Cast Spring/Summer 2020 Season Brochure

January-August 2020

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to the Spring/ Summer Season In September 2013, Cast opened its inaugural production The Glee Club to a packed house with the smell of freshly dried paint and newly laid carpets still in the air. Seven years on, the team behind the sellout Rita Sue and Bob Too (Out of Joint) collaborate with Cast to bring us back to Edlington once again as the singing miners prepare for their all-important Gala. In 2020, The Glee Club (page 12) is just as hilarious and more relevant than ever; a community divided, a government in crisis, toxic masculinity - oh and a singing drag queen, no lip syncing here!

Indeed, collaboration is the theme of this season’s work with no less than eight productions co-produced or supported by Cast.

We’re thrilled to support No Horizon, a brand-new Yorkshire musical which brings to life the inspiring true story of academic Nicholas Saunderson, who redefined the possibilities for a blind man of his day.

Spring/Summer sees the return of many well-loved companies to the theatre. Red Ladder tour their new play Smile Club and Undermined is back for a second stint to tell real life stories from the Miner’s strikes.

We welcome back fingersmiths (who brought us Up ‘n’ Under in 2017) rework contemporary classic My Mother Said I Never Should in British Sign Language and spoken English. Scratch Nights in February and June also provide a platform for local artists to try out their latest material on an audience for the first time.

Cast is the home of great nights out, so among our thriving entertainment programme we’re delighted to welcome superstars of comedy Count Arthur Strong (p3), David Baddiel (p8), Josh Widdicombe (p32) and Strictly’s Chris Ramsey (p27) to our stage.

As we look ahead to the summer months, The Royal Ballet bring their mixed programme alongside a truly large-scale ambitious youth event in June. Our close partners The National Theatre tour their production of Romeo and Julie in June, followed by the world premiere of their production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle starring 100 local people alongside a professional cast and live band.

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Age Friendly Partner

Youth Enrichment Partner

Health & Wellbeing Partner

Supported By

Comedy Club

 Friday 24 January & Friday 28 February, 8pm Tickets £11 | Second Space

COMEDY

We enjoy welcoming everyone to Cast and we’ve come up with a few small ways to make sure your visit is extra special, like free ear defenders, booster cushions and carer tickets. We have performances adapted to suit some people’s specific needs. We’ve listed some of them here, if you’d prefer to attend those, you’re more than welcome, but everyone is welcome to enjoy the theatre together at any performance. Need extra help? Let us know about your specific needs and we’ll do our best to meet them. Please contact hello@ castindoncaster.com for an informal and discreet chat.

Count Arthur Strong - Is There Anybody Out There?  Thursday 6 February, 8pm Tickets £22 | Main Space

COMEDY

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Access performances:

Captioned The Glee Club, Saturday 7 March, 2pm (p13) Aladdin, Saturday 5 December, 2pm BSL My Mother Said I Never Should All performances (p13) Aladdin - All performances

Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock – Ghost Train  Friday 14 February, 7.30pm Tickets | Main Space

JKL Productions Twelfth Night  Thursday 30 January - Friday 1 February, 7.15pm

Tickets £15 (£12 Under 26) | Second Space

LOCAL TALENT

Audio described The Glee Club, Thursday 5 March, 7.30pm (p12) No Horizon, Thursday 2 April, 7.30pm (p21) Foil Arms and Hog, Friday 21 February, 8pm (p11) Aladdin, Saturday 5 December 2pm

SOLD OUT

ENTERTAINMENT

Relaxed/PMLD Sea Girl, Saturday 2 May 10.30am (p31) Aladdin, Thursday 3 December, 10am & Monday 28 December 6pm

 Saturday 18 January, 9am – 6pm Tickets £30 | Second Space Thrive is a day of badass speakers, transformative workshops and expert led masterclasses.

Spend the morning enjoying presentations on the topics of intersectional feminism, self-care, sex positivity, fat acceptance, LGBTQ inclusion and mental health awareness. In the afternoon, choose from a programme of practical workshops, all included in the ticket price.

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TALK/EVENT

Education. Inspiration. Motivation.

Singer-Songwriter Double Bill

Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait

Steve Tilston and Reg Meuross

Exhibition On Screen

 Wednesday 22 January, 7.45pm

 Thursday 23 January, 7pm

Tickets from £14 adv (£17.50 on the door, £10 Under 26) | Second Space Two finely talented songwriters share the stage for an evening of storytelling and song; forgotten heroes, folk legends, autobiographical tales....brought to life through their imaginative penmanship.

MUSIC

Thrive

FILM

JANUARY

Tickets £7 | Second Space For the first time in history the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is bringing together Lucian Freud’s self-portraits. Marvel as this modern master of British art turns his unflinching eye firmly upon himself.

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JANUARY

The Chicago Blues Brothers

Tickets £26 | Main Space Direct from London’s West End, join The Chicago Blues Brothers and their 11-piece band, for a brand new two hour all singing, all dancing hit parade performed live in concert. Featuring songs from Footloose, A Star is Born, Dirty Dancing, The Greatest Showman, The Full Monty and many more!

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ENTERTAINMENT

 Thursday 23 January, 7.30pm

 Saturday 25 January, 7pm Tickets £13 | Main Space Following the sensational success of FanCASTic 2019 we present another thrilling Gala concert of non-stop entertainment with the best of Doncaster’s local talent scene. Featuring special guest comedian and Peter Kay tribute Lee Lard, stunning dancers, comedians, classical musicians and staged performances from hit shows. All proceeds go towards Cast’s work with children and young people.

The Great Composers: In Search of Mozart Exhibition On Screen  Monday 27 January, 7pm

FILM

FanCASTic FUNDRAISER

A Night at the Movies

Tickets £7 | Second Space Told through a 25,000-mile journey along every route Mozart followed and with the help of the world’s leading orchestras and musicians, here the music takes centre stage, with the jigsaw of Mozart’s life fitting around it.

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Tickets £26 | Main Space Are You Ready For Love? Get ready for take-off as we bring you the number one tribute to one of the greatest musicians of all time, Sir Elton John!

Join us as we take you down the Yellow Brick Road with glorious Elton hits, from Crocodile Rock, Philadelphia Freedom and Your Song to I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues.

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Tickets £28 | Main Space The international smash-hit celebrates 21 years as one of the most successful dance shows ever.

The blockbuster hit show is Irish in origin and bursting with raw energy. This extravaganza takes dance to the next level, in an explosive fusion of heart pounding Irish Dance combined with dance styles from round the world.

Seth Lakeman: A Pilgrim’s Tale  Wednesday 5 February, 7.30pm Tickets £24 adv (£27.50 on the door) | Main Space

MUSIC

 Saturday 1 February, 7.30pm

ENTERTAINMENT

The Rocket Man: A Spirit of the Dance Tribute to Sir Elton John  Tuesday 4 February, 7.30pm

DANCE

FEBRUARY

2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the historic Mayflower voyage. Award-winning folk singer Seth Lakeman was raised and still lives on Dartmoor, within sight of the sea at Plymouth.

Seth tells the soulful tale of the Pilgrim Father in songs from his new album ‘A Pilgrim’s Tale’.

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FEBRUARY

'Theatre at its best and most direct' Lyn Gardner, The Guardian. This internationally acclaimed performance inspired by Harold Pinter and his Hackney Gang returns to Cast for one night only.

Doncastrians cast in advance speak their truth to power as part of a passionate show combining memoir, image, poetry, and music. Unmissable.

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Music in the Round  Saturday 8 February, 7pm Tickets £13.50 (£9 Under 26) Second Space The clarinet takes centre stage in this concert.

Wonderful music by German masters Johannes Brahms and Max Bruch feature, alongside music by the dynamic American classical composer, Aaron Copland. If you’re a fan of Bruch’s Violin Concerto this concert is not to be missed!

 Tuesday 11 February, 7.15pm Tuesday 23 June, 7.15pm Tickets £8 (£5 Under 26) | Second Space

TALK/EVENT

Tickets £12 (£9 Under 26) | Second Space

Cast Scratch Night MUSIC

 Thursday 6 February, 7.15pm

Ensemble 360 TALK/EVENT

Truth to Power Café

Join local and regional artists as they showcase and test out their latest work-in-progress sharings in front of a live audience, with no limits. This in an exciting opportunity to see innovative new work, have a great night out and help create a buzz around original work by pioneering emerging artists.

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Tickets Adults £6, Children & Babies £4 | Second Space | Ages 0-2 Meet Me A Tree is an interactive first opera for 0-2 year olds and their carers. HurlyBurly invite you and your baby on a journey through a year in the life of a tree. Sing with blackbirds, march through fallen leaves, smell new blossom and feel the wind on your cheeks with us.

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David Baddiel Trolls: Not The Dolls

The Political History of Smack and Crack

 Wednesday 12 February, 7.30pm

 Thursday 13 February, 7.15pm

Tickets £27 | Main Space Following his five-star Olivier-nominated hit My Family: Not The Sitcom and the return to number 1 of his seminal football anthem Three Lions, David Baddiel comes back to the stage with a brand new one-man show, Trolls: Not The Dolls.

COMEDY

 Wednesday 12 February, 10am, 11am, 1.30pm

FAMILY

Meet Me a Tree

Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space An angry, funny love song to a lost generation inspired by the playwright’s own experience in jail and rehab. From the 1981 riots to present day, Mandy and Neil chronicle the fallout for communities crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism.

PLAY/DRAMA

FEBRUARY

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Morgan & West

Tickets £12 | Main Space | Ages 6+ Morgan & West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza!

Expect explosive thrills, chemical spills and a risk assessment that gives their Stage Manager chills.

Leave your lab coats at the door, it’s time for Unbelievable Science!

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 Tuesday 18 February, 2pm

 Tuesday 18 February, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 under 26) | Second Space A heart-warming and hilarious tale of journeys taken and not taken, of regrets and celebrations, and what it means to be free. Based on real-life interviews, peppered with humour and original music, it shows a day-in-the life of the Route 555 bus from Lancaster to Keswick, and the different characters that travel on it – each with their very own tales to tell…

Green Eggs and Ham Opera North  W ednesday 19 February, 10.30am Tickets £7 | Second Space | Ages up to 7

FAMILY

Ladies that Bus PLAY/DRAMA

Unbelievable Science

Meet Dr Seuss’ hilariously persistent Sam-IAm who is on a mission to persuade a grumpy grouch to try a delicious plate of green eggs and ham! This 50 minute performance features two opera singers, a nine-piece orchestra, and an interactive workshop introducing families to the music, instruments and themes of the piece.

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 Wednesday 19 February, 7.45pm Tickets £14 adv (£17 on the door, £10 Under 26) | Second Space Rachel Croft performs Celtic melodies which narrate her experiences living in the historic city of York. She is joined by multi-instrumentalist duo The Kimberleys performing a collection of traditional folk songs.

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MUSIC

Folk Double Bill. Support Sam Scherdal

Sing-a-long-a – The Greatest Showman

Sing-a-long-a – Grease

 Thursday 20 February, 2.30pm

 Thursday 20 February, 7.30pm

Tickets £17 (Child £13.50) | Main Space Look out ‘cause here it comes….

Watch the smash hit film musical with lyrics on screen that everyone can’t stop singing. Cheer, boo and hiss as you sing your heart out with our live host who will teach you some dance moves and show you how to use your free props bag.

ENTERTAINMENT

Rachel Croft and The Kimberleys

Tickets £17 (Child £13.50) | Main Space This fully interactive screening of the classic film with on-screen subtitles is “The One That You Want”. The host will lead a vocal warm up, judge a fancy-dress competition and show you how to use your free interactive prop bag. It couldn’t be easier or more fun!

ENTERTAINMENT

FEBRUARY

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FEBRUARY

Tweedy is putting on a production of Sherlock Holmes but he has lost all the actors! Tweedy and friend realise they must solve the mystery of the missing actors and perform the whole show! How hard can that be?

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Riot Act

 Friday 21 February, 8pm

 Tuesday 25 February, 7.15pm

Tickets £21 | Main Space With over 100 million hits, the group are best known for their online sketches, but it’s the live show where they really shine. The trio achieved critical acclaim this year with the best reviewed show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, and are now hitting the road around the UK. They’re even going to Wales.

Alexis Gregory

Tickets £12 (£9 Under 26) | Second Space A hard-hitting, hilarious and heart-warming exploration of the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. This powerful piece is created from playwright and performer Alexis Gregory’s interviews with one of the only remaining Stonewall survivors, a 1970s London radical drag artist and a prominent 1990s AIDS activist.

PLAY/DRAMA

Tickets £7.50 | Second Space

Foil Arms and Hog – Swine COMEDY

 Friday 21 February, 2pm

FAMILY

Tweedy: The Missing Company of Sherlock Holmes

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The Glee Club  Friday 28 Feb-Saturday 7 March Evenings 7.30pm Tuesday evening 7pm Wednesday afternoon 2pm Saturday 7 March afternoon 2pm

PLAY/DRAMA

FEBRUARY - MARCH

Tickets £19.50 (£14.50 under 26) Main Space Five hard-working, hard-drinking miners and a church organist are rehearsing for the local gala. This is The Glee Club, and though they’ve played their share of working men’s clubs, they’re not exactly at the vanguard of a musical revolution.

But this is the summer of ‘62. Britain and music are about to change forever, and so are the lives of these six men.

Coming home to Doncaster after launching Cast’s opening season seven years ago, The Glee Club is a raucous comedy featuring live music. Out of Joint, Cast and Kiln Theatre present Doncaster writer Richard Cameron’s celebrated hit play.

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FEBRUARY - MARCH

A contemporary classic, this moving and funny exploration of the lives of four generations of women in one family, is told through fingersmith's acclaimed visual and physical storytelling style.

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Whistle Stop Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

Narrated by Bafta-nominated actress Juliet Stevenson

Opera North

 Tuesday 3 March, 7pm Tickets £7 | Second Space Funny, heart-breaking, inspirational – this film has been called the first to really illustrate the true nature of this remarkable and still widely loved composer.

 Wednesday 4 March, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10.50 Under 26) | Second Space

MUSIC

Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space

The Great Composers: In Search of Chopin FILM

 Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 February, 7.15pm

PLAY/DRAMA

My Mother Said I Never Should

Be entertained by four professional opera singers and an accordionist in a 45 minute show packed with mistaken identity, misunderstanding and comic twists. This is the perfect chance to experience the magic of opera!

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MARCH

A mysterious stone circle has appeared in the forest. The locals are baffled but only Emily can hear the strange music coming from the great pillars of stone. Somehow the stones can sense Emily’s deepest secrets, and those secrets must be uncovered. Weaving together three gritty tales of trauma and recovery, Tonehenge is an unforgettable experience.

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 Friday 6 March, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space A comic, thought-provoking show about real Northern Powerhouses, Northern Women – sung and unsung! This funny, subversive performance uncovers the history of writers, scientists, sportswomen, politicians, musicians and other heroines who represent the spirit of Northern women.

 Tuesday 10 March, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space One man, one chair and one pint is all that’s needed to tell this epic tale of the brave men and women who stood up and fought for what they believed in. Based on true stories from the 1984 Miners’ strike, Undermined will make you laugh, cry and shake with anger.

PLAY/DRAMA

Tickets £10 (£8 Under 26) | Second Space

Undermined

Where There’s Muck There’s Bras PLAY/DRAMA

 Thursday 5 March, 7.15pm

PLAY/DRAMA

Tonehenge

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MARCH

The Good Old Days of Variety

Tickets £12.50 (£9 Under 26) | Second Space Come on love, cheer up, it might never happen.

Meet Lisa, a Smile Club attendee. Lisa’s been through it all and she now knows that nobody likes a girl who makes a fuss. A darkly comic, satirical one woman show set in a dystopian world where a government drive exists to tame unruly women.

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 Friday 13 March, 7.15pm

Mark Andrews Productions  Thursday 12 March, 1.30pm Tickets £17 (£15.50 Concessions) | Main Space The award-winning show returns with a fabulous brand new show, taking you back to the great days of variety entertainment, starring TV and panto legend, comedian Billy Pierce.

FAMILY

 Wednesday 11 March, 7.15pm

PLAY/DRAMA

Red Ladder Theatre Company

Kiziah & The Kings Tickets £10 adv (£14 on the door, £10 under 26) | Second Space

MUSIC

Smile Club

Kiziah & The Kings have taken the last year by storm! They spark the wake of a new chapter of real, raw, live music. This is a band you do not want to miss. Join the Kavalry and march forward as this band will be at the forefront sitting proudly on the future throne.

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Music in the Round

 Saturday 14 March, 7pm

Tickets £8.50 (£6.50 Child) | Main Space | Ages 3-7 This family concert, based on the popular children’s book, is brought to life through live music, catchy songs, vivid storytelling, bright illustrations and lots of audience participation.

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Music in the Round

Tickets £13.50 (£9 Under 26) | Second Space This glorious programme of French chamber music travels from haunting melancholy to irrepressible exuberance. Poulenc’s profound Elegy and Messiaen’s powerful ‘Quartet for the End of Time’ stand alongside virtuoso pieces

by Debussy and Ravel, including the latter’s explosive ‘Tzigane’.

 Wednesday 18 March, 7.15pm

MUSIC

 Saturday 14 March, 11am

W*nk Buddies Tickets £12 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space Discussions of identity, class, sexuality, and masculinity collide in a mix of pints, heels, dads, school, relationships, gay bars, and dance routines. Two different sexualities come together as they look at their manhood and the world outside of the duvet, asking what are boys really made of?

PLAY/DRAMA

Ensemble 360

FAMILY

Sir Scallywag and the Battle of Stinky Bottom

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MARCH

 Wednesday 18 – Saturday 21 March, 7.15pm (2.15pm Saturday afternoon) Tickets £20-£22 (£18-£20 under 26) | Main Space The Olivier Award-winning, hit musical from the writer of Calendar Girls is coming to CAST! This irresistibly brilliant musical is bursting with non stop classic hits from Madness including House of Fun, Baggy Trousers and many more.

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MUSICAL

Doncaster Stage Productions

 Saturday 21 March, 8pm Tickets £20 (£25 VIP) | Second Space | 18+ Coming to the U.K all the way from Montreal, Lou Lou La Duchess Derrière. Queen of Burlesque 2018 (New Orleans burlesque festival) Duchess and most innovative 2019 (BHOF) Join us at Cast for an incredible night of burlesque and cabaret.

Best of BE FESTIVAL  Tuesday 24 March, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) Second Space Each year, BE FESTIVAL packages up three of their favourite shows from their international festival and sends them on a tour of the UK. Three companies from Belgium, Switzerland and Hungary will showcase snapshots of storytelling, dance, physical theatre, in three, 30 minute shows all in one exhilarating evening.

ENTERTAINMENT

Lou Lou La Duchess Derrière ENTERTAINMENT

Our House

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Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap  Monday 23 – Saturday 28 March, 7.30pm & 2.30pm on Wed & Sat afternoon

PLAY/DRAMA

MARCH

Tickets £23 to £26 | Main Space Discover why Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept people guessing for so long, becoming the longest running show of any kind in the history of theatre. The scene is set when a group of people gathered in a country house cut off by the snow discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed. Experience shuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricate plot where murder lurks around every corner.

‘The cleverest murder mystery of British Theatre’ The Telegraph

“A CLASSIC AMONG MURDER THRILLERS” The Observer

SUSPECT EVERYONE AGATHA CHRISTIE’S

‘A truly entertaining classic thriller’ The Sunday Times Starring SUSAN

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PENHALIGON

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MARCH - APRIL

 Tuesday 31 March, 7.30pm Tickets £16 (£10 Under 26) | Main Space Created by renowned contemporary-African choreographer and musician Bawren Tavaziva, BOY’S KHAYA is a thrilling, moving and unforgettable audience experience that includes cutting-edge digital design and motion-capture technology.

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DANCE

Tavaziva

 Tuesday 31 March, 7pm Tickets £7 | Second Space Through intimate and revealing interviews with experts and detailed extracts from Haydn’s personal recollections, the audience gains tremendous insight not only into Haydn’s music but an appreciation of the artist himself.

Pull the Trigger  Wednesday 1 April, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space Pull the Trigger is a show set in an Indian corner shop. Here Vijay Patel explores his own queer discovery whilst surrounded by family conflicts and the Ugandan-Asian shopkeeping legacy. The performance manifests in text, recorded sound, task-based choreography, and cabaret, with both traditional Indian corner shop and queer aesthetics.

PLAY/DRAMA

The Great Composers: In Search of Haydn FILM

BOY'S KHAYA

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Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space Gertrude: Wife. Mother. Queen of Denmark. An intelligent, fearless woman whose power was consistently undermined by the men around her. In the 400 years since Hamlet was written, what’s changed? Welcome to purgatory, where everything we know about Gertrude is torn apart and reclaimed by one woman and a jazz drummer.

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PLAY/DRAMA

 Thursday 2 April | 7.15pm

The Empathy Experiment

Giovanni Pernice This Is Me

 Friday 3 April, 7.15pm

 Sunday 5 April, 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space Could you survive without your phone for a day? Award-winning Canadian poet Rose Condo embarks on her own Day Of No Mobile Phones, exploring tech addiction and compassion. Rose uses herself as the test subject … but can her experiment save empathy?

COMEDY/TALK

Outrageous Fortune

Tickets £33 (£30 Under 26, £65 VIP) | Main Space

DANCE

APRIL

Strictly Come Dancing favourite, Giovanni Pernice, returns with a brand new show! With the Italian’s natural charm, beautiful choreography and a fabulous soundtrack, This Is Me pays homage to the music and dances that have inspired Giovanni’s career.

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No Horizon Right Hand Theatre  Thursday 2 – Saturday 4 April, 7.30pm & 2.30pm Saturday afternoon Tickets £20 (£16 Under 26 and afternoon performance) | Main Space The new ‘must see’ musical, inspired by the astonishing true story of Nicholas Saunderson. Now cruelly forgotten by history, Saunderson sought to make the impossible possible. No eyes. No braille. No hope. It is 1682. Rejected at every turn, his brilliance surfaces. Set against the contrasting earthiness of Yorkshire and the dreaming spires of Cambridge, No Horizon is a tale of courage, aspiration, passion and achievement in the face of great adversity. Directed

by Andrew Loretto (Director of Hat Fair, Play to the Crowd, Winchester) and with movement direction by Lucy Cullingford (RSC, West End) and Balbir Singh, it features stunning and emotive music. This epic story seeks to re-establish Saunderson in his rightful place as a national icon. Developed over 20 years and following a successful run with Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe, No Horizon is now touring across the North of England.

MUSICAL

APRIL

“ONE

TO WATCH OUT FOR...”

ELAINE PAIGE BBC RADIO 2 EDINBURGH REPORTER

“A

STUNNING

SUCCESS...

ASTOUNDING.”

YORKSHIRE POST

EDINBURGH GUIDE

“COULD EMULATE THE SUCCESS OF

BLOOD BROTHERS...”

HOWARD HUNTRIDGE, JOHN SPALDING FORMER UK PUBLISHERS OF

ABBA

THEATRE EDDYS

INSPIRED BY THE ASTONISHING TRUE YORKSHIRE STORY

Andy Platt and Max Reid of Right Hand Theatre present a Co-production with The Civic, Barnsley and CAST, Doncaster.

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 Tuesday 7 April, 12pm & 3.30pm

 Wednesday 8 April, 11.30am

Tickets £16 | Main Space Milkshake Monkey can’t wait to put on a spectacular new musical for you all! But when stage fright hits, his favourite Milkshake friends come to help, creating the most dazzling show you have ever seen!

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Tickets £8 (£6 Child) | Second Space Same Same…But Different is a new family show, mixing Kathak, Hip Hop dance, contemporary dance, hints of live music and physical storytelling, to create a playful and colourful world, exploring our curiosities and fears, the times we feel different and when we belong.

Seven Drunken Nights: The Story of the Dubliners  Thursday 9 April, 7.30pm Tickets £22.50 | Main Space

MUSIC

Sonia Sabri Company FAMILY

Milkshake! Live

FAMILY

Same Same…But Different

Milkshake Monkey’s Musical

Direct from the West End, this celebration of Ireland’s favourite sons brings to life the music of The Dubliners. A guaranteed evening of humour and ‘craic’ that will have you singing along to all the classics.

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APRIL

Tickets £7 | Second Space From the triumphant to the savage, the ethereal to the tactile, some of western civilization’s greatest artworks focus on this pivotal moment.

This beautifully crafted film explores the Easter story as depicted in art, from the time of the early Christians to the present day.

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Mr Men and Little Miss

 Friday 10 April, 8pm

 Monday 13 April, 1pm & 3pm

Tickets, £11 | Second Space George Lewis - Host of Top Gear: Extra Gear, seen on Celebrity Mastermind & The Stand Up Sketch Show. ‘He interacts with his audience so well that you’d think he’d invited them himself. Lewis has indisputably funny bones’ - Chortle Danny Sutcliffe - ‘One liners Jimmy Carr would be proud of’ - Chortle. Off The Rails Comedian of the year with a bucket-load of surrealist jokes.

Tickets £11.50 | Main Space

FAMILY

 Thursday 9 April, 7pm

FILM

Exhibition On Screen

Comedy Club COMEDY

Easter In Art

Join your favourite Mr Men and Little Miss characters as they leap off the page and onto the stage in this hilarious live show! Featuring Mr Bump, Little Miss Splendid and many more.

Happyland bursts to life in a series of colourful and timeless stories told through puppetry and music.

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Tickets £12 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space A comedy musical about anxiety disorders, caring and trying to keep going. ★★★★★ ‘A packed and very rewarding experience’ – Britishtheatre.com

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7pm & 2pm Thursday afternoon Tickets £17 (£15 Under 26 and Child) | Main Space | Ages 7+ The Easter panto returns! When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road and meet a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion along the way. Click your shoes and join Dorothy and Toto to see the wizard!

BBC – British-Born Chinese  Wednesday 15 April, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space

COMEDY

 Tuesday 14 April, 7.15pm

MUSICAL

Everything Is Absolutely The Wizard of Oz Fine  Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 April,

FAMILY

APRIL

BBC is the debut smash hit show from BritishBorn Chinese comedian Matthew Fong. His politically incorrect view on love, life and growing up is far from political. This being his debut one man show gives you the opportunity to say I found him first… before he is famous.

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Little Grimm Tales

 Thursday 16 April, 7.15pm

 Friday 17 April, 7.15pm

 Saturday 18 April, 2.30pm

Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space A chambermaid, a hotel room and a dead woman. The chambermaid considers herself to be a pretty normal person; she goes to the cinema.

She reads books. She pretended to read the party manifestos at the General Election. She’s even read The Psychopath Test and she’s pretty sure she’s not one so... ★★★★★ ‘A blood-curdling shriek of a smash hit’

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Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space An honest, poetic and politically charged depiction of what it is like to be a young person today. The story of a boy learning to grow up navigating friendships and first loves - but also of a generation reclaiming its future.

SPOKEN WORD

Kidz Theez Dayz PLAY/DRAMA

Ladykiller

Tickets £8 (£6 Child) | Second Space | Ages 3+

FAMILY

APRIL

Beasts and breadcrumbs, frogs and fairies all join the fun in a stunning new adaptation of Grimm’s most magical tales. Join award winning Box Tale Soup on an adventure for children aged 3+, featuring beautiful puppets and spellbinding original music.

'Their beautifully crafted micro-shows are like collector’s items' The Stage.

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PLAY/DRAMA

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Jane Eyre

By Charlotte Brontë  Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 April, 7.30pm Tickets £19 (£10 Under 26) | Main Space A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Jane Eyre tells the thrilling story of an orphan girl and her journey from a childhood of loneliness and cruelty to a life at Thornfield Hall and an unlikely relationship with the mysterious Mr Rochester.

Falling in love, she gradually uncovers a hidden past to the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall, a terrible secret that forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice.

Don’t miss Blackeyed Theatre’s brand new stage adaptation of one of the greatest works of English fiction. Captivating, brooding and intensely powerful, Jane Eyre is a moving and unforgettable portrayal of one woman’s quest for equality and freedom, and lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling.

"One of the most innovative, audacious companies working in contemporary English theatre" - The Stage.

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SOLD OUT

Having filled venues across the country, Strictly star Chris Ramsey tours to Doncaster. Alongside his wife Rosie he is the co-host of the no.1 hit podcast Shagged. Married. Annoyed. which has been downloaded a phenomenal 4.5 million times. Recently seen hosting two series of his very own TV show The Chris Ramsey Show and Chris Ramsey’s Stand up Central (Comedy Central) plus many more!

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 Tuesday 21 April, 7.15pm Tickets £12 (£9 Under 26) | Second Space Bob is a failing car salesman on the fringes of the underworld. Helena is a high-powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands.

She’s out of his league, and he’s not her type.

But with a Tesco’s bag full of cash, they embark on a lost weekend of bridge-burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, midnight trysts and hungover self-loathing.

Beach Body Ready PLAY/DRAMA

Tickets £23 | Main Space

COMEDY

 Sunday 19 April, 7.30pm

Midsummer

The Roaring Girls  Wednesday 22 April, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) Second Space

PLAY/DRAMA

Chris Ramsey - 20/20

Shaving? Tanning? Over exercising? Cabbage Souping? Starving? Don’t bother, we’re not. Grab your pals and your biscuits and watch Beach Body Ready! Join The Roaring Girls for a defiantly feel good show which sticks two fingers up at how the media says you should look.

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JB Barrington

Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space JB Barrington is a Salford-born award-winning performance poet renowned for his searing and satirical poetry, snarling delivery of strong sentiments and sharp rhymes. His funny, endearing and nostalgic poetry has made him one of the most powerful performers on the UK scene.

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SPOKEN WORD

 Thursday 23 April, 7.15pm

 Thursday 23 April, 7.30pm Tickets £23.50 | Main Space Celebrating a fantastic 21 years touring in 2020, the UK’s longest running musical theatre concert tour features past principal performers from Les Misérables and delivers over two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, ending of course with a stunning finale from Les Mis.

Big Up! Theatre-Rites and 20 Stories High  Saturday 25 April, 2.30pm Tickets £8 (£6 Child) | Second Space | Ages 4+

FAMILY

Beyond the Barricade ENTERTAINMENT

Lacking Poetential

What happens when a Beatboxer, a Singer and a Puppeteer arrive on stage but nothing is ready?

No set, no instruments, no puppets. No rules.

Come and watch as they create a world full of joy and chaos, perfect for little people who want to be Big, and Big people who just might have forgotten how to play.

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Black Waters Phoenix Dance Theatre  Wednesday 29 April, 7.30pm

DANCE

APRIL

Tickets £17 (£10 Under 26) | Main Space In the late 18th century, the owners of the Zong ship attempted to claim insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves that they threw overboard. Over 100 years later the Kala Pani prison was used by British colonial forces to incarcerate Indian freedom fighters who spoke out against the regime.

Inspired by these two narratives – Black Waters will present audiences with a wider exploration of how British colonial forces commodified people for gain, and as a consequence, saw a blending of cultures and the birth of fragmented identities for whom home has always remained a contested space.

Placing multiculturalism at its heart, the piece promises to be an emotionally evocative and culturally relevant production, which shows how from despair, people find value, inspiration and hope.

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APRIL

TEDxDoncaster returns to Cast with TEDxYouth.

This event will provide a platform for Doncastrians aged 16 - 26 to share ideas worth spreading. Our theme is 2020 Vision. The event will focus on how we want our society to look in the immediate future. 2020 proposes to be a year of change both in terms of technology and humankind.

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 Tuesday 28 April, 7.45pm Tickets £13.50 adv (£16 on the door, £10 Under 26) | Second Space Two of the most exciting duos on the circuit join forces for a double header packed with gorgeous close harmonies and great song-writing. Expect a mix of Folk, Americana and Country – and some great banter.

NT Connections  Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 April, 7pm & 7.15pm Tickets £6 (£3 Under 26) | Main & Second Space

PLAY/DRAMA

Tickets £30 (Early Bird £25, £15 Under 26) | Second Space

Harbottle & Jonas and Dan Webster & Emily Lawler MUSIC

 Sunday 26 April, 10am - 5pm

TALK/EVENT

TedX Youth

The National Theatre Connections festival is a celebration of young people, theatre-making and the importance of access to the arts. Each year, the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow.

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MAY

Now in its 13th year and seen by over a million people, it’s no surprise that this show is one of the biggest success stories in British theatre history. Come celebrate with us, as we're Coming Out to start off a Chain Reaction and take you on a musical journey with the biggest Motown party of the year.

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Carbon Theatre  Saturday 2 May, 10.30am (PMLD performance) & 2.30pm Tickets £8 Adult (£6 Child) | Second Space | Ages 7+ Sea Girl is an action-packed show for children and their families. Join sisters Naomi and Ellen on a whirlwind sailing adventure around the world; battling treacherous storms, meeting weird and wonderful creatures and visiting far-off lands - perfect for kids who dream big.

Tom Cassani  Tuesday 5 May, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space A show that collides showmanship, deception, almost miracles and live art. Something to do with switching this box for that box, a spontaneous burst of flames, drowning in broken glass and things not being quite as they seem.

PLAY/DRAMA

Tickets £29 (£27 Under 26) | Main Space

I Promise You That Tonight FAMILY

 Friday 1 & Saturday 2 May, 7.30pm

Sea Girl ENTERTAINMENT

Magic of Motown

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The Meat Loaf Story “It’s all about the music”

Tickets £17 (£10 Under 26) | Main Space The world’s ground-breaking festival of hip-hop dance theatre is back with jaw-dropping and inspiring performances from international dancers – including b-boy world champions Jinjo Crew – alongside local talent.

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 Friday 8 & Saturday 9 May, 7.30pm Tickets £29.50 | Main Space The critically acclaimed Steve Steinman and special guest Lorraine Crosby return in this smash hit production featuring over 25 of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman’s greatest hits. Anything For Love – Bat Out Of Hell – Paradise By The Dashboard Light – Total Eclipse Of The Heart and many more.

Jeremiah Jack Dean  Tuesday 12 May, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space A raucous new gig theatre show about England’s forgotten revolution. Featuring original live music inspired by hip hop and cinematic scores, Jeremiah tells the incredible true story of the much-misunderstood Luddite rebellion – a movement that spanned the whole North of England.

PLAY/DRAMA

 Wednesday 6 May, 7.30pm

DANCE

Sadler's Wells Theatre

Steve Steinman’s Anything for Love: The Meatloaf Story ENTERTAINMENT

Breakin’ Convention

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MAY

The guy everyone can do an impression of is back with a brand-new stand up tour. A show that will change your life and how you perceive your place in the world. Bit much? Fine, it’ll be a very funny night of grumbles and jokes in which Josh will finally tackle the hot comedy topics of advent calendars, pesto and the closing time of his local park.

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Tickets £11 | Second Space Alfie Brown - From Roast Battle, The One Show, Gameface, Brexit Stage Left, The Stand-Up Sketch Show. ‘Like a British Doug Stanhope, one of the boldest new voices I’ve encountered...’- The Guardian.

Simon Donald - ‘As funny with a microphone in his hand as he was with a pencil’ - The Guardian.

Internationally renowned lavatory humourist and veteran of seven critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival solo shows.

Far Gone John Rwoth-Omack  Tuesday 19 May, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space Far Gone is a gut kicking one-man performance about the transformation of a boy into a soldier.

Told with humour, poetry and startling physical theatre.

PLAY/DRAMA

Tickets £21 | Main Space

 Friday 15 May, 8pm COMEDY

 Wednesday 13 May, 8pm

Comedy Club COMEDY

Josh Widdicombe: Bit Much…

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The ultimate live concert experience paying tribute to the legend that is Queen. A passionate and thrilling show, Queen Rhapsody recreates the majesty of rock’s greatest ever band. Performing hits from every decade of Queen’s musical legacy including We Will Rock You, Radio Ga Ga and Bohemian Rhapsody, this all new live spectacle faithfully recreates a classic Queen concert.

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 Thursday 21 May, 7.45pm Tickets £15 adv (£18 on the door, £10 under 26) | Second Space Richard Digance, comedian and folk singer, is an evergreen performer who appeals to all ages, making him still one of Britain’s top comedy and music attractions. He is supported by James Taplin, a Folk-Roots artist from Doncaster.

Little Red Riding Hood Northern Ballet  Friday 22 May, 2.30pm & 4.30pm Tickets £9 (£6.50 Child) | Main Space

DANCE

Tickets £25 | Main Space

Richard Digance and local support James Taplin MUSIC

 Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 May, 7.30pm

ENTERTAINMENT

Queen Rhapsody

On a visit to her grandmother, Little Red Riding Hood meets a very hungry wolf in the forest. But is he really such a big, bad wolf? Retelling the classic fairytale with a Northern Ballet twist, this is the perfect opportunity for your little ones to enjoy live ballet, music and theatre.

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Rambert2  Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 June, 7.30pm

DANCE

JUNE

Tickets £18.50 (£10 Under 26 and Schools) | Main Space Fierce new moves from fierce new dancers – Rambert2 combine technical virtuosity with raw energy, bringing work by some of the most exciting international choreographers to Doncaster.

Rambert2’s new programme features Sin, a duet

by Damien Jalet and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, originally part of their 2010 Olivier Award-winning piece Babel(words).

It also includes new works Sama by Andrea Miller, by star of the New York dance scene, and Terms and Conditions by Jermaine Spivey, a dancer and choreographer best known for his standout performances with Crystal Pite’s Kidd Pivot.

‘Edgy, cool, challenging, excellent.’ The Guardian on Rambert2

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MAY - JUNE

Absurd Person Singular Jay Foreman’s

By Alan Ayckbourn Disgusting Songs

Tickets £17.50 (£15.50 Under 26) Main Space Let the festivities begin! Set in the early 1970s over three Christmas Eves, Alan Ayckbourn’s comic masterpiece of social climbing in suburbia is a potent mix of farce and black comedy.

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PLAY/DRAMA

 Tuesday 26 & Wednesday 27 May, 7.30pm (2.30pm Wednesday)

Tickets £7.50 | Second Space | Ages 6+ Jay Foreman is an award winning musical comedian whose songs have been heard on BBC Radio 4, Radio 4 Extra, The One Show, London Live TV and Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour. Jay provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of all ages in this family friendly show.

Tickets £8 (£6 Child) | Second Space | Ages 3+

FAMILY

 Wednesday 27 May, 2pm

 Thursday 28 May, 2pm FAMILY

London Classic Theatre

Sunshine

Award winning Stickyback Theatre present Sunshine, the inexplicable friendship of Mr Sea and Mr Sand. Highly interactive storytelling with the heart and practise of early 19th century clowning. Super silly, highly interactive, heart-warming, belly laughing, joy gathering spectacular. Sunshine is for everyone.

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MAY - JUNE

Join us as we tell the story of reggae music from the arrival of the Windrush generation from Jamaica, bringing their stories, history and music with them, through the sixties and seventies.

Featuring many classic hits: ska, rock steady, reggae, calypso, lovers rock and dancehall played live. Narrated by comedian John Simmit.

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Tickets £11 | Second Space Tanyalee Davis - As seen on Live At The Apollo, The Last Leg, The John Bishop Show & The One Show.

Raul Kohli - Nominated for Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival and won the coveted Hackney Empire Act of the Year Award.

 Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 June, 7.30pm Tickets £25 | Main Space This very special edition of the show presents the most popularly requested songs, impressions and comic sketches from over 33 years of touring!

Featuring smash hits from the '50s - '80s, this is a throwback evening of brilliant entertainment that guarantees to have you on your feet and dancing before the night is over!

ENTERTAINMENT

Tickets £19.50 | Main Space

 Friday 5 June, 8pm

MUSIC

 Friday 29 May, 7.30pm

That’ll Be The Day

Comedy Club COMEDY

Rush - A Joyous Jamaican Journey

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Romeo and Julie A National Theatre and Sherman Theatre co-production  Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 June 7.30pm Thursday and Saturday afternoon 2.30pm

PLAY/DRAMA

JUNE

Tickets £23 to £25 (£10 Under 26 and Schools) | Main Space The National Theatre and Sherman Theatre present Romeo and Julie, a powerful and funny new play inspired by Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.

Writer Gary Owen and director Rachel O'Riordan reunite following their critically acclaimed production of Killology and Iphigenia in Splott, recently named by the Guardian as ‘One of the 50 Best Theatre Shows of the 21st Century.’

Romeo is a teenage single dad hanging on tight.

Julie is fighting to follow her dream of studying at Cambridge.

Two working-class eighteen year-olds raised a few streets apart, but from entirely different worlds, crash into first love and are knocked off their feet. But at this crossroads to the rest of their lives, both families fear the worst in a world of unequal opportunity.

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JUNE

Lock The Doors Theatre

 Wednesday 10 June, 7.15pm Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space Do you ever want to run away from it all? Dan and Boff did exactly that: they ran a series of routes from the centre of the city in which they found themselves, to the top of the peak overlooking that city. But what are we really running from?

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 Thursday 11 June, 7.15pm Tickets £12 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space Too many men we know and admire are abandoning hope. Why are we so isolated, violent, lonely…? Exploring the stories we tell ourselves, Dear Caveman presents diverse verbatim accounts, original sound composition and explosive movement to examine what it means to be a man.

 Tuesday 16 June, 1.30pm Tickets £12 | Second Space

MUSIC

By Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley, produced

by ARC Stockton

Doris Day Story: It's Magic PLAY/DRAMA

Dear Caveman PLAY/DRAMA

These Hills Are Ours

A specially created show all about the life of iconic film star and vocalist Doris Day comes to Doncaster by popular demand, creating memories with a nostalgic and vintage feel. Featuring Sheffield's own Susan St Nicholas, sharing music and narration with Nick James, the show includes a selection and style of music from a bygone era.

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JUNE

Tickets £14 adv (£17.50 on the door, £10 Under 26) | Second Space Like a musical weaver Spencer threads her poetic lyrics through the guitar’s strings and produces little tapestries of song. Parker’s playing style takes you back to the days of Grossman, Jansch, Renbourn, Harper, Thompson, Martyn and so many others.

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Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space The Big Easy is an energetic swing band from Leeds consisting of vocals, trumpet, sax, guitar, piano, double bass and drums. Their repertoire is carefully chosen to give a lively and varied performance of the best swing from throughout the 20th century; covering repertoire from the early days of jazz, classic New Orleans numbers and lively jump-jive.

Beethoven 250 MUSIC

 Thursday 18 June, 7.45pm MUSIC

 Wednesday 17 June, 7.45pm

The Big Easy Band

Music in the Round  Saturday 20 June, 7pm Tickets £13.50 (£9 Under 26) | Second Space

MUSIC

Katie Spencer with Henry Parker

Presenting two of Beethoven's greatest string quartets in celebration of his 250th birthday.

These two contrasting quartets - beauty and mystery in one, and strikingly radical invention in the other - illustrate why Beethoven's music stands out from that of any of his contemporaries.

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JULY

 Saturday 4 July, 7.30pm & Sunday 5 July, 1.30pm Tickets £37, £18 Under 26 £18 Schools (Under 26 price available afternoon only) Max Four tickets per customer | Main Space  VIP Tickets £75

Includes charitable donation to Cast and exciting extras. Please book your experience with our dedicated team at the Box Office.

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Dancers from one of the world's greatest ballet companies come to Doncaster in July 2020 with a celebration of dance.

The Royal Ballet, led by Director Kevin O’Hare, presents a programme of classic and modern dance, specially curated by acclaimed Royal Ballet Principal Federico Bonelli.

DANCE

The Royal Ballet

This is a unique opportunity to see some of the most dynamic performers in dance today and to experience first-hand the extraordinary power of ballet.

These special performances form part of a three-year partnership between the Royal Opera House, Cast, Doncaster Creates and Doncaster Council, with the aim of working with every school in Doncaster to inspire children and young people, giving them the opportunity to develop their talents through dance, music and theatre craft.

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 Friday 26 June, 8pm

Tickets £22.50 | Main Space Telling the story of the most successful duo of all time - The Everly Brothers. Featuring hits such as Bye Bye Love, All I Have To Do Is Dream and Cathy’s Clown. Follow the brothers rise to fame, through their decade-long feud to the glorious reunion that gave them back to the world, and back to each other.

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Tickets £11 | Second Space Strap in for a hilarious and uplifting joyride into the art of survival in a world of crocodiles, coconuts and alpha males. What’s going on?

Why is everyone fighting? Why does everyone hate each other? And why are there no women left with real eyebrows? Women are in fashion now but the eyebrows come and go? 'One of the bravest and funniest comedians in the world' METRO.

The National Youth Jazz / Big Band Festival  Friday 26 & Saturday 27 June, 7.30pm

MUSIC

 Thursday 25 June, 7.30pm

COMEDY

Shazia Mirza - Coconut ENTERTAINMENT

Walk Right Back

Tickets £15 (£8 Under 26) | Main Space The UK’s first ever Jazz & Big Band festival featuring the country’s best young talent with some very special guests.

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle  Saturday 29 – Monday 31 August Time 7pm (2pm Monday afternoon)

MUSICAL

AUGUST

Tickets £15 (£9 Under 26) | Main Space In a divided community, our reluctant hero, Grusha, risks everything to rescue an abandoned baby and raise him as her own. When the child's aristocratic mother returns to claim him, a rogue judge devises a unique test to determine their fate.

This new version of Brecht's classic, directed by James Blakey, is a heartrending and gripping tale of the families we choose, filled with passion, hope, and plenty of Yorkshire grit and humour.

Cast and the National Theatre join forces with the people of Doncaster for this epic community musical, featuring over 100 local performers, alongside a professional company and live band. This is a Public Acts production – part of the National Theatre’s nationwide initiative to create extraordinary acts of theatre and community.

Photography by Sophie Harris-Taylor. Art direction and design by National Theatre Graphic Design Studio

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JULY

Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26) | Second Space Join award-winning Ed MacArthur in this madcap, multi-instrumental, one-man musical comedy. As heard on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Scotland and the Nicholas Parsons show, expect razor-sharp wit and stunning musicianship from the star of hit show Ed MacArthur: Humoresque.

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Tickets £11 | Second Space Justin Moorhouse - As seen as Young Kenny with the tiger striped face on Phoenix Nights, plus Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. Edinburgh Preview Performance.

Lauren Pattison - Edinburgh Festival Best Newcomer nominee from Drunk History, Live At The Comedy Store and Roast Battle.

Frida Kahlo Exhibition On Screen  Monday 6 July, 7pm

FILM

 Friday 3 July, 8pm COMEDY

 Thursday 2 July, 7.15pm

Comedy Club COMEDY

The Mistakable Sound of Ed MacArthur

Tickets £7 | Second Space This highly engaging film takes us on a journey through the life of one of the most prevalent female icons. We might think we already know Kahlo - the image of floral crowns and big brows has made her a muse to generations - but what lies beneath the surface of this intensely passionate and creative artist?

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Main Space Claire Anderson School of Theatre Dance Saturday 15 February, 7pm, Sunday 16 February, 2pm & 7pm. Tickets £13 (£11.50 Under 26)

SV Studios Annual Variety Show

Saturday 8 February, 2pm & 7pm. Tickets £13.50 (£12 Under 26)

Riley School of Dance: Light up the Magical Stage

Saturday 22 February, 7pm & Sunday 23 February 3pm.

Tickets £14.50 (£12.50 Under 18)

Cre8ive Dance Academy: Guerrilla Radio

Saturday 25 April, 7pm & Sunday 26 April 2pm & 6pm .

Tickets £13 (£11 Under 26)

Marilyn Yeardley Dance Academy

Friday 15 & Saturday 16 May 7pm (2pm Saturday).

Tickets £13.50 (£11.50 Under 26)

Sherri Wood School of Dance, Dancisco 2020

Friday 12 & Saturday 13 June, 7pm Tickets £13 (£11 Under 26)

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The M.A Performing Arts: Dance Through the Decades

Saturday 30, 7pm & Sunday 31 May, 2.30pm & 7pm.

Tickets £13 (£11 Under 26).

Marie Newson School of Dance, Showtime 2020 Saturday 6, 7pm & Sunday 7 June, 2pm.

Tickets £13 (£11.50 Under 26)

All That Jazz School of Dance & Acro Sunday 21 June, 6.30pm. Tickets £13 (£12 Under 26)

Second Space Lets Act

Saturday 4 – Tuesday 7 April, 2.30pm.

Tickets £12.50 (£10 Under 26)

Drama Space JKL Productions Mojo by Jez Butterworth

Wednesday 29 April to Fri 1 May, 7.15pm Tickets £10 (£8 Under 26) SOHO, Summer 1958. British youth, seduced by the speed and optimism of a glittering American future, have swapped their ration books for rock n’ roll records.

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Sing, Swing and Cake  Wednesdays / 5 February / 13 May / 1 July, 1.30pm Tickets £5.50 (carer goes free, includes cuppa and cake!)

Relive the old classics with a slice of cake and some dancing (if you wish!). Everything from The Everly Brothers to Tom Jones! These fun sessions are open to everyone, especially those with dementia.

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Relaxed Cinema  Friday 24 January - Friday 3 July, 1pm Tickets £5.50 | Second Space This relaxed screening includes music before it starts and a break with a cuppa in the middle. We also hand out a breakdown of the story and characters. Perfect for those with dementia or disabilities, but all are welcome!

On the Town

Friday 24 January, 1pm

Oklahoma

Friday 28 February, 1pm

An American in Paris

Friday 27 March, 1pm

Wizard of Oz

Friday 17 April, 1pm

La La Land

Friday 15 May, 1pm

Dream Girls

Friday 5 June, 1pm

Hairspray

Friday 3 July, 1pm

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Cast Youth Theatre

Bright Lights

 Saturday mornings or Wednesday evening, £13 a month via direct debit

Bright Lights is a completely FREE creative performing arts club for young people with additional needs aged 11 to 24. In Bright Lights we sing it all, from songs from hit musicals and films to Disney, plus chart favourites and classics and take part in fun and inclusive drama sessions.

Join our fun and inclusive Youth Theatre, perfect for children and young people who want to grow in confidence and meet new friends. Classes are Wednesdays or Saturdays, with frequent informal performances throughout the year. We have classes for kids aged 3 to 18, so check out our website for more information.

Sparkles  Saturdays, 11.30am to 12.30pm, £13 a month via direct debit Sparkles is Cast's weekly youth theatre class especially for 3 to 5-year-olds and their parents and carers.

At Sparkles you’ll have lots of fun acting out stories and adventures with your child, led by our team of experienced and welcoming artists. By playing together you're bonding, building their personality and growing their confidence. What’s more you’ll discover new games and songs to enjoy at home for both play time and quiet cuddles

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 Wednesdays during term time, 5.30pm

Easter Performance School  Ages 8-11: Monday 6 – Thursday 9 April, 10am to 3.30pm Ages 11-16: Tuesday 14 – Friday 17 April, 10am to 3.30pm Tickets £30 Make friends, have fun and develop some great new skills at our fabulous Cast Easter Performance School.

At the end of their time children and young people will showcase their new-found singing, acting and dancing skills to family and friends.

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For Schools We love working with schools and colleges, and there are lots of chances for you to get involved with Cast.

Come and watch a show and enjoy our great school discounts, experience a workshop, take a tour or have a talk. Contact us to find out more at hello@castindoncaster.com.

Mini Music Makers  Wednesdays during term time, 10am Tickets £5 (Adults free) Multibuy available Your little one is a natural-born music-maker and in Mini Music Makers you’ll learn a lot of fun musical games to play together. Singing and dancing with your child is a beautiful way for the two of you to bond and develop.

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Play Reading Club  Tuesdays, 1.30pm Tickets £6 Join us for a cuppa and enjoy reading together a variety of plays. Open to anyone, you don’t have to be an actor to join us.

17 March - The Children’s Hour - Lillian Hellman 21 April - Elminas Kitchen - Kwame Kwei-Armah 19 May - Mrs Warrens Profession George Bernard Shaw 16 June - Bazaar and Rummage - Sue Townsend 21 July - Unnatural Death - Dorothy L Sayers

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My Mother Said Jane Eyre Drama I Never Should Workshop Drama Workshop  Tuesday 21 April, 5.30pm – 7pm  Wednesday 26 February, 5.30pm – 7pm Tickets £6 Using rehearsal room techniques we will explore the characters, relationships and themes of Charlotte Keatley’s renowned play. Ideal for both adults who enjoy acting, and students studying the play.

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Tickets £6 Using rehearsal room techniques we will explore the characters, relationships and themes of Jane Eyre. Ideal for both adults who enjoy the work of the Bronte’s and/or acting, as well as students studying the book.

Romeo and Julie Workshop  Thursday 18 June, 5.30pm – 7pm Tickets £6 Using rehearsal room techniques we will explore the characters, relationships and themes of Romeo and Julie. Ideal for both adults who enjoy acting, and students studying Shakespeare.

Book all three workshops for £13

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MAIN SPACE

MATINEE EVENING

Sat 18 Jan Wed 22 Jan Thu 23 Jan Fri 24 Jan Sat 25 Jan

The Chicago Blues Brothers: A Night at the Movies

7.30pm

FanCASTic

7pm

Mon 27 Jan Thu 30 Jan Fri 31 Jan Sat 1 Feb Tue 4 Feb Wed 5 Feb Thu 6 Feb Sat 8 Feb Tue 11 Feb

The Rocket Man Spirit of the Dance Seth Lakeman Count Arthur Strong SV Dance Studios 2.30pm

Wed 12 Feb David Baddiel

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8pm 7pm

7.30pm

Fri 14 Feb Vampires Rock Sat 15 Feb Claire Anderson Sun 16 Feb Unbelievable Tue 18 Feb Science Green Eggs and Web 19 Feb Ham Thu 20 Feb Sing-a-long-a Foil Arms & Hog

Sat 22 Feb Riley School of Sun 23 Feb Dance Tue 25 Feb Wed 26 Feb Thu 27 Feb Fri 28 Feb The Glee Club Sat 29 Feb

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MATINEE EVENING

Thrive Steve Tilston & Reg Meuross Exhibition on Screen: Lucien Freud Comedy Club

9am

2pm

In Search of Chopin

7pm

Whistle Stop Opera

7.15pm

7.30pm

Tonehenge

7.15pm

7.30pm

Where There’s Muck There’s Bras

7.15pm

Tue 10 Mar

Undermined

7.15pm

Wed 11 Mar

Smile Club

7.15pm

Kiziah & The Kings

7.15pm

Ensemble 360

7pm

W*nk Buddies

7.15pm

Lou Lou La Duchess Derriere

8pm

Best of BE FESTIVAL

7.15pm

The Great Composers: In Search of Haydn

7pm

8pm

Fri 6 Mar

Thu 12 Mar

Meet Me a Tree

2pm Glee Club

10am, 11am, 1.30pm

2pm

The Good Old Days of 1.30pm Variety Sir Scallywag and the Battle of Stinky Bottom

Wed 18 Mar

7.15pm 7.15pm Our House

Sat 21 Mar

7.15pm

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm

Tue 31 Mar BOY'S KHAYA

7.30pm 7.30pm

Wed 1 Apr 2pm

Thu 2 Apr Fri 3 Apr

7pm 3pm

7.30pm No Horizon

Sat 4 Apr

7.30pm 7.30pm

2.30pm

Fri 27 Mar Sat 28 Mar

7.45pm

7.15pm 7.30pm

Mon 23 Mar Tue 24 Mar

7.30pm

Riot Act My Mother Said I Never Should Comedy Club

7.15pm 2.15pm

Wed 25 Mar Agatha Christie’s Thu 26 Mar The Mousetrap

Tweedy Presents: The Missing Company of Sherlock Holmes

11am

Thu 19 Mar Fri 20 Mar

7.15pm

7.30pm

Fri 13 Mar Sat 14 Mar

7.15pm 7pm 7.15pm

7.15pm 7.15pm 7.15pm 8pm

MATINEE EVENING

7 pm

Thu 5 Mar

Local Talent: JKL Twelfth Night

SECOND SPACE

7.30pm

7pm

7.15pm 7.15pm 7.15pm

Rachel Croft and The Kimberleys

8pm

Tue 3 Mar

Sat 7 Mar

Truth to Power Café Ensemble 360 Cast Scratch Night

MATINEE EVENING 7.30pm

Wed 4 Mar

7pm

Ladies that Bus

10.30am 2.30pm

7.45pm

7.30pm 7pm 7pm

2pm

MAIN SPACE Mon 2 Mar

Exhibition on Screen: In Search of Mozart

The Political History of Smack & Crack

Thu 13 Feb

Fri 21 Feb

SECOND SPACE

Sun 5 Apr

7.30pm 2.30pm

7.30pm

Giovanni Pernice: This is Me

2.30pm

7.30pm

Milkshake! Live

12pm & 3.30pm

7.15pm

Outrageous Fortune The Empathy Experiment

7.15pm 7.15pm 2.30pm 2.30pm

Let's Act

Mon 6 Apr Tue 7 Apr

Pull the Trigger

2.30pm 2.30pm

Box Office 01302 303 959

7pm

The Wizard of Oz 2pm

7pm

7.15pm

Fri 29 May 7.15pm 7.15pm

Fri 17 Apr

Upon a Stair

7.15pm

Sat 18 Apr

Kidz Theez Dayz

7.15pm

RUSH A joyous Jamaican Journey

7pm 7pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7pm

7.30pm

Tue 21 Apr

7.30pm

Midsummer

7.15pm

Sat 6 Jun

7.30pm

Beach Body Ready

7.15pm

Sun 7 Jun

7.15pm

Wed 10 Jun That’ll Be The Day Thu 11 Jun Tue 16 Jun

Jane Eyre

Beyond the Thu 23 Apr Barricade Sat 25 Apr Cre8ive Dance Sun 26 Apr

2pm

7.30pm

Lacking Poetential

7pm

Big Up

6pm

TedX Youth 10am Harbottle & Jonas and Dan Webster & Emily Lavier

Tue 28 Apr Phoenix Dance Wed 29 Apr Theatre Thu 30 Apr Connections Fri 1 May Sat 2 May

7pm 7.30pm

7.30pm

Fri 8 May

7.30pm

Fri 15 May Sat 16 May

The Meatloaf Story

Thu 21 May

Queen Rhapsody

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Sea Girl I Promise You That Tonight

10.30am

2.30pm 7.15pm

2pm

Sat 27 Jun

Jeremiah

7.15pm

7pm

Comedy Club

8pm

Fri 3 Jul Sat 4 Jul Sun 5 Jul

Far Gone

7.15pm

Richard Digance

7.45pm

Sat 29 Aug Sun 30 Aug

7.30pm

7.30pm 7.30pm

These Hills Are Ours Dear Caveman

7.15pm 7.15pm

7.30pm

Doris Day: It's Magic

7.30pm Romeo & Julie

7.30pm 2.30pm

All That Jazz Walk Right Back

7.30pm 7.30pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

National Youth Jazz/ Big Band Festival

Mon 1 Aug

Katie Spencer with Henry Parker The Big Easy Band

7.45pm 7pm

Scratch Night

7.15pm

Shazia Mirza

8pm

7.30pm 7.15pm 8pm

7.30pm

TALK/EVENT

1pm Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo

Caucasian Chalk Circle

7.45pm

Ensemble 360

The Mistakable Sound of Ed MacArthur Comedy Club The Royal Ballet

FUNDRAISER 8pm

Mon 6 Jul

7pm

2pm

Comedy Club

Thu 2 Jul

8pm

Tue 19 May Wed 20 May

Connections

7.30pm

Josh Widdicombe: Bit Much...

Marilyn Yeardley

7.15pm

Fri 19 Jun Sat 20 Jun Sun 21 Jun Tue 23 Jun Thu 25 Jun Fri 26 Jun

7.30pm

Magic of Motown

Wed 6 May Breakin’ Convention

Tue 12 May

Thu 18 Jun

2pm

Sunshine

2pm

Wed 17 Jun 7.45pm

7.30pm

Tue 5 May

Sat 9 May

2.30pm

Marie Newson School of Dance

Disgusting Songs

7.30pm

Sat 30 May MA Performing Arts Sun 31 May 2pm Wed 3 Jun Rambert2 Thu 4 Jun Fri 5 Jun

Sun 19 Apr Chris Ramsay Wed 22 Apr

7.30pm

Thu 28 May

FILM

Wed 15 Apr

Everything Is Absolutely Fine BBC: British-Born Chinese Ladykillers

7pm 7pm 7.30pm

SPOKEN WORD

1pm, 3pm

Tue 14 Apr

Thu 16 Apr

8pm

FAMILY

Mr Men and Little Miss

4.30pm

MATINEE EVENING

PLAY/DRAMA

Mon 13 Apr

2.30pm

Sat 23 May Sherri Wood School Sun 24 May of Dance Tue 26 May Absurd Person Wed 27 May Singular 2.30pm

Fri 22 May 7pm

SECOND SPACE

MUSICAL

Fri 10 Apr

MATINEE EVENING

Little Red Riding Hood

ENTERTAINMENT

7.30pm

MAIN SPACE

EVENING

MUSIC

Seven Drunken Nights

MATINEE

DANCE

Thu 9 Apr

SECOND SPACE

Same Same…But 11.30am Different Exhibition on Screen: Easter In Art Comedy Club

LOCAL TALENT

EVENING

COMEDY/TALK

MATINEE

7pm 7pm 1pm

7pm

7pm

Key:

MAIN SPACE Wed 8 Apr

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