Chesterfield Theatres Spring 2015 Brochure

Spring 2015

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The Tiger Who Came To Tea Thu 12 - Sun 15 February

Pomegranate Theatre

Winding Wheel

Music

Community

Sat 3 January

Sun 4 January

Entertainment Fri 9 January

Community

Sun 11 January

We would like to welcome you to Chesterfield Theatres – and the new spring programme for the Pomegranate Theatre and the Winding Wheel.

At the Pomegranate Theatre, we are delighted to introduce Pomegranate Screenings - our new programme of cinema and broadcasts of live events.

You will be able to see broadcasts of productions by the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Ballet and English National Opera. We also have a selection of over 25 newly released films to enjoy.

Highlights of the Pomegranate Theatre programme include the Spring Play Season which has three different plays over three weeks, the return of the Agatha Christie Company in AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, superb ballet SLEEPING BEAUTY and the wonderful opera RIGOLETTO. For families, highlights include THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA, the new production JURASSIC ADVENTURES and BASIL BRUSH. At the Winding Wheel highlights of the programme include the new musical DREAMBOATS AND MINISKIRTS, the much anticipated return of the hit musical JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT and performances from some of our great entertainers including singers RUSSELL WATSON, THE THREE DEGREES, X Factor Winner JOE McELDERRY and comedians KEN DODD and STEWART LEE. We hope that you will continue to support the Theatres and we look forward to welcoming you soon.

One Night of Queen Gary Mullen and the Works

The Pomegranate Theatre is a delightful 589-seat proscenium arch theatre with adjoining bar, housed in the Grade-II listed Stephenson Memorial Hall. The theatre presents a programme of professional touring drama, music, entertainment and a very popular pantomime. In addition it presents Pomegranate Screenings - a programme of latest release films and satellite broadcasts. The theatre is also used by a number of amateur groups.

The Winding Wheel is a Grade IIlisted entertainment and conference centre, built in 1923 as a cinema. It now offers a diverse programme including West End musicals, comedy shows, concerts, illustrated talks and community events.

The venue has three rooms - the main Auditorium which seats up to 930 people, the adjoining Ballroom which can hold up to 200 and the Function Room which can hold up to 100.

Gary started his career as Freddie in 2000 when he won the overall live grand final of TV show Stars in Their Eyes with the largest number of votes ever received in the show’s history. Gary Mullen and The Works have performed throughout the UK, USA, Europe, South Africa and New Zealand to sell-out audiences. One Night of Queen is a spectacular live concert, recreating the look, sound, pomp and showmanship of arguably the greatest rock band of all time. This show will “rock” you!

A New Year Viennese Gala Concert Celebrate the New Year in style with the Sheffield Symphony Orchestra for their annual New Year Viennese Gala Concert. The programme will feature more light musical favourites, Viennese classics and a guest vocal soloist.

John Longstaff, well known to the Winding Wheel audience, will be returning to lead the proceedings for another year. Come along and join in the festivities.

Winding Wheel 7.30pm

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Combining the art of hypnosis with outrageous comedy, Caress taps into the creativity of his willing volunteers as they leave their self-consciousness behind.

Caress is a fast thinking comedian who milks humour out of every situation that arises on stage. His show guarantees that the results are nothing short of hilarious, as hypnotised members of the audience become the real stars of the show.

Presented by Adagio Danceworks

Pomegranate Theatre

Executive Member for Leisure, Culture and Tourism Chesterfield Borough Council

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One Night Only Showcase 2015

This show is for the purpose of entertainment only.

This event is rescheduled from Sat 15 Nov 2014.

Councillor Amanda Serjeant

Corporation Street, Chesterfield, S41 7TX

Hypnotist Christopher Caress

Holywell Street, Chesterfield, S41 7SA

£18.50

Winding Wheel

7.30pm

3pm

£14 Under 16 £12.50

Circle £16.50 Auditorium £14.50

Ask at Box Office about the Chesterfield FC Season Ticket & NUS Offer Available.

A group based in Staveley, Derbyshire. This début showcase includes performances in ballet, tap, street, acrobatics, contemporary, commercial and musical theatre. There will be a variety of performance genres from balletic to upbeat street dance incorporating tracks from Disney's Frozen to Little Mix's Salute.

Adagio Danceworks gives all their students the opportunity to take part in public performances, IDA examinations and various competitions around the UK. Amateur Production Pomegranate Theatre 2pm £8.50 - £12 Spring 2015 2 / 3

BILL KENWRIGHT AND LAURIE MANSFIELD IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC PRESENT

Musical Theatre Mon 12 - Sat 17 January

THE SEQUEL TO DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS

Dreamboats and Miniskirts The new musical and much anticipated sequel to Dreamboats and Petticoats.

What happened to ‘Bobby & Laura’ and ‘Norman & Sue’…?

‘THEIR STORY CONTINUES… INSPIRED BY THE 7 SMASH HIT MULTI-MILLION SELLING ALBUMS OF DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS.’

BOOK BY

LAURENCE & MAURICE MARKS GRAN

It’s 1963, and the world is changing. Bobby and Laura’s single “Dreamboats and Petticoats” has not taken off. Norman and Sue have settled down to non-marital bliss – and a baby! But Ray and Donna seem blissfully happy…

Including the smash hits...

A PICTURE OF YOU DON'T EVER CHANG E DO YOU LOVE ME HANDY MAN IT'S IN HIS KISS GO NOW WHEN WILL I BE LOVE HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE D and man

The advent of the Beatles and the Merseyside sound is inspirational.

But will it inspire Bobby and Laura to have one more shot at stardom – Norman to “get off the drains” and find that singing voice he has longed for, and Ray to realise his ambition and manage a really top pop act!?

All will be revealed in a follow up with the same wit, charm, and great songs as “Dreamboats and Petticoats”. Many of the songs are from the next period in pop history…

Featuring all your favourite 60s rock ‘n’ roll hits.

Winding Wheel Evenings 7.30pm Wednesday Matinée 2pm Saturday Matinée 3pm Mon to Thu Eve Auditorium £28.50 Circle £30.50 Fri & Sat Eve Auditorium £30.50, Circle £31.50 Wed Matinée Auditorium £26.50, Circle £28.50 Sat Matinée Auditorium £28.50, Circle £30.50 Discounts Child ticket any seat £17.50 Concessions save £2 Group 10+ save £3 School group 10+ all seats £16.50

20%

Friends’ Discount

Discounts not available Fri/Sat evenings.

One discount per ticket. Subject to availability. Not retrospective. See page 45 for full details on discounts.

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Spring 2015 4 / 5

Spring Play Season

Drama

Tue 20 January - Sat 7 February

Drama

Tue 20 - Sat 24 January

Drama

Tue 27 - Sat 31 January

Tue 3 - Sat 7 February

3 2 plays

for the price of

Spring Play Season 2015 3 Weeks, 3 Plays One for the Road

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Evenings 7.30pm Wednesday Matinee 2pm Saturday Matinee 3pm

Presented by TABS Productions

Tue - Fri Evenings and Wed & Sat Matinee £17 Concessions £15 Child £13 Friends can use Group 10+ £14 both the 3 for 2 and School group 10+ £12 Friends’ 20% off offers at the

20%

Add £1 to all prices for Saturday evening performance

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Discount

same time.

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It is the 1980s and something is up on the Phase Two bungalow estate…wife Pauline has invited friends Roger and Jane round to help celebrate husband Dennis’ birthday, but secretly he’s determined to escape the Richard

Clayderman LPs, the Tupperware parties and the black forest gateau for a carefree life on the road.

Stage Struck

And who’s behind the recent spate of vandalism on the estate… even the cabbages and gnomes aren’t safe!

Presented by TABS Productions

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“A very funny suburban sit-com that had the press night crowd crying with laughter” The Observer

By Simon Gray Stage_Struck_v3.indd 1

Why must the show go on?

In his younger days, Robert Simon was a first-rate stage-manager in provincial rep. Now he keeps house for his West End actress wife.

In fact, a thoroughly happy man. Until one evening, through

the clumsy intervention of a psychiatrist, his happiness and his marriage are destroyed. He plans a hideous revenge, both on his wife and on the psychiatrist…a revenge which allows him to discover all his old talents!

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"A witty and ingenious West End thriller” Daily Mirror

Parlour Song

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By Jez Butterworth Presented by Rumpus Theatre Company Demolition expert Ned has a nice new house on a nice new estate, he loves his job, barbecues, car-boots and the gym! So why is he so on edge with his attractive wife Joy, why is neighbour Dale so rumpustheatrecompany.co.uk

keen to give him advice, and why do things go missing from home every time he’s away on business?

23/10/2014 16:42

Parlour Song by award-winning playwright Jez Butterworth is an adult comedy with adult themes and is therefore recommended for ages 16+ only.

“Blissfully funny” Telegraph

Spring 2015 6 / 7

Talk

Community

Wed 21 January

Sat 24 January

A Journey through Derbyshire's Medieval Towns & Villages

Music

Sat 24 January

Talk

Wed 28 January

Comedy

Thu 29 January

Chesterfield Theatres Open Day

Northern Soul & Motown Night

Animals Behaving Badly

Spotlight 11th Birthday Special

Come along to explore the Pomegranate Theatre (the oldest civic theatre in the country) and find out what happens behind the scenes. You will get the chance to meet the Spring Play Season cast members and find out how to get involved with Chesterfield Theatres. Tours of the Winding Wheel will also be available.

Presented by Dr Michael Leach

With Compere Anthony J Brown

Dr Michael Leach has been a wildlife photographer, cameraman and author since 1977. He has worked on all seven continents, travelling to some of the wildest places on earth to study the world’s most charismatic animals.

His photographs have been used in more than 800 books and he has filmed TV documentaries for both the BBC and independent television. In this talk you will meet drunken monkeys, psychotic magpies and light-fingered apes.

Joe Lycett Former Chortle Student Comedian of the Year and Edinburgh Festival best newcomer nominee. His TV credits include 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Celebrity Juice, Epic Win and Show and Tell.

Children must be accompanied by an adult

Another large portion of northern soul & motown is in store with the Winding Wheel’s Auditorium belting out northern soul monster sounds and the Ballroom featuring motown and club soul sounds.

Featuring some of the country's best DJs including Ballroom DJs Cressy and Doug Hall. This event just gets busier and busier and is now established as one of the best soul nights in the Midlands making it a night for all true soul fans, so get your dancing shoes on.

Winding Wheel

Pomegranate Theatre

Winding Wheel

Winding Wheel

7.30pm

10.30am & 12noon

8pm

7.30pm

£6.50 Concessions £4.95

Free - tickets must be booked in advance through the Box Office

Advance £6.50 Door £7.50

£6.50 Concessions £4.95

Presented by Clive Hart Venture into Derbyshire’s towns and villages with archaeologist Clive Hart. During the past eight years, detailed reconnaissance on foot, through villages and rural landscapes, has resulted in the recording of undocumented sites and fascinating features. This study will unravel aspects of ancient landscapes of a county rich in its diversity. The area of study extends from the north to the south of the county and is fully illustrated for your enjoyment.

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Ages 7+

Fern Brady As seen on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience and Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular. “A great comic sensibility” The Guardian.

Music

Fri 30 January

Box office: 01246 345 222

Advance £10.50 (Group 10+ £9.50) Door £12.50 Students £7.50

Mon 2 February

ShowaddyWaddy "The greatest rock n roll band in the world" is a bold statement but ShowaddyWaddy has lived up to that title as they recently celebrated their 40th anniversary. Formed in the 1970s in Leicester from several local bands, they have sold more than 20 million records and have toured the world. Their live show is dynamic and uplifting, featuring all of their biggest hits including Blue Moon, Under The Moon of Love, Three Steps to Heaven, Pretty Little Angel Eyes, When and many more.

Winding Wheel 7.15pm doors, 8pm start

Music

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £20

The Three Degrees The Three Degrees are Helen Scott, Valerie Holiday and Freddie Pool, an American female vocal group. They formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The group has remained a trio with two original members since Sheila Ferguson left many moons ago. A firm favourite with Prince Charles, they are well known for their soulful voices, beautiful gowns and fabulous stage shows. They are known all around the world for songs like When Will

I See You Again, Dirty Ol' Man and Take Good Care Of Yourself.

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £26.50

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Talk

Music

Thu 5 February

Tue 10 February

Talk

Family

Wed 11 February

Thu 12 - Sun 15 February

CHESTERFIELD

OLIVIER AWARD NOMINEE

MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Situated next door to the Pomegranate Theatre

John Smedley Now and Then Presented by Jane Middleton-Smith Brought to you by Chesterfield Theatre Friends as part of the In Conversation series.

John Smedley has an international reputation for the quality of its fine gauge knitwear. The company is now 230 years old. Using slides of historic garments from the archive, Jane will explain the designs in relation to social period. She will also cover how some earlier designs have had a ‘makeover’ for use today.

Links with wartime clothing issues will be included.

Fairport Convention

Hotels in the Sky

British folk-rock band Fairport Convention take to the road with a new album of original songs. Fairport's 2015 Winter Tour concerts will feature songs and tunes from the brand new studio album Myths And Heroes as well as classics from a repertoire spanning nearly fifty years.

Fairport Convention hold a coveted BBC Lifetime Achievement Award and their ground-breaking album Liege & Lief was voted "Most Influential Folk Album of All Time"

by Radio 2 listeners.

Presented by Mike Ogden

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An entertaining presentation richly illustrated with photographs and original newsreel footage celebrating a lost technology and a lost way of travelling the world.

See and hear about the time when aeroplanes were small, primitive, short-range, uncomfortable and unreliable; the time when the future of long-distance air travel belonged firmly to the airship.

Savour the unique pleasure of travelling by Zeppelin. And experience the awful moment when 'The Zeppelin' years came to a sudden and violent end.

Winding Wheel

Pomegranate Theatre Bar

Winding Wheel

11am

7.30pm

£5 includes soup & roll

£22

7.30pm £6.50 Concessions £4.95

“This Tiger is the cat's meow"

FREE ENTRY Open 10am-4pm Mon, Thu, Fri & Sat

The Times

chesterfieldmuseum.co.uk Tel: 01246 345 727 St. Mary’s Gate Chesterfield S41 7TD

The Tiger Who Came To Tea A musical play adapted and directed by David Wood, based on the book by Judith Kerr.

The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be?

What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!

Following a smash-hit West End season, the tea-guzzling tiger is back on the road in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and

clumsy chaos! A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem...expect to be surprised!

David Wood OBE is undisputedly the country’s leading writer and director of plays and musicals for children. His many successes include Fantastic Mr Fox, The Gingerbread Man, BFG, The Witches, Meg and Mog, Spot and Babe the Sheep Pig. Ages 3+

“A rare and grrreat achievement” The Mail on Sunday Pomegranate Theatre Thursday 1.30pm Friday 10.30am & 1.30pm Saturday & Sunday 11am & 2pm £12.50 Schools and Groups 10+ £10 Buy 10 tickets get 11th free

ILLUSTRATIONS COPYRIGHT © KERR-KNEALE PRODUCTIONS LTD 1968

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Spring 2015 10 / 11

Community

Special Event

Sat 14 February

Sun 15 February

1950s/60s Rock n Roll Dance

Wedding Fayre

Following on from the success of the first dance held in 2014, the rock n roll dance hall days of The Vic & Jimmies will once more be created in the Winding Wheel Auditorium. Live music will be provided by two bands The Cadillacs and Jerry and the Jive Stars. If you don't dance just come along and listen to some great music and soak up the atmosphere.

Proceeds in aid of The Nenna Kind Cancer Support Centre Weston Park Bus Appeal (Charity No 1154088).

Winding Wheel 7.30pm - 11.30pm Advance £12 Door £15 chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Chesterfield Venues gives you the opportunity to meet a host of local wedding professionals as well as a chance to see the Winding Wheel staged for a wedding. Entry to this event is free and there’s no need to book - just turn up. If you have any questions regarding the Wedding Fayre or holding your event at the Winding Wheel, Pomegranate Theatre, Market Hall Assembly Rooms or Hasland Village Hall, please call 01246 345 333 or email venuehire@chesterfield.gov.uk.

Evening Reception from £999 Daytime & Evening Package from £2999 Terms & Conditions apply

Community

Sun 15 February

An evening of Brass, Wind and Voice Presented by Peak Wind Orchestra and Chesterfield Male Voice Choir Chesterfield Theatre Friends continue their fund raising for the treasured Pomegranate Theatre.

The Peak Wind Orchestra has built a fine reputation as one of the county's leading entertainers.

They will be presenting a selection of old and new ever popular numbers from shows and film scores. Completing the line up is Chesterfield Male Voice Choir, under the direction of Musical Director Andris Uglis. The choir will be singing a selection from their extensive repertoire.

Winding Wheel

Pomegranate Theatre

11am - 4pm

7.30pm

Free Entry

£10

Box office: 01246 345 222

Jazz

Mon 16 February

Nicola Farnon Trio Join Nicola Farnon (vocals and double bass), Piero Tucci (piano and tenor sax) and Phil Johnson (drums) – a lot of musical talent for such a small band.

“She’s (Nicola) a remarkable performer on stage, a fine singer and an outstandingly swinging and propulsive bass player with an outgoing personality to match...

I declare that she is a class act who should be on every jazz festival in the land…A sure fire hit!”

Humphrey Lyttleton

Pomegranate Theatre Bar 7.15pm doors, 8pm start £9 Concessions £7 Child £5.50

Music

Tue 17 February

Magical Mozart

by Candlelight An evening of Mozart masterpieces from the producers of A Viennese Strauss Gala, European Baroque Ensemble. This costumed show immerses us in the wonderful music and the classical baroque world of one of the world’s greatest composers. Mozart’s most popular, and famous operas, including The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro, are all beautifully sung by world class soloists who alongside the ensemble perform some of Mozart's most memorable pieces of magical music including Symphony no. 40, Lacrimosa (Requiem D minor) and Eine Kleine Nacht Musik.

Talk

Wed 18 February

The Great Sheffield Deer Park - Ye Great Parke of England Presented by David Templeman Join Elizabethan historian and national speaker, David Templeman. The Sheffield Deer Park in Tudor Times was one of the largest deer parks in the country being eight miles in circumference.

However what escalated it above the others was the size of the oak trees in the park and an estimated 3,000 deer. As well as a complete history of the park, new mapping techniques have been used to transpose the boundaries onto a modern map.

Winding Wheel

Winding Wheel

7.30pm

7.30pm

£20.50 Concessions £18.50

£6.50 Concessions £4.95

Music

Sat 21 February

Rock n Roll Paradise You’ll be blown away by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, the Big Bopper and Eddie Cochran as these icons of rock n roll join each other on stage for this musical extravaganza.

Backed by the superb Paradise Band, this show has audiences dancing in the aisles, singing along with the music and yelling for more. A two hour celebration with over forty songs packed into this roof raising critically acclaimed show. rocknrollparadise.com

Community

Tue 24 February

Still the Enemy Within (15) Still the Enemy Within is a film with a unique insight into one of UK history’s most dramatic events: the 1984-85 British Miners’ Strike.

No experts. No politicians. Thirty years on, this film shows the raw first-hand experience of those who lived through Britain’s longest strike.

It follows the highs and lows of that life-changing year. (112mins) There will also be live music from the strike, in the Pomegranate Theatre Bar, by local and regional performers.

Contains strong language Pomegranate Theatre Bar

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £19.50

7pm £10 Waged £5 Unwaged Spring 2015 12 / 13

Opera

Talk

Wed 25 February

Wed 25 February

A Taste of Cornwall Presented by Keith Holmes by a courtier on both the Duke and Rigoletto whose daughter has been seduced by the Duke.

Rigoletto After last year’s season of successful performances of Carmen and La Traviata, The Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back with another world-class opera featuring an impressive cast and accompanied by a large live orchestra with over 30 musicians.

The curse comes to fruition when Gilda likewise falls in love with the Duke and eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her father. Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s best-loved masterpieces, and is considered as standard repertoire.

Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, and based on the play “Le Roi s’amuse” by Victor Hugo. Its tragic story revolves around the hunchbacked court jester, Rigoletto, his beautiful daughter Gilda he loves and the Duke of Mantua he serves. It refers to the curse placed chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

A talk about Cornwall. For the epicure there’s the award winning vineyard by the Camel Estuary and the Tregothnan Estate, the only place in England to produce tea commercially. There are visits to the magical Lost Gardens of Heligan - where the productive gardens are still worked in a time-honoured way - to The Lizard to see how Cornish Pasties are made and the tiny fishing village of Portloe for a Cornish cream tea.

Rigoletto will be sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Pomegranate Theatre Seating Plan 2 (no centre aisle) £33.50 Concessions £32.50 Friends £32.50

Box office: 01246 345 222

7.30pm Friends’ Discount

Thu 26 February

Spotlight Comedy Club With Compere Anthony J Brown Lucy Beaumont BBC New Comedy Award winner, Chortle Award Best Newcomer, Edinburgh Festival Fosters Best Newcomer nominee and Sony Award winner described by Arthur Smith as “the next Victoria Wood”.

Scott Bennett Fresh from headlining the prestigious Big Value Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival, Scott is a former Comedy Cellar New Act of the year and Old Speckled Hen comedian of the year award winner.

Music

Fri 27 February

Paul Carrack He’s unveiling another outstanding addition to his album catalogue barely a year after the last, and that's why he’s back on the road just a few months after the completion of his most successful tour to date. Rain Or Shine is the swift successor to 2012’s chart album, Good Feeling, which produced such radio favourites in the title song and Time to Move On. It’s the latest in Carrack’s line of distinguished solo releases, which since 2000 he’s made for his own Carrack-UK label.

Winding Wheel Winding Wheel

7.30pm

Comedy

£6.50 Concessions £4.95

7.15pm doors, 8pm start Advance £10.50 (Group 10+ £9.50) Door £12.50 Students £7.50

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £31 Selected seats £29.50

Drama

Family

Fri 27 February

Sat 28 February

My Dog's Got No Nose

The Chuckle Brothers The Chuckles of Oz

By Ron Aldridge Starring Damian Williams

Dorothy, The Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow are among the familiar characters who join the Wizards (Paul and Barry) for this sensational new version of the familiar Wizard of Oz story.

My Dog’s Got No Nose takes us on a journey through the events surrounding a stand-up comedian’s first ever performance. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes poignant and often laugh-outloud hilarious, he shares his soul reminiscing about his early career as a furniture salesman turned photographer, love, marriage and ambitions.

Audiences will get a unique glimpse into the Emerald City in a show packed with all the ingredients that make for a family fun packed show including audience participation, laugh-outloud comedy, spectacular sets and costumes, and special effects.

Pomegranate Theatre Seating Plan 2 (no centre aisle)

Ages 3+

7.30pm

Pomegranate Theatre Seating Plan 2 (no centre aisle)

£16.50 Concessions £14.50 Child £12.50 Group 10+ £13.50 Friends’ School Group 10+ £11.50 Discount

20%

2pm & 5pm £15.50 Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £58 (save £4)

Music

Sat 28 February

Joe McElderry X Factor winner Joe McElderry is hitting the road with a brand new show after the sell-out success of last year’s nationwide tour. The Evolution Tour features new numbers and new routines which will entertain his fans, old and new.

Whether he’s singing a pop hit, or stunning the audience into silence with opera, Joe has evolved from boy crooner to the master of his craft since winning X Factor in 2009. The Evolution Tour shows Joe is still an ever growing talent.

VIP Meet & Greet available for £75.

Call Box Office for more details.

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £20.50 Concessions £19.50 Child under 16 £16.50 Spring 2015 14 / 15

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

BILL KENWRIGHT

BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH AGATHA CHRISTIE LTD PRESENTS

PAUL NICHOLAS COLIN BUCHANAN SUSAN PENHALIGON MARK CURRY VERITY RUSHWORTH FRAZER HINES BEN NEALON ‘EXCELLENT’ THE OBSERVER

Drama Mon 2 - Sat 7 March

And Then There Were None To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Agatha Christie Theatre Company, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE returns to the stage to follow in the footsteps of the company’s hugely successful Witness for the Prosecution and Black Coffee.

Starring BAFTA nominated stage and screen star Paul Nicholas, Colin Buchanan, from Dalziel and Pascoe, Susan Penhaligon, who starred in Bouquet of Barbed Wire and A Fine Romance, TV favourite Mark Curry, Emmerdale and West End leading lady Verity Rushworth, Emmerdale star Frazer Hines, and from ITV’s award winning Soldier Soldier, Ben Nealon.

A group of 10 strangers are lured to a remote island off the coast of Devon.

Upon arrival it is discovered that their host, an eccentric millionaire, is missing… Stranded on the island by a torrential storm and haunted by an ancient nursery rhyme, one by one the guests begin to die… With only the fallen believed to be innocent who amongst them is the killer?

Based on the best-selling mystery novel of all time, Agatha Christie’s own stage adaptation of this dark and captivating tale will thrill and enthral, as murder unfolds.

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Discounts

Evenings 7.30pm Wednesday Matinée 2pm Saturday Matinée 3pm

Concessions save £2

Mon - Thu Eve Stalls £29.50, Circle £28.50 Side Circle £22.50 Fri & Sat Eve Stalls £31.50, Circle £30.50 Side Circle £24.50 Wed Matinée Stalls £26.50, Circle £25.50 Side Circle £19.50 Sat Matinée Stalls £29.50, Circle £28.50 Side Circle £22.50

Group 10+ save £3 School group 10+ all seats £16.50 (Suitable for Secondary Schools only)

20%

Friends’

Friends' discount not available on side circle seats.

Discount

No discounts, including Friends, are available on Fri/Sat evenings. One discount per ticket. Subject to availability.

Not retrospective. See page 45 for full details on discounts.

‘IT WILL HAVE YOU GRIPPED IN YOUR SEATS AND CURLING YOUR TOES IN FEAR’ BBC “IF YOU ENJOY AGATHA CHRISTIE THEN THIS IS A MUST’ BUCKS FREE PRESS “THIS PLAY IS A TIMELESS CLASSIC. A DEFINITE MUST SEE” COVENTRY OBSERVER And Then There Were None © 1944 Agatha Christie Limited. All Rights Reserved The AGATHA CHRISTIEword mark and signature are registered trademarks of Agatha Christie Limited. All Rights Reserved.

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Talk

Wed 4 March

A World of Birds Presented by Gordon Yates For his seventh and final presentation Gordon Yates shows a spectacular film searching for some of the most exotic and illusive birds in the world. We start by visits to Iceland in search of the Great Northern Diver or Loon.

This is followed by visits to the High Arctic of Eastern Greenland and Spitsbergen with its midnight sun. Snowy Owls in Alaska are followed by the delicate beauty of Fairy Terns in the Seychelles.

A breathtaking final journey and show.

Community Thu 5 March

£6.50 Concessions £4.95 chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Sun 8 March

Sun 8 March

The Pomegranate Playwrights on Tour

2015 Chinese New Year Extravaganza

Brought to you by Chesterfield Theatre Friends as part of the In Conversation series.

Sex in Suburbia

The Pomegranate Playwrights came together in 2004 as an offshoot of the New Playwriting Festival held at the Pomegranate Theatre in Chesterfield. The group made their debut with The Chesterfield Tales, to commemorate the anniversary of Chesterfield's Market Charter.

They recently wrote The Candy Girls - Tales of Trebor. Join them for a performance of their latest work.

Written by Claire Sweeney and Mandy Muden

Winding Wheel 7.30pm

Entertainment

Drama

Pomegranate Theatre 11am £5 includes soup & roll Box office: 01246 345 222

From the producers of Hot Flush

Claire Sweeney stars in and co-writes this brand new comedy about dating, men and finding Mr Right.

Penny Crowe is the host of a late-night radio phone-in and, as Britain’s leading Agony Aunt, she takes calls about every date from hell and the occasional one from heaven. She is more than happy to dish out relationship advice, but is she as happy to take it…?

Packed full of sensational songs including I’m Every Woman, I Want To Break Free and Somebody Else’s

Presented by FCAM & Jin Long Centre Guy, this show will make you laugh, cry and dance in the aisles.

Based on real stories from real women, this is the story of all of our lives!

Ages 16+ Strong language and adult themes sexinsuburbiatheshow.com

Winding Wheel 7.30pm Circle £23.50 Stalls £21.50 Concessions save £2 Groups 10+ save £3

This unique and exciting show of cultural spectacle features a team of performers direct from China displaying an array of amazing acrobatic and kung fu skills. With a line-up of programmes including the auspicious Lion Dance, the awe-inspiring contortion, the ancient magic of Face Changing and unique costumed pandas and more, this colourful and action packed show is the perfect entertainment for all ages. jin-long.co.uk

Ballet

Community

Mon 9 March

Tue 10 March

Sleeping Beauty

Interface 15

Presented by Moscow Ballet La Classique

Presented by Déda

Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous music fills the air and wondrous characters come to life before your very eyes. Fairytale characters abound alongside a King, Queen, Good and Evil Fairies, Fairies of Gold, Silver, Diamonds and Sapphire plus the inevitable handsome Prince, all weave their magic. Princess Aurora, The Sleeping Beauty - a story lovingly repeated throughout generations but never before performed so magnificently as with this colourful spectacle of Russia’s finest.

Interface 15 showcases the best youth dance talent from schools and community groups across Derby and Derbyshire. Young people aged 11-19 demonstrate their energy, creativity and skill.

Interface 15 is a Stage 2 U.Dance platform, framed within a national programme enabling young people in England to take part in an annual dance performance. Presented in partnership with Derbyshire School’s Sports Association, Dance4 and Youth Dance England.

Amateur production

Tue 10 March

Stewart Lee A Room with a Stew A brand new live show with fresh material in preparation for Stewart's next BBC2 series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.

“If Lee had a shred of insight into the working lives of others, he’d realise that those who give up an evening to see him deserve his thanks, not his toxic scorn” the Telegraph.

"There's a wealth of evidence to suggest that in the last few years, Lee has gone completely mad” The Guardian.

Ages 14+

Pomegranate Theatre

Pomegranate Theatre Seating Plan 2 (no centre aisle)

Pomegranate Theatre

2.30pm & 7.30pm

7.30pm

7pm

£18.50 Concessions £16.50

£27.50, Child £18.50 Concessions £25 Friends £25

£9 Concessions £7

Friends’

Comedy

Winding Wheel 8pm £22.50

Discount

Spring 2015 18 / 19

Talk

Music

Wed 11 March

Fri 13 March

Family

Sat 14 March

To the Ends of the Earth

Roy Orbison and Friends

Milkshake Live!

Party Party

Presented by Pollyanna Pickering

If you love great music, then this is the show for you as Barry Steele presents his award winning, critically acclaimed theatrical concert. Using both original and film footage from the era and backed by his fabulous band, Barry Steele will take you through a journey in time as he brings the character of Roy Orbison back to centre stage. Add to the mix special star guests celebrating the musical legacy of Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, you have yourself a spectacular fusion of good old rock n roll and contemporary musical genius all on one stage.

Channel 5’s Milkshake! is here. The line-up includes Little Princess, Bananas in Pyjamas, Noddy and Tessie Bear, Pip from Pip Ahoy!, Bello from Jelly Jamm, Chloe from Chloe’s Closet, Tommy and Tallulah from Tickety Toc, Toby and Dolores from Toby’s Travelling Circus and Milkshake’s very own Milkshake Monkey! The show will feature two Milkshake! presenters, including Jen Pringle, Curtis Angus, Derek Moran, Amy Thompson and Olivia Birchenough.

Ages 5+

Internationally acclaimed wildlife artist Pollyanna is delighted to return to present her brand new talk about her recent journey to Antarctica: one of the last true wilderness areas on earth, home to the world’s greatest concentration of wildlife, where penguins, seals and whales are the only permanent residents. This talk will include the first chance to see Pollyanna’s latest paintings inspired by the expedition, sharing her impressions of the spectacular beauty of the most awe-inspiring place on earth.

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Pomegranate Theatre Seating Plan 2 (no centre aisle) 1pm & 3.30pm £13.50 Child £11.50 Family ticket (2 adults 2 children) £46 (save £4)

Comedy

Sat 14 March

Ken Dodd Celebration of Happiness Show 2014 marks the 60th anniversary year of Ken Dodd's incredible and hugely successful career (19542014) as a professional entertainer.

He is a comedian of unrivalled legendary status; an icon and national treasure who has been entertaining audiences for a lifetime of happiness and laughter. Ken Dodd is a multi-award winning entertainer, so don't miss his funfilled Happiness Show for all the family, with non-stop gags and a selection of songs presented in Ken's unique and varied style, everything from ballads to grand opera.

Winding Wheel

CINEMA

Spring 2015 Listings Film & Satellite Broadcasts at the Pomegranate Theatre

7pm

BOOK

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GET ON UP (12A)

MY OLD LADY (12A)

Tue 6 Jan 2.30pm Thu 8 Jan 7.30pm

Tue 6 Jan 7.30pm Thu 8 Jan 11am & 2.30pm

Singer James Brown recalls a life with a turbulent childhood where music was the only constructive release for his passions. A spell in prison leads to a chance encounter that will launch his musical career and change his life forever. With his fire and creative daring, Brown became a star who defiantly created new possibilities in show business. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis and Dan Aykroyd. (139mins)

Mathias is a down-and-out New Yorker who travels to Paris to liquidate a huge, valuable apartment he has inherited from his estranged father.

Once there, however, he discovers a refined old woman Mathilde living in the apartment with her daughter Chloé and they refuse to budge.

Mathias discovers an interesting past between Mathilde and his father.

Starring Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas and Maggie Smith. (107mins)

// DIRECTOR Tate Taylor

// DIRECTOR Israel Horovitz

// COUNTRY USA

// COUNTRY UK/France/USA

// YEAR 2014

// YEAR 2014

Box office: 01246 345 222

THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Sat 10 & Sun 11 Jan 7.30pm Mon 12 Jan 2.30pm & 7.30pm Thu 15 Jan 11am At Cambridge University, young Alan Turing quickly establishes himself as a groundbreaking thinker with his theories about the potential of computing machines. When war between Britain and Germany is declared, these theories are put into active practice. Turing passes a test to become a member of a top-secret group assigned to decode critical German naval communications.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode.

(114mins) // DIRECTOR Morten Tyldum // COUNTRY UK/USA // YEAR 2014

INTERSTELLAR (12A) Wed 14 Jan 2.30pm & 7.30pm Thu 15 Jan 7.30pm In the near future Earth has been devastated by drought and famine, causing a scarcity in food and extreme changes in climate. With humanity facing extinction, a mysterious rip in the space-time continuum is discovered, giving mankind a glimmer of hope. A group of explorers must travel beyond our solar system in search of a planet that can sustain life. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. (166mins) // DIRECTOR Christopher Nolan // COUNTRY UK/USA // YEAR 2014

PADDINGTON (PG)

MR. TURNER (12A)

Fri 16 Jan 11am Sat 17 Jan 11am Sun 18 Jan 1.30pm

Fri 16 Jan 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sat 17 Jan 7.30pm Sun 18 Jan 4pm

A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realise that city life is not all he had imagined. Luckily he meets the kind Brown family, who read the label around his neck (Please look after this bear. Thank you.) and offer him a temporary haven. Starring Ben Whishaw (voice of Paddington), Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman, Peter Capaldi and Sally Hawkins. (95mins)

Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives with in Chelsea, where he dies. Starring Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson and Dorothy Atkinson.

(150mins)

// DIRECTOR Paul King // COUNTRY UK/France/Canada // YEAR 2014

// DIRECTOR Mike Leigh // COUNTRY UK // YEAR 2014

HOCKNEY (15) Sun 18 Jan 7.30pm Hockney is the definitive exploration of one of the most significant artists of his generation. The film chronicles Hockney's career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation to Hollywood where his life long struggle to escape labels ('working class', 'figurative artist') was fully realised. (112mins) // DIRECTOR Randall Wright // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014

Spring 2015 22 / 23

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (12A) Sat 17 Jan 2.30pm The third part of the hugely successful Hunger Games series starring the ever-popular Jennifer Lawrence.

Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever.

Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. (125mins) // DIRECTOR Francis Lawrence // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014 chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (U)

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHNG (12A)

Sun 8 Feb 1.30pm

Sun 8 Feb 4pm Mon 9 Feb 7.30pm Tue 10 Feb 7.30pm

Super spy teams aren't born... they're hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. This crack team of penguin spies join forces with a chic undercover organisation, The North Wind. Led by handsome and husky Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then...you know).

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich and Christopher Knights.

(92mins)

The story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

Once a healthy young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at the age of 21. Despite this, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work. Starring Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Prior. (123mins)

// DIRECTOR Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith

// DIRECTOR James Marsh

// COUNTRY USA

// COUNTRY UK

// YEAR 2014

// YEAR 2014

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BIG EYES (CERT TBC) Sun 8 Feb 7.30pm Mon 9 Feb 2.30pm Tue 10 Feb 2.30pm A drama centred on the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Starring Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter and Christoph Waltz. (Running time not available at time of print) // DIRECTOR Tim Burton // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014

FROZEN SINGALONG (PG)

UNBROKEN (12A)

LEVIATHAN (15)

Mon 9 Feb 11am

Tue 17 Feb 2.30pm & 7.30pm Thu 19 Feb 11am & 2.30pm

Thu 19 Feb 7.30pm

Summer in the kingdom of Arendelle has just turned unseasonably cold.

As an eternal winter grips the land, young Anna (Kristen Bell) realises who's responsible. Her sister Elsa (Idina Menzel) has been cursed from birth with the dangerous ability to create ice and snow. Now impetuous, daring and tenacious optimist Anna must track Elsa down in a race against time to save the kingdom.

Also starring Jonathan Groff, Santino Fontana and Josh Gad. (108mins) // DIRECTOR Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2013

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (PG) Tue 10 Feb 11am Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-packed Night at the Museum ever as Larry spans the globe, uniting favourite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever. Starring Robin Williams, Ben Stiller and Dan Stevens.

(Running time not available at time of print) // DIRECTOR Shawn Levy // COUNTRY USA/UK // YEAR 2014

Unbroken is the true story of Louis Zamperini, a promising young Olympic runner from Torrance, California, who was called into service on a bomber crew in the Pacific in World War II. Zamperini's plane went down in the Pacific Ocean and he and two other survivors drifted over 40 days living on rainwater and the occasional fish or bird they could catch. Starring Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson and Jai Courtney.

(Running time not available at time of print) // DIRECTOR Angelina Jolie // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014

On the outskirts of a small coastal town in the Barents Sea, where whales sometimes come to its bay, lives an ordinary family: Nikolai (Aleksey Serebryakov), his wife Lilya (Elena Lyadova) and their teenage son Romka. The family is haunted by the corrupt local mayor (Roman Madyanov), who is trying to take away the land, a house and a small auto repair shop from Nikolai. (140mins) // DIRECTOR Andrey Zvyagintsev // COUNTRY Russia // YEAR 2014 // SUBTITLES In Russian with English subtitles

Spring 2015 24 / 25

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A)

WHIPLASH (15)

BIRDMAN (15)

Fri 20 Feb 7.30pm Sat 21 Feb 7.30pm Mon 23 Feb 2.30pm

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

Vera Brittain, irrepressible, intelligent and free-minded, overcomes the prejudices of her family and hometown to win a scholarship to Oxford. With everything to live for, she falls in love with her brother’s close friend. But with World War I looming, the boys leave for the front line so she volunteers as a nurse.

Starring Dominic West, Kit Harington and Hayley Atwell. (130mins)

A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students.

The two form an odd relationship as the student tries to achieve greatness, and the professor tries to stop him. Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons and Melissa Benoist.

(106mins)

Sat 21 Feb 11am Sun 22 Feb 12noon

// DIRECTOR James Kent

// DIRECTOR Damien Chazelle

// COUNTRY UK

// COUNTRY USA

// DIRECTOR Peter Jackson

// COUNTRY USA

// YEAR 2014

// YEAR 2014

// COUNTRY USA/New Zealand

// YEAR 2014

Fri 20 Feb 2.30pm Sat 21 Feb 3pm Thu 26 Feb 11am

(CERT TBC)

Mere seconds after the events of 'Desolation', Bilbo and Company continue to claim a mountain of treasure that was guarded long ago: But with Gandalf the Grey also facing some formidable foes of his own, the Hobbit is outmatched when the brutal army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler returns. Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage. (Certificate & running time not available at time of print)

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Sun 22 Feb 7.30pm Mon 23 Feb 7.30pm Thu 26 Feb 2.30pm A black comedy that tells the story of actor Riggan Thomson, famous for once portraying an iconic superhero, as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. When one of the actors is injured in rehearsals, the lead actress brings in her lover, Mike, an egotistical ‘method’ actor whose actions threaten to disrupt an already unstable production. Starring Michael Keaton and Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts and Edward Norton. (119mins) // DIRECTOR Alejandro González Iñárritu

FOXCATCHER (15) ST VINCENT (12A) Sun 22 Feb 4pm Thu 26 Feb 7.30pm Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbour, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a penchant for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Starring Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy and Naomi Watts. (102mins) // DIRECTOR Theodore Melfi // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014

Sat 28 Feb 8pm Sun 1 Mar 4pm & 7.30pm The story of Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz , who sees a way out from the shadow of his more celebrated wrestling brother Dave and a life of poverty when he is summoned by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont to move onto his estate and train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Desperate to gain the respect of his disapproving mother, du Pont begins "coaching" a world-class athletic team. Starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo. (134mins) // DIRECTOR Bennet Miller // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014

TINKER BELL AND THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST (CERT TBC) Sun 1 Mar 1.30pm Fun and talented animal fairy Fawn believes you can't judge a book by its cover or an animal by its fangs, so she befriends a huge and mysterious creature known as the NeverBeast.

While Tinkerbell and her friends aren't so sure about this scary addition to Pixie Hollow, the elite Scout Fairies set out to capture the monster. Starring Mae Whitman, Lucy Liu and Anjelica Huston. (Certificate & running time not available at time of print) // DIRECTOR Steve Loter // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014

SUITE FRANCAISE (15) Wed 11 Mar 2.30pm Thu 12 Mar 11am France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Starring Margot Robbie, Ruth Wilson and Michelle Williams. (107mins) // DIRECTOR Saul Dibb // COUNTRY UK/France/Canada // YEAR 2014

Spring 2015 26 / 27

THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (CERT TBC)

WILD (15) Fri 13 Mar 11am Sat 14 Mar 7.30pm Sun 15 Mar 4pm With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behaviour, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone.

Starring Reese Witherspoon, Gaby Hoffmann and Laura Dern. (115mins) // DIRECTOR Jean-Marc VallĂŠe // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014

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Fri 20 Mar 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sat 21 Mar 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sun 22 Mar 4pm & 7.30pm Wed 25 Mar 11am Thu 26 Mar 7.30pm

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (15) Fri 13 Mar 2.30pm Sun 15 Mar 7.30pm A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centred on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalise on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built. Starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain and David Oyelowo.

(125mins) // DIRECTOR J.C. Chandor // COUNTRY USA // YEAR 2014

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TRASH (CERT TBC) Mon 16 Mar 2.30pm Thu 19 Mar 11am & 7.30pm Set in an unnamed Third World city, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong. Starring Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen and Wagner Moura. (Certificate & running time not available at time of print) // DIRECTOR Stephen Daldry // COUNTRY UK/Brazil // YEAR 2014

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is the expansionist dream of Sonny (Dev Patel), and it's making more claims on his time than he has available, considering his imminent marriage to the love of his life, Sunaina (Tina Desai). Sonny has his eye on a promising property now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy. Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere and Bill Nighy.

(Running time not available at time of print) // DIRECTOR John Madden // COUNTRY UK // YEAR 2015

POMEGRANATE EXHIBITION ON SCREEN & SATELLITE BROADCASTS

Live Satellite Broadcast

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (12A) Presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company

Exhibition on Screen

Wed 11 Feb 7pm

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (12A)

Shakespeare's sparkling comedy delights in championing and then unravelling an unrealistic vow, and mischievously suggesting that the study of the opposite sex is in fact the highest of all academic endeavours. Only at the end of the play is the merriment curtailed as the lovers agree to submit to a period apart, unaware that the world around them is about to be utterly transformed by the war to end all wars.

And other treasures from the Mauritshuis Museum Netherlands

Tue 13 Jan 2pm & 7.30pm Discover the secrets behind one of the world’s most enigmatic masterpieces.

After two years on a blockbuster world tour, the Girl with a Pearl Earring has returned home to the much-loved Mauritshuis gallery in The Hague, which has just completed extensive renovations.

With huge queues lining up for a glimpse of her enigmatic beauty and nearly 1.2 million visitors at its stop in Japan, the enduring appeal of this masterpiece is indisputable. The beautifully filmed documentary goes in pursuit of the many unresolved riddles surrounding the extraordinary painting and its mysterious creator Vermeer. Who was this girl?

Why and how was it painted? Why is it so revered?

(85mins)

Christopher Luscombe directs one acting company in both Love's Labour's Lost and Love's Labour's Won (usually known as Much Ado About Nothing).

Christopher's directing credits include The Comedy of Errors and The Merry Wives of Windsor for Shakespeare's Globe as well as The Madness of George III and Spamalot in the West End. (180mins)

// DIRECTOR Christopher Luscombe Spring 2015 28 / 29

Live Satellite Broadcast

Satellite Broadcast

TREASURE ISLAND (12A) Presented by National Theatre Live

Wed 18 Feb 7pm It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins. This winter, Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life on the Olivier stage in a thrilling new adaptation by Bryony Lavery. Starring Patsy Ferran (180mins) Ages 10+ // DIRECTOR Polly Findlay

BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS

Presented by English National Opera

(12A)

VINCENT VAN GOGH: A NEW WAY OF SEEING (12A)

Wed 11 Mar 7.30pm

Presented by National Theatre Live

From the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

La Traviata tells the moving story of how the beautiful but fragile courtesan Violetta is coerced into sacrificing her one hope of personal happiness for the sake of her lover’s reputation.

A tragic and resonant tale of society and morality, Verdi’s masterpiece combines compelling characters with hugely powerful, moving and instantly recognisable melodies, making it one of the most emotionally engaging and popular operas of all time.

Peter Konwitschny’s celebrated production of La Traviata returns to ENO, cutting to the very heart of the opera’s themes of passionate love and tragic death with a modern and uncluttered staging, and a running time of less than two hours.

Making her UK debut as Violetta is soprano Elizabeth Zharoff, who stars alongside ENO Harewood Artist Ben Johnson as Alfredo and acclaimed baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore as Alfredo’s father, Giorgio Germont. (110mins) Sung & surtitled in English

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Live Satellite Broadcast

LA TRAVIATA (12A)

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Thu 12 Mar 7pm India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own.

Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief.

Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate.

Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale. Starring Meera Syal, Pal Aron, Hiran Abeysekera, Esh Alladi, Nathalie Armin and Vincent Ebrahim. (180mins) // DIRECTOR Rufus Norris

Live Satellite Broadcast SWAN LAKE (12A) Presented by the Royal Ballet

Tue 17 Mar 7.15pm Anthony Dowell's opulent production of the greatest of all romantic ballets returns to the Royal Opera House. Tchaikovsky's first ballet score was slow to capture the public imagination. But today this magical tale of a beautiful woman transformed into a swan ranks as one of the world's most popular ballets. It has crossed over into popular culture and been radically reinterpreted many times. From the earliest days of the Vic-Wells Ballet, it has also been one of The Royal Ballet's signature works. For his 1987 production, Anthony Dowell went back to the choreography originally created by the great Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov for the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895. Yolanda Sonnabend's inspired designs draw on the Russian Imperial Court of the period, blending historical accuracy and gothic fantasy. The magical setting is further evoked by the Carl Faberge-inspired glamour of the court scenes in Acts I and III, and the misty, moonlit beauty of the lakeside 'white' acts.

(180mins)

Tue 14 Apr 2pm & 7.30pm Enjoy complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, this is a surprising new film about one of the world’s favourite artists, marking both a major re-showing of the gallery’s collection and a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Van Gogh’s death. Experience the wonder of seeing these masterpieces on the big screen while specially invited guests, including world-renowned curators and art historians, offer their interpretations and explanations of his work.

With exclusive new research revealing incredible recent discoveries, the Van Gogh Museum has helped craft a cinema experience like no other.

Not to be missed. (90mins)

Live Satellite Broadcast

THE HARD PROBLEM (12A) Presented by National Theatre Live

Thu 16 Apr 7pm Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highlyanticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors).

Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one. (180mins) // DIRECTOR Nicholas Hytner

Spring 2015 30 / 31

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A Night of Stars This is a blockbuster of a show with four top acts that will suit all the family. Fantastic local duo Copycats, a seven piece band called The Collection with some of the most talented musicians in the country as well as Gary Perkins an award winning country western singer, Northeast’s teen sensation Robson Field and top of the bill is one of the country’s best Rod Stewart and The Faces tributes Rod and The Facez. The show host is Neil Bennett and all profits go to local charities.

Jazz

Mon 16 March

Talk

Wed 18 March

Drama

Wed 18 March

The Steel City Syncopators

Spinners of Fortune

Bleak House

Presented by Darrell Clarke

By Charles Dickens

A new band from Sheffield, led by Simon Cross (banjo and baritone ukulele) playing jazz from the 1920s and 30s including tunes such as After You've Gone, Ain't Misbehavin' and There'll Be Some Changes Made. The line-up features Jivin' Jonathan Jones as vocalist and includes sousaphone, washboard (Chris Rooke), saxophone and brass to give an authentic early jazz sound with driving rhythms and swinging lead lines.

An in-depth presentation following the twists and turns of the Arkwright Family from the arrival of Sir Richard in Cromford, Derbyshire in the 18th Century; the fantastic boom years and vast profits of the early 19th Century and the devastation of the later years. The lecture will cover the family at war from 1914 to 1918 and will conclude with who is in the family today and where they are.

Join The Pantaloons Theatre Company for a fog-filled adventure in Victorian London. When a dead body is discovered in Mr Krook's Rag-and-Bone shop, a web of mysteries start to untangle.

Hilarious, tragic and romantic by turns, Dickens' darkly comic masterpiece is retold by The Pantaloons in their own inimitable style. A company of five actormusicians bring the novel's cast of over 50 characters to life in this thrilling tale.

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Music

Thu 19 March

Houghton Weavers Special 40th Anniversary Tour They have released over thirty albums and have numerous radio and television appearances to their credit. The band consist of Tony Berry who is the group’s lead singer and front man David Littler on guitar, banjo, mandolin and vocals, and Steve Millington who adds keyboards, guitar, bass, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, accordion and vocals to the group’s sound. They entertain with humorous jokes and antidotes and sing popular folk songs from raucous traditional songs to beautiful ballads done in their own style.

Comedy

Fri 20 March

Richard Herring Lord of the Dance Settee After covering weighty issues like death, love, religion and spam javelins, “The King of Edinburgh” (List) is in a frivolous mood with this show about daftness, whether the term “cool comedian” is an oxymoron, bouncing joyously on the sofa and how Herring’s whole career is a failed attempt to top a piece of visual slapstick comedy he came up with at 16. Can he revisit the joke thirty years on or will it smash his old bones?

£15.50 Concessions £14.50 chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Sat 21 March

Winding Wheel Ballroom 8pm £16.50 Box office: 01246 345 222

Community

Tue 24 - Wed 25 March

Music

Wed 25 March

Essence of Ireland

Cats

Eddi Reader & Band

Set against the backdrop of Ireland, England and America in the 19th century. Essence of Ireland tells the story of love, joy, happiness and heartache endured by Coro McGowen and Sean Dempsey as they are separated by emigration from each other and their beloved Ireland. With Irish classics such as Galway Girl, Emigrant Eyes, Tell me Ma and Irish Rover along with original scores, Essence of Ireland is the most complete Irish show in the world today.

Presented by Inspirations and Direction Theatre Arts

Fairground Attraction brought Eddi Reader into the limelight when the single Perfect and album First of a Million Kisses both topped the British charts. Her subsequent albums signalled her increasing ability to assimilate different musical styles and make them all very much her own.

Winding Wheel

Amateur production

7.30pm

Winding Wheel 7.30pm

Dance

£23 Concessions £21 Early Bird £5 off when booking before 31 January 2015

A musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Set on a gigantic rubbish dump which after dark becomes alive with cats of all types, shapes and sizes. Cats tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles. One by one we learn about their personalities as they strut their stuff. Was there ever a cat so clever as magical Mr Mistofelees? Is there a rock-star idol amongst the gang? Who are the most glamorous and mischievous?

Come along and find out.

Eddi’s taste in co-writers, writers, songs and players is impeccable but what sets Reader apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance, her ability to move the listener and connect with her audience.

Talk

Wed 25 March

Comedy

Thu 26 March

Revelations from Creswell Crags

Spotlight Comedy Club

Presented by Roger Shelley

With Compere Anthony J Brown

Creswell Crags is one of the greatest archaeological and environmental sites in England.

Its rich resources have provided visitors and students with an exciting journey of discovery since the first finds in Victorian times. Director Roger Shelley takes us through this fascinating story covering the star finds of the site and looking at this amazing landscape, its place in our understanding of climate change and what it offers today.

Paul Tonkinson TV credits include The Comedy Store, The World Stands Up, The Big Breakfast and Just For Laughs.

He is also supporting Michael McIntyre on his UK arena tour.

Andrew Ryan As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News. "He's funnier than Ardal O' Hanlon with an abundance of charm" City Life. And he's supported Terry Alderton and Justin Moorhouse.

Music

Fri 27 March

T.Rextasy T.Rextasy has now been performing around the world for over 20 years, a career that ironically out lives Marc’s very own T.Rex. The band is now accepted as the world’s only official live tribute band dedicated to Marc Bolan and T.Rex, and the only band endorsed and approved by Marc Bolan’s family, estate, original ex-members of T.Rex and Bolan’s catalogue management. A rock n roll concert for all ages - If you would like to know exactly what a Marc Bolan concert was like in the 1970s, this show is for you!

Winding Wheel Winding Wheel

Pomegranate Theatre 7.15pm £13.50 Concessions £12.50

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £22

7.30pm £6.50 Concessions £4.95

7.15pm doors, 8pm start Advance £10.50 (Group 10+ £9.50) Door £12.50 Students £7.50

Winding Wheel 8pm £19.50 Spring 2015 34 / 35

Dance

Sat 28 March

Family

Sat 28 March

Community

Mon 30 March - Sat 4 April

Entertainment Thu 2 April

Drama

Tue 7 - Wed 8 April

The international smash hit comedy returns!

A Modern Jive Freestyle Ball A fabulous night of freestyle dancing to a range of music. From past and present chart music, disco to blues and swing to Latin.

Music for everyone of every age.

This event is based in the Winding Wheel Auditorium which has an impressive dance floor. The bar will be open.

Jurassic Adventures

Don't Walk...Dance!

World on Stage and the team behind Disney on Ice bring, to the UK for the very first time, this wonderful show for all the family.

Presented by Academy of Dance

A brand new production set on a magical island where anything might happen. This fully scripted adventure, allows you to follow the footsteps of Doctor Grant’s team of explorers, and laugh at their crazy antics, as they search for proof that dinosaurs still exist! Contains mild peril and huge dinosaurs.

Ages 3+

The 30th Year Anniversary Spectacular of song, dance and musical theatre showcasing the talent from the Academy of Dance based in Chesterfield. Performances will take the audience through a kaleidoscope of dance from the tots treading the boards for the first time through to the famous Academy Showgirls performing their high kicking routine. Tickets on sale to Academy pupils only on 2 March & to general public on 9 March.

Pomegranate Theatre Seating Plan 2 (no centre aisle) Winding Wheel 8pm Advance £10 Door £13 chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Sally Morgan

Psychic Sally on the Road International psychic and star of hit TV show Psychic Sally: On The Road, Sally Morgan returns with her phenomenal interactive stage show. An ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift, Sally has dedicated her life to exploring the work of spirit and her live show aims to give validation that our loved ones still exist. Thousands of people have been drawn to Sally’s vivacious personality, which gives the show a relaxed and uplifting feel.

This show is for the purpose of entertainment only.

Box office: 01246 345 222

Presented by John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield Lucky Eric, Judd, Les and Ralph are the original men in black as they tell the tale of one night in a Yorkshire disco in the 80s in this outrageous parody of Saturday Night Fever! All the gang are out on the town, the boys, the girls, the cheesy DJ, the late night kebab man and the taxi home, all under the watchful eyes of the Bouncers.

Multi award winning play written and directed by John Godber featuring a frightening array of northern talent.

Starring, from left to right, Frazer Hammill (BBC's Happy Valley) as Les, Adrian Hood (Brassed Off) as Judd, Sheffield born Robert Hudson (The Bill) as Lucky Eric and Chris Hannon (Being Sold) as Ralph.

Pomegranate Theatre 7.30pm

2pm & 5pm £17.50 Child £15.50 Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £56 (save £10)

Bouncers

Pomegranate Theatre

Winding Wheel

6.30pm

7.30pm

£10

£25

£18 Concession £16 Child £14 Group 10+ £15 School group 10+ £13

20%

Friends’ Discount

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Music

Music

Thu 9 April

Sat 11 April

The Elvis Years

Chas & Dave

An outstanding concert production of the West End musical Jailhouse Rock featuring original star Mario Kombou and his incredible band.

This spectacular show, which this year is celebrating Elvis’ 80th birthday, is packed with over 50 greatest hits, from the early days of Sun Studios and That’s Alright Mama, through the Hollywood years of GI Blues and It’s Now or Never, the ‘68 TV special with All Shook Up, culminating in the legendary Las Vegas concert, with In The Ghetto, Suspicious Minds and American Trilogy.

One For the Road

A tour celebrating their hit album That’s What Happens. The show includes hits that made these Cockneys famous such as Gertcha, The Sideboard Song, Rabbit, Aint No Pleasing You and Margate.

Chas & Dave know how to give an audience a good time. So due to public demand they are once more.

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Jazz

Mon 13 April

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £23.50 Box office: 01246 345 222

Music

Wed 15 April

Community

Music

Fri 17 - Sat 18 April

Wed 22 April

The Basil Brush Show

Washington Whirligig

The Nathan Carter Show

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) Watercycle Project

That'll be the Day 2014 - 2015 Tour

Basil is back with his chum Mr Stephen (aka Chris Pizzey) from Basil's smash hit TV series.

Together they will take you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show packed with fun and excitement. Join in the mayhem! Sing along with Basil and Mr Stephen and listen to Basil's 'bedtime' story, of course often interrupted by a naughty uncontrollable Basil! "Boom Boom!"

Formed in 2012, Washington Whirligig has very quickly gained an enviable reputation for its versatility and professionalism. They have taken the jazz club scene by storm, earning praise and gaining great reviews wherever they perform.

Playing early New Orleans through to driving mainstream jazz, swing and blues, they have a programme for every occasion.

With special guests The Haley Sisters

The OAE are having a ‘water’ theme as part of their national tour, Watercycle. During their residency they will be working with local schools and on Friday 17 April musicians will be playing selected pubs on the Brampton Mile. There will also be the following concerts:

It’s party time again as the legendary That’ll Be The Day, the nation’s favourite rock n roll variety show, returns with another opportunity to see its latest production! This hugely entertaining rock n roll spectacular features a fantastic line up of knock-out hits from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, plus loads more hilarious comedy! Prepare for an unforgettable night of nostalgia, laughs and rock n roll.

Ages 3+

Winding Wheel £21.50 Concessions £20.50

Sat 11 April

Meet Basil after each performance.

theelvisyears.com

7.30pm

Family

Pomegranate Theatre Seating Plan 2 (no centre aisle)

Pomegranate Theatre Bar

11am & 2.30pm

7.15pm doors, 8pm start

£13.50 Child £11.50 Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £44 (save £6)

£9 Concessions £7 Child £5.50

Nathan Carter was brought up in Liverpool and moved to Ireland five years ago to pursue a musical career that has led him to becoming one of the biggest names in Irish music. With a brilliant six man band he performs a great mix of country, Irish, popular and easy listening songs.

He is fast becoming a big name in the UK and special guests on the show will be Yorkshire’s renowned Haley Sisters.

Saturday 18 April OAE TOTS Splashing About A lively and fun concert for the very youngest of music lovers where you’ll hear masterpieces by Handel and Vivaldi mixed in with loved songs for all the family.

Ages 2-5 Winding Wheel Ballroom 10.30am

Pomegranate Theatre 7.30pm £20

£5 Child £1 Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £10

Saturday 18 April OAE Watercycle Community Concert The OAE are joined by The Rose Choir and Chesterfield Cooperative Choral Society. Music will include movements from Handel's Water Music Suite in F major, Vivaldi‘s ever-popular Four Seasons and a new commission by composer James Redwood with the odd sea shanty thrown into the mix.

"This show just gets better and better" The Telegraph thatllbetheday.com

Pomegranate Theatre 7.30pm £10 Child £5

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £25 Spring 2015 38 / 39

‘BRILLIANT! IT EXPLODES LIKE GLITTERING FIREWORKS’ SUNDAY TIMES

BILL KENWRIGHT BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP PRESENTS

Musical Theatre Tue 14 - Sun 19 April

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Winding Wheel

Having enjoyed sensational reviews, Bill Kenwright’s “Amazing”, “Superb”, “Wonderful” and “Brilliant” production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sparkling family musical continues to enjoy huge success across the country with standing ovations at every performance.

Retelling the biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours, this magical musical is full of unforgettable songs including Those Canaan Days, Any Dream Will Do and Close Every Door To Me. Joseph bursts onto the Winding Wheel stage for one week only - so book your tickets now and be part of the magic!

Tuesday 7.30pm Wednesday 2.30pm & 7.30pm Thursday 2.30pm & 7.30pm Friday 5pm & 8pm Saturday 2pm, 5pm & 8pm Sunday 1.30pm & 4.30pm Tues, Wed & Thu Evening Auditorium £28 Circle £29.50 Fri Evening, Sat & Sun

LYRICS BY

TIM RICE

“A superb piece of entertainment.

I was thrilled”

MUSIC BY

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

Daily Mirror ‘ X FACT

MARCUS

OR’ RUN

NER-UP

C AS NAR OLLINS R ATOR

‘X FACTOR’ FINALIST

LLOYD DANIELS AS JOSEPH

‘DANCING NDERS’ AND

ON ICE’

SK AS N I P A L T T A M AS PHARAOH

‘EASTE

‘THE BEST OF TIM RICE AND ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S MUSICALS’ MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

“Joseph returns in all its glory” Daily Mail

Auditorium £30 Circle £31.50 Wed, Thu & Fri Matinée Auditorium £25 Circle £26.50 Discounts Concessions save £2 Groups of 10+ save £3 School group 10+ all seats £14 Discounts not available on Fri evening or any Sat/Sun performances. One discount per ticket.

Subject to availability. Not retrospective. See page 45 for full details on discounts.

‘A DREAM COME TRUE. IT IS UTTERLY IRRESISTIBLE,GO, GO, GO, JO’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

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Community

Music

Tue 21 - Sat 25 April

Fri 24 April

Princes of Pop 2015 Tour

Evita Chesterfield Operatic Society will be staging Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita, which charts the rags-to-riches rise of the First Lady of Argentina, who won the love of her countrymen after marrying military leader-turned-president Juan Peron. Set in Buenos Aires between 1934-1952, the musical follows Eva Duarte Peron on her journey from fatherless child to ambitious actress to the most powerful woman in Latin America.

chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Tickets are from Bob Newton (01246 477532) before 7 Feb and the Box Office from 23 Feb. Amateur production Pomegranate Theatre

Indulging in the nostalgia of such shows as The Big Reunion and McBusted. An exhilarating journey of the most memorable moments from the best boy bands of the 90s to the present day. The ultimate mix-tape that will take you back in time with the soulful harmonies of Boyz II Men to the uplifting sounds of Westlife and the one and only reigning Kings of Pop - Take That.

These are the songs you were romanced to, you fell in love to and of course, you partied to.

Music

Sat 25 April

The ELO Experience Back into the Blue

Formed over seven years ago, The ELO Experience is the world's foremost tribute to this great band.

With a stunning light show and large screen projection to further enhance the experience, why not come along and enjoy this incredible show which accurately reproduces the songs and sounds and takes you on a musical journey through time.

'…A tribute that’s jam-packed with musical talent” The Stage elotribute.com

Evenings 7.15pm Saturday Matinee 2.15pm Stalls and circle £15.50 (Under 16 £12.50) Side circle £12.50 (Under 16 £10.50) Buy 19 tickets get 20th free

Box office: 01246 345 222

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £16 Concessions £14

Winding Wheel 7.30pm £21.50

Drama

Drama

Mon 27 April

Comedy

Tue 28 April

Thu 30 April

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Thick as Thieves

Fresh from a West End run of The Trials of Oscar Wilde, European Arts Company returns with a thrilling adaptation of Wilde’s only novel. Set in Victorian London, a beautiful, narcissistic young man called Dorian Gray becomes infatuated by the exquisite portrait that Basil Hallward has painted of him. He makes a faustian pact that he will remain forever young while the picture grows old. Combining drawing room comedy and gothic horror.

Reform Theatre Company and Harrogate Theatre present this new comedy which takes the audience into the world of small-time criminals. Friends Steph and Barry have never been model citizens, but they are finding it increasingly hard to stay on the straight and narrow. When the pair decide to turn their hands to housebreaking it has hilarious consequences. The hapless duo has to contend with a shocking discovery that could change their lives forever.

Pomegranate Theatre

Pomegranate Theatre

7.30pm

7.30pm

£17 Concessions £15 Child £13 Group of 10+ £14 School of 10+ £12

£16.50 Concessions £14.50 Child £12.50 Group 10+ £13.50 School 10+ £11.50

By Mark Whiteley

20%

Friends’ Discount

Entertainment Thu 30 April

Spotlight Comedy Club

The Magnificent Music Hall

With Compere Anthony J Brown

This live show presented by The Paper Moon Theatre Company features ten spectacular performers who will delight and entertain with great songs, dance, magic and laughter. This splendid production captures the true Victorian style of this much loved form of entertainment; it is colourful, superbly staged and costumed and full of audience participation.

A nostalgic, fun and unmissable trip down memory lane from this galaxy of stars from BBC TV’S The Good Old Days. Carefree, cheerful and uniquely British.

Tom Wrigglesworth He won a Chortle Award for Best Show and a nomination for the main Edinburgh Festival award, plus a Sony Award for his Radio 4 series Open Letters.

Penella Mellor Justifiably described by Jason Manford as "one of the most exciting newcomers around", Penella is a multi-award winning act.

Winding Wheel 7.15pm doors, 8pm start

20%

Friends’ Discount

Advance £10.50 (Group 10+ £9.50) Door £12.50 Students £7.50

Pomegranate Theatre 2.30pm £15.50 Groups 10+ £11.50 Spring 2015 42 / 43

How to book

COMING SOON Music

Fri 1 May

Drama

Wed 6 May

Music Fri 15 May

Family Mon 25 May

Book direct with Chesterfield Theatres In Person: Chesterfield Theatres Box Office Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield, S41 7TX. Telephone: 01246 345 222 All payments using a credit card or a debit card are subject to an additional fee of 40 pence per transaction.

Blake

69 Shades of Black

Pomegranate Theatre 7.30pm

Russell Watson

Pop Factor

Starring Faye Tozer

Winding Wheel 7.30pm

Pomegranate Theatre 6pm

£21.50 Concessions £20 Friends £20

Pomegranate Theatre 7.30pm

£33.50-£42.50

£13.50 Concessions £11.50 Family (2 adults, 2 children) £46

£22

Early Bird £10.50 until 31 January 2015

Comedy

Music

Comedy

Music

Tue 2 June

Sat 27 June

Sat 25 July

Wed 28 October

Stewart Francis

The Illegal Eagles

Jimmy Tarbuck

Winding Wheel 8pm

Winding Wheel 7.30pm

Pomegranate Theatre 7.30pm

£16.50

£25 Concessions £23 Friends £23

£21.50

chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

Box office: 01246 345 222

Mad About the Musicals Pomegranate Theatre 7.30pm £25 Concessions £23 Friends £23

Box Office Opening times: Mon - Sat 10am - 7pm Sun Closed Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve 10am - 2.30pm Closed Christmas Day & New Year's Day Online: Most shows can be booked online (fee charged) chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk All tickets purchased online through the Chesterfield Theatres website are through a company called Tickets.Com. All purchases are subject to a booking fee in addition to the price of the tickets.

The booking fee is currently 6% of the total price of the tickets purchased.

By Post: Pomegranate Theatre, Corporation Street, Chesterfield S41 7TX. If a customer requests tickets to be sent out by post to a UK address, a charge of 70 pence per transaction will be made to cover the cost of post and packing.

Book using our Ticket Agents SIV Tickets, Sheffield Telephone: 0114 22 33 777 Online: sivtickets.com Or Chesterfield Visitor Information Centre Rykneld Square, Chesterfield, S40 1SB In Person: Monday to Saturday, 9.30am-5pm Payment Cash, cheque or credit/debit card.

Cheques payable to Chesterfield Borough Council. All cards are subject to a transaction fee.

Concessions, where applicable, are available to children under 16, adults over 60, people claiming Job Seekers Allowance, full-time students, people in receipt of Council Tax or Housing Benefit Rebate. Please be prepared to provide proof of status.

for guidance on age restrictions.

Also, please note the following:

National Theatre Tokens are accepted for most performances. Please ask for details.

• Babies up to one year old are able to sit on a person’s lap at no charge, and will be issued with a complimentary ticket. Any child one year and older will be required to sit in a paid for seat.

Theatre Restoration Levy All ticket prices for professional productions and events shown in this brochure and at chesterfieldtheatres. co.uk include a £1.50 compulsory Theatre Restoration Levy per ticket.

The income from the levy will be channelled into a separate fund to contribute towards the capital improvement of both the Winding Wheel and the Pomegranate Theatre.

• Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

• All children, regardless of age, must have a ticket for the performance.

• Booster seats are available at the Pomegranate Theatre.

Conditions of Sale Chesterfield Theatres reserve the right to: • Make alterations to the advertised cast and programme without prior notice.

• Refuse admission.

• Provide alternative seats to those purchased.

Reservations will be held for a maximum of 4 working days. On the day of a performance, reservations are held until 30 minutes before the start of the show.

Special Offers and Discounts Special offers and discounts apply to full price tickets only, except where indicated. Please note each offer may only be used once per person, per performance, and not in conjunction with any other discount, offer or concession and can not be used retrospectively. Chesterfield Theatres reserves the right to introduce or withdraw prices or discounts without notice. Please note some offers may only be available through the Box Office and not online.

Group Bookings discounts for groups of 10 or more are available for many shows.

Children are welcome at the Pomegranate Theatre and the Winding Wheel but please see individual shows

All information is correct at time of going to press. We reserve the right to amend as necessary.

Ticket Information Local Companies/Hirers Tickets for these productions may be pre-sold by the companies themselves.

Therefore, when booking opens at the Box Office, availability may be limited.

Cancellations and refunds for tickets are not possible except in the event of cancellation by the venue.

Exchanges can only be offered if tickets are returned to the Box Office at least 24 hours prior to the performance.

All exchanges are subject to availability.

Tickets can be exchanged for another performance or for credit vouchers.

A charge will be made for this service.

All charges are subject to change.

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Get Involved with the Theatres Arts, Education & Community The shows you see on stage are only part of what goes on here at Chesterfield Theatres. We aim to support our exciting programme with back-stage tours, post-show discussions and workshops.

Here are a number of ways in which you or someone you may know can get involved.

Pomegranate Youth Rally for Arts & Theatre (PYRAT)

Search for PYRAT

Ages 14-18. PYRAT members meet monthly and work together to create opportunities for young people to get more involved in the arts. Our Arts Officer supports members and organises a programme of workshops in all art forms. Members can gain an Arts Award. PYRAT is free to join, some activities may be charged for.

Education We support visiting companies, performers, theatre and film events with tailor made In-School and Theatre Workshops for all ages (where available), Technical Workshops, Teacher Resource Packs (where available), Pre and Post Show Discussions, Back Stage Tours and Work Experience Placements.

Sewing Group The Sewing Group meets most Thursday mornings. Originally set up to create costumes for Youth Theatre productions, members get involved in many arts projects using knitting and sewing. The group is free to join and there is no need to book, just turn up.

Pomegranate Youth Theatre New Writing

Ages 8–18.

New! 18–25 years class.

All aspects of stagecraft led by professional facilitators on a weekly basis. Workshops promote teamwork, social skills, emotional intelligence, creativity and confidence.

The Pomegranate Youth Theatre explores issues relevant to its members and the local area through research, improvisation, devising, scripting and performing.

The group performs regularly at the Theatre and in surrounding areas.

pomytheatre.co.uk

The Pomegranate Playwights Group is an all inclusive group with a shared interest in writing. The group aims to encourage and facilitate the development of new writing for performance and to provide opportunities for work to be presented.

We also now have a young playwriting group for ages 14-18.

The groups are free to join and meet monthly.

Get in Touch If you would like anymore information including how to join any of these groups, please visit chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/arts or contact the Chesterfield Theatres Arts Officer: arole.copeland@ c chesterfield.gov.uk 01246 345 215 (Weds, Thu, Fri mornings)

Thu 23 April 7.30pm

Chesterfield Theatre Friends Chesterfield Theatre Friends was formed in November 2007 to help ‘preserve, promote and protect the future of Chesterfield Theatres' with the immediate goal of raising funds to support the 2009 celebrations of 60 years of civic theatre in Chesterfield.

Membership enquiries: Mike Spriggs 01246 233 475

Related Events In Conversation Chesterfield Theatre Friends present In Conversation, a series of events with guest speakers that relate to the world of theatre. These events are open to all and cost only £5 including soup and a roll. This season there will be two events: John Smedley Now and Then on Thu 5 Feb (see page 10) and The Pomegranate Playwrights on Tour on Thu 5 March (see page 18).

The group are also presenting the CTF Fundraiser Concert on Sun 15 Feb (see page 12).

Pomegranate Theatre Archive The Chesterfield Theatre Friends have kindly dedicated

many hours of painstaking work towards accumulating an archive of information about the Pomegranate Theatre and sorting it into a semblance of order which is now available to view at chesterfieldtheatrefriends.co.uk.

The information uploaded to the website so far has been gleaned from material, collected over decades, from various sources.

It's been a long journey to get the archive to this point, but there's still a lot left to do. The Chesterfield Theatre Friends welcome contributions from anyone who can fill in any gaps or omissions.

Advance £9 Door £10 Crazy Little Thing Called Love presented by Kepow Theatre Company

Live & Local

Spring 2015 Listings Sun 25 January 7.30pm £10.50/£8.50 It's A Wonderful Life presented by Farnham Maltings Rose Theatre, Chesterfield.

Box Office 01246 271540 Tue 24 March 7.30pm £9 The Churchfitters in Concert presented by The Churchfitters Hollingwood Hub Box Office 01246 477569 Tue 24 March 7.30pm Advance £9 Door £10 An Evening with Gordon Giltrap presented by Gordon Giltrap

Hasland Village Hall (Eastwood Park) Box Office 01246 345 222 or Hasland Chiropody Centre 01246 279 521 Sat 16 May 7.30pm £TBC Wanderlust presented by The Gramophones Theatre Company Holymoorside Village Hall Box Office 01926 402 173

For full information and listings visit liveandlocal.org.uk Live & Local is an initiative supported by Chesterfield Borough Council which helps bring communities together to enjoy high quality and professional live performances.

Hasland Village Hall (Eastwood Park) Box Office 01246 345 222 or Hasland Chiropody Centre 01246 279 521 Spring 2015 46 / 47

Winding Wheel Seating Plan

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In seated areas audience members may stand during the event.

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Chesterfield Theatres Accessibility

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Assisting dogs are welcome at all venues but please let the Box Office know when booking.

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Access is important to us. We are committed to making your visit as welcoming as possible. An overview of what we currently offer is below and full details can be found at chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/accessibility.

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Main Box Office (Pomegranate Theatre) Pomegranate Theatre Auditorium

Yes

Winding Wheel Auditorium

Yes

Notes

Yes

Two way microphone and speaker system

Information is available from

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Main entrance access from Street

Adapted Toilet/s

Pomegranate Theatre Main Entrance, Box Office and Stalls

Access via ramp from the street to automatic doors

Yes, 1 at rear of stalls

Essential companions can be admitted for free. They will need to be allocated a ticket at the time of booking.

There is currently 1 dedicated disabled parking space outside the main entrance of the Pomegranate Theatre. And, there are a number of car parks close to the Theatres with disabled parking and these can be seen on page 46.

Emergency Procedures

Wheelchair User Theatre Seats Please see seating plan on page 45

Pomegranate Theatre Circle

Circle not accessible for wheelchair users

Yes

Essential Companions

Passenger Lift

Yes

Winding Wheel Auditorium (Ground Floor)

Yes

Stair Lift

Pomegranate Theatre Bar

Winding Wheel Main Entrance

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Venue

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Winding Wheel Function Room Yes

Induction Loop

Yes

On the Night Box Office (Winding Wheel)

Winding Wheel Ballroom Hasland Village Hall SE of Town Centre

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Accessibility Quick Reference Guide for Mobility Impaired

Street level access from street to automatic doors

Yes

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Winding Wheel Circle (Floor 1)

Lift from main entrance. Circle not accessible for wheelchair users

Winding Wheel Function Room (Floor 1)

Small ramp to gain access to the Function Room and Ballroom

Winding Wheel Ballroom (Floor 2)

Yes

Unallocated space available for wheelchair users at ticketed events within the Bar.

Yes, accessible by lift

Please see seating plan on page 45

Accessible by lift, but not accessible for wheelchair users

Yes

Unallocated space available for wheelchair users

Yes

Emergency procedures are in place at all our venues to assist anyone with a disability to exit the venue safely in the event of an evacuation. Equipment is installed to assist with this on stairways and staff members are trained regularly in its use.

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