Dundee Rep Brochure Spring 2015

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What’s on January – July 2015 Box Office: 01382 223530 dundeerep.co.uk

Great Expectations, June 2015

Welcome to Dundee Rep’s

Dundee Rep Ensemble is proud and excited to present a season of work all linked by a common theme – Revenge!

A new version of the great Spanish classic Blood Wedding by Lorca...

Shakespeare’s thrilling early tragedy Titus Andronicus...

And a dramatisation of the classic Great Expectations by Charles Dickens – three very different plays, but bound together by the common thread of Revenge, that most powerful but also most destructive of emotions, which has inspired some of the greatest writing for the theatre. We hope that all of you will be gripped and inspired by these great stories and come and explore the intriguing links between the plays — and the way in which our award-winning Ensemble of actors delve deeper into the different worlds of these thrillers… See pages 5, 9 and 13 for details on how to save money on a combined ticket.

But of course this wonderful Spring Season contains a feast of variety for all tastes and audiences from a beautifully diverse range of visiting companies — and it is irresistible to point out two shows with an important local

connection: Mother of All the Peoples, which celebrates the life of unsung heroine (and daughter of Dundee) Mary Slessor. And watch out for the triumphant return of local playwright Gary Robertson with The Scaffies in which Gary does for binmen what his famous The Berries did for the berry-pickers!

Scottish Dance Theatre are busier than ever, with revivals of recent glories Yama by Damien Jalet, now in a full-length version, Winter, Again by Jo Strømgren, the mesmerising Miann by Scottish Dance Theatre’s own artistic director Fleur Darkin, and the much-awaited premiere of Dreamers by Anton Lachky.

Rep Creative Learning works with an average of 27,000 people every year and go from strength to strength. Highlights of the season include Masked Ball... a Cabaret of Disguise by our Illuminate Ensemble, Whitfield Giants — a culmination of the brilliant city-wide ASPIRE project, and a celebration evening for the mammoth Royal Shakespeare Company’s Open Stages project, which has worked with Shakespeare’s plays across seven amateur companies throughout Scotland.

Jemima and Philip Artistic Directors

If you would like to find out more about supporting us please call 01382 227684 or email scrawford@dundeereptheatre.co.uk

JOIN US To book tickets call 01382 223530 or visit dundeerep.co.uk scottishdancetheatre.com I repcreativecampus.co.uk

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Sat 17 January at 8pm Breakin’ Rules presents an evening of head spinning airborne action from the best hip hop dance crews on the Scottish scene.

Showcasing a breadth of styles, from straight up raw throw downs to intricate dance theatre, this is no ordinary night of dance!

Lock it down in your diary!

Tickets: £9, All concs £6; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Thu 22 – Sat 24 January at 7.30pm From the writer of Five Pound & Twa Bairns and Mother of All the Peoples, comes the third part of the Dundee trilogy.

Sunday Mornings on Dundee Law: a Scottish musical play by Mike Gibb, music by Kevin Walsh and directed by Malcolm Dowie.

It’s 1944, and Barbara and Angie meet in Dundee’s Empress Ballroom, little realising that this chance encounter would change their lives. Forever.

Tickets: £12. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £10; Friends £9; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Tue 27 – Sat 31 January at 7.30pm Matinees: Thu & Sat at 2.30pm Brothers, Oliver!, Annie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fame, Singin in the Rain, My Fair Lady and many more, Broadway! A Night at the Movies is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and have you singing and dancing into the night.

From the producers that brought Broadway!

A Musical Celebration to Dundee comes Broadway! A Night at the Movies. Featuring a show-stopping cast of dancers, West End singers, unforgettable songs, dazzling choreography and tributes to some of your favourite movie musicals.

Including songs from hit movies such as Dirty Dancing, Footloose, Mamma Mia, The Blues

Last year’s show was a sell-out success, so book your tickets early for Broadway! A Night at the Movies.

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Tue –Thu

Fri & Sat

Matinees

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£17

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Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer £14; Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £12; Friends £13; Children / Schools £7; Dundee Student Pass £5. No concs on Matinees or Friday and Saturday evenings.

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The Original Theatre Company and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds present

by Jerome K Jerome and adapted and directed by Craig Gilbert Tue 17 – Sat 21 February at 7.30pm Matinees: Thu 19 & Sat 21 at 2.30pm Following a hit, sell-out tour in 2012, Craig Gilbert’s ingenious, acclaimed adaption of Jerome K Jerome’s classic tale of boating misadventure returns to the UK stage armed with more singing, wilder adventures and sporting even brighter blazers.

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Originally intended as a guide to boating on the Thames, Jerome’s ripping yarn of youthful friendship, mischief and folly celebrates the very essence of Britishness inspiring many of our comic legends from Morecambe and Wise to Monty Python.

Fri & Sat

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Premium £19 £21 £15 Standard £17.50 £19 £15 Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer £3 off; Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £5 off; Friends £4 off; Dundee Student Pass £5. No concs on Matinees.

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Mark Kydd presents

there were two brothers written and performed by Mark Kydd directed by Rosalind Sydney Thu 26 February at 7.30pm at dundee Rep’s Bonar hall there were two brothers is a funny, very personal exploration of fraternal relationships.

Inspired by brothers, both real and fictional, this new solo show from Dundonian Mark Kydd takes the audience on an journey through his experiences with his brother and the discovery that they share more than a birthday.

Tickets: £12.

Dundee Student Pass £5.

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a new play by Morna Pearson inspired

by RL Stevenson’s classic story

ThE STRaNGE CaSE OF JEKyll & hydE Wed 25 March at 7.30pm Matinee: 2.30pm Edinburgh, 1886: a time of murky, narrow streets, scientific innovation and seemingly endless haars – and where the city’s Old and New Towns are separated by more than just the North Bridge.

In the New Town we meet the Jekyll family. Dr Jekyll longs for one of his radical experiments to finally go right.

His daughter Miriam longs for the right to attend University.

Son William is never far from his beloved needlework and wife Jane is never far from the bottle.

While seemingly a world away in the Old Town a murky figure known as Hyde has begun to roam the moonlit streets. It seems the townsfolk on both sides of the city have trouble adhering to the strict rules and values of Victorian times.

But whose secrets will be exposed when the haar finally clears from Auld Reekie.

Tickets: £12. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £10; Friends £9; Dundee Student Pass £5. No concs on matinees.

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dundee Rep Ensemble, derby Theatre and Graeae present

by Federico Garcia lorca in a new version by david Ireland

Brief Encounters Blood Wedding Thu 12, Fri 13 & Sat 14 March at 7.10pm Brief Encounters are short 5 minute pieces of theatre, written, directed, staged and performed by our Mlitt Theatre Studies students from Dundee University.

Performance takes place in the bar area.

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BlOOd WEddING directed by Jenny Sealey designed by Lisa Sangster lighting by Ian Scott music by Philip Pinsky choreography by Mark Smith Wed 4 – Sat 14 March at 7.30pm Matinees: Thu 12 and Sat 14 March at 2.30pm Previews: Wed 4 and Thu 5 March at 7.30pm Post show discussions: Wed 11 at 7.30pm – public Thu 12 at 2.30pm – schools For schools and colleges interested in booking, please contact Gemma Nicol on gnicol@dundeerep.co.uk for further info on show and education activities.

In this day and age, anybody can love anybody. Or are there still taboos?

David Ireland’s radical new take on Lorca’s play re-fuels this classic story with a contemporary twist. Jenny Sealey and David Ireland push this tale of searing lust, love and rebellion to its limits. When young lovers are overrun with passion, infatuation and defiance – the consequences are explosive.

Winner of the TMA’s ‘Promotion of Diversity Award’, Graeae is a force of change in world-class theatre.

Multi-award-winning Artistic Director, Jenny Sealey MBE, has recently directed Reasons to be Cheerful and co-directed The Threepenny Opera. In 2012 she co-directed the London Paralympic Opening Ceremony.

David Ireland is an award-winning writer, director and actor. He was born in Belfast, trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and now lives in Glasgow.

Includes a creative combination of BSL interpretation, captioning and audio description.

Recommended age 14+ Contains scenes of a sexual and adult nature and strong language.

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Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer £3 off; Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £5 off; Friends £4 off; Children / Schools £9; Dundee Student Pass £5.

No concs on matinees.

Revenge Season Tickets Vengeance Buy tickets for all three Ensemble shows this season and get 20% off the total cost Payback Buy tickets for two Ensemble shows this season and get 10% off the total cost

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Fire Exit present

lONG lIVE ThE lITTlE KNIFE written and directed by david leddy Thu 26 March at 7.30pm

From multi-award-winning “theatrical maverick”, (Sunday Times), and “site-specific genius”, (Scotsman), David Leddy presents uplifting caper about forgery, castration and drunkenness.

Liz and Jim are small-time con artists who need £250,000 fast. They decide to become the world’s greatest counterfeiters. There’s only one problem.

They can’t paint. developed with support from Royal Shakespeare Company and British Museum Tickets: £16. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £14; Friends £13; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Rubber Ear Productions present

written and directed by Kathleen Ruddy Fri 3 & Sat 4 april at 7.30pm When manipulative, ageing agony-aunt Athy gives her listeners sex advice, she orders the women to 'put down their clitoris and get back in the kitchen' where they belong.

In her world, men wear the trousers and women spit-iron them.

Be sure to join the acid-tongued matriarch as she sinks her glistening veneers into her family’s lives and the nation's sex lives.

Tickets: £17. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £15; Friends £14; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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by arnold Ridley, directed by Patric Kearns Tue 31 March – Thu 2 april at 7.30pm Matinee: Thu 2 at 2.30pm Arnold Ridley's classic comedy thriller about a group of travellers (including a newlywed couple, an estranged couple, a self-indulgent young dandy and an elderly spinster with a parrot) stranded in the waiting room of an isolated railway station on a dark and stormy night, reacting with various degrees of credulity

to the station master's warning of death to anyone who sets eyes on the ghostly train that haunts the line.

Ridley's inspiration came after becoming stranded overnight at Mangotsfield station in Bristol, now a disused station on the Midland Railway main line.

Tickets: £19; Matinee £15. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £16; Friends £15; Dundee Student Pass £5. No concs on matinees.

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MOTHER OF ALL THE PEOPLES

by Mike Gibb Wed 15 – Fri 17 april at 7.30pm Based on the book Mary Slessor: The Barefoot Missionary

by Elizabeth Robertson, Mother of All the Peoples takes the audience back in time with Mary (now in her latter days), as she reflects on her inauspicious beginnings and unlikely journey to Africa. Following in the footsteps of David Livingstone, Mary Slessor embarked on a journey that would change not just her life, but the lives of many.

This incredible story of bravery and triumph is told through the shy and modest figure of Mary Slessor herself who gave all credit to her achievements to God. This original cast of Mother of All the Peoples reunites one last time on the centenary of Mary Slessor’s death to take part in a series of events taking place throughout Dundee and beyond in 2015 to commemorate the life of this unsung heroine.

To find out more about this extraordinary woman, please visit maryslessor.org.

Tickets: £14. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £12; Friends £11; Children / Schools £8; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and dundee Rep Ensemble present

by William Shakespeare

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TITUS aNdRONICUS directed and designed by Stewart Laing adaptation by Philip Howard lighting by Mimi Jordan Sheridan Wed 8 – Fri 24 april at 7.30pm Matinees: Thus 16 + 23 & Sat 18 at 2.30pm Signed: Fri 24 at 7.30pm

Rome, a restaurant.

Titus Andronicus returns to Rome from fighting the war – limping, exhausted, but victorious (for now). His soldiers swap their army uniforms for those of the kitchen, and the work begins to re-open for business.

Titus runs the restaurant with regimental precision. Rome is famous for it. But the politics back home haven’t gone away,

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and into the mix Titus has brought back a trophy of war – Tamora, the enemy leader.

The tables are set...

TITUS ANDRONICUS is infamous as Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy – and is directed and designed for the Rep by Stewart Laing, one of Scotland’s most exciting theatre artists.

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Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer £3 off; Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £5 off; Friends £4 off; Children / Schools £9; Dundee Student Pass £5.

No concs on matinees.

Performed in Dundee Rep’s Bonar Hall

Revenge Season Tickets Vengeance Buy tickets for all three Ensemble shows this season and get 20% off the total cost Payback Buy tickets for two Ensemble shows this season and get 10% off the total cost

dundee Rep Ensemble presents a performed reading of

The love of the Nightingale

by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Philip howard Mon 20 april at 7.30pm The cast of Titus Andronicus also appear in a single performance, script-in-hand, of this stunning modern classic commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company: The Love of the Nightingale is a re-telling of the Ancient Greek myth of Philomele, the same story that Shakespeare used as his model for Titus.

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Good Nights Entertainment presents

by louise Roche, directed by Mark Randle Tue 21 – Sat 25 april at 7.30pm If you can’t go on the trampoline with a full bladder and without a bra, then like Barbara you may be weighing up the benefits of big pants and botox.

Join Mary Jo Randle, star of The Bill and Cutting It as she takes us on a hilarious thoughtful journey with the loveable Barbara in this wonderful one- woman show from Louise Roche, writer of Girls Night.

Tickets: £19.50. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer £17.50; Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £15.50; Friends £16.50; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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by Gary Robertson Wed 29 april – Sat 2 May at 7.30pm From the writer of the highly acclaimed sell-out comedy The Berries, Gary Robertson brings us another hilarious offering of Dundee life with The Scaffies.

The year is 1978 and Britain is experiencing social and political turmoil. Amidst the hardship, toil and filth comes episodes of hard-drinking and merciless banter to see them through the day.

Recommended age 16+ Contains some colourful language

Tickets: £12. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £10; Friends £9; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Dance

all or Nothing aerial dance Theatre presents

ThREE’S a CROWd Sat 9 May at 8pm Three's A Crowd brings together six superb performing artists in this breathtaking and touching look at human relationships, emotions and how we all affect each other.

Set around a reunion of friends, what really lies beneath the surface of this get together? How are they connected? What happens to the dynamic, to each other, when a third element becomes involved?

Told with stunning imagery, thrills, spills, heartbreak, happiness and the odd bit of humour, Three's A Crowd is an aerial dance theatre show involving harness flying, aerial acrobatics, circus, dance and theatre.

All or Nothing is Scotland's leading aerial dance company creating, performing, training and helping to establish aerial arts in Scotland.

Tickets: £12. Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Mon 18 – Sat 23 May at 7.30pm Matinees: Thu 21 & Sat 23 May at 2.30pm Access Dates: Fri 22 May at 7.30pm / Sat 23 May at 2.30pm A classic. A landmark. A legend. The Mousetrap is famous around the world for being the longest running show of any kind in the history of British theatre – with over 25,000 performances it’s a play to be proud of.

Enjoy this once in a life-time opportunity to see this masterpiece here at Dundee Rep. 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.

In her own inimitable style, Dame Agatha Christie has created an atmosphere of shuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricate plot where murder lurks around every corner.

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Mon –Thu

Fri & Sat

Matinees

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Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer £3 off; Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £5 off; Friends £4 off; Children / Schools £10; Dundee Student Pass £5. No concs on matinees.

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dundee Rep Ensemble and horsecross arts present

by Jo Cliord from the novel by Charles Dickens

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GREaT ExPECTaTIONS directed by Jemima levick Wed 3 – Sat 20 June at 7.30pm Matinees: Sats 13 + 20 & Thur 11 + 18 at 2.30pm Fri 19 June at 7.30pm Sat 20 June at 2.30pm

Break their hearts my pride and joy; Break their hearts and have no mercy

As Pip journeys from boy to man he pursues that which is eternally out of reach. He yearns for a family and a place to belong to, he longs to be a gentleman, and he strives to do what is right. But above all else, he craves the love of one woman.

Entangled in Miss Havisham’s tragic web of self pity and pitiless desire for

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revenge, Estella is raised to be admired, to be gawped, smelled and pawed at.

Her emotions are frozen; she is trained to hurt, only to be hurt in return.

Jo Clifford's remarkable adaptation uses Dickens' own words from this devastating and darkly beautiful novel, to create a classic piece of modern British theatre.

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Tue – Thu

Fri & Sat

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Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer £3 off; Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £5 off; Friends £4 off; Children / Schools £9; Dundee Student Pass £5.

No concs on matinees.

Revenge Season Tickets Vengeance Buy tickets for all three Ensemble shows this season and get 20% off the total cost Payback Buy tickets for two Ensemble shows this season and get 10% off the total cost

Brief Encounters Great Expectations Thu 11, Fri 12 & Sat 13 april at 7.10pm Brief Encounters are short 5 minute pieces of theatre, written, directed, staged and performed by our Mlitt Theatre Studies students from Dundee University.

Performance takes place in the bar area.

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CRaZy JaNE

by Nicola McCartney, directed by Garry Robson Sat 13 June at 7.30pm “She dances. She dances alone. Always alone. Always twisting away just out of reach – ever beyond your touch, beyond your embrace, beyond your gaze even.”

Jane Avril, star of the Moulin Rouge and immortalised in Toulouse Lautrec’s iconic posters, cordially invites you to that living museum of pathology, that Versailles of pain, the Saltpêtrière Asylum. Join her, Professor Charcot and his junior staff Drs Freud, Tourette, Jung and Alzheimer in the waltz of modern psychiatry popularly known as The Fools Dance.

The whole range of the human zoo will be present as Jane recounts her extraordinary journey from the brothel to the asylum wards, to that palace of women, the Moulin Rouge. With an original score by Scottish hip hop artists Hector Bizerk, Crazy Jane is a spectacular dance theatre event.

Crazy Jane will have embedded BSL and audio description in the style of the production.

Tickets: £14. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £12; Friends £11; Children / Schools £9; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Faux Theatre presents

TORN Wed 24 June at 7.30pm A unique and sensual visual performance combining object theatre, kinetic art and an original live score.

Faux Theatre conjure an intimate wordless world, where the audience become voyeurs to one woman’s journey to find and experience love, accompanying her through euphoric fantasy into the depths of despair.

A fresh, compelling visual-theatre work created by one of Scotland’s most exciting new theatre companies.

Debut productions rarely come more fully formed, more accomplished or engaging than Faux Theatre’s Torn ★★★★ The Herald Supported by Creative Scotland and Puppet Animation Scotland Recommended age 14+ Running time 50 mins

Tickets: £14. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £12; Friends / Children / Schools £11; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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aN EVENING OF dIRTy daNCING directed by Paul Spicer, choreography by leanne harwood Thu 25 – Sat 27 June at 7.30pm “A thoroughly entertaining, visually stunning extravaganza” The Public Reviews Embarking upon its 5th Anniversary tour An Evening of Dirty Dancing: The Tribute Show is a 5 star homage to the greatest movie soundtrack of all time. Often imitated but never bettered, this is the original celebration of the iconic music from the multi-award winning soundtrack to Dirty Dancing. A high energy emotional roller-coaster of an evening with breathtaking choreography and buckets of nostalgia. Put your dancing shoes on and get ready to have the time of your life! Includes the classic songs: “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, “Hey Baby”, “Wipeout”, “Do You Love Me”, “Hungry Eyes“ and the Oscar-winning “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”.

“All singing, all dancing, highly watchable entertainment” The Stage Please note this production is not affiliated with Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage on tour in the UK and worldwide.

Tickets: £18.50. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £16.50; Friends £15.50; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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yER GRaNNy from the original argentinian play La Nona by Roberto Cossa in a new English version by douglas Maxwell

Tue 30 June – Sat 4 July at 7.30pm Matinees: Thu 2 & Sat 4 July at 2.30pm 3 July at 7.30pm Sat 4 July at 2.30pm (with touch tour) Yer Granny is a riotous new comedy about a diabolical 100-year-old granny who’s literally eating her family out of house and home.

She’s already eaten their chip shop into bankruptcy and now she’s pushing them to desperate measures just to survive beyond 1977.

As proud head of the family, Cammy is determined that The Minerva Fish Bar will rise again in time for the Queen’s upcoming Jubilee visit. But before Her Maj can pop in for a chat, a single sausage and a royal seal of approval, the family must ask themselves how far they will go to solve a problem like Yer Granny.

Adapted from the smash-hit Argentinian comedy La Nona, the cast of Yer Granny features some of Scotland’s best-loved performers, including Maureen Beattie, Paul Riley and Jonathan Watson.

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£19 £21 £14 Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer £3 off; Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £5 off; Friends £4 off; Children / Schools £9; Dundee Student Pass £5. No concs on matinees. image by Eoin Carey

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ROMEO aNd JUlIET directed by dominic dromgoole & Tim hoare Tue 14 – Fri 17 July at 7.30pm Matinee: Thu 16 at 2.30pm Award-winning Shakespeare’s Globe from London comes to Dundee Rep for the first time.

A violent street brawl between their rival families is the prelude to Romeo’s first encounter with Juliet. Despite this, and the fact Juliet has been promised to another, they fall in love. But any plans for their future happiness are cruelly destroyed by renewed violence between their families and tragedy begins to unfold.

A small troupe of travelling players takes to the road with Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers. Performed on an Elizabethan-style stage, this stripped-down version breathes new life into one of the greatest of all love stories.

“Summer is all the sweeter for a Shakespeare road trip.” Daily Telegraph Tickets

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Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders / Friends £4 off; Children / Schools £9; Dundee Student Pass £5. No concs on matinee.

Stellar Quines present

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ThE JENNIFER TREMBlay TRIlOGy

artwork by John Byrne

Tickets: The List £14, The Carousel £14, Deliverance £12.

Book all 3 shows for £36.

Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders / Friends £11; Dundee Student Pass £5.

No concs on Deliverance.

Fri 24 – Sun 26 July at 7.30pm The List Fri 24, The Carousel Sat 25, Deliverance Sun 26 July (preview) translated by Shelley Tepperman, directed by Muriel Romanes, designed by John Byrne The list sees the woman struggling to adjust to an isolated new life. Her obsession with lists leads to tragic consequences The Carousel follows the woman on a journey into her past, her family and herself. Can she reconcile herself with her discoveries? deliverance finds her struggling to fulfil her dying mother's wish: to see the son who was torn from her at a young age. It’s time to speak what no one wants to hear.

The list Winner of Scotsman Fringe First & Herald Angel 2012, Best Production — Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2012 The Carousel Winner of Scotsman Fringe First 2014

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JONGlEURS Fri 23 January at 8pm, Fri 13 February at 8pm, *Fri 13 March at 8pm Back by popular demand, Jongleurs comedy is returning to Dundee! The country’s best stand-up comedians are gracing our stage once more, so don’t miss this chance to see two hours of todays funniest stand-up. *Fri 13 March is part of Dundee Women’s Festival Tickets: £12. Dundee Student Pass £5.

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STEWaRT lEE:

PhIl Kay

a ROOM WITh a STEW

Sat 28 March at 7.30pm

Mon 16 March at 7.30pm

All the best stories from a very creative comedian.

Come see a man from whom the words just flow in a bubbling, bawdy stream of comic consciousnesses.

Phil Kay is a cosmically comic storytelling mind on legs. Speaking about his day, and his adventures, calamities and hair-brained schemes like buying machetes in Venezuela during a revolution, Primal Scream threatening his puppy or arguing with the police whilst in his bath.

Join with Phil in two halves of heaven on his road back to a twenty sixth Edinburgh Fringe.

A brand new live show with fresh material in preparation for Stewart's next BBC2 series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.

“Remains one of the best stand-ups in the country” ★★★★ Metro.

“Best comedian in Britain” ★★★★★ Mirror.

14+ accompanied with an adult Tickets: £19. Dundee Student Pass £5.

Tickets: £15. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £11; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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JUST laUGh Fri 15 May, Fri 12 June, Fri 10 July, Fri 14 august at 8pm Each month Just Laugh comedy clubs will bring fantastic comedians to Dundee from the UK stand up circuit. We’ll do it all.

All you need to do is come along and laugh.

Just Laugh comedy clubs are based in Tayside, but have taken comedy shows throughout the world from Stornoway to Singapore.

The shows at Dundee Rep will be a world class showcase of UK and international acts. Each show will have 4 comedians, one to host the show and introduce the other three.

Come along and anticipate that you will Just Laugh.

Tickets: £12. Dundee Student Pass £5.

Comedy

laughlines Comedy present

Thu 28 – Sat 30 May at 7.30pm Another exciting production brought to you from the UK’s leading comedy dinner show company. Fans of the television sitcom Blackadder II will love this hilarious parody comedy tribute show.

The dining audience are transported into the Queen’s Court where Queenie has appointed Edmund Blackadder to be your cunning, shrewd and witty host for the evening, who displays all the characteristic humour we know and love.

This superb themed interactive comedy dining experience guarantees to entertain you with funny live songs, music, interaction, all brought to you by the very best professional comedy actors. The show promises an evening of side-splitting entertainment as well as a great meal, one of the most enjoyable dining experiences you will ever have!

Guests are welcome to attend in themed attire.

Tickets: £29.50 (inc. 3 course meal),

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dOUGIE MaClEaN Fri 20 March at 7.30pm Scotland's finest singer-songwriter is internationally renowned for his song “Caledonia”, music for Last of the Mohicans and inspired performances, including his ending of the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow which was viewed by over a billion people worldwide.

He has received two prestigious Tartan Clef Awards, a place in the Scottish Music Hall of Fame, a Lifetime Achievement Award from BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and an OBE. “A musical hero” Wall Street Journal Tickets: £20. Dundee Student Pass £5.

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ClOUdBUSTING

PERFORMS ThE MUSIC OF KaTE BUSh Sat 21 March at 7.30pm Kate Bush tribute band Cloudbusting are on a mission to bring her music to the many thousands of life-long Kate fans. This five-piece band has been playing to critical acclaim up and down the UK for three years. Whether you sit back and absorb the full audio/visual experience or get up and dance along to your favourite Kate song, Cloudbusting shows are for you…

Their show features intricate and authentic arrangements of all Kate’s hits including “Wuthering Heights”, “Wow”, “Babooshka” and “Running Up That Hill” performed in front of awe-inspiring projections contributed by Kate-inspired video artists around the world.

Tickets: Premium £19.50, Standard £17.50. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £2 off; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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ThE haZEy JaNES Sat 18 april at 7.30pm Dundee’s Hazey Janes return to Dundee Rep with an expanded line-up to showcase songs from their recent album, the critically acclaimed Language of Faint Theory, as well as selected gems from the band's extensive back catalogue.

Since their last Rep appearance the band have undertaken some of their most rigorous and prestigious tours to date, opening as guests for Wilco on their European tour and more recently for Deacon Blue – the latter dates culminating with a sold out performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. facebook.com/thehazeyjanes twitter.com/TheHazeyJanes Tickets: £12. Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Fri 15 May at 7.30pm

dRUMMERS OF JaPaN

Yamato Drummers of Japan return to the UK with a brand new show Bakuon.

“Dazzling. They fill the stage with huge beautiful drums and beat seven bells out of them with phenomenal skill. Simply breathtaking drumming.” The Daily Telegraph Now seen by over 6 million people worldwide, Yamato’s acclaimed performances of authentic Japanese Taiko drumming awakens all five senses. Using their whole bodies to expertly control the rhythms, Yamato leaves audiences exhilarated by this high-energy, explosive production. The sheer physical strength and dynamic movement of the drummers is as impressive as the music, in this visually spectacular and highly entertaining show.

“Pure energy meets spiritual high” The Scotsman Yamato’s captivating music has both delicate beauty and heart thumping bass power and the drummers’ remarkable strength and skill defies belief. www.yamato.jp Tickets: £18.50. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £16.50; Friends £15.50; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Sat 16 May at 7.30pm Fresh from tours in Australia and the USA and the premiere of her work The Diamond Speaks at Celtic Connections, it highlights just how much Horse continues to be in demand.

With the full band in tow, it's a welcome return to one of her favourite cities. She brings with her new songs towards her 10th album, tracks from The Diamond Speaks and of course the songs which have become Horse classics.

Effortlessly, she has developed into one of Scotland’s most thrilling and affecting performers.

Tickets: £16. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £13; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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Fri 27 March at 7.30pm The international smash-hit ABBA and Bee Gees concert show’s all-new spectacular. Its Lycra-tight harmonies and superb musicianship have entertained for longer than ABBA in their prime.

Featuring the UK’s No1 Bee Gees revue, hits include: “Mamma Mia”, “Stayin’ Alive”, “Dancing Queen”, “Night Fever”, “How Deep is Your Love”, “Super Trouper’; and Bee Gees-penned “Islands in the Stream” and “Chain Reaction”.

Tickets: Premium £19, Standard £17.50.

Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Equity Card Holders £2 off; Dundee Student Pass £5.

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SING-a-lONG-a FROZEN Fri 24 July at 11am + 3pm at Dundee Rep’s Bonar Hall Singalonga Productions are delighted to announce that Disney's Frozen is the new Singalonga must see. A full screening of Disney's Frozen with lyrics on screen to help you sing along with Anna and Elsa during the film.

Introduced by a live host who will show you how to use your free prop bag, warm up your singing voices and teach you some hand actions and heckles before you sit back and "Let it Go". YOU the audience are the stars as you interact with the film.

Remember to dress up as your favourite character and be a snow queen, Sven the reindeer or Olaf, the coolest snowman ever! Age recommendation: 5+ years Tickets: £15, Children £10. Family tickets: £46 (2 x adults + 2 x child) or £33 (1 x adult + 2 x child).

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Family Theatre

Oor Scotland and Oor Rabbie from storyteller andy Cannon and musician Wendy Weatherby

Mon 6 & Fri 10 april at 11am + 2pm Recommended age 6+ Oor Scotland 11am Once upon a time there wasn't a country called Scotland; there was just the land.

Then ten thousand years ago as the last Ice age began to recede, people slowly started to arrive and populate this distant island of ours on the “edge of the world”.

Oor Rabbie 2pm Featuring Burns’ most popular works – including Tam O'Shanter, Tae a Mouse, Tae a Louse and Address to a Haggis.

Eco drama present

The Worm — an Underground adventure devised & directed by Emily Reid, devised and Performed by alistair Edwards & Caroline Mathison, with Set design by Claire halleran

Tues 7 april at 11am + 2pm Underneath your feet in the muddy brown soil squirms the world’s best kept secret...a wonderful, magical creature called the Worm.

With laugh-out-loud songs, including one about worm poo, The Worm is a fun-filled musical tale guaranteed to make everyone giggle, wiggle and love the squirmy wonders beneath our feet.

After each performance, the audience is invited to see some real worms in a specially designed wormery.

Puppet Stew present

Puppets!

Puppets!

Puppets!

Wed 8 april at 10am + 1.30pm Hey kids! Come along and join the Puppet Stew crew for some creative school holiday fun.

During the workshop you will make you very own rod puppet, which you can then take home with you. Hours of imaginative play lie ahead, as you make up stories, songs and scenarios with your fabulous new puppet.

Rapunzel music composed by J Simon van der Walt and Margaret Smith

Wed 8 april at 11am + 2pm Welcome to Dame Gothel’s garden where you can let your hair down with Rapunzel.

Narrated by a wonderful frog, this fun adaptation has all the elements of a traditional tale…the witch, the beautiful girl locked in a tall tower and, of course, the handsome prince who attempts to save Rapunzel...

With specially recorded music, beautifully made rod puppets, and Steve Smart’s masterly puppetry skills, this is a show that is enjoyed by adults and children alike.

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Komedia present

Pitschi, The Kitten With dreams Thu 9 april at 11am + 2pm Pitschi the kitten lives with her brothers and sisters, Grandma Lisette and a dog called Bello on a farm high up in the Swiss Alps. She doesn’t care much for the rough and tumble and mischievous fun of kitten play and dreams of being something else – a chicken, perhaps, or a goat, or a bunny – for after all, for Pitschi, anything is better than being a cat! Pitschi goes on an exciting adventure around the farm to meet the other animals, but finally discovers that she can be happy by being exactly what she is.

Macrobert and Barrowland Ballet present

The Pine Tree, Poggle and Me created by Natasha Gilmore with the company, music and sound created and performed by daniel Padden

Sat 11 april at 11am + 2pm Mischief maker, Maker of fun, Tumble tumble, Tickle my tum Beasties beasties, Buzzing bees, Poggles not scared of climbing trees

Splash splash, Squelch in mud, Creeping crawling, Chasing bugs

Vince wants to explore the forest but he’s too scared to go on his own.

Until one day he meets Poggle, a friendly creature who takes him on an adventure exploring the forest and the magical musical tree.

A funny, sensory dance theatre piece for ages 1–4, with live music, clapping rhythms and bubble popping throughout!

The little Prince created and adapted by Gemma Nicol and andrew Manzi with dundee Rep's 16 - 18s youth Theatre Recommended age 8+

Sun 12 april at 7pm “One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

What will you see? An elephant eating boa constrictor, a business man who counts stars, a solitary Rose or a young prince with endless tales of intergalactic travel?

Our story is about a pilot’s discovery of a young prince from another planet.

A tale about the importance of innocence, love and imagination.

Tickets: £7. Concs: SnrCitz / Unemployed / Disabled / Carer / Young Person (16–26) / Students / Card Holders £6; Children / Schools £4. Family ticket: £20 (2 x adults + 2 x child).

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Dance Theatre

yaMa BY DAMIEN JALET Thu 12 February at 8pm Following its world premiere in Dundee in Feb 2014, Damien Jalet’s critically acclaimed YAMA returns as a brand new full length work. YAMA explores the mythology associated with mountains inspired by the pagan and animist rituals practised among the mountains of Tohoku, Japan. Created with the dancers of Scottish Dance Theatre, YAMA is an awe-inspiring piece that gathers energy as it grows. Jalet’s hypnotic choreography leaves its tingle and stain under the skin.

“Profound, powerful and hugely demanding.” ★★★★ The Herald “mesmerising brilliance.” ★★★★★ The Skinny Recommended age 12 + Contains scenes of partial nudity Tickets: £16, Snr Citz/ Unemployed £13, Young Person (16–26)/Students £9, Friends £12, Dundee Student pass £5 Buy tickets for Winter, Again/Dreamers at the same time for £25/£20 Concs or include Miann also for £40/£32 Concs

WINTER,aGaIN/dREaMERS

DOUBLE BILL

Fri 13 & Sat 14 February at 8pm Recommended age 12+ Scottish Dance Theatre presents a compelling double bill of captivating works by international choreographers Jo Strømgren and Anton Lachky.

dREaMERS

BY ANTON LACHKY

WINTER, aGaIN

BY JO STRøMGREN

Slovak-born choreographer and former member of Akram Khan Company, Anton Lachky presents a world premiere of his new work. DREAMERS are people who dare to dream while not being asleep. Lachky takes pleasure in making sense from nonsense and exploring links between reality and surrealism.

Radical Norwegian choreographer Jo Strømgren mixes beautifully poised dance with all means necessary to tell the story of a community struggling to hide their dark misdemeanours under winter’s snowy blanket. Punctuated with the devastatingly fragile songs of Schubert’s Eine Winterreise, Scottish Dance Theatre take us on a journey through the cycle of the coldest, darkest season.

Tickets: £16, Snr Citz/ Unemployed £13, Young Person (16-26)/ Students £9, Friends £12, Dundee Student pass £5 Buy tickets for YAMA at the same time for £25/£20 Concs or include Miann also for £40/£32 Concs

★★★★The Herald ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ The Scotsman ★★★★ The Sunday Times

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MIaNN BY FLEUR DARKIN WITH THE ONE ENSEMBLE Thu 19 March at 8pm “sublime, powerful and hypnotic…a joy to watch” Arlene Phillips CBE “Rare and haunting intimacy” The Guardian “astonishing new collaboration” Exeunt ★★★★ Premiered at the prestigious Made in Scotland Showcase at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014, Miann, developed from the company's Human Scale project, enjoyed a sell out run and returns to the home of its creation. Miann is an intimate collaboration between visionary choreographer Fleur Darkin, Linbury prize-winning designer Alexander Ruth and Glasgow 4-piece The One Ensemble. Craving, longing, and desire fuel the dancers and the musicians in this ritual of time with bodies, instruments and voices seamlessly interweaving experimental and folk music moving to full-bodied, full-throated energy.

Recommended age 12 + Tickets: £16, Snr Citz/ Unemployed £13, Young Person (16-26)/Students £9, Friends £12, Dundee Student pass £5 ask at Box Office about ticket offers when buying two or more Scottish dance Theatre shows.

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CREaTIVE lEaRNING dance classes Scottish Dance Theatre offers a programme of dance classes led by experienced dance tutors at our wheelchair accessible studio in Dundee Rep. This term, we’re introducing “I’d love to try…but I’ve got no time” dance sessions – a series of one off sessions in different dance styles that we know you’ll love but appreciate you can’t commit to every week. Come and join us!

For more information visit www.scottishdancetheatre.com to download the latest booklet or pop in and pick up a copy at Box Office.

Meet the Choreographer Guest choreographers discuss making new works for Scottish Dance Theatre, giving an insight into their specific working processes and the inspiration behind the works.

Tues 3 Feb 6.30 – 7.30pm with anton lachky Anton’s new work Dreamers will premiere at Dundee Rep on 13 Feb as part of a double bill with Winter, Again.

Tickets: Free event but advance booking is required as limited capacity. Book at Box Office 01382 223530 or online at dundeereptheatre.co.uk

Open Studio Observe the professional dancers during a live rehearsal in our studio.

Tickets: Free but advance booking is required.

For the latest Open studio dates, please visit www.scottishdancetheatre.com Scottish Dance Theatre works to provide equal access to arts activity and performances.

On Saturdays, we run an accessible dance workshop called ‘Do Your Thing’, for all aged 8 and over, with and without disabilities. Sessions are led by experienced tutors and give participants the opportunity to learn more about how their own body moves and how to get the most enjoyment out of dance.

For more information please contact dawn hartley, Education Manager dhartley@scottishdancetheatre.com or call 01382 342600

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Creative Learning As Scotland’s largest theatre based Creative Learning department, Rep Creative Learning works with an average of 27,000 people every year. We engage people of all ages and abilities through a diverse, inspiring and accessible range of theatre based participation, performance and learning opportunities both within and outwith the theatre.

Whatever your age or experience, there are many ways to get involved with Rep Creative Learning. For more information please phone us on 01382 342 660 or go online.

Examples of this year’s programme include:

Revenge Onstage Wed 6 May at 7pm To compliment Dundee Rep’s first themed season, this 10-week project has involved secondary pupils from across the North-East of Scotland exploring what ‘revenge’ means to them. In an exciting evening of performance, all 7 schools will present their short devised pieces of theatre on the Rep mainstage.

Tickets: £4. Concs: £2.50.

NEW! Revenge Season Study Group 9 February, 9 March, 13 april, 27 april, 15 June, all 6.30pm – 8pm Five sessions reading, studying and discussing the plays which make up our first themed season, led by joint Artistic Director, Philip Howard.

Tickets: £80, Concs £60 (includes tickets for four shows).

Whitfield Giants Week beginning 15 June A celebration on a giant scale! ASPIRE is a city-wide, multi-artform arts education project which engages over 2000 primary school pupils. Delivered in partnership with Dundee City Council’s Education Department and a range of artists, Creative Learning have been working with Ballumbie Primary, Longhaugh Primary and St Luke’s and St Matthew’s Primary Schools over the last two years.

This event will see the three schools coming together to celebrate their work and welcome the Whitfield Giants!

Summer School Mon 13 – Fri 17 July, times vary A week of fun theatre activities for all ages culminating in a short performance for family and friends!

8 – 12’s 9.30am – 12.30pm Tickets: £65. Concs: £50.

3 – 5’s 1 – 2pm OR 2.15 – 3.15pm Tickets: £22.50. Concs: £18.

5 – 7’s 3.30 – 4.45pm Tickets: £24. Concs: £19.

Play in a Week: Performance 13-16’s Mon 20 – Sat 25 July, 10am – 4pm Develop your theatre skills, meet new people, rehearse and perform a play – all in one week!

Tickets: £100. Concs: £75.

Play in a Week: Production 16-19’s Mon 20 – Sat 25 July, 10am – 4pm Work alongside our Production team to find out what it takes to bring a play from script to stage.

Tickets: £100. Concs: £75.

To book a place on the above summer activities, please phone Box Office. Places are limited. We are able to offer a small number of supported places for those who would otherwise be unable to participate due to financial reasons. Please phone Mary Sandeman on 01382 342660 for further information.

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Rep Creative Learning Presents Masked Ball... a cabaret of disguise Friday 20 June, 2.30pm and 7.30pm, Bonar hall Dundee Rep Illuminate Ensemble Tickets: £5. Concs: £3.

Participate dundee Rep Wellbeing week: Mon 23 – Fri 27 March For anyone who knew already and for those who have yet to find out...theatre is an amazing way to improve and maintain feelings of mental and physical wellbeing. Join us for a series of workshop opportunities throughout the week that will do just that! A full brochure of events will be available from Dundee Rep Box Office from mid-January

Rep youth Theatre double Bill Fri 26 – Sat 27 June at 7pm An exciting double-bill performance by Dundee Rep’s 14-16’s and 16-18’s youth theatres.

Look out for further information on the shows in the Spring! Alongside the performances there will also be an exhibition of work created by young artists in response to the youth theatre shows.

Tickets: £7. Concs: £2.50.

The Rep Community Company Show Fri 10 & Sat 11 July at 7.30pm Dundee Rep's nationally acclaimed community company returns with contemporary new work for 2015.

Tickets: £9. Concs: £7.

Open Stages — Celebration Evening Sat 18 July at 7pm An evening of Shakespeare performed by seven amateur theatre groups from across Scotland.

Dundee Rep Theatre is one of six theatres working in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company on Open Stages, a nationwide project working with local amateur theatre groups across the UK. Dundee Rep Theatre is the only Scottish theatre taking part in this exciting project and has been working with seven Scottish amateur theatre groups over the last year.

Between 2014 – 2015, Govanhill Theatre Group, Crossmichael Drama Club, Blairgowrie Players, Kirkaldy Amateur Dramatics, Linlithgow Players, Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group and Mermaids Performing Arts Fund, St Andrews have all mounted their own productions of Shakespeare classics across the country, from village hall tours to an all-female version of Hamlet performed in a disused swimming pool.

This evening will see all seven groups coming together to share an extract of their productions on the Rep mainstage, from a Gulf-War Titus Andronicus to a Scots version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – an evening of diverse performances which celebrates the work of amateur theatre makers and demonstrates that Shakespeare is, and always has been, the people’s playwright.

Tickets: Free but please reserve through Box Office

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Brief Encounters Brief Encounters are short 5 minute pieces of theatre, written, directed, staged and performed by our Mlitt Theatre Studies students from Dundee University.

This Season’s Brief Encounters take place before Blood Wedding and Great Expectations upstairs in the bar at 7.10pm Blood Wedding Thu 12, Fri 13 & Sat 14 april at 7.10pm Great Expectations Thu 11, Fri 12 & Sat 13 april at 7.10pm

New! Revenge Season Study Group 9 Feb, 9 Mar, 13 apr, 27 apr, 15 Jun, all 6.30 – 8pm Five sessions reading, studying and discussing the plays which make up our first themed season, led by joint Artistic Director, Philip Howard.

Cost: £80, (£60) includes tickets for four shows Please book through Box Office For the latest news and information please visit www.dundeerep.co.uk, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

DR+ aWay Dundee Rep is committed to working in a collaborative way and our shows are regularly co-produced with other national venues.

Dundee Rep has a rich history of touring and aims to be instrumental in regenerating the mid-scale touring circuit.

Dundee Rep tours to all Dundee’s local community centres at least once a year and our touring projects embed deeper roots into our local community with national quality work and to enliven and create links within the communities we visit.

This REVENGE Season we are continuing to create meaningful relationships with other venues and create fantastic work that visits more and more venues in the UK. Blood Wedding is a co-production between us, Graeae and derby Theatre.

Great Expectations is a co-production between us and horsecross arts.

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LOCAL. FRESH. UNIQUE. Experience Encore, Dundee Rep’s multi award-winning restaurant.

Encore, Tay Square, Dundee Book now on 01382 206699 www.encoredundee.co.uk

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What’s on at a glance Theatre Dance Music Comedy Creative Learning Family January Sat 17

Breakin' Rules

8pm

2

Thu 22 – Sat 24

Sunday Mornings on dundee law

7.30pm

2

Fri 23

Jongleurs

8pm

18

7.30pm

2

Tue 27 – Sat 31 Broadway! a Night at The Movies Matinees: Thu 29 & Sat 31 January at 2.30pm February Thu 12

SDT yama

8pm

25 / 26

Fri 13

Jongleurs

8pm

18

Fri 13 – Sat 14

SDT Winter again / dreamers

8pm

25 / 26

Tue 17 – Sat 21 Three Men In a Boat Matinees: Thu 19 & Sat 21 February at 2.30pm

7.30pm

3

Thu 26

there were two brothers

7.30pm

4

Wed 4 – Sat 14 Blood Wedding Matinees: Thu 12 and Sat 14 March at 2.30pm

7.30pm

5&6

Fri 13

Jongleurs

8pm

18

Mon 16

Stewart lee

7.30pm

18

Thu 19

SDT Miann

8pm

25 / 26

Fri 20

dougie Maclean

7.30pm

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Sat 21

Cloudbusting performs Kate Bush 7.30pm

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Wed 25

Jekyll & hyde

2.30pm & 7.30pm

4

Thu 26

long live The little Knife

7.30pm

7

Fri 27

Thank you For The Music

7.30pm

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Sat 28

Phil Kay

7.30pm

18

7.30pm

8

March

Tue 31 – Thu 2 Apr The Ghost Train Matinee: Thu 2 April at 2.30pm

April Fri 3 – Sat 4

The devil Wears Primark

7.30pm

7

Mon 6 & Fri 10

Oor Scotland & Oor Rabbie

11am & 2pm

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Tue 7

The Worm

11am & 2pm

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Wed 8

Puppets! Puppets! Puppets!

10am & 1.30pm 23

Wed 8

Rapunzel

11am & 2pm

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Wed 8 – Sat 25 Titus andronicus Matinees: 16, 18, 23 & 25 April at 2.30pm Fri 24 April at 7.30pm Sat 25 April at 2.30pm

7.30pm

9 & 10

Thu 9

Pitschi, The Kitten with dreams

11am & 2pm

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Sat 11

The Pine Tree, Poggle & Me

11am & 2pm

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April continued Sun 12 Apr

RCL The little Prince

7pm

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Wed 15 – Fri 17 Apr

Mother of all People

7.30pm

8

Sat 18

The hazey Janes

7.30pm

2

Mon 20

The love Of The Nightingale

7.30pm

10

Tue 21 – Sat 2

Big Pants and Botox

7.30pm

11

7.30pm

11

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Wed 29 – Sat 02 May The Scaffies May Wed 6

RCL Onstage

7pm

Fri 8

SDT youth dance Festival

8pm

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Sat 9

Three's a Crowd

8pm

12

Tue 12 – Thu 14

RCL Inspire

6pm

28 / 29

Fri 15

Just laugh

8pm

19

Fri 15

yamato drummers

7.30pm

21

Sat 16

horse

7.30pm

21

Mon 18 – Sat 23 The Mousetrap 7.30pm Matinees: Thu 21 & Sat 23 May at 2.30pm Fri 22 May at 7.30pm Sat 23 May at 2.30pm

12

Thu 28 – Sat 30

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Edmund & Co The dinner Show

7.30pm

June Wed 3 – Sat 20 Great Expectations 7.30pm Matinees: 11, 13, 18 & 20 June at 2.30pm Fri 19 June at 7.30pm Sat 20 June at 2.30pm

13 & 14

Fri 12

Just laugh

8pm

19

Sat 13

Crazy Jane

7.30pm

15

Fri 19

RCL Illuminate

2.30pm & 7.30pm

28 / 29

Wed 24

Torn

7.30pm

15

Thu 25 – Sat 27

an Evening of dirty dancing 7.30pm

16

Fri 26 & Sat 27

RCL youth Theatre

28 / 29

7.30pm

Tue 30 – Sat 4 July yer Granny 7.30pm Matinees: Thu 2 & Sat 4 July at 2.30pm Fri 3 July at 7.30pm Sat 4 July at 2.30pm (with touch tour)

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July Fri 10

Just laugh

8pm

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Fri 10 & Sat 11

RCL Community Theatre

7.30pm

28 / 29

Tue 14 – Fri 17 Romeo and Juliet Matinee: Thu 16 July at 2.30pm

7.30pm

17

Sat 18

RCL Open Stages

7.30pm

28 / 29

Fri 24 – Sun 26

The Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy

7.30pm

17

Fri 24

Singalonga Frozen

11am & 3pm

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Just laugh

8pm

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hOW TO BOOK

TELEPHONE BOOKINGS 01382 223530 ONLINE BOOKINGS www.dundeerep.co.uk IN PERSON Visit our Box Office how to book tickets Opening hours Box Office is open Mon to Sat, from 9.30am to 6pm, or until the start of the performance.

Telephone booking is available until half an hour before the performance.

In Person At Box Office during opening hours. You can also book at Overgate.

By Phone Call the Box Office during opening hours on 01382 223530. We accept debit cards, Mastercard, & Visa. Unpaid reservations are held for 3 days.

Online Visit www.dundeerep.co.uk, you can even choose your own seats.

Concessions Tickets are usually discounted for Friends, Under-26s, Students, Seniors Citizens, Registered disabled, registered unemployed, and Equity/SSP members. Proof of status is required when collecting tickets.

Group Bookings One ticket is usually provided free for every 10 purchased. dundee Student Pass Dundee Student Pass tickets are available to students with current and valid identification cards from Dundee universities or colleges.

Tickets are limited to one per personal caller on the day of the performance.

Terms and Conditions of sale Discounts and offers are not available on preview or matinee performances. All Discounts and offers are subject to availability and at the Management’s discretion.

Full conditions of sale are available at Box office and on our website. *A £1.50 per transaction administration fee will be applied to all phone, counter and internet bookings when a credit or debit card is used.

how to find us Dundee is easily accessible from all directions by road and rail. There is also a regular direct air service to Dundee from London Stanstead.

Bus Any Bus that stops in the city centre is less than 10 minutes walk from Dundee Rep. Visit dundeetravelinfo.com for more information.

Train Dundee Rep is a 10 minute walk from the station. Visit www.nationalrail.co.uk for more information.

Car Dundee Rep is easily accessible by road.

The Rep doesn’t have a car park but there are several car parks near by including one on South Tay Street. There are disabled parking spaces on South Tay Street.

Our address dundee Rep Theatre Tay Square dundee dd1 1PB