The Gatehouse Theatre Autumn/Winter 2019/20

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Get some GYT spirit!

The Gatehouse Youth Theatre is a unique, fun and imaginative group.

We run weekly workshops for 7 to 18 year olds in drama, aiding the children’s performance skills as well as increasing their confidence and self expression. The content of each term will support the development of the individual, a sense of ensemble, teamwork, learning and of course lots of fun! Our children and young people receive an unrivalled opportunity to learn and perform within a professional theatre.

For more information please visit www.staffordgatehousetheatre.co.uk or call our Box Office 01785 619080

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Feed their imagination.

With music, stories and movement.

10 – 12pm Term Time Mondays – Suitable from 6 months to 6 years Join Georgie for a morning of discovery and fun, where children can sing songs, listen to stories, dress up and make masks, accessories and props.

The sessions are planned and themed to ensure that the children build a rounded skill set and access the essential life skills that engaging in the arts encourages.

Our aim is: • To build confidence and development in early years • To strengthen parent/carer - child bonds, providing a positive focus for shared experience and communication • Provide a fun, safe and relaxed environment to engage children with the arts from a young age • Develop social skills and fire little imaginations

Each term covers ten to twelve sessions depending on the school term and costs £20 which includes a Theatre Tots Tee-shirt as well as exclusive offers and treats from the Gatehouse Theatre.

Join us now at: staffordgatehousetheatre.co.uk

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Feed their imagination and watch them fly

Keep up to date with all the murders, the laughs, the arabesques, the cha cha chas, the licks, the riffs, the plots or just the gossip.

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Summer School 2020 Audition Date Announced

Sunday 29th March 2020 9.30am (7-12 years) and 2pm (13-21 years) You must be avail abl e for t he whol e product ion period which is 27t h J uly - 15t h August 2020 Please download an audition pack from our websit e, available from Oct ober *Summer School Fees Apply

£18+

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Tickets £11.00

Thinking about Joining Youth Theatre? Come and help us make a

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PLAY IN A DAY Run by our Gatehouse Youth Theatre leaders WEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 30 | 9AM PARENTS INVITED AT 4PM TO WATCH THE PERFORMANCE Please register via email: gatehouse.sgyt@freedom-leisure.co.uk

Tickets RRows B-I £28.50 remaining seats £25.50

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We need you to in the gatehouse P L E D G E

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A partnership with the Gatehouse Theatre can offer so much opportunity to local businesses.

You can sponsor a performance with a private drinks reception, help fund an education or community outreach programme and you will have the flexibility to meet marketing, community engagement, employee appreciation, client hospitality and philanthropic goals whilst supporting your local arts venue and the revitalisation of our much loved theatre.

Get in touch with our Sales and Marketing Manager, Jemma Harrison to discuss a bespoke package for your business.

We would like to thank the University of Wolverhampton, Arnold Clark and Signal Radio for their support this year.

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Tickets £26.00

Tina Turner Experience – The Tina Turner Simply the Best

Experience

IN AID OF EADIE’S WISHES

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

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Uncork the champagne! Dress to kill! Party like there’s no tomorrow! Celebrating 21 diamante decorated years, The Lady Boys of Bangkok ‘Greatest Showgirls’ tour will take Britain’s number one cabaret show to a new level. With some of your favourites from the last 20 glorious years re-imagined, added to new scenes of spectacular costumes, choreography and – of course – hilarious comedy!

A UV PUPPET ADVENTURE

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MONDAY 28TH OCTOBER SHOWS AT 12.30PM AND 2.30PM TICKETS £9 EACH

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BOOK TICKETS NOW 01785 619080 gatehouse @ freedom - leisure.co.uk

Tuesday 12 November 2019 MET Studio

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Tickets £10.00 18+

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7.30pm

Award winning movies on Tuesday nights with Stafford Film Theatre.

Showing quality British and foreign films since 1949 10 17 24 1 8 22 29 19 26 14 21 29 4

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Green Book Fallen Idol The White Crow Bohemian Rhapsody Capernaum Disobedience Border Can you ever forgive me?

Beats Wild Rose Foxtrot Rafiki Birds of Passage

All films are screened at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre. Our programme starts at 7.30pm with the main feature at 7.45pm. Subject to any film’s age restriction, all are welcome and tickets can be bought from the Gatehouse box office on the night or in advance Full price: £7.00 Concessions: £6.00 Ticket prices above include the Gatehouse Theatre’s booking fee of 50p per ticket

You can save money by buying a membership tickets: Membership (total price for 12 films): Full member: £59 (price per film just under £5.00) Concessions: £47 (price per film just under £4.00)

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On rare occasions our programme may change— please visit our website before travel

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Tickets £25.00

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THE SWASHBUCKLING PANTOMIME ADVENTURE

Peter Pan

Join us for an unforgettable pantomime spectacular as the swashbuckling

13 Dec - 5 Jan

family favourite, Peter Pan, transforms Stafford into Neverland!

Starring

Get ready to think happy thoughts and fly high as the mischievous Peter

IAN REDDINGTON

embarks on an awfully big adventure, introducing the Darling children to the lost boys, sword-wielding pirates, a ravenous crocodile, and the most boo-able baddie on the seven seas, Captain Hook.

With incredible costumes, heaps of audience interaction, chart-hits galore, and a ship full of jokes, this hilarious and exciting pantomime of the boy who never grew up, promises to have every member of the family entertained throughout…

You’ll be HOOKED!

DECEMBER

TICKET PRICES 6.30pm

Silver Prices

SAT 14

2.00pm

6.30pm

Adult £23.00 / Concessions £18.50 / Family ticket £71.00

SUN 15

1.00pm

5.00pm

FRI 13

TUE 17

6.30pm

Gold Prices

WED 18

6.30pm

Adult £25.00 / Concessions £20.50 / Family ticket £77.00

THU 19

7.45pm 6.30pm

Late Night Prices

5.00pm

All tickets £23.00

SAT 21

2.00pm

SUN 22

1.00pm

MON 23

2.00pm

6.30pm

TUE 24

1.00pm

5.00pm

THU 26

1.00pm

5.00pm

FRI 27

2.00pm

6.30pm

SAT 28

2.00pm

6.30pm

SUN 29

1.00pm

5.00pm

MON 30

2.00pm

TUE 31

1.00pm

RELAXED PERFORMANCE

SIGNED PERFORMANCE

All prices include a booking fee

6.30pm

We have a Relaxed Performance on SUNDAY 22nd of

5.00pm

December at 1.00pm and a Signed Performance on MONDAY 30th of December at 2.00pm.

JANUARY Family ticket discount applies online on the basket page THU 2

2.00pm

6.30pm

- please remember to change the price types to a child,

FRI 3

2.00pm

6.30pm

after selecting seats

SAT 4

2.00pm

6.30pm

SUN 5

1.00pm

5.00pm

For group rates please contact the box office

THE SWASHBUCKLING PANTOMIME ADVENTURE

BY By arrangement with Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children’s Charity and Samuel French Ltd

“Peter Pan” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd

Discover Stafford’s museums

Stafford Borough is steeped in history, from the Stone Age, through Roman and Medieval times to the modern era.

Admission to explore our museums is FREE* Stafford Castle Follow in the footsteps of royalty

First built in the time of William the Conqueror, the Castle has dominated the Stafford skyline for over 900 years and is one of the best surviving Norman earthworks.

Stafford Castle, Newport Road, 01785 619131

The Ancient High House Step through time

A unique insight into the lives of the occupants of England’s largest timber framed house, from royalty (King Charles I and Prince Rupert of the Rhine) to servants.

Green Street, Stafford, 01785 619131

Izaak Walton’s Cottage Founder of the modern biography

Nestled in the tranquil Staffordshire countryside, the cottage was once owned by the celebrated English author best known for writing the Compleat Angler.

Worston Lane, Shallowford, 01785 619131 *with the exception of some events.

For opening times and a list of events please call the Ancient High House on 01785 619131

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Gatehouse Theatre Coffee Shop Open Monday – Saturday 10.00am – 3.00pm Fully Air-Conditioned FREE Wi-Fi

SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP MONEY CAN'T BUY EXPERIENCES & SUPPORT

A school partnership with the theatre can enrich the lives of your students, at every level of development. In 2019 the Gatehouse loaned hundreds of costumes and props, helped children with stage fright, voice projection and direction, we allowed many schools a backstage insight into a professional working theatre, as they discovered lighting effects, hilarious sound effects and even the trap door!

We can bring story bear to your early years departments and you can bring your key stage four students to the set of our open air Shakespeare production. However we can help, we would love to and through our partnership with the University of Wolverhampton we can really make a difference.

Please email jemma.harrison@freedom-leisure.co.uk for more information. *Membership carries a small fee of £100, this is used to cover expenses such as costume cleaning and travel.

FLEXIBLE HIGHER EDUCATION IN STAFFORD At the University of Wolverhampton in Stafford (UWiS) we offer Flexible learning, tailored around you Public lectures, workshops and taster sessions Specialist clinics (incl. UCAS and Business Solutions) and expert advice

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Adult leisure short courses such as: Languages, BSL, Photography and Digital Media

Undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional and personal development (CPPD) courses.

Opening hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday (+ evening and weekend classes at advertised times)

Choose whether to study part-time or full-time, so you can tailor your study requirements around your life, or opt for one of our distance learning courses with local support.

The University of Wolverhampton in Stafford 2a Staffordshire Place Stafford Staffordshire ST16 2LP Visit: uwis.co.uk Email: uwis.enquiries@wlv.ac.uk Call: 01785 247622

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Tickets £28.50

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Gatehouse Theatre Coffee Shop Open Monday – Saturday 10.00am – 3.00pm Fully Air-Conditioned FREE Wi-Fi

It’s funny little space

THE MET COMEDY GIGS! 2019/20

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Our studio space is a versatile and much loved little theatre.

Each month we hold the sell out MET Comedy amongst other shows like Sarah Millican’s Playground and Trés Trés Cabaret that return time and time again to delight our audiences.

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*Line-up

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Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

to be confirmed and subject to change. Age restriction: 18+

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Tickets £16.00

I, Elizabeth From the award-winning creators of Austen’s Women, Dalloway, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, Orlando, The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe, Female Gothic, The Time Machine, and Christmas Gothic.

1568: At a vital but volatile crossroads in history a young queen steps from the shadows to reveal her thoughts on marriage, succession, religion and war. But time is against her…

Thursday 7 & Friday 8 May 2020 MET Studio

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Tickets £16.00

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