WINTER GARDENS BLACKPOOL
SEASON GUIDE SUMMER 2016
THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE
THE RECORD-BREAKING INTERNATIONAL SENSATION
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THE GREATEST SUMMER HOLIDAY OF THEIR LIVES! BILL KENWRIGHT AND LAURIE MANSFIELD PRESENT
By
LAURENCE MARKS & MAURICE GRAN DOC POMUS & MORT SHUMAN AND MANY MORE...
FEATURING THE HITS OF
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Featuring
ANTONY COSTA from Blue
2014 X Factor finalist LOLA SAUNDERS
Save The Last Dance For Me From the team that brought you the huge success that is Dreamboats and Petticoats, Save the Last Dance for Me will take you back through the ‘music and magic’ of the early 60’s, a time when each passing week brought another Rock ‘n’ Roll classic. This nostalgic, feel-good journey will transport you back to music’s golden era as we follow two teenage sisters through the summer of ’63. For the first time without their parents, the sisters embark on a holiday to the seaside. Full of freedom and high spirits they meet a handsome young American who invites them to a dance at the local U.S. Air force base… But young love and holiday romance is never as simple as it sounds, and the sisters soon realise that while the world around them is still watching itself in black and white, life and love can be much more colourful.
‘SOME OF THE GREATEST POP SONGS EVER WRITTEN IN A FEEL-GOOD MUSICAL THAT WILL TRANSPORT YOU BACK TO THE MAGICAL DAYS OF YOUR YOUTH’ The Herald
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WAYNE ROBINSON The Lion King
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ELIZABETH CARTER Dreamboats & Petticoats
OPERA HOUSE Tuesday 31 May - Saturday 04 June Times 7.30pm Tuesday Wednesday 2.30pm Wednesday 7.30pm Thursday 2.30pm Thursday 7.30pm Friday 7.30pm Saturday 2.30pm Saturday 7.30pm
Tickets From £15.00 Family of 4 £100.00 Group Rates Available Show & Dine £39.50
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MAKE A NIGHT OF IT! SHOW & DINE AT THE EMPRESS GRILL ROOM
Get a top price ticket and 3 course meal to the biggest shows from just £34.50. Upgrade whilst booking in box office, online or over the phone. Save The Last Dance £39.50 Avenue Q £34.50 Sound Of Music £39.50 Dirty Dancing £39.50 Footloose £34.50
Ghost £39.50 Rocky Horror £35.00 Shout! £39.50 Shawshank £34.50 Great Expectations £39.50
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Blackpool Dance Festival Covering a period of nine days this is by far the largest of all the five Blackpool Festivals. The Festival covers Ballroom and Latin American dancing, incorporating the British Open Championships for Adult Amateur and Professional couples, plus Formation Teams. 2015 saw the 90th anniversary of the event, where 60 countries were represented from across the world. A total number of 2,903 entries in 12 events, 2 Ballroom Formation Teams and 10 Latin Formation Teams.
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Times Thursday 26 May - Friday 3 June Various Opening Times
Killer Queen Killer Queen have been performing their tribute to Queen Live’s concert since 1993. Their expert musicianship, extraordinary energy and accurate portrayal of the world’s greatest live band have rightfully earned Killer Queen the title of Queen tribute royalty. Thrilling sell-out audiences across the globe from the UK to Moscow, Killer Queen recreates the high energy, powerful phenomenon that was Queen live.
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Times Saturday 28 May at 7.30pm Tickets £19.50
Blackpool Pride presents: Climax For the first time ever Blackpool Pride working with Freak Chic Presents brings you a night of club/chart remixes to heavy house music this June! This summers big pride clubnight with headline artists, Damon Hess - MTV artist with live PA’s, Imogen Blue Grace Perry, Jason Quainoo, Riddaz Dance crew and Matt Sax! And The Vivienne - Rupaul’s Drag Race UK Ambassador & hig in demand Liverpool club scene DJ Jodie Harsh who has it all – a fierce look and refined taste!
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Times Saturday 11 June Tickets Available at freakchic.co.uk
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‘...IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH.’ The Stage
Avenue Q A smash hit on Broadway and in the West End, award-winning comedy musical Avenue Q is bringing a host of fuzzy friends to Blackpool Winter Gardens! Featuring the naughtiest puppets in town, brought hilariously to life by an ensemble cast of 11 performers, Avenue Q is a Tony Award-winning musical about growing up, dreaming big, and finding your purpose in life. Meet Princeton, a bright-eyed graduate who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Soon discovering that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q, he finds himself moving in with some truly quirky characters. Not suitable for under 14’s This production is given by permission of JOSEF WEINBERGER LTD on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of New York
‘FACE STILL HURTS FROM LAUGHING SO MUCH’ ‘KICKING OURSELVES FOR NOT SEEING IT YEARS AGO’ ‘YOU’D BE A MUPPET TO MISS IT’ Edinburgh Evening News
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OPERA HOUSE Monday 06 - Saturday 11 June Times 7.30pm Monday Tuesday 7.30pm 7.30pm Wednesday Thursday 7.30pm 7.30pm Friday Saturday 4.00pm 8.00pm Saturday
Tickets From £15.00 Students £5.00 off Group Rates Available Show & Dine £34.50
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AT THE BETTYE LaV ett e ‘LET ME DOWN EASY’ ‘WHAT CONDITION...’ ‘ONLY YOUR LOVE’
DEE DEE i g err e y b b r Sharpe Bo g G ran n o ’ t Hut ‘WHAT KIND OF LADY ’ ‘I GO TO PIECES ‘COMIN HOME BABY
‘LEND A HAND’ T OF ME’ ‘COME SEE WHAT’S LEF
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‘DEEP DARK SECRET’
WITH MUSICAL T FROM ACCOMPANIMEN
AVI S and S NAK E D ons Th e Sus p i c i
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Hits Reloaded & Hits Yorkshire The shows, now in their 12th and 15th years are staged to give children the opportunity to experience performing in live theatre and on a professional stage that has been home to many of the world’s biggest stars throughout the years. Here at the Opera House, Blackpool we want this experience to be as enjoyable as possible for all of those children involved.
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Times Saturday 18 June at 7.00pm Sunday 19 June at 7.00pm Tickets £10.00, £7.50
A Day at the Opera Organ Concert Seven organists will be playing the historic Blackpool Opera House Mighty Wurlitzer for an entire day’s worth of entertainment! The organists are as follows: Simon Gledhill, Howard Beaumont, David Lobban, Matthew Bason (Also playing an Allen Q316 organ), David Ivory, Cameron Lloyd, Damon Willetts
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Times Saturday 25 June at 11.00am Tickets £20.00
Jane McDonald Making Memories Singer and TV star Jane McDonald, one of the nation’s favourite entertainers is returning to Blackpool! Jane presents an exciting and emotionally charged evening of music and laughter. Featuring many of Jane’s best loved songs and hits from her incredible career, including some of her own compositions and amazing medleys. Together with her fantastic musicians and backing singers Jane brings the audience to their feet with this ultimate feel-good show. This is one night you won’t want to miss!
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Times Thursday 30 June at 7.30pm Tickets From £29.50
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Europe’s Tribute to Elvis Europe’s Largest officical Elvis Presley Enterprise Licensed Festival under one roof! Elvis hits from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s will be performed by three of the world’s best Elvis Tribute Artists: all winners of the Elvis Presley Enterprises “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest.” Cody Ray Slaughter, star of “Million Dollar Quartet” on Broadway, is the 2011 World Champion and the youngest man to hold the title. Bill Cherry Elvis Presley Enterprises 2009 World Champion and Dean Z Elvis Presley Enterprises 2013 world champion.
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Times Friday 1 - Sunday 3 July Tickets Visit elvisfestival.co.uk for full details
Morecambe and Wise 75th Anniversary Tribute Show Starring ‘Eric & Little Ern’, this show is a fitting tribute to two giants of British Comedy. The show will feature acts who worked with Eric & Ernie plus modern day celebrity entertainers who are fans and admirers of the duo, including comedians Mick Miller and Roy Walker, and Britain’s Got More Talent presenter Stephen Mulhern.
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Times Saturday 2 July at 7.30pm Tickets From £15.00
Coast Town 2016 Shadow Management in association with ArranPaul are very pleased to present Coast Town 2016 in the Empress Ballroom and Arena venues of Blackpool Winter Gardens. A two day summer event dedicated to Ska and Mod music featuring founder member of The Jam, one of the most influential bands in British Music, with Bruce Foxton’s From The Jam as the headline act plus a series of six other top quality, hand picked Ska and Mod bands from all over the Europe raising money for the Preston based cancer charity The Rosemere Foundation.
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Times Frday 8 & Saturday 9 July Tickets Weekender Ticket £30.00
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‘LUCY O’BYRNE IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST MARIA SINCE JULIE ANDREWS HERSELF’ THE SCOTSMAN
Bill Kenwright presents
A NEW PRODUCTION OF THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Music by
Lyrics by
RICHARD RODGERS
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
and TV award-win ’s ANDR ning LANC EW as CAPTAINEL VO TRAPP N
LUC O’BYR Y N Runner U E in last yea p r’ THE VOIC s E as MARIA
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HOWARD and RUSSEL LINDSAY CROUSE
Suggested by ‘The Trapp Family Singers’ by Maria Augusta Trapp Presented by Special Arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe www.rnh.com
The Sound of Music
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One of the greatest musicals of all time returns to the stage in a magnificent new production to enchant and enthral the young and the young at heart. This wonderfully lavish new staging tells the true story of the world-famous von Trapp singing family, from their romantic beginnings and search for happiness, to their thrilling escape to freedom at the start of WWll. Lucy O’Byrne, fresh from her success on BBC One’s The Voice, plays the role of Maria. She became the competition’s runner up in 2015, impressing the nation and chart topper will.i.am with her stunning vocal range. Award winning TV and stage leading-man Andrew Lancel plays the dashing Captain von Trapp. Lancel is best known for his portrayal of villainous businessman Frank Foster in Coronation Street and for the role of DI Neil Manson in The Bill. The unforgettable score features some of the most memorable songs ever performed on stage, including Edelweiss, My Favorite Things, Do-Re-Mi, Climb Ev’ry Mountain, So Long Farewell, and of course, The Sound of Music.
OPERA HOUSE Tuesday 05 - Saturday 09 July Times 7.30pm Tuesday Wednesday 2.30pm Wednesday 7.30pm Thursday 2.30pm Thursday 7.30pm Friday 7.30pm Saturday 2.30pm Saturday 7.30pm
Tickets From £19.50 Family of 4 £98.00 Group Rates Available Show & Dine £39.50 @SoundOfMusicGB #FavouriteThingsBPL
‘BRILLIANT AND ENTERTAINING’ THE MAIL
‘A REAL JOY’ THE STAGE
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‘HEAVENLY’ EVENING NEWS
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BetVictor World Matchplay Darts The 2016 BetVictor World Matchplay will kick off on Saturday July 16, two sessions on Sunday July 17 before the first round concludes on Monday July 18. The tournament is held across nine days at the famous Winter Gardens in Blackpool, with reigning champion Michael van Gerwen set to be challenged for the title by 15-time champion Phil Taylor and World Champion Gary Anderson amongst 32 competitors.
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Times Saturday 16 - Sunday 24 July Tickets From £21.00
Derren Brown Miracle Following his previous sell-out tour, the multi-award winning acknowledged master of psychological illusion returns with his most provocative show yet. Derren delivers an evening of mind-altering genius as extraordinary events unfold before you, live on stage. Guaranteed to entertain and baffle your brain, witness the wonderment of one of the world’s most renowned live performers; a dark manipulator of magic and mind control, a miracle man of our modern times.
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Times Friday 15 & Saturday 16 July at 7.30pm Tickets From 29.50
Rebellion Festival 2016 Rebellion Festivals is the largest independent Punk / Alternative music festival in the world. Over 4 days every August in Blackpool, the very best in Punk gather for the social event of the year. Many treat it as a main holiday and come every year so there is a very familiar feel to the weekend and it’s like one big family - all 4000 of us! We also have an acoustic stage and an alternative stage BIZARRE BAZAAR which has comedy, burlesque dancing and a variety of other entertainment........Oh yeah, and there is even PUNK ROCK BINGO!
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Times Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 August Tickets 4 Day Ticket £160.00
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James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl’s classic tale follows the adventurous, young James and his friends – Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybird and Earthworm. Orphan James Henry Trotter was sent to live with his evil aunts, Spiker and Sponge, after his parents were killed in a tragic rhinoceros accident. Just when James thinks he will never be allowed to have fun again he meets an old man who gives him a bag containing the ingredients for the strongest magic potion in the world. When James accidentally spills it near the old peach tree in his aunts’ garden the most marvellous things start to happen and he begins the greatest adventure of his life. Join James and his new found insect friends on their extraordinary journey fraught with enemies, dangers and excitement, which will take them halfway around the world in a giant peach full of friends, music and laughter.
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OPERA HOUSE Monday 18 - Saturday 23 July Times 7.00pm Monday Tuesday 7.00pm 10.00am Wednesday Wednesday 7.00pm Thursday 10.00am Thursday 7.00pm 7.00pm Friday Saturday 2.00pm Saturday 7.00pm Tickets From £10.00 Family of 4 £60.00 Group Rates Available
James And The Giant Peach is suitable for all the family.
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THE MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITION Scene The Motion Picture Exhibition
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PAVILION & HORSESHOE
This summer the Winter Gardens plays host to over 20 different sets of a combination of fan-made replica props and costumes, along with movie cars that have been used in exhibitions and conventions across the country
Saturday 9 - Saturday 30 July Times Various Opening Times Please check scene-exhibition.co.uk for full details.
Once you’ve taken yourself through New York City, rallied across Route 66, hit 88pmh and dropped in the Wild, Wild West circa 1885 then arrived into 1980’s Peckham before jetting out through deepest, darkest space you can end your visit with a Terror Tour through a hell-raising attic, Kruger’s Boiler Room, Camp Blood and end up in a bathroom scene where X really does mark the spot!
Tickets Adults £9.95 Child/Seniors £6.95 Family Ticket £25.00
So whether your genre is sci-fi, action, 80’s American TV or horror – we’ve got something for everyone, at the most affordable family experience exhibition in the UK this year.
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Illuminasia
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ILLUMINASIA is Blackpool’s must-see family attraction at the wonderful Winter Gardens! The world’s largest indoor illumination experience blends traditional Chinese lantern crafts with the latest in lighting technology, and boasts hundreds of incredible structures covering thousands of square feet within the Olympia Exhibition Hall. Visitors will explore 7 vibrant, immersive and interactive zones that will captivate the imagination of all ages ... the Mysteries of China, The Emperor’s Palace, 3D Zone & Blackpool Experience, Land of the Giants, the Deep, Planets cafe and the Wonders of the World complete with a 45 feet high model of Blackpool Tower.
FOUR & A HALF STARS (OUT OF 5)
WINNER! BEST NEW VISITOR ATTRACTION Blackpool Civic Trust Awards
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Times Open 11am - 4.15pm Please check website for up-to-date full details, or alternatively check the current ILLUMINASIA leaflet for a full schedule of 2016 openings. Tickets Adults £12.95 Child/Seniors £8.95 £35.00 for 4, £40.00 for 5 Book in advance Adult £10.95, Child £7.95 The attraction is staged over two floors, ramp and lift access is available and while the route taken is different all zones are accesible. Mobility scooter users will require assistance to access the attraction - please see staff on the day.
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THE OBSERVER
THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE THE RECORD-BREAKING INTERNATIONAL SENSATION
Dirty Dancing Have the time of your life with the ultimate live experience; Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage. Full of passion and romance, heart-pounding music and sensationally sexy dancing, the record-breaking musical is even better than before in this all new production. The classic story of Baby and Johnny returns, following two blockbuster West End runs and two hit UK Tours, featuring the hit songs Hungry Eyes, Hey! Baby, Do You Love Me? and the heart stopping (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life. Advised for Children aged 12+
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OPERA HOUSE Thursday 11 - Tuesday 30 August Times Monday* 7.30pm Tuesday** 7.30pm Wednesday 7.30pm 7.30pm Thursday Friday 7.30pm Saturday 2.30pm Saturday 7.30pm 2.30pm Sunday Sunday 7.30pm *Monday 29 August Only **No performance Tuesday 23 August
Tickets From £20.00 Concessions Available Group Rates Available Show & Dine £39.50* *Excludes premium seating
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STARRING
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Footloose Everybody Cut Loose as the explosive Rock ‘n’ Roll musical Footloose bursts on to the stage in 2016. Based on the 1980s riveting screen sensation, which took the world by storm with its youthful spirit, dazzling dance and electrifying music. Footloose tells the story of city boy Ren who has to move to a rural backwater in America where dancing is banned. All hell breaks out as Ren breaks loose and soon has the whole town up on it’s feet. With a dynamic cast starring Gareth Gates as Willard and Maureen Nolan as Vi Moore, this fast-paced show is not only packed full of amazing dance but serves up some classic 80s hits, including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear it for the Boy and of course the unforgettable title track Footloose. *Reviews from Previous Tour
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OPERA HOUSE Monday 19 - Saturday 24 September Times 7.30pm Monday 7.30pm Tuesday 2.30pm Wednesday Wednesday 7.30pm 7.30pm Thursday Friday 7.30pm 2.30pm Saturday Saturday 7.30pm
Tickets From £15.00 Concs/ Child Available Group Rates Available Show & Dine £34.50
FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL Presented by special arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe Produced by DAVID HUTCHINSON and PHILLIP ROWNTREE for SELL A DOOR THEATRE COMPANY, RUNAWAY ENTERTAINMENT, JASON HAIGH-ELLERY and STEPHEN MCGILL PRODUCTIONS
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The Rocky Horror Show Following the global cinema and TV release of the LIVE West End broadcast which hit No.1 in the UK Box office charts, this new 2016 tour of Richard O’Brien’s classic continues to smash records in theatres across the country. Bursting at the seams with timeless classics, including Sweet Transvestite, Damn It Janet, and of course, the pelvic-thrusting Time Warp, Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show is a non-stop party! Be warned, this show has rude parts! DON’T DREAM IT BE IT!
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OPERA HOUSE Tuesday 26 September Saturday 1 October Times 8.00pm Monday 8.00pm Tuesday 8.00pm Wednesday Thursday 8.00pm 5.30pm Friday Friday 8.30pm 5.30pm Saturday Saturday 8.30pm Tickets From £15.00 Group Rates Available Show & Dine £35.00 OPENING NIGHT & FRIDAY MATINEE OFFER All Seats £25.00 @rockyhorroruk #rockyhorror
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Ghost The timeless love story, Ghost The Musical, returns in a brand new production for 2016. Walking back to their apartment one night, Sam and Molly are mugged, leaving Sam murdered on a dark street. Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next and unable to leave Molly who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a phony storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving and protecting her. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film of 1990, Ghost won numerous awards worldwide and is one of the biggest grossing films in the UK. It starred Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg and was directed by Jerry Zucker. Bruce Joel Rubin’s script won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Whoopi Goldberg won the Oscar® for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The film’s iconic love scene at a potter’s wheel was famously performed to The Righteous Brother’s Unchained Melody. Ghost The Musical brings all the romance and magic of the classic story to life with stunning music and illusions.
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OPERA HOUSE Monday 3- Saturday 15 October Times 7.30pm Monday 7.30pm Tuesday 2.30pm Wednesday Wednesday 7.30pm 7.30pm Thursday Friday 7.30pm 2.30pm Saturday Saturday 7.30pm
Tickets From £19.50 Concs/ Child Available Group Rates Available Show & Dine £34.50
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PETER FROSDICK Presents by arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) LTD.
EMMERDALE & HEAR’SAY STAR
ATOMIC KITTEN STAR & CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF WINNER
XFACTOR FINALIST & BLOOD BROTHERS STAR
TV’S ‘HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA’ STAR
MOD MUSINGS & GROOVY GAB BY
CREATED BY
PHILLIP GEORGE & DAVID LOWENSTEIN PETER CHARLES MORRIS & PHILLIP GEORGE Shout!
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SHOUT! flips through the years like a musical magazine and takes you back to the music, the fashion and the freedom of the 60s!
Wednesday 19 October Thursday 03 November Times 7.30pm Tuesday 2.00pm Wednesday 7.30pm Wednesday Thursday 2.00pm 7.30pm Thursday Friday 7.30pm 2.00pm Saturday Saturday 7.30pm
This smashing revue tracks five groovy gals as they come of age during those liberating days that made England swing! Join this non-stop journey through the infectious and soulful pop anthems and ballads that made household names of stars like Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield and Lulu. SHOUT! uses letters to an advice columnist, true confessions, quizzes and advertisements as a frame for terrific new arrangements of such chart-topping hits as To Sir With Love, Downtown, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, Son of A Preacher Man, and Goldfinger.
“SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL IS A SUGARY SWEET CONFECTION OF CAN’T-MISS FUN.” Show Business Weekly ORIGINALLY DIRECTED OFF-BROADWAY BY PHILLIP GEORGE
ORIGINALLY CHOREOGRAPHED OFF-BROADWAY BY
DAVID LOWENSTEIN
ORIGINALLY PRODUCED OFF-BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY BY
VICTORIA LANG & P.P. PICCOLI AND MARK SCHWARTZ DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE, DONNA TRINKOFF, PRODUCING DIRECTOR
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Tickets From £15.00 Child £10.00 Family of 4 £70.00 Group Rates Available Show & Dine £39.50
Production directed & choreographed by Racky Plews.
ORCHESTRATIONS & ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENT BRADLEY VIETH
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The Specials When The Specials reformed in 2008 for a one off surprise performance at the Bestival Festival few would have banked on the band still playing to huge audiences around the world in 2016. Hailing from the industrial city of Coventry, this multi-racial seven-piece combined the angry, disaffected voice of punk with the wind-your-waist sensibility of ska and reggae to re-define pop music and make Britain dance again.
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Times Thursday 27 October Doors at 7.00pm Tickets £40.00
King of Pop Get ready to moonwalk the night away at a show whos star performer ‘Navi’ once earned a standing ovation from Michael Jackson himself. Navi has since continued to work at the highest level performing in a whopping 57 different countries and is now back in the UK for a national theatre tour. Along with his incredible live band and dancers, Navi brilliantly recreates all the magical classics from the early Jackson 5 songs to mega-hits such as Thriller and Smooth Criminal in a show the whole family will enjoy.
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Times Friday 4 November 7.30pm Tickets From £10.00
The Australian Pink Floyd The Australian Pink Floyd Show are back and proud to announce their 2016 ‘THE BEST OF THE BEST’ Tour taking in 22 dates across the UK. The 2016 concerts will offer a true homage to Pink Floyd to capture and convey the spirit as well as the sound alongside jaw-dropping staging resulting in a show that is simply The Best Of The Best.
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Times Saturday 5 November Doors at 7.00pm Tickets From £28.50
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The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show Purveyors of Cool swing into town with The Greatest Music of the 20th Century. The wonderful memories of the legendary Rat Pack are brought to vivid life with this totally live show which has been successful worldwide. Every song a classic - Come Fly with Me, Volare, That’s Listings Amore, Under My Skin, Mr Bojangles, Mack The Knife, and Pack many moreRat of your favourites.
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Times Wednesday 9 November 7.30pm Tickets From £17.00
David Essex I’ll Be Missing You Internationally renowned singer, composer and actor DAVID ESSEX OBE has announced his first major tour in over four years. David Essex is the only artiste in the world to have achieved success in all areas of entertainment and this new tour will celebrate just that. David is a unique talent who continues to break boundaries and has a success story that goes on and on and on. “I’m looking forward to getting back on the road with my band for probably my final concert tour, I’ll be missing you.”
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Times Saturday 26 November Doors at 7.00pm Tickets From £28.50
25 Years of Reeves & Mortimer: The Poignant Moments Back by huge popular demand, comedy legends Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer will be taking their critically acclaimed live show As always with Vic and Bob, there will be some uplifting moments, some musical moments, maybe some magic, several dancing styles, some show of physical strength, but always some poignant moments.
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Times Saturday 3 December 7.30pm Tickets From £29.50
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BILL KENWRIGHT PRESENTS
A NEW STAGE PRODUCTION INSPIRED BY THE CLASSIC FILM
The Shawshank Redemption Based on the short novel by
STEPHEN KING Adapted by OWEN O’NEILL and DAVE JOHNS Directed by DAVID ESBJORNSON
Based on the 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption, the play examines desperation, injustice, friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum security facility. Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated at the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone. Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and things take a slight turn for the better. However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploit his talents for accountancy, a desperate plan is quietly hatched…
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OPERA HOUSE Monday 14 - Saturday 19 November Times 7.30pm Monday 7.30pm Tuesday Wedenesday 2.00pm Wednesday 7.30pm 7.30pm Thursday Friday 7.30pm 2.00pm Saturday Saturday 7.30pm
Tickets From £14.00 Concessions Available Group Rates Available Show & Dine £34.50
Photos include previous cast
‘ ELECTRIFYING – IT TRULY IS A MUST-SEE SHOW’ The Observer
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PETER FROSDICK presents
BLACKPOOL’S BIGGEST
& BEST CHRISTMAS SHOW!
CHARLES DICKENS’
The Musical STARRING
PIP
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MISS HAVISHAM
Great Expectations
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2016’s spectacular Christmas show is the wondrous musical adaptation of Charles Dicken’s Victorian Classic....
OPERA HOUSE Saturday 10 December Saturday 7 January 2017 Times Various Dates & Times at 10.30am, 2.00pm & 7.30pm
With the opening scenes on Christmas Eve, Great Expectations begins with escaped convict Magwitch being pursued by soldiers. As Young Pip appears through the mist he encounters the gross Magwitch and so begins the tangled tale of the young gentleman, the beautiful Estelle, the jilted Miss Havisham and of course, the convict.
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With a spectacular musical score the audience will follow Pip and his great expectation as he journeys through life and hardship to eventually find love in the arms of the woman who has had him spellbound since childhood.
Tickets From £20.00 Child £15.00 Family of 4 £100.00 Group Rates Available Show & Dine £39.50
further casting to be announced! MIKE READ DIRECTED BY KYLE DAVIES WRITTEN BY
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IN THE STUNNING
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31ST DEC
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2016 Season shows at a glance Venue Key WG WINTER GARDENS OL OLYMPIA
PT PAVILION THEATRE
WG OH
SH
3 DECEMBER REEVES & MORTIMER 10 DECEMBER - 7 JANUARY 2017 GREAT EXPECTATIONS
31 DECEMBER NEW YEARS EVE FAMILY PARTY 31 DECEMBER BLACKPOOL NEW YEARS SOUL PARTY
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EB
26 NOVEMBER DAVID ESSEX
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OH
23 NOVEMBER MICHAEL BALL & ALFIE BOE
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OH
14 - 19 NOVEMBER THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
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OH
9 NOVEMBER RAT PACK
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OH
5 NOVEMBER AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD
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OH
4 NOVEMBER KING OF POP
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OH
27 OCTOBER THE SPECIALS
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OH
19 OCTOBER - 3 NOVEMBER SHOUT!
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OH
3 - 15 OCTOBER GHOST THE MUSICAL
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EB
26 SEPTEMBER - 1 OCTOBER THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
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OH
19 - 24 SEPTEMBER FOOTLOOSE
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OH
11 - 30 AUGUST DIRTY DANCING
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OH
4- 7 AUGUST REBELLION
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OH
RR RENAISSANCE ROOM
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18 - 23 JULY JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH
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OH
16 - 24 JULY BETVICTOR WORLD MATCHPLAY DARTS
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EB
15 & 16 JULY DERREN BROWN
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OH
9 - 30 JULY SCENE
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PT
8 & 9 JULY COAST TOWN
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EB
5 - 9 JULY SOUND OF MUSIC
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OH
2 JULY MORECAMBE & WISE 75TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
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OH
1 - 3 JULY EUROPE’S TRIBUTE TO ELVIS
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EB
30 JUNE JANE MCDONALD
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OH
25 JUNE A DAY AT THE OPERA ORGAN CONCERT
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OH
18 - 19 JUNE HITS & HITS RELOADED
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OH
17 - 19 JUNE INTERNATIONAL SOUL FESTIVAL
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WG
6 - 11 JUNE AVENUE Q
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OH
31 MAY - 4 JUNE SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
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OH
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OH
28 MAY KILLER QUEEN
AR THE ARENA
SH SPANISH HALL
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THE WORLD’S LARGEST INDOOR ILLUMINATIONS EXPERIENCE
EB EMPRESS BALLROOM
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YEAR ROUND (Please check website for full dates & times) ILLUMINASIA
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OL
OH OPERA HOUSE
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