Summer autumn 2016 programme

SUMMER/AUTUMN ’16 MARY POPPINS

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh present the supercalifragilistic hit musical!

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NO MAN’S LAND Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Pinter’s comic masterpiece.

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That’s Entertainment*

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Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour*

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West Side Story*

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TUE 19 – SAT 23 JUL 2016

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Based on a conception of Jerome Robbins Book by Arthur Laurents: Music by Leonard Bernstein: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Sleeping Beauty*

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TUE 5 – SAT 16 APR 2016

The Father*

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MON 18 – SAT 23 APR 2016

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Peppa Pig’s Surprise*

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TUE 26 – WED 27 APR 2016

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Chicago*

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MON 1 – SAT 13 AUG 2016

WED 27 – THU 28 JUL 2016

Entire original production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins Originally produced on Broadway

by Robert E. Griffith & Harold Prince by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens

NoAnMan’s Land amateur production presented by arrangementP29 with JOSEF MONon15 – SAT 20WEINBERGER AUG 2016LIMITED behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of NEW YORK

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The James Plays*

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Tom*

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TUE 3 – SAT 7 MAY 2016 Mike JaMes

Swan Lake*

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Mary Poppins*

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Written by

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Pride and Prejudice

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‘THE BIGGEST LIVE THEATRE

Goodnight Mister Tom*

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TUE 17 – SAT 21 MAY 2016

WED 1 – SAT 4 JUNE 2016

Dirty Dancing

Director James Brining Choreographer Stephen Mear Designer Simon Higlett

Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Music by Special Arrangement with Sony/ATV Publishing Adapted for Stage by Jeremy Sams Based on MGM Motion Picture Licensed Script adapted by Ray Roderick

This production presented by permission of JOSEF WEINBERGER LMITED on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of New York

Grumpy Old Women* SUN 26 JUN 2016

The Mikado*

P19

Hadaway Harry

WED 15 – SAT 18 JUN 2016

The 39 Steps*

Million Dollar Quartet

P22

Not Dead Enough MON 20 – SAT 25 MAR 2017

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MON 6 – SAT 11 MAR 2017

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Heartbeat*

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Beauty and the Beast

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FRI 9 SEPT – SAT 29 OCT 2016

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Julian Clary*

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Mamma Mia

Blood Brothers

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Sister Act

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MON 19 – SAT 24 JUNE 2017

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Matthew Bourne’s dazzling production of Sleeping Beauty has won the hearts of thousands and smashed box office records across the UK and the USA since its premiere.

New Adventures have revived this new classic in the repertoire to give audiences one more chance to see the final piece in the trio of Tchaikovsky masterpieces. If you loved Nutcracker! and the famous Swan Lake with a menacing all-male ensemble, this production will hopefully become another firm favourite.

With sumptuous sets and costumes, evocative lighting and masterly storytelling, you will be transported in time from the halcyon days of the late Edwardian era through to the modern day. In a world full of magic, fairies, vampires, love and romance, all bought to life by our uniquely talented dancers – will Princess Aurora ever find her true love again?

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‘THRILLS FROM START TO FINISH. UTTERLY BRILLIANT’ SUNDAY MIRROR

‘EXHILARATING. DETAILED AND HEARTFELT’ THE GUARDIAN

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TUE 5 – SAT 16 APR 2016

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Tickets from £17.00

Running time 2hrs 10mins

Evenings 7.30pm

Recommended 5+

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Contains strobes. Recorded music

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Now eighty years old, Andre was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine. Or was he an engineer whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pyjamas and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control...

The Father is the winner of France’s highest theatrical honour, the 2014 Moliere Award for Best

Tony Award nominee Kenneth Cranham reprises his indelible performance for this tour direct from the West Award. He is joined by Amanda Drew (Broadchurch, EastEnders). The Father is the most acclaimed new play of the decade.

MON 18 – SAT 23 APRIL 2016

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I New Then Choreographed by Johan Inger

Play, and in Christopher Hampton’s crisp and witty translation, has dazzled audiences at Bath, the Tricycle and the Wyndham’s Theatre, West End. It has received an unprecedented ten five star reviews from major national newspaper critics.

Tickets from £14.50

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time 1hr 30mins (no interval). Strong language

mutual comfort (UK Premiere) Choreographed by Edward Clug Solo Choreographed by Hans van Manen Cacti Choreographed by Alexander Ekman Photograph by Johan Persson.

Direct from the West End.

Nederlands Dans Theater is one of the world’s most celebrated dance companies, wowing audiences with its unique brand of breathtaking dance, awe-inspiring skill and passionate creativity. Artistically directed by award-winning choreographer Paul Lightfoot, NDT2 presents 18 international dancers aged 18-23. With a winning combination of fresh exuberance and astonishing athleticism, NDT2 promises to thrill and entertain, performing a vibrant mixed repertoire of work.

TUE 26 – WED 27 APR 2016 Tickets from £16.00

Running time 2hrs (includes 2 intervals)

Evenings 7.30pm

Post Show Q&A with company members Tue 26 Apr

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‘FURIOUSLY EXCITING.

A HIGH-STAKES POLITICAL THRILLER THAT NEVER LETS UP’

Directed by Laurie Sansom

Time Out

‘A MODERN CLASSIC...

A DEFINING MOMENT IN THE THEATRE’

Photograph by David Eustace. Photograph of Blythe Duff by Eoin Carey

London Evening Standard

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When The James Plays premiered in autumn 2014, the critical and public impact was extraordinary. Described by The Telegraph as ‘better than Shakespeare’ they sold out their run at the Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Great Britain in London, causing a storm of attention, and thrilling audiences. Now returning for a high-profile UK and international tour, these plays represent theatre-making at its very best.

Exhilarating and vividly imagined, The James Plays bring to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland from 1406-1488.

James I: The Key Will Keep The Lock A prisoner for 18 years, James is delivered back to his homeland to reign as James I of Scotland. Returning to a troubled nation, he faces terrible choices if he is to save himself, his Queen and the crown.

‘SCOTLAND’S ANSWER TO GAME OF THRONES’ Daily Record

James II: Day of the Innocents The young James II is a puppet in a vicious game between Scotland’s most powerful families. As he approaches adulthood, James must fight for his crown and confront the nightmares of his childhood.

James III: The True Mirror Charismatic, cultured, and grandiose, James III is loved and loathed alike. Scotland’s future may lie with his resourceful and resilient wife, Margaret of Denmark. Can she rescue a struggling nation?

On stage seating At each performance there are a limited number of on stage seats available. These seats, built into the set in the style of choir stalls, are at the heart of the action. Facing out to the rest of the auditorium, they form a people’s parliament overlooking the court of the Kings.

SAT 30 APR – SUN 1 MAY 2016 Times: James I - 11am, James II - 3pm & James III - 7.30pm Sat or Sun Day Ticket from £42.50

Drinks and meal packages available, check with Box Office for details

Running times: James I - 2hrs 30mins (approx); James II 2hrs 25mins (approx); James III - 2hrs 40mins (approx).

Each includes one 20min interval

Please note these performances contain strong language, violent scenes & nudity. Recommended 14+.

James II contains strobes

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Theatr na nÓg presents a TNN Production

Written by Mike JaMes Directed by GeiNor sTyles Musical Director and arrangements by BeN GoDDarD Designed by seaN CroWley lighting designed by xxx sound designed by Mike Beer

Featuring hits of the era including Ghost Riders in the Sky, Spanish Harlem and Lucille, we track Tom’s climb to stardom. Ending with some of the hits that made him one of the most charismatic stars of the day: It’s Not Unusual, Delilah, Green, Green Grass of Home, What’s New Pussycat and more.

TUE 3 – SAT 7 MAY 2016 Tickets from £14.00

Running time tbc

Evenings 7.30pm

Strong language, recommended 12+

Matinees Wed & Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

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Choreographed by the award-winning British dance maker David Dawson, Swan Lake will demonstrate his visceral and daring work which has made him one of the most innovative dance makers working in classical ballet today.

With ethereal and stylish sets and costumes, and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score performed live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra, don’t miss the Company’s first tour of this classic ballet in over 20 years.

extraordinary talent who became a superstar on a world stage.

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Photograph by David Eustace

This inspirational story of self-belief and determination is performed live on stage by a phenomenal cast of actors and musicians, celebrating an ordinary man with an

Scottish Ballet’s breathtaking production of Swan Lake is set to enchant a whole new generation with an imaginative re-telling of the timeless tale.

Swan Lake portrays the love story of Siegfried and the beautiful swan queen Odette. As fate has it, Siegfried betrays Odette as he mistakenly declares his love for Odile, the dark seductress.

Eventually Odette forgives Siegfried, but the trust between them has been broken and Siegfried is forced to face life without her forever.

Photograph by Simon Gough

Step back in time to the dance halls, working men’s clubs and recording studios of the 60s where the legend of Tom Jones was born: a Valleys boy with a heart-stopping voice who dreamed of making the big time, no matter what it took.

World Premiere

WED 11 – SAT 14 MAY 2016 Tickets from £14.50

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time 2hrs 10mins

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OLIVIER AWARD WINNER

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WOULD B U T N O O NTEH I N G P U B L I C L Y SAY ANY FOR FEAR A B O U T H ILME A D E R S OF THE

‘POIGNANT AND HEARTWARMING A GREAT FAMILY SHOW’ THE TIMES

John has a vision for a better future and knows a way to make it happen.

Julian Clary, national trinket, author, TV and radio star is coming up your way... The Joy of Mincing is Julian Clary’s celebration of 30 years as a camp comedian.

There is so much to tell you; the ups and downs of his sordid love life, the true and heart stopping account of how he saved Dame Joan Collins’ life, and don’t start him on the perils of his DIY electrical home enema kit.

This is Julian at his filthy best. Live and unplugged. Come and witness a masterclass in camp comedy.

Project A present Mike Bartlett’s 13, a hard hitting, political and hopeful insight into modern Britain.

Set in a parallel present day British City which has succumb to civil unrest at the hands of a female Tory Prime Minister considering supporting a US-led invasion of Iran.

John, a Christ-like figure and charismatic young man, preaches the need to abandon ambitions of money, materialism and success to a populace repeatedly awaking from an identical nightmare.

Please note, 13, is performed in The Studio.

SUN 15 MAY 2016

WED 1 – SAT 4 JUNE 2016

Tickets £26.50

Tickets £12.00

No Friends’ discount

Evening 7.30pm

Evening 7.30pm

Matinee Fri 1pm

Running time 1hr 40mins

Running time 2hrs 5mins plus interval

Recommended 16+, contains strong language

Recommended 12+

The Olivier award-winning Chichester Festival Theatre production of Goodnight Mister Tom returns to the stage starring David Troughton (The Archers).

remarkable and heart warming friendship with the elderly recluse, Tom Oakley. All is perfect until William is suddenly summoned by his mother back to London.

Now a modern classic, Michelle Magorian’s wonderfully uplifting tale is brought gloriously to life in this magical stage adaptation by David Wood. Set during the dangerous build up to the Second World War, Goodnight Mister Tom follows young William Beech, who is evacuated to the idyllic English countryside and forges a

Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and commended for the Carnegie Medal, Goodnight Mister Tom is now a world-wide literary favourite and a BAFTA award-winning TV film (starring John Thaw), and continues to inspire audiences and bring generations together.

TUE 17 – SAT 21 MAY 2016 Tickets from £14.50

Running time 2hrs 12mins

Evenings 7.30pm

Recommended 8+

Matinees Wed & Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

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David Graham Entertainment Ltd in conjunction with ITV presents

THE FIRST NATIONAL THEATRE TOUR OF ITV’S

For the first time ever, ITV’s popular Sunday evening 60s police drama, Heartbeat, comes to the stage starring members of the TV cast.

Heartbeat ran for 18 years from 1992 to 2010 with audiences regularly exceeding 10 million viewers and was constantly in the top five TV programmes across all the channels.

Now it comes to the stage in this touring production which, with use of video footage and a clever set, recreates the atmosphere of the 1960s rural Yorkshire settings.

David Lonsale as David Stockwell

Come and see David Stockwell, Gina Ward, PC Geoff Younger and a number of the other most popular characters in a two-hour live stage production with a brand-new script.

Take yourself back to the 60s, with all the great music of the TV series, in this excellent production. More names from the TV cast to be announced soon.

Steven Blakeley as PC Geoff Younger

MON 23 – SAT 28 MAY 2016 Tickets from £14.50

Running time tbc

Evenings 7.30pm

Captioned & Audio Described Performance Sat 28 May 2.30pm

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

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Music & Lyrics AND West yorkshire PLAyhouse PreseNt

The mosT

fanTasmagorical sTage musical in The hisTory of everyThing!

STARRING LEE MEAD AS CARACTACUS POTTS

CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER AS TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS

Watch out! The most Fantasmagorical musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, lands in Newcastle in 2016.

CHITTY C H ITTY BA NG BANG Music and Lyrics by RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN Music by Special Arrangement with Sony/ATV Publishing Adapted for the Stage by JEREMY SAMS Based on the MGM Motion Picture Licensed Script adapted by Ray Roderick This production presented by permission of JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of New York

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One of the world’s favourite musicals, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will have audiences of all ages flying high with its mixture of madness, intrigue and exuberance. Can the loveable but whacky inventor, Potts, along with his two children and the gorgeous Truly Scrumptious outwit the bombastic Baron Bomburst who has decreed that all children be banished from his kingdom? What happens when the children are caught and imprisoned with the other

MICHELLE COLLINS AS BARONESS BOMBURST

SHAUN WILLIAMSON BARON BOMBURST / LORD SCRUMPTIOUS

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youngsters by the evil Childcatcher? Will it all end happily-ever-after? Well, of course it will!

Having broken all box office records in the West End, this fun-filled production from the team that brought you Fiddler on the Roof and The King and I promises laughs and magic galore – and Chitty herself! Lee Mead (Casualty, Legally Blonde, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) will play Caratacus Potts, Michelle Collins (EastEnders, Coronation Street) plays Baroness Bomburst and Shaun Williamson (EastEnders, Extras) as Baron Bomburst / Lord Scrumptious.

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WED 1 – SUN 12 JUNE 2016 Tickets from £23.00

No performances Mon 6, Tue 7 June

Evenings Wed – Sat 7.30pm

Running time tbc

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm, Sun 1pm & 5pm

Captioned and Audio Described performance Sat 4 June 2.30pm

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Our Friends deal offers a huge 20% off tickets and drinks. We reserve the right to change ticket prices, but as a Friend your prices will never change. It is the best value Friends deal in theatre, and membership starts at just £30 per year for one person.

For more information about becoming a Friend of the Theatre Royal, see the Support section at theatreroyal.co.uk or call 0191 244 2511 or 08448 11 21 21 to join. * Occasionally there may be shows where the ticket discount will be less than 20% or not apply at all.

Customers have a 14 day cooling off period if you have booked via our website or over the phone, a full refund will be given if you choose to cancel your membership, and any tickets or other purchases made during this time will also be cancelled and refunded.

Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust is an independent registered charity (No. 504473) operating not-for-profit and we receive no revenue funding. Becoming a Friend is a great way to both enjoy and support the Theatre Royal.

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Get advance notification and priority booking after Friends; extended reservation periods with flexible payment terms and exclusive backstage tours amongst other benefits.

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‘A RIOT FROM START TO FINISH’ The Chronicle on The Pirates of Penzance, 2013

The team behind 2013’s smash hit The Pirates of Penzance returns with another Gilbert & Sullivan comedy classic. A stellar cast, in the hands of director Martin Lloyd-Evans, brings the fun to life with a delicious mix of cheeky English Music Hall and exquisite Japanese tradition.

Packed with anti-Establishment silliness, and full of larger than life characters including self serving politicians that are all too recognisable today, this playful show features some of G&S’s most popular tunes, including Three little maids, Tit-willow and I’ve got a little list.

The Mikado has decreed that flirting should be punishable by death. But when his son Nanki-Poo falls for the beautiful Yum-Yum, it looks like someone might be heading for the executioner’s block…

Supported jointly by Arts Council England, Arts Council Northern Ireland, Arts Council Wales and Creative Scotland

WED 15 – SAT 18 JUNE 2016 Tickets from £16.00

Sung in English with English supertitles

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time 2hrs 20mins

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Pre show talk Sat 18 June 6pm, free but must be pre booked

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‘EXPECT A PARTY’ The Times

‘SIMPLY MIRACULOUS’

‘JAW-DROPPING ONE-LINERS’

Daily Telegraph

The Stage

THE RETURN OF THE

‘DAZZLING BROWN IS PURE GOLD’

GRUMPY OLD WOMEN

The Sun

‘THE MAN IS, QUITE SIMPLY, MAGIC’ Daily Star

‘COMPLETELY ASTOUNDING’

FIFTY SHADES OF BEIGE

Sunday Telegraph

‘A ROLLICKING, ALL SINGING, DANCING INTERACTIVE ADVENTURE’ Daily Telegraph

Surprise! Peppa Pig, George and their friends are back in Newcastle in a brand new live stage show, Peppa Pig’s Surprise.

Back by phenomenal demand, direct from a sell-out West End season, the multi-award winning acknowledged master of psychological illusion returns to Newcastle Theatre Royal with his most provocative show yet, Derren Brown: Miracle.

Derren delivers an evening of mind-altering genius as extraordinary events unfold before you, live on stage. Guaranteed to entertain and baffle

your brain, witness the wonderment of one of the world’s most renowned live performers; a dark manipulator of magic and mind control, a miracle man of our modern times.

This will be Derren’s seventh live stage show, watched by an estimated audience of over one and a half million people. He has won two prestigious Olivier Awards, for Something Wicked This Way Comes (2006) and Svengali (2012).

Returning after a critically acclaimed, total sell-out spring 2015 tour the Grumpies are back to knock some sense into the nation.

Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer and original star of Grumpy Old Women Jenny Eclair will be joined by fellow recruits Susie Blake (Mrs Brown’s Boys BBC One, Coronation Street, ITV1) and actress and singer Kate Robbins (Where The Heart Is ITV1, Casualty BBC One).

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It’s a lovely day and Peppa is playing outside with her friends. Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig have got a surprise for her and George – they can’t guess what it is, can you?

Enjoy fun, loads of songs and of course, surprises in this charming, colourful new show.

Peppa Pig’s Surprise promises to be the perfect theatre show for all pre-schoolers!

WED 27 – THU 28 JULY 2016 Tickets from £13.50, £2 off under 16s

Tickets £28.50

Babes in Arms tickets £5 (18 months and under only)

No Friends’ discount

Family ticket available

Tickets from £29.50

Running time 2 hrs 30mins approx

Evening 7.30pm

Matinees 10am, 1pm, 4pm

Evenings 7.30pm

Recommended 12+

Running time 2hrs

Running time 90mins

‘A JOYOUS VERSION OF THE HITCHCOCK CLASSIC’

‘HILARIOUS’ Sunday Express

The Sunday Times

10th Anniversary Tour. 4 actors, 130 characters in 100 hilarious minutes!

Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated for the stage as the smash hit Olivier Award winning comedy is now on tour after 9 years in London’s West End. Follow the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip, British gung-ho and pencil

moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women.

This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors, playing 130 characters in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action.

MON 27 JUNE – SAT 2 JULY 2016

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Tickets from £14.50

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time 1hr 53mins. Contains strobe lighting

From the producers of the sell out smash hit Puttin’ On The Ritz comes the dazzling song and dance extravaganza That’s Entertainment paying homage to the greatest composers and lyricists of our time.

Celebrating the biggest hits of the 40’s and 50’s including music by Lerner and Loewe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, as well as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter there are also special tributes to the music of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Glenn Miller from films such as

High Society, Singin’ in the Rain, Some Like it Hot, South Pacific and many more.

Selling over 1,000,000 albums, The Overtones are Britain’s number 1 vocal harmony group who have just celebrated their 5th consecutive Top 10 UK Album. With glorious costumes, sumptuous music and an award-winning cast of singers and dancers, this is sure to be the feel good show of the summer.

Further star casting to be announced soon.

Summer Season Sponsor

TUE 5 – SAT 9 JULY 2016 Tickets from £19.50

Matinees Wed & Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time tbc. Recorded music

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Adapted by Lee Hall, from the novel The Sopranos by Alan Warner Directed by Vicky Featherstone Music Arranger and Supervisor Martin Lowe Designer Chloe Lamford

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY Presents

‘FRESH, FUNNY AND POIGNANT’

The Times

The Telegraph

The Independent

Director/Choreographer SANDRA LAIDLER Musical Director MALCOLM MOFFAT 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 Originally produced on Broadway by Robert E. Griffith & Harold Prince by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens This amateur production is presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of NEW YORK

Adapted from Alan Warner's brilliant novel about six girls on the cusp of change, when love, lust, pregnancy and death all spiral out of control in a single day. Warner's blisteringly funny dialogue ends in fireworks (literally). A musical play about losing your virginity and finding yourself.

Back by popular demand after a total sell-out success at Live Theatre and on tour, the

multi-award winning Our Ladies... is a tribute to being young, lost and out of control.

Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, the struggle between the rival gangs the Sharks and the Jets in the upper west side of New York is a classic. This story of love, hate, ethnic rivalry and every single emotion you can think of has had worldwide audiences on their feet for over 60 years. Winner of 6 Tony Awards including best musical and 10 Oscars for the

Funny, sad and raucously rude. A play about singing, sex and sambuca.

‘IT’S ST TRINIAN’S FOR THE 21ST CENTURY’ Living North

1961 film including best picture, its quality speaks for itself.

From the first notes to the final breath this is one of the most memorable musicals and greatest love stories of all time featuring iconic songs including Something’s Coming, Maria, America, Somewhere, Tonight, and I Feel Pretty. Don’t miss it!

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Tickets from £14.50 Evenings 7.30pm Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

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TUE 19 – SAT 23 JULY 2016 Running time 1hr 40mins (approx). No interval. Recommended 16+, contains strong language and explicit adult content of a sexual nature which some may find offensive. Contains flashing lights

Photo by Peter Dibdin

TUE 12 – SAT 16 JULY 2016

Tickets from £10.00 Evenings 7pm Matinees Thu, Fri, Sat 2pm Running time tbc. Recommended PG

Pensioners & unwaged £1 off tickets Tue 7pm & 2pm perfs (excl. Gallery and Superseats) Children £2 off tickets on all matinees (excl. Gallery and Superseats). No friends’ discount

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STARRING

JOHN PARTRIDGE as Billy Flynn

“Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery... all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts”... so begins the international award winning Broadway and West End musical, Chicago, which comes to Newcastle Theatre Royal for 2 weeks only starring West End and EastEnders actor and Celebrity Big Brother star John Partridge (Cats, A Chorus Line, Miss Saigon, Starlight Express) as Billy Flynn.

Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with cell block rival, doublemurderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.

‘SEXY, SASSY, SULTRY, SEDUCTIVE, SENSUAL, SLINKY, SOPHISTICATED’ Independent on Sunday

‘THE SEXIEST MOST SENSATIONAL MUSICAL’ Sunday Express

Created by the musical theatre talents of John Kander, Fred Ebb and legendary choreographer Bob Fosse, Chicago’s sexy, sassy score includes All That Jazz and Razzle Dazzle. With 6 Tony, 2 Olivier, 1 Grammy, 2 Bafta and 6 Academy Awards, Chicago truly is “The sharpest, slickest show on the block” The Times.

A nightclub singer, a double-murderess, a smooth-talking lawyer and a cell block of sin: it would be a crime to miss it.

MON 1 – SAT 13 AUG 2016

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Tickets from £19.50

Running time: 2hrs 20mins

Evenings 7.30pm, Fri 8.30pm

Recommended 12+

Matinees Fri 5.30pm, Sat 2.30pm

Contains flashing lights

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Access at Theatre Royal There are nine wheelchair spaces, as shown on the seating plan on page 47. Please allow up to 30 minutes before a performance to access the spaces in the Grand Circle and Upper Circle boxes as our lift is often in constant demand at this time.

There are accessible toilets available from all levels of the theatre.

Touch tours are available, enquire at Box Office.

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Brochures are available in braille, large print and audio CD from the Box Office.

There are two parking spaces for blue badge holders on Shakespeare St. and three spaces on Hood St. Additionally, most parking meters are free to Blue Badge Holders.

We have a sound enhancement system for the hard of hearing. Using a headset, available from the Stalls merchandise counter, you can boost the volume of the performance, and specific induction headsets also work with hearing aids with a T switch. An induction loop is installed at the Box Office counter and in the Olivier Suite.

Assistance dogs are welcome in all areas of the theatre.

For Audio Described Performances headsets are bookable in advance from the Box Office.

There is lift access to all levels of the theatre.

Text Relay Service available at the Box Office, simply call 18001 2442596.

We offer one free ticket for the companion of a disabled person who is not able to attend the event unaccompanied. We accept the Cinema Exhibitor’s Association Card (CEA) as proof of eligibility for a free companion seat. See p46 for details.

Audio Described and Captioned Performances Captions are best viewed from the sides of the Grand Circle and from selected seats in the Stalls.

Some seats will be held until 6 weeks prior to the performance, but if demand is there we may need to release these earlier so we advise you book early for these seats. Please notify the Box Office of your requirements at the time of booking; the view may be restricted from elsewhere in the auditorium.

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Heartbeat Sat 28 May ’16, 2.30pm Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Sat 4 Jun ’16, 2.30pm Mary Poppins Wed 28 Sept ’16, 7.30pm Cinderella Tue 13 Dec ’16, 7pm Not Dead Enough Sat 25 Mar ’17, 2.30pm Mamma Mia Sat 8 Apr ’17, 2.30pm

Live commentary provided via personal headphones for blind or partially sighted people

Relaxed Performances Relaxed Performances are specifically designed to welcome people with an Autistic Spectrum Condition, learning disability or sensory and communication disorders into theatres to give those who otherwise might feel excluded the chance to experience live theatre.

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Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to Newcastle Theatre Royal in Sean Mathias’ acclaimed production of No Man’s Land, one of the most brilliantly entertaining plays

by Nobel Prize laureate Harold Pinter.

Hirst’s stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.

One summer’s evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at

Don’t miss this rare treat of two master actors in Pinter’s comic masterpiece.

Newcastle Theatre Royal Summer Season Sponsor

MON 15 – SAT 20 AUG 2016

Cinderella Tue 10 Jan ’17, 12pm, tickets £9

Tickets from £16.00

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

For further information please call our Group Sales Team on 08448 11 21 22.

Calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s access charge.

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time 2hrs 20mins

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‘wow! an unforgettable adventure of epic proportions

stunning & dazzling’ Bristol Post

‘it’s tremendous

heart, magic, pizazz, humour, spectacle

and tip top performances’ leicester mercury

‘unmissable!

i floated out of the theatre’ western daily press

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh present the multi award-winning musical Mary Poppins.

The magical story of the world’s favourite Nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane has been triumphantly and spectacularly brought to the stage with dazzling choreography, incredible effects and unforgettable songs.

The stage production of Mary Poppins is brilliantly adapted from the wonderful stories

by PL Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film.

It is co-created by Cameron Mackintosh and has a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter and Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes.

With a timeless score by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman including the songs Jolly Holiday, Step in Time, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Feed the Birds with new songs and additional music and lyrics by the Olivier award-winning British team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

© Disney/CML

FRI 9 SEPT – SAT 29 OCT 2016

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Tickets from £22.50. No Friends’ discount

Running time 2hrs 50mins

Evenings Mon-Sat 7.30pm & Sun 11 Sep 5.30pm

Recommended 5+

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Captioned & Audio described performance Wed 28 Sept, 7.30pm

Extra Matinees Wed 19 & 26 Oct 2pm & Sun 11 Sep 1pm

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BEAUTY & THE BEAST

SUPPORT US Theatre Royal Business Memberships and Sponsorships offer real commercial benefits.

‘A TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS’ The Telegraph

A handsome Prince is transformed into a Beast as punishment for his ugly arrogance. Only true love can break the spell – but who could love a monster like him?

Business Memberships: We work with many companies on many different levels and pride ourselves on our commitment to understanding and meeting the business objectives of our corporate partners. An integral part of the City of Newcastle for over 175 years the Theatre Royal is an ambassador for the region.

Northern Ballet’s Beauty & the Beast brings one of the world’s most famous fairytales to life in a kaleidoscope of colour, set to an infectious score, including music by Saint-Säens, Bizet and Debussy, played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia.

Events: We present the finest drama, the brightest West End musicals, the cream of the comedy circuit, award winning ballet and dance, family friendly shows, sensational opera – and (we think) the best Pantomime in the country. As one of the finest theatres in the UK and recently completely restored, we can offer corporate hospitality in an unequalled city centre location on the most beautiful street in England.

A treasured classic reimagined.

Sponsorships: Our successful sponsorship opportunities, individually developed to ensure maximum return on investment, offer a unique opportunity to directly access potential clients, raise your company profile and establish your brand presence in the region.

For more details, or to arrange a visit, please contact development@theatreroyal.co.uk or call 0191 244 2599.

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Join the Business Members of the Theatre Royal

Book now to see this remarkable company bring a new magic to this enduring story.

goldilocks & the three bears Northern Ballet is also performing this adorable new ballet for children.

Fri 11 Nov, 12pm & 2pm. Tickets £8 adults, £6 children (no Friends’ discount), running time approx 45mins no interval Newcastle Theatre Royal Autumn Season Sponsor

TUE 8 – SAT 12 NOV 2016 Tickets from £14.50

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time 2hrs 5mins, some flashing lights

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‘THE BIGGEST LIVE THEATRE SENSATION OF ALL TIME’ THE OBSERVER

THE RECORD-BREAKING INTERNATIONAL SENSATION

The most magical pantomime of them all, Cinderella, is the Theatre Royal’s 2016/2017 pantomime starring Newcastle’s very own superstar Danny Adams as Buttons, The King of Slapstick Clive Webb as Barron Hardup and the North East’s favourite pantomime Dame Chris Hayward as the magical Fairy Godmother.

Every year the Theatre Royal pantomime is widely acclaimed for its spectacular special effects (this year see Cinders fly to the ball like

you have never seen before!) and hilarious comedy. It has become a huge Newcastle Christmas tradition and a must see for families right across the North East.

Written and Directed by Michael Harrison for the 12th consecutive year, if you have seen a Theatre Royal panto before – this year promises to be the best yet, if you haven’t then book your tickets now as you don’t know what you’re missing!

Have the time of your life with the ultimate live experience; Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage. Full of passion and romance, heart-pounding music and sensationally sexy dancing, the record-breaking musical is even better than before in this all new production.

The classic story of Baby and Johnny returns, following two blockbuster West End runs and two hit UK Tours, featuring the hit songs Hungry Eyes, Hey! Baby, Do You Love Me? and the heart stopping (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life.

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‘ELECTRIC, PACKED WITH BRILLIANT DANCING’ BIRMINGHAM MAIL

HHHHH ‘A FABULOUS FEAST

‘A FABULOUS FEAST FOR ALL THE SENSES’ BRISTOL POST

TUE 22 NOV 2016 – SUN 15 JAN 2017 Relaxed Performance Tue 10 Jan ’17, 12noon

Performance times: Tue-Sat 2pm & 7pm (no 2pm Wed 4 & Fri 13 Jan ’17), Sat 24, Sat 31 & Sundays – 1pm & 5pm (no perfs. Sun 25 Dec ’16, Sun 1 Jan ’17 & Tue 3 Jan ’17).

Running time 2hrs 25mins

Captioned & Audio described performance Tue 13 Dec ’16, 7pm

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Newcastle Theatre Royal Spring Season Sponsor

Tickets from £13.00

Cinderella is a family show with bangs and flashes, a couple of scary moments, a bit of panto innuendo (never intended to offend) – and some very old jokes...

MON 23 – SAT 28 JAN 2017 Tickets from £19.50

Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Evenings 7.30pm, Fri 8.30pm

Recommended PG 13+

Matinees Fri 5.00pm, Sat 2.30pm

Contains flashing lights

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HHHHH‘THE MUSICAL WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. A SWEET-SOUL, SOLID-GOLD, FIVE-STAR-BLAST. SO GOOD I ALMOST WEPT’ RODDY DOYLE’S

THE SUNDAY TIMES

OV E R 2 0 SOUL E IV CLASSICS GLE! ON STA

THE HIT WEST END MUSICAL INCLUDING

PHOTO OF WEST END CAST

MUSTANG SALLY TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR UPTIGHT H REACH OUT RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH KNOCK ON WOOD

‘JANE AUSTEN’S MOST BELOVED NOVEL RE-BORN’ The Times

AND MANY MORE!

‘A PERFECT PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: SKITTISH, COMICAL, EASY ON THE EYE AND MOVING’

‘THIS HUGELY ENJOYABLE SHOW TOUCHES THE SUBLIME. WONDERFULLY FUNNY’

Daily Mail

Daily Telegraph

The Commitments is a fantastically feel good celebration of soul. Direct from a phenomenally successful, record breaking two year run in London’s West End, The Commitments is set to take Newcastle by storm!

Midnight Hour, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Save Me, Mustang Sally, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Reach Out, Uptight, Knock On Wood, I Can’t Turn You Loose and more!

The Commitments received universal critical acclaim following its London World Premiere and was quickly hailed as a smash hit musical sensation. With over 20 soul classics performed live on stage including: Night Train, Try A Little Tenderness, River Deep, Mountain High, In The

A guaranteed fabulously-fun night out you will simply never forget.

The Commitments musical has been adapted from the novel by Booker prize winning author Roddy Doyle himself and is directed by award-winning Jamie Lloyd.

‘DEBORAH BRUCE’S CHARMING PRODUCTION BLOWS FRESH AIR INTO AUSTEN’S WONDERFUL COMEDY’ Mail on Sunday

‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife’.

As the Bennet sisters haplessly search for love in Jane Austen’s ultimate romantic comedy, it is

Mr Darcy who unwittingly finds his match.

A sell-out during its original run at Regent’s Park Theatre, creators of the recent smash-hit To Kill a Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies, ‘it’s Austen... still dazzling after 200 years’ (Observer).

Spring Season Sponsor

Spring Season Sponsor

MON 6 – SAT 11 FEB 2017

TUE 14 – SAT 18 FEB 2017

Tickets from £19.50

Running time 2hrs 20mins

Tickets from £14.50

Matinees Wed & Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Evenings 7.30pm

Recommended PG

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time 2hrs 30mins

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

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A funny and poignant tribute about the life and times of Harry Clasper, the greatest ever North East sportsman

THE CLUB FOR THEATRE ENTHUSIASTS

‘Actors and audiences sensibilities can be quite distant so anything like Limelight that can bring them closer together is very valuable’ Tom Conti

Harry Clasper, the first Geordie sporting superstar; the man The Blaydon Races was written for. Rowing was the sport of the working class before football came along.

Harry was known nationally as a champion and an innovator.

When Harry died in 1870 more than 130,000 people paid tribute in Newcastle.

Ed Waugh tells the story of how Harry ‘Hadaway’ Clasper brought the World Rowing Championship to the Tyne for the first time, in June 1845.

Premiering in May 2015, this fantastic play received standing ovations after every performance.

Spring Season Sponsor

FRI 24 & SAT 25 FEB 2017

• Regular talks delivered by visiting performers and companies • Opportunity to join our new ensemble

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• Practical drama workshops • Guest lectures MEMBERSHIP: £40 per year JOINT MEMBERSHIP: £70 per year To join contact the Box Office or for more information contact the Learning Department on 0191 244 2502.

FEEL GOOD MUSICAL WITH A SOUNDTRACK TO DIE FOR’ Independent

Following its success in the West End, Las Vegas and on Broadway, Million Dollar Quartet is touring the UK! This worldwide smash-hit musical is inspired by the famous recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time.

sessions ever. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life, featuring a score of rock hits including Blue Suede Shoes, Fever, That’s All Right, Sixteen Tons, Great Balls of Fire, Walk the Line, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Who Do You Love?, Matchbox, Folsom Prison Blues, Hound Dog and many more.

On December 4, 1956, these four star musicians gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam

Don’t miss your chance to discover the true story of one unforgettable night that made rock’n’roll history!

Spring Season Sponsor

Tickets from £10.00

MON 6 – SAT 11 MAR 2017

Evenings 7.30pm

Tickets from £15.00

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Evenings 7.30pm

Running time tbc

Matinees Sat 2.30pm Running time 1hr 45mins.

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THE TEAM BEHIND THE PERFECT MURDER AND DEAD SIMPLE PRESENT THE WORLD STAGE PREMIERE

BY THE No.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR

THREE MURDERS ONE SUSPECT NO PROOF JOSHUA ANDREWS and PETER JAMES present

Following the huge sell-out success of The Perfect Murder and Dead Simple, multimillion selling author Peter James returns to Newcastle Theatre Royal with the world premiere stage production of Not Dead Enough.

Few musicals have received quite such acclaim as the multi-award winning Blood Brothers.

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

Spring Season Sponsor

MON 13 – SAT 18 MAR 2017

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On the night Brian Bishop murdered his wife, he was sixty miles away, asleep in bed at the time. At least, that’s what he claims and that’s the puzzle confronting Detective Superintendent Roy Grace who is still dealing with the mysterious disappearance of his own wife. As Grace starts to dig a little deeper, it

Bill Kenwright’s production surpassed 10,000 performances in London’s West End, one of only three musicals ever to achieve that milestone.

Tickets from £16.50

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Evening 7.30pm

Running time 2hrs 30mins. Recommended PG

Photos include previous cast

Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences.

soon becomes clear that love can be a dangerous thing...

Not Dead Enough is the third novel in the award winning Roy Grace series and the third play in the multimillion selling stage franchise. Peter James has been acclaimed as “one of the most fiendishly clever crime fiction plotters” (Daily Mail) and his brilliant Roy Grace novels have sold over 17 million copies worldwide. Peter is the 2016 recipient of crime writing’s highest honour, the Diamond Dagger, awarded for sustained excellence.

Spring Season Sponsor

MON 20 – SAT 25 MAR 2017 Tickets from £14.50

Running time tbc.

Evening 7.30pm

Recommended PG 12+

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Captioned & Audio Described performance: Sat 25 Mar, 2.30pm

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SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN NEWCASTLE!

Free travel and parking Travel T ravel free on the Metro with your theatre ticket (up to two hours before and after the performance) – simply retain your theatre ticket for inspection by Metro Staff.

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Guided Tours

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www.mamma-mia.com ‘THE SUNNIEST OF ALL MUSICALS, IT PROVIDES NEW PLEASURES EVERY TIME’ Sunday Express

Join the ultimate feel-good party at Mamma Mia!, the world’s sunniest and most exhilarating smash-hit musical!

Set on a Greek island paradise, a story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of Abba.

Sophie’s quest to discover the father she’s never known brings her mother face to face

with three men from her distant romantic past on the eve of a wedding they’ll never forget.

This irresistibly funny show has been thrilling audiences all around the world and now the party comes to Newcastle for the first time, so there’s never been a better time to see this unforgettable musical. Whatever age you are, you can’t help but have the time of your life at Mamma Mia!

TUE 28 MAR – SAT 15 APR 2017

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Tickets from £24.00. No Friends’ discount Fri & Sat perfs.

Running time 2hrs 35mins

Evenings 7.30pm

Recommended PG. Contains flashing lights

Matinees Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Captioned & Audio Described performance Sat 8 Apr, 2.30pm

Join us front of house, backstage and on-stage as we take guided tours around this historical theatre.

Sat 23 Jan, ’17, 10am Sat 13 Feb ’17, 10am Sat 19 Mar ’17, 10am Tickets: £6 per person Box Office 08448 11 21 21 Calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s access charge.

The New Short History of The Theatre Royal Written by popular local history author Vanessa Histon, it tells the story of the Theatre and the many great performers associated with it, from 1788 to the present day.

The book is richly illustrated in full-colour and is available at the Box Office for £6.99 (20% off for Friends)

Gift Vouchers Theatre Royal Gift Vouchers are the perfect present for all.

Please note: we no longer sell Theatre Tokens.

Parking T here is free on-street parking in Grey Street after 6.30pm and free parking after 5.00pm in selected car parks in association with NE1 – go to getintonewcastle.co.uk/about/gettingaround.

Please note New Bridge St, Eldon Square and Manors car parks close at 10pm, Dean St car park sometimes has a long wait time on exit. For more details on city centre parking including NCP city centre car parks visit en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/ne1 C ycle stands are located on Grey Street (opposite Lloyd’s Bank). For advice on planning your cycle route to Theatre Royal visit Newcastle.cyclestreets.net

Get in touch Address Theatre Royal, 100 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6BR Feedback We really appreciate your comments and, where appropriate, will respond to them within five working days. Contact us via feedback@theatreroyal.co.uk, a Feedback card available in the foyer or from the Box Office, or write to us at Theatre Royal, Freepost NT1108, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1BR. Keep in Touch Sign up on the website to receive our e-newsletters and stay in touch with all our latest news, offers, pictures and competitions.

Search for us on Facebook or tweet us @theatreroyalnew.

WEEKLY WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

WEEKLY WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS

Fight for the Right

ADULT ACTING CLASS

Cost per term: £60 Term duration: 10 sessions

Cost per term: £65 Term duration: 10 sessions

This term’s theme is ‘Liberty’ and devised performances will be performed in our Studio Theatre in week 10.

Get a Directors view of your own performance skills through drama exercises and performance skills. Sessions are led by a drama professional who will help you get into character and perform believable characters in a welcoming and friendly environment. Suitable for all abilities.

5-7 years (A), Sat 10-11.30am, starting 16 Apr ’16 5-7 years (B), Sat 12-1.30pm, starting 16 Apr ’16 8-11 years, Fri 5-6.30pm, starting 15 Apr ’16 12-15 years, Wed 6.30-8pm, starting 13 Apr ’16 Please note that tickets for the show back performance in week 10 are sold through the Box Office on a first come first served basis (per participant purchase limit apply) and cost £3 each.

WEEKLY YOUTH THEATRE FOR 16-25’S Cost per term: £65 Term duration: 10 sessions Working in the Project A rehearsal space, participants will devise a piece of theatre for performance in the Studio Theatre during week 10.

Thu 6-8pm, starting 14 Apr ’16 Please note that tickets for the show back performance in week 10 are sold through the Box Office on a first come first served basis (per participant purchase limit apply) and cost £3 each.

To book a place contact Box Office 08448 11 21 21

Mon 6.45-8.15pm, starting 11 Apr ’16 ADVANCED CLASS Tue 6.45-8.15pm, starting 12 Apr ’16 CREATIVE WRITING Cost per term: £65 Term duration: 10 sessions Do you want to develop your ideas and take your writing further? Do you have a burning idea for a stage or screen play? Join us for a series of workshops that will help you uncover the techniques and tools of playwriting practise used by professional and emerging writers to develop your own skills.

Wed 6.45-8.15pm, starting 13 Apr ’16

SUMMER SCHOOLS

MUSICAL THEATRE FOR 11-15 YEAR OLDS

This summer why not spend a week with us?

We have classes for school age children who want to explore the world of the Performing Arts from behind the scenes or from centre stage.

A week of singing, dancing and performing big numbers from some of the west end’s greatest musicals before performing a medley of work for friends and family to enjoy on the last day.

8-12 Aug ’16, 9.30am-3pm, £135

PLAY IN A WEEK In just one week, participants will create their very own play to be performed in the Studio Theatre. It could be a musical, it could be a comedy. The young performers will decide!

For 8-11 years olds, 25-29 Jul ’16, 9.30am-3pm, £135 For 5-7 years olds, 1-5 Aug ’16, 9.30am-3pm, £135, 15-19 Aug ’16, 9.30am-3pm, £135 5 DAY FILM CHALLENGE FOR 11-17 YEAR OLDS We have set a challenge to budding film makers to join a professional film company for one week to create their own epic tale using found objects for props and some of the city centre’s local hotspots for locations. Whether you want to hold the camera, be in front of the camera or carry out any role in between, this intensive course could be just the very start to your professional career.

TRY DRAMA FOR 8-14 YEAR OLDS Over the course of 5 sessions, participants will get the opportunity to explore Theatre Royal and participate in a variety of workshop sessions including performance skills, stage combat, stage make-up and special effects, costume design and more!

22-26 Aug ’16, 9.30am – 4pm, £135 CRAFTY KIDS FOR 5-9 YEAR OLDS Design, make and build make anything you can in these crafty sessions. Cardboard, fabric, paper and plastic found objects can be taken to each session to build anything from a spaceship to a princess castle.

8-12 Aug ’16, 9am –12 noon or 1pm-4pm, £65

15-19 Aug ’16, 9.30am-4pm, £160

To book a place contact Box Office 08448 11 21 21 For further information contact Learning 0191 244 2502, learning@theatreroyal.co.uk

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Lots of extra legroom... think business class!

Babies and children For certain shows children aged two and under are welcome, on purchase of a £2 Babes in Arms ticket, and must share a seat with you. Some exceptions apply, see show pages for details.

(Babes in Arms tickets are not available for the Amphitheatre and Gallery as the distance from the stage and nature of these areas of the auditorium make it an inappropriate place to have small children). Children aged three and over must have a full paid for ticket. For all other performances, we regret children under three are not admitted to the auditorium. Should the babe in arms become restless and cause a disturbance, the parent/guardian will be requested to leave the auditorium with the child.

We reserve the right to not re-admit. Baby changing facilities are available in the stalls basement accessible toilet. Booster cushions are available for small children to have a better view.

Heritage Fund Ticket prices include a contribution to our Heritage Fund which pays for the restoration and upkeep of the theatre.

For further information check theatreroyal.co.uk/about-us/the-restoration Latecomers Latecomers will only be admitted at a suitable break in the performance.

Smoking and the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited throughout the Theatre Royal.

Full booking terms and conditions are available on our website theatreroyal.co.uk

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In Person Monday to Saturday 9am - 8pm. On nights with no performance, counter sales close at 6pm.

On Sundays & Bank Holidays we open a minimum of 1hr before a performance.

Phone 08448 11 21 21, calls cost 7p per minute from a BT landline, calls from other providers may vary.

Text Relay Service Available at the Box Office, simply call 18001 2442596.

Online Book online and select your own seat www.theatreroyal.co.uk Postage £1.50 will be applied to any tickets mailed out.

Ticket Prices Book early and we guarantee you will pay the lowest price for your ticket! We reserve the right to change prices – please check online for current prices. Become a Friend of the Theatre Royal and your prices will never change.

Concessions Only one concession applies per ticket.

Friends of the Theatre Royal: 20% off for Friends of the Theatre Royal with occasional exceptions. 10% off Opera North.

Companions: One free ticket for the companion of a disabled person who is not able to attend the event unaccompanied.

Newcastle Theatre Royal accepts the Cinema Exhibitors Association Card (CEA) as proof of eligibility for a free companion seat. The CEA Card scheme is an independently-run card scheme which ensures disabled people receive an appropriate reasonable adjustment when visiting the cinema or theatre. For full terms and conditions or to apply for a card visit ceacard.co.uk or call the CEA card directly on 0845 123 1292. Newcastle Theatre Royal respects the dignity, safety and privacy of all of its patrons and for this reason has chosen to adopt a policy which ensures that the personal and intimate data needed to prove eligibility for a companion ticket is handled by a registered body and no information, medical or personal, is held

by Newcastle Theatre Royal. Companion tickets can be booked in person or over the phone providing the patron has a valid CEA card at the time of the performance. Tickets will be printed upon the Box Office seeing the CEA Card.

Partial View Seats: Discount available on partial view seats (excl. Gallery) Standbys: Half price from 2hrs before the performance in selected areas at the management’s discretion. Available on most performances.

Not available online, subject to availability.

Ticket Exchange Up to 24hrs before a performance commences, tickets may, at the Management’s discretion, be exchanged for another performance of the same production upon return of tickets (£1.50 fee per ticket). Tickets cannot be refunded after purchase. Friends of the Theatre Royal and Advantage members can receive a credit note up to 24 hours before the performance.

Group Bookings groupbookings@theatreroyal.co.uk or 08448 11 21 22. Calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s

BOX G

Booking Information

F1

GRAND CIRCLE U

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 U

T

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 T

S

2

Q N L

2 2 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 S

R

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 R

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Q

P

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 P

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 N

M 4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 M

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 L

K

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 K

J

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 J

H

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 H

G

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 G

F

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 F

E

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 E

D C

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 D

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 C

B

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 B A 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A

STALLS STAGE

PRIORITY ON THESE SEATS IS GIVEN TO WHEELCHAIR USERS

PRIORITY ON THESE SEATS IS GIVEN TO WHEELCHAIR USERS

SEATS WITH PARTIAL VIEW

SEATS WITH PARTIAL VIEW

ROW LETTERS

ROW LETTERS

SUPERSEATS

SUPERSEATS

This is a representative plan. Please note: Row A in the Grand Circle and Upper Circle has tight leg room.

All details in this brochure are correct at time of going to press, errors and omissions excepted. Theatre Royal reserves the right to alter programme details without prior notice. Sales are subject to Theatre Royal terms and conditions, visit theatreroyal.co.uk for details.

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