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Private hire
The Elgiva is owned, managed and funded by Chesham Town Council
Welcome
from Moira Little, Deputy Manager
As I write this foreword, at the end of June, we are still waiting for Summer to arrive and the rain to stop. Hopefully, by the time that you receive your copy of this Elgiva What’s On, our patience will have been rewarded. The United Kingdom has also just made the decision to leave the European Union and many people are wondering what that might mean for us. Whatever the weather and whatever the future might be for the United Kingdom, we launch back into one of our busiest seasons, culminating in our fun filled family pantomime, Beauty and the Beast. Seats are already booking fast, so make sure that you get your tickets soon. In the meantime, as ever, we have an eclectic selection of shows, films and live screenings for your delight. We start the film season with The BFG in 3D, and then continue with Chiltern Film Society’s usual diverse range of independent and foreign language films. For music lovers we have Los Pacaminos, featuring Paul Young, and also music tributes to Bon Jovi, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, as well as the return of some old favourites. We have the comedians Seann Walsh and Hal Cruttenden, psychic Tony Stockwell and talks by Professor Robert Winston and Simon Weston. Our live and as live screenings include The Deep Blue Sea, Cymberline, King Lear, The Entertainer and a 25th Anniversary Gala of Miss Saigon. Come rain or shine, there will hopefully something to please everyone at the Elgiva this Autumn. Also, in these uncertain times, supporting your local theatre is as important as ever.
All areas of The Elgiva are available for private hire. For details of our excellent facilities for weddings, private parties, anniversaries, conferences and business meetings please call 01494 582902 for a very competitive quotation. Chesham Town Hall is also available to hire for any occasion, with lovely views of Lowndes Park. To book weddings, parties, weekly courses and business meetings please call 01494 774842.
The Elgiva Bar and the Café Encore The fully stocked Elgiva Bar is open for all functions, serving not only alcohol, but also soft drinks and nibbles. The Café Encore is open Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 3pm. A wide range of home cooked meals, snacks and cakes are available, from breakfast to brunch through to lunch. Organic and fairtrade coffee and tea are served. All available to eat in or take away. Enjoy our comfortable surroundings for business or pleasure, with free Wi-Fi.
Elgiva volunteers The Elgiva has an ever-growing band of Stewards who support in a variety of ways. If you fancy spending a couple of hours helping us, watching a fabulous show or film and meeting new friends, please give Moira a call on 01494 582902, or pop in for a chat.
Smoking Policy The Elgiva has a no smoking policy (inc. electronic cigarettes) throughout all areas of the theatre.
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Saturday 3 September, 8pm
A Tribute to Roy Orbison & The Traveling Wilburys
Oh! Carol The Musical Story of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
The late 1980s saw the birth of one of the most famous and memorable super groups of all time, The Traveling Wilburys, featuring a formidable team: George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lyne, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. They created a sound and style so unique that even to this day there has never been anything quite like it. Never actually going on tour, perhaps due to the untimely death of Roy Orbison in 1988 (played here by Paul Hopkins), their fans never got to see them all together in a live concert. With an easy relaxed style, excellent vocals and musicality these guys will give you that amazing night of entertainment.
Music
From their humble beginnings in Brooklyn to the dizzying heights of their success in the ’50s and ’60s, the song writing genius of Neil Sedaka and ‘Howie’ Howard Greenfield will go down in musical history as one of the most successful partnerships of all time. This show is packed full of hits such as Calendar Girl, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, [Is This The Way To] Amarillo, Stupid Cupid and of course Oh! Carol – masterpieces made famous not only by Sedaka but also by other well known performers like Connie Francis, Tony Christie, Tom Jones and LaVern Baker.
Music
Tickets £19.50 (£17.50 concessions)
Tickets £20 (£19 concessions)
Sunday 4 September, 3pm
Tuesday 6 September, 7pm
The BFG in 3D
The Deep Blue Sea The National Theatre
Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), played by Mark Rylance, who she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities, and is whisked away to Giant Country. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that the BFG's job is to collect, catalogue and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but the mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children. Sophie enlists the help of the Queen, by making up a dream for her, and with the backing of the armed forces, they defeat the mean giants.
Film
AS LIVE Encore
Helen McCrory (Peaky Blinders) returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece, playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama. Tom Burke (The Musketeers) also features. A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and longrepressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.
Theatre
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Friday 9 September, 1pm and 8pm
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Love & Friendship
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker (Tina Fey) decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new *Hosted by Chiltern Film assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Society (public welcome) Dislodged from her comfortable USA American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie), a fellow journalist who takes the shellshocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.
In the 18th century, the seductive and manipulative Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale) uses devious tactics to win the heart of the eligible Reginald De Courcy (Xavier Samuel).
Film
Film
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U 93 minutes 2016 (Prices page 23)
Wednesday 14 September, 1pm and 8pm
Saturday 17 September, 8pm
Elvis and Nixon
The Beatles Years A Special Tribute to George Martin by The Dung Beatles
On the morning of 21 December 1970, actor-singer Elvis Presley shows up to the White House and request an urgent meeting with President Richard Nixon, to swear him in as an undercover agent in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Film
Join one of the UK’s leading Beatles tribute bands for a wonderful evening of hits and album classics by Lennon, McCartney & Harrison. If you love Beatles music played the way that George Martin and the Fab Four intended, then this special concert is a must-see. The Dung Beatles will transport you through the years with songs from every album and gems that are rarely heard live. This show is not to be missed!
Music
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Tickets £15 (£14 concessions)
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Wednesday 21 September, 1pm and 8pm*
Friday 23 September, 7.45pm
Dheepan
Twist and Shout
Sivadhasan is a Tamil Tiger soldier during the last days of the Sri Lankan Civil War. After the conflict resolves, *Hosted by Chiltern Film his side loses and he is forced to move Society (public welcome) to a refugee camp. There he decides to SUBTITLED France move to France to make a fresh start. However, in order to secure political asylum, he requires a convincing cover story. He is given the passport of a dead man, Dheepan, and pairs with people he barely knows posing as his family. Along with his supposed wife, Yalini and his supposed daughter, Illayaal, they get on a ship bound for Paris. Upon arrival, he lands a job as a resident caretaker and starts building a new life in a housing project in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, a northeastern suburb of Paris. He winds up as a caretaker of a rough housing project controlled by drug dealers. The new home turns out to be another conflict zone.
This fabulous show with over 50 songs and a West End cast of 11 singers, dancers and musicians takes you on a magical journey through the music of the swinging sixties, from the birth of the Beatles to the summer of love. With over 30 costume changes this ultimate feel good show is guaranteed to have you dancing and singing the night away. Watch out Dreamboats and Petticoats. This is the next big show in town. A breathtaking musical experience. Not to be missed!
Film
Music
15 115 minutes 2015 (Prices page 23)
Tickets £19 (£17 concessions)
Sunday 25 September, 3pm
Wednesday 28 September, 7pm
Professor Robert Winston Modifying Humans: Where Does Genetics Stop?
LIVE Cymbeline The Royal Shakespeare Company Cymbeline is a ruler of a divided Britain. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. But a powerful figure behind the throne is plotting to seize power and murder them both. Innogen embarks on a dangerous journey that will reunite Cymbeline with a lost heir and reconcile the young lovers. Melly Still directs Shakespeare’s rarely performed romance. Join us for this cinema screening, broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Does the sequencing of the human genome really herald a new opportunity for medicine or is there a darker side that we ignore? The history of eugenics, from the Supreme Court in the US to the camps in Nazioccupied Europe, is a prominent stain on the scientific record. IVF treatments now mean we can treat apparently hopeless sterility and screen embryos for serious genetic disorders. Will ethical considerations prevent us from manufacturing stronger, more gifted and intelligent children? Or will our imperfect knowledge mean that there are some major surprises in store?
Speaker
Screened
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Saturday 1 October, 8pm
T.Rextasy
Dollywood to Hollywood A Tribute to Dolly Parton
Marc Bolan, with his band T.Rex, was one of the most flamboyant and charismatic stars of the original glam rock era. With Bolan's special ingredient of Rock-a-Boogie songs throughout the 1970s including 'Telegram Sam' and 'Jeepster' he was able to obtain what would be yet another Top 20 record in 1976 that has since become one of the most memorable and everlasting signature tunes, 'I Love to Boogie'. The band has been described by many as ‘beyond the boundaries of tribute’. Truly a rock’n’roll concert for all ages. If you would like to know exactly what a Marc Bolan concert was like in the 1970s, this show is for you!
Music
This world acclaimed 2-hour show, performed by the extremely talented Miss Julia Martin pays tribute to the musical journey from rags to riches of the undisputed queen of country music 'Dolly Parton'. With vocals direct from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee, mannerisms that are 'Pure Dolly' and a stage presence that commands the room, Julia weaves her magic and delivers a show that makes you feel that Dolly herself is in the room. This foot stomping, hand clapping show, captures the audience from start to finish, with Julia combining Dolly's hit classic songs and unique one-liners into a spectacular performance.
Music
Tickets £19.50
Tickets £18.50 (£17.50 concessions)
Wednesday 5 October, 1pm & 8pm*
Friday 7 October, 8pm
Rams (Hrútar)
Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Tribute
Two sheep farming brothers who haven't spoken to each other for forty years are affected by the infection of *Hosted by Chiltern Film one of their flocks by scrapie. All the Society (public welcome) sheep in both farms and across their SUBTITLED Iceland valley have to be destroyed to avoid re-infection, and their wooden pens must be burned and barns disinfected. Gummi kills his own flock before the biohazards team arrive, but hides a few ewes (seemingly free of scrapie), and a ram, in the basement of his house. His brother Kiddi, who refused to kill his own sheep to disinfect his barns and is frequently drunk and abusive after his sheep were exterminated, accidentally discovers Gummi's secret. The two brothers are forced to collaborate to save the sheep.
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Are You Experienced? are the world’s finest tribute to Jimi Hendrix, the greatest legendary rock guitarist the world has ever seen. Could anyone measure up to him? Well, when you listen to singer and guitarist John Campbell and his band, you quickly realise it can be done! The guitar work is note-perfect and beautifully fluent. The voice is Hendrix, and the persona of the man himself is on the stage, performed by John Campbell who bears a striking physical resemblance to Jimi. When he plays his Stratocaster behind his head and with his teeth, it brings a huge smile to the face of even the most finicky Hendrix fan.
Music
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LIVE Seann Walsh King Lear The Royal Shakespeare Company One For The Road King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. Misjudging his children’s loyalty and finding himself alone in the wilderness, he is left to confront the mistakes of a life that has brought him to this point. Join us for this cinema screening of one of Shakespeare’s most epic plays, broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Feel part of the action from your seat.
Theatre
The Lie-in King returns with a brand-new show. However dishevelled he may be, the Foster's Comedy Award nominee is also one of the best comics in the country. With a keen observational mind, Seann can spot the absurdity in everything and convert it to perfectly delivered stand-up comedy. You might have seen Seann on TV, but he’s something else live – pacing the stage, working the room and reducing crowds to hysterics. Even if he’d probably rather be at home watching Sky Sports News.
Comedy
All tickets £15
All tickets £14 FOR AGES 14+
Saturday 15 October, 7.30pm
Sunday 16 October, 6.30pm
Community MusicFest
Miss Saigon
25th Anniversary Gala Performance
Amersham Band with David Childs and Beacon Voices. Amersham Band’s popular annual MusicFest returns with an entertaining evening of music and song by the very best in our community. The band is in top form having secured first prize in a recent Southern Counties entertainment contest at Crawley and has been working on an exciting new repertoire. This year our programme will feature the internationally renowned Euphonium soloist, David Childs. We are also delighted to announce the return of the senior boys chamber choir from the Beacon School who joined us two years ago in 2014. The Beacon Voices’ beautiful singing is sure to enchant you.
Music
AS LIVE
The legendary Miss Saigon, in cinemas for one night only. This spectacular, sell-out 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of the global stage sensation also features appearances by the original cast including Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga. This acclaimed new production was described as ‘the most thrilling, soaring and emotionally stirring musical with magnificent performances‘ by The Daily Telegraph and ‘the greatest musical of all time’ by The Daily Mail. The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall Music of Saigon.
Theatre
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Tickets £16
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Tuesday 18 October, 7.30pm Screened
Così Fan Tutte LIVE The Royal Opera House OPERA IN 2 ACTS
Romeo and Juliet Traffic of the Stage
How much do you love your partner? How much do you trust them? And can they trust you? Mozart’s classic opera Così fan Tutte puts two pairs of lovers to the test – with great music but distinctly unexpected results. For this new production, director Jan Philipp Glogern creates a richly theatrical world as the playground for this quirky comedy, where two men try to woo each other’s partners for a bet. Don Alfonso – the puppet master of this experiment in love – is here a theatre director who uses all the sets, props and tricks of his trade to invent new scenes to challenge the lovers’ affections.
In many ways Shakespeare’s timeless tale of ‘star-crossed lovers’ is a study of loss of innocence set in an era when a young girl of marriageable age, was expected to conform with her father’s wishes. During the course of the play we see how love transforms an inexperienced, obedient girl into a spirited, vibrant young woman. Traffic of the Stage’s period production will show the colour and vitality of youth with its joyous intensity and passionate impulses. A controlling older generation undervalue the potency of youthful love and desire, and in seeking to control their children’s lives, they propel them into clandestine rebellion which has devastating consequences.
SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Opera
Theatre
Tickets £15
Tickets £15 (£13 concessions / £10 students)
Wednesday 19 October, 1pm & 8pm*
Thursday 20 October, 8pm
Anomalisa
The Bon Jovi Experience
It’s 2005 and Michael Stone (David Thewlis), a corporate motivational speaker, arrives in Cincinnati, a town *Hosted by Chiltern Film he hasn’t visited since he lived there Society (public welcome) 10 years ago. What Charlie Kaufman’s USA Anomalisa is all about is the sterility, emptiness and screamingly predictable tedium of modern life, and the inability of people to connect with one another. The twist? It’s all done in stop-motion animation with creepily realistic 3D-printed human protagonists.
Bon Jovi ... the greatest stadium rock band of all time is now re-created in theatres by the sensational Bon Jovi Experience. Lead singer and world’s leading look-alike, Tony Pearce, takes on the noteworthy task of emulating the legendary namesake of the band, Jon Bon Jovi and he does so with ease and panache. The only tribute band in the world to have shared the stage with the real McCoy.
Film
Music
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Hal Cruttenden Straight Outta Cruttenden
The Jungle Book Carol Kristian Theatre School
Host of Live At The Apollo and star of Radio 4, the great Hal is back ranting about the real evils of the modern world – over sharing on social media and the 5:2 diet. The more he complains the funnier he gets. Book Early. As seen on The Royal Variety Performance, Would I Lie To You? The Great British Bake Off; An Extra Slice, Live At The Palladium and Have I Got News For You.
A thrilling adventure featuring the young man cub, Mowgli, and his animal friends. Follow Mowgli on his journey through the jungle and his struggle to escape the evil claws of Shere Khan the tiger! The Carol Kristian Theatre School offers classes in Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Drama for young people aged 3 – 18. For Dance more information on our classes visit: Music www.theatreschool.co.uk
www.halcruttenden.com
Theatre
Tickets £18 FOR AGES 16+
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Wednesday 2 November, 7.30pm
AS LIVE
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company
An Evening of Mediumship with TV Psychic Tony Stockwell
Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osborne’s modern classic conjures the seedy glamour of the old music halls for an explosive examination of public masks and private torment. Rob Ashford directs Kenneth Branagh as the Archie Rice, with John Hurt as Billy Rice in the final production for Plays at the Garrick season.
For those with an interest in Mediumship, the name of Tony Stockwell will certainly need no introduction. Tony has been working tirelessly for over 25 years to demonstrate his belief that those who have passed can communicate with their loved ones. Tony’s insight into the lives of total strangers is inexplicable and remarkable as he attempts to offer fascinating revelations from the other side. Tony Stockwell is a Spiritualist Medium and spirit communication is part of his own religious belief, but we accept differing opinions exist regarding mediumship.
The Entertainer
Encore
Any demonstration of mediumship is an experiment and results are not guaranteed.
Theatre
Medium
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The Rolling Stones Now
AS LIVE Encore
A celebration of all that has made the The Rolling Stones legendary. In full costumes, recreating the Stones live shows of the late ’60s to ’90s, Mick’s pout, Keith’s riffs and Bill’s stony face are all on show as the band play some of the greatest songs ever written including ‘Brown Sugar’, ‘Jumpin Jack Flash’, ‘Paint it Black’ and ‘Sympathy for the Devil’. The Rolling Stones Now were established in 1998 and since then have travelled the country playing thousands of gigs and events. They have appeared with The New Yardbirds, Geno Washington, The Downliners Sect and on France TV with Jimmy Cliff. Don’t miss a night of struts, riffs and downright dirty Rock n’ Roll where Satisfaction is guaranteed!
Music
All tickets £12.50
Saturday 5 November, 2pm
Tickets £16 (£15 Concessions)
Thursday to Friday 10 –11 November, 7.45pm and Saturday 12 November, 2.30 & 7.45pm
Fred and Ginger The Story of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Agatha Christie – The Unexpected Guest Chesham Theatre Company
Award winning singer Robert Habermann sings the songs and tells the story of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers the great dancing pair of the thirties; presenting many of the classic songs performed in their iconic musical films. The show not only covers their eight great films together but also Fred’s solo career after Ginger left to develop her own film career. Songs include: Top Hat, Cheek To Cheek, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, A Foggy Day, Change Partners, The Continental, A Fine Romance, Night And Day, That's Entertainment, and many others.
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Friday 4 November, 8pm
Anastasia is a ballet about one of the great historical mysteries of the 20th century, only recently solved. At the height of the Russian Revolution the royal family were executed, but afterwards a young woman appeared – apparently the Grand Duchess Anastasia. Many wanted to forget the massacre and the Revolution; many believed, or hoped, that a princess could have survived. Anastasia is a dramatic and haunting exploration of Anna's nightmare of memory and identity.
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Anastasia The Royal Opera House
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One of her lesser known pieces but a thriller that even the Queen attended when it ran in the West End! On a foggy night, Michael Starkwedder enters the home of the Warwicks through a window in the study. He finds the dead body of Richard Warwick, and finds Warwick's wife, Laura, holding a gun that supposedly killed him. Earlybird tickets: Stalls: £11 (£10 concessions) Tiered: £13 (£12 concessions)
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Wednesday 16 November, 1pm & 8pm*
Simon Weston
The Daughter
My Life; My Story: The Second Chapter
The story follows a man who returns home to discover a long-buried family secret, and whose attempts to put *Hosted by Chiltern Film things right threaten the lives of those Society (public welcome) he left home years before. The story AUSTRALIA concerns two families whose skeletons are hauled out of the closet with the arrival of Christian (Paul Schneider), an on/off the wagon alcoholic returning for the marriage of his father Henry (Geoffrey Rush) to a decades-younger woman. Christian bumps into old pal Oliver (Ewen Leslie) and spends time with his family, wife Charlotte (Miranda Otto), daughter Hedvig (Odessa Young) and father Walter (Sam Neill), encouraging one of them to spill the beans on a long-buried secret.
On the 2 April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falklands Islands with the aim of recapturing them. What was to follow saw the deaths of 655 Argentinian Soldiers and 255 British Servicemen. Amongst those who were sent to the conflict was Simon Weston CBE. This was a event which would change his life forever. Eventually, and against the odds, Simon escaped the burning and buckled ship, but only after suffering 46% burns to his body. Now after his 2015 Sell Out UK tour Simon returns to the stage for a second time to continue sharing his incredible life story. This is a truly inspirational show about one man’s journey from the front line of war, being on the edge of death, to today being a happy and contented father, grandfather and national treasure.
Speaker
Film
All tickets £17.50
15 95 minutes 2015 (Prices page 23)
Thursday 17 November, 8pm
Friday 18 November, 8pm
Puttin’ on the Ritz Pasadena Roof Orchestra
The Johnny Cash Roadshow The spirit of the Man in Black is alive and ‘kicking like a mule’ with an outstanding celebration of the iconic legend by the Carter/Cash endorsed Johnny Cash Roadshow. This is gold standard, fire-cracking entertainment from the first note, delivering an inspired set of cherished numbers with impeccable rhythmic pace. A dynamic performance from an unparalleled group of highly talented musicians and a guaranteed treat for country music lovers and die-hard Cash fans alike. The stage lights up with a colourful explosion of energy, against a striking backdrop of classic screen imagery of the ‘real deal’. Clive John, captures the essence of Cash with exceptional style and confidence.
Since 1969 the Pasadena Roof Orchestra has been faithfully re-creating the glories of popular music from the 1920s and 1930s. The fun-packed show features timeless classics from the great American song book – those wonderful songs that miraculously lifted people’s spirits during the depression era, and which made household names of singers such as Bing Crosby, Al Bowlly, and Fred Astaire. The musicians master the arrangements and sound of the fabled American orchestras such as Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson, whilst also paying tribute to the great British dance Bands like Ray Noble or Ambrose.
Music
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Tuesday 22 November, 8pm
Snow White Vienna Festival Ballet
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers
Join Vienna Festival Ballet on a magical journey with their unmissable production of Snow White. World premiere choreography propels this timeless fairytale and answers the question; who is the fairest one of all? Based on the traditional Grimm brothers’ story, this ballet incorporates all the important elements – a beautiful girl, an enchanted mirror, a poisoned apple. This spellbinding ballet promises to entertain and dazzle the whole family. www.viennafestivalballet.com
Dance
This breathtaking show has rock ’n’ rolled audiences across the globe from Cardiff to California, Barking to Bangkok and Swindon to Sweden and is guaranteed to have everyone singing along to the music and dancing in the aisles. It stars some of the finest actor-musicians in the UK whose combined West End credits include Buddy, Lennon, Forbidden Planet and Jailhouse Rock and was endorsed as Britain’s most popular Buddy Holly act on BBC One's The One and Only, hosted by Graham Norton.
Music
Tickets £19 (£17 concessions / £68 Family)
Tickets £18.50 (£17.50 concessions)
Wednesday 23 November, 1pm & 8pm*
Thursday 24 November, 8pm
Grandma
Los Pacaminos feat. Paul Young
STANDING CONCERT
Divided over six chapters, the film tells the story of Elle, a lesbian poet coping with the recent death of her long*Hosted by Chiltern Film term life partner. She ends a fourSociety (public welcome) month relationship with a younger USA admirer, Olivia, before receiving a visit from her 18-year-old granddaughter Sage, who is pregnant and requests $630 for an abortion. As Elle is broke and Sage has had her credit card confiscated by her overbearing mother, the two embark on a road trip to come to terms with their troubles. Los Pacaminos features Paul Young, Drew Barfield, Mark Pinder, Steve Greetham, Jamie Moses and Melvin Duffy (UK's premier pedal steel player). One of the UK’s most popular Live touring bands, Los Pacaminos play the very best in Tex Mex Border music from The Texas Tornadoes and Ry Cooder to Los Lobos and even Roy Orbsion. This is a Tequila fuelled Tex Mex party night, as each venue becomes the perfect cantina setting for a great night's rocking with the cactus sharp, tequila filled, stetson wearing, magnificent six, Los Pacaminos!
Film
Music
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Friday 25 November, 8pm
Saturday 7 January 2017, 3pm
Blowin’ in the Wind
The Snow Queen Quantum Theatre
When Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and friends sang of love, the times certainly were a-changin’ … from ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ to ‘Sound of Silence’, from Joni Mitchell’s ‘Both Sides Now’ to John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’, international vocalists and multiinstrumentalists Andante, featuring Vee Sweeney and Mark Rowson, bring vibrant new interpretations to these timeless tunes and wonderful words. Come on a journey through some of the greatest songs of our time. All these great songwriters told us to make love, not war. Now, once again, we need these songs more than ever. Come along – and enjoy a terrific evening of unforgettable music.
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Back after a sell out gig! A Specials and a Madness tribute band, all on one stage. That’s Special Kinda Madness. They combine the phenomenally energetic stage presence of The Specials with the wonderful iconic tunes of the Madness ‘Nutty Boys’. Playing a set from each band and producing a show that will have everybody up and dancing from the off, they will have everyone hankering after that exciting era of 2-Tone and ska.
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Tickets £12 (£8 child / £36 family 2+2)
Thursday 19 and Friday 20 January, 7.30pm Saturday 21 January, 2pm and 6.30pm Sunday 22 January, 2pm
STANDING CONCERT
Special Kinda Madness
Now booking!
When Gerda’s friend Kay is taken by the Snow Queen no one knows what’s happened, but the heartbroken Gerda decides she must set out to find him. A long and dangerous journey ensues, as Gerda battles to escape from a sorceress, is captured by robbers, meets a prince and princess, enlists the help of a friendly crow and reindeer and finally reaches the Snow Queen’s icy palace. Michael Whitmore’s delightful adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s magical tale conjures up a captivating mix of fantasy, fable and love triumphing over evil in this ever popular Christmas classic.
Tickets £18.50 (£17.50 concessions)
Saturday 14 January, 8pm
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booking! The Wizard of Oz Chesham Catholic Players Join Chesham Bois Catholic Players and get caught up in the tornado that whisks a young Kansas girl, Dorothy Gale, to the magical land of Oz where a great adventure awaits her. In her quest to return home to Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, Dorothy meets a Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion and together they form a Tickets £16 unique friendship. (£14 concessions, £12 child, £50 family) Group rate – buy 10 get one free. First night – Thursday 19 January only: Theatre £14 (£12 concessions/child, £50 family)
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Opening hours
Film prices Matinees: £6.50 (£5.50 concessions) Evenings: £7.00 (£6.00 concessions)
Box Office opening hours are Monday to Saturday, 10am to 3pm excluding Bank Holidays
PLEASE ADD £1 TO TICKET PRICES FOR ALL 3D SCREENINGS
Contact details
Reservations
Manager: manager@elgiva.com 01494 582902
Technical: techoffice@elgiva.com 01494 582903
All reservations must be claimed and paid for within three working days of booking. Please note that all reservations can only be held until the day before an event / film. All tickets are subject to availability.
Box Office: boxoffice@elgiva.com 01494 582900
Concessions
Administration: admin@elgiva.com 01494 582902
Concessionary rates are available on most performances (proof must be provided) and apply in most cases to full-time students, children (15 years and under), over 60s, the unwaged, people claiming income support or family credit and people with disabilities.
There is also a 24 hour answering service in operation.
How to book You can book your seats in the following ways:
Student Standby Certain shows have Student Standby tickets available at £8, please see our website www.elgiva.com to see which shows have this offer. Tickets can only be purchased on the night of the performance (please call the box office on the day to check availability); students will need to show a current student card.
In person: Our friendly Box Office staff will be delighted to assist you should you call into the theatre.
By post: Send your request to Box Office, The Elgiva, St Mary’s Way, Chesham, HP5 1HR. Make your cheque payable to CHESHAM TOWN COUNCIL, add £1.25 administration fee to your total and enclose a SAE for the return of your tickets.
Babies Babes in arms will not normally be admitted to performances. Any parents or guardians with children aged under 18 months, if permitted, will have to purchase a 'babe in arms' ticket on the door or in advance at a cost of £2, the child can then sit on the parent or guardian's lap. Babies will only be admitted to U or PG certificate films.
By phone: Please call the Box Office on 01494 582900. Please have your credit card details ready. We accept most major credit cards, including Visa, Mastercard, Eurocard and Solo. All bookings are subject to an Administration Fee of £1.25 per transaction for card/cheque purchases made by telephone and in person, with the exception of bookings paid for in person with cash or Elgiva Theatre Tokens. We would be grateful if you would refrain from calling the Box Office 30 minutes prior to a performance as staff will be giving priority to personal bookings.*
Children We welcome and encourage children to the Elgiva Theatre, however some events or shows are not suitable for very young children. We endeavour to highlight and clearly indicate age suitability, but as we have to take the advice of incoming production companies who give us their recommended age suitability for their own shows, we cannot accept responsibility if patrons find an event unsuitable for their children. We suggest that if patrons are unsure as to whether an event or show may be unsuitable for their own children, that they ‘play safe’ and don’t book tickets. All patrons, including children, must purchase and occupy a seat and we have 10 booster seats available for very small children.
By e-mail: Please e-mail your booking requirements to boxoffice@elgiva.com and include: your name, address, email contact, daytime tel. no., date and time of the show/film, number of tickets required and any acceptable alternatives.*
Terms and conditions To comply with fire regulations, all customers must hold a valid ticket for the event. To avoid disturbing the audience and the performers, latecomers may not be allowed entry until a suitable break in the performance at the discretion of the Duty Manager. No cameras (including mobile phones) or recording devices will be allowed into any performance unless prior permission has been granted by the management. The Elgiva’s management reserves the right to refuse admission to any part of the theatre or site. The Elgiva frequently makes its facilities available for hire. Whilst we attempt at all times to safeguard your interests, the Elgiva can accept no responsibility for the quality, content, discount policies or pricing of these events. Ticket holders consent to filming and sound recording as members of the audience.
*Please note that tickets will be held at the Box Office for collection unless a £1 postage fee is added to your ticket total.
On-line: at www.elgiva.com. On-line purchases are subject to an Administration Fee of £2.50 per transaction. Some discounts (groups of 10+ and family tickets) are not available on-line.
Exchanges and refunds
Accessibility
In common with normal theatre practice, we regret that tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged after purchase, except when an event is cancelled.
Infra red induction loop system in the theatre: please ask the Box Office for a headset. Level access to the front of and throughout the building. Disabled toilet facility. Four wheelchair spaces in the auditorium. Please inform the Box Office when booking if any of your party is a wheelchair user. If you have difficulty with stairs ask for rows A, B, C, D or E – and please book early!
Data protection Ticketing records are held on computer to enable us to offer the best possible service to our customers. The information is held only to send you details of forthcoming events or inform you of any changes affecting your booking. We do not pass names and addresses on to third parties without your permission. If you no longer wish to receive mail from us, please phone 01494 582900 and we will amend our database immediately.
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The Elgiva is situated in Chesham Town Centre, on the main A416 through-road (St Mary’s Way). It is 5 minutes walk from the station via the High Street. Only 40 minutes (approx.) by train from London – Baker Street (Metropolitan Line) and Marylebone (Chiltern Line). Less than 30 miles from Central London and easily accessible from the M1, M25 and M40 motorways.
The information in this brochure is published in good faith and was believed to be correct at the time of going to press. The Elgiva management reserves the right to change the advertised programme without notice, and endeavours to acknowledge all copyright sources. 55,000 copies of this Guide are distributed throughout a large local area.
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