Watford Palace Theatre Autumn 2022 Brochure

WHAT’S ON AUTUMN/WINTER 2022 BOX OFFICE 01923 225671 watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk 20 Clarendon Rd, Watford, WD17 1JZ

@WATFORDPALACE

SAT 3 – SAT 31 DECEMBER 2022

Bienvenue à Paris, where beauty, art, and love reign supreme and play host to our remixed tale of Beauty and the Beast. A theatre full of colourful characters are vying to be the next big act, when up-and-coming singer Beau falls fowl to a dastardly magician’s plot and is transformed into a hideous Beast. Only true love can save him, but will his charm offensive work its magic on the kind and beautiful Belle before time, and her patience, runs out? Or will love prevail before the last rose petal falls and seals their fate forever?

This Christmas, support local and be a part of the heart-warming tradition that is the Watford Palace Theatre pantomime, starring Watford’s much-loved Dame, Terence Frisch. It’s unmissable festive fun for all the family (oh yes it is!), featuring catchy hit songs, award-winning sets and costumes, and non-stop laughter.

“Simply joyful” “Perfect in every way” “We go every year as a family” Audience feedback from Dick Whittington & His Cat (2021)

TICKETS STANDARD PERFORMANCES Price band A £21

Price band B £18

Price band C £15

Price band D £13

Boxes (4 seats) £80

Price band D £17

Boxes (4 seats) £110

Price band D £19

Boxes (4 seats) £154

Price band D £21

Boxes (4 seats) £165

BRONZE PERFORMANCES Price band A £29

Price band B £27

Price band C £22

SILVER PERFORMANCES Price band A £33

Price band B £30

Price band C £25

GOLD PERFORMANCES Price band A £35

Price band B £32

Price band C £27

(Concessions £2 off) School rate £11, with 11th ticket free Groups rate (does not apply to Gold performances – see listings):

10% off for groups of 10+ | 15% off for groups of 25+

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE DECEMBER 2022 Sat 3 Sun 4

11.00am No performances

Mon 5

10.30am

Tue 6 Wed 7

10.30am No performances

Thu 8

10.30am

Fri 9

1.00pm

6.00pm

Sat 10

11.30am

3.00pm

Sun 11

11.30am No performances

3.00pm

Mon 12 Tue 13

10.00am

1.30pm

Wed 14

10.00am

1.30pm

Thu 15

10.00am

Fri 16

10.30am

Sat 17

11.30am

3.00pm

Sun 18

3.00pm

Mon 19

11.30am No performances

Tue 20

11.30am

3.00pm

Wed 21

11.30am

3.00pm

Thu 22

11.30am

3.00pm

Fri 23

11.30am

3.00pm

Sat 24

3.00pm

Sun 25

11.30am No performances

Mon 26

1.00pm

5.00pm

Tue 27

1.00pm

5.00pm

Wed 28

1.00pm

5.00pm

Thu 29

1.00pm

5.00pm

Fri 30

1.00pm

5.00pm AD/TT

Sat 31

1.00pm

5.00pm

1.30pm R

5.00pm R

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THERE ARE MANY WAYS YOU CAN TAKE PART AT WATFORD PALACE THEATRE! Email: takepart@watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk for more information There is something for everyone – children, young people and the whole community – to get involved, be creative and have fun with at the Palace!

We offer: • Story Play for 0-5s and Story Makers for 5-7s • Palace Youth Theatre for 7-19s

• Palace Young Company for 16-25s

• Youth Advisory Board for 16-25s • People’s Palace Company for adults 19+ • Community Art and Craft for all ages

If you’re a teacher or a community volunteer, there are opportunities to work with us and find out what happens behind the scenes.

Join us for a host of other events taking place this Autumn including a living history project with our People’s Palace and Palace Young Companies to mark the Borough charter centenary; Diwali; and Black History Month.

Check out further opportunities to get involved on our website: watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk

WELCOME TO OUR AUTUMN SEASON! As the days get shorter and the nights darker, you’ll find happiness at the Palace! Autumn is jam-packed with the best comedians on the UK comedy circuit, a “glittery” Rifco co-production, spooky Halloween celebrations, the Watford Fringe Festival, our unmissable pantomime, and much, much, more!

There’s a range of events for you to get involved with too, so do look at the Take Part section!

We look forward to seeing you!

FULL LISTINGS ON OUR WEBSITE Our brochure contains just a flavour of what’s on!

Scan the QR code to see the full programme & book!

ACCESS FOR ALL We offer a range of performance options including: captioned, relaxed, audio described, and touch tour. Please refer to the individual events for details. Wheelchair spaces are available in the Stalls for all shows.

If you have additional requirements, please ask our friendly Box Office team when calling to book your tickets on 01923 225671, Mon to Fri 10am – 4pm; performance days until 15 minutes after the start of the show.

BRING YOUR OWN BABY COMEDY Wed 7 September 2022, 11.30am Wed 2 November 2022, 11.30am Tickets: £10 Adult and Baby ticket Age guidance: Bring your baby

of up to 15 months, however this is purely adult entertainment!

The award-winning lunchtime comedy show for parents... and you can bring your baby! These shows feature the funniest comedians from TV and the circuit telling their grown-up jokes in a totally baby-friendly environment. If you need to whip out a bum (the baby’s please!), a boob or a bottle then feel free.

The event features two acts, plus compere. Run time is around 75 minutes.

Rifco Theatre Company and Watford Palace Theatre Present

GLITTERBALL Thu 15 – Sat 24 September 2022, 2.30pm (Wed & Sat), 7.30pm 7pm (Tue 20th only) Tickets: From £10 (VIP option available, refer to website for more info) Age guidance: 10+ Written by Yasmin Wilde Directed by Pravesh Kumar

More Bassey than Bhangra, Glitterball is a play with live music, wry humour and a whole lotta sparkle.

Sonia’s life has always been a bit of a double act, brought up as one half of a Shirley Bassey tribute act. Now she’s divorced and battling through the middle-age jungle.

But the arrival of her half-brother Naim brings a refreshed sense of belonging and cultural identity, and she begins to piece together the mosaic of her life.

BALLET BLACK: SAY IT LOUD & BLACK SUN Wed 5 October 2022, 7.30pm Tickets: From £16 Age guidance: 7+ Celebrating twenty years, Ballet Black’s 2022 double bill features Say It Loud and Black Sun. Both works are steeped in creative energy, showcasing Ballet Black’s enviable repertoire and demonstrating their reputation as a necessary part of the British ballet industry. “…so much of the appeal of this company lies in the talent it has allowed to blossom. These are individuals who you want to watch.” The Guardian

COMEDY Lates

COMEDY LATES Thu 6 October 2022, 8pm Thu 17 November 2022, 8pm Thu 15 December 2022, 8pm Tickets: From £10 Age guidance: 18+ Join us in the intimate surroundings of our Green Room Bar, as we present the best of the UK comedy circuit for your giggling pleasure! It’s stand-up comedy fun at its finest, with more frivolity than you can shake a rather large (funny) stick at!

Do check our website before booking, as the line-up is subject to change.

THE ELVIS YEARS: THE STORY OF THE KING Fri 7 October 2022, 7.30pm Tickets: From £22 Spanning over three decades of hits, this is an unforgettable journey through the life and times of Elvis Presley. With all the classics from legendary Sun hits to majestic Vegas performances including Suspicious Minds, Jailhouse Rock, Viva Las Vegas, and many more delivering a real taste of The King!

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Watford Palace Theatre present

LITTLE WOMEN Director Brigid Larmour Designer Ruari Murchison

Tue 11 – Sat 22 October 2022 2.30pm (Thu & Sat), 3pm (Sun), 7.30pm C AD/TT Tickets: From £10 (VIP option available, refer to website for more info) Age guidance: 11+ One of the best loved novels of all time, Little Women is by turns comic, dramatic, romantic, and tragic. Inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s experiences growing up with her three sisters, it’s the story of the March family as they struggle to survive in New England during the American Civil War. You can support this production by designing patchwork panels to be made into quilts for Quilts for Care Leavers UK – full information on our website!

SÉANCE Tue 25 October – Sun 6 November 2022 Tickets: £9 Age guidance: 14+ This DARKFIELD shipping container experience situated on Watford Town Centre Parade transforms the interior of a 24ft container into a Victorian séance room. Over 20 minutes it explores the psychology of a group of people, and asks that they believe, not only in what seems to be happening inside the container but also in what might be conjured up into the room with them.

It’s skin-tingling, breath-quickening stuff’ Natasha Tripney, The Stage

HALLOWEEN AT THE PALACE Tue 25 October – Thu 3 November 2022 Spooktacular entertainment for the whole family: including a range of playful pumpkin workshops, ghoulish ghost tours, one hell of a Day of the Dead party and much, much more!

Highlights for kids: Halloween Drawalong with illustrator Nick Sharratt, pumpkin carving and decorating, storytelling, screening of family-favourite film Coco.

Highlights for adults: An evening of Burlesque, ceramic pumpkin painting with cocktails and live music, silent-era masterpiece film Nosferatu accompanied by a live band.

Our website has full listings, prices, and times.

An Amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd.

EVITA Tue 8 – Sat 12 November 2022, 2.30pm (Tue & Sat) & 7.30pm Tickets: From £10

By Cassio Productions

Don’t Cry For Me, …

Cassio Productions returns to present the riveting story of Argentina’s First Lady, Eva Peron. From grinding poverty to world fame she was both worshipped and hated. She died young and nearly became a saint. This thrilling musical stormed into London in 1978 and has been a favourite ever since.

Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Originally directed by Harold Prince

THE KING OF REGGAE – THE MAN – THE MUSIC Sat 19 November 2022, 7.30pm Tickets: £24.50 Age guidance: 12+ ‘Let’s Get Together And Feel Alright ’ as the company that brought you the acclaimed RUSH - A Joyous Jamaican Journey, bring you this brand new narrated musical charting the life of the King of Reggae, touching every aspect of the Jamaican superstar’s musical, spiritual and political journey and featuring over 20 of his iconic hits like No Woman No Cry and One Love played live by the The King of Reggae Band.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

By Andrew Pollard Director James Williams Designer Cleo Pettitt

Sat 3 – Sat 31 December 2022 C

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Tickets: From £11 Be our guest this Christmas! Our much-loved panto is back for THE tale as old as time – Beauty and the Beast! Join Belle, the Beast, and a host of larger-than-life characters in this magical, musical love story, remixed for 2022.

With stunning sets galore from our Panto Award-winning Designer, Cleo Pettitt, LOTS of surprises, and your favourite performers, Beauty and the Beast is the ultimate family treat!

More information on our main listing page.

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE COMING FEBRUARY 2023…

Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as Shylock in a radical new production of The Merchant of Venice, directed

by Watford Palace Theatre’s Artistic Director, Brigid Larmour. For the latest news and booking alerts for this exciting production, please join our Mailing List by scanning the QR code.

CALENDAR DATE

SHOW

SEPTEMBER 2022

TIME

GENRE ACCESS

Bring Your Own Wed 7 Baby Comedy Thu – Sat Glitterball 15 – 24

11.30am Comedy 2.30pm & 7.30pm Comedy 7pm (Tue 20th only) Drama

Sat – Sun 1–2 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Tue – Sat 11 –22 Tue – Mon 25 – 31 Tue 25 Thu 27 Fri 28 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sat 29

Various times 7.30pm 8pm 7.30pm 2.30pm, 3pm & 7.30pm Various times

Fringe Dance Comedy Live Music

2pm Various times 11am 7.30pm 11am 7.30pm

7pm

Childrens Tour Children Cabaret Film Party Childrens arts and crafts Childrens arts and crafts Adults arts and crafts

Tue – Sun Séance 1–6 Bring Your Own Wed 2 Baby Comedy Nosferatu film Thu 3 with live band Russell Kane Live Sat 5 The Essex Variant!

Tue – Sat Evita 8 – 12 Thu 17 Comedy Lates The King of Reggae Sat 19 The Man - The Music

Various times

Immersive

11.30am

8pm

Comedy Film; Live Music Comedy

2.30pm & 7.30pm 8pm 7.30pm

Musical Comedy Live Music

Sat – Sat Beauty and the Beast 3 – 31 Thu 15 Comedy Lates

Various

Pantomime

8pm

Comedy

OCTOBER 2022

Sun 30

Watford Fringe Ballet Black Comedy Lates The Elvis Years: The Story of the King Little Women Séance Nick Sharratt’s Halloween Drawalong Ghost Tours The Bubble Show An Evening of Burlesque Coco Day of the Dead Party Gourd Friends make and take Pumpkin Carving - make and take Dead Civilised cocktails and crafting

Sun 30 Sun 30

10am & 11am 2pm & 3pm

NOVEMBER 2022

7.30pm

Drama

C AD/TT

Immersive

DECEMBER 2022

KEY: R

C R AD/TT

C = CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE = RELAXED PERFORMANCE AD/TT = AUDIO DESCRIBED WITH TOUCH TOUR 1 HOUR BEFORE