Autumn/Winter 2010

AUTUMN/WINTER 2010/11 7 SEPTEMBER – 5 FEBRUARY

The New Wolsey Theatre presents

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WELCOME SPINE TINGLING PLAYS, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AERIAL AND MUSIC THEATRE, COMEDY CONFECTIONS WITH SOME OF THE FINEST COMICS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND EVEN A NEW ADVENTURE FOR ALICE IN WONDERLAND, THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS SEASON.

COME AND CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF LIPSERVICE LUNACY.

Yes, it’s hard to believe from their youthful good looks and physical elasticity, that the ladies of LipService have been performing together for a quarter of a century, (well they started incredibly young, four years old apparently).

To mark this momentous occasion, they present a comedy confection of the best bits of LipService - from Withering Looks, Women on the Verger, Very Little Women, King Arthur and the Knights of the Occasional Table, film clips from B-Road Movie and Horror for Wimps and even some very early stand up, who remembers Girls in Orbit, or Mavis the period from their first cabaret show, Coming on Late?

With a programme packed full of theatrical delights, it’s hard to pick just a few highlights, but here are some shows you do not want to miss...

Get your handbags, parasols and button holes ready for an evening with the hilarious and timeless comedy classic

by Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest.

This promises to be the LipService Silver Jubilee event of the year.

Walk the red carpet for the world premiére of Reasons to be Cheerful, a show guaranteed to have you stomping your feet to the sounds of Ian Drury and the Blockheads.

“Sublimely silly and screamingly funny” The Independent

Join Strictly Come Dancing’s Craig Revel Horwood when he returns to Ipswich to direct winner of Best Musical Spend, Spend, Spend !

Performance: Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 September at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £19.50

Ockham’s Razor present

THE MILL

Celebrate the festive period with our very own giant size rock ‘n’ roll panto, Jack and the Beanstalk. Book early to avoid disappointment, and remember it’s not just for the little people in our lives... the big kid in all of us will enjoy the show.

Directed by Toby Sedgwick (Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer for the National Theatre production War Horse).

Dramaturg by Rufus Norris (Evening Standard Award for best Director).

We hope you enjoy seeing this Autumn programme as much as we have enjoyed putting it together.

Ockham’s Razor, the critically acclaimed aerial theatre company who specialise in creating physical theatre on new pieces of aerial equipment, return with their new show The Mill.

This brochure is available in large print and audio formats.

Please call the Box Office on 01473 295 900 or visit www.wolseytheatre.co.uk The New Wolsey Team.

The New Wolsey Theatre gratefully acknowledges the continuing support of The Wolsey Theatre Club.

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Experience the sweat, grind and grit of physical work in a wheel of wood and steel which is powered by the five performers and suspended in the air. In The Mill a seemingly small decision or action can gather momentum and impetus beyond your control, snowballing until you find yourself running like mad to power the treadmill whilst someone else is riding it like a ferris wheel. “aerial artistry and theatrical flair” The Times

Performance: Friday 10 September at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £14.50

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Commonwealth Arts present

CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL EXTRAVAGANZA

IF THAT’S ALL THERE IS A couple are teetering on the brink of marriage. As the happiest day of their lives approaches, the panic begins to rise. And everyone’s watching.

Produced by Sonny Blacks Musical direction by Shawn Marcellin

Through the eyes of a jaded therapist and an awkward teenage girl we witness a case study of longing, envy, disappointment and violent urges, examining our obsession with seeking fulfilment at any cost.

The spirit and essence of Trinidad’s Carnival is captured in this lavish and spectacular production. The overwhelming enthusiasm and excitement of this World famous art of street theatre comes to the New Wolsey.

Dazzling outfits and up-tempo music captures the colour and excitement of Trinidad’s Carnival in this outstanding presentation.

The show features the exotic and sensual carnival dancers with extravagant costumes created by Wayne Berkeley, the Carnival’s world renowned designer, African drummers, outstanding vocalists, the Trinidad Steel Band and with an outstanding cast of 36 performers starring Calypso Rose the Calypso Queen of the World.

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Inspector Sands presents

For anyone who’s ever wanted to stand on a windswept plain, howling for lost love.

Performance: Saturday 11 September at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £22.50

The Duke’s Headliners Comedy Club

MC JAMES REDMOND Actor, Model and now Comedian, James is famous

for his roles in Casualty (BBC) and Hollyoaks (C4) and now comperes regularly across London. “a dry, slick and subtle stand up who delivers unexpected twists and turns” Comedy Scene

SIMON MUNNERY A former Perrier Nominee, Simon is one of the finest

Inspired by the Peggy Lee song, ‘Is That All There Is?’, this is the latest show from Inspector Sands (“a young company with a big talent”, The Times), recent winners of the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize 2009. Their award-winning hit debut Hysteria has toured extensively around the UK and internationally.

Performances: Tuesday 14 to Saturday 18 September at 7.45pm Tickets: £12.50 Early Bird Offer: First 50 £8.50 Post-show Talk: Thursday 16 September Commissioned by the Lyric Hammersmith.

Co-developed at South Street, Reading and the Nightingale Theatre, Brighton.

Supported by Alleyn’s School.

“The terrific thing about this show is that it works on many levels and always underpins the comedy with real emotion. Brilliant, slippery. Deliciously sharp and witty.” The Guardian “The excellent Inspector Sands. A wickedly funny and well-honed piece in which situation comedy veers from everyday banality to surreal imaginings.” The Herald “Distinctly classy.” The Scotsman

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Comics on the circuit today. “One of the most original and talented comics in the country” The Observer

HENNING WEHN Henning Wehn is self-proclaimed GERMAN AMBASSADOR

OF COMEDY and has gigged all over the world to huge acclaim. “Who said Germans have no sense of humour? Gloriously unreconstructed comedy” The Guardian

VIKKI STONE Multi-talented Vikki is an Actor/Comedienne and Musician who is a Finalist of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2008. “a delicacy and comic depth in her performance that the others don’t quite reach” Time Out

Performance: Sunday 12 September at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £14.50 The Duke’s Headliners Comedy Club of Putney is London’s fastest growing club showcasing some of the finest comics from around the world. For details visit www.dukesheadliners.com

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The New Wolsey Theatre presents OSCAR WILDE’S HILARIOUS AND TIMELESS COMEDY MASTERPIECE

Written by Oscar Wilde Directed by Ellie Jones

IGNORANCE IS LIKE A DELICATE EXOTIC FRUIT; TOUCH IT AND THE BLOOM IS GONE Two young gentlemen living in 1890’s England, Jack and Algernon, have been leading dual lives by both taking on the name Ernest in order to win the hearts of their respective loves, Gwendolen and Cecily.

Jack lives in the country where he is guardian to Cecily Cardew, but whenever he slips away to London he is known only as Ernest and is passionately in love with Algeron’s cousin Gwendolen Fairfax. Algernon, also known as Ernest, travels to the country and falls deeply in love with Cecily. It is here at the country manor that their deceptions are discovered and things start to go awry...

All will be revealed in this classic comedy of manners with handbags, parasols and button-holes.

“I’ve now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.”

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Performances: Friday 17 September to Saturday 9 October at 7.45pm Matinées: Wednesday 22, Saturday 25, Wednesday 29 September, Saturday 2, Wednesday 6 and Saturday 9 October at 2.30pm Tickets: £8.50 to £22.50 Matinée Flat Rate: £8.50

Early Run 2 for 1: Friday 17 to Tuesday 21 September at 7.45pm Post Show Talk: Thursday 30 September

Captioned Performance: Thursday 7 October at 7.45pm

Audio Described Performance: Saturday 9 October at 2.30pm See Page 23 for more information

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Written by Deborah McAndrew Directed by Robert Marsden

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

Setting the record straight?

By Paul Sirett

Critics of Shakespeare’s wholesale defamation of the fiery Macbeth beware! Now, at last, is a new play, based on new facts about the life of the much maligned Scottish king.

Deborah McAndrew’s King Macbeth paints a compelling portrait of a gifted and charismatic young man, blown by the winds of birth, grief and love to the brink of power.

Using a haunting blend of music, prose and verse, McAndrew discovers passion, violence and surprising tenderness in 11th Century Scotland.

The reputation of a great man is restored... or is it?

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UK Arts International and Afrovibes present

VIA VOLCANO

New Wolsey Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East and Graeae present

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KING MACBETH

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Performances: Monday 27 September at 1.30pm and 7pm Tuesday 28 September at 10.30am and 1.30pm Post-show Talk: Monday 27 September (7pm) Post-show workshops available Tickets: £12.50 Early Bird Offer: First 50 £8.50

It’s 1979, Ian Dury and the Blockhead’s new single Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3) is climbing the charts. Vinnie and his mates are big Ian Dury fans and they’re desperate for tickets to see him at the Hammersmith Odeon, but the gig’s sold out. Vinnie will do anything to see the Blockheads, but life is complicated.

When the chance of going to the gig falls into his lap, Vinnie‘s pilgrimage from Southend to Hammersmith turns into the most extraordinary journey of his life.

Set during a time of political change and social upheaval, the show includes some of Dury’s best loved songs (What a Waste, Sweet Gene Vincent, Clever Trevor, Reasons to be Cheerful) played live by an astonishingly versatile company of actor-musicians. This is a show with all the wit, cheek and rascally defiance of Dury himself.

Directed by Benji Reid Via Volcano is a new breed of dancers from Kagiso Township, South Africa who add modern twists to the traditional township dance of Pantsula - a fusion of breaking and hip hop with tap.

The crew’s style of dress - with baggy trousers and Converse trainers - has become their trademark and since forming in 1994, Pantsula Via Volcano has scooped various first prizes throughout South Africa including FNB Dance Umbrella, Johannesburg and the Rustenburg dance competition. Via Volcano is touring throughout the UK as part of a festival of South African work called Afrovibes.

Performance: Sunday 17 October at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £14.50 Post-show Talk: Sunday 17 October

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Performances: Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 October at 7.45pm Matinée: Saturday 16 October at 2.30pm Tickets: £8.50 to £14.50 Matinée Flat Rate: £8.50 Post-show Talk: Friday 15 October

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A SEGUE production co-produced with Watford Palace Theatre and the New Wolsey Theatre and co-commissioned by ROH2 at the Royal Opera House

SONGS FROM A HOTEL BEDROOM

Written and Directed by Kate Flatt and Peter Rowe Music by Kurt Weill Musical Arrangements James Holmes It is 1949 and in the stylish and sophisticated atmosphere of post-war New York, Angélique is in a hotel room reflecting upon her brief but passionate love affair with songwriter Dan. Reliving the memories of their liaison, she reflects upon how her life has changed through the highs and lows, their joys, ambitions, travels and separation.

Performances: Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 October at 7.45pm Matinée: Wednesday 20 October at 2.30pm Tickets: £8.50 to £22.50 Matinée Flat Rate: £8.50 Post-show Talk: Thursday 21 October www.segue.org.uk

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The New Wolsey Youth Theatre presents

WONDERLAND & SONS Based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

By Lewis Carroll Follow a very modern Alice down a forgotten alleyway, and through the dusty old door of Wonderland & Sons – purveyors of mystery, amazement and surprises.

In this strange world with even stranger characters Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute, but is Alice’s adventure real or is it all just a dream?

The New Wolsey Senior Youth Theatre brings their energy and imagination to Lewis Carroll’s classic tale of adventure and discovery.

Performances: Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 October at 7.45pm Tickets: £7/£5 (concs)

This exciting new piece of music theatre unfolds through the bittersweet love songs of Kurt Weill’s American repertoire (including September Song, Speak Low and I’m A Stranger Here Myself) and the sensuous mischief of tango dance.

With Frances Ruffelle as Angélique, Nigel Richards as Dan and dancers Amir Giles and Tara Pilbrow.

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MC RICH WILSON “He’s a very very funny man” Frank Skinner TIFFANY STEVENSON “Had me and the rest of the audience in stitches” What’s On Stage MATT GREEN “Green is a stand-up audience’s dream... an explosion of comedy that left everyone in stitches” Three Weeks NATHAN CATON “Caton’s a slick performer with an unbeatable stage attitude.” Chortle

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Performance: Monday 25 October at 7.45pm Tickets: £6.50/£5.50 with an Explore card in association with suffolkonboard.com

The Duke’s Headliners Comedy Club of Putney is London’s fastest growing club showcasing some of the finest comics from around the world. For details visit www.dukesheadliners.com

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Gecko has created an intoxicating world where a man’s thoughts and dreams spill out into everyday life.

In a futile government department reminiscent of Chaplin’s Modern Times - Akakki falls in love with the beautiful Natalia.

His feelings for her are not returned; this drives him to be the best and win the ultimate office prize - The Overcoat revered by all as a symbol of success. But how far is Akakki willing to go? And at what cost?

makin projects in association with Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre present Roger Llewellyn in Performances: Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 October at 7.45pm Matinée: Saturday 30 October at 2.30pm Matinée Flat Rate: £8.50 Tickets: £8.50 to £14.50 Post-show Talk: Thursday 28 October

A fantasy based upon a fiction, finds Conan Doyle tiring of his intolerably arrogant Sherlock Holmes, and inventing the malevolent Moriarty, to dispose of him. But Doyle’s dangerous strategy, combined with his passion for raising the spirits of the dead, has rather more surreal and dramatic consequences than he bargains for!

Performance: Sunday 31 October at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £14.50

From the producers of the West End smash hit, Into the Hoods Spears Productions Limited and Giddy Ox present

THE REBEL CELL

This award winning company blends bold physicality with beautiful images, evocative music and dramatic story-telling. Gecko takes you on an extraordinary emotional journey in this hugely inventive fantasy.

A highly irreverent political comedy, this thrilling rap drama is a night of vivacious fun, dextrous word-smithery and awe-inspiring eloquence.

‘Hauntingly and recklessly brilliant’’ Sunday Times

The year is 2015. England has adopted new anti-terrorism laws that dispense with the last of their civil liberties. Dizraeli, the leader of the popular revolution, has been arrested and faces terrorism charges.

Baba Brinkman is the journalist assigned to interview the prisoner and get to the bottom of his dissident politics. Welcome to the Rebel Cell, a lyrical battle of wits and world views.

‘Office politics has rarely had such a beautifully madcap re-enactment’ Metro ‘Dazzlingly inventive’ Guardian

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A Gecko and Lyric Hammersmith Production in association with the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

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In this wryly humorous tale of murder, mystery and the occult... the world’s greatest detective refuses to leave the stage!

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Gecko has used Gogol’s story as a germ to infect and inspire this piece which has evolved and cultured over two years whilst touring to Brazil, Columbia, South Korea, Israel and China.

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THE DEATH AND LIFE

After his international success in Sherlock Holmes... the last act! Roger Llewellyn returns in this spine tingling new play.

Get the coat, get the girl, change the world!

Supported by The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

SHERLOCK HOLMES...

Winner of Musical Theatre Matters Award and Spirit of the Fringe Award.

Critics Choice Award – The List, Critics Choice Award – The Dubliner ‘Plenty of fun... a thrilling rap drama’ The Guardian ‘Hard to beat... the magnificent performances of the two rappers and their DJ’ – British Theatre Guide

Performances: Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 November at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £14.50

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The inexhaustible Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company who brought us The Enormous Turnip last Christmas are back with an ingenious re-telling of the famous children’s story.

3 Little Pigs is a real treat for everyone aged between 2 and 7. and sure, there is a wolf in it, but he’s not that scary –

honest!

Times are hard in the rustic Suffolk village of Much-Piddling-in-the-Marsh.

The Giant Blunderbore stalks the land and his slimy sidekick Fleshcreep is forcing Squire Snuffbox to kick Dame Dolly Durden off the family farm. But when Jack sells dear old Bessie the cow for a handful of magic beans, the family fortunes start to look up. Will Fairy Aubergine defeat the evil Fleshcreep? Will Jack beat the Giant and marry his sweetheart Jill? Will Dame Dolly get up the beanstalk in that extraordinary outfit?

With Hit The Road Jack, Reach Out, I’ll Be There, You To Me Are Everything, Sweetest Feeling and many more hit songs, brought to you live by our multi-talented cast of actor-musicians it can only be the famous New Wolsey Theatre rock ‘n’ roll pantomime – this year it’s GIANT SIZE.

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Collective Artistes presents

THE MEETING

BEHIND THE ICONS, ARE THE MEN

By Jeff Stetson Directed by Chuck Mike Behind the myths, are the human struggles that change the course of history.

It’s Valentine’s Day in Harlem, 1965. Malcolm X has returned from the UK to an America seething with violence and hatred.

His house has been fire-bombed and in one week’s time, he will be assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom.

But tonight, separated from his family and with a death warrant on his head, he will risk the scorn of his followers to meet with the iconic leader whose philosophy he has so fiercely opposed: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Taking place just days after Malcolm X’s electrifying visit to England, this highly imagined encounter captures the individual humanity, political maturity and enduring integrity of two men who would ultimately give their lives for freedom.

The Meeting is a theatrical event that challenges the state of equality in Britain, from the civil rights era to the present day.

Join in with an interactive exhibition and post show forum, and play your part in the debate about creating greater equality in Britain today.

Performances: Thursday 4 and Friday 5 November at 7.45pm Matinée: Friday 5 November at 1.30pm Tickets: £8.50 to £14.50 Matinée Flat Rate: £8.50 An African history month event

OUR TOWN

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By Thornton Wilder ‘This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our dying’.

Finding the theatre of the 1920s lacking in bite and conviction, Thornton Wilder set out to introduce realism and celebrate simplicity.

Our Town stirs the imagination and the senses and leaves you deeply moved. The New Wolsey Young Company is a vibrant group of young adults aged 16 – 25 who meet regularly to develop their skills and experience as theatre makers.

Venue: The New Wolsey Studio, St Georges Street Performances: Tuesday 2 to Saturday 6 November at 7.45pm Tickets: £7/£5 (concs)

THE YORUBA WOMEN CHOIR Gospel is the biggest music in Africa and one of the biggest choirs of them all is the mighty Yoruba Women Choir founded by singer and leader Funmi Olawumi in 2006. Funmi Olawumi leads the captivating and extremely communicative choir featuring 10 female singers and six piece skin-tight band lead by guitarist Kunle Olasoju to present a show that is bursting with intense passion.

This is the music that inspires the mind and uplifts the soul. The choir have married the intricate rhythms and harmonies of their native Nigerian musical traditions to the sounds and sentiments of Christian gospel music. The result is a musical and spiritual alchemy that has touched a worldwide audience representing every corner of the religious, cultural and ethnic landscape.

An African history month event Performance: Saturday 6 November at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £22.50

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The Watermill Theatre presents

SPEND SPEND SPEND! Music by Steve Brown Book and Lyrics by Steve Brown and Justin Greene From the book by Viv Nicholson and Stephen Smith Directed by Craig Revel Horwood Combine the team who brought us Hot Mikado, with the composer who wrote the music for It’s A Wonderful Life (both last Autumn) and you get Spend, Spend, Spend!

Stylish, classy and a major force in music theatre, it’s not surprising that Craig Revel Horwood (Strictly Come Dancing) and Sarah Travis’ music theatre production of Spend Spend Spend! won Best Musical last year for The Watermill.

Described as a cross between Billy Elliot and Blood Brothers, it follows the rags to riches to rags story of Viv Nicholson a coal miner’s wife from Castleford, who won £152,319 on the pools in 1961, at that time the biggest sum ever won.

The amazingly talented 12 strong cast act, sing, dance and play all the music, creating a truly extraordinary theatrical event not to be missed.

‘Another terrific revival from The Watermill’ The Guardian ‘a belter, bursting with energy, appetite and coarse humour.’

The Times

Performances: Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 November at 7.45pm Matinées: Wednesday 10 and Saturday 13 November at 2.30pm Tickets: £8.50 to £22.50 Matinée Flat Rate: £8.50

Groups 10+ Flat Rate: £8.50 (Tuesday 16 November only)

Audio Described performance Saturday 13 November at 2.30pm See page 23 for information Post-show Talk: Thursday 11 November

THE MAGNETS SIX GUYS, SIX VOICES, NO COMPROMISE...

The Magnets are the UK’s top professional a cappella group. Their music fuses glorious vocal harmonies with jaw dropping beatboxing to create a sound as rich as any band with instruments...all from the mouth alone.

Featured on The Scott Mills Show on Radio One.

Performance: Sunday 7 November at 7.45pm Tickets: £8.50 to £22.50

Written by Alan Bennett Starring Simon Ward and Susan Penhaligon An epic play about the ties that bind us together as family, as a society and as a nation.

The year is 1786. George III is King. King of England. He has a loving wife, a nation of subjects, a loyal parliament, and the world kneels at his feet... But he’s a little odd.

The King’s behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic, and word has it he’s addressed an oak tree as the King of Prussia! Doctors are called in, parliament falters, and the Prince Regent manoeuvres himself into power.

From the hand of national treasure Alan Bennett, author of The History Boys and Talking Heads, The Madness of George III is a brilliant exploration of duty and kingship.

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Performances: Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 November at 7.45pm Matinée: Wednesday 17 and Saturday 20 November at 2.30pm Tickets: £8.50 to £22.50 Matinée Flat Rate: £8.50 Groups 10+ Flat Rate: £8.50 (Tuesday 16 November only) Post-show Talk: Thursday 18 November

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Snails TALES presents

A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME

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Be the first to hear the next generation of fairy tales!

In A Little Bird Told Me, wizards, witches and magical animals join boys and girls on crazy quests and wacky adventures. Each of the five short stories has been created by children and adapted by storytellers to include puppetry, live music, magic, and plenty of audience participation!

This insight into the world of the modern child’s imagination – from helpful gazelles to dragon poo – is a treat for the whole family.

Recommended for ages 3+ Running time: 60 mins A Thousand Cranes and artsdepot present

THE PAPER WASHI WISH Rabbit lives on the moon with the Moon Goddess, and he’s invited all of his friends to his birthday paper party. They play a game of hide and seek... but suddenly, Rabbit is nowhere to be found! Join Rabbit’s friends on an exciting adventure to find him, as they travel into a magical paper world full of surprises.

The Paper Washi Wish is a unique theatrical experience, featuring traditional Japanese storytelling, Kamishibai. A charming, vibrant show for younger audiences, complete with a hands-on papermaking experience.

Recommended for ages 3+ Running time: 50 mins The New Wolsey Theatre presents

STORYMAKER

If you are aged 3 to 6 and want to listen to amazing adventures, tremendous tales or silly stories why not leave Mum and Dad in our Café Bar and join an actor from The New Wolsey Theatre for a 30 minute story where truly anything can happen!

Performances: Saturday 18 September, Saturday 2 & 16 October, Saturday 6 & 20 November Ages: 3 to 6 at 11am and 12 Noon Tickets: Donations after the show

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Peut Etre presents

THE BUG AND THE BUTTERFLY Go outside. Look under a leaf. Turn over a log. Part the grass and look very very carefully. What do you see? In a world where a dew drop is the size of a swimming pool and a flower is as tall as a skyscraper, an insect falls in love with a beautiful butterfly. A heart-warming story in miniature about love, friendship, reaching for the moon and dancing leaf to leaf, inspired by the poems of Federico García Lorca.

Recommended for ages 4+ Running time: 50 mins

Performances: Saturday 9 October at 11am and 2pm Tickets: £6.50

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Tell Tale Hearts presents

FROM HERE, TO THERE A show that’s all about ‘building’ bridges! A smile is a bridge from ear to ear! A show that’s full of the joy of building and knocking down, climbing over and crawling under, of hiding, of surprising and peek-aboo! A show to make you smile! Using gentle percussive music, objects and the world of the imagination, two people discover ways to find and reach each other.

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Performances; Saturday 23 October at 11am, 1.30pm and 3pm Tickets: £6.50

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CREATIVE LEARNING TEAM: T. 01473 295 930 E. creativelearning@wolseytheatre.co.uk

Captioned Performances for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing patrons

INDUSTRY DAYS “A fantastic day for all involved! The students were

Where: New Wolsey Theatre/Studio Participants: KS1/2/3/4 and Post 16 How Long: 2 Hours How Much: £100 + Vat Group Size: 10 - 25

HAKESPEARE ”Original, creative and amazing fun. Children were S totally enthused and made exceptional progress during the workshops.”

Alex Gwynne, St Mary’s Primary School, Woodbridge.Discover what motivates the central characters, analyse the key scenes and give participants the opportunity to stage their own version of the story. This popular workshop uses the language and energy of the play to engage students with Shakespeare on their own terms.

Where: School Hall/Drama Studio Participants: KS1/2/3/4 and Post 16 How Long: Lesson Length How Much: £100 + Vat Group Size: 10 - 25

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK WORKSHOP “A big thank you for

RAISING ASPIRATIONS “It was quite amazing to see the most

British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted performances for Deaf and patrons who use BSL

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“ I lost all my hearing 26 years ago and decided to learn sign language. So with full access via the interpreter I am very happy. Thank you for providing such a wonderful service.” Jeanette Wright, Colchester

ACCESSIBLE DATE/TIME PERFORMANCES The Importance of Being Earnest Thurs 7 Oct at 7.45pm

disruptive and challenging students all together in one place (normally a daunting thought) participating eagerly”. Tara Palling, Behavioural Support Manager, Sudbury Upper This 6 week programme leads students through a series of milestones designed to re-connect them with their educational journey. Using a series of creative exercises students will discover their passion, share their skills, and most importantly begin to recognise their potential as learners.

Where: Classroom/Drama Studio Participants: KS3/4 and Post 16 How Long: Lesson Length How Much: £425 + Vat Group Size: 6 - 8

“The AD (Audio Description) was brilliant, giving enough commentary to keep up with the plot, but not becoming so constant that it became hard to follow what was happening on stage. The opportunity to participate in the touch tour was really helpful” Piers Nummelin & Oyster, Bury St Edmunds

coming to work with our year 8’s. Pupils and staff alike thoroughly enjoyed the workshops and took a lot from it.” Andrea Glover, Stoke-by-Nayland Middle School. Times are hard in the tiny village of Much-Piddling-inthe-Marsh, there’s a giant around and Jack’s sold Bessie the cow for just a handful of beans! This practical storytelling workshop is a perfect Christmas treat for a group before or after they’ve seen the show.

Where: School Hall/Drama Studio Participants: KS1/2 How Long: Lesson Length How Much: £100 + Vat Group Size: 10 - 25

“ I started to lose my hearing as a teenager, so for nearly 50 years I have been unable to enjoy the theatre. The invention of captions is so exciting, making live theatre available to the deaf and hard of hearing.” Dianne Miller, Hadleigh

Audio Described Performances and pre-show Touch Tours for Blind and partially sighted patrons

Photos: Mike Kwasniak

given a broad experience of the theatre and the range of departments and activities that go with the establishment - it was excellent.” Sally Robinson, Diploma Lead - Suffolk One. Industry Days are a brilliant way to introduce a group of students to the theatre industry and theatre professionals.

These half day workshops include a backstage tour of the theatre, a practical workshop and an opportunity to meet the team.

Sat 9 Oct at 2.30pm

Reasons to be Cheerful

Thurs 14 to

Sat 16 Oct at 7.45pm

Spend, Spend, Spend!

Sat 13 Nov at 2.30pm

Jack and the Beanstalk

Fri 7 Jan at 7.30pm

Sat 8 Jan at 2.30pm

Sat 15 Jan at 2.30pm

Touch tours are available one hour before Audio Described performances and should be booked via the Box Office in advance.

AUTUMN/WINTER 7 SEPTEMBER – 5 FEBRUARY

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For more information on Accessible Performances: Visit: www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/access or pick up our seasonal access publication or Access-ability Express or audio CD. To request a copy or join the access mailing list please call the Box Office on 01473 295 900.

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TICKETS

01473 295 900

www.wolseytheatre.co.uk

SEATING PLAN

DISCOUNTS & CONCESSIONS UP TO 20 NOVEMBER Only one discount or concession can be applied to each ticket. Some discounts might not be available online and they all exclude Band C and flat rate performances (where all tickets are the same price). But don’t worry; we will always work out the best option for you.

CONCESSIONARY PRICES £3 OFF Over 60s (Mon-Thurs only), under 16s, full-time students, disabled people and those on unemployment benefits. In some instances, we may require proof of your concession when you visit. If you have a disabled concession and require a companion to assist in your visit, their ticket is now at the discounted rate of £8.50.

PREMIUM BAND A BAND B

STAGE

BAND C

Lip Service Greatest Hits, Caribbean Carnival Extravaganza, The Importance of Being Earnest, Songs From A Hotel Bedroom, Yoruba Women Choir, The Magnets, Spend Spend Spend!, The Madness of George III:

PREMIUM

BAND A

BAND B

BAND C

Mon - Thurs Fri - Sun Matinées

£19.50 £22.50 All tickets:

£17.50 £19.50 £8.50

£13.50 £15.50

£8.50 £8.50

The Mill, Duke’s Headliners Comedy Night, Via Volcano, The Overcoat, The Rebel Cell, Sherlock Holmes, The Meeting, Reasons To Be Cheerful:

PREMIUM

BAND A

BAND B

BAND C

Mon - Thurs Matinées

£14.50 All tickets:

£12.50 £8.50

£10.50

£8.50

Under 18 Comedy and Studio Children’s Shows: All tickets £6.50 If That’s All There Is, King Macbeth: £12.50 (First 50 tickets £8.50) Wonderland & Sons, Our Town: £7/£5 (concs) Please note: Premium Band is subject to change

GROUP DISCOUNTS Discount applies to full price tickets only: GROUPS OF 10+: £3 off GROUPS OF 25+: £4 off GROUPS OF 50+: £5 off and a free ticket for the organiser for all their hard work! When you book 10+ tickets your details will be added to our group database to provide you with advance information to help forward-planning.

SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND YOUTH GROUPS £8.50 per ticket for everyone in the group (yes, teachers included). We will offer one complimentary ticket to a supervising adult(s) with every ten students and find the best seats for you too.

Under 26: If we’ve got tickets left on the day they are yours for a fiver - give us a call or go online to check availability.

FOR TICKETS...

Book online at: www.wolseytheatre.co.uk Pick your own seats (at The New Wolsey Theatre only) and book 24 hours a day.

Call us on: 01473 295 900 - if we’re busy, leave us a message and we’ll call you back on the same day.

To make a group enquiry/booking (10+) please call: 01473 295 902 Come and see us. We are open 10.00am - 8.00pm. We close at 6pm when there is no performance and on Sundays and Bank Holidays we’ll be open 2 hours before the performance.

ADDRESS: Civic Drive Ipswich / IP1 2AS EMAIL: tickets@wolseytheatre.co.uk groups@wolseytheatre.co.uk

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

Performance Schedule

PREMIUM

BAND A

BAND B

BAND C

Off Peak £19.50 Peak £22.50 Late Night Special All tickets:

£16.50 £19.50 £19.50

£12.50 £15.50

£8.50 £8.50

School Matinées All tickets: £8.50

Public sale: ROWS A – C ONLY This year there are DOUBLE the number of £8.50 seats available BOOK EARLY to secure these bargain seats in ROWS A & B.

DISCOUNTS & CONCESSIONS £3 OFF Over 60s (Off-Peak only), under 16s, full-time students, disabled people and those receiving unemployment benefits.

Proof of eligibility may be required.

Assisting companion tickets: £8.50.

GROUP RATES AVAILABLE FOR ALL OFF-PEAK PERFORMANCES Discount applies to full price tickets only: GROUPS OF 10+: £1.50 off per full price ticket GROUPS OF 25+: £2 off per full price ticket GROUPS OF 50+: £3 off per full price ticket SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND YOUTH GROUPS All school matinée tickets are £8.50 (yes, teachers included!) plus one free supervising adult ticket for every ten child/student tickets booked. This rate is also available for 7.30pm performances on 2, 3 and 6 December.

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES

Captioned Performance: Friday 7 January at 7.30pm

British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted Performance Saturday 8 Jan at 2.30pm

Audio Described Performance: Saturday 15 Jan at 2.30pm

Terms and conditions apply. Discounts and concessions above and opposite exclude lowest price band and flat rate performances.

Only one discount or concession applies per ticket and some discounts and concessions are not available when booking online – please call the Box Office if you are unsure. Please note that this production may contain special effects including strobe lighting.

Call the Box Office for information.

SCHOOL MATINÉE

THURS 2 DEC 7.30pm Off-Peak FRI 3 DEC 7.30pm Off-Peak SAT 4 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Off-Peak MON 6 DEC 7.30pm Off-Peak TUES 7 DEC 1.30pm 7.30pm Off-Peak WED 8 DEC 7.30pm Off-Peak THURS 9 DEC 1.30pm 7.30pm Peak FRI 10 DEC 7.30pm Peak SAT 11 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak MON 13 DEC 7.30pm Off-Peak TUES 14 DEC 1.30pm 7.30pm Off-Peak WED 15 DEC 7.30pm Off-Peak THU 16 DEC 7.30pm Peak

10.30pm Late Night FRI 17 DEC 7.30pm Peak SAT 18 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak MON 20 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak TUES 21 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak WED 22 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak THURS 23 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak FRI 24 DEC 10.30am, 2.30pm Peak MON 27 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak TUES 28 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak WED 29 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak THURS 30 DEC 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak FRI 31 DEC 10.30am, 2.30pm Peak MON 3 JAN 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak TUES 4 JAN 7.30pm Off-Peak WED 5 JAN 7.30pm Off-Peak THURS 6 JAN 1.30pm 7.30pm Peak FRI 7 JAN 7.30pm Peak SAT 8 JAN 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak TUES 11 JAN 7.30pm Off-Peak WED 12 JAN 1.30pm 7.30pm Off-Peak THURS 13 JAN 1.30pm 7.30pm Peak FRI 14 JAN 7.30pm Peak SAT 15 JAN 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak MON 17 JAN 7.30pm Off-Peak TUES 18 JAN 1.30pm 7.30pm Off-Peak WED 19 JAN 7.30pm Off-Peak THURS 20 JAN 1.30pm 7.30pm Peak FRI 21 JAN 7.30pm Peak SAT 22 JAN 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak MON 24 JAN 7.30pm Off-Peak TUES 25 JAN 7.30pm Off-Peak WED 26 JAN 1.30pm 7.30pm Off-Peak THURS 27 JAN 7.30pm Peak FRI 28 JAN 7.30pm Peak SAT 29 JAN 2.30pm 7.30pm Peak TUE 1 FEB 7.30pm Off-Peak WED 2 FEB 1.30pm 7.30pm Off-Peak THURS 3 FEB 1.30pm 7.30pm Peak FRI 4 FEB 7.30pm Peak SAT 5 FEB 10TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS!

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TICKETS DATE Tue 7 Sep Wed 8 Sep Fri 10 Sep Sat 11 Sep

Sun 12 Sep Tue 14 Sep Wed 15 Sep Thu 16 Sep Fri 17 Sep

Sat 18 Sep

Mon 20 Sep Tue 21 Sep Wed 22 Sep Thu 23 Sep Fri 24 Sep Sat 25 Sep

Mon 27 Sep

Tue 28 Sep

Wed 29 Sep Thu 30 Sep Fri 1 Oct Sat 2 Oct

Mon 4 Oct Tue 5 Oct Wed 6 Oct Thu 7 Oct Fri 8 Oct Sat 9 Oct

Thu 14 Oct Fri 15 Oct Sat 16 Oct

Sun 17 Oct

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PERFORMANCE DAYTIME EVENING INFORMATION VENUE PAGE Lip Service Greatest Hits 7.45pm NWT 03 Lip Service Greatest Hits 7.45pm NWT 03 The Mill

7.45pm NWT 03 A Little Bird Told Me 11.00am & 2.00pm NWS 20 Caribbean Carnival Extravaganza

7.45pm NWT 04 Comedy Night

7.45pm NWT 04 If That’s All There Is

7.45pm NWS 05 If That’s All There Is

7.45pm NWS 05 If That’s All There Is

7.45pm Post-show Talk NWS 05 If That’s All There Is

7.45pm NWS 05 The Importance Of Being Earnest

7.45pm Early run 2 for 1 NWT 06 Storymaker 11.00am & 12 Noon NWT 20 The Importance Of Being Earnest

7.45pm Early run 2 for 1 NWT 06 If That’s All There Is

7.45pm NWS 05 The Importance Of Being Earnest

7.45pm Early run 2 for 1 NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest

7.45pm Early run 2 for 1 NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest 2.30pm 7.45pm NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest

7.45pm NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest

7.45pm NWT 06 The Paper Washi Wish 11.00am & 2.00pm NWS 20 The Importance Of Being Earnest 2.30pm 7.45pm NWT 06 King Macbeth 1.30pm 7.00pm Post-show Talk NWS 08 The Importance Of Being Earnest

7.45pm NWT 06 King Macbeth 10.30am & 1.30pm NWS 08 The Importance Of Being Earnest 7.45pm NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest 2.30pm 7.45pm NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest 7.45pm Post-show Talk NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest 7.45pm NWT 06 Storymaker 11.00am & 12 Noon NWT 20 The Importance Of Being Earnest 2.30pm 7.45pm NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest

7.45pm NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest 7.45pm NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest 2.30pm 7.45pm NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnes 7.45pm Captioned Dialogue NWT 06 The Importance Of Being Earnest 7.45pm NWT 06 The Bug and the Butterfly 11.00am & 2.00pm NWS 21 The Importance Of Being Earnest 2.30pm 7.45pm Audio Description NWT 06 Reasons To Be Cheerful 7.45pm NWT 09 Reasons To Be Cheerful 7.45pm NWT 09 Post-show Talk Storymaker 11.00am & 12 Noon NWT 20 Reasons To Be Cheerful 2.30pm 7.45pm NWT 09 Via Volcano

7.45pm Post-show Talk NWT 08

NWT = New Wolsey Theatre NWS = New Wolsey Studio (St Georges St, Approx 5 Mins Walk From The New Wolsey Theatre) = Early run 2 for 1 has LIMITED AVAILABILITY = Post-show Talk

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www.wolseytheatre.co.uk DATE PERFORMANCE DAYTIME EVENING INFORMATION Tue 19 Oct Wonderland and Sons 7.45pm Wed 20 Oct Songs From A Hotel Bedroom 2.30pm 7.45pm

Wonderland and Sons

7.45pm Thu 21 Oct Songs From A Hotel Bedroom

7.45pm Post-show Talk

Wonderland and Sons

7.45pm Fri 22 Oct Songs From A Hotel Bedroom

7.45pm

Wonderland and Sons

7.45pm Sat 23 Oct From Here, To There 11.00am, 1.30pm & 3.00pm

Songs From A Hotel Bedroom 7.45pm

Wonderland and Sons

7.45pm Mon 25 Oct Under 18 Comedy Night

7.45pm No adults allowed Thu 28 Oct The Overcoat

7.45pm Post-show Talk Fri 29 Oct The Overcoat

7.45pm Sat 30 Oct The Overcoat 2.30pm 7.45pm Sun 31 Oct Sherlock Holmes

7.45pm Tue 2 Nov The Rebel Cell

7.45pm

Our Town

7.45pm Wed 3 Nov The Rebel Cell

7.45pm

Our Town 7.45pm Thu 4 Nov The Meeting 7.45pm

Our Town 7.45pm Fri 5 Nov The Meeting 1.30pm 7.45pm

Our Town 7.45pm Sat 6 Nov Storymaker 11.00am & 12 Noon

Yoruba Women Choir 7.45pm

Our Town 7.45pm Sun 7 Nov The Magnets 7.45pm Tue 9 Nov Spend, Spend, Spend!

7.45pm Wed 10 Nov Spend, Spend, Spend!

2.30pm 7.45pm Thu 11 Nov Spend, Spend, Spend!

7.45pm Post-show Talk Fri 12 Nov Spend, Spend, Spend!

7.45pm Sat 13 Nov Spend, Spend, Spend!

2.30pm 7.45pm Audio Description Tue 16 Nov The Madness of George III 7.45pm Wed 17 Nov The Madness of George III 2.30pm 7.45pm Thu 18 Nov The Madness of George III 7.45pm Post-show Talk Fri 19 Nov The Madness of George III 7.45pm Sat 20 Nov Storymaker 11.00am & 12 Noon

The Madness of George III 2.30pm 7.45pm 2 Dec to 4 Feb Jack and the Beanstalk See page 25 for dates and times 7 to 31 Dec 3 Little Pigs See page 15 for dates and times

Captioned Performance

Audio Described Performance

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British Sign Language Interpretation

Please see page 23 for more details or visit: www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/access

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