Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Brochure May - Dec 2021 by everymanchelt

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MAY - DEC 2021

We’re Ready To Welcome You Back I am delighted to be able to announce a new season of work and the opportunity to welcome you all back to our historic auditorium as we progress through the roadmap out of lockdown and a return to live entertainment. We have all been through a very challenging period and I hope that you are well and looking forward to a return to the shared experience of live theatre. We’ve done much work to prepare our venue and our staff to ensure that you will be greeted in the safest, most welcoming environment possible. We were very fortunate to have been in receipt of two grants from Arts Council England via the Culture Recovery Fund. These grants allowed us to protect jobs at the theatre and to undertake essential maintenance to ensure that the Everyman remains one one the country’s premier arts venues. These grants are a recognition of the high esteem and reputation of the Everyman Theatre throughout Gloucestershire, as well as nationally, and we will continue our efforts to maintain that high level of service to you. The programme of work that we have put together includes some of the productions we were forced to postpone over the previous year. Many of you may

have been issued vouchers for these productions. Our box office is ready to help you redeem those vouchers for tickets to these rescheduled performances and to help you book new tickets with a reassurance that you can BOOK WITH CONFIDENCE and EXCHANGE WITH EASE should you find it necessary to do so. We have received many messages of support throughout our closure and, on behalf of myself and the staff of the theatre, we are truly grateful. Your words and support have been truly encouraging and have been a reminder to us that the Everyman Theatre has an important place in Gloucestershire. We’re now ready to repay that support you’ve shown us by re-opening our doors and welcoming you back to enjoy the shared, artistic communion unique to live theatre. Sincerely,

Mark Goucher

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I WILL SURVIVE! THE HIT WEST END SHOW! 4

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Priscilla Queen of the Desert DIRECTED BY IAN TALBOT

CHOREOGRAPHED BY TOM JACKSON-GREAVES

PHIL R DANIELS AND CHARLES CUSICK SMITH

“The greatest disco anthems ever to fill a dance floor”

“The best feelgood show since Mamma Mia”

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Pack up your wigs, heels and all the glitter you can find, because the iconic, joyous and award-winning musical Priscilla Queen Of The Desert comes to Cheltenham for the first time ever! With more glitz and glamour than ever before, this show-stopping musical features spectacular dance routines, a dazzling array of eye-popping costumes,

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and a scintillating, sing-a-long soundtrack full of your favourite dance-floor classics, including HOT STUFF, IT’S RAINING MEN, I WILL SURVIVE, GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN, FINALLY and many more; it’s pure joy guaranteed! Time to SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING and book now!

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Hairspray BOOK BY MARK O’DONNELL & THOMAS MEEHAN

STARRING BRENDA EDWARDS & NORMAN PACE

LYRICS BY SCOTT WITTMAN & MARC SHAIMAN

After breaking box office records and delighting audiences in the West End, on Broadway and on the big screen since 1988, this smash hit musicalcomedy has quite the legacy, and now we’re heading back out on tour. Welcome to the 60s, where everyone’s grooving to a brand-new sound! Enter our vivacious heroine Tracy Turnblad, who has big hair, a big heart and big dreams to dance her way onto national TV, and into the heart of teen idol Link Larkin. When Tracy becomes a local star, she is able to use her newfound fame to fight for liberation, tolerance and interracial unity in Baltimore. But can she win equality - and Link’s heart - without denting her ‘do?

Mon 5 – Sat 17 July 6

Evenings: Mon – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Thu & Sat 2.00pm

Starring Brenda Edwards as Motormouth Maybelle and Norman Pace as Wilbur Turnblad. This fun-filled, feel good show is bursting with showstopping numbers, dazzling costumes, and dizzying dance-routines that you can’t help but shimmy to! Featuring some of musical theatre’s biggest and best hit songs, including Welcome To The 60s, You Can’t Stop The Beat, Good Morning Baltimore and so many more, Hairspray is the hilarious, joyous, and uplifting musical that everyone needs right now!

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KENNY WAX LTD & STAGE PRESENCE LTD PRESENT A MISCHIEF PRODUCTION

The Play That Goes Wrong Mischief’s multi award-winning international smash hit comedy returns to the Everyman Theatre as part of our special re-opening season! The Cornley Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! As the accident prone thesps battle on against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue!

“I feared I was going to hyperventilate”

***** DAILY MAIL

Hailed “a gut-busting hit” by the New York Times, The Play That Goes Wrong, now in its sixth year in the West End, has won a host of celebrity endorsements from the likes of Joanna Lumley “We laughed until the tears ran down our faces, it has to be seen” to Ant & Dec “The funniest show we’ve seen! If you can get a ticket, go!” Don’t miss this brilliantly funny comedy that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!

“Genuinely hilarious. Boy, does it hit the funny bone”

“A triumph of splitsecond timing”

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Tue 20 July – Sun 1 August 8

Evenings: Tue – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Thu, Sat & Sun 2.00pm

“Exquisitely choreographed mayhem”

**** THE INDEPENDENT

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BEST NEW COMEDY WINNER WHATSONSTAGE AWARD 2014

WINNER

OLIVIER AWARD 2015

WINNER BROADWAY WORLD UK AWARD 2015

Production photos by Robert Day. All photos feature previous casts. 2021 casting to be announced.

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PRESENTED BY LONDON CLASSIC THEATRE

Absurd Person Singular WRITTEN BY ALAN AYCKBOURN

SET DESIGN BY SIMON SCULLION

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CABOT

COSTUME DESIGN BY KATE LYONS

Three married couples. Three kitchens. Three Christmas Parties. Sidney Hopcroft, a small-time tradesman, persuades wife Jane to throw a Christmas party hoping to find favour with a bank manager and local architect. As the celebrations get under way, class differences and naked ambition combine to hilarious effect as, one by one, the characters seek refuge in Jane’s kitchen. Over the next two years, the Jacksons and BrewsterWrights take turns to host festivities. But Sidney’s star has begun to rise and roles are increasingly reversed as the cracks in the other couples’ marriages begin to show. Alan Ayckbourn’s comic masterpiece of social climbing in 1970s suburbia fuses a potent mix of farce and black comedy. An Olivier and Tony Award winning playwright, Alan Ayckbourn’s 81 plays have been produced worldwide. Notable successes include: The Norman Conquests, Relatively Speaking, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval and Communicating Doors. Following their successful tour of Absent Friends in 2015, Alan Ayckbourn’s much-loved 1972 classic forms the centrepiece of London Classic Theatre’s 20th Anniversary celebrations.

“A master of comic ingenuity.” THE GUARDIAN Tue 3 – Sat 7 August 01242 572573

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PRESENTED BY BILL KENWRIGHT. BASED ON THE PARAMOUNT PICTURES FILM WRITTEN BY BRUCE JOEL RUBIN

Ghost: The Musical BOOK AND LYRICS BY BRUCE JOEL RUBIN MUSIC & LYRICS BY DAVE STEWART & GLEN BALLARD

The Oscar-Winning Love Story Live On Stage Oh My Love My Darling… I’ve Hungered For Your Touch Walking back to their apartment late one night, a tragic encounter sees Sam murdered and his beloved girlfriend Molly alone, in despair and utterly lost. But with the help of a phony storefront psychic, Sam, trapped between this world and the next, tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving her from grave danger… The movie Ghost has proven to be one of cinema’s biggest all-time hits. Starring the late Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, it was the highest grossing film of 1990 and won an Oscar for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin who has adapted his screenplay for this musical. The international smash hit returns to the stage, featuring The Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody alongside many more terrific songs co-written by Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart.

“Beautiful, moving and stunningly emotional.” ***** SUSSEX NEWSPAPER

“Even more spectacular than the original film...One of the best.” ***** THE GUARDIAN

“A roaring success. The house was brought down wuth thunderous applause.” THE GAZETTE Tue 10 – Sat 14 August

Evenings: Tue – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Wed, Thu & Sat 2.00pm

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SPACES ON THIS YEAR’S SUMMER SCHOOLS ARE LIMITED, BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

Following the hit film, TV series & stage show, FAME is nothing short of a global phenomenon. Fame Jr. features a high-energy, contemporary pop score and a touching coming of age story. This show will be rehearsed over 2 weeks and then performed on the iconic Everyman stage.

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A practical acting course, led by professional Directors and Associates of The Royal Shakespeare Company, bringing a new perspective to an old tale. We will explore how Shakespeare’s plays remain relevant today, putting our own twist on humorous, honourable and underhand characters. A collaboration with Cheltenham Ladies’ College.

FOR AGES 13 - 18 Audition Day: Sat 3 July Rehearsals & Performance: Mon 2 August – Wed 18 August Times vary £200 per participant

Based on the iconic film, with an Academy-Award winning score, Disney’s Aladdin is sure to send audiences soaring on a flying carpet ride filled with magic and adventure. Participants will learn all the songs, dances and perform in the Irving Studio all in 1 week!

FOR AGES 14 – 18

FOR AGES 8 - 12

Mon 26 – Fri 30 July

Mon 26 july - Fri 30 July 10am - 4pm

£120 ONLY 25 PLACES AVAILABLE 14

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Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare yourselves for this very special production of Horrible Histories live on stage! Can you beat battling Boudicca? Would you be a martyr for the Magna Carta? Will you lose your head to horrible Henry VIII? Will Parliament survive gunpowder Guy? Dare you stand and deliver to dastardly Dick Turpin? Escape the clutches of Burke and Hare and move to the groove with party Queen Victoria? It’s the horrible history of Britain with the nasty bits left in - to entertain the whole family this summer!

Thu 19 – Sun 22 August

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THE WORLD ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION NEW YORK TIMES

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PRESENTED BY DAVID PUGH

Willy Russell’s Educating Rita

STARRING STEPHEN TOMPKINSON & JESSICA JOHNSON

Following the amazing success at the Minack Open Air Theatre, Cornwall, in August, which was widely reported worldwide, Olivier and Tony Awardwinning producer David Pugh is delighted to be bringing Willy Russell’s critically acclaimed comedy to the Everyman Theatre. When married hairdresser Rita enrols on a university course to expand her horizons, little does she realise where the journey will take her.

This hilarious and heart-warming comedy won the Olivier award when it was produced in London’s West End by the RSC and was adapted into the multi award winning film which starred Julie Walters and Michael Caine. Written by one of our greatest ever playwrights Willy Russell and starring one of our best loved actors Stephen Tompkinson as Frank and introducing Jessica Johnson as Rita.

Her tutor Frank is a frustrated poet, brilliant academic and dedicated drinker, who’s less than enthusiastic about taking Rita on, but the two soon realise how much they have to teach each other.

Tue 24 – Sat 28 August 01242 572573

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Charlie & Stan

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY PAUL HUNTER

In 1910, the then unknown Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail onboard a tramp steamer from Liverpool to New York as part of Fred Karno’s famous music hall troupe.

With an original piano score played live every night, Charlie and Stan is a hilarious and deeply moving homage to two men who changed the world of comedy forever.

On the voyage, they shared a cabin, they shared comedy routines and they shared laughter but by the end of the journey they had drifted apart...yet they would both go on to become the biggest stars of the age.

Told by an Idiot have garnered critical acclaim and devoted audiences worldwide for their wonderfully theatrical shows. With Charlie and Stan they have uncovered a hidden and poignant chapter of comedy history shining an unusual light on a pair of show business legends.

Inspired by real life events, Told by an Idiot’s acclaimed production of Charlie and Stan is the remarkable story of the greatest comedy double act that nearly was.

This “blissful entertainment” (Daily Telegraph) is coming to Cheltenham prior to London’s glittering West End.

“Seldom less than magical”

“Invention stuffed and music crammed. A glimpse of the double act that could have been in this silly, sublime treat.”

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“Hilarious. A riotous masterclass in storytelling” WHATSONSTAGE

ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY TOLD BY AN IDIOT AND THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH, IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROYAL & DERNGATE NORTHAMPTON AND UNITY THEATRE LIVERPOOL

Tue 31 August – Sat 4 September 18

Evenings: Tue – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Thu & Sat 2.00pm

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A NEW ADVENTURES PRODUCTION

Matthew Bourne’s AJ and Curtis’ The Midnight Bell Big Night Out First ever visit from acclaimed choreographer Matthew Bourne, with a World Premiere Performance! Matthew Bourne’s new production for New Adventures explores the under-belly of 1930s London life where ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and bars of fog-bound Soho and Fitzrovia. Step inside The Midnight Bell, a tavern where one particular lonely-hearts club gather to play out their lovelorn affairs of the heart; bitter comedies of longing, frustration, betrayal and redemption. Inspired by the great English novelist Patrick Hamilton (Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, Hangover Square) who created some of the most authentic fiction of his era; stories borne out of years of social interactions with the working man and woman at his favourite location - the London Pub. Master storyteller Bourne once again joins forces with the Olivier and Tony award-winning team of Lez Brotherston, Terry Davies, Paule Constable and Paul Groothuis for this brand new production. The cast features twelve of New Adventures’ finest performers in roles that will challenge and reveal the darker reaches of the human heart. This is a Dance Theatre event not to be missed.

“To tell a story without words is a rare gift, one Matthew Bourne uses to create a magical world you will never want to leave.” The Daily Telegraph

AJ and CURTIS PRITCHARD are having a BIG NIGHT OUT. And you are invited! AJ and Curtis’ Big Night Out is a live entertainment spectacular featuring explosive choreography and dance routines, roof-raising live musical performances with some incredibly special guest singers, live interactive games and comedy with exciting prizes to be won. Bring your friends and family and get ready for fun. Let’s face it, in 2021 we’re all going to need a BIG NIGHT OUT.

“No other English writer has written so acutely about sexual infatuation, embarrassment and self illusion.” Time Out (on Patrick Hamilton)

Thu 9 – Sat 11 September

Evenings: Thu – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Sat 2.00pm

Sun 12 September

Evening: 7.30pm

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Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None WRITTEN BY AGATHA CHRISTIE

DIRECTED BY LUCY BAILEY

With twists and turns to keep audiences guessing until the very end, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None is the best-selling crime novel of all time with more than 100 million copies sold worldwide.

Directed by Lucy Bailey (Witness for the Prosecution, Love from a Stranger) and designed by Mike Britton, this brand-new production will keep you on the edge of your seat… Genuinely terrifying….

Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion off the coast of Devon. When a terrible storm cuts them off from the mainland, and with their hosts mysteriously absent, the true reason for their presence on the island becomes horribly clear, as secrets from their past come back to haunt each and every one of them.

Don’t miss Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, coming to the Everyman Theatre this Autumn.

“We are all being hunted” “Gripping entertainment.” **** SUNDAY TIMES

“Bailey turns the screw with every scene.” **** WHATSONSTAGE

On Lucy Bailey’s Love From A Stranger

On Lucy Bailey’s Gaslight

Tue 14 – Sat 18 September 01242 572573

Evenings: Tue – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Thu & Sat 2.00pm

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The Dresser

WRITTEN BY RONALD HARWOOD

STARRING JULIAN CLARY AND MATTHEW KELLY

Inspired by memories of working as Donald Wolfit’s dresser as a young man, Ronald Harwood’s evocative, affectionate and hilarious portrait of backstage life is one of the most acclaimed dramas of modern theatre.

Playing ‘Sir’ will be Matthew Kelly, winner of an Olivier Award for Of Mice and Men. His other West End credits include Waiting for Godot with Ian McKellen, Comedians and Troilus and Cressida. His many television credits include the award-winning thriller Cold Blood, Benidorm, Bleak House and Moving On.

It is 1942 and in a war-torn provincial theatre an ageing actor manager, known to his loyal acting company as ‘Sir’, is struggling to cling on to his sanity and complete his two hundred and twenty seventh performance of King Lear. It is down to Norman, Sir’s devoted dresser, to ensure that in spite of everything, the show goes on. For sixteen years Norman has been there to fix Sir’s wig, massage his ego, remind him of his opening lines and provide the sound effects in the storm scene.

Ronald Harwood’s plays include Taking Sides, Equally Divided and Quartet. His screenplay for the film of The Dresser received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Screenplay. He won an Academy Award for The Pianist.

Norman will be played by one of the UK’s most unique and best loved entertainers. Julian Clary’s successes encompass television, radio, films, writing and stand up comedy, which he has performed all over the world. His West End starring roles range from London Palladium pantomimes to Taboo.

“Riotously funny” EXPRESS

“Poignant, funny and utterly authentic” MAIL ON SUNDAY

Tue 21 – Sat 25 September 24

Evenings: Tue – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Wed, Thu & Sat 2.00pm

“A hugely entertaining evening, rich in comic moments” THE GUARDIAN

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“A glorious play” DAILY TELEGRAPH

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The Ballad of Maria Marten WRITTEN BY BETH FLINTOFF

DIRECTED BY HAL CHAMBERS

Russell Howard: Respite

A thrilling retelling of a real-life murder mystery… Summer, 1827. In a red barn Maria Marten awaits her lover. A year later her body is found under the floor of the barn in a grain sack, barely identifiable, and the manhunt begins. Maria’s story sent shock waves throughout the country. The Red Barn Murder (as it became known) was national news, inspiring writers and filmmakers down the ages. The sort of gruesome tale that had all the hallmarks of a classic crime drama – a missing body, a country location, a disreputable squire and a village stuck in its age-old traditions. But in all this hysteria Maria’s own story gets lost. Until now. Hal Chambers and Beth Flintoff’s spine-tingling retelling rediscovers her story, bringing it back to vivid, urgent life. Recommended for ages 12+

Following the critically acclaimed sold out arena leg of his tour, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date. Riding high on the success of his Sky One Show The Russell Howard Hour, and his global smash Netflix special Recalibrate, Russell is back on stage where he belongs, making sense of a world that’s spinning out of control.

“Rich and transporting” **** THE STAGE

“Unexpectedly joyous” **** THE GUARDIAN

“A beautiful piece of theatre” **** A YOUNGER THEATRE

Tue 28 – Thu 30 September

Evenings: Tue – Thu 7.30pm Matinees: Thu 2.00pm

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It’s time for Respite.

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SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE CREATORS OF

Photos by Robert Day featuring the original West End cast. 2021 cast to be announced.

DIRECT FROM THE WEST END

‘COMEDY PERFECTION

AN AUDITORIUM OF ALL AGES NEARLY CHOKED THEMSELVES TO DEATH LAUGHING’ Daily Mail

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KENNY WAX LTD & STAGE PRESENCE LTD PRESENT A MISCHIEF PRODUCTION

Groan Ups

Following their phenomenal rise to global success with The Play That Goes Wrong, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, multi award-winning Mischief return on tour with their brand new comedy all about growing up. Do we choose who we become? Is the story of our lives already written? Do we ever really grow up?

Follow an unruly classroom of six-year olds on their journey through anarchic high school teenagers to the challenges of adulthood. Mischief shows are always a huge hit with Cheltenham audiences and sell out fast – so bag your tickets early, this is a lesson not to be skipped! Suitable for ages 12+

“A very funny farce. There’s no resisting gags of this calibre.” ****

“Utter joy. Top of the class.” ****

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Dial M For Murder Can you ever get away with the perfect crime? A brand-new production of the blueprint for the modern thriller, Dial M for Murder is back. TV and stage favourite, Tom Chambers, (Top Hat, Strictly Come Dancing) stars as the charismatic and manipulative Tony Wendice, a jaded ex-tennis pro who has given it all up for his wife Margot. When he discovers she has been unfaithful his mind turns to revenge and the pursuit of the ‘perfect crime’. Made famous by Alfred Hitchcock’s world-renowned film of 1950, the iconic Dial M For Murder will leave you spellbound as Tony becomes more tangled in the web of his own making. Also featuring Christopher Harper (Coronation Street) and Michael Salami (Hollyoaks), this ultimate masterclass in suspense is guaranteed to entwine you with its spine-chilling twists and turns. Dial M for Murder is the definitive seat-gripping drama that is not to be missed!

“It’s a taut, acidly funny thriller.” THE GUARDIAN

Chris Harper

Mon 11 – Sat 16 October

Evenings: Mon – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Thu & Sat 2.00pm

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The Good Life BYJEREMY SAMS. BASED ON THE TELEVISION SERIES BY JOHN ESMONDE AND BOB LARBEY

Remember the Goods - Tom and Barbara, suburban eco-warriors? And their next-door neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter, desperately trying to maintain the Surbiton status quo? Well, they’re back – and on stage for the first time in The Good Life, a theatre reimagining of the TV sitcom that delighted countless millions in the 1970s. Jeremy Sams’s play leads the well-loved characters (not forgetting Geraldine the goat) through various adventures, some old, some new, all hilarious and often (even today) worryingly familiar.

Jeremy Sams is a multi award-winning director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer and lyricist. His directing credits include the National Theatre’s 2000 West End and Broadway revival of Noises Off, the West End musical Spend, Spend, Spend and the international tour of The Sound of Music. For more than thirty years, John Esmonde and Bob Larbey’s writing partnership was responsible for creating some of British sitcom’s greatest classics including Ever Decreasing Circles, Please Sir!, Brush Strokes and Mulberry.

This new play celebrates a time when, whatever our differences, we still managed to get on with our neighbours.

Tue 19 – Sat 23 October 32

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Lee Mead

Pam Ayres

West End & TV star Lee Mead and his band bring an exciting new show to you. Singing songs from his five hit albums, Lee will leave the audience wanting more as he performs fan favourites and popular songs from the West End and Broadway.

Pam Ayres returns to the Everyman Theatre for the first time since 2017.

Lee has starred in West End shows including Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom Of the Opera, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the role he made famous after winning Any Dream Will Do on the BBC in 2007, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. For over 12 years he has been a household name and most recently has been playing Nurse ‘Lofty’ in Holby City on BBC 1.

Pam has been making the nation laugh for over 40 years, and her appearance marks the recent publication of a new anthology comprising many of Pam’s Animal poems she has written over the years.

Simon Amstell: Spirit Hole

With his first stand up tour since the release of internationally acclaimed feature film Benjamin and Netflix Special Set Free, Simon Amstell brings Spirit Hole to the Everyman Theatre. Spirit Hole is a blissful, spiritual, sensational exploration of love, sex, shame, mushrooms and more. If you yearn for a night of unprecedented joy and laughter book now and avoid regret.

Sun 3 October

Sun 10 October

Sun 17 October

Evenings: 7.30pm

Evenings: 5.00pm

Evenings: 8.00pm

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“The most uplifting new British musical I have ever had the privilege to watch.” ***** EVENING STANDARD “SIX is a marvellous show. A royal treat.” ***** DAILY TELEGRAPH “Smart. Sassy. I’d give this ridiculously fun musical six stars if I could.” ***** SUNDAY EXPRESS “Captivating and exhilarating. Do yourself a favour and go and party with SIX. You won’t regret it!” ***** ATTITUDE “Bursting at the corset with 21st Century sass and attitude’” **** DAILY MAIL The international smash hit musical makes its royal return to the Everyman Theatre! From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens

may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.

Mon 25 October – Sat 6 November

Think you know the rhyme, think again...

Evenings: Mon - Thu & Sat 8.00pm Fri 6.00pm & 8.30pm Matinees: Sat 4.00pm

Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE! SPECIAL Sing-A-Long performance Friday November 5 @ 6.00pm

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Photos by Johan Persson, featuring the 2019/2020 UK Tour cast.

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BASED ON THE AWARD-WINNING PICTURE BOOK BY JULIA DONALDSON AND LYDIA MONKS

What The Ladybird Heard Two Crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird and a whole farmyard of fun! Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all: the Ladybird has a scheme of her own! Join the clever Ladybird as she leads the animals on their quest to save the day in this joyous stage adaptation of What the Ladybird Heard, the bestselling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. With live music, puppetry and a whole farmyard of fun, this 55-minute family favourite is the perfect treat! Recommended for ages 3+ whattheladybirdheardlive.co.uk

***** NETMUMS

Wed 3 – Sat 6 November

***** CULTURE WHISPER

Times: Wed 1.30pm, Thu – Fri 10.30 and 1.30pm, Sat 10am and 12pm

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“A total delight”

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A Night OUT with Andy Hamilton

Jenny Éclair: Sixty (FFS)

Following a year of cancelled shows, zoom quizzes and nose-swabs, award-winning writer and comedian Andy Hamilton is delighted to be getting out of the house.

Having hit 60 (but still a year younger than Madonna), Jenny Eclair AKA ‘The Face of Vagisan’ confronts a new decade of decrepitude.

Join him in an evening of comic reflection, reminiscence and revelation, Andy will look back over his sixty-ish years on the planet and try to answer some questions. Expect a hilarious and illuminating night out, yes out, with a master of comedy.

Now that it takes 20 minutes of scrolling down to find her DOB when she’s filling in forms online, should she celebrate or crawl into a hole? What will her 60’s hold for this 1960’s babe and is it a legal requirement to buy Nordic walking poles?

Sun 7 November

Sun 14 November

Evenings: 7.30pm

Tickets from £29

Tickets from £24

Everyman Theatre Main House

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PRESENTED BY DAN LOONEY, ADAM PAULDEN, JASON HAIGH-ELLERY AND RICHARD KLIN FOR DLAP GROUP

Rock Of Ages The smash-hit musical is back, and the party is gonna be BIGGER than ever! ROCK OF AGES is the hilarious musical comedy lavished with over 25 CLASSIC ROCK ANTHEMS, including Don’t Stop Believin’, We Built This City, The Final Countdown, Wanted Dead or Alive, Here I Go Again, Can’t Fight this Feeling and I Want To Know What Love Is, played loud and proud by an AWESOME live band. Leave it all behind and lose yourself in a city and a time where the DREAMS are as BIG as the HAIR, and yes, they can come true! Now a global smash with hit seasons on Broadway, London’s West End and Las Vegas and a star studded Hollywood movie version, we promise you the best night out this year! BOOK NOW AND LET’S GET READY TO ROCK! Recommended for ages 12+

“Absurdly enjoyable. As guilty as pleasures get! Impossible to resist”

“High energy feel-good nostalgia that will put a smile on your face”

THE NEW YORK TIMES

SUNDAY EXPRESS

Mon 8 – Sat 13 November 38

Evenings: Mon – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Thu & Sat 2.00pm

“If you’re not on your feet shame on you” THE SUN

Tickets from £24

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“A sexy smasher that will have you laughing and rocking in equal measure” DAILY STAR

EVERYMAN THEATRE MAIN HOUSE

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Featuring 80’s hits including THE FINAL COUNTDOWN · HERE I GO AGAIN · NOTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME · I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS I WANNA ROCK · WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT · WE BUILT THIS CITY AND MANY MORE... 01242 572573

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PRESENTED BY BILL KENWRIGHT

Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers

WRITTEN BY WILLY RUSSELL

Willy Russell’s legendary BLOOD BROTHERS tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences.

performances in London’s West End, one of only three musicals ever to achieve that milestone. It has been affectionately christened the ‘Standing Ovation Musical’, as inevitably it “brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring its approval” (The Daily Mail).

Few musicals have received quite such acclaim as the multi-award winning BLOOD BROTHERS. Bill Kenwright’s production surpassed 10,000

The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True.

“Exhilarating...One of the best musicals ever written”

“A triumphant evening...Unmissable and unbeatable”

“Brings the audience cheering to its feet roaring approval”

SUNDAY TIMES

THE SPECTATOR

THE DAILY MAIL

Tue 16 – Sat 20 November 01242 572573

Evenings: Tue – Sat 7.30pm Matinees: Wed, Thu & Sat 2.00pm

Tickets from £23

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“Gritty, gripping, superb” MAIL ON SUNDAY

EVERYMAN THEATRE MAIN HOUSE

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THE EVERYMAN THEATRE PRESENTS

Jack and the Beanstalk – The Everyman Theatre Pantomime WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY SAMUEL HOLMES

DESIGN BY PHILIP WITCOMB

CHOREOGRAPHED & CO-DIRECTED BY NICK WINSTON

MUSICAL DIRECTION BY CHARLIE INGLES

The all-singing, all dancing, glitz and glamour of the Everyman Theatre Pantomime is back with our most gigantic show ever! A cast of Everyman Theatre favourites will be back to wow audiences as we celebrate what is sure to be our best pantomime ever, packed with songs, laughs and dazzling special effects.

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10.00am

BSL Interpreted Performance 2nd Jan @ 6pm

2.00pm

Relaxed Performance 5th Jan @ 10.30am and 4.30pm

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25-Dec

4.00pm

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3.00pm 7.00pm

26-Dec 2.00PM 6.00PM 2-Jan 2.00pm 6.00pm

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Tickets Purple shows

£24

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Blue shows Shools

£5 *If paid before 30 September

Family Tickets

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Purple shows

£70

£64

£20

Blue shows

£99

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Now Booking for 2022

Shrek: The Musical

The Da Vinci Code

CHELTENHAM OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY

THE NOVEL BY DAN BROWN

Tue 22 – Sat 26 February

Mon 21 – Sat 26 March

Chicago: The Musical

Russian State Opera Presents

PRESENTED BY

Mon 28 February – Sat 5 March

The Osmonds: A New Musical

BASED ON

Madama Butterfly (Thu) Aida (Fri) and Carmen (Sat)

Thu 31 March – Sat 2 April

Footloose Mon 4 – Sat 9 April

Tue 8 – Sat 12 March 44

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The Sound of Music PRESENTED BY THE COTSWOLD SAVOYARDS

Tue 12 – Sat 16 April

Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever

Oti Mabuse: I Am Here

Sat 7 – Sun 8 May

Thu 12 – Sat 14 May

23-29 July 2021, 8pm Bring your own picnic and enjoy an exclusive midsummer evening in Painswick’s beautiful Rococo Garden. Imagine, as evening turns into night, the gardens and the woodland transform into a mystical dreamlike setting where characters pop out and entertain you as you promenade in this enchanting scene.

Book tickets online or by phone on 01242 572 573 Everymantheatre.org.uk/rococo Produced by Spectacle of Light and SLX in association with Painswick Rococo Garden Aerialist image © Robert Skilton, Form Images

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Studio

She Stoops To Conquer

Three Men In A Boat

An 18th Century farce for all the family.

Sail on down the Thames with Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog).

Kate Hardcastle is a young lady fixed up to meet the eligible Marlow with a view to marriage. Marlow is a young gent who is tongue-tied with the upper classes and downright lecherous with commoners. So when Marlow is tricked into believing Kate’s ancestral home is a country inn, and mistakes Kate for a lowly barmaid what could possibly go wrong? Plenty! Set against the increasingly chaotic proceedings of one very long night, She Stoops to Conquer is a delightful romantic romp filled with ludicrous misunderstanding, mischief and mayhem

Join Jerome, Harris, George and Montmorency as they encounter a variety of people, places and peculiar maladies, and discuss various important topics such as ‘why very few people suffer sea-sickness on land’ and ‘the advantages of cheese as a travelling companion’. Following their previous successes with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (4* The Stage) and The Three Musketeers, IKP return with their unique brand of fast-paced, quickwitted storytelling in this timely adaptation of Jerome K Jerome’s iconic story. Voted the 2nd funniest book of all time by Esquire, Three Men in a Boat promises to entertain and delight. Contains partial nudity.

Jazz in the Irving Studio Theatre Cheltenham Jazz returns to the Everyman’s Irving Studio Theatre with an all new series of amazing concerts. Mon 11th October The Tony Kofi Quartet: A Portrait of Cannonball Featuring Toni Kofi - Alton Saxophone Alex Webb - Piano Andrew Cleyndert - Double Bass Alfonso Vitale - Drums Mon 8th November Tina May/Nikki Iles Quartet Featuring Tina May - Voice Nikki Iles - Piano Arnie Somogyi - Double Bass Steve Brown - Drums

Tue 24 - Wed 25 August

Wed 8 – Sat 11 September

Evenings: 7.45pm

Matinees: Wed 2.00pm

Matinees: Sat 2.00pm

Evenings:8.00pm

All Tickets £11.50/£10.00 Conc

All Tickets £18

IRVING STUDIO THEATRE

PRESENTED BY RAIN OR SHINE BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Mon 11 October & Mon 8 November

PRESENTED BY IKP

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Studio

PRESENTED BY THE EVERYMAN THEATRE COMPANY IN COLLABORATION WITH AIR IN G

Mrs Lowry and Son WRITTEN BY MARTYN HESFORD

Performed by the Everyman Theatre’s professional company, Mrs Lowry and Son tells the story of one of the 20th century’s most popular artists. L.S. Lowry lived for many years in Salford with his bedridden mother, working as a rent collector by day and painting in his attic by night.

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Martyn Hesford’s play - which was also made into a film starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave - tells the story of the moving, humorous and absorbing relationship between Lowry and his beloved mother.

Wed 6 – Sat 9 October Evenings: 7.45pm Matinees: Sat 2.00pm Tickets: All Tickets £11.50/£10.00 Concessions IRVING STUDIO THEATRE

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Studio

666 Comments In October 2010 cartoonist Gabby Shulz posted a comic strip on his website. It was about sexism online. What could possibly go wrong? Over the next three days the comic went viral and the comments went bananas. Some of them were witty, some of them were outrageous, some of them were just plain bizarre. 666 Comments is an attempt to stage that comment thread. Two performers, 57 characters, 666 comments.

Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson

Howerd’s End

A spine-tingling evening of three tales of the supernatural from E.F. Benson’s brilliant collection of ghost stories Night Terrors.

Frankie Howerd was one of Britain’s most loved comedians for half a century. But he had a secret. And the secret’s name was Dennis.

With masterful storytelling the award-winning actor Gerard Logan will transport you to a darker, more sinister world of the unexpected and the unexplainable.

This brand new play by Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope and The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton) takes you to the heart of Frankie and Dennis’ clandestine relationship, which lasted from the 1950s until Frankie’s death in 1992. It also affords a glorious opportunity to encounter Frankie in full-flight stand up mode.

The three stories (The Dance, In The Tube and The Confession of Charles Linkworth), are dramatic, haunting and hugely memorable.

Packed with laughter, but unafraid of truth, Howerd’s End portrays two humans’ journey through closeness, love, grief, and all the other things that make life worth living. Come and say farewell to a legend...and learn the art of letting go.

Thu 14 October

Sat 16 October

Thu 21 – Fri 22 October

Evenings: 7.45pm

All Tickets £11.50/£10.00 Conc

IRVING STUDIO THEATRE

PRESENTED BY LITTLEMIGHTY

WRITTEN BY MARK FARRELLY DIRECTED BY JOE HARMSTON

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01242 572573

Studio BOX TALE SOUP AND THE EVERYMAN THEATRE PRESENT TWO MAGICAL CHRISTMAS PRODUCTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

PRESENTED BY BOX TALE SOUP WITH THE EVERYMAN THEATRE