Cast's first birthday season brochure | September - December 2014

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September – December 2014

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Friday 5 – Saturday 13 September

‘And the verdict of the audience, young and old? Wonderful! Amazing!

We just kept laughing!’ digYorkshire on Cast’s The Glee Club

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‘Fits perfectly with time and place’ WhatsOnStage on Cast’s The Glee Club A Cast and Right Up Our Street production Based on the novel A Kestrel For A Knave by Barry Hines Adapted and directed by Philip Osment and Kully Thiarai Design by Emma Donovan Movement by Lucy Hind With support from Yorkshire Hawking Club

Billy is useless. That’s what everyone tells him. His mother is more interested in finding a man, his brother bullies him, his teachers humiliate him and he’s always the last to be picked at football. For boys like Billy, there’s no escape.

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Sally Carman

as Mrs Casper, Billy's mother

But one day he adopts a fledging kestrel and cares for it with a tenderness so absent in his own life.

As the bird soars above him and swoops onto his gloved hand, Billy dares to dream of a life away from his run-down estate and a job in the coal mine.

Set in South Yorkshire in the 1960s the original book and later film have a timeless popularity. In a new version for Doncaster we build on the smash hit success of our first homegrown production, The Glee Club, and present a faithful adaptation of this much-loved modern classic.

Featuring a full professional ensemble including Jacob James Beswick as Billy and Sally Carman (best known as Kelly Maguire in Channel 4’s Shameless) as Mum, the production also features a community ensemble.

Come and celebrate our first birthday with a theatrical event in our Main Space combining drama, outdoor spectacle and live falconry.

‘This is more than a good start’ The Stage on Cast’s The Glee Club

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Sign Language Interpreted: Wed 10 September, 7.30pm Audio Described: Thu 11 September, 7.15pm (Touch Tour, 6.30pm) Captioned Performance: Sat 13 September, 2pm Main Space £17 / £14 concessions* £10.50 schools* (pupils only, one free teacher for every ten pupils paid)

Right Up Our Street is led by a consortium of Doncaster arts organisations and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England until 2016.

* Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash

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Music for Heroes

The Band of the RAF Regiment The Band of the RAF College Royal Air Force Shades of Blue Directed by Flt Lt Matthew Little

Wednesday 17 September With a stunning programme of music performed by the massed bands from Royal Air Force Cranwell, this evening’s concert will commemorate one hundred years since the start of the First World War, 50 years of the Red Arrows and the 10th Anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust.

Featuring music from the traditional military band repertoire and from film and stage, the bands will provide an unforgettable evening of entertainment.

The evening also honours service personnel both past and present, therefore the audience are invited to wear their medals as applicable.

COMEDY

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [revised] The Reduced Shakespeare Company

Thursday 18 September All 37 plays in 97 minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) was London’s longest-running comedy having clocked a very palpable nine years in London’s West End.

Proceeds in aid of the RAF Music Charitable Trust and other Service Charities.

Now revised, join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter.

Main Space 7.30pm £14.50 / £12.50 concessions*

Main Space 7.30pm £16.50 / £14.50 concessions*

CIRCUS SWING

Gabby Young & Other Animals Saturday 20 September

Get ready for the magical musical extravaganza that is Gabby Young and Other Animals.

Lighting up any stage they descend upon, this captivating act adds a real sense of theatre to their infamous live shows.

With her seven-piece band, Young’s style combines brass, swing and jazz with a unique stage show creating a sound affectionately dubbed ‘Circus Swing’.

As famous for her extravagant costumes as for her soulful voice, her flamboyant show has been likened to the colourful shows of Paloma Faith and Björk, while her classically trained voice is akin to that of Kate Bush or Tori Amos. You will not want to miss this.

Main Space 7.30pm £13*

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Friday 26 September – Sunday 5 October

Indika is a breath-taking odyssey that brings to life, the story of one land.

Featuring vibrant classical choreography to a hauntingly beautiful score, this joyous production brings together on stage a whirlwind of colours and an abundance of energy.

The international cast includes 24 talented young dancers from India, including finalists from India’s Dancing Superstar and India’s Got Talent. A West End based creative team and a live band from the UK help create the magic on stage.

Performed in English, this feel-good family entertainment promises a feast for your senses, and an utterly enjoyable, unforgettable experience. www.indikatheshow.com Main Space 7.15pm Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees 2.15pm No performance Monday 29 September £20.50 / £18.50 concessions* * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash

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The John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield Written and Directed by John Godber

Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 October Join ski instructors Tony, Isobel, Michelle and Marie in an avalanche of laughs as they take us on the piste in Chamonix. From first time Brits to the champagne set, join them on the slopes and in the sauna as the ski novices try to impress.

On the Piste is as fresh as newly fallen snow and in this new version, from the team who brought this year’s sell-out smash hit Bouncers, the laughs come thick and fast.

Life is out there but the falls are hard in a high energy, visual production set in the French alps.

If God had wanted us to ski, he would’ve given us long feet!

Main Space 7.30pm Saturday matinee 4pm £17 / £14 concessions* DANCE

Dance Touring Partnership presents Boy Blue Entertainment

Friday 17 October Five young troublemakers are drawn into a power struggle that has divided a secret group of warriors. Given a chance to redeem themselves in the ensuing battle to restore peace, their action-packed adventure becomes a celebration of camaraderie and the triumph of the human spirit.

Set in modern Tokyo dazzling visuals frame a dynamic fusion of hip-hop and martial arts in an explosive tribute to manga – Japan’s popular graphic novel form.

Kenrick ‘H20’ Sandy and Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, the Olivier award-winning team behind Pied Piper and choreographer and composer for the film Streetdance 3D, have worked with the monks from the Shaolin Temple Warrior School, Japanese manga artist Akio Tanaka, and award-winning video animation studio Yeast Culture, to create this electrifying show.

Main Space 7.30pm £16.50 / £12.50 concessions / £8.50 under 26s* Family 5 ticket £47.50* (admits a maximum of two full price ticket holders)

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The Entertainers

Let’s Get Lost Festival

Getting In Tune for Christmas

Jackie Everton Dance and Stage School

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Doncaster Flower Club

Tuesday 7 October

Friday 17 – Sunday 19 October

Sunday 2 November

For one night only Jackie Everton Dancers are The Entertainers. An evening of musical theatre presentation, from students of Doncaster's Jackie Everton Dance And Stage School.

Are you a young person? Do you have something to say? To share? Do you want to be involved in a festival where everyone has a chance? Where jaws will be dropped?

Then come and ‘get lost’ in three days of funk, fiction, film and fun.

Doncaster Flower Club presents its charity fundraising event, a flower arranging demonstration by Beryl Cotton.

Main Space 6.30pm £11.50 / £9.50 concessions*

The Let’s Get Lost Festival is brand new and organised and programmed by young people.

Take part in flashmobs, hip hop, acapella, open mic, acting, jazz and much more.

Perform on a professional stage or sing to no one except your shadow...

Come along to Let’s Get Lost: feel free and be inspired.

A National Demonstrator for NAFAS and a Master Florist, Beryl, has been designing floral arrangements for over 20 years, gaining acclaim and winning awards throughout this time.

A wonderful and amusing afternoon with stunning arrangements created live and raffled at the end of the performance. A donation will be made to Arthritis Care.

Main Space 2pm £12.50 / £10.50 Doncaster Flower Club Members*

Visit castindoncaster.com for further details as announced.

PRE PANTO MADNESS FOR ALL THE FAMILY

This story of Hercules is told through hilarious dance routines and amazing speciality acts. It’s a modern cabaret the whole family will enjoy.

New Art Club co-produced with Dance4 and Nottingham Playhouse

Saturday 25 October One extraordinary superhero, 12 impossible tasks... it’s the story of Hercules as you’ve never seen it before!

Hercules is best known for his incredible strength. But who knew the guy could dance?

You get a pantomime, a comic take on history and a party all rolled into one side-splitting adventure.

Created by and starring the award winning dancing comedy double act Tom Roden and Pete Shenton of New Art Club. With a cast of stunning professional performers and talented local dancers, this irreverent, innovative and life-affirming show will have you up on your feet wanting to boogie.

Main Space 2pm & 7pm £14.50 / £12.50 concessions* Family 4 ticket £42*

(admits a maximum of two full price ticket holders)

‘Children and big kids alike will love it’ Left Lion

www.herculestour.co.uk for clips, interviews, 12 challenges to Hula Hooping and much, much more! * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash

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imitating the dog and The Dukes, Lancaster in association with Live at LICA and Cast

By Ernest Hemingway An adaptation by imitating the dog

Wednesday 29 October – Saturday 1 November

When I saw her I was in love with her.

Everything turned over inside of me.

In war torn Italy, 1918, Frederic Henry, a young American, volunteers for the Italian ambulance service. Up near the front he meets and falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse.

Against a backdrop of devastating conflict, admist fear, chaos, comradeship and courage, the two discover the redemptive power of love.

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Shakespeare’s

Acclaimed theatre makers imitating the dog present this stunning adaptation of one of the great love stories of the twentieth century.

Based on the author’s real-life experience, this premiere of the first UK adaptation fuses video projection, beautiful stage design and original music to create an extraordinary version of a powerful story of immense drama and uncompromising passion.

Main Space 7.30pm Thursday matinee 1.30pm, Saturday matinee 2pm Captioned performances Thu 30 Oct, 1.30pm & 7.30pm £18.50 / £16.50 concessions* Schools £12* (pupils only)

A Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth co-production Directed by Scott Graham

Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 November

In following him I follow but myself I am not what I am This is a mating ground. There’s tension around the pool table, cues in hand. A world of broken glass and beatings in the car park. It’s dog eat dog. And it’s about to kick off...

Othello’s passionate affair with Desdemona leaves him open to jealousy and attack – with devastating consequences. Here, violence is a way of life and reputation is everything.

Frantic Assembly, ‘The most innovative and progressive company around’ (The Times), present this electrifying take on Shakespeare’s thriller-tragedy of paranoia, jealousy, sex and murder. Fusing a taut adaptation of the classic text with its trademark hard-hitting choreography, Frantic Assembly takes a scalpel to twenty-first century Britain, exposing prejudice, danger and fear.

‘A company at the forefront of Winner of the TMA Award for Best Direction, this unforgettable follows the success of Lovesong, Beautiful testing the production Burnout and The Believers and marks Frantic Assembly’s first visit to nature of Cast. theatre’ ‘Ingenious. This show grips you The Guardian by the throat and doesn’t let go’ Daily Telegraph

Main Space 7.30pm Thursday matinee 1.30pm, Saturday matinee 2pm £19.50 / £16.50 concessions*

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Guys & Dolls Phoenix Theatre Company

Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 November Set in a mythical New York City, this oddball romantic comedy – considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy – soars with the spirit of Broadway as it introduces us to a cast of vivid characters who have become legends of musical theatre: Sarah Brown, the upright but uptight mission doll; Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler; Adelaide, the chronically ill nightclub performer; and Nathan Detroit, her devoted 14-year fiancé.

Memorable tunes are scattered liberally through the show and include Luck Be A Lady and Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat.

A vibrant and dynamic production brought to you by Doncaster’s Phoenix Theatre Company.

A musical fable of Broadway based on the story and characters of Damon Runyon. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LTD on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of New York.

Main Space 7.30pm Saturday matinee 2.15pm £16.50 / £14.50 concessions*

POETRY / COMEDY

An Evening with Pam Ayres Sunday 16 November

Following the recent publication of her new book of poetry, You Made Me Late Again!, Pam Ayres is on a national tour.

With work that is funny and approachable, it sounds simple, as though dashed off, but this is deceptive. Her hair-trigger timing, her eye for the detail of everyday life, and for the absurdity therein, makes for an art that hides art.

Pam has sold millions of books, CDs and DVDs and is a regular on TV and Radio on programmes such as Just A Minute, Ayres On The Air, The Paul O’Grady Show, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Countdown, and The One Show.

Main Space 5pm £20*

MUSICAL COMEDY

Fascinating Aïda Charm Offensive

Wednesday 19 November Fascinating Aïda are a satirical cabaret trio whose musical ditties on everything from politics to celebrity have gained them a cult following.

Following a sold-out 2013 tour, three Olivier Award nominations and over 10 million YouTube hits for Cheap Flights (their infamous anthem to budget air travel), Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman celebrate over 30 years of Fascinating Aïda with their terrific new show.

Expect topical songs hot off the press and outrageous old favourites as Fascinating Aïda continue to grow old disgracefully!

‘See them before you die, otherwise your life will have been meaningless’ Mail On Sunday

Main Space 7.30pm £20*

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Lee Hurst

Things That Make You Go Aaarggh!!!

Friday 21 November

Comedian Lee Hurst is back on the road with a brand new show asking audiences what winds them up?

Mostly people get on with living their lives, but everyone has at least one thing that gets on their nerves and makes their blood boil.

What’s yours?

Like all Brits, Lee loves a right good moan, but he also likes to come up with solutions too.

Undoubtedly one of the UK’s funniest standup comedians – see him while you can.

‘Unfailingly funny’ Time Out

Main Space 7.30pm £16.50* LOCAL TALENT

Shine

Allegro Theatre Dance Academy

Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 November The Allegro Dancers have been working hard to bring you this dazzling performance.

Sit back, relax and prepare to enjoy an evening of dance and performing arts from talented Doncaster performers.

Main Space 7pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions* * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash

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children’s This autumn half term, we’re inviting little ones and their grown ups to join us for a week of fun and surprises. There’ll be free activities in our public spaces and magical performances in our second space with a perfect view for all.

Come and spark your little one’s imagination.

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Odd Doll Puppet Theatre

Tuesday 28 October It’s time for the Annual Animal Beauty Contest! This year’s contestants include Terry the Tree Frog, Randy the Panda, Mary-Rose the Flamingo and a brand new, first time competitor… Wendy the Walrus!

But what happens when the other animals boo her off-stage?

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BBC Ten Pieces bbc.co.uk/tenpieces Monday 27 October

Celebrities including Blue Peter’s Barney Harwood and Khalil Madovi from CBBC’s Four O’Clock Club will share their infectious enthusiasm for the pieces.

Second Space 11am, 2pm & 6pm FREE (ticket booking required) 50 minutes

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Using a mix of live action and animation, the film will take young viewers on a journey of wonder through a wide range of pieces – some short complete works, others selected extracts of longer works.

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As the high profile fanfare for an extraordinary nationwide project, the Ten Pieces film will fire the imagination of every child that sees it, making them hungry to explore and experience classical music.

Second Space 12 noon & 3pm £8.50 adults / £5.50 children* TICKET DEAL AVAILABLE 50 minutes

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An inspiring and immersive new cinematic film, designed to introduce a generation of children to ten pieces of classical music.

From baroque to contemporary, each piece will be introduced by a celebrity presenter, and performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Performed alongside live original music and song, this is a spectacular puppet show.

Idolrich and Theatre Rotto

Wednesday 29 October Goggles, the wood frog, croons her nursery of jelly tadpoles to sleep – but that’s before a boing and a doing on the yellow pond lily catapults her from the little pond into a much bigger one!

There she meets Mr Fisher the Heron. Then she goes on a voyage down Running River with fair weather friend Rubber Duck. Next she encounters tricky Honk the Spotted Skunk in Wide Awake Wood.

A show with puppets and live music.

Second Space 12 noon & 3pm £8.50 adults / £5.50 children* TICKET DEAL AVAILABLE 45 minutes

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Red Earth Theatre in association with Derby Theatre

On the final day of our Children’s Festival, we’ll be hosting a series of hands on workshops.

Text by Wendy Rouse Directed by Amanda Wilde

The workshops will be based around music, so get ready to come along and get in touch with you creative side!

Thursday 30 – Friday 31 October

In a cottage in a wood – A little old lady by the window stood, Saw two children running by – Knocking at her door…

Second Space 12 noon & 3pm £3.50*

This is the deliciously scary story of a tango dancing witch and her irresistible recipe for an edible house.

Follow two brave and resourceful children as they take the path deep into the woods.

Red Earth’s retelling of one of the most popular and powerful of all fairy tales is atmospheric, funny and free-spirited. Hansel & Gretel is the perfect play for children who will grow up to be fearless.

Join us to taste the shivery delights of a classic tale well told.

This is a British Sign Language integrated performance.

Second Space 1.30pm & 4pm £8.50 adults / £5.50 children* TICKET DEAL AVAILABLE 70 minutes

The Five and The Prophecy of Prana (page 8)

Hercules (page 9)

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Cast Comedy Club

First Birthday Special Friday 12 September

The ever-popular Cast Comedy Club returns with a first birthday special. A night of comedy from the UK’s best upcoming comedians, with the bar open throughout for you to refresh that laughing gear! This month’s headliners are…

Duncan Oakley

Guitar based hilarity is guaranteed, as heard on BBC Radio 4’s Shappi Talk.

‘The future of Rock and Roll comedy’ NME

Dan Bland

A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY

Explosive one-liners with razor-sharp precision.

‘If you imagine the late Ian Curtis had chosen to go into standup, rather than join Joy Division, that should give you an idea of Bland’s appeal’ bbc.co.uk Second Space 8pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions* #castcomedyclub COMEDY

What Would Beyoncé Do?!

Thursday 18 September What Would Beyoncé Do?! is the phenomenally successful debut solo show from stand up comic Luisa Omielan.

‘All my Single Ladies, you know when you fall Crazy In Love but it all goes wrong and you’re all Me, Myself and I, then you Get Me Bodied, and you’re like hold up, he’s the Best Thing I Never Had, I must have bumped my head because Who Run’s The World? Well, if like me, you’re an Independent Woman who still lives with your mumma, come check this out.’

After sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, a massive UK tour and gigs in LA and NYC, this is the ultimate feel good show from a rising star.

Second Space 8pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions* #whatwouldbeyoncedo

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Red Ladder Theatre Company and Unite the Union

Wednesday 24 – Thursday 25 September 75 mines, three sisters and one cause, We’re Not Going Back is about the 1984/85 miners’ strike... more or less.

But, in this hard-hitting musical comedy there are no miners.

Instead, we follow the fortunes of three sisters in a pit village, hit hard by the government’s war against the miners and determined to set up a branch of ‘Women Against Pit Closures’.

Olive, Mary and Isabel are like any other sisters whose everyday squabbles became a background hum to the strike that forced them to question their lives, their relationships and their family ties.

We’re Not Going Back tackles the resilience of working communities, the make-and-mend fabric of family and the power of sticking two fingers up to a government hell-bent on destruction... and all with humour, song and a six pack of Babycham.

Second Space 7.45pm Thursday matinee 1.30pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions* #notgoingback

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Saturday 4 October

The ever-popular Cast Comedy Club In the court of the Austrian Emperor Josef, promises a night of side-splitting hilarity.

Antonio Salieri is the established composer. With comedy from the UK’s best upcoming Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: comedians, the bar is open throughout Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri has for you to refresh that laughing gear! This given himself to God so that he might realise month’s headliners are… his sole ambition to be a great composer.

Mozart is a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who Andy White Globe-trotting headline act from Dubai to has that which is beyond Salieri's envious Adelaide, and now Donny. grasp: Genius.

‘Had me exercising my pelvic floor A provocative play that weaves a muscles to avoid an accident’ confrontation between mediocrity and BBC genius into a tale of breathtaking dramatic Jonathan Pelham power.

This amateur production is presented by kind permission of Samuel French Ltd.

‘Echoes of a young Daniel Kitson’ Evening Standard

Second Space 8pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions* #castcomedyclub

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Faust

Holy & Horny

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Second Space 7.30pm Tuesday matinee 2.30pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*

Friday 3 October

Sheila is a frustrated Christian woman, struggling to remain holy despite being horny as hell! Eve is her sexually uninhibited alter ego. Watch as they set out on a set of disastrous dates, which lead to unexpected life-changing consequences.

In this extraordinary one woman show, actress Tonya Joy Bolton plays 20 characters in a compelling story of love, longing and the ultimate betrayal.

Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*

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Dumbwise Written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Translated by John R Williams Adapted and Directed by John Ward | Music and songs by David Hewson | Produced by Dai Davison

Thursday 9 – Friday 10 October A slick and stylish re-telling of Goethe’s classic. A young man sells his soul for fame and fortune, embarking on a musical spree of corruption and sin.

Accompanied by a dark outsider, Faust tears his way through a God fearing community, setting his sights on the innocent but irresistible Gretchen, sparking a cacophony of chaos, calamity and murder.

The award-winning Faust is an energetic and thrilling new musical. Live musicianship and dynamic storytelling combine with a colourful soundtrack of original songs to create a truly unique theatre experience.

Second Space 7.45pm Friday matinee 2pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*

‘Simply put – Masterful’ One Stop Arts

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‘...lifts music to another realm’ Audience member on Schubert's Octet

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Ensemble 360 Music in the Round

Saturday 11 October

INTERACTIVE THEATRE

Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47 Schubert Octet in F D803

Gatecrash

Ensemble 360’s residency at Cast has had audiences commenting how beautiful the music sounds in our Second Space. In their autumn programme they play two outstanding works of the Romantic repertoire.

Friday 17 October

Written in 1842, Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E flat is an invigorating work displaying great subtlety and refinement.

Schubert’s Octet of 1824 owes much to Beethoven, having been commissioned as a piece to complement the latter composer’s Septet.

Zest Theatre’s ground-breaking, interactive production gives you control of the conversations you listen to through silent disco technology. Put on your wireless headphones, step through Sam’s front door and experience the night unfold all around you as you Gatecrash the party.

Second Space 7pm £12.50 / £8.50 under 26s and students*

Second Space 7pm & 9pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*

Zest Theatre

With his parents on holiday Sam’s having a house party. Nothing big, just a few close friends... at least that was the plan until you knocked on the door.

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Barb Jungr

Hard Rain – the songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen Thursday 23 October

Selina Thompson

Wednesday 15 October Glitter, chicken legs and lots of rice pudding: Selina invites you to her own version of a midnight feast, somewhere between the confessions made over coffee at weight watchers, and sloppy drunken storytelling with a 3am kebab.

Infusing complex, life long issues with weight alongside laughter, the popping of balloons and a healthy dose of dessert, the result is something truly vibrant.

Sitting between storytelling, stand-up, live art and theatre, Chewing the Fat is a powerful and extremely open portrayal of how we live with our bodies, on both the days when they are beautiful, and the days when they are a burden.

Second Space 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*

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A Life with Songs

Wednesday 22 October ‘They say I’m meddling in the foreign affairs of the United States Government. Now, that’s too bad, ‘cause I’m going to have to continue to meddle...’

Paul Robeson was a world famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. Over the years he became more outspoken and was branded a traitor to his country.

This roller-coaster journey through a remarkable life features his famous songs (including a dramatic rendition of Ol’ Man River) and speeches.

Tayo Aluko revives one of the 20th Century’s most impressive but overlooked figures in a powerful, compelling tour-de-force performance. A multi international award winning performance.

Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*

Described by critics as ‘magnificent, mesmerising and magical’, Barb Jungr performs from her latest album inspired by the music of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.

At the request of fans and lovers of two of the world’s most extraordinary music icons ever, the ‘Female voice of Bob Dylan’ (The Times) brings her formidable reinterpretation to songs including A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall, Everybody Knows, A Thousand Kisses Deep, Chimes Of Freedom and many more.

Second Space 7.45pm £15.50 / £14.50 concessions*

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HIP HOP THEATRE

Still Score

An Audience with Rationale

Tom Adams

Rationale Productions

Friday 31 October

Tuesday 11 November

“I remember being five years old and drinking a carton of Five Alive tropical juice drink and saying to myself ‘I am five and I am alive!’

Now I am 33 and on the harder stuff...

Um Bongo.”

In February 2013, Tom bought a slide projector and a box of slides of people he did not know.

Using comedy, storytelling and live music he creates a charming, funny and moving show about life, death and the things in between.

Second Space 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions* NEW WRITING

LOCAL TALENT

Into the Woods

Bent Architect Written by Mick Martin Directed by Jude Wright

Starstruck Performing Arts

Tuesday 4 November

A wonderful musical journey meeting well known fairy tale characters including Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and many more. With fabulous songs sung

by Doncaster’s young talent you can’t fail to be impressed by this family show.

They suffered prison and brutality for their conscientious objection. Yet the community supported them so much that the town soon became known as a ‘hotbed of pacifism’.

Inspired by Comrades In Conscience, by Cyril Pearce, drawing on first hand source material to present an alternative story of political opposition to the First World War. Second Space 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*

Rationale Productions are a hip hop dance company resident at Cast, and they want your feedback. In An Audience With Rationale they explore new storytelling techniques that will immerse audiences in an innovative way of interacting with dance, giving you ownership of the show.

This event is all about questioning the preconceptions of theatre, breaking down barriers, and enveloping the audience in something new and sensational. Come and join one of the UK’s freshest Hip Hop Dance Theatre companies as they create an explosion in the theatre making process.

Second Space 7.45pm £5.50*

England, Arise!

The uplifting and powerful story of the young men and women of Huddersfield who believed passionately in a better world, inspired by the revolutionary art, music and literature of the times, they refuse to take arms against their fellow workers and fight in the First World War.

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Friday 7 – Saturday 8 November

Second Space 7.30pm Saturday matinee 2.30pm £9.50 / £7.50 under 16s and senior citizens*

HIP HOP THEATRE

Blind

The Paper Birds Co-commissioned by Theatre in the Mill & The Marlowe Studio Supported by The Lowry, The ARC and The Albany

Wednesday 12 November A beat-boxing theatre show unlike any other; UK beat-boxing champion Grace Savage explores what young people are hearing in the world right now, from motherly advice to what we learn in the school playground and the music charts.

An interrogation of the influences on today’s young people, this energetic and powerful show will have you on the edge of your seat.

After their sell-out performance Thirsty we are delighted to be welcoming back The Paper Birds with their latest production.

‘Savage is mesmerising’ The Guardian Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions* * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash

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Blood Wedding RoguePlay

Friday 14 November Known for merging text with highly physical theatre and stunning aerial to create visually dramatic pieces of theatre, RoguePlay visit Cast with their version of Federico García Lorca’s scorching classic.

A tragedy in three acts, Blood Wedding pivots around the uneasy marriage of two villagers against a violent backdrop of betrayal, family feuding and death.

Combining the text with physical theatre, aerial circus and acrobatics, accompanied by a powerful Spanish live soundtrack this is a mesmerising retelling of a tale of passion, morality and vengeance.

Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions* STAND UP

Cast Comedy Club Saturday 15 November

The ever-popular Cast Comedy Club promises a night of side-splitting hilarity. With standup from the UK’s best upcoming comedians, the bar is open throughout for you to refresh that laughing gear! This month’s headliners are...

Bobby Mair

Canadian wit as seen on 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Russell Howard’s Good News. Voted in the top 10 jokes of the Edinburgh Festival 2013.

Kate Lucas

Current Leicester Comedian of the Year.

‘Wonderfully dark but catchy songs with hysterical punchlines’ bbc.co.uk

Second Space 8pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions* #castcomedyclub

NEW WRITING

Hopelessly Devoted

An Inspector Calls

Paines Plough and Birmingham Repertory Theatre

By Kate Tempest

JKL Productions

Tuesday 18 November Chess is in prison. Facing a lengthy sentence, her cellmate becomes her soul mate. But when Serena is given parole, Chess faces total isolation.

Hope comes in the form of a music producer looking for a reason to love music again.

She finds a powerful voice in Chess. But to harness her talent, Chess must first face her past.

Following her smash-hit debut Wasted, Kate Tempest’s incendiary new play combines lyrical fireworks with exhilarating live music. Her first highly acclaimed national tour included numerous sell out runs so don’t miss this opportunity to see Kate’s explosive new work.

‘Startlingly beautiful’ The Times

Second Space 7.45pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*

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DRAMA

Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 November A family gathering is suddenly and unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of a stranger at the door. The mysterious inspector begins to interrogate the wellto-do family about the death of a young working class girl, a suicide, or so it would seem.

As suspense, accusation, secrets and suspicion unfold the play becomes an edge-of-your-seat crime thriller. But as the Inspector leaves, mystery continues to unfold...

An Inspector Calls is the most famous work of Yorkshire dramatist and socialist JB Priestley. Favourites of audiences in our first year, Doncaster’s JKL Productions return with a new production of this classic play.

Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions*

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Script Slam Cast in association with Right Up Our Street

Wednesday 26 November A handful of shorts no longer than 15 minutes submitted by emerging writers from the region and performed by a professional company in a rehearsed reading.

Our first two Script Slams have gone down a storm. There have been scripts that everyone’s laughed to, scripts that have made us think, and scripts full of wonder and surprise.

The great thing is, each night has had real variety and left audiences with lots to talk about.

Join us for our third Script Slam, as we delve into the future of British theatre made in Doncaster.

Masterclasses Aimed at the beginner, emerging and professional artists alike, a series of masterclasses that offer an insight into the different areas of the performing arts led by industry experts.

Solo Performance

Second Space 7pm £4*

Led by Dianne Hancock

Emerging writer? Visit castindoncaster.com/ scripted to find out how to submit your script.

Solo performance can be one of the greatest challenges an actor can face.

Whether it’s a five minute speech or a two hour show, the facts are the same – you’re on your own up there! Explore ways of creating material and discovering what type of performance works best for one actor.

SPOKEN WORD / THEATRE

Amsterdam

Written and performed by Chanje Kunda

Thursday 27 November Chanje has a massive crush on a charming Surinamese guy living in Amsterdam. She met him on holiday. She didn’t mean to meet him, she didn’t plan to meet anyone.

Her life back home in rainy Manchester isn’t easy. So, she’s catching a flight to meet her fate.

What will become of this 21st century, passionate, long distance relationship – you’re about to find out. What happens when you abandon your responsibilities to chase your dreams?

A fusion of spoken word, theatre and music into a high-powered, super-modern, semiautobiographical play of love and lust.

Saturday 11 October

Dianne Hancock has worked in professional theatre as an actor, writer and director for over 25 years. She has directed for theatre companies in the UK and Europe and specialises in creating new work. Over the last six years, she has written about and taught Solo Performance to actors, dancers, theatre students and members of the general public.

All levels of experience / Ages 16+ 2pm – 5pm £4*

Writing for Solo Performance Led by Mick Martin

Saturday 1 November An insight into the skills and techniques of writing for solo performance, exploring the role of the spoken word – set against the unspoken one – in building not just character but an entire narrative journey from the standpoint of one voice, one singular unique perspective. This can also form an important building block in developing characters and stories for multi performer plays.

Mick Martin’s Bent Architect visit Cast with England, Arise! in November (p19). As a writer he has a string of major theatre, radio and television credits including The Life And Times Of Young Bob Scallion, Once Upon A Time In Wigan and Broken Time.

All levels of experience / Ages 16+ 2pm – 5pm £4*

Devising and Physicality Led by Frantic Assembly

Saturday 8 November Experience Frantic Assembly’s unique approach to creating physical material in this highly energetic and creative workshop.

Frantic Assembly creates thrilling, energetic and unforgettable theatre as their unique physical style combines movement, design, music and text. They have an enviable reputation amongst the country’s most celebrated, accomplished and exciting theatre companies. In November they visit Cast with their electrifying adaptation of Othello (p10).

Please wear loose and comfortable clothing and trainers suitable for exercise. No jeans, jewellery or short skirts.

‘Hugely supportive and empowering atmosphere’ Frantic Assembly Masterclass participant

2pm – 5pm £4*

Second Space 7.45pm £12.50 / £10.50 concessions* * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash

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Friday 5 December – Saturday 3 January A Cast Pantomime Created by Matthew Bugg and Kully Thiarai Designed by Ali Allen

‘One of the town’s best pantos in years’ Doncaster Free Press on Cinderella

In a land far, far away, yet somehow strangely familiar, Aladdin and his mother are struggling to make ends meet.

Aladdin dreams of living the lifestyle of a prince and his mother – not quite the fairest in the land – imagines riches beyond her wildest dreams.

If only magic existed. If only there were such things as genies and enchanted lamps… well, this is pantomime and anything is possible!

After last year’s smash-hit success, our latest festive offering promises even more. Live music, beautiful costumes, mayhem and song combine to create a Christmas treat with oodles of magic and heaps of sparkle.

Main Space £17 / £14 concessions* Family 4 ticket £56*

(admits a maximum two full price ticket holders)

Schools £10.50*

(pupils only, one teacher free for every ten pupils paid)

Groups 10 + £13.50* Groups 30 + £12.50*

(Group booking/school rates are not available on Fri 5 Dec and between Sat 20 Dec – Wed 31 Dec)

Preview: Fri 5 Dec 7pm, all seats £12.50*

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Friday 19 December – Saturday 3 January

Chocks away! Climb aboard the flying machine and get ready for a wondrous adventure!

Everyone knows that the skies above our houses are filled with magic around Christmas time. Look closely and you’ll see the Christmas star, closer still and you might see Santa’s sleigh with Rudolph at the front. But the best way to see everything is up in the sky!

Join the crew aboard the Christmas Flying Machine on a journey up, up and away. Flap the wings, work the controls and steer the captain’s wheel as we embark on a secret mission for Santa all the way to the North Pole.

After the success of last year’s interactive children’s show 59 minutes to Save Christmas, this is another Christmas treat with lots of participation for intrepid adventurers and their useful adults.

Second Space and the skies above!

Fri 19 – Sat 20 Dec: 11am, 1pm & 3pm Mon 22 Dec – Sat 3 Jan: 11am, 1pm, 4pm & 6pm No performances Sun 21 Dec, Thu 25 Dec or Thu 1 Jan £8.50 adults / £5.50 children* * Includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash

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A Yuletide Evening with Gervase Phinn A Christmas Celebration Sunday 14 December

Gervase Phinn has been delighting audiences for more years than he can recall with his tales of his life as a school inspector in the Yorkshire Dales.

Spend a heart-warming evening with one of Britain’s greatest comic writers and performers, as he recounts hilarious and sometimes poignant stories, anecdotes, poems and readings on the theme of Christmas.

This Rotherham writer’s stories have seen him become one of the UK’s most popular authors and his live shows have gained legendary status.

Main Space 7pm £17* STAND UP

Cast Comedy Club Christmas Special

Friday 19 – Saturday 20 December The People’s Theatre Company

By Steven Lee

Monday 8 – Saturday 13 December Have you ever wanted to know a Christmas secret? Maybe you’d like to know where the fairy on top of the tree comes from? Or why you never see a Christmas elf? Or what exactly happened to Frosty the Snowman? Maybe you’d like to know the greatest secret of them all... the one about Santa Claus and the thing he loves best.

Could it be presents? Could it be reindeer? Could it be snow? You’ll never guess!

Join Santa and his friends in this fun filled family musical complete with games, giggles and all your favourite Christmas songs.

A perfect treat for children who are that little bit too young for panto.

Every child can bring a letter to Santa to give to him after the show, so don't forget to come with your camera to capture the smiles!

‘Thoroughly entertaining and brilliant fun’ What’sOnStage

Second Space Monday 6pm / Tue – Fri 10am, 12.30pm & 3pm / Sat 12.30pm, 3pm & 5pm £8.50 adults / £5.50 children*

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Our regular comedy club goes all festive for two bumper nights of ho-ho-ho-hilarity. We’ve even got some extra special headliners – well, it is Christmas. Whether it’s the office night out, a gathering with mates, or the first of many family get togethers – we promise side splitting entertainment with a bar close enough to refresh that laughing gear.

Rob Rouse

He has more energy than a hyperactive six-year-old sucking on a lollipop while bouncing on a spacehopper – that’s right, it’s ‘him off the tele!’

Award-winning wit from 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Dave’s One Night Stand, Celebrity Juice and many more.

Peter Brush

One of our most talked about emerging talents with a collection of brilliantly funny one-liners sown liberally throughout his set. BBC New Comedy Award runner-up.

Second Space 8pm £10.50 / £8.50 concessions*

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Cast is part of Doncaster Ticket Office. We share our booking system with the Dome and also sell tickets for other events around the area.

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Terms and conditions apply. Ticket prices correct at time of print.

Special offers may be subject to availability and restrictions.

No two special offers can be used at the same time. Schools discount is available to children of school age only.

Please visit castindoncaster.com for full details.

Accessibility Our new building has been designed with complete accessibility in mind. Whatever your access requirements you will find our venue accommodating and accessible.

If you have specific needs please discuss these with our ticket office staff. All areas are accessible via lifts and there are accessible wheelchair spaces throughout. Performance spaces are equipped with infrared hearing panels, which can also accommodate audio described performances. There is also a changing places room for people with specific needs.

Cast offers Tea and Tour events throughout the year. Join us to have a look in the backstage spaces not normally on view, from down under our stage right up to the fly tower above. Afterwards enjoy afternoon tea in our café bar.

This season we have accessible performances of Kes (page 4), A Farewell to Arms (page 10), Aladdin (page 12) and Hansel & Gretel (page 15).

As a fully working theatre our tour schedule varies to fit around our performances, visit castindoncaster.com or call 01302 303 959 for up to date details.

How to get here Cast is located in Doncaster’s new Civic and Cultural Quarter.

This is in the Waterdale part of the town centre. We are the big, copper fronted building on the new Sir Nigel Gresley Square.

Our address is: Cast, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU We are just a short walk from the Train Station and Bus Station.

For parking the Civic Quarter Car Park is just a short walk across the Square. This car park offers special tariffs including a £2 evening tariff for our patrons.

Car park address: College Road, DN1 3JH apcoa.co.uk/carparks/civic-quarter

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season diary

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL (page 12)

Cast Comedy Club

Second Space 12 noon & 3pm

Second Space 8pm

Tue 28 October

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL (page 12)

LOCAL TALENT (page 9)

Sat 15 November

POETRY/COMEDY (page 11)

Leaping Frog

An Evening with Pam Ayres

Second Space 12 noon & 3pm

Main Space 5pm

Wed 29 October DRAMA (page 4/5)

STAND UP (page 18)

The Worried Walrus

DRAMA (page 10)

Sun 16 November

NEW WRITING (page 18)

Barry Hines’ Kes

The Entertainers

A Farewell to Arms

Hopelessly Devoted

Fri – Sat 13 September

Main Space 7pm

Main Space 7.30pm Thu matinee 1.30pm, Sat matinee 2pm

Second Space 7.45pm

STAND UP (page 14)

Faust

A new version for Doncaster See inside for times

Cast Comedy Club

Tue 7 October

MUSICAL (page 15)

Wed 29 October – Sat 1 November

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL (page 13)

Hansel & Gretel

Fri 12 September

Thu 9 – Fri 10 October Second Space 7.45pm Fri matinee 2pm

Second Space 1.30pm & 4.30pm

MILITARY BAND (page 6)

COMEDY DRAMA (page 8)

MUSICAL COMEDY (page 17)

Second Space 8pm

Music for Heroes Wed 17 September Main Space 7.30pm COMEDY (page 6)

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [revised] Thu 18 September Main Space 7.30pm COMEDY (page 14)

What Would Beyoncé Do?!

Thu 18 September Second Space 8pm

CIRCUS SWING (page 6)

Gabby Young & Other Animals Sat 20 September Main Space 7.30pm

A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY (page 14)

We’re Not Going Back Wed 24 – Thu 25 September

On The Piste

Thu 9 – Sat 11 October Main Space 7.30pm Sat Matinee 4pm

Second Space 7pm

Second space 7.45pm

Main Space 2pm

Wed 15 October

FESTIVAL (page 9)

Second Space 7.45pm STAND UP (page 15)

Cast Comedy Club Sat 4 October

Second Space 8pm

THEATRE (page 10)

Wed 19 November Main Space 7.30pm DRAMA (page 18)

An Inspector Calls

Thu 20 – Sat 22 November Second Space 7.45pm STAND UP (page 11)

Lee Hurst

Fri 21 November

Main Space 7.30pm LOCAL TALENT (page 11)

Shine

Sat 22 – Sun 23 November Main Space 7pm

SCRIPTED (page 19)

Script Slam

Wed 26 November

Othello

DANCE (page 8)

Main Space 7.30pm Thu matinee 1.30pm, Sat matinee 2pm

Amsterdam

NEW WRITING (page 17)

Second Space 7.45pm

Fri 17 – Sun 19 October

The Five & The Prophecy of Prana Fri 17 October

Main Space 7.30pm INTERACTIVE THEATRE (page 16)

Tue 4 – Sat 8 November

England Arise!

Tue 4 November

Fri 7 – Sat 8 November

HIP HOP THEATRE (page 17)

Second Space 7.45pm

An Audience with Rationale

JAZZ (page 16)

Second Space 7.45pm

Tue 11 November MUSICAL (page 11)

Guys & Dolls

Tue 11 – Sat 15 November

FAMILY (page 9)

Main Space 7.30pm Sat Matinee 2.15pm

Sat 25 October

HIP HOP THEATRE (page 17)

Hercules

Main Space 2pm & 7pm

Blind

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL (page 12)

Wed 12 November

Mon 27 October

CIRCUS / AERIAL THEATRE (page 18)

BBC Ten Pieces

Second Space 11am 2pm & 6pm

PANTOMIME (page 20)

See inside for times

THEATRE (page 16)

Thu 23 October

Thu 27 November

LOCAL TALENT (page 17)

Second Space 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm

Wed 22 October

SPOKEN WORD / THEATRE (page 19)

Aladdin

Fri 17 October

Call Mr Robeson

Second Space 7.45pm

Second Space 7.45pm

Into the Woods

Second Space 7.45pm

Fri 3 October

Sun 2 November

MUSICAL COMEDY (page 11)

Fascinating Aïda

Let’s Get Lost Festival

Main Space 7.15pm Wed Sat Sun matinee 2.15pm

Holy & Horny

EVENT (page 9)

Getting In Tune For Christmas

THEATRE (page 16)

Barb Jungr

THEATRE (page 15)

Sat 1 November

Chewing the Fat

Indika

Fri 26 September – Sun 5 October

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL (page 13)

Second Space 12noon & 3pm

Second Space 7pm & 9pm

A MUSICAL DANCE SPECTACULAR (page 7)

Second Space 7.45pm

Sat 11 October

GENRE (page 15)

Second Space 7.45pm Tue Matinee 2.30pm

Fri 31 October

Music Workshops

Gatecrash

Mon 29 – Tue 30 September

Still Score

CLASSICAL MUSIC (page 16)

Ensemble 360

Second Space 7.45pm Thu matinee 1.30pm

Amadeus

Thu 30 – Fri 31 October

Tue 18 November

Second Space 7.45pm

Blood Wedding Fri 14 November

Second Space 7.45pm

Fri 5 December – Sat 3 January CHRISTMAS TREAT (page 22)

Santa In Love

Mon 8 – Sat 13 December See inside for times COMEDY (page 22)

Gervase Phinn Sun 14 December Main Space 7pm

INTERACTIVE ADVENTURE (page 21)

The Christmas Flying Machine

Fri 19 December – Sat 3 January

See inside for times

STAND UP (page 22)

Cast Comedy Club

Fri 19 – Sat 20 December Second Space 8pm