Rose Theatre Season Autumn - Winter Edge Hill University 2011
Fancy a bite to eat before the Theatre? From September 2011, Edge Hill University's state-of-the-art Hub building will be open for business, offering a wide selection of food and drink. Drop in for anything from a cup of coffee to a full meal, just a short walk from the Rose. If you're in a hurry there's the Grab & Go Sandwich Bar, while the hot food servery offers traditional dishes, vegetarian options, stir fries cooked to order, salads, soups and desserts. There's a shop too, open until 8pm.
The Rose at Edge Hill endeavours to provide extra value to its patrons wherever possible. We aim to support student productions and graduate productions in their first year of performance. We also provide facilities for independent and community productions alongside the main programme. Look for the Rose Extra sign at the bottom of the page.
Look out for the Family Friendly logo, a symbol of recognition making it easier for families to take part in the arts, as audiences and participants.
short cuts cinema short seasons of great films
Tickets ÂŁ3.00/ÂŁ2.50 conc.
paul thursday 22nd september true grit wednesday 28th september eat pray love wednesday 5th october west is west wednesday 12th october red riding hood wednesday 26th october insidious wednesday 2nd november killing bono wednesday 16th november water for elephants wednesday 23rd november you will meet a tall dark stranger wednesday 30th november oranges and sunshine wednesday 7th december the lincoln lawyer wednesday 14th december All films start at 7.30pm in the Studio Theatre (next to the Rose Theatre) of the Performing Arts Centre.
Rose at a glance STRANGER SITES
TWO BROTHERS AND ONE WORLD CUP
BALLAST
ALBERT & EQUIANO
THE WAY BACK HOME
EPISODES OF BLACKNESS
IT'S UNIFORMATION DAY
TRANSLUNAR PARADISE
WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS?
PEARL OF AFRICA
LOOK AT US NOW
CAROLINE BERGVALL
AT SWIM TWO BOYS
OPERATION GREENFIELD
STAND-UP COMEDY
MARTIN SIMPSON
GOING DARK
FREEDOM SONGS
BIG PANTS AND BOTOX
HORSE
CALL MR ROBESON
A BIRD IN YOUR EAR
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
LAYERS OF SKIN
PIAF THE SONGS
ALISON MACLEOD
BELLA HARDY
HOUSEBOUND
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
edge hill performing arts department present: MA MAking perforMAnce
Stranger Sites A radical season of site-specific work by students from Edge Hill’s MA Making Performance. Site pass: season ticket to see all 4 shows £20.00 / £10.00 concessions
Harder to Ignore
Paradoxical Impressions
MONDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 6.30pm Tickets £8.00 / £4.50 concessions
TUESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £8.00 / £4.50 concessions
What happens to a society when it has nowhere to turn: when people seem devoted to taking but never giving?
It is always a battle to achieve human wellbeing, but will life’s temptations lead us astray?
In this new play, Callum Murphy offers a personal exploration of the individual in society. Staged in the cells and court room of HRH Prince Charles’ favourite piece of architecture, St George’s Hall, this autobiographical piece is infused with Marxist ideologies, dark comedy and radical thinking.
Paradoxical Impressions is movement theatre investigating the psyche in relation to representations of the body. Using ladders, poles, railings and inanimate objects this performance explores physical and mental strengths and weaknesses. Watch how philosophical concepts fuse and restrict the body, unravelling space to create an impressive display of power and passion.
This performance will take place in St George’s Hall, Liverpool (Heritage Centre entrance)
This performance will take place in the Rose Theatre
Beneath the Blonde
Wildwood
THURSDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 7.30pm & 9.30pm Tickets £8.00 / £4.50 concessions
FRIDAY 23RD & SATURDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 8.00pm Tickets £8.00 / £4.50 concessions
She is all that man desires…everything that he cannot grasp… so the dream of death begins.
Mnēstis Theatre Company presents Wildwood a choral work exploring ancient English traditions. Join us in invoking the mysteries of folk tale and song deep in a Victorian Church. Take a journey through spell, charm, and rhythm to retrieve lost voices. Wildwood weaves images of the voice, body and soul of the sacred to reconnect with our cultural memory.
Neige Noir Theatre Company presents Beneath the Blonde, a site specific event that fuses film and movement in a performance art installation. Inspired by contemporary adaptations of Grimm’s tale of Snow White, this feminist assault on Film Noir’s figure of the Femme Fatale takes the viewer on a beastly poetic fairytale journey into a sensual compulsion of the flesh. This performance will take place in a secret location. Meet in the Rose Theatre Foyer.
This performance will take place in Old Christ Church, Waterloo, L22 1RE. Transport will be available leaving at 7.00pm & 7.30pm for 8.00pm start and is included in your ticket price. Meet in the Rose Theatre foyer.
stripes theatre company present:
two brothers and one world cup by zach lee TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions 1982 – 2010. Follow The Vindaloo Brothers – the UK’s No1 England Footy Song Tribute Act, as they try to reconnect with family. One brother wronged his elder sibling and upset all the locals, but he’s still his Scottish Mam’s wee soldier. He’s also got a secret that will crush everybody. Sibling secrets, lies, laughs and songs set against the backdrop of football World Cups. How one moment can shape a life. Every performance is unique. 720 different ways for the audience to choose how this story is told in Stripes Theatre Company’s 2010 Edinburgh Festival smash hit comedy Two Brothers and One World Cup. WARNING - This show contains dodgy guitar playing and even dodgier singing. “Excellent...deeply moving...portrayed superbly” The Scotsman. “Hilarious...loads of energy...touching story” Three Weeks.
maelstrom dance present:
ballast WEDNESDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions Maelstrom Dance is the North West’s newest dance company, whose work combines influences from contemporary, urban and physical theatre to create exciting and provoking performances. Established in 2008 by Artistic Director Lindsey Brocklebank, the all-female company has been making ripples in the North West dance scene ever since. Maelstrom Dance’s new work Ballast, is a conceptual multidisciplinary dance theatre work; pitting two power and greed driven sisters against each other. A morality tale of women beyond the realms of ‘normal female behaviour’ who are observed and ‘tweeted’ by a modern day Greek chorus of seven newly graduated dancers.
indra theatre present:
albert & equiano THURSDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 7.30pm Tickets ÂŁ9.00 / ÂŁ7.00 concessions Albert and Equiano tells the story of the remarkable 18th century Nigerian Olaudah Equiano, who became a leading figure in the abolition of slavery movement, through the eyes of a disenchanted museum caretaker in South West England. Deep in the museum basement Albert uncovers a portrait he has never seen before, which has an unusual and powerful effect on him. Both Albert and audience are taken on an imaginative roller coaster through time and space as this extraordinary story unfolds.
big wooden horse and theatre royal winchester present:
the way back home by oliver jeffers SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2.30pm Tickets £4.50 / £16.00 family ticket (3 children & 1 adult or 2 children & 2 adults) Oliver Jeffers, award-winning author of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found, returns with an inter-galactic tale about a little boy seeking adventure. One day a boy finds a plane in his cupboard. He flies his plane higher and higher until he runs out of petrol and lands on the moon. He is frightened, lost and alone until a passing Martian lands there too! Who is the strange alien? Can they be friends? And how will they find their way back home??? This exciting new production for families and young children has been created by the team behind the hit shows Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and The Night Before Christmas and is presented as a co-production with Theatre Royal Winchester.
© Nastasia Tryphonos
Suitable for over 3 year olds and their families
vocab dance company present:
episodes of blackness TUESDAY 4TH OCTOBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions Episodes of Blackness is inspired by aspects of black culture and heritage. Using dance theatre, music and spoken word, Vocab Dance Company’s first triple bill premieres brand new work Temps Mort, a powerful quintet which embodies a fierce combination of dance and percussive rhythms of drums, focused around the theme of polygamy. Sensitively drawing upon this taboo subject without placing any judgment and allowing the audience to engage with this issue from multiple angles. A revival of the highly acclaimed Kwenda – Kwenda, a compelling exploration of a group of women wishing to step away from their roots yet worried about the future effects. Word!, a choreographic response to headlines around the negative aspects of youth culture and asking “is it in our power to do anything about it?” Choreographer Alesandra Seutin’s combines traditional African dance with Contemporary and Hip Hop dynamics resulting in a distinctly fast paced, athletic evening of Afro-Eclectic Contemporary Dance.
fool’s proof theatre company present:
it's uniformation day THURSDAY 6TH OCTOBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions Can we learn from the future from those who have obviously learned nothing from the past? A group of self-obsessed individuals come together to explore the cult of individualism. Audiences are invited to witness an unpredictable future ceremony whose three participants re-live such human struggles as the relentless pursuit of happiness, the infuriating distinction between self and Other, and the urge to wield the mighty rocket. A visceral tour through delicate and dangerous sides of human identity. Flamboyant, menacing and highly energetic.
theatre ad infinitum present:
translunar paradise TUESDAY 11TH OCTOBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions Translunar Paradise… a place where time stands still Stage Award winner (2009) and Total Theatre Award Nominee (2010), Theatre Ad Infinitum invites you on a journey of life, death, and enduring love. After his wife passes away, William escapes to a paradise of fantasy and past memories, a place far from the reality of his grief. Returning from beyond the grave, Rose revisits her widowed companion to perform one last act of love: to help him let go. A poignant tale of life and death told without words. “Ad Infinitum have moved to the front of the pack” The Guardian “Excellent…something special” The Observer
hard graft present:
when will I be famous? a comedy by mark whiteley THURSDAY 13TH OCTOBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions How easy is it to become famous? In 1994 Mark Whiteley left drama school, confident that within the year he would be a global celebrity. Seventeen years later with a string of ‘bit parts’ in shows like Peak Practice, Heartbeat and Soldier Soldier, he is still waiting…. Come and hear his hilarious story and how he’s going to become famous in the next three months and wonder at his BAFTA award winning performance as a Chicken on Channel 4. "I went to see John Cleese's show on Thursday night and you were funnier" Kev Nottingham
pearl of africa children's choir SATURDAY 15TH OCTOBER 7.00pm Free admission The internationally acclaimed Pearl of Africa Children's Choir present an evocative mix of traditional Ugandan song and dance. The show is a high octane mix of music, dance and drumming with infectious rhythm, enthusiastic vocals and dynamic dramatisation. Their performance will fill the Rose Theatre with a magical atmosphere guaranteed to get feet tapping. These orphaned or destitute children are ambassadors for hundreds of similar children back home in Uganda. They visit the UK to raise awareness and the desperately needed funds to help sustain and improve the standard of education, healthcare and living standards in their schools. Admission is free but please ensure you pre-book your ticket by ringing the box office on 01695 584480. Voluntary donations on the night would be much appreciated.
the suitcase ensemble present:
look at us now TUESDAY 18TH OCTOBER 8.00pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions They might not play a brass instrument between them. They might not be able to get over the day their musical career was thwarted. But something about the tradition of British brass bands has inspired them. And they’re gonna fly now... This raucous new show from Liverpool based theatre collective, The Suitcase Ensemble, is a warm and informal performance inspired by childhood dreams, lost glories, and the unsung history of the once famous Edge Hill Brass Band. It’s a cheeky blend of live music, quirky theatricality, and absurd humour. It’s one part folk club, one part school play. It’s poignant and hilarious. It’s provocative. And it’s pure punk. This performance will take place in the White Box Studio, Performing Arts Centre
caroline bergvall WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER 7.30pm Tickets ÂŁ4.00 all Caroline Bergvall is a writer and interdisciplinary poet currently based in London, who works across media, language, and artforms. Projects alternate between audio pieces, performances, language installations, collaborative projects and books, of which Fig (Salt Books, 2005) are representative. A recent sound & language installation with CiarĂĄn Maher is Say Parsley (Arnolfini, Bristol, Spring 2010). A book of new and selected pieces is entitled Meddle English (Nightboat Books, NY). Her most recent language-based installation was Middling English (John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, September-October 2010). She just completed an AHRC Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts. Her excellent website may be viewed at: www.carolinebergvall.com The evening is hosted by the creative writing programme at Edge Hill. If you would like to know more about our courses, please contact the Enquiries Unit on 0800 195 5063.
earthfall dance company present:
at swim two boys THURSDAY 20TH OCTOBER 7:30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the same title novel by Jamie O’Neill, Earthfall revive their award-winning production with a UK wide tour. Staged entirely in water, and set against the backdrop of the Easter Rising in Ireland, this tender and visually beautiful production previously toured to sell-out audiences in Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland and mainland Europe. Set in Ireland in 1916, the work juxtaposes the developing love affair between two young men with political turmoil in Ireland and the slaughter on the Western Front – contrasting the dream of national liberation and the search for personal freedom. The production is staged in a slowly filling lake in front of a waterfall with episodes from the book woven together through a fusion of extreme physicality, original live music and film. “Violence, tenderness, passion and humour collide in this super, charged performance” The Times This performance will take place in the Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Centre
little bulb theatre present:
operation greenfield MONDAY 24TH OCTOBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions An exploration of music, faith and friendship. Somewhere in middle England four unlikely teenagers are preparing for judgement day with ladders, Elvis and Forest Fruits squash - Stokely’s annual talent competition is nigh. With a stage full of instruments and an eclectic mix of recorded music, Little Bulb Theatre capture the confusing, awkward and beautifully naïve time of adolescence: the time when the once simple beliefs you held dear need re-adjusting to face the complexities of adulthood. A bizarre and visually fantastical exploration of music, faith and friendship, from Fringe First & Total Theatre Award Winners. “their musicianship is superb, and their ability to conjure the pains of youth uncanny. Recklessly talented...insanely brave" **** Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
take the space in association with guildford’s yvonne arnaud theatre present:
stand-up comedy TUESDAY 25TH OCTOBER 8.00pm dolce via Tickets £6.00 / £3.75 concessions
greg cook Greg Cook has a deadpan style and is a master of the spoken word. A prolific writer of comedy, he has hours of tested material to draw on, but reserves the right to dish up a blistering set drawn from the morning’s papers. Religion, politics, sport, terrorism, poetry, the police, philosophy, royalty, and his long-suffering mum have all been given the Greg Cook treatment. He abandoned a law degree after 2 years to devote more time to writing and performing comedy. “Law and comedy are essentially the same gig... telling lies for money, but this way I don’t have to wear a tie.” wes zaharuk If you like to laugh you won't want to miss this zany comic in action. He has a fast paced razor wit and tornado-like approach to comedy. Wes Zaharuk credits his comic roots to his parents. They made ‘not listening’ an Olympic event. About the use of props in his performance, Wes quips “Show business sometimes lures people who didn't get enough love early in life. I feel as a child I didn't get enough unsupervised time with power tools but who has perfect parents?”
jollyboat Jollyboat are Tom and Ed, two brothers who write very energetic musical comedy. In the past year they've sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won every comedy gong-show they've entered.
compere.... ryan gleeson Ryan Gleeson has proved himself the loveable cheeky chappy of comedy, with audiences instantly warming to his endearing qualities. But, don't let that fool you, this man is the heckler's worst nightmare, shout out at him and he unleashes his quick thinking comedy brain.
martin simpson SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 8.00pm Tickets £12.50 / £10.50 concessions In the last two years, Martin Simpson has been busier, more successful and more visible than ever before in his 37 year career, a veritable overnight sensation at the age of 56. Televised appearances at the Albert Hall at the first ever Folk Prom, and on Later with Jools, and radio appearances with Aled Jones, Mike Harding and Simon Mayo amongst others, garnered extraordinarily good reactions. Having lived and worked in the US for 14 years he is regarded there as a guitar legend, and an enormously influential musician. “Although it’s his guitar virtuosity that’s frequently lauded, it’s as an interpreter of song that Martin Simpson really scores. Simpson delivers narratives with colour and conviction. Fittingly be-gonged several times at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Martin Simpson is taking his place, not just as a hero for guitar-besotted acolytes but as one of the national treasures of English traditional music." BBC Radio 2 Folk & Acoustic Reviews
fuel present: sound and fury’s
going dark written by hattie naylor in collaboration with sound and fury TUESDAY 1ST & WEDNESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions How far can you see? A mile? A hundred miles? Or to the furthest shores of the Universe to a far away galaxy? Passionate about astronomy, Max works as the narrator at the city’s Planetarium where he challenges his dwindling audiences with the mysteries of the stars and science. But in a society polluting the night sky with light and happier to explore the heavens on a smartphone he feels increasingly out of place. When his own life takes an unexpected turn, Max discovers that seeing doesn’t necessarily bring insight and that understanding the universe requires a different kind of vision... Using the company’s innovative theatre vocabulary of immersive surround sound design, total darkness and imaginative lighting, it reawakens our wonder at the cosmos and reveals how one man’s vision becomes illuminated by darkness. “…the most brilliantly immersive piece of theatre I’ve seen all year…” The Daily Telegraph *****
edge hill 3rd Year performing arts students present:
freedom songs – a season of performance Die Praxis der Liebe (The Practice of Love)
Widows by Ariel Dorfman & Tony Kushner
FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £8.00 / £4.50 concessions
MONDAY 7TH & TUESDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £8.00 / £4.50 concessions
This dance theatre piece assembles and reassembles snippets of choreography that emerge and re-emerge as both cohesive and chaotic: the chance moment of movements in and out of synchronicity between the pre-recorded images, improvised movement, choreographed phrases and live camera feed capture. Performers move between ‘real time’ and ‘mediated time’ appearing and reappearing in search of a narrative, perpetual repetitions induce an unbearable claustrophobia caught ‘for real’ in the spotlight. The work explores the intersection between technology and the immediacy and the intimacy of the live body in space that is constantly in negotiation with other forms of mediatised expression.
By the author of Death and the Maiden, Widows begins with a group of poor peasant women in an unnamed country washing laundry by the river. When a faceless corpse floats by a struggle begins amongst the women as to who should bury the body, each believing the man to be her missing loved one ‘disappeared’ under the corrupt regime. Invoking images of water, love, dreams and desire, this magical realist production weaves physical theatre and powerful imagery with Dorfman’s text. “A remarkable attempt to dramatise in a semi-mythical way the consequences of the recent appalling abuses of human rights” Independent on Sunday
This performance will take place at Victoria Baths, Manchester
This performance will take place in the Rose Theatre
The Convict’s Opera by Stephen Jeffreys
No Man is an Island
WEDNESDAY 9TH & THURSDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £8.00 / £4.50 concessions
FRIDAY 18TH & SATURDAY 19TH NOVEMBER & 7.30pm Tickets £8.00 / £4.50 concessions
Stephen Jeffreys' The Convict's Opera re-imagines the world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, as a performance on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia. To pass the time on their journey to Australia, the convicts put on John Gay's musical satire, introducing us to treacherous highwayman MacHeath and sweet Polly Peachum as they juggle love and deceit in the 18th Century criminal underworld.
Exploring the themes of the season, this production will use ‘Waterloo Cathedral’ in Liverpool as its inspiration for an exploration of man’s inhumanity to man.
“Part historical romp, part Brechtian jukebox musical” Sun-Herald, Australia
Bringing the theme of the season up to date, this devised visual theatre work looks at how we perceive oppression today through the media. Drawing on a variety of sources from Amnesty International to diaries and prison letters, this immersive environmental piece will incorporate striking visual theatre elements with live performance and video mash-ups.
This performance will take place in the Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Centre
This performance will take place in Old Christ Church, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 1RE
goodnights entertainment present:
big pants and botox by award winning Girls Night writer Louise Roach WEDNESDAY 9TH & THURSDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £10.00 / £8.00 concessions Barbara has just survived an eventful ‘significant’ birthday, which has got her thinking about many things – not least the merits of ‘Big Pants & Botox’. Come and join her as she takes us on a hilarious, emotional, intriguing and ultimately uplifting journey. If you have to empty your bladder before joining the kids on the trampoline, and it’s a few years since you’ve had an uninterrupted view of your feet: if you know a prolapse has nothing to do with structural engineering, and that the word piles doesn’t have to be followed by the word ‘of’, then you’ll be amused, delighted, and even comforted by Louise Roche’s new play. A brand new one woman show starring Casualty’s Rebecca Wheatley
company fz present:
horse TUESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions The award-winning Flick Ferdinando seamlessly moves from hilarity to tragedy unleashing a stable of characters in a deliciously dark physical comedy. See how far one woman's passion for all things equine can go, in a show where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. Flick brings twenty years of experience in devised theatre to the stage offering a bold performance where she is actress, comedienne and physical performer. Contains scenes of a saucy nature! “Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh “Delightfully wrong... refreshingly subversive” The Scotsman
© Ludovic Des Cognets
Contains partial nudity and is recommended for audiences over the age of 14
tayo aluko presents:
call mr robeson - a life, with songs THURSDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions “They say I’m meddling in the foreign affairs of the foreign affairs of the United States Government. Now, that’s too bad, ‘cause I’m going to have to continue to meddle...” Paul Robeson is a world famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. When over the years he gets progressively too radical and outspoken for the establishment's liking, he is branded a traitor to his country, harassed, and denied opportunities to perform or travel. Just as physical, emotional and mental stress threaten to push him over the fine line between genius and madness, he is summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, to give the most difficult and important performance of his career. The play is a roller coaster journey through Robeson’s remarkable and eventful life, and highlights how his radical activism caused him to be disowned and disremembered, even by the leaders and descendants of the civil rights movement. It features some of his famous songs and speeches, including a dramatic rendition of Ol’ Man River. "A stunning piece of musical theatre.... high quality drama, first class singing" Fringe Review, Edinburgh Fringe, 2010
snail tales presents:
a bird in your ear SATURDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2.30pm Tickets £4.50 / £16.00 family ticket (3 children & 1 adult or 2 children & 2 adults) Be the first to hear the next generation of fairy tales! Wizards, witches and magical animals join boys and girls like you on crazy quests and wacky adventures Each short story in this selection has been created by children from UK primary schools, and adapted by professional storytellers to include puppetry, live music, magic, and lots of joining in! Sometimes moral, sometimes delightfully absurd, but always colourful, curious and fun. This insight into the world of the modern child’s imagination – from helpful gazelles to dragon poo – is a treat for the whole family. Suitable for children aged 3 – 11 years and their families
brother wolf presents:
a christmas carol as told by jacob marley (deceased) TUESDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions From celebrated production company, Brother Wolf, and five-time award-winning actor/writer, James Hyland, comes a unique one-man show: A Christmas Carol – As told by Jacob Marley (deceased). Told from the perspective of Scrooge’s deceased business partner, this critically acclaimed theatrical adaptation promises thrills, chills and excitement aplenty for all age groups. Jacob Marley is dead and condemned to an eternity of carrying a heavy chain, forged in life; a life to which he can no longer return except to recount the tale of his miserly business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge, and the path that lead to his redemption. Through Marley’s words, we learn how three magical spirits opened Scrooge’s eyes and made him realise the true value of love and forgiveness. "Chilling, humorous, surprising... powerful theatre indeed" The York Press "an accomplished performer... children will be enthralled" The Stage Parental discretion advised for children under seven
retina dance company presents:
layers of skin THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions Layers of Skin starts from the idea of hiding. The three layers of our skin hiding our bones, organs and muscles. It also hides who we are and what we think and desire. Retina Dance Company shed their layers to expose a full-bodied, fast-paced, and stimulating production. The six exhilarating performers execute the quirky intricacies of Van Huffel’s vigorous choreography with raw vitality. Layers of Skin is a dynamic, constantly changing production, that will take its audience on a unique journey, stripping away the layers to discover the dancers internal motivations expressed through Retina’s powerful and expressive movement style. Layers of Skin is a multilayered sensory experience never to be forgotten! “...its sheer physicality… will have you on the edge of your seat.” Ellie Carr -The List “…dancers at the top of their game.” Mary Brennan – The Herald
piaf the songs Eve Loiseau sings the songs of Edith Piaf SATURDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 8.00pm Tickets £14.00 / £12.00 concessions As the 50th anniversary of Piaf’s death approaches, this powerful celebration comes from a company whose credentials include Kneehigh Theatre and Canteve Vocale. Edith Piaf has become synonymous with French Cabaret of the 1940s & 50s and remains France’s most popular singer. Piaf’s life was the stuff of legend, from her dramatic rise from Paris street urchin to star of international renown. Her life, however, was anything but La vie en rose. Towards the end of her life, Piaf turned to drugs to find comfort and solace, never able to believe that she was indeed loved by countless thousands of fans the world over. In addition to a detailed narrative thread, the show features La vie en rose, Sous le ciel de Paris, Bal dans ma rue, Autumn Leaves, Padam Padam, C’est merveilleux, L’accordéoniste, Non je ne regrette rien and many more. “a beautiful voice - a Piaf better than Mireille Mathieu!” Redbridge Institute “a heart rending show, emulating not only the style but the spirit of this tragic singer’s life” Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum www.Piaf-the-songs.co.uk
take the space in association with guildford’s yvonne arnaud theatre present:
stand-up comedy TUESDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 8.00pm dolce via Tickets £6.00 / £3.75 concessions
bill woolland Bill Woolland has an observational and chatty style of stand-up comedy, complemented by excellent original jokes, fabulous tales, and hilarious audience participation. Due to this wide appeal, Bill has been successfully performing at comedy clubs throughout the UK, and on worldwide cruises. He has also frequently appeared at weddings, charity auctions, and corporate events, and even supported Freddie Starr.
freaks outing A musical comedy show written and performed by Richard Lilley, featuring bizarre characters and outrageous songs. Parodying a wide range of musical styles including music hall, disco, blues, rap, folk, easy listening, and jazz, the visual treats include a tap dancing Grim Reaper, a rapping miner, and a disco-dancing porn star. Like a musical version of The League of Gentleman - Metro
adam rushton Adam Rushton is a brand new act with an promising future in comedy. He is a rising stand-up star, originally from Ormskirk.
compere.... sam harland After surviving two rehabs, various detention centres and a childhood on the streets of Hull, Sam draws on his wealth of experience to bring you a humorously cynical (yet optimistic) slant on life. Sharp witted and charismatic, Sam has been performing stand-up since 2006 – a real audience pleaser.
alison macleod THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £4.00 all Alison MacLeod is a short story writer and novelist, based in Brighton. Her most recent collection, Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction (Penguin) was named as one of the ‘Top 10 Books to Talk About in 2009’ in association with the Guardian and World Book Day. According to Time Out, ‘Alison MacLeod’s collection is a baker’s dozen of excellence book-ended by brilliance... At the core of the "tale"’ – and these are modern fables that unravel and decipher reality as much as create it – is a series of complex meditations on the idea of attraction...‘ Her first two novels are The Changeling (Macmillan 1996) and The Wave Theory of Angels (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin, 2005); a third novel will be published by Hamish Hamilton in 2012. Alison MacLeod is Professor of Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester. Find out more about her on www.alison-macleod.com The evening is hosted by the creative writing programme at Edge Hill. If you would like to know more about our courses, please contact the Enquiries Unit on 0800 195 5063.
bella hardy trio SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER 8.00pm Tickets £12.50 / £10.50 concessions Acclaimed singer Bella Hardy, three times nominated in the BBC Folk Awards, has a voice marked as mesmerising and faultless. Bella is now established as one of the finest young folk acts around, singing unaccompanied ballads, or entwining her hypnotic voice with her own fiddle accompaniment to breathtaking effect. Bella’s second album In the Shadow of Mountains (2009) was highly praised and her song writing particularly noticed; "Surely no-one has any right to be writing songs with the sophistication of Sylvie Sovay, so early in their career”. Songs Lost & Stolen is the third album release from the acclaimed singer. Her songs touch on both the fantastical, storytelling elements of Kate Bush and the lovelorn song writing craft of Carole King, ranging in subject matter from fairytales to English working class history via childhood nostalgia, myths, murder and the human condition.
reform theatre company present:
housebound by nick lane TUESDAY 6TH DECEMBER 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concessions Jim is sixty-eight, stressed and ready to snap. At what? Anything; noisy neighbours, speeding cars, kids hanging about on the street corners… you name it, he’ll moan about it; it’s the one thing he’s good at. He makes Victor Meldrew look like an amateur. And doesn’t his wife Lucy know it? Stuck at home with him rabbiting on every day, and nowhere to escape to… she’s housebound. And every day is starting to blend into every other… until one Halloween, when a rash act changes everything. Maybe this time Lucy sees an opportunity to alter things for good… Maybe this time Jim really does have something to be fed up about… And maybe the moaning coming from the cellar has nothing to do with the rising damp… A comedy for anyone who ever felt frustrated but didn’t know what to do once they were. From the acclaimed writer of Hull Truck hits, My Favourite Summer (“Blissfully funny” – Daily Telegraph) and Me & Me Dad (“Beautiful and tenderly written” – Yorkshire Post)
big wooden horse theatre company and brighton dome present:
the night before Christmas SUNDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2.30pm Tickets £4.50 / £16.00 family ticket (3 children & 1 adult or 2 children & 2 adults) On the night before Christmas Emily stares out of the window, hugs her teddy and waits excitedly for the morning, while in the corner a little mouse called Eddie can’t understand why only humans are allowed to celebrate and get presents. So he sets off in search of Father Christmas to find out for himself. Along the way he dodges the family cat, gets directions from a cowardly toy soldier and is given some unexpected advice from the magical fairy on top of the tree. Will Eddie get an answer? Will Emily get her wish? And what is that funny-shaped present sitting under the tree? Suitable for over three year olds and their families (contains songs and audience participation)
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Rose Theatre, Edge Hill University
£5.00
Age 12 – 25 Wednesday, 7.00pm – 9.00pm Age 8 – 11 Saturday, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
01695 584480
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Edge Hill University
Rose Theatre, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP. Email: rose@edgehill.ac.uk Website: edgehill.ac.uk/rosetheatre
how to book by telephone To book a ticket for any performance please call our 24 hour answer service on 01695 584480.
by email Ticket enquiries can be emailed to the Box Office staff at Rose@edgehill.ac.uk. For security reasons, please do not e-mail credit/debit card numbers with your reservation. by post Please send a cheque made payable to EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY to: Rose Theatre Edge Hill University St Helens Road, Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
in person From the Rose Theatre Box Office between 12pm and 5.30pm and also from the Edge Hill main reception desk, Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.
Tickets can also be purchased from Ormskirk County Information Centre at Ormskirk Bus Station, Moor Street. Telephone 01695 579062.
online Secure online booking system via edgehill.ac.uk/rosetheatre.
concessionary seats Concessionary tickets are available to students, over 60始s, ES40 holders, registered disabled and children under the age of 16. group/school bookings One free ticket is available with every ten tickets bought, please contact the Box Office on 01695 584480.
ticket exchange Tickets may be exchanged for another performance at the discretion of the Box Office. It is only possible to resell tickets via the Box Office once a performance is sold out.
how to find us by rail From Ormskirk railway station, walk up Station Approach, turn left at the top, then right onto Stanley Street. Continue into Knowsley Road and turn left into St Helens Road. Edge Hill University is a quarter of a mile up St Helens Road on the left hand side. The walk from the railway station is approximately 15 minutes. by motorway From the M6, leave at junction 26 (M58-Skelmersdale). From the M58, exit at junction 3, taking the A570 towards Southport and Ormskirk. Edge Hill University is two miles from the junction on the right hand side. car parking 24 hour, security patrolled, free parking is available.
by bus From Ormskirk Bus Station, turn left and then right at the traffic lights into Knowsley Road. Then follow the directions as by rail.
disabled access Parking for patrons with disabilities is available close to the theatre. The theatre is accessible at ground level, with wheelchair spaces on the front row of the auditorium. We also offer an induction loop linked to a PA system for the hearing impaired. Guide dogs are welcome in the theatre where water will be provided on request. Our staff are pleased to assist with any special requirements, call us on 01695 584480 to discuss specific needs.
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Rose Theatre
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