50th Anniversary Season Guide 2015/16 | The Lyceum

THEATRE MADE IN EDINBURGH

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WELCOME TO THE LYCEUM In selecting the eight plays for our company’s 50th Anniversary Season I wanted to reflect what has made the company special over the last half century - a living theatre, confident and proud of its past with contemporary theatre voices and adventure always keeping it youthful and vigorous.

To launch this anniversary season I am especially delighted to welcome back the fantastic Brian Cox, original member of the first Lyceum theatre company, returning to perform alongside another great Scottish actor Bill Paterson in Beckett’s modern masterpiece, Waiting for Godot.

On our stage this year there will be gods, kings, music, romance, murder, fauns, revenge, forgiveness, sex, faith, betrayal, enlightenment, characters who don’t turn up and others who wish they hadn’t. Together they hold the world in all its inexplicableness up to the light. I hope you enjoy watching and listening to them all.

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Photograph: Alan McCredie

Throughout the year we will continue to celebrate our past and look to the future with a powerful mix of theatre voices.

Great writers like Beckett, Miller, Homer and Molière whose words and reflections still move and inspire us, stand alongside the vitality and urgency of today’s playwrights Liz Lochhead, Laura Wade and Chris Hannan. Their plays animate big, resonant subjects from war and love to belief, identity and existence itself.

Celebrate 50 years of Theatre Made in Edinburgh with a ticket to our Anniversary Season For 50 years the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company has been one of Scotland’s leading producing drama companies with a world class reputation for both classical and contemporary work, and for developing and supporting Scotland’s creative talent.

Individual tickets are on sale now, but this season is the perfect time to join 3,000 other Season Ticket holders to enjoy a journey through a whole year of extraordinary theatre from the best seats at the best prices - guaranteed.

For more details and to buy your Season Ticket see back page.

ANNIVERSARY SEASON 2015/16 Waiting for Godot

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18 September - 10 October 2015

Tipping the Velvet

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28 October - 14 November 2015

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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28 November 2015 - 3 January 2016

The Weir

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15 January - 6 February 2016

The Crucible

10

18 February - 19 March 2016

I Am Thomas a brutal comedy with songs

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23 March - 9 April 2016

The Iliad

14

20 April - 14 May 2016

Thon Man Molière

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Brian Cox

Bill Paterson

Waiting Godot

by Samuel Beckett

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18 September – 10 October 2015

“What are we doing here?

That is the question” Two of Scotland’s great stage actors; Brian Cox and Bill Paterson star as Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s masterly black comedy.

On a bare country road, by a single tree, two down-and-out friends meet at dusk to await the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Godot. As they wait, they pass the time laughing at who they are, arguing over what little they have and speculating on the meaning of life.

Their predicament would be absurd were it not so familiar.

In the 60 years since its first UK performance, Waiting for Godot has proved itself one of modern theatre’s great masterpieces. Deadly serious yet seriously funny, this elusive play continues to provide delightfully entertaining food for thought.

This exclusive three week run marks the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company.

DIRECTOR

Mark Thomson

CAST INCLUDES

Brian Cox, Bill Paterson and John Bett

PERFORMANCES & PRICES

Previews: Friday 18, Saturday 19 and Monday 21 September, 7.30pm £10 (Preview tickets on sale from 17 August) Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday, 7.30pm £15 - £29.50 Matinees from 23 September: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2pm £13 - £25

CREATIVE LEARNING EVENTS See page 19

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES See pages 28/29

Please refer to pages 28/29 for Performance Diary and page 26/27 for booking information.

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World Premiere 28 October – 14 November 2015

“I used to think that whenever I thought of you I was all lit up, like a candle. I was afraid people would notice.”

It’s 1887 and Nancy Astley sits in the audience at her local music hall: she doesn’t know it yet, but the next act on the bill will change her life. Tonight she will fall in love… with the thrill of the stage and with Kitty Butler; a girl who wears trousers.

Giddy with desire and hungry for experience, Nancy follows Kitty to London where unimaginable adventures await.

Acclaimed playwright Laura Wade (Posh, Royal Court & West End) brings Sarah Waters’ audacious bestselling novel to The Lyceum’s beautiful Victorian stage in an electrifying new adaptation, directed by Olivier award winner Lyndsey Turner (Chimerica, Almeida & West End).

DIRECTOR

Lyndsey Turner

PERFORMANCES & PRICES

Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday, 7.30pm £15 - £29.50 Matinees from 31 October: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2pm £13 - £25

CREATIVE LEARNING EVENTS See page 19

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES See pages 28/29

Please refer to pages 28/29 for Performance Diary and page 26/27 for booking information.

Tipping the Velvet is a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and the Lyric Hammersmith.

This production contain scenes of an adult nature.

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Recommended for all ages 28 November 2015 – 3 January 2016

“ It's a magic wardrobe.

There's a wood inside it, and it's snowing, and there's a faun and a witch and it's called Narnia. Come and see.”

This Christmas, The Lyceum is delighted to present C.S. Lewis’ classic tale The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Step with us through a dusty wardrobe and into a snowy landscape filled with thrilling adventure. Meet the majestic Aslan, the loveable Mr Tumnus and his fantastical friends and join their quest to free Narnia from the spell of the White Witch.

A festive treat of music and song from the team that brought you The Lyceum’s magical festive shows The BFG and A Christmas Carol.

DIRECTOR

Andrew Panton

PERFORMANCES & PRICES

Preview: Saturday 28 November, 2pm £10 (Preview tickets on sale from 27 October) Tickets: Grand Circle and Stalls: Gold dates £29, Silver dates £26

2pm

7pm

Saturday

28 Nov

Friday

04 Dec

Saturday

05 Dec

Wednesday

09 Dec

7pm

Thursday

10 Dec

7pm

Friday

11 Dec

Saturday

12 Dec

Wednesday

16 Dec

7pm

Thursday

17 Dec

7pm

Friday

18 Dec

Saturday

19 Dec

2pm

7pm

Sunday

20 Dec

2pm

7pm

Tuesday

22 Dec

2pm

7pm

Wednesday

23 Dec

2pm

7pm

Thursday

24 Dec

2pm

Friday

25 Dec

Saturday

26 Dec

2pm

Sunday

27 Dec

2pm

7pm 2pm

7pm

7pm 2pm

7pm

7pm

MERRY CHRISTMAS 7pm

Monday

28 Dec

2pm

7pm

Tuesday

29 Dec

2pm

7pm

Wednesday

30 Dec

2pm

7pm

Thursday

31 Dec

2pm

Friday

01 Jan

Saturday

02 Jan

2pm

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Sunday

03 Jan

2pm

7pm

Grand Circle Boxes and Upper Circle: Gold dates £21, Silver dates £19

For icon key see page 28.

Side View Stalls / Grand Circle: Gold dates £20, Silver dates £19, Preview £10

FESTIVE FOUR TICKET DEAL Treat your family and friends – Four Stalls tickets for just £68 Silver Dates or £76 Gold Dates (one guest must be under 18).

ALL CHILD TICKETS HALF PRICE.

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The Weir

by Conor McPherson

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15 January – 6 February 2016

“There's no dark like a winter night in the country. And there was a wind like this one, howling and whistling in off the sea. It was this type of night now. Am I setting the scene for you?”

DIRECTOR

Amanda Gaughan

PERFORMANCES & PRICES

Previews: Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Monday 18 January, 7.30pm £10 (Preview tickets on sale from 14 December)

You are guaranteed a good laugh and warm welcome when you join the local lads in Brendan’s Bar County Leitrim. When a young woman arrives from Dublin, the fellas impress her with their local ghost stories but as the night draws in, Valerie will share a haunting tale of her own.

Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday, 7.30pm £15 - £29.50

Winner of the Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and Olivier Awards for Best New Play, Conor McPherson's mo1ving, elegiac tale is a masterpiece of modern theatre. Quietly compelling and strangely chilling, The Weir is the perfect story for a winter night .

CREATIVE LEARNING EVENTS

“ Rich, vivid and often wonderfully funny...

I have rarely been so convinced that I have just seen a modern classic.”

Matinees from 20 January: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2pm £13 - £25

See page 19

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES See pages 28/29

Please refer to pages 28/29 for Performance Diary and page 26/27 for booking information.

Daily Telegraph

“ This is my play of the decade... a modern masterpiece.”

The Express

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Photograph: Laurence Winram

by Arthur Miller

18 February – 19 March 2016

“I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil!”

When young women are discovered trying to conjure spirits, the God-fearing people of Salem, Massachusetts are told the devil is in their midst and must be rooted out at all costs.

Accusations fly, scores are settled, and fear and suspicion reign. With terrifying power and momentum their faith becomes a murderous instrument of lust, paranoia and revenge.

Written during Joe McCarthy’s anticommunist trials in America, this classic tale of the witch hunts in colonial New England still stands as a powerful parable against the politics of fear.

Following huge acclaim for All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Price and A View from the Bridge, John Dove returns to direct The Crucible, completing The Lyceum’s acclaimed journey through the best loved works of Arthur Miller.

DIRECTOR John Dove

PERFORMANCES & PRICES

Previews: Thursday 18 and Friday 19 February, 7.30pm £10 (Preview tickets on sale from 18 January) Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday, 7.30pm £15 - £29.50 Matinees: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2pm £13 - £25 Schools Matinee: Wednesday 24 February, 1pm Contact box office for pricing

CREATIVE LEARNING EVENTS See page 19

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES See pages 28/29

Please refer to pages 28/29 for Performance Diary and page 26/27 for booking information.

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THOMAS I AM

A BRUTAL COMEDY WITH SONGS

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World Premiere 23 March – 9 April 2016

“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”

Edinburgh, a cold town on the edge of civilization, in very much the Year of Our Lord, 1696. The church has spies everywhere, each with a sharp ear for heresy and a taste for persecution. Here you keep your counsel and choose your words with care… and it is here that we meet Thomas – a loudmouthed, smart arsed, and likeable student of the university. A man in the wrong place at absolutely the wrong time… trouble is brewing for Thomas.

Using Told by an Idiot’s trademark anarchic physicality and inventive storytelling, this glimpse into Edinburgh’s dark past brings out the black humour in the true story of Thomas Aitkenhead – the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy.

DIRECTOR

Paul Hunter

PERFORMANCES & PRICES Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday, 7.30pm £15 - £29.50 Matinees from 26 March: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2pm £13 - £25

CREATIVE LEARNING EVENTS See page 19

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES See pages 28/29

Please refer to pages 28/29 for Performance Diary and page 26/27 for booking information.

I am Thomas is a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Told by an Idiot and the National Theatre of Scotland.

“ Theatre about as inventive, imaginative and fantastical as it gets” Time Out on Told by an Idiot

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THE ILIAD

by Chris Hannan

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World Premiere 20 April – 14 May 2016

“There is the heat of love, the pulsing rush of longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible – magic to make the sanest man go mad.”

The Gods of Olympus take their sides and the fates of all men hang in the balance. On the battlefield of Troy the scene is set for the final conflict to claim the beautiful Helen. Only the invincible Greek warrior Achilles can tip the scales of war to glory or defeat, but humiliated by his leader Agamemnon, he is stubbornly refusing to join the fray.

Homer's Iliad, the greatest and most influential epic poem ever written, tells of the tragic and bloody climax to the ten-year siege of Troy; the darkest episode in the Trojan War. This great tale of gods and heroes, love, jealousy and revenge is brought to visceral life in a brand new stage adaptation by award winning Scottish playwright Chris Hannan (Crime and Punishment, Elizabeth Gordon Quinn, Shining Souls).

DIRECTOR

Mark Thomson

PERFORMANCES & PRICES

Previews: Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 and Friday 22 April, 7.30pm £10 (Preview tickets on sale from 21 March) Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday, 7.30pm £15 - £29.50 Matinees from 27 April: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2pm £13- £25

CREATIVE LEARNING EVENTS See page 19

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES See pages 28/29

Please refer to pages 28/29 for Performance Diary and page 26/27 for booking information.

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‘or Whit got him intae aw that bother...’

by Liz Lochhead

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World Premiere 20 May – 11 June 2016

“Why do folk not, ever, catch on to themselves?...Ach, gies you another interesting nutter to play...”

Welcome to Paris at the time of Louis XIV. Come backstage and meet the King’s theatre company - a troupe of grande dames, old hams, ingénue’s and of course, their leading man. Right at the centre, author of their dramas and cause of all their troubles – Thon man Molière.

In constant threat of debtor’s prison, in big bother with church and state and - worst of all – disastrously in love with the wrong wife, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Molière writes brilliant comedies inspired by a desperate life.

But telling the truth is a dangerous business and getting his latest drama on stage could be the death of him!

Poet and playwright Liz Lochhead is the author of the acclaimed Perfect Days, and Mary Queen of Scots got her Head Chopped Off, as well as celebrated Scots versions of Medea, Oedipus, Antigone and Molière's great trio of masterpieces. This brand new, original play tells the story of her hero, the great comedian Molière; his scandalous marriage, his scurrilous plays and the irresistible creation of his infamous and celebrated satire Tartuffe.

DIRECTOR

Tony Cownie

PERFORMANCES & PRICES

Previews: Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Monday 23 May, 7.30pm £10 (Preview tickets on sale from 25 April) Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday, 7.30pm £15 - £29.50 Matinees from 25 May: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2pm £13 - £25

CREATIVE LEARNING EVENTS See page 19

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES See pages 28/29

Please refer to pages 28/29 for Performance Diary and page 26/27 for booking information.

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World Premiere 20 – 24 October 2015

THE LYCEUM YOUTH THEATRE PRESENT

HIDDEN a site specific promenade performance visiting the unseen corners of The Lyceum.

Step behind the curtain for a unique performance in the darkest corners of The Lyceum. You will be guided where no backstage tour goes - where hidden places meet the hidden voices of youth. This will be a unique theatrical adventure full of surprise and no little terror with live music and lively encounters inspired by The Lyceum’s secret spaces.

Devised by members of the Lyceum Youth Theatre with Mark Thomson, Tony Cownie, Amanda Gaughan, Christie O’Carroll and John Glancy, this is a special one off production as part of our anniversary celebrations.

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PERFORMANCE & PRICES Evenings:

Various performance start times from 7.30pm – 8.30pm All tickets £12, no concessions Access note: This promenade show takes place throughout the historic theatre building and as it will involve a number of stairways we regret that the performance is not suitable for wheelchair users or patrons with limited mobility

EXPLORE THE PLAYS Our informal yet enlightening talks and discussions are specifically designed to enhance your enjoyment of this season’s productions. Join us and delve deeper into the stories on stage.

FOCUS ON Interested in finding out more about the play? Come and join our expert in a discussion of the wider themes, the writer and the play’s historical context.

Tickets: £7 per event (includes coffee/tea) When: 10.30am - 12noon Where: Lyceum function rooms

“POST-SHOW” DISCUSSIONS Join us in the Stalls post-show to meet the cast and director for a discussion about the performance.

Waiting for Godot Wednesday 23 September Tuesday 29 September

Tipping the Velvet

The Weir

Tuesday 26 January

The Crucible

Wednesday 2 March Tuesday 1 March

I Am Thomas

Tickets: FREE - No ticket required When: After the evening's performance Where: Stalls

Tuesday 3 November

Tuesday 29 March

The Iliad

Tuesday 3 May

Thon Man Molière Tuesday 31 May

Photograph: Aly Wight

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Photograph: Aly Wright

FREE FAMILY OPEN DAY SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 10am – 4pm Join us at The Lyceum as we throw open our doors for a fun-filled activity day inspired by our production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. All the family is invited to follow us through the wardrobe into Narnia to make, draw, dress up and create things with dropin activities and a range of special workshops bookable in advance.

Visit lyceum.org.uk for the latest info on these events.

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You can also take a guided tour backstage as part of the Cockburn Association’s city-wide Doors Open Day. Find out more about the history of The Lyceum and stand where many memorable performances have been given by actors such as Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, Brian Cox, Bill Paterson, Siobhan Redmond and David Tennant - come and see the theatre from their point of view!

Tours and workshops are FREE, but advance booking is required.

ALL ABOUT THE DRAMA? LYCEUM YOUTH THEATRE CLASSES The Lyceum’s Youth Theatre (LYT) offers weekly courses and performance opportunities for young people aged 5-18.

All classes are taught by professional theatre artists.

Play LYT Mini LYT Junior LYT Senior LYT

5-7 years 8-10 years 11-13 years 14-18 years

For more information visit lyceum.org.uk/lyt

Photograph: Aly Wright

GET INVOLVED!

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SUPPORT OUR FUTURE, BECOME A PATRON TODAY AND GET CLOSER TO OUR WORK With recent changes to public funding The Lyceum needs your support more than ever. Please consider joining as a Patron, to help safeguard the future of The Lyceum.

Whether it’s £10 a month, or an annual gift of £5,000 – every donation makes a valuable contribution.

Our Patrons play a vital role in helping to realise every area of our work, from the inception of a play – providing essential funds for creating and bringing these productions to our stage – to ensuring we can bring the joy of live theatre to the widest possible audience.

In recognition of our Patrons’ support, we inform and involve them in the vibrant creative processes of a producing theatre.

With increasing levels of support we offer a backstage pass of opportunities to get closer to the heart of Edinburgh’s best loved theatre.

Patron levels Become a leading light of The Lyceum by joining at one of the suggested giving levels over a year.

DONATIONS OF £120+

FOOTLIGHT £250+

ARC £500+

ROUNDEL £1,000+

INCANDESCENT £2,500+

SPOTLIGHT £5,000+

LUMINAIRE

Photograph: Aly Wright

The Lyceum workshop at Roseburn

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HOW TO JOIN FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO JOIN TODAY:

Online

lyceum.org.uk/support

Phone

0131 248 4831

In person

At our Box Office

FREEPOST ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE CO

MORE INFORMATION ON SUPPORTING THE LYCEUM For more information on becoming a Patron, making a donation of any size, leaving a gift in your will, claiming a space in our bar or naming a seat with a plaque, please phone Zuleika Brett, Development Director for a chat 0131 248 4831 or email zbrett@lyceum.org.uk

LYCEUM FUNDING

Photograph: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

We receive approximately 33% of income through public grants and must raise the remaining 67% through a mix of heavily subsidised ticket sales, venue hire, sponsorship and donations. Income from ticket prices alone is not enough to fund each vibrant theatre season, and ensure that we can remain a theatre accessible to all.

Royal Lyceum Theatre Company Ltd. is a Scottish Charity No. SC010509

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THANK YOU FOR PLAYING A LEADING ROLE We would like to thank each of the corporate supporters and partners, trusts, foundations and individuals who have generously chosen to support The Lyceum's Season 2015/16.

GRANTS

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS

CORPORATE PARTNERS

PRINT PARTNER

DESIGN PARTNER

PROJECT PARTNER NESTA Digital Innovation Fund The Royal Lyceum Theatre Company Ltd is a Scottish Charity No. SC010509.

Registered address: 30B Grindlay Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AX

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TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS Barcapel Foundation The Binks Trust H R Creswick's Charitable Trust Cruden Foundation Limited Dr David McNeil Summers Charitable Trust The Educational Institute of Scotland Geraldine Kirkpatrick Charitable Trust Dr Guthrie's Association The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust The MacRobert Trust The Margaret Murdoch Charitable Trust The Martin Connell Charitable Trust The Morton Charitable Trust The Nancie Massey Charitable Trust Ponton House Trust The Robertson Trust The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo The Russell Trust The Ryvoan Trust ScottishPower Foundation Souter Charitable Trust The Stevenston Charitable Trust The Sym Charitable Trust The Tay Charitable Trust The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation The Turtleton Charitable Trust Widowers' Children's Home Trust

If you would like to know more about supporting The Lyceum, please call Zuleika Brett, Development Director on 0131 248 4831 or email zbrett@lyceum.org.uk

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS Patrons of The Lyceum

SPOTLIGHT David C Anderson Richard Findlay & Gerald McColgan Mr David Rodgers INCANDESCENT Joy Barnard Margaret Duffy & Peter Williamson Mark Laing G Morison Donald & Brenda Rennie Jenny Stewart ROUNDEL Carola Bronte-Stewart Mr Kevin Roderick Brown Geraldine Gammell Mrs Eileen M Henry Donald & Louise MacDonald Helen Pitkethly Martin & Mairi Ritchie Muir & Eileen Russell John & Pilla Scott Moncrieff J M Wardlaw Mr Paul Watts ARC Dr John E Bradshaw Jann & Tony Brown Mrs Sue Brown Chris Gregson David & Judith Halkerston Matthew C Martino Alexander & Elizabeth McCall Smith Ian & Margaret McLeish Bruce & Eileen Ritson Diane Stephen & John Broadfoot Allan Wilson Mark Wilson

FOOTLIGHT Ann, Jean & Susan F Alexander Ms Elizabeth Barclay Chris & Helen Cook Iain & Elizabeth Currie Alexander Edwards Wilma & Rob Elton D J & F M Fettes Alan Fraser Patricia Glennie Ms Stella Goldie Isabel & Peter Graham Sir John Kerr Roddy & Mary Maclean Caroline & Charles McFarlane Graham & Fiona Meikle Robin & Vicki Morton David & Alison Reid M & M Ross David & Dianne Smith Pam & Chris Warner Legator Christina Forbes Joyce

Additional thanks to the many individuals who have also given donations throughout the year, and to those who would prefer their support to remain anonymous.

Photograph: Alan McCredie

LUMINAIRE Stephen Wilson Dunn Claire & Mark Urquhart

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SEATING PLAN & HOW TO BOOK Seat numbers run from low to high, left to right. Seat 15 is the centre of the Stalls.

ONLINE

lyceum.org.uk

BY PHONE 0131 248 4848 Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm.

IN PERSON Box Office, The Lyceum, Grindlay Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AX

0131 248 4949 Visit the Box Office on Monday (for Groups and School Bookings) to Saturday from 10am to 5pm.

(Open until show start times on Monday to Friday performance evenings).

10am to 4pm.

Reservations Reserve your tickets for up to five days or 24 hours prior to the performance (whichever is shorter). Group reservations may be held for up to two weeks prior to the performance.

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Latecomers If you arrive late, to ensure your safe entrance and to avoid disturbing other theatre goers you will be asked to wait in the foyers until the interval or a suitable break in the performance.

TICKET PRICES & DISCOUNTS

THE EARLIER YOU BOOK, THE BETTER THE PRICE! Ticket prices for our Season 2015/16 shows are guaranteed until 5 September 2015, after which they may be subject to change. Booking early also guarantees a better choice of seats.

Grand Circle & Stalls PREMIUM SEATS

Front Upper Circle & Grand Circle and Stalls STANDARD SEATS

Upper Circle STANDARD SEATS

Grand Circle Boxes

Evenings

£29.50

£26

£19.50

£15

£15

Matinee

£25

£21

£18

£13

£13

Previews

All Areas SIDE VIEW

£10 (no concessions) – seating is unreserved

For Christmas prices and discounts see page 7

INDIVIDUAL DISCOUNTS

GROUP DISCOUNTS

Valid identification will be required to verify age or status. Discounts are not available on Premium Seats.

Contact our Group Booking team on 0131 248 4949 or at groups@lyceum.org.uk Group Discounts are not available on Premium Seats.

Seniors & Arts Workers £3 off full price tickets

Students, Under 18s People with disabilities

All tickets £10. Assistants accompanying people with disabilities go FREE.

Registered unemployed

All tickets £10 in advance or £5 on the day of the show

Adult groups of 8+

£5 off Stalls & Grand Circle £3 off Upper Circle

Schools

£8.50 Stalls & Grand Circle tickets £7.50 Upper Circle tickets. One FREE adult helper per 10 pupils. Additional helper tickets at adult group rate as above.

SECRET SEATS Shhhh... it’s the best deal in town and it’s a secret! Test your luck and book an unreserved ticket. We guarantee it will be full-view and we’ll sit your booking (max. 4 tickets) together.

You may be in the Upper Circle, or you could end up in the Stalls!

A limited number of Secret Seats are available on every performance of every Lyceum show at just £10 each!

Shows go on sale one month prior to opening night at lyceumsecretseats.org.uk

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PERFORMANCE DIARY Evenings: 7.30pm / Matinees: 2pm Preview Performances Be among the first to see the shows!

All tickets (unreserved seating) £10.

Preview tickets go on sale one month prior to the event and are limited to four per booking.

CREATIVE LEARNING EVENTS Focus On Post-show Discussions See page 19 for details

ACCESSIBILITY There’s street-level access to The Lyceum, lifts to all levels and dedicated wheelchair spaces in the auditorium. We keep a wheelchair and cushions for visitors’ use and several seats have opening armrests allowing wheelchair users to transfer to seats. We welcome all assistance dogs into the auditorium.

When you book your tickets, please let the Box Office know of any access requirements and we will do our best to assist you.

ARTLINK Artlink offers an escort service to help people with disabilities to enjoy the arts.

Contact them directly on 0131 229 3555 or at artlinkedinburgh.co.uk If you would like to receive information in Audio, Braille or large print format, please email Jacqui Nagib at jnagib@lyceum.org.uk

Season Ticket Code

Day

Time

Wed

7.30pm

Thu

7.30pm

Access and Events

aiting for W Godot

Fri

7.30pm

18 Sep

Sat

7.30pm

19 Sep

Mon

7.30pm

21 Sep

Tue

7.30pm

22 Sep 23 Sep

Wed

2pm

B

Wed

7.30pm

23 Sep

C

Thu

7.30pm

24 Sep

D

Fri

7.30pm

25 Sep

E

Sat

2pm

26 Sep

F

Sat

7.30pm

26 Sep

G

Tue

7.30pm

29 Sep 30 Sep

Wed

2pm

J

Wed

7.30pm

30 Sep

K

Thu

7.30pm

1 Oct

L

Fri

7.30pm

2 Oct

M

Sat

2pm

3 Oct

N

Sat

7.30pm

4 Oct

P

Tue

7.30pm

6 Oct

Wed

2pm

7 Oct

R

Wed

7.30pm

7 Oct

S

Thu

7.30pm

8 Oct

T

Fri

7.30pm

9 Oct

U

Sat

2pm

10 Oct

Sat

7.30pm

10 Oct

Tue

7.30pm

V

Wed

2pm

Wed

7.30pm

Thu

7.30pm

Fri

7.30pm

Sat

2pm

Sat

7.30pm

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES Audio-described Performances for visually impaired audience members Listen to the action on stage being described via hearing enhancement receivers/headphones (available Free from The Lyceum Shop in the foyer).

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Touch Tours for visually impaired audience members Enjoy a guided tour of the stage set prior to an Audio-described Performance.

(Evening: 6.15pm | Matinee: 12.45pm)

Tipping the Velvet

The Weir

The Crucible

I am Thomas

The Iliad

hon Man T Molière

20 Apr 18 Feb

21 Apr

15 Jan

19 Feb

22 Apr

20 May

16 Jan

20 Feb

23 Apr

21 May

18 Jan

22 Feb

23 Apr

23 May

19 Jan

23 Feb

26 Apr

24 May

27 Apr

25 May

20 Jan

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