January - August 2020 Season Brochure

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2019

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All the important stuff Booking Tickets can be booked 24 hours a day online at thelbt.org Our booking line is open from 9am - 9pm 7 days a week.

The Theatre Box Office is open from 10am – 5pm Monday – Saturday* *We're open later on performance evenings and one hour before Sunday performances.

01484 430528

For full ticket terms and conditions go to thelbt.org.

Discounts Groups of 10+ get one free ticket for every 10 bought* Education Groups get tickets for £10 plus one free teacher for every 10 students* *Subject to availability

Getting Here We are located on Queen Street in Huddersfield Town Centre (HD1 2SP).

Parking The nearest car park is Market Hall on Alfred Street. The postcode for the car park is HD1 2UJ. There are a limited number of spaces on Queen Street for Blue Badge holders.

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Access Audio Description provides additional commentary, via a headset, that explains what's happening on stage.

Signed Performances have a British Sign Language interpreter live on stage. Information on the best seats to see the signer can be found when booking online or via Box Office.

Captioned Performances provide text on screens at the front of the stage, similar to subtitles. Information on the best seats to see the captions can be found when booking online or via Box Office.

Relaxed Performances are for anyone who would benefit from a more relaxed environment at the theatre. These performances have slight changes to lighting and sound to create a calmer atmosphere.

If you have any other access requirements, including booking a wheelchair space, please call Box Office, email boxoffice@thelbt.org or visit thelbt.org/your-visit/accessibility

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Hello Welcome to our new season.

We’ve got incredible drama, amazing family shows, world-class dance, and some of the best comedy around, including the first ever Magic Rock Comedy Festival. We’re also delighted to be able to bring some of the very best of the last Edinburgh Fringe to Huddersfield; amongst them the completely wonderful SLIME and the show that everyone was talking about – Beach Body Ready.

We’re continuing our commitment to making more work in Huddersfield, for Huddersfield – following on from Henry V, we’re producing another epic community production, and we’re also excited beyond belief to be co-commissioning a brand new show from Strong Lady.

We are more than just a place to come and see shows though. We are the new

Courtyard Café and Bar – the perfect place for a Dark Woods Coffee, a bite to eat from our Good Food Guide recommended friends at Epicure, or a pint of Magic Rock.

We are the Gallery – a space to take a few minutes out of your day, to relax and to reflect. We are our theatre spaces and meeting rooms – get in touch with us and use our spaces for whatever you need, from rehearsal or workshop, book group to sewing club. We are our Participation and Talent Development schemes – whether it be taking part in young company, getting work experience, new writing, producing or drag and cabaret.

Most importantly, we are YOURS. We’re here because of you and we couldn’t carry on without you. So come along, get involved. We look forward to welcoming you soon.

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THEATRE MAGIC THIS CHRISTMAS

MADE IN HUDDERSFIELD

Fri 6 December – Sun 5 January Go on a magical adventure with our new pantomime Sleeping Beauty.

In a castle high above Huddersfield, a wicked fairy has cursed Princess Aurora to sleep for 100 years.

With the Princess watched over by her nursemaid, a kind fairy sets out to find a hero who can break the spell, but who will be the one to rescue our Princess?

Spun together by the creative team behind Aladdin and Jack & the Beanstalk, 2019’s family show includes spectacular costumes, hit songs and audience participation. It promises to be Huddersfield’s biggest pantomime yet.

FOR FINAL PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE SEE THELBT.ORG

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PANTOMIME

Main Stage Tickets from £12.50 Family ticket £65* (Top price tickets only subject to availability) Group Discounts School Discounts *MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO UNDER 16S

Audio Described Thu 12 Dec 1.30pm

Signed Performance Wed 18 Dec 7.00pm

Relaxed Performance Thu 2 Jan 2.30pm

THEATRE MAGIC THIS CHRISTMAS DECEMBER

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MADE IN HUDDERSFIELD

Wed 11 - Sun 29 December Alice knows at Christmas if you’ve been good you receive presents and if you’re naughty to expect a lump of coal. She had heard stories of monsters under the bed but didn’t really believe them.

But when the Krumpus visits her on Christmas Eve she discovers not only are the monsters real, but even they have their demons.

The UK’s most followed poet and bestselling author Nikita Gill (Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul) brings her stories to life on stage for the first time in this interactive tale for older children and adults.

FAIRYTALE

Syngenta Cellar 4pm & 8pm Tickets £15 Group Discounts School Discounts

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PANTOMIME

HUDDERSFIELD LIGHT OPERA COMPANY

Aladdin

Sat 11 – Sat 18 January Main Stage Tickets £7 - £18 Concessions available Adult Performance (over 18s only) Fri 17 January Join Huddersfield Light Opera Company on a magic carpet ride this Christmas.

Full of laughter, spectacular staging and glittering costumes the company’s 25th pantomime has a few magic tricks to give Aladdin even more ‘oohs and ‘aahs’.

DRAMA

WOUND UP THEATRE

It’ll be Alt-Right on the Night Sat 18 January Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11

It’ll be Alt-Right on the Night chronicles a friendship which finds two best friends on opposite sides of a political divide. From the team behind Bismillah! an ISIS Tragicomedy, this show asks, in an age of division can two best friends overcome their differences?

Group Discounts

COMEDY

DICK & LOTTIE

Absurd Person Singular

Fri 24 & Sat 25 January Main Stage in the Round 7.30pm & Sat matinee 2.30pm Tickets £14 Direct from a New York run, Dick & Lottie present Alan Ayckbourn’s classic comedy.

Follow The Hopcrofts, The Jacksons and the Brewster-Wrights as they manoeuvre disastrous drinks, social scheming and Christmas catastrophes.

Absurd Person Singular is Dick & Lottie’s first full production in the round.

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FILM

LIVE CINEMA UK & MAKE A SCENE

Make A Scene: Cabaret Tue 28 January Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets £15

Queer musical classic Cabaret is back on the big screen with sickening live performances throughout the night.

Screening as part of BFI Musicals! The Greatest Show on Screen, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery, BFI Film Audience Network and ICO.

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High Jinx Magic, Illusion and Circus Show Sat 1 February Main Stage 2pm & 7pm Tickets £13.50 I £11 concessions

High Jinx is back with another fast paced show filled with grand illusions, crazy tricks and unbelievable circus skills that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Group Discounts

Fundraising performance in aid of Kirklees Theatre Trust

FAMILY

CHOL THEATRE

Click – The Internet Genie Sat 8 February Syngenta Cellar 11am & 2pm Tickets £7.50

What are you looking at? What do you see?

What appears on the surface may not be the same underneath. The internet genie has given you three wishes…be careful what you wish for!

A brand new performance for children aged 4-12 about the perils and wonders of the web.

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THE SHOWSTOPPERS

Thu 30 – Fri 31 January A brand new musical comedy is created live in front of your very eyes at each performance of this Olivier Award winning show, as audience suggestions are instantly transformed into hilarious all-singing, all-dancing entertainment.

With 12 years as an Edinburgh Festival must-see, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End run and multiple awards to their name, these incredible performers are guaranteed to impress.

So whether you fancy Hamilton in a hospital or Sondheim in the Sahara, you suggest it and The Showstoppers will sing it!

MUSICAL COMEDY

Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets from £10 Group Discounts

★★★★★ 'So polished, it defies belief.'

DAILY TELEGRAPH

★★★★★ 'Achingly funny.

Worth seeing again and again.'

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DRAMA

GREEN CARNATION COMPANY

My Night with Reg

By Kevin Elyot

Thu 20 – Sat 22 February Main Stage 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm Tickets from £10

Funny, sad and sweet, this visually-stunning production of Kevin Elyot’s award-winning comedy is a moving exploration of friendship, desire and love in the shadow of the 1980’s AIDS crisis.

In 1985, in a London flat, old friends and lovers gather to celebrate new beginning, yet their whole world is about to change…

Post-show talk Fri 21 Feb

MUSICAL

Group Discounts

LEO&HYDE

GUY: A New Musical Fri 21 – Sat 22 February Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11

Finding love isn’t easy being fat, gay and nerdy.

Luckily for Guy, you can be anybody online… including your best friend. leo&hyde’s awardwinning GUY is Queer As Folk meets Bridget Jones with a cat-fishing electronic-pop musical twist.

You’ll laugh-cry, sad-cry, face-palm and hearteyes at this rom-com about body image.

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M U N R O

Mon 10 – Sat 15 February From the producers who brought you Of Mice and Men and The Crucible.

An eighteen year-old girl dreams up a monster.

A young scientist, Frankenstein, breathes life into a gruesome body.

Banished into an indifferent world, Frankenstein’s creature desperately seeks out his identity, but the agony of rejection pushes him into darkness.

Munro’s brilliant new adaptation places the writer amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now.

DRAMA

Main Stage 7.30pm Thu & Sat matinee 2.30pm Tickets from £10 Group Discounts School Discounts

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OPERA NORTH

Green Eggs and Ham Mon 17 February Main Stage 11am & 2pm Tickets £7.50

Meet Dr Seuss’ hilariously persistent Sam-I-Am who is on a mission to persuade a grumpy grouch to try a delicious plate of green eggs and ham!

This 50-minute performance features two opera singers, a nine-piece orchestra, and an interactive workshop introducing families to the music, instruments and themes of the piece.

Suitable for 4-7 year-olds and their families.

Group Discounts

Fundraising performance in aid of Kirklees Theatre Trust

OPERA NORTH

Whistle Stop Opera: The Marriage of Figaro Mon 17 February Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets £10.50

A 45-minute whistle stop tour of Mozart's playful opera. Be entertained by four professional opera singers and an accordionist in a show packed with mistaken identity, misunderstanding and comic twists. This is the perfect chance to experience the magic of opera!

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DRAMA

ANDY CRAVEN-GRIFFITHS

Joygernaut – Tales of Kindness

MARCH

Wed 19 February Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11

Using spoken word, physical theatre and origami, Joygernaut explores the damage one man's pursuit of success does to his mental health. The first show by BBC Verb New Voice and Glastonbury Slam Champion, Andy CravenGriffiths, Joygernaut leaves you feeling hopeful.

Group Discounts DRAMA

Ladies That Bus

Written by Joyce Branagh and the company Mon 24 February Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets from £10 Ladies That Bus is a comedy-drama - a heart-warming and hilarious tale of journeys taken and not taken, of regrets and celebrations, and what it means to be free. Based on real-life interviews and peppered with humour, songs and original music, it shows a dayin-the life of the Route 555 bus to Keswick, and the kaleidoscope of different characters that travel on it.

Group Discounts

Fundraising performance in aid of Kirklees Theatre Trust

COMEDY

Last of the Summer Wine Thu 5 March Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £14

Acclaimed and BAFTA winning Julian Dutton (Alistair McGowan’s Big Impression) brings to life one of Britain’s most loved sitcoms in this brand new show. Join Foggy, Clegg and Compo on adventures in three classic hilarious tales.

Group Discounts

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BIGGER, BRIGHTER AND MORE ROA R- SOM E THAN EVER! FRECKLE PRODUCTIONS AND ROSE THEATRE KINGSTON PRESENT

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UTTERLY, UTTERLY BRILLIANT

FUN

MUSICALTHEATRE REVIEW (ON THE 2019 PRODUCTION)

FROM START TO FINISH MODERN MUMMY (ON THE 2019 PRODUCTION)

SUPERBLY

COLOURFUL AND HEARTWARMING MY THEATRE MATES (ON THE 2019 PRODUCTION)

LIVE ON ST AGE

WITH BRAND NEW SONGS FROM JOE STILGOE · DIRECTED BY EMMA KILBEY Zog © 2010 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Published by Alison Green Books, an imprint of Scholastic Children’s Books

Fri 28 February – Sun 1 March Large in size, and keen in nature, Zog is so eager to win a golden star at Madam Dragon’s school, he bumps, burns and roars his way through. Luckily, the plucky Princess Pearl patches him up ready to face his biggest challenge yet…

With brand new songs from Joe Stilgoe, directed

by Emma Kilbey, the smash-hit stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved Zog is a magical production for all ages.

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FAMILY

Main Stage Fri 4.30pm Sat & Sun 11am & 2pm Tickets £15.50 Children £13.50 For all ages Groups of 10+ £13.50

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MARCH

Fri 13 – Sun 15 March Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award nominated smash hit show, The Tiger Who Came to Tea returns on tour, celebrating over 10 years on stage!

The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be?

What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!

Join the tea-guzzling tiger in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos! A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem... expect to be surprised!

FAMILY

Main Stage Fri 1.30pm Sat & Sun 11am & 2pm Tickets £14 Family of Four £52 For ages 3+ Groups of 10+ £8.50

School Discounts £8.50 Fri 13 March 1.30pm

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DRAMA

Fitting

Fri 13 & Sat 14 March Attic Theatre 7.45pm Tickets £11 Fitting is about Matt’s adventures in dresses and suits and also has some magic tricks up its sleeves.

From interactions with strangers at bus stops to transgressive explorations in charity shops, follow Matt as they navigate and explode the ground between gender binaries.

Group Discounts

JAMES WILTON DANCE

The Storm Tue 3 March James Wilton Dance, one of Europe’s most in demand dance companies, present The Storm, a whirlwind of lightning fast athleticism, where acrobatics, break-dancing, martial arts and contact work fuse to form dance that will blow audiences away.

Seven dancers, a soundtrack of thundering electro-rock specially composed by Amarok and thousands of pieces of paper combine to create a work that will astound you with its athleticism and touch you emotionally in a way that words simply can’t.

In this storm can you find peace? Can you find the calm eye of the storm? Will it all blow over?

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DANCE

Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets From £10 Group Discounts

School Discounts

THE FACTION

The Talented Mr Ripley

MARCH

Tue 10 – Thu 12 March

Tom Ripley is a nobody given an unexpected chance to make a name for himself.

When he first meets Dickie Greenleaf, Tom's skills for forging signatures, telling lies and impersonating just about anybody are nothing more than impressive games. But as his friendship with Dickie becomes obsession, Tom's talents have very dangerous consequences.

The Faction breathes fresh life into Patricia Highsmith's extraordinary psychological thriller about ambition, escapism and murder.

DRAMA

Main Stage 7.30pm Thu matinee 2.30pm Tickets from £10 Group Discounts School Discounts

★★★★ 'Magnificent' WHATSONSTAGE

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MUSIC

Deep Cabaret Fri 6 March Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £14

Desert blues improv and noir-drenched drone songs; sparkling jazz, rooted folk and resonating vocals. Deep Cabaret is the culmination of bandleader Steve Lewis' life's work: to make a band that curates all the musics that fascinate him - jazz, improv, African, folk and leftfield pop.

Lyrics taken from novels, journalism and other texts that have interesting things to say about being human.

Group Discounts MUSIC

Huddersfield University Big Band Fri 20 March Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets £13

The Huddersfield University Big Band return to the Lawrence Batley Theatre with an evening of swinging jazz and big band numbers.

Group Discounts

DRAMA

PAPER SMOKERS

Diary of an Expat Wed 25 – Thu 26 March Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11

When Cecilia arrived in the UK from Italy nine years ago with a suitcase of hopes, dreams and pasta, her adventurous life abroad, successful career and vibrant urban lifestyle were about to begin… kind of. Now, after dubious jobs and bizarre encounters, Cecilia finds herself navigating the uncertainty of Brexit and juggling the concept of identity when no country claims you as their own.

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MARCH

COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR

FAR

Wed 25 March DANCE

Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets from £10 Group Discounts School Discounts

Wayne McGregor’s anatomydefying choreography and ground-breaking approach across dance, science, film, music, visual art and technology has fuelled a string of truly unique works.

FAR is no exception.

Inspired by the controversial Age of Enlightenment, FAR mines an era that first placed ‘a body in question’. Ten incredible dancers confront the distortions, sensuality and feeling of the 18th Century’s searing contemporary sensibility to a haunting score by the criticallyacclaimed composer Ben Frost.

Staged in a mesmerizing environment of shadow and light, FAR binds cutting edge design with choreography made from a radical cognitive research process.

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FESTIVAL

HUDDERSFIELD LITERATURE FESTIVAL

From Moomin Valley to Jane Austen Sat 21 March Whole building Tickets vary

Huddersfield Literature Festival’s takeover day, with workshops, talks and puppet show Mischief and Mystery in Moomin Valley. Plus Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is revisited as Adrian Lukis reprises his celebrated role in a new show, Being Mr Wickham. huddlitfest.org.uk

DRAMA

Beach Body Ready Sat 4 April Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11

Shaving? Tanning? Over-exercising? CabbageSouping? Starving? Don’t bother, we're not. Grab your pals and your biscuits and watch Beach Body Ready!

Join The Roaring Girls for a defiantly feel good show which sticks two fingers up at how the media says you should look.

Post-show talk Group Discounts

DRAMA

These Hills Are Ours

by Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley, produced by ARC Stockton Wed 8 April Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11 In story and in song, These Hills Are Ours is about escaping it all and running to wild places.

This is the first theatre collaboration between award-winning theatre maker Daniel Bye, and Chumbawamba member Boff Whalley.

Group Discounts

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PILOT THEATRE CO-PRODUCTION WITH BELGRADE THEATRE COVENTRY, DERBY THEATRE AND YORK THEATRE ROYAL.

Tue 31 March – Sat 4 April

By Alex Wheatle Adapted by Emteaz Hussain Directed by Corey Campbell and Esther Richardson Life isn’t easy on the Crongton Estate and for McKay and his mates it’s all about keeping their heads down.

But when a friend finds herself in trouble, they set out on a mission that goes further than any of them imagined.

Crongton Knights will take you on a night of madcap adventure as McKay and his friends ‘The Magnificent Six’ encounter the dangers and triumphs of a mission gone awry.

DRAMA

Main Stage 7.30pm Thu matinee 1.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm Post-show talk Tue 31 March Tickets from £10 Group Discounts School Discounts

Signed Performance Thu 2 April 7.30pm

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MUSICAL

SILENT UPROAR

Thank You For Doing Nothing Tue 14 – Wed 15 April Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets from £10

In the near future so called “global warming” has apparently affected most of Britannia’s drinking water - if you want to believe the opinions of 99% of experts and their so called “science”.

But fear not; our hero, and lobbyist for the Big Water Corporation, Molly Pazgan is here to tell you that everything is fine. This satirical musical is a hilarious night out like no other, exploring the climate emergency and the men that profit from it.

Group Discounts

CONTEMPORARY DANCE

LEWYS HOLT

Phrases

Sat 18 April Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11 Miscommunication and confusion are often things to be avoided, but what if you just lay into them? What if there's actually nothing else? Big questions. Existential meanderings.

Don't worry. I have a PowerPoint.

Phrases exists in a kind of ethereal space.

Projections of stream-of-consciousness writing are paired with often improvised movement and discussions of communication to create a subtly humorous yet unnerving piece.

Generally, the piece expresses some kind of solidarity with the anxious and the confused and those who overthink.

Group Discounts

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WOODHOUSE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY

APRIL

MUSICAL

West Side Story Based on a Conception of JEROME ROBBINS

Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Entire Original Production Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS Tue 7 – Sat 11 April Main Stage 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.15pm Tickets £10 - £20 Following the huge success of Our House, Woodhouse Musical Theatre Company present one of the best musicals of all time.

Originally Produced on Broadway by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince

By Arrangement with Roger L. Stevens This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe www.mtishows.co.uk

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MUSICAL

Jesus Christ Superstar

Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Mon 20 - Sat 25 April Main Stage 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm Tickets £12 - £20 Concessions available Following their tremendous, ground-breaking production of CATS, HLOC return with an iconic 1970’s rock opera.

Signed Performance

Tue 21 7.30pm & Sat 25 April 2.30pm

What’s the buzz? The first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage, Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for over 40 years. Based on the Gospels, this rock opera includes the songs I Don't Know How To Love Him, Everything's Alright and Superstar.

An Amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd.

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4 DAYS / 4 STAGES /

24-27 JUNE 2020

MAGIC ROCK COMEDY FESTIVAL THE BEST COMEDY AND THE BEST BEER AROUND. NO PROBABLIES ABOUT IT.

Following on from the success of last year’s Great Big Amazing Edinburgh Preview Comedy Festival, we’re back, bigger and better, and we couldn’t be more ridiculously excited to be working with Magic Rock.

Early-bird passes from £10.

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FAMILY

SLIME

APRIL

Sat 11 April Syngenta Cellar 11am & 2pm Tickets £7.50 Being a slug is hard. Everyone thinks you’re disgusting.

Slug and Caterpillar are starving, and the only leaf left in the garden is just out of reach.

Slug thinks they should work together. Get the leaf, eat the leaf, play a game, be friends.

Caterpillar has other ideas.

Enter Slug and Caterpillar’s world and sit in a giant garden to SQUISH, SQUELCH and PLAY your way through this hilarious, surreal show for 2-5 years and their families.

Group Discounts

Signed Performance Relaxed Performance

DRAMA

AMEENA HAMID PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS BEN SCHWARZ’S

Soapbox Racer Wed 15 April Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11

When the love of your life dumps you for your best friend, do you sit down and take it? No! You race down a hill, in a matchbox on wheels, and invite them to watch! A new play about love, loss and connecting with your inner daredevil.

Group Discounts

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Unsung

Sat 2 May Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11 Ada Lovelace. Sophia Jex-Blake.

Lilian Bader. Andrea Dunbar.

Heard of them? Neither had we.

Unsung explores the untold stories of four inspirational women from British history, asking why they, and hundreds like them, have been relegated to the footnotes.

Group Discounts

MUSIC

Down for the Count Swing Orchestra Fri 15 May Main House 7.30pm Tickets from £16

A spectacular evening of swing and big band music with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra, as they bring the sounds of the Swing Era back to life for ‘one hellova celebration of vintage music’ (TimeOut London).

Group Discounts

COMEDY

My Father The Tantric Masseur Fri 22 May Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11

Fresh from award winning, sellout runs at Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Roann McCloskey navigates life as a post #MeToo Queer, British-Algerian woman in a production that will have you laughing, crying and pondering the name you’ve given your genitals as you're taken on a journey of excruciating self-discovery.

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APRIL

STRONG LADY PRODUCTIONS

Thu 30 April – Sat 2 May A WEEK 53 commission for The Lowry Salford with Lawrence Batley Theatre.

POWER celebrates stories of feeling powerful, even in an uncertain world… moments of strength, resilience, connection, choice and change.

After almost 20 years performing feats-of-strength as a circus Strong Lady, Charmaine is using her strength and circus physicality to tell you stories.

POWER is an energetic, optimistic (and at times moving) solo show that weaves Charmaine's own experiences with an array of real people’s stories from interviews with men and women around the UK. Created with funding from Arts Council England, Cambridge Junction and Creative Arts East.

CIRCUS THEATRE

Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets from £10 Group Discounts

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LOCK THE DOORS

Dear Caveman Sat 23 May Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11

Why do desperate solutions and moments of despair so frequently present themselves to men we know and admire? Masculinity was built in our favour. So why are we so isolated, violent, lonely…

Exploring the stories we tell ourselves, Dear Caveman uses verbatim accounts collected from all walks of life, original sound composition and explosive movement to examine what it means to be a man.

Group Discounts SPOKEN WORD

LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE

Cellar Stories with Rose Condo Mon 17 February, Mon 16 March, Mon 27 April, Mon 18 May 7pm Syngenta Cellar 7pm Tickets Pay What You Decide

Enjoy a relaxed evening in the Syngenta Cellar with special guests and local talent performing poetry, music and more. Hosted by awardwinning spoken word artist Rose Condo.

DRAMA

DARE TO KNOW THEATRE

Drowning

Written and Performed by Jake Talbot Directed by Miranda Parker Sun 24 May Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11 An intelligent but naïve sixteen-year-old, Josh, with extreme views on mental health, claims that suicide is selfish. However, as his world crumbles around him, his life begins to spiral out of control…

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MAY

Mon 4 – Wed 6 May Friendsical is an original and unique new parody musical inspired by the gang in Friends, the iconic TV show.

When Ross’s wife leaves him for another woman, he fears he will never find love again. But then Rachel runs back into his life… will he end up with his one true love?

With original new songs such as (He’s her) Lobster!, Richard’s Moustache and You’re Over Me, When Were You Under Me?, the gang take on naked Thursdays, a power cut, and a dinosaur convention!

What could possibly go wrong?

COMEDY

Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets from £10 Group Discounts

This is a loving parody not to be confused with the Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. series Friends.

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DRAMA

Dog/Actor

A double-bill of Steven Berkoff Tue 16 June Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Tickets £11 DOG follows a day in the life of a racist football hooligan and his beloved pitbull terrier. ACTOR is a spoken word monologue which delves into the heart of the acting industry, humorously and poignantly portraying the trying life of a struggling artist.

Group Discounts

MUSIC

Nani

Tue 23 June Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets from £16 Nani’s music has distant leanings to Flamenco, North African music and Sephardic traditional song, with timeless melodies and fluid improvisation. The sound world of fiery Spanish guitar and vibrant percussion is infused with the melodies of joy and heartbreak, and the stories of a people who left behind their homeland.

Group Discounts

DRAMA

DARK HORSE

The Garden Wed 1 – Thu 2 July Syngenta Cellar 7.45pm Thu matinee 1.30pm Tickets £11

The Garden is a bitter sweet story of friendship, denial and unrequited love.

Told by Dark Horse’s final year learning disabled student actors, poetry and dance beautifully weave together to create a funny, poignant show suitable for everyone.

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MAY

OPERA

HUDDERSFIELD GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY

Yeoman of the Guard

Wed 20 – Sat 23 May Main Stage 7.15pm Sat matinee 2.15pm Tickets £8 - £15 I Concessions available The Yeomen of the Guard is a tragicomic tale of deception and mistaken identity set against the brooding and dramatic backdrop of The Tower of London. It’s also a very touching story of love and intrigue that’s one of the finest works of Gilbert & Sullivan.

W S Gilbert’s witty words are set to Sir Arthur Sullivan’s finest music in this perfect introduction to English light opera.

COMEDY

DICK & LOTTIE

Just Between Ourselves Thu 4 - Sat 6 June Main Stage 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm Tickets £15

Dennis spends his spare time messing about in his untidy garage, indifferent to the fact that his wife is being driven to distraction and beyond by his possessive mother. The hidden tension and antagonisms under an apparently normal surface build up to a climax of bizarre violence and madness.

Group Discounts

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Sun 7 June Huddersfield Pride supports and celebrates the LGBTQ+ community in Huddersfield and beyond. To find out more about this year’s event and the activities taking place at the Lawrence Batley Theatre go to huddersfieldpride.co.uk.

FESTIVAL

Grand Northern Ukulele Festival Sat 20 & Sun 21 June Whole Building Tickets Full Weekend £0 - £55

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Don’t miss out on the fun at this extraordinary event. With world-class live music, inspiring workshops, chances to sing and play along and more, it’s no surprise that it sells out every year.

Group Discounts

JUNE

Tue 16 – Thu 18 June From the creators of DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE Calling all brave heroes! Enter into a magical world of myths and legends in this fantastical new interactive show for all the family.

Unveil a myriad of dark secrets and come face to face with some of the most magnificent monsters and terrifying beasts ever to walk the earth. Discover the colossal Stone Troll, the mysterious Indrik and Japanese Baku; the Tooth Fairy (not as sweet as you'd think), an adorable Unicorn and majestic Griffin. Take your place among legendary heroes, just don't wake the Dragon…

From the creators of the West End smash hit Dinosaur World Live, who bring spectacular puppets to life, don’t miss this brand new spell-binding adventure, live on stage!

FAMILY

Main Stage Tue 4.30pm Wed & Thu 1.30pm & 4.30pm Tickets £14 For ages 3-7 years

School Discounts £8.50 on Wed & Thu Group Discounts £8.50

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Huddersfield Thespians celebrate their centenary season in our Syngenta Cellar.

DRAMA

A Warning To The Curious

Tue 3 - Sat 7 December Syngenta Cellar 7.15pm Sat matinee 2pm Tickets £12 There's a chill in the air this Christmas as this new adaptation of M.R.James' ghost stories is set to send a shiver down your spine.

DRAMA

The York Realist

Tue 11 – Sat 15 February Syngenta Cellar 7.15pm Sat matinee 2pm Tickets £12 In 1960s Yorkshire, the York Mystery plays are in rehearsal and a farmer strains against his roots as a new world opens up to him. Peter Gill's period drama is staged as part of LGBT history month.

COMEDY

Teechers

Tue 21 – Sat 25 April Syngenta Cellar 7.15pm Sat matinee 2pm Tickets £12 John Godber's hilarious comedy follows three school pupils as they stage their own performance about a new, naive teacher.

DRAMA

Frozen

Tue 9 – Sat 13 June Syngenta Cellar 7.15pm Sat matinee 2pm Tickets £12 Three people's lives are drawn together in this psychological thriller about a child who goes missing. Bryony Lavery's award-winning play asks: Are some people born evil?

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Spontaneous Potter Tue 14 July Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office!

A very magical improv show awaits...

The smash hit Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised Harry Potter comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title.

Hilarity ensues as an entirely new Potter adventure is magically improvised on the spot - with live musical accompaniment!

NB: Spontaneous Potter is an unofficial show that is not endorsed by or affiliated with Warner Bros., JK Rowling or her publishers.

JULY

COMEDY

Main Stage 7.30pm Tickets £16 Ages 16+ Group Discounts Fundraising performance in aid of Kirklees Theatre Trust

★★★★★ ''Totally jawdropping... improv at its very best' BROADWAY BABY

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FAMILY

MEI THEATRICAL PRESENTS

Twirlywoos Live!

Sat 27 – Sun 28 June Main Stage Sat 3pm Sun 11am & 3pm Tickets £13 I £11 concessions For ages 1+

From the producers of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Sarah and Duck Live on Stage comes another enchanting show for young audiences.

The Twirlywoos are setting sail around the UK to welcome young fans along for a theatrical adventure.

Expect mischief, music and plenty of surprises as they share the delight of discovery. With beautifully inventive puppetry, Twirlywoos Live! promises a cast full of all your favourite characters from the hit TV show.

Group Discounts

FAMILY

HHHH ‘A DELIGHT FROM START TO FINISH’ TIME OUT

Freckle Productions present

and

other terrific tales

Tue 7 & Wed 8 July Tue 4.30pm Wed 10.30am & 1.30pm Main Stage Tickets £15.50 I £13.50 concessions Under the sea, out on the farm and into the jungle, these terrific tales are woven together with live music, puppetry and a whole host of colourful characters from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s best-loved titles. From the team behind Zog Live, funky moves, toe tapping tunes and giggles are guaranteed!

School discounts £11 Groups of 10+ £13.50

© Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

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Summer in the Courtyard

JULY

FAMILY

THE SLAPSTICK PICNIC

The Importance of Being Earnest

Fri 10 July Courtyard 1.30pm & 7pm Tickets £13

The Slapstick Picnic would like to cordially invite you to its inaugural summer tea party, where a marvellous feat of performance awaits: Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy performed by just two actors!

Group Discounts

FAMILY

THE HANDLEBARDS

The Comedy of Errors Fri 28 August Courtyard 7pm Tickets £13

Join the all-male troupe in the Lawrence Batley Theatre Courtyard for a bicyclepowered production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Comedy of Errors’ like you’ve never seen before.

When two sets of estranged twins are brought together on the same island, this classic comedy takes hold, with mistaken identity, music and manic costume changes a plenty.

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DOM JOLY I JUSTIN MOORHOUSE I SIMON BRODKIN I ROBERT WHITE SHAZIA MIRZA ANDREW O'NEILL JACK CARROLL

JO CAULFIELD JACK GLEADLOW LAUREN PATTISON

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Diary DATE

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JANUARY Comedy Cellar

8pm

38

Fri 17

Justin Moorhouse

7.30pm

38

Sat 18

It’ll be Alt-Right on the Night

7.45pm

6

Fri 24

Absurd Person Singular

7.30pm

6

Sat 25

Absurd Person Singular

2.30pm & 7.30pm 6

Tue 28

Cabaret

7.30pm

8

Thu 30

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

7.30pm

9

Fri 31

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

7.30pm

9

Sat 8

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Green Eggs & Ham

11am & 2pm

12

Whistle Stop Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

7.30pm

12

Cellar Stories with Rose Condo

7pm

28

Wed 19

Joygernaut

7.45pm

13

Thu 20

My Night with Reg

7.30pm

10

Comedy Cellar

8pm

38

My Night with Reg

7.30pm

10

GUY: The Musical

7.45pm

10

My Night with Reg

2.30pm & 7.30pm

10

GUY: The Musical

7.45pm

10

Mon 24

Ladies that Bus

7.30pm

13

Fri 28

Zog

4.30pm

14

Sat 29

Zog

11am & 2pm

14

Mon 17

Fri 21

FEBRUARY

Fri 7

SHOW

FEBRUARY

Thu 9

Sat 1

DATE

Sat 22

High Jinx Magic Illusion and Circus Show Tom Binns

2pm & 7pm

8

8pm

38

Click – The Internet Genie

11am & 2pm

8

100% Simon Brodkin

8pm

38

Mon 10

Frankenstein

7.30pm

11

Tue 11

Frankenstein

7.30pm

11

MARCH

The York Realist

7.15pm

34

Sun 1

Zog

11am & 2pm

14

Frankenstein

7.30pm

11

Tue 3

The Storm

7.30pm

16

The York Realist

7.15pm

34

Thu 5

13

2.30pm & 7.30pm 11

Last of the Summer Wine

7.45pm

Frankenstein

Fri 6

Deep Cabaret

7.45pm

18

The York Realist

7.15pm

34

Frankenstein

7.30pm

11

Tue 10

The Talented Mr Ripley

7.30pm

17

The York Realist

7.15pm

34

Wed 11

The Talented Mr Ripley

7.30pm

17

Frankenstein

2.30pm & 7.30pm

11

Thu 12

The Talented Mr Ripley

2.30pm & 7.30pm

17

The York Realist

2pm & 7.15pm

34

Comedy Cellar

8pm

38

Wed 12

Thu 13

Fri 14

Sat 15

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MARCH Fri 13

DATE

SHOW

TIME

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West Side Story

7.30pm

23

Comedy Cellar

8pm

38

Fri 10

West Side Story

7.30pm

23

Sat 11

West Side Story

2.15pm & 7.30pm

23

SLIME

11am & 2pm

25

Tue 14

Thank You for Doing Nothing

7.30pm

22

Wed 15

Thank You for Doing Nothing

7.30pm

22

Soapbox Racer

7.45pm

25

APRIL Thu 9

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

1.30pm

15

Fitting

7.45pm

16

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

11am & 2pm

15

Dom Joly’s Holiday Snaps

7.30pm

38

Fitting

7.45pm

16

Sun 15

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

11am & 2pm

15

Mon 16

Cellar Stories with Rose Condo

7pm

28

Fri 20

Huddersfield University Big Band

7.30pm

18 Sat 18

Phrases

7.45pm

22

Sat 21

Huddersfield Literature Festival

All day

20

Mon 20

Jesus Christ Superstar

7.30pm

23

Wed 25

FAR

7.30pm

19

Tue 21

Jesus Christ Superstar

7.30pm

23

Teechers

7.15pm

34

Jesus Christ Superstar

7.30pm

23

Teechers

7.15pm

34

Jesus Christ Superstar

7.30pm

23

Teechers

7.15pm

34

Jesus Christ Superstar

7.30pm

23

Teechers

7.15pm

34

Jesus Christ Superstar

2.30pm 7.30pm

Teechers

2pm & 7.15pm

34

Mon 27

Cellar Stories with Rose Condo

7pm

28

Thu 30

POWER

7.30pm

27

Sat 14

Diary of an Expat

7.45pm

18

Thu 26

Diary of an Expat

7.45pm

18

Tue 31

Crongton Knights

7.30pm

21

Wed 22

Thu 23

APRIL Wed 1

Crongton Knights

7.30pm

21

Thu 2

Crongton Knights

1.30pm & 7.30pm

21

Fri 3

Crongton Knights

7.30pm

21

Sat 4

Crongton Knights

2.30pm 7.30pm

21

Beach Body Ready

7.45pm

20

Tue 7

West Side Story

7.30pm

23

Wed 8

West Side Story

7.30pm

23

These Hills are Ours

7.45pm

20

Fri 24

Sat 25

Audio Description

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23

Signed Captioned Relaxed Performance Performance Performance

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Fri 1

POWER

7.30pm

27

Sat 2

POWER

7.30pm

27

Unsung

7.45pm

26

Mon 4

Friendsical The Musical

7.30pm

29

Tue 5

Friendsical The Musical

7.30pm

29

Wed 6

Friendsical The Musical

7.30pm

29

Thu 14

Comedy Cellar

8pm

38

Fri 15

Down for the Count Swing Orchestra

7.30pm

26

Mon 18

Cellar Stories with Rose Condo

7pm

28

Wed 20

Yeoman of the Guard

7.15pm

Thu 21

Yeoman of the Guard

Fri 22

MAY

Sat 23

Sun 24

SHOW

TIME

PAGE

Sat 13

Frozen

2pm & 7.15pm

34

Tue 16

Dragons and Mythical Beasts Live

4.30pm

33

Dog / Actor

7.45pm

30

Wed 17

Dragons and Mythical Beasts Live

1.30pm & 4.30pm

33

Thu 18

Dragons and Mythical Beasts Live

1.30pm & 4.30pm

33

Comedy Cellar

8pm

38

Sat 20

Grand Northern Ukulele Festival

All day

32

Sun 21

Grand Northern Ukulele Festival

All day

32

JUNE

Wed 24 – Comedy Preview Sat 27 Festival

24

Tue 23

Nani

7.30pm

30

31

Sat 27

Twirlywoos Live!

3pm

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7.15pm

31

Sun 28

Twirlywoos Live!

11am & 3pm

36

Yeoman of the Guard

7.15pm

31

JULY

My Father the Tantric Masseur

7.45pm

26

30

Yeoman of the Guard

2.15pm & 7.15pm

31

Dear Caveman

7.45pm

28

Drowning

7.45pm

28

JUNE Thu 4

Just Between Ourselves

7.30pm

31

Fri 5

Just Between Ourselves

7.30pm

31

Sat 6

Just Between Ourselves

2.30pm & 7.30pm

31

Sun 7

Huddersfield Pride

All Day

32

Tue 9

Frozen

7.15pm

34

Wed 10

Frozen

7.15pm

34

Thu 11

Frozen

7.15pm

34

Fri 12

Robert White

8pm

38

Frozen

7.15pm

34

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Wed 1

The Garden

7.45pm

Thu 2

The Garden

1.30pm & 7.45pm 30

Tue 7

Tiddler

4.30pm

Wed 8

Tiddler

10.30am & 1.30pm 36

Fri 10

The Importance of Being Earnest

1.30pm & 7pm

37

Tue 14

Spontaneous Potter

7.30pm

35

Thu 16

Comedy Cellar

8pm

38

Thu 30

Comedy Cellar

8pm

38

The Comedy of Errors

7pm

37

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Signed Captioned Relaxed Performance Performance Performance

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Our Young Company For ages 6 - 18 We’re proud to offer a range of weekly drama sessions designed to be creative and fun, enabling children and young people to share ideas and find their voice.

Led by experienced facilitators, our weekly sessions are open to all and explore themes related to the professional productions.

Each term ends with a performance.

All sessions include a chance to see a live performance at the Lawrence Batley Theatre each term.

Spring Term begins on Monday 6 January.

To find out more or book a place visit thelbt.org/get-involved/ young-people/ or contact letscreate@thelbt.org

The Team behind this season at the Lawrence Batley Theatre

And of course our amazing Stewards

Rebecca Atkinson, Adele Barclay, Annie Baskeyfield-Bride, Adele Birkenshaw, Tom Blakemore, Freyja Boycott-Garnett, Chris Brearley, Judy O’Brien, Paul Caldwell, James Clare, Craige Clarke, Peter Clark, Holly Czolacz, Will Dash, Les Dowie, George Doyle, Karl Eaton, Andy Evans, Henry Filloux-Bennett, Sarah Finch, Leah Fisher, Michael Ford, Jenny Goodman, Andrew Goulding, Betty Hadfield, David Halloran, Bev Haigh, Sharon Haigh, Barbara Hellowell, Ryan Hogan, Jonathan Hudson, Nancy Hughes, Ruth Jones, Connor Moseley, Amy Norman, Laura Norman, Mass Nying, Louise Parsons, Nancy Penvose, Helen Petty, Olivia Race, Louise Redfearn, Jaqueline Ryan, Roohi Sarwar, Tommy Savage, Vashti Schmahl, Jane Sibbald, Brett Speakman, Ellie Stringer, Hayden Sugden, Le Thi To Nhu, Erica Taylor, Chris Thompson, Lauren Townsend, Rebecca Turner, Marcus Walker, Katherine Warman, Dianne Watkinson, Che Wigfield Turner, Jane Wilson, Rebecca Winwood, Mollie Wood, James Yates-Hothersall.

Ruth Adams, Nathan Auckland, Ellie Battey, Katie Beadle, Julia Beaumont, Helen Bisson, Liz Bradbury, Sue Brook, Maureen Buckley, Diane Calverley, Julie Clare, David Clegg, Caroline Cole, Sylvia Collins, Jan Coning, Karl Eaton, Sue Eaton, Andy Evans, Diane Felton, Alison Fisher, Gail Flynn, Debbie Ford, Louise Galvin, Alex Gaywood, Kate Gimblett, Sandy Goler, Lynda Green, Kamila Grodecka, Robin Hall, Mary Hallet, Rosemary Hanna, Barbara Hardwick, Brian Hardwick, Sarah Hargreaves, Eve Harris, Faye Henderson, Jenny Holmes, Lesley Honeyman, Philip Jackson, Debbie Jennings, Julie Johnston, Sheila Johnston, Maggie Joyce, Jo Kelly, Ann Lee, George Lee, Stuart Mallinson, Eric Martin, Shirley Maude, Gillian Metcalf, Margaret Mitchell, Theresa Mullings, Shelagh Nying Christine Oldbury, Delia Oldfield, George Oldfield, David Payne, Helen Pearson, Michelle Pearson-Brook, Heather Pollard, Leonora Redmond, Viltare Repsyte, Elaine Richardson, Ella Robertshaw, Pauline Robinson, Ann Sandiford, Elise Sandiford, Linda Senior, Paul Senior, Kate Shaw, Emma Slater, Christine Smith, Eva Smith, Maureen Speight, Nan Steinitz, Christina/Tina Sutcliffe, Susannah Tunnacliffe, Katie Tyers, Danielle Vermeer, Dorothy Walklett, Elaine Walmsley, Shirley E. Ward, Pauline Wheat-Bowen, Pat Wilding, Damaya Williams, Sandra Wilson, Melissa Wong, Gill Young THELBT.ORG 43

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