemnon, the same creative team return this year with a double bill of tragedy and comedy. The tradition of performing a play in Greek every three years at Cambridge University extends back to 1882 and boasts impressive alumni, from Rupert Brooke to Ralph Vaughan Williams.

This is a unique opportunity to hear the extraordinary language of these two great plays, with a newly commissioned orchestral score by composer, Alex Silverman.

From the suffering Prometheus, trying to save mankind, to the madcap meanderings of the all-singing, all-dancing Frogs, this promises to be a rich and varied night of great theatre.

Wednesday – Saturday, 2.30pm and 7.45pm Tickets: £15/£20/£25 Schools and Students: £15 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee Free pre-show talks, 1.30pm, 16, 17, 18 and 19 October. Booking essential on 01223 503333.

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Monday 21 – Saturday 26 October The Original Theatre Company and Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre present

Directed by Alastair Whatley Designed by Hayley Grindle

‘It is high comedy – sophisticated and wise. It soars and sings with the enchantment of a happy unfettered bird.’

The first major revival in 50 years of these intimate one-act plays by Sir Peter Shaffer (Amadeus, Equus) – both short and bitter-sweet comedies performed as a matching pair on the same night - gives a fascinating window into the turbulent changing attitudes to love in the 60s through a brilliant combination of comedy, pathos and drama.

New York Times

The Private Ear is set in a musky London bedsit, where reclusive Bob, normally used to giving his full attention to his record collection, calls in a favour from Ted, his slick, confident friend, to help him treat his date, the beautiful but shy Doreen, to a slap up meal.

Monday – Saturday, 7.45pm:

The Public Eye takes place in a swanky London accountancy office, where uptight Charles is confronted by Julian, an eccentric private detective hired by Charles to investigate his young wife’s suspected infidelity.

All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

The Private Ear and The Public Eye stars Jasper Britton, one of the UK’s leading classical actors (Marat/Sade, RSC, The Last Cigarette, Chichester), Steven Blakeley (Heartbeat), Rupert Hill (Coronation Street) and Siobhan O’Kelly (Inspector George Gently, Mutual Friends).

£15/£20/£25/£30 Thursday and Saturday, 2.30pm: £15/£20/25

Book if you enjoyed: Equus, Single Spies, Relatively Speaking

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Tuesday 29 October – Saturday 2 November Birmingham Stage Company presents

P Ha erf lf ect Tr ter ea t! m

Tuesday – Friday, 2pm and 7pm Saturday, 10.30am and 2pm

James lives with Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, the most revolting Aunts in England. They make him work and slave and never let him play with other children. Then one day he meets a mystical old man who gives him a bag that contains the strongest magic the world has ever known. When James accidentally spills the bag near an old peach tree, the most incredible things start to happen – and James embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with the most amazing group of characters you could ever meet.

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The Birmingham Stage Company returns to Cambridge with Roald Dahl’s amazing story, following its acclaimed productions of George’s Marvellous Medicine, Horrible Histories and The Jungle Book. If you’re looking for fruitfilled fun and wizzpopping wonders, then don’t miss James and his Giant Peach!

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Children: £12.50/Adults: £17.50 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee Audio described performance, Saturday 2 NOVEMBER, 2pm Touch tour available, please book

Book if you enjoyed: George’s Marvellous Medicine, Horrible Histories

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HHHH ‘A heartwarming mix of fun, fruit and nuts in this charming production!’

Daily Mail

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MONDAY 4 – SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER BILL KENWRIGHT AND LAURIE MANSFIELD PRESENT

‘A FEEL-GOOD MUSICAL DELIVERED IN RIP-ROARING STYLE’ TELEGRAPH

By LAURENCE MARKS & MAURICE GRAN FEATURING THE HITS OF Doc POMUS & Mort SHUMAN AND MANY MORE...

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from the team that CREATED Dreamboats & Petticoats

‘A SHOW THAT HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES’ TELEGRAPH and argus

‘FULL OF CHARM, NOSTALGIA AND PLENTY OF LAUGHS’ THE HERALD

Featuring the classic hits of Pomus & Shuman

V A­Teenager in Love V Sweets For My Sweet V Turn me Loose V Little Sister V his latest flame V viva las vegas V here i go again V suspicion V Can’t Get Used to Losing You V Save the Last Dance for ME and many more...

Dreamboats & Petticoats meets Dirty Dancing in an all new Rock ‘n’ Roll musical. From the writers, producers and creators of the huge success that is Dreamboats and Petticoats, Save the Last Dance for Me will take you back through the ‘music and magic’ of the early 60’s, a time when each passing week brought another Rock ‘n’ Roll classic.

Written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran (Goodnight Sweetheart, Birds of a Feather, Shine on Harvey Moon), featuring the unmistakable music of Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, and with authentic recreation of the sound of Rock ‘n’ Roll, this nostalgic, feel-good journey will transport you back to music’s golden era as we follow two teenage sisters through the summer of ‘63.

Monday – Saturday, 7.45pm Friday, 8pm Saturday, 4pm and 8pm: £15/£25/£30/£35 Thursday, 2.30pm: £15/£20/£25/£30 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

For the first time without their parents, the siblings embark on a holiday to the seaside. Full of freedom and high spirits they meet a handsome young American who invites them to a dance at the local U.S. Air force base... But young love and holiday romance is never as simple as it sounds, and the sisters soon realise that while the world around them is still watching itself in black and white, life and love can be much more colourful.

Book if you enjoyed: Dreamboats and Petticoats

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Wednesday 13 – Saturday 16 November

English Touring Opera

Previous ETO Productions

Baroque Opera from Venice

Monteverdi’s

The Coronation of Poppea Thursday 14 November

‘Covent Garden would count itself lucky to host a baroque show of this calibre.’

Michael Church, The Independent (reviewing ETO’s 2011 production of Handel’s Xerxes)

Love, power, morality, corruption... Monteverdi’s final masterpiece The Coronation of Poppea is often described as his greatest achievement.

Depicting the early days of the tyrant Nero in vivid detail, it concentrates on his reckless passion for young Poppea, and the consequences of their affair for all around them.

Handel’s

Agrippina

Friday 15 and Saturday 16 November An unlikely comedy about Agrippina’s struggle to secure Rome’s throne for her son Nero, Agrippina is set to some of Handel’s finest music, making it a youthful masterpiece of dazzling invention, virtuosity and humour.

Cavalli’s

Jason

Wednesday 13 November Cavalli’s Jason was a runaway hit when it premiered in Venice in 1649, and it proved one of the most popular operas of the 17th century. The opera opens after Jason has abandoned his wife, Isiphile, for the sorceress Medea. Cupid, protector of Isiphile, intervenes on her behalf, sending Jason and a motley cast of characters on a rocky journey back to his family in Lemnos.

Please note: All three operas will be sung in English.

Wednesday – Saturday, 7.30pm: £20/£25/£30/£39 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee Free pre-show talks, 6.30pm on Wed 13, Thu 14 and Fri 15 November. Booking essential on 01223 503333

BOX OFFICE: 01223 503333

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Monday 18 – Saturday 23 November

prior to west end

Starring

Ben Miller

The Duck House is an outrageous new laugh out loud comedy set in a world of dodgy receipts, dodgier deceit, and pure Parliamentary panic.

May 2009. Gordon Brown’s Government is in meltdown and a General Election is just one year away. Labour backbencher Robert Houston loves being an MP and will do anything to save his seat – including change sides. All is going well with his switch from red to blue until, on the eve of his final interview with Sir Norman Cavendish, a Tory grandee, the Expenses Scandal breaks.

As public fury mounts over taxpayers’ millions being frittered away on second homes, moat-cleaning, cable porn and duck houses, Robert and his secretarial staff (aka wife Felicity, student son Seb, girlfriend Holly and Russian housekeeper Ludmilla) find themselves in big, big trouble.

Ben Miller (BBC1’s Death in Paradise and The Armstrong and Miller Show) leads an all-star West End cast as the MP who’s got it all – and has claimed for most of it. Tony & Olivier award-winning Terry Johnson (Hysteria, End of the Rainbow) directs this hilarious satire from two writers who’ve been making fun of politicians for decades: Dan Patterson (BBC2’s Mock the Week) and Colin Swash (BBC1’s Have I Got News For You and Private Eye).

Monday – Saturday, 7.45pm and Saturday, 2.30pm, £15/£20/£25/£30 Thursday, 2.30pm: £15/£20/£25 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee Audio described performance, Saturday 23 NOVEMBER, 2.30pm Touch tour available, please book

Book if you enjoyed: Yes, Prime Minister, Mock the Week, The Armstrong and Miller Show

BOX OFFICE: 01223 503333

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Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 November

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s

Music by RICHARD RODGERS Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN Book by OSCAR

II

HAMMERSTEIN II and JOSHUA LOGAN

Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel

“Tales of the South Pacific” by James A. Michener An amateur production by arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe Ltd.

Following last year’s enormously popular production of Oliver! CaOS brings you the award winning musical South Pacific. With a powerful storyline and some of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most popular music, including ‘Some Enchanted Evening’, ‘There Is Nothing Like a Dame’, ‘I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair’, and ‘Happy Talk’, South Pacific is one of only eight musicals to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Set on a tropical island during World War II, South Pacific tells the romantic story of two couples drawn together across different cultures- US Nurse Nellie Forbush and plantation owner Emile de Becque, and Marine Joe Cable who falls in love with young native girl Liat. Amidst the tropical paradise they find their relationships threatened not only by the realities of war but also by their own prejudices and those of people around them.

Tuesday – Saturday, 7.30pm and Saturday, 2.30pm: £15/£20/£25 Thursday, 2.30pm: £15/£20 All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee

Book if you enjoyed: Oliver!, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls

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Thursday 6 – Saturday 8 February 2014 English Touring Theatre presents the Shakespeare’s Globe production

The story of Abelard & Heloise

By Howard Brenton

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‘One of the world’s great love stories… full of rollicking vigour’ The Independent

Directed by John Dove

**** ‘A play for today in medieval costume’ The Guardian

The same creative team who brought the vivid and vibrant Anne Boleyn to Cambridge in 2012 now offer a real treat with their next spellbinding tale.

Thursday – Saturday, 7.45pm and

When Abelard begins a wild affair with his brilliant student Heloise, his enemies find the perfect pretext to destroy him. Abelard is already on thin ice with the church over his contentious views and when Heloise bears his child out of wedlock, their affair becomes the scandal of the age…

Saturday, 2.30pm: £15/£20/£25/£30

With its dynamic, contemporary language, stunning costumes and terrific live music, Eternal Love makes history burst into life in an energetic, visceral and above all highly entertaining style. Previously titled In Extremis and following a triumphant season at Shakespeare’s Globe, audiences outside of London now get the chance to revel in this funny, passionate and legendary love story.

Book if you enjoyed: Anne Boleyn, Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour

All tickets are subject to a £2.50 booking fee Captioned performance, Saturday 8 February, 2.30pm

BOX OFFICE: 01223 503333

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how to book Summer Opening Hours:

Please note that over our quieter summer period until 16 September our Box Office will be relocating to the next door unit in order to allow building work to commence on our Peas Hill entrance and we will be reducing our opening hours to 12pm – 6pm. Once building work is completed, our new Box Office will be via the new main entrance into the theatre on St Edward’s Passage.

ONLINE

Book online at www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

In person

Monday to Saturday, 12noon – 8pm including Bank Holidays (from 16 September).

By telephone Monday – Saturday, 12noon – 8pm on 01223 503333 (from 16 September).

Booking fee

All shows carry a £2.50 booking fee per ticket in addition to the published prices. The booking fee is essential direct income for the Theatre. Because ticket revenue is divided between many different parties, an increase in ticket prices would not necessarily benefit the Theatre. By adding a booking fee, we can ensure that every penny goes directly to the Theatre to help us protect its growth and longevity.

Refunds & exchanges

Tickets are not refundable unless a performance is cancelled. Exchanges and resales may be made under certain conditions; please contact the Box Office for details of our policy.

Discounts

Discounts for customers with disabilities apply to all performances. We also offer discounts on certain performances for students, over 65’s, groups and schools.

Please check with the Box Office at the time of booking for available discounts.

Please note: there are no discounts on the lowest price seats. Only one discount applies and all discounts are subject to availability.

The Management reserves the right of admission and the right to offer alternative seating. Cambridge Arts Theatre cannot be held responsible for changes to programmes and casting made by touring companies. Latecomers will be asked to wait for admission until a suitable break in the performance, which may in some cases be the interval.

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education Cambridge Arts Theatre has a diverse range of shows this season which will supplement and support the national school curriculum. We offer a variety of activities and materials, to support the performances, so the experience doesn’t end with the final curtain.

Robin Hood

Cambridge Arts Theatre Pantomime is a great British tradition with many educational benefits, schools use their visit to the pantomime to help engage learning across the curriculum. This year we will be providing example lesson plans and an in-depth resource pack complete with activities for History, English, Mathematics, Science, Art and, of course, Drama.

Henry VI – The Globe

By William Shakespeare A rare opportunity to see all three plays which make up Shakespeare’s stunning Henry VI (each play was written so they can be enjoyed individually or as a trilogy). There are a range of teaching resources available online, through The Globe theatre’s website www.shakespearesglobe.com/education.

The Butterfly Lion Bill Kenwright, New Perspectives and The Curve, Leicester

By Michael Morpurgo From the writer of War Horse comes this beautiful production of a favourite childhood classic with stunning puppetry. There is a full range of educational resources, aimed at Key Stage two students, to accompany this production.

The Greek Play - Prometheus and The Frogs Cambridge University Greek Society

By Aristophanes and Aeschylus A very rare opportunity to see two great Greek plays, performed entirely in Greek (with surtitles).

Ideal for those studying Greek, Classics, Drama (Greek Tragedy appears on the AQA AS syllabus) or for those with an interest in Greek Mythology. There will be a free pre-show talk before each matinee performance and resource pack to accompany the production

The Private Ear and The Public Eye

Original Theatre

By Peter Shaffer These two one act plays, shown together explore human nature and are excellent examples of Peter Shaffer’s work. Shaffer is a recommended writer in the National Curriculum, English literary heritage for Key Stage 4 English students.

James and the Giant Peach The Birmingham Stage Company

By Roald Dahl Half term fun for all the family with this classic tale. There will be an activity guide available for families to make the magic of your visit last all week by exploring the world James and the Giant Peach visits and the fantastical creatures that live inside.

If you would like to discuss the educational resources for any of the shows featured in the brochure please contact Victoria Willingale, Marketing and Education Officer on 01223 578912 or email at vwillingale@cambridgeartstheatre.com.

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Panto Babes Auditions First round: Sunday 22 September and callbacks: Sunday 29 September • • •

Are you aged 6 - 13 years? Do you have a passion for performing?

Have you got what it takes to perform on stage at Cambridge Arts Theatre this Christmas?

We are looking for a group of 20 talented boys and girls between the ages of 6 - 13 to join the cast of Robin Hood as panto babes.

We will be holding an audition workshop on Sunday 22 September. It will be informal and fun, and not only will you have the chance to showcase your dancing and singing skills in front of a panel of judges, you’ll learn some fun dance routines and hopefully make some new friends!

To book your place at the audition please call 01223 503333. Full details will be available on the Arts Theatre website: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

Photo credit: Children of Arbury Primary with their own beanstalk, inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk.

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so early booking is recommended. Please note: There is a £5 administration charge per auditionee which must be paid when booking your place. All proceeds go to the Arts Theatre Panto Wheels Scheme.

Panto Wheels We know Christmas is still a long way away but fundraising for our Panto Wheels scheme is storming ahead.

Panto Wheels helps to subsidise travel costs to ensure that children, from Cambridgeshire, have the opportunity to visit the theatre and enjoy all the educational benefits it brings (as well as having a lot of fun).

Last year we helped over 1400 children, who otherwise would have been unable to attend, come and see Jack and the Beanstalk. This year we want to transport even more children into the magical world of pantomime and we cannot do this without your help.

For further information on the scheme and how you can help please visit our website www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

£250 will transport 100 children to the theatre £1000 will transport 400 children to the theatre £4000 will transport 2000 children to the theatre

If you would like any more information about Panto Wheels or Panto Babes please contact Victoria Willingale, Marketing and Education Officer on 01223 578912 or email at vwillingale@cambridgeartstheatre.com.

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become a supporter Every donation to Cambridge Arts Theatre makes a difference.

As a registered charity, we rely on donations to bring truly world-class theatre to Cambridge.

Each year we welcome 150,000 children, families and adults of all ages.

You can become a Supporter from only ÂŁ5 a month. To say thank you we offer priority booking, e-newsletters, exclusive offers and invitations, and more.

Please consider making a donation by becoming a Supporter.

For full details, go to: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com Contact LAURA GREENFIELD, HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT:

development@cambridgeartstheatre.com

01223 578935

With grateful thanks to our current supporters PRODUCER Adam and Carrie Glinsman DIRECTOR Baroness Cohen of Pimlico; Jeff Iliffe and Keren Williams; David J H Jones;

Dave and Adrienne Murphy; Andy Swarbrick; Anonymous (2) PRINCIPAL Simon Aldridge; Peter & Gillian Andrews; Timothy Cribb; Laura Greenfield; Roger and Susan May;

Professor Hugh Mellor; Rory Morrison-Smith AND ALL OUR ENSEMBLE AND ACTOR LEVEL SUPPORTERS.

BUSINESS SUPPORTERS Hannay Robertson Ltd; Language Testing 123; Mills and Reeve LLP; Peters, Elworthy & Moore; TTP Group plc; Turney and Associates Ltd HONORARY MEMBERS Bland, Brown & Cole; Davis Langdon LLP; Hannah-Reed Associates; Wates Construction Ltd

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access The Arts Theatre aims to care for every customer as an individual, on a one to one basis.

We continue to develop and expand our Access Programme through creating inclusive theatre events.

Travel and Parking There are parking spaces for customers with blue badges in 4 locations near the Theatre: 4 on Peas Hill; 2 in Wheeler Street; 7 on King’s Parade and 36 in The Grand Arcade car park.

We are happy to book a taxi to take you home; please ask a member of our Front of House staff on your arrival.

Mobility around the Theatre We have eight spaces reserved for wheelchair users in the stalls. When booking tickets, the Box Office staff will ask if the wheelchair has a headrest, to ensure the correct space is allocated.

Mobility scooters cannot be accommodated inside the building and customers who are unable to access the Theatre by other means must inform the Box Office at the time of booking or upon arrival.

We have two house wheelchairs which we can provide for all performances.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Customers Please note that we no longer have an induction loop fitted around our auditorium as we have invested in a Sennheiser infra-red hearing enhancement system. This is designed to help customers, without hearing aids, and those who have hearing aids with a ‘T’ setting.

We are able to provide free of charge a limited number of Sennheiser headsets and Sennheiser personal induction loops, which are discreet and easy to use. If you have never used one before, we would strongly recommend coming to the Theatre, a few minutes early, to allow our Front of House staff adequate time to explain how they work.

Blind and Visually Impaired Customers We can provide large print cast lists on request. Guide dogs are welcome in the auditorium, please inform Box Office, at time of booking, so that they can allocate the relevant ticket.

BSL performances The British Sign Language interpreter will stand to the right of the stage, where they will interpret dialogue, as it is spoken.

Captioned Performances Words will appear, as they are spoken, on a screen positioned above or to the side of the stage.

Audio Described Performances The describer will explain what is happening, visually, on stage throughout the performance through the Sennheiser headsets. A pre-show touch tour is usually available (tickets are free but require booking). The tour may include set, costumes and props.

Details of Access performance are highlighted on Page 2 and on the relevant show pages.

We offer reduced priced tickets for customers with disabilities and one companion. Please enquire at Box Office when booking.

If you would like any advice or have any questions about our Sennheiser equipment, seating arrangements or would like to discuss our access provision please contact the Box Office in person, call 01223 503333 or email access@cambridgeartstheatre.com.

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