Phoenix Arts Spring & Summer Brochure 2023

Station Road • Whitehill & Bordon • GU35 0LR Spring & Summer 2023

CIO Charity No 1166858 Book online at www.phoenixarts.co.uk or call the box office on 01420 472664

What’s An NPO Rob? It’s a question I’ve been answering a lot following Arts Council England’s decision to award us National Portfolio Organisation status in November 2022. Crucially, it’s 3 years’ funding to support our creative ambitions, but it’s also an invite to join a top table where The Phoenix Theatre & Arts now sits alongside the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and Chichester Festival Theatre. Yes really!

Securing NPO status means a lot to me personally. I’ve just reached the grand old age of 60 and having committed to project Phoenix for over 12 years now, I want my legacy locally to include creative projects that serve the community that has welcomed me for over a decade. Those projects will, I hope, grow to encourage the next generation of artists, performers and cultural leaders to emerge from Whitehill & Bordon, and in doing so carry forward a creative insight into the town that helped shape their talents.

After a lot of hard work by Pivale, a local web development team, and our own Thomas Hiller, we have a new website. Following on from our new ticketing system the website is already proving a huge asset and will introduce to many of you for the first time the term Phoenix Arts. Don’t worry it’s not the end of your favourite little venue, it’s more a recognition that we are taking our services beyond the former Army School in Station Road and in doing becoming an umbrella organisation for the arts locally.

Rob Allerston

Director of Phoenix Arts

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The Cube’s Comedy Club @ The Shed

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Thursday 2nd March 8:00 PM | Tickets: £12.50 We’re March-ing (sorry) into March with more stand-out stand-up comedy for you to enjoy. This month featuring Javier Jarquin, Dan Evans and Sarah Isles! Javier has been honing his act in New Zealand and Australia. Sarah is a co-host on Tarot, Nice To Meet You, an award winning show, and Dan has travelled the world with sell-out shows!

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Afternoon Cinema: Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

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Tuesday 7th March 2:30 PM | Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) Good Luck To You, Leo Grande tells the meeting of Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompsom) and Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack). Nancy looks to embark on a post-marital sexual awakening and she books time with Leo. He opens her mind and uses his skills and charm, developing a surprisingly strong human connection between the two of them.

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Dragonfly Accessible Performance: Mamma Mia!

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Friday 10th March 11:00 AM | Tickets: £5.00 (Carers Go Free) This cinema screening is for people who have disabilities or SEN. Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried), the twenty-year-old bride to be, stumbles across her mother’s diary which identifies Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Harry Bright (Colin Firth), or Bill Anderson (Stellan Skarsgård) could be her father. The film includes hits from ABBA and will have you tapping to the beat!

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Angela Barnes: Hot Mess

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Friday 10th March 8:00 PM | Tickets: £16.00 Angela Barnes (Mock The Week, Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and former chair of BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz) has good intentions but trying to live your best life, as it turns out, is really bloody hard. Stand-up, stories and jokes from “...a gloriously down-to-earth, straight-talking and extremely funny comic” (Guardian).

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St. Patrick’s Day Cinema Event: The Quiet Man

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Saturday 11th March 7:30 PM | Tickets: £12.50 (Includes Irish Style Hot Buffet & glass of Lucky Leprechaun Punch) Join us as we celebrate St.Patrick’s Day at The Phoenix Theatre! Sean Thornton (John Wayne), a retired American boxer, has returned to reclaim his homestead and escape his past. Enjoy this classic film, whilst enjoying the Irish Style Hot Buffet and your glass of A Lucky Leprechaun Punch!

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That Gay Autistic Keyboard Tanktop Guy: Work In Progress

Thursday 16th March 8:00 PM | Tickets: £13.00 Robert White, runner-up in Britain’s Got Talent 2018, is warming up ahead of a national tour. He’s the only gay, Aspergic, quarter-Welsh comic on the British comedy scene. Known for his brilliant timing and performance style, Robert’s chaotic stage presence, improvisational skills and delivery won him the 2010 Malcolm Hardy Award for Comic Originality.

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Ladies Night @ The Cube: Magic Mike

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Friday 17th March 6:00 PM| Tickets: £12.50 (Includes a Glass of Prosecco and a Shot) What could be better than Channing Tatum on the big screen? Channing Tatum, loads of your girl crew, prosecco and cocktails...that’s what! Drink and dance from 6:00 PM, then the original (and best version) of Magic Mike will start at 7:30 PM on the big screen, with an interval, where you will receive a complimentary shot from The Tap. Top the night off with some dancing and our in-house DJ, from 9.15 PM. T

The Lightning Thief

Saturday 18th March 7:30 PM & Sunday 19th March 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM | Tickets: £16.00 As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want, and a mythology textbook’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods.

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Phoenix Cinema: Father Earth

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Wednesday 22nd March 7:30 PM | Tickets: £8.00 Father Earth tells the true story of one man’s attempt to help save the planet, by converting a derelict church on the Orkney Isles into an eco friendly recording studio. It’s also a fascinating study of a psychological power struggle between a character comedian – Graham Fellows, and his long-standing creation – John Shuttleworth.

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Patrick Monahan: Classy

Thursday 23rd March 8:00 PM | Tickets: £15.00 (Concs/Members £13.00) In a world of groups, hierarchies and class systems, everyone’s trying so hard to fit in. What’s wrong with being a misfit? Be you, be proud! From the caravan to the middle class neighbourhood, it’s taken Monahan four decades to realise this . Enjoy Monahan’s stand up observations on living his contemporary life alongside stories of his upbringing.

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Hulla Balloony Moon Time - Long Nose Puppets

Saturday 25th March 2:30 PM | Tickets: £5.00 Long Nose Puppets presents Hulla Balloony Moon Time. A marvellous moonlit show full of riotous rhyme, zany puppets and spiffy special cake; all iced with music and songs by Tom Gray. Little children will feel stuffed to the brim with magic. “Cake mixing, baking and eating fuel this zingy, high-energy story as a restless baby sets about a night-time adventure.” - Guardian E

An Evening Of Clairvoyance With Lesley Carver

Friday 31st March 7:30 PM | Tickets: £14.50 Lesley returns to The Phoenix Theatre brining us another evening of Clairvoyance! Lesley is a sought-after international psychic medium, based in Hampshire, with a reputation for delivering messages and comfort from spirit. Through her development over the years, Lesley has developed a style of psychic mediumship that is borne out of a desire to help and comfort people.

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Afternoon Cinema: Mrs Harris Goes To Paris PG

Tuesday 4th April 2:30 PM Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) In 1957 London, resident Mrs Harris (Lesley Manville) who is a humble cleaning lady who, has a chance encounter with a Christian Dior dress - it is what dreams are made of.

Mrs Harris embarks on a quest to purchase her first haute couture gown, determined to live her own fairy tale. As one thing leads to another, Mrs Harris finds herself in Paris, and heads to the legendary House of Dior.

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The Cube’s Comedy Club @ The Shed

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Thursday 6th April 8:00 PM | Tickets: £12.50 We continue where we left off – offering up some of the best stand up comedians that the UK has to offer.

This month featuring Roger Monkhouse, Nathan Caton and headlined by the guitar wielding Christian Reilly! Nathan is one of the country’s most exciting young comedians, Roger is a regular on Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats. Christian has travelled the world with his comic songs, improvisations, and his sharp wit.

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Charlie Baker: 24 Hour Pasty People

Friday 14th April 8:00 PM | Tickets: £12.00 Wasson? Award-winning comedian, tap dancer and Talksport radio host Charlie Baker brings an hour of “genuinely funny **** “ - The Herald. Stand-up drenched in manure, cider and clotted cream comes to your village/town/cattle market. Comedy with a countryside accent. Imagine Jethro and Jack Black had a son. Job’s a good’un. Proper job.

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Ollie West & The Wild Flowers

Saturday 15th April 7:30 PM | Tickets: £8.00 (£10.00 On The Door) Pianist and singer-songwriter Ollie West is back on the road with The Wildflowers this April for a select run of shows celebrating their new music. This band isn’t your standard outfit; their diversity shows in their career to date. Their debut album “Time Stood Still” from 2019 took the band through England, Scotland and Wales on a 16 date tour that included sell out shows in Manchester, London and the Wirral.

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Phoenix Cinema: Avatar: The Way Of Water

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Wednesday 26th April 7:30 PM | Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) Following on from the record-breaking Avatar (2009), the story continues as Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and the army of the Na’vi race to protect their home.

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Just Cool Cinema @ The Cube: Enter The Dragon

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Thursday 27th April 8:00 PM | Tickets: £12.00 (Includes A Meal) Lee (Bruce Lee) is recruited by a secretive intelligence group to infiltrate an island owned by the master criminal Han (Kien Shih), who hosts a martial arts tournament every three years. Han and Lee learned their martial arts skills at the same monastery. Lee learns that it was Han’s men who were responsible for his sister’s death, and he sets out for revenge.

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Laika The Space Dog

Saturday 29th April 2:30 PM | Venue: The Playground | Tickets: £5.00 Laika The Space Dog is a lively family show that retells the story of Laika, the first dog in space (with a twist)! Audiences are invited to see an alternative ending whereby Laika undertakes the journey of a lifetime. Inspired by the true story of Laika, this show offers an alternative to the tragic tale, allowing Laika to zoom through the asteroid belt, meet Space apes and finally return to earth in a shower of glory.

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When They Go Low

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Sunday 30th April 7:30 PM | Tickets: £15.00 (Concs/Members £12.00) The Man In The Moon presents ‘When They Go Low’, a play about everyday feminism and the changing face of teenage sexuality in an online world. When they go low, we go high. Social media goes into a frenzy over pictures of Sarah at a party. The girls recieve a lecture from Miss Reef on taking more responsibility for their actions, but Louise wages war on misogyny.

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Afternoon Cinema: The Road Dance

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Tuesday 2nd May 2:30 PM | Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) The Road Dance is a heartfelt and nostalgic film. Kirsty Macleod (Hermione Corfield) dreams of a better life away from her small village. Her lover Murdo (Will Fletcher) is conscripted for service in WWI, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village. A road dance is held in their honour the evening before they depart, and it’s on this fateful evening that Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn.

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Emmanuel Sonubi: Emancipated

Wednesday 3rd May 7:30 PM | Tickets: £15.00 (Concs/Members £13.00) Emmanuel Sonubi was born and raised in North London. He brings his show ‘Emancipated’, which was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award. The show covers his time as a doorman in some of the scariest clubs in London; his career within the Musical Theatre industry and life as a parent to his two young children.

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The Cube’s Comedy Club @ The Shed

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Thursday 4th May 8:00 PM | Tickets: £12.50 It’s STAR WARS DAY! ‘May’ we have more comedy gold at The Cube? Yes, you ‘May’. May’s delights are Tom Deacon, Michael Akadiri and compered by one of our all-time faves Matt Price! Matt Price has travelled around the world telling stories, telling jokes and interacting with the crowd. Michael Akadiri is an award winning comedian, and Tom Deacon is the hottest young stand-up comedian on the circuit.

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Ålesund & Megan Dixon Hood

Friday 12th May 8:00 PM | Tickets: £8.00 (£10.00 On The Door) Ålesund are the atmospheric, alt-pop outfit fronted by Alba Torriset, hailing from Bristol. The likes of BBC Bristol have championed them, BBC Introducing in the West, Amazing Radio and RTE. Megan Dixon Hood is an independent artist taking inspiration from folklore, mythology, nature, and human beings. Exploring otherworldly and alternative genres, her music is written from deep, dark fairytale world.

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Learn the Art of the Tease with Hundred Watt Club!

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Saturday 13th May 4:00 PM | Class: £20.00 (Includes Complementary Prosecco) Hundred Watt Club is running a glorious workshop to introduce you to the wonderful world of burlesque!

Boost your body confidence in a fun and relaxed environment whilst exploring the skills and shapes of the art of the tease. This relaxed and playful workshop focuses on building and expressing your confidence using classic techniques from the world of burlesque such as the shimmy and the sashay!

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Hundred Watt Club: An Evening Of Burlesque & Vaudeville

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Saturday 13th May 8:00 PM | Tickets: £15.00 The risqué, rauchy & ridiculous people of Hundred Watt Club return with another glittering and glorious evening of burlesque, vaudeville and comedy! With a raucous and ravishing cast hand selected by Hundred Watt Club’s Lena Lenman, this show is a no-holds barred, full throttle journey into the wonderful world of showgirls, spectacles & songbirds.

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Mark Harrison With Charles Benfield

Saturday 20th May 8:00 PM | Tickets: £13.00 Bringing his brilliant original music to us, which will have you jumping up and dancing along. Rooted in the blues, but it’s not stuck in the past. Mark taps into the timeless quality of the early blues to produce music totally relevant to the present day. He tries to do something fresh and different. He picks the guitar, using the strong rhythms and feel of the originators and putting memorable tunes on top.

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Phoenix Cinema: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

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Wednesday 24th May 7:30 PM | Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) A joyous, emotional, heart-breaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.

Alongside show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon’s most beloved hits as you’ve never heard them before!

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Journey to the Stars! - Squashbox Theatre

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Tuesday 30th May 2:30 PM | Tickets: £5.00 Journey to the Stars! is a marvellous blend of puppetry, storytelling, live music and comedy, sprinkled with astounding science and astronomy facts, and all contained within an accessible, funny and unique family show. Using only silly puppets, ridiculous and unnecessary props, ludicrous wigs and assorted fruits and vegetables, Squashbox Theatre will reveal the secrets of the universe! Runtime of 55mins with no interval.

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Half-Term Cinema: Matilda

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Thursday 1st June 11:00 AM | Tickets: £4.00 (Group Of Four £14.00) Matilda Wormwood (Alisha Weir) is a little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination and the worst parents in the world. While her parents (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) content themselves with trashy TV and dodgy money-making schemes, but Matilda loves to lose herself in the pages of her beloved books.

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The Cube’s Comedy Club @ The Shed

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Thursday 1st June 8:00 PM | Tickets: £12.50 Ending our Spring season and welcoming in the summer, we bring you more golden comedy goodness with Carly Smallman, Joe Jacobs and pun-tastic comedy magic nonsense with El Baldhiniho! Carly loves to tell jokes and perform her funny songs. Rapper & writer Joe will keep you on your toes with his hip hop jokes, and El Baldhiniho will charm you with his brilliant magic and puns.

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Afternoon Cinema: Living

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Tuesday 6th June 2:30 PM | Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) Rodney Williams (Bill Nighy), a veteran civil servant, receives a medical diagnosis that inspires him to move to the south coast and cram some fun into his remaining days. He neglects to tell his son Michael (Barney Fishwick) and daughter-in-law, Fiona (Patsy Ferran), instead opting to withdraw half of his life savings, and head to a seaside resort town.

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Cecil Beaton’s Diaries

Saturday 10th June 7:30 PM | Tickets: £15.00 (Rob’s Theatre Club Members £14.00) The diaries of photographer and designer Sir Cecil Beaton come to the stage, as it’s performed by Richard Stirling, whose recent credits include Bridgerton and The Man who Fell to Earth. The show is blisteringly funny, with appearances ranging from the Queen Mother and Elizabeth Taylor to Churchill and Capote, the diaries paint a self-portrait of the 20th century’s most compelling dandy.

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The Shock Of The Old By Terence Blacker

Saturday 3rd June 7:30 PM Tickets: £13.00 Terence has been stressing over how to grow old happily and with style ever since he got his bus pass and, frankly, months of lockdown have not improved his age-anxiety one bit. Looking around, he has discovered that the world is every bit as muddled about age in the 21st century as he is.

Now, in his funny and perceptive new show, Terence faces up to the joys and pains of the passing years with songs, quotes, and anecdotes. It’s as if Victor Meldrew met Tom Lehrer for a none-too-serious debate about the meaning of life.

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Phoenix Cinema: The Banshees Of Inisherin

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Wednesday 21st June 7:30 PM | Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees Of Inisherin follows lifelong friends Padraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson), who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Padraic, endeavours to repair the relationship, aided by his sister Siobhan (Kerry Condon) and troubled young islander Dominic (Barry Keoghan).

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Just Cool Cinema @ The Cube: Fight Club

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Thursday 22nd June 8:00 PM | Tickets: £12.00 (Includes A Meal) A nameless first person narrator (Edward Norton) attends support groups in attempt to subdue his emotional state and relieve his insomniac state. He meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), another fake attendee of support groups, and his life seems to become a little more bearable. However when he associates himself with Tyler (Brad Pitt) who drags him into an underground fight club.

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Twisted Tales - Box House Theatre Company

Saturday 24th June 7:30 PM | Tickets: £15.00 (Rob’s Theatre Club Member £13.00, Student £10.00) A group of thespians stumble upon an ominous book filled with grisly & gory tales. Will the thespians be bound to act as the book’s puppets? Destined for a life of performing, but never truly free. They rely solely on their actors’ arsenal to create props, set, costume, and sound whilst confined to the space of a gym mat.

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Gavin Fairhall Lever

Thursday 29th June 8:00 PM | Tickets: £13.00 (Concs/Members £12.00) Three acclaimed musicians, James Patrick Gavin, Adrian Lever & Tim Fairhall, present fresh, contemporary folk music born of their diverse roots. Together, the venturesome trio represent the best of collaborative creation and are a compelling new voice on the contemporary folk scene. Their music is a colourful mix of punk fiddle, jazz bass and Balkan guitar, bringing an original twist to traditional folk music.

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Edward Lear’s Dream - Sea Legs Puppet Theatre

Saturday 1st July 2:30 PM | Tickets: £5.00 Open your mind and step inside Edward Lear’s brilliantly anarchic world of nonsense rhymes and limericks. Embrace the silliness, dive into a sea of words, an absurd alphabet soup of poppycock and gobbledygook... Told with a cast of fabulous tabletop puppets, an innovative stage set and a brilliant musical soundtrack, featuring six new songs to Lear’s much celebrated poems and limericks.

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Empire Of Light

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Tuesday 4th July 2:30 PM | Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) Widespread unemployment and a rising wave of extremism plunged Margaret Thatcher’s Britain into recession. A depressed and struggling cinema manager, Hilary (Olivia Coleman), sticks to her daily routine at The Empire, a dying, golden-era movie palace. Suddenly this all changes when a bright-eyed new employee, Stephan (Micheal Ward), enters the picture shaking up Hilary’s world.

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Working On It: Andrew Ryan & Josh Jones

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Wednesday 5th July 8:00 PM | Tickets: £10.00 Part of our first-ever Work In Progress Festival! We are joined by Andrew Ryan and Josh Jones who bring their latest works in progress to The Phoenix Theatre! Andrew Ryan has featured on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC 3) & Live at The Comedy Store (Comedy Central), and Josh Jones is a TV regular on 8 Out Of 10 Cats (E4) and Reality News (E4).

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Working On It: Ivo Graham & Peter Rethinasamy

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Wednesday 12th July 8:00 PM | Tickets: £10.00 Part of our first-ever Work In Progress Festival! We are joined by Ivo Graham and Peter Rethinasamy who bring their latest works in progress to The Phoenix Theatre! Ivo Graham has featured on Have I Got News For You (BBC 1) & Mock the Week (BBC 1), and Peter Rethinasamy who has featured on Comedy Central Live (Comedy Central) and hosts Luke and Pete talking sheet with Luke Craig.

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A Night At The Proms: Summer Serenade

Saturday 8th July 7:30 PM Tickets: £10.00 General, £2.00 Under 12’s Venue: The Town Park @ The Shed, Sergeants Yard, Bordon, GU35 0DJ Following the resounding success of our first Night at The Proms event last year, the Alton Concert Orchestra are back to delight us with another evening of music. ‘Summer Serenade’ is set to bring a repertoire of classical renditions, music from stage and screen, and the sing-along favourites we couldn’t be without.

Bring your picnics and blankets and listen to the music echoing around the beautiful Town Park at The Shed in the summer evening sunshine.

Plus, this year, you can choose to make the evening extra special with one of our Proms hampers, exclusively made by The Shed hospitality group, Rebel’s Quarter.

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The Legends Live On

Thursday 13th & Friday 14th July 7:30 PM | Tickets: £10.00 (Concs/Members £9.00) Throughout the show, the audience is taken on a journey through time with stunning vocal performances and choreography that capture the essence of each musical theatre era, classic songs and reminiscing of the current affairs from the decades. ‘The Legends Live On’ is a celebration of the evolution of musical theatre and a reminder of the enduring power of song and dance in storytelling.

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The Dolly Parton Story

Saturday 15th July 7:30 PM | Tickets: £18.00 This captivating show takes you all the way from Dolly Parton’s humble beginnings to becoming the ‘Queen of Country’. You’ll have a tear in your eye one moment and be dancing in the aisles the next, as Hannah Richards and Alex Beharrell beautifully perform classics such as Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, Blue Smoke and many more.

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The Downtown Jump!

Saturday 22nd July 12:00 PM | Tickets: £38.00 Vintage clothes stalls, Fourteas tearoom, licensed bar until midnight, hot food available. Large covered outdoor dancefloor, dance classes by Gypsy John & The Chichester Lindy Hoppers. Toe-tapping boogies and dirty roots bangers, that’ll leave you beggin’ for more!! If that’s your vibe then get your tickets now!!

Only 300 lucky cool cats & kittens can be there, make sure it’s you!!

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Phoenix Cinema: Tár

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Wednesday 26th July 7:30 PM | Tickets: £6.00 (Concs/Members £5.00) Having achieved an enviable career few could even dream of, renowned conductor/composer Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), the first female principal music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, is at the top of her game. However, forces that even the imperious maestro can’t control slowly chip away at Lydia’s elaborate facade, revealing the genius’s dirty secrets and the insidious, corrosive nature of power.

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Tweedle Tots Mondays | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (During Term-Time)| Suitable For Ages 0 - 4 Everyone is welcome to come along to play, chat, enjoy refreshments and more. Our group is a great way to meet others and enjoy a great start to your week in our wonderful building. The group is informal and self-led.

Led By Lizzy Hurley | Price: £2.50 Per Session

Little Kids Drama Tuesdays | 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For Ages 4 - 7 Our group is a great introduction to drama. Through fun and interactive games and activities, children will learn the necessary skills required to become characters, develop excellent communication skills, grow in self-esteem and make new friends along the way!

Led By Mary Ormond | Price: £50.00 Per Term (10 Weeks)

Kids Drama Tuesdays | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For Ages 8 - 11 Our Kids Drama group gives youngsters the opportunity to have fun and develop confidence and skills through drama. At the end of each term, the group will showcase their work to family and friends on the stage of The Phoenix Theatre.

Led By Mary Ormond | Price: £50.00 Per Term (10 Weeks)

Youth Theatre Wednesdays | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For Ages 12 - 16 The group is challenged to think beyond the norm and let their imaginations take them as far as they want to go. No experience is necessary as this is a fantastic place to build confidence, gain skills and enjoy the amazingly diverse world of theatre in a supportive environment.

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Black Flame Theatre Company Wednesdays | 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For Ages 15+ Black Flame is aimed at older members of our Youth Theatre group who want to take risks and devise more challenging work. The opportunity to develop ideas, writing and performance is encouraged, culminating in an end-of-term performance.

Led By Carrie Mooney | Price: £50.00 Per Term (10 Weeks)

Firebird Youth Dance Thursdays | 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For Ages 4 - 7 A fun, modern dance class for little ones – no experience necessary, just enthusiasm! The class aims to develop confidence, coordination and rhythm and to encourage working with others, building towards an informal performance at The Phoenix Theatre.

Led By Elizabeth Blake, Phoenix Dance Officer | Price: £45.00 Per Term (10 Weeks)

Dance to Fitness Mondays | 6:40 PM - 7:40 PM | Suitable For All Ages Want to have fun whilst you get fitter and more flexable. ‘Dance to Fitness’ is a feel-good, accessible class which uses a wide range of dance styles in a workout with easy to follow routines to great music.

Led By Elizabeth Blake, Phoenix Dance Officer | Price: £30.00 Per Half-Term (6 Weeks)

Phoenix Players Mondays and Thursdays | 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | Welcome To All The Phoenix Players is an Amateur Dramatics Group that stage shows throughout the year that cover a wide range of genres including, drama, musicals, comedy, and their ever-popular annual pantomime which is staged every January.

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Dance Picnic Tuesdays | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM & 11:30 AM -12:30 PM | Suitable for Mature People Want to get more active, feel healthier and have fun at the same time? A gentle, low-impact class using different dance styles to strengthen the body, improve balance, coordination and flexibility and promote a sense of happiness and well-being. Sessions are followed by refreshments.

Led By Elizabeth Blake, Phoenix Dance Officer | Price: £30.00 Per Half-Term (6 Weeks)

Chairobics Tuesdays | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Suitable For All Ages | Whitehill Village Hall A seated exercise class to music, with some optional standing, in a friendly group suitable for people with mobility and/or health issues. This class is also great for people who are returning to exercise after injury or illness. Transport can be arranged from Community First Accessible Minibus for an extra £2.00 per session.

Led By Elizabeth Blake, Phoenix Dance Officer | Price: £2.50 Per Session

Life Drawing Tuesdays | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Suitable For Ages 16+ Bring your own medium and A3 sketch pad to our weekly guided sessions of Life Drawing. Charlotte Borwn is a qualified graphic designer and she will assist you as you learn life drawing. Suitable for all abilities. Please note that this is not a taught class.

Led By Charlotte Brown | Price: £60.00 Per Term (10 Weeks)

Phoenix Handmaidens Craft Group 1st Tuesday Of The Month | 7:30 PM | Suitable For All Ages An informal, friendly group who gather for crafting, nattering, supping tea and chomping cake!

All ages and abilities are welcome. They aim to have a guided/led activity one month, then ‘bring your own’ project the next. It’s very laid back and flexible so if you don’t fancy doing the led craft, that’s fine.

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Drumming | Disability Arts Wednesdays | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM & 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For All Ages Looking to make music together? Join our drumming group for people that have learning and/or physical disabilities.You’ll get to enjoy learning new rhythms and playing together in a group!

Led By Will Hughes | Price: £10.00 Per Session (Carers Are Free) | Booking Is Essential

Pilates Thursdays | 8:40 AM - 9:40 AM & 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Suitable For All Ages Pilates aims to strengthen all areas of the body to improve general fitness and wellbeing. Improve your posture, build core strength and stamina, increase flexibility and gain muscle tone. Even if you have tried Pilates before a refresher of the basics can enhance the benefits and precision of your excerise.

Led By Jodie Gibbs-Farrow, Creative Form | Call 07921 065797

Music & Movement | Disability Arts Thursdays | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For Adults Gentle, enjoyable exercise to music for adults with learning and/or physical disabilities including dementia. Suitable for wheelechair users. Mainly chair-based with optional standing and includes the use of some sensory props and handheld musical instruments.

Led By Elizabeth Blake, Phoenix Dance Officer | Price: £5.00 Per Session (Careers Are Free) | Booking Is Essential

Phoenix Community Choir Thursdays | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For All Ages Do you like to sing, and have fun? Then the Phoenix Community Choir is for you! A great place to come to make friends and sing with others who just love to sing! No need to read music, no auditions, just a love of singing is required! The Choir has been growing year after year, and we love to welcome new members.

Led By Ysanne Bonner | Price: £50.00 Per Term (10 Weeks) Phoenix Arts Classes, Workshops & Clubs

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Improv-A-Lot Thursdays | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM (During Term-Time) | Suitable For Ages 16+ Come along and play the part, what part that is? You decide! There is no script, just stand up and act out whatever you desire. A variety of improv games will stretch your acting chops, test your wit, and on the spot thinking. All of this in a relaxed and judgement free environment with likeminded individuals.

Led By Nathan Bateman | Price: £2.00 Per Session

Phoenix Board Gamers 1st Friday Of The Month | 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM | Suitable For All Ages Come along and play your favourite board game or try a new one at our monthly meet up at The Phoenix Theatre. Bring some games from your collection or just bring yourself and join in the fun. We are a mixed age group and have a variety of board game experience.

Pay What You Can Per Session

Sewing Socials With Alice & Ginny Saturday 1st April | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Suitable For All Ages Alice & Ginny’s Saturday Sewing Socials allow you to develop your sewing skills! A day of uninterrupted sewing heaven interspersed with tea, cake and a delicious lunch to keep you going throughout the day!

Led By Alice & Ginny | Price: £85.00

Sewing Course With Alice & Ginny Saturday 13th, 20th, 27th May & 3rd June | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Suitable For All Ages Build on existing skills and make a sewing project of your own choice in a relaxed atmosphere under our guidance. Beginners or those wishing to refresh their skills are welcome and will initially be taken through an introductory project designed to build understanding and develop confidence.

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Useful Information Policies: All our policies are on our website: www.phoenixarts.co.uk Tickets: Tickets can be purchased via our website www.phoenixarts.co.uk or by calling the Box Office on 01420 472664.

Concessions: Specific shows might have a ticket at reduced rate. These rates are avaliable for those under 18, full-time students, registered disabled, unemployed and senior citizens (over 65).

Phoenix Membership: A yearly membership costs £15.00 per person for adults, £7.50 for concessions and £30.00 for a family membership.

Parking: All our venues have parking nearby. The Phoenix Theatre has FREE parking with disabled bays at the rear of the building. The Cube utilises The Shed’s parking which is pay on exit, with the first 2 hours FREE. Bar: The Phoenix Theatre has a fully licensed bar which opens an hour before each performance.

Access: The Phoenix Theatre is fully accessible. Our staff and volunteers are committed to providing theatre & arts for all of our community, if you have any queries or want to discuss your needs please get in touch.

Rob’s Theatre Club: Sign up on our website to become a member. By being a member you will receive a discount on exclusive shows, a complimentary glass of wine and opportunities to meet the cast and company after the show. Look for the “Rob’s Theatre Club“ symbol.

Find Us We are located within East Hampshire and border with Surrey and West Sussex, with excellent transport links via the A325 (Farnham), M3 (London & Southampton) and A3 (Guildford & Portsmouth).

The Phoenix Theatre, Station Road, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 0LR

Farnham & Guildford Station Road

Alton & Basingstoke

A325

The Cube, Sergeants Yard, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 0DJ

Book online at www.phoenixarts.co.uk or call the box office on 01420 472664

Liphook & Haslemere

Petersfield & Portsmouth

Thurs 27

Enter The Dragon

Thurs 2

The Cube’s Comedy Club

Sat 29

Laika The Space Dog

Tues 7

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

Sun 30

When They Go Low

May

Fri 10

D.A.P Mamma Mia

Fri 10

Angela Barnes: Hot Mess

Tues 2

The Road Dance

Sat 11

St. Patrick’s Day Cinema Event: The Quiet Man

Wed 3

Emmanuel Sonubi: Emancipated

Thurs 16

That Gay Autistic Keyboard Tanktop Guy: Work in Progress

Thurs 4

The Cube’s Comedy Club

Fri 12

Ladies Night @ The Cube: Magic Mike

Ålesund & Megan Dixon Hood

Sat 13

Sat 18 Sun 19

Learn the Art of the Tease: Burlesque Workshop

The Lightning Thief

Sat 13

Hundred Watt Club

Wed 22

Father Earth

Sat 20

Thurs 23

Patrick Monahan: Classy

Mark Harrison with Charles Benfield

Sat 25

Hulla Balloony Moon Time

Fri 31

An Evening Of Clairvoyance With Lesley Carver

Fri 17

April Tues 4

Mrs Harris Goes To Paris

Thurs 6

The Cube’s Comedy Club

Fri 14

Charlie Baker: 24 Hour Pasty People

Sat 15

Ollie West & The Wildflowers

Wed 26

Avatar: The Way Of Water

Gavin Fairhall Lever

October Thurs 5

The Cube’s Comedy Club

Sat 1

Edward Lear’s Dream

Wed 11 Thurs 12

Chris McCausland: Work in Progress

Tues 4

Empire Of Light

Wed 5

Working On It: Andrew Ryan and Josh Jones

Sat 8

A Night At The Proms: Summer Serenade

Wed 12

Working On It: Ivo Graham and Peter Rethinasamy

Thurs 13 Fri 14

The Legends Live On

Sat 15

The Dolly Parton Show

Sat 22

The Downtown Jump!

Tár

Thurs 29

July

Wed 24

I Want To Dance With Somebody

Tues 26

Tues 30

Journey To The Stars

Also, watch out for...

August

June Thurs 1

Matilda The Musical

Thurs 1

The Cube’s Comedy Club

Sat 3

The Shock of the Old by Terence Blacker

Sat 12

The Shed Festival

Thurs 24

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

September

November Thurs 2

The Cube’s Comedy Club

Fri 3

Stephen K Amos: Oxymoron*

December Thurs 7

The Cube’s Comedy Club

Fri 8

5T’s Brass Christmas Show

Sat 9

Hauntings

Thurs 14 Fri 15 Sat 16

A-lad-in-Space (Adult Panto)

January 2024 Thurs 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Thurs 25 Fri 26 Sat 27

Red Riding Hood

Tues 6

Living

Thurs 7

The Cube’s Comedy Club

Dance

Sat 10

Cecil Beaton’s Diaries

Event Family

The Banshees Of Inisherin

Sunset Festival

Theatre

Wed 21

Sat 16 Sun 17

LDN Wrestling 2023

Film

Fight Club

Thurs 24

Comedy

Thurs 22 Tues 24

Twisted Tales

Sat 30

Phoenix Beer Festival

Book online at www.phoenixarts.co.uk or call the box office on 01420 472664

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