Spring 2010 - New Theatre Royal by New Theatre Royal

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Welcome me Welcome to NTR’s 2010 Spring season! As always we are thrilled to present a heady mix of shows – drama, contemporary dance, comedy, music and children’s shows - there really is something for everyone. Two of the most exciting physical theatre companies in the country come to Portsmouth - Forkbeard Fantasy with their dazzling visuals, use of ﬁlm and madcap story-lines and the international phenomenon, SpyMonkey, with their glorious mis-telling of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Groundbreaking dance includes Candoco and Rosie Kay – Kay’s astonishing choreography is guaranteed to set your pulses racing. There is The Gruffalo and How the Koala Learnt to Hug for families and then there’s The Tiger Lillies… Our ﬁrst Music in the Round season promises six stunning recitals including Ensemble 360’s concert for children - schools, don’t miss out! And Unexpected Opera are back (following The Barber of Savile Row last year) with Orpheus Down Under. There is a double helping for foodies with the inimitable Hairy Bikers’ Big Night Out and Hardeep Singh Kohli - the Nearly Naked Chef, sell-out at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival (and yes, they will be cooking onstage!)

Sprout goes from strength to strength with a fantastic line-up

of local talent including a play reading, acoustic music from one of the bands of the moment and a ukulele spectacular. We have embarked on an exciting project, LIVING MEMORIES, with Express FM. Share your memories and then see them played out at the NTR in an extraordinary blend of drama, dance and song on Mon 29 March. Contact sally@newtheatreroyal.com if you want to take part. And in June Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour return, this year with The Comedy of Errors, to the City Museum Gardens. Last year they sold out, so book well in advance! So come and jump into spring with us…

Picture: The News; Portsmouth

Caroline Sharman, Director caroline@newtheatreroyal.com

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Let’s Make It Great The New Theatre Royal has opened the door on a new and exciting stage in its incredible life, and we want you to be a part of it! Plans for the development of the ‘Back-Lot’ – the disused space behind the theatre – are in place, and all that’s needed now is for us to reach our £4million fundraising target! Getting there will mean that we can completely transform our current stage and backstage facilities, opening up the theatre to the best of national and international touring companies, and also create a new 150 seat community studio, giving you, local companies and youth groups, tremendous opportunities to develop and perform. In collaboration with the University of Portsmouth over £750,000 has already been raised, thanks to the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire, Portsmouth City Council and Arts Council England. We urgently need your help to reach our target! Fundraising activities kick-off with our Let’s Make It Great weekend, 15–17 January. A fantastic programme of theatre and record breaking outdoor performances will take Portsmouth by storm, signalling a new era for us, and raising valuable funds. Let’s work together to make our theatre great! Join us today! You can get involved by: • Supporting our productions • Becoming a ‘Friend of the New Theatre Royal’ • Donating to our fundraising campaign • Taking part in our Let’s Make It Great weekend! For more information contact Fiona on 023 9277 8995 or ﬁona@newtheatreroyal.com Colin Bradey’s photos of the devastating ﬁre in October 1972

Rhod Gilbert after his sell out performance with Nora, a member of the NTR family

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The Boy Friend

with Ken Russell

Let’s Make It Great!

Sat 6 March 7.30pm A unique opportunity for you to join Ken Russell and friends at a special screening of his acclaimed production, The Boy Friend.

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Filmed right here at the New Theatre Royal in 1971, his delightful musical starred Twiggy and Christopher Gable, set on the French Riviera in the roaring twenties the ﬁlm includes spectacular dance sequences from the Busby Berkley era. Not to be missed!

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Tickets £35 (£25 concessions) with a glass of bubbly!

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Alfie by Bill Naughton

Hollywood and Vegas Showcase

Blackeyed Theatre in association with South Hill Park Arts Centre

The Academy of Future Stars

Sat 23 January 7.30pm Made famous by movies starring Michael Caine and more recently Jude Law, Alﬁe is the brilliant, original stage play about a young man with an overwhelming desire for the ladies.

Sun 24 January 7.30pm The Academy of Future Stars are proud to present an evening of entertainment with a sparkling Las Vegas/Hollywood theme – from Mamma Mia to Phantom of the Opera and from Beyonce to The Beatles.

Combining great comedy and genuine pathos, as well as live 60s music, it tells the story of a cockney ‘Don Juan’ who swaggers and philosophises his way from conquest to conquest, carefully rejecting anyone or anything that might touch him too deeply. From the artistic team that created the hugely acclaimed 2008 production of Oh What A Lovely War comes a major revival of Bill Naughton’s classic comedy drama. “One of the most innovative and critically acclaimed theatre companies on the touring circuit today” The Stage Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A www.blackeyedtheatre.co.uk

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Based in Portchester, the academy aims to equip young people from the ages of 3 to early 20s with skills in dancing, singing and acting, under the leadership of Principal Carla Williams. Come and see the stars of tomorrow in their New Theatre Royal debut! Tickets £10 (£6 concessions)

Ludwig String Trio & Bengt Forsberg

King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys

Fri 29 January 7.30pm BRAHMS Piano Quartet in C minor Op.60 SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E ﬂat Op.47 DVORÁK Piano Quartet in E ﬂat Op.87

Sat 30 January 7.30pm King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys are more than just the world’s greatest swing band, they are an institution!

The Ludwig String Trio sees three of today’s ﬁnest chamber musicians (Peter Cropper, James Boyd and Paul Watkins) perform some of the most popular string trio repertoire. Here they play with top Swedish pianist Bengt Forsberg, a regular soloist with the symphony orchestras in Sweden and Scandinavia.

The band has been on the road for two decades playing every European country as well as the USA and Russia and recording ten CDs.

Brahms spent twenty years re-drafting this quartet before it was ﬁnally published. It is full of energetic yet disturbing vigour and passion which reﬂects his turbulent thoughts of selfdoubt. Schumann was a pianist inspired by the music of Beethoven; both of which are evident in his Op.47 quartet. Dvorak’s Op.87 quartet was premiered just days before he started writing the Dumky piano trio. The quartet is one of his most romantic pieces – the theme of this concert. Tickets £13.50 (£11 concessions) 20% off if book for whole MITR season

Dazzling musicianship, riveting stage performances, more than 50 TV appearances (including, somewhat bizarrely, Teletubbies) and 75 radio broadcasts have established them as the Kings of Swing. “To those who say that swing is a musical form best left to Americans, prepare to be proven wrong. This British combo is bullet-proof!” Atomic Magazine, New York Tickets £10–£15 (£6–£13 concessions) www.myspace.com/ kingpleasurethebiscuitboys

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Lady in Fairport the Dark Convention The University of Portsmouth

Thurs 4 February –Sat 6 February 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm When the chaos and stress of New York life get too hot to handle, the fashionable thing to do is go visit your shrink. So that’s what Liza Elliott does. And once you’re on the psychiatrist’s couch, you can allow your mind to relax and your thoughts to wander... after all, there’s no harm in a bit of daydreaming, is there? The smash hit of Broadway in 1941, Lady in the Dark bounces with an infectious score and a host of Kurt Weill’s songs, including Girl of the Moment, The Saga of Jenny and the enchanting My Ship. Creative Arts students from the University of Portsmouth embark on a three week project to mount a full musical in just three weeks. Come and enjoy the fantastic fruit of their labours.

Full Electric Winter Tour Wed 10 February 7.30pm Fairport Convention is one of the greatest live bands on today’s concert circuit. Their sell-out gigs attract critical acclaim and delight audiences. Every concert is different and the band’s rich and varied repertoire ensures an exciting mix of old favourites and brand new numbers. Fairport Convention features Simon Nicol on guitar and lead vocals, Dave Pegg on bass and backing vocals, Chris Leslie on ﬁddle, mandolin, bouzouki and lead vocals, Ric Sanders on violin and Gerry Conway on drums and percussion. The band has won a coveted BBC Lifetime Achievement Award and Radio 2 listeners voted Fairport’s groundbreaking album Liege & Lief ‘The Most Inﬂuential Folk Album of All Time’. Whether you are a devoted fan or a newcomer to their music, this concert by Fairport Convention will be special. Tickets £17 (£15 concessions) www.fairportconvention.com

Tickets £8/£10 (£5/£7 concessions)

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The Col our of Nonsense Forkbeard Fantasy Comic Theatre & Film

Thurs 11 & Fri 12 February 7.30pm A comedy thriller about a priceless Invisible Artwork and the chaos that follows its theft. At the studios of Splash, Line & Scuro, Cutting Edge Conceptualists, things haven’t been looking too hot of late. Then out of the blue comes a million pound commission for the very first ever completely genuine INVISIBLE ARTWORK. With Forkbeard’s famed mix of visual trickery, film and outlandish story-lines The Colour of Nonsense takes us on a journey through the shifting borderlands between sense and nonsense, burrowing into the puzzle of why we see the way we see. With nods at Edward Lear and The Emperor’s New Clothes, Forkbeard’s new comedy explores creativity and paralyzing indecision. Internationally acclaimed theatre and film company, Forkbeard Fantasy have been touring their shows, films and exhibitions since the mid-1970’s. Comedy is combined with special effects, wild mechanical sets, outsize characters and their unique trademark interactive mix of film, animation and cartoon live on stage. “Tremendous and insane” The Evening Standard Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A – Thurs www.forkbeardfantasy.co.uk

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ENORMOUS Present Pied Piper Theatre Company Tues 16 February 2.30pm It’s big, it’s huge, it’s…………... ENORMOUS! A mysterious present has appeared in the playground. Who can it possibly be for? What could be waiting inside? The Big ENORMOUS Present explores how giving can sometimes feel as good as receiving. Pied Piper Theatre Company produce exciting, innovative theatre for children, bringing new and well-loved stories to audiences throughout the UK. Their sell-out production of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch came to the NTR last year.

Moby Dick Spymonkey with The Royal and Derngate, Northampton

Tues 23 & Wed 24 February 7.30pm Spymonkey’s Moby Dick is a glorious mis-telling of the Herman Melville novel. Four actors ﬁnd themselves trapped in the belly of a literary monster. Will Ahab’s thirst for revenge be unhinged by the well-meaning but staggeringly inept attentions of his crew? Now that he has found true love, is Ishmael still fated to be the sole survivor of the Pequod? What does a Bavarian cannibal harpooneer eat? And how does a mermaid ﬁgurehead get pregnant? With their dark, edgy physical comedy rooted ‘somewhere between Monty Python, the Marx Brothers and Samuel Beckett’ (The Houston Chronicle), and a quartet of performers from Spain, Germany and England, Spymonkey have proved to be a truly international phenomenon, enjoyed by and accessible to a wide range of international audiences. “Gloriously anarchic, constantly entertaining. Inspired comic misrule. Moby Dick will give you a whale of a time” The Times Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A – Tues Photo: Corné van der Stelt www.spymonkey.co.uk

Tickets £5 Ages 3+ www.piedpipertheatre.co.uk

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Little Shop of Horrors Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken. Based on the film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith Miltoncross School Thurs 25 – Sat 27 February 7.30pm Miltoncross School present the frightfully freaky rock musical, Little Shop of Horrors. Join Seymour, the ill-fated florist shop worker as he tries to win the affections of his beautiful co-worker Audrey. When Seymour discovers an extraordinary plant with a taste for human blood who knows what mayhem will ensue? Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)

Shoot/Get Treasure/ Repeat

by mark Ravenhill

Eschara by Phillip Whiteman Cheekish Productions

Sports Unlimited Dance Off University of Portsmouth Dance Club Mon 1 March 7.30pm After a hugely successful ﬁrst year, the second Sport Unlimited Dance Off, a street and hip-hop dance competition, will be held for students in secondary school and further educational institutes. Thanks to coaches from the University of Portsmouth Dance Club, each school has received 10 weeks coaching and have learned a range of styles – street dance, hip-hop and break dancing, and have worked tirelessly to perfect routines for the performance. The show will culminate with a performance from the University of Portsmouth Dance Club and Most Wanted, before prizes are handed out for the most outstanding performances Tickets £3

Tues 2 March 7.30pm A harrowing cycle of short plays exploring the effect of war and terrorism on modern society. Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat is a critically acclaimed collection of short plays that will leave you questioning your social mores. Eschara is the ﬁrst play to examine the after-effects of the 7/7 attacks on the London transport system. A winner of the Norden Farm Granted scheme, it is sponsored by Transport for London. Both shows received 5* reviews at The Brighton Fringe Festival. The company’s production of The Pillowman received a Guide Award nomination for Best Professional Production. “It’s not often that one stumbles across a truly unforgettable piece of theatre that has the ability to deeply move the entire audience and give them goosebumps in the process.” The Argus, Brighton Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A www.cheekishproductions.com

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Fascinating

Aida Gig Earthfall

Wed 3 March 7.30pm Out of harmony comes discord GIG: a high-octane satirical rampage through the human condition with dark humour, bold dance, live music and ﬁlm from the multi award winning Earthfall. GIG: the story of a band that encapsulates the world outside with songs, ﬁlm and extreme dances of love and loathing. Earthfall has established itself as an outstanding exponent of pioneering dance theatre. This 20th anniversary production follows a band on tour, living in a surreal world removed from the reality of life. Transporting you on an emotional ride, it takes you from the exciting to the ridiculous and the comical to the poignant. “Earthfall are a 21st Century phenomenon...” The Guardian Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) www.thisisgig.com

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Thurs 4 March 7.30pm Britain’s top female comedy trio is 25 years old. Well, actually, they’re older than that (Dillie Keane formed FA in 1983), but the girls have decided their Silver Jubilee can be celebrated for a few more years at least.

For those of you who thought they’d retired, this isn’t a comeback; it’s a chance for you to help them celebrate this auspicious birthday. They’re doing it for the fun, not the money, which will soon be worthless anyway. Thrill to the beauty of the harmonies, marvel at the intricate rhymes and, if you’re one of their older fans, remember to switch your hearing aid to the theatre’s loop system to avoid unpleasant whistling. “Hilarious, funny and ﬁlthily rude” The Daily Telegraph Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) www.fascinatingaida.co.uk

Crazy for You University of Portsmouth Drama and Music Society Wed 10 – Sat 13 March 7.30pm Wannabe star Bobby Child is sent by his mother to the sleepy town of Deadrock, Nevada, to close its run down theatre. Here he encounters Polly Baker and falls head over heels in love. Unfortunately the theatre is owned by Polly’s father. Bobby hatches a scheme to save the theatre, win the girl of his dreams and revive the town.

Red Priest Fri 5 March 7.30pm The Bach Project: Johann, I’m Only Dancing This is Bach as you’ve never heard him before. Red Priest take a look at some of the music by the greatest composer of the Baroque era, whilst adding their legendary blend of creativity, wit and virtuosity along the way. Hear Bach’s third Brandenburg Concerto, his Minuet and Badinerie mixed in with some of the most sublime adagios ever composed, a mix of delights taken from his ﬂute, oboe and violin sonatas, cello and keyboard suites, and an epic performance of the great Toccata and Fugue in D minor. “… virtuosity, verve and creative spontaneity are fused together in a way that makes the impact positively volcanic” Daily Telegraph Tickets £13.50 (£11 concessions) 20% off if book for whole MITR season www.piersadams.com/RedPriest www.musicintheround.co.uk

Famous for its memorable Gershwin songs, such as Someone To Watch Over Me and I Got Rhythm, Crazy for You is a hilarious upbeat musical comedy, full of mistaken identity, romance and toe tapping musical numbers. With the University Orchestra in the pit, you’d be crazy to miss it! Tickets £8/£10 (£5/£7 concessions – Wed & Thurs only)

Oshima and the Big Sea Angel Heart Theatre

Sun 14 March 2pm Every day Oshima goes fishing in his little tub boat. He hopes he will catch a really big fish, but he never does. Maybe it’s because Oshima is just too busy day-dreaming about what it must be like under the Big Sea…One day Oshima gets the chance to find out! Amazing sea creatures, lovingly-made puppets and live music, in Oshima and the Big Sea warmhearted humour swims with big-eyed wonder. Tickets £5 (Ages 3+) www.angelhearttheatre.com

The Boy Friendwith Ken Russell Sat 6 March at 7.30pm – see page 05

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The Hot Dots So & So Circus

Tues 23 March 7.30pm Frank Johnstone and Evie Steele met in 1928. This is the story of two hugely successful vaudeville performers and their spectacular fall from grace. Featuring So & So’s trademark acrobatic balancing and a fantastic story set against the backdrop of 1930’s Music Hall, this show is a real one-off treat.

Man for all Seasons by Robert Bolt

Kaveh Rahnama and Lauren Hendry set up So & So Circus Theatre in 2005 and in 2007 won the Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award for Circus Arts. “Clever and funny and poignant – really entertaining!” The Stage Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A www.soandsocircus.com

One Off Productions Wed 17 – Sat 20 March 7.30pm Paul Schofield starred in both play and film as Sir Thomas More, the sixteenth-century Chancellor, unwillingly in conflict with Henry VIII. More loves God, but he loves the world also. He has a subtle intellect, a scrupulous conscience and a very human fear of death, knowing full well the penalty of even silently opposing the king. All the while the chorus figure of the Common Man evades all personal responsibility for orders carried out, even to being More’s executioner. Tickets £6–£10 (£7–£9 concessions) Free post show Q&A – Thurs

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Orpheus Down Under

Adapted from Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach Unexpected Opera Sat 27 March 7.30pm How will Eurydice escape the suburbs and her intolerable husband, Orpheus? What’s it like to go down under with the King of the Underworld? Can Team Olympus out-do themselves? And is the barbecue sauce on Bondi beach really better than ambrosia? Offenbach’s delightfully disrespectful tale loses none of its pith and verve in this uproarious updating from Unexpected Opera, last seen at the New Theatre Royal with The Barber of Savile Row. A couple on the verge of divorce become entangled with the Gods and Goddesses of Greek Mythology, who are themselves embroiled in international competition as ‘Team Olympus.’ Full of charming songs and witty dialogue, it is performed by a cast of 12 and live musicians. Enjoy a global romp with the opera that introduced the world to the can-can! Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A www.unexpectedopera.com

Light Nights,

Sat 27 March early evening until late! As the clocks go back and the nights get lighter, we’re throwing light on some of Portsmouth’s hidden treasures. A Lantern Parade and bus tour will guide you round the city. Events include spooky encounters at the New Theatre Royal and mysterious goings-on in the City Museum.

Taking Time 4pm, 5pm and 6pm A strange and spooky tour of the New Theatre Royal’s stairs, passages and hidden corners. A site-speciﬁc piece created and performed by a group of young people together with Dot-to-Dot, Unexpected Opera and The New Theatre Royal. Free of charge (booking essential). Supported by Find Your Talent – PUSH. Contact ﬁndyourtalent. push@hants.gov.uk or lw@newtheatreroyal.com for more details

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Living Memories Memories are made of this… Mon 29 March 7.30pm We are embarking on an exciting new project with Express FM to uncover Portsmouth’s stories. Share your memories and you may ﬁnd them transformed on the stage or revealed in a brand new radio soap, currently called Conway Street. Recognise the road? Come along to a celebratory evening of memories of the theatre, our city and its people. The NTR auditorium will be ‘played’ by Dave Allen and friends and feature a performance of exhilarating drama, dance and multimedia inspired by your memories and stories. Admission free If you want to join our big adventure – as a scriptwriter, a storyliner, a performer or a memory collector – contact Sally on sally@newtheatreroyal.com Join us as we celebrate the old and create new memories for us all. All the memories collected will be part of a living Memories Wall of City Stories in the new build of the New Theatre Royal and archived at The City Museum for generations to come, making you a part of the legacy.

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Forever in your Debt Foursight Theatre & Talking Birds

Wed 31 March 7.30pm A band rolls into town. Teetering on the edge of ﬁscal failure, their woeful stories of debt and despair weave a cautionary tale that pulls on our heartstrings, pricks our conscience, and prods the old pathos bone. This gang of recession renegades might not be able to pay the bill but they can still top it. Even as the bailiff repossesses their instruments, they’ll play to the last note, sing for their supper and if anyone has a penny to keep the lights on, put it in the meter. Stark, funny, absurd and anarchic, this co-production between the companies that created Thatcher the Musical! and Can Any Mother Help Me? combines Foursight’s straight-to-the-heart humanity with Talking Birds’ reckless musical abandon. “A nimble and entertaining robust physical piece of ensemble theatre” The Daily Telegraph (on Thatcher the Musical!) Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) www.foursighttheatre.co.uk

How The Koala Learnt To Hug by Steven Lee

The People’s Theatre Company Sat 3 April 2.30pm Written especially for parents to enjoy with their children, How The Koala Learnt To Hug is a charming, tale about the magic of family and, of course, the importance of a nice warm hug! So join Steven and a host of wild characters including Natascha the Witch and Karen the Koala for some great stories, sing along songs, superb games and ﬁrst class hugging. Tickets £5 Ages 4+ www.ptc.org.uk p g

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The Tiger Lillies The Songs of Shockheaded Peter and other Gory Verses Fri 9 April 7.30pm The Tiger Lillies are the Godfathers of alternative cabaret; direct from a sell-out London West-End run and the Edinburgh Festival, they take their show celebrating 20 years of dark and deviant theatrics on tour. For the ﬁrst time in years, they will perform songs from the Olivier AwardWinning smash Shockheaded Peter, their Grammy nominated album The Gorey End and other deranged favourites.

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“Fleshily engorged with the pustule throb of the garishly gaudy and gloriously obscene” Time Out “There is nothing else like them, they are completely peerless” Alek Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand Tickets £15 Ages 16+ www.tigerlillies.com

The Hairy Bikers’ Big Night Out

EASTER HOLIDAYS

Phil McIntyre Entertainment Sat 10 April 7.30pm Join The Hairy Bikers for an evening of cooking, chatting and laughs. Stars of BBC2’s The Hairy Bikers Cookbook, The Hairy Bikers Ride Again, The Hairy Bikers Come Home and The Hairy Bakers – watched by more than 4 million viewers. 2009 has been rounded off with a one hour Christmas Special, and Dave even won BBC’s Celebrity Mastermind, while Si took an admirable second place in the BBC2’s The Weakest Link. Tickets £19.50 (£17.50 concessions) www.hairybikers.com

Mon 12 April 7.30pm This spectacular live and interactive concert stars the pop group The High Schoolers. Fronted by the four members of the band and backed by two fantastic dancers, this high energy, feel-good family production features music from High School Musical 1, 2 and 3 as well as Camp Rock, Hannah Montana, Hairspray and loads of number one hits from Take That to Leona Lewis. A high energy, interactive show. Not to be missed! Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) www.dtcproductions.co.uk

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The Jalwa Factor

The Royal Marines Young Musician of the Year

The 3rd Annual Portsmouth Youth Variety Show

Tues 13 April 7.30pm The University of Portsmouth Hindu Society are proud to present The Jalwa Factor. After the success of last year’s show, the society will be incorporating all different types of dancing, singing and acting into an X Factor style format. There will be many hopeful acts, but only one winner!

Wed 14 April 7pm The world famous Royal Marines host an evening of colour, tradition and majesty with the Grand Final of the Royal Marines Young Musician of the Year. This prestigious competition, presented to the public for the ﬁrst time, brings together stunning performances and beautiful music from the celebrated Royal Marines School of Music.

Learning Links

The University of Portsmouth Hindu Society

All proceeds go to FORT Cancer Charity and Sarawati Vidyalaya.

Tickets £9 (£7 concessions)

Fri 16 April 7.30pm This fantastic event is an opportunity for Portsmouth’s young performers to showcase their skills. Performances will be made by more than 60 talented young people from a range of local organisations. The acts are drawn from school productions and amateur dance and drama groups including Learning Links’ very own YNOT participants, who successfully applied for funding from Young Money. Tickets £5 (£2.50 concessions)

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Hardeep Singh Kohli

The Nearly Naked Chef Thurs 29 April 7.30pm Grab a seat and tuck in, as a guest of Hardeep Singh Kohli. The celebrated broadcaster, raconteur, writer and cook combines comedy with inventive cuisine in a wonderfully funny, laid back evening’s entertainment.

To Have and To Honk The Honk Project

Just think Ready Steady Cook but with great cooking (Hardeep was runner-up on the ﬁrst series of Celebrity Masterchef) f and funny anecdotes, all delivered by Glaswegian Hardeep in his own unique, articulate and utterly charming way. Having debuted at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where the show played to sell-out audiences, this is an extended, two-course version of The Nearly Naked Chef, f combining more of Hardeep’s winning talents and recipes. Tickets £15 (£14 concessions) www.seabrightproductions.co.uk g p

Sat 17 April 2.30pm Fourteen musical instruments, four clowns and one wedding. Four musicians are on their way to a wedding. But, in true Honk form, the journey doesn’t quite go according to plan… With their special blend of amiable chaos and wacky physical theatre, The Honk Project will have you laughing until you cry, even as you thrill to the musical delights on offer. Come along and enjoy a unique and honkingly good show – a joy for audiences of all ages. Tickets £5 Ages 3+ www.honkproject.com

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The Caretaker by Harold Pinter London Classic Theatre Sat 1 May 7.30pm Davies, an elderly drifter, is given shelter by the kindly but vulnerable Aston. He quickly makes himself at home in the squalid, junk-ﬁlled attic, but an uneasy peace is fractured by the arrival of Mick, Aston’s quick-witted, streetwise younger brother. As the shadows lengthen and the three men reveal more about the past and themselves, a battle of wits begins that will have irrevocable consequences for them all.

Dave Pearson Big Band Orchestra And guest vocalists

A landmark of twentieth century theatre, The Caretaker was ﬁrst performed at The Arts Theatre, London in 1960. Fifty years on, Pinter’s compelling study of loneliness and power games still has the capacity to amuse, to shock and to fascinate. “Razor sharp direction places the audience right at the heart of impersonal free-ﬂoating hostility taking place onstage” The Stage Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A www.londonclassictheatre.co.uk

Sun 2 May 7.30pm The best of Kenton, Herman, Basie and Ellington (this band don’t take no prisoners!) Featuring Outstanding Soloists: Jan Zawada, John Hammond, Colin Campbell, Ian Luxford, Dave Clackett and Andy Urquhart This sell out 20 piece Orchestra, as heard on BBC national and local radio, is back with another evening of classic Big Band music. A Special Charity Concert in aid of the New Theatre Royal Tickets £11

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5 Soldiers The Body is the Frontline Rosie Kay Dance Company Wed 5 May 7.30pm 5 Soldiers is a timely, controversial, thought provoking and moving exploration of war in modern times. A dance theatre work with four male and one female dancer, it looks at how the human body is essential to, and used in, warfare. Featuring Kay’s trademark intense physicality and athleticism, 5 Soldiers uses interviews with current and former soldiers to weave a story of physical transformation, helping us understand how soldiers are made and how war affects them. 5 Soldiers is a unique collaboration between award winning choreographer Rosie Kay, visual

artist David Cotterrell and theatre director Walter Meierjohann. It follows an intense period of research, where Rosie learnt battle training with The 4th Battalion The Riﬂes and David spent time in Helmand Province with the Joint Forces Medical Group. “Rosie Kay, one of our more enterprising young choreographers… Kay’s choreography is a strenuously sensual marriage of polished recklessness splattered with lascivious amusements.” The Times Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A www.rosiekay.co.uk

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Doric

Quartet Lucy Porter

Fool’s Gold

Thurs 6 May 7.30pm Lucy Porter’s latest solo show is a witty romp through the history of gold. In these times of recession, gold is prized more highly than ever, as other forms of currency grow worthless. What’s so special about gold, and why is it that human beings have long been obsessed with the yellow, shiny stuff? The show will feature live alchemy, a tribute to Mr T. and a very valuable, big gold thing with security guards and everything! “One of the most talented comics on the circuit” Time Out Tickets £14 (£12 concessions) www.lucyporter.co.uk

Fri 7 May 7.30pm HAYDN Quartet in E flat Op.76 No.6 BRITTEN Quartet No.2 in C Op.36 SCHUMANN Quartet No.3 in A Op.41 No.3 The Doric Quartet is one of the outstanding quartets of their generation having won first prize at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in 2008. This programme includes one of Haydn’s last and most peculiar quartets in which he breaks nearly every rule in traditional quartet writing. The final movement of Britten’s second quartet is a tribute to the Baroque composer Henry Purcell who died 200 years earlier. “Great wisdom and no selfindulgence” The Strad Tickets £13.50 (£11 concessions) 20% off if book for whole MITR season www.doricstringquartet.com www.musicintheround.co.uk

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Love Indeed Bandbazi Circus Theatre Wed 12 May 7.30pm An aerial spectacular. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and the ﬁrst meeting between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Love Indeed is a heady drama where much of the action is performed 20 feet in the air. “A touching and beautiful love story, drenched with a joy of performing and storytelling, which adds a cheeky hint of modernity to an ancient and enduring tale.” The Argus, Brighton Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A www.bandbazi.co.uk

The Gruffalo Tall Stories The University of Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra and Big Band Sat 15 May 7.30pm The University of Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra and Big Band will perform their repertoire in preparation for their forthcoming tour to Germany. This will be a fun-ﬁlled, foottapping evening, so don’t miss it! Tickets £7/£8 (£5/£6 concessions)

Kenny Wax Ltd & Nick Brooke Ltd Tues 18 & Wed 19 May Tues at 1.30pm, Wed at 10.30am & 1.30pm Based on the award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Schefﬂer Following its third sell-out Christmas season in London’s West End, The Gruffalo is back on UK tour and coming to town! Join Mouse on an adventurous journey through the deep dark wood in this magical, musical adaptation of the best-selling children’s book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Schefﬂer; recently named No.1 bedtime story by BBC Radio 2. Mouse can scare hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined? Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl, a maraca-shaking, party-mad Snake… and, of course, The Gruffalo! “Irresistibly charming” **** The Times Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) Ages 3+ www.gruffalolive.com

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Candoco Dance Company 2010 Thurs 20 May 7.30pm Candoco Dance Company return with three new works that show the richness, beauty and diversity of contemporary dance. Renowned for exciting and inspiring their audiences, Candoco make us all rethink what dance is and who can dance. With their adventurous and personal performance style they connect with us and trigger different emotions that make us think about life with its twists and turns, ups and downs. Candoco have worked with three international choreographers. Acclaimed dance and theatre artist Wendy Houstoun combines movement with text, and meaning with humour. Award winning choreographer Emanuel Gat delights with his attention to detail to create beautiful, ﬂuid movement. Whilst Manchester born Sarah Michelson is known across the Atlantic for her quirky take on our time, resulting in an unprecedented two consecutive New York ‘Bessie’ Dance Awards. “Candoco is the company for which choreographers reserve their wildest and often most inventive work” The Observer Tickets £9–£13 (£6–£11 concessions) Free post show Q&A www.candoco.co.uk

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Jaleo Flamenco Wed 26 May 7.30pm Fusing the essential elements of flamenco with their own inimitable and charismatic brand of Spanish passion and emotion, international phenomenon Jaleo unleash the raw energy and sensuous rhythms inherent within flamenco. A potent cocktail of explosive footwork, haunting singing, virtuoso guitar playing and percussive handclapping from southern Spain with some ome of he country’s country s finest flamenco artists. “Spellbindin ng fusion of acoustic guitar, rhythm, songs, handclappin ng and ignitable dance” The Guardian Tickets £9–£ £13 (£6–£11 concessions) www.jaleoflamenco.com

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Paul Jones, Digby Fairweather and his Half-Dozen Rockin’ in Rhythm

Fri 28 May 7.30pm HAYDN Quartet in D Op.71 No.2 DEBUSSY Quartet in G minor MENDELSSOHN Quartet in F minor Op.80 Chosen as 2009 BBC Music Magazine Newcomer of the Year and short-listed as Ensemble of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in France, this widely acclaimed French quartet has a dynamism and open-minded versatility to its performances that is rare. Perhaps it comes from the musicians’ dual life as jazz musicians? Haydn’s Opus 71 quartets are markedly different in sound to his other quartets because they were written with the intention of concert performance instead of for private consumption. Similarly, Mendelssohn’s Opus 80 is outside of his usual calm character. Written just after his sister’s death, it’s a short, intense work full of drama and pain. Between the two, the Ebène play music from their homeland. This is Debussy’s only string quartet and has his typically impressionistic and expressive sound. Tickets £13.50 (£11 concessions) 20% off if book for whole MITR season www.quatuorebene.com www.musicintheround.co.uk

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Sat 29 May 7.30pm Rockin’ in Rhythm showcases the dynamic teaming of Paul Jones – l960s chart-topping star of Manfred Mann, the Manfreds and later his own Blues Band – and Digby Fairweather’s Half-Dozen, pollwinners in the 2009 British Jazz Awards small group category. Paul Jones – legendarily famous for l960s hits such as 5-4-3-2-1, Doo Wah Diddy Diddy, Pretty Flamingo, I’ve Been a Bad Bad Boy! and more – joins Digby Fairweather’s sensational Half-Dozen for an evening which celebrates both his hits and exciting new arrangements of the great jazz and blues standards that they both love. Tickets £10–£15 (£6–£13 concessions) www.digbyfairweather.com www.thebluesband.com

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FREE PARKING There is free parking available after 6pm for theatre patrons in the university car parks in either Waltham Street (behind The University House Building) or Middle Street (The Eldon Building) which is off Winston Churchill Avenue on the opposite side to Guildhall Walk. Ask at the box ofﬁce for an information ﬂyer. Reduced price parking available in Isambard Kingdom Brunel car park on Alec Rose Lane. Parking tokens can be bought from the theatre before entering car park for £2.50 (after 6pm), allowing up to 6 hours of parking. On street parking is limited, but free after 6pm.

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B tra By rain in: The theatre is 2 minutes from Portsmouth in: and Southsea Station. Turn left out of the station and cross Guildhall Square into Guildhall Walk (opposite). The theatre is 50m along on the right. By b By bus uss: Most main bus routes going to and from us: Commercial Road stop at either Winston Churchill Avenue or Isambard Brunel Road.

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By car By ar:: From the M275 (Portsmouth West or Ferries exit) go straight over the ﬁrst roundabout, right at the second (into Marketway) and continue straight ahead. Keep in the left-hand lane in Anglesey Road, taking the next left into King Richard Road and left immediately again, where the theatre is signposted.

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The B of the Bang (Sprout) ...................................................................... Wed 6 Jan Let’s Celebrate!...........................................................................................Fri 15 Jan Expression Cubana .................................................................................. Sat 16 Jan Let’s Make it Great! ................................................................................ Sun 17 Jan Alﬁe............................................................................................................. Sat 23 Jan Hollywood and Vegas Showcase .......................................................... Sun 24 Jan Los Guapos present: Viva Los Guapos (Sprout).............................. Thurs 28 Jan Ludwig String Trio and Bengt Forsberg (Music in the Round) ............Fri 29 Jan King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys ....................................................... Sat 30 Jan Lady in the Dark ........................................................................Thurs 4 – Sat 6 Feb Fairport Convention Full Electric Winter Tour ...................................Wed 10 Feb The Colour of Nonsense .......................................................Thurs 11 & Fri 12 Feb The Big ENORMOUS Present ...............................................................Tues 16 Feb White Meat (Sprout) ............................................................................ Thurs 18 Feb Moby Dick ............................................................................Tues 23 & Wed 24 Feb Little Shop of Horrors ..........................................................Thurs 25 – Sat 27 Feb Sports Unlimited Dance Off ..................................................................Mon 1 Mar Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat & Eschara ............................................... Tues 2 Mar Gig .............................................................................................................Wed 3 Mar Fascinating Aida .................................................................................... Thurs 4 Mar Red Priest (Music in the Round) ................................................................Fri 5 Mar The Boy Friend with Ken Russell.............................................................. Sat 6 Mar Crazy for You......................................................................... Wed 10 – Sat 13 Mar Oshima and the Big Sea .......................................................................Sun 14 Mar Man for all Seasons ............................................................. Wed 17 – Sat 20 Mar The Hot Dots ..........................................................................................Tues 23 Mar Orpheus Down Under ............................................................................Sat 27 Mar Taking Time ..............................................................................................Sat 27 Mar Living Memories ................................................................................... Mon 29 Mar Forever in Your Debt ............................................................................ Wed 31 Mar How the Koala Learnt to Hug .................................................................. Sat 3 Apr The Tiger Lillies .............................................................................................Fri 9 Apr The Hairy Bikers’ Big Night Out ............................................................Sat 10 Apr High School Hits .................................................................................... Mon 12 Apr The Jalwa Factor.....................................................................................Tues 13 Apr The Royal Marines Young Musician of the Year ............................... Wed 14 Apr The 3rd Annual Portsmouth Youth Variety Show ................................. Fri 16 Apr To Have and To Honk ..............................................................................Sat 17 Apr Huw Olesker and the Pompey Pluckers (Sprout) ...............................Tues 27 Apr Hardeep Singh Kohli – The Nearly Naked Chef..............................Thurs 29 Apr The Caretaker ............................................................................................Sat 1 May Dave Pearson Big Band Orchestra........................................................Sun 2 May 5 Soldiers – The Body is the Frontline ................................................. Wed 5 May Lucy Porter – Fool’s Gold .....................................................................Thurs 6 May Doric String Quartet (Music in the Round) ............................................ Fri 7 May Love Indeed ...........................................................................................Wed 12 May The University of Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra & Big Band ... Sat 15 May The Gruffalo ....................................................................... Tues 18 & Wed 19 May Candoco Dance Company 2010 ..................................................... Thurs 20 May Jaleo Flamenco .....................................................................................Wed 26 May Delicious Soundbites (Sprout) .......................................................... Thurs 27 May Ebéne Quartet (Music in the Round) ....................................................Fri 28 May Paul Jones, Digby Fairweather & his Half-Dozen.............................. Sat 29 May For all workshops see pages 30 & 31 Book online at :: www.newtheatreroyal.com

Book now for the summer… Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour presents

The Comedy of Errors Thurs 17–Sun 20 June Thurs at 7.30pm, Fri at 1.30pm & 7.30pm, Sat at 7.30pm and Sun at 3pm Open-air at Portsmouth City Museum Gardens Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour return to Portsmouth for the third year running Performed on an Elizabethan-inspired stage, fast, furious and extremely funny, eight talented actors reinvent renaissance touring theatre for the 21st century with Shakespeare’s greatest farce. 2009 winner of the Guide Award for Best Professional Production for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tickets £15 (£10 concessions) www.shakespeares-globe.org

Ensemble

360

Fri 2 July 1.30pm & 7.30pm Two great concerts in one day from the critically acclaimed Ensemble 360. 1.30pm – The Lion Who Wanted to Love concert for children and the young at heart (£10, £7.50 concessions) 7.30pm – a programme of superb, unjustly neglected works including Schumann’s Piano Quintet. Tickets £13.50 (£11 concessions) 20% off if book for whole MITR season www.musicintheround.co.uk

Contact: New Theatre Royal, 20-24 Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, PO1 2DD Box Ofﬁce: 023 9264 9000