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Dateline:
31st July, 2005
Autumn in the North East
Hot on the heels of the announcement of the new seasons at the Newcastle
Theatre Royal and the Gala in Durham,
comes news of the autumn shows at the Sunderland Empire and the Customs
House, South Shields.
Sunderland Empire
The Empire, which is programmed and run by Clear Channel, offers a
mixed programme, from major West End musicals to one-night stands.
Tues 23 - Saturday 27 August
The Wizard of Oz
Eves 7.00pm
Weds 24 & Sat 27 Matinee - 2.00pm
Dorothy Gale has been working at the Red Shoe Diner on the edge of
Kansas for over a month now, and it never gets any easier. Bad tempered
owner, Esme West, makes Dorothy's life miserable. She wishes Esme
wasn't so mean, and imagines one day she will leave Kansas behind
for a new, more colorful life. But will a chance meeting with a traveling
illusionist make Dorothy's dreams come true? Stars Ken Morley (Coronation
Street), Colin White (Grange Hill) and the star of BBC
TV's Tracey Beaker Dani Harmer.
Mon 5 - Sat 10 September
The Chinese State Circus
Mon - Fri Eves: 8.00pm
Wed, Thu and Fri Matinees: 5.00pm; Sat: 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Mon 12 - Saturday 17 September
Annie Get Your Gun
Eves: 7:30pm; Wed & Sat Matinees: 2.30pm
National tour prior to the West End. Starring Rebecca Thornhill (Les
Miserables, Chicago) and Steven Houghton (London's Burning,
Miss Saigon)
Tue 20 September - Sat 1 October
Disney's Beauty And The Beast
Eves: 7.30pm; Wed, Sat and Sun Matinees: 2.30pm
No Performance on Mon 26 September
National tour
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 15 October
The King and I
Eves: 7.30pm and Wed & Sat Mats 2.30pm
National tour
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 October
Birmingham Royal Ballet Present
Triple Bill and Hobson's Choice
Eves: 7.30pm, Wed Mat 2.00pm, Sat Mat 2.30pm
Triple Bill - Three ballets from leading 20th Century choreographers:
in de Valois' Checkmate the beautiful Black Queen mercilessly
sweeps aside all opponents; in Cranko's highly romantic Lady and
the Fool true love triumphs; and in MacMillan's wistful Solitaire
a young girl remains an outsider despite her attempts to be accepted.
Hobson's Choice - From the modest surrounds of a Salford shoe
shop springs a gleeful romantic comedy. Will Mossop is a humble shoemaker,
whose talent could take him far. Headstrong Maggie Hobson is learning
to play by the rules - and win - in a man's world. Henry, Maggies
father, is completely flummoxed by a younger generation every bit
as stubborn as himself!
Monday 24 - Saturday 29 October
Grease
Mon - Thu 7.30pm. Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pm. Sat 5.00pm & 8.30pm
National tour.
Ellen Kent and Opera International present
Nabucco - Thursday 3 November 7.30pm
Verdi's Nabucco - With amazing lighting and stage effects which,
include horse driven chariots with the Horsemen of the Apocalypse
stunt riders. Nabucco returns after a sell out visit to the
Royal Albert Hall in 2002. (Sung in Italian with English surtitles)
Carmen - Friday 4 & Saturday 5 November 7.30pm
Bizet's Carmen - With a majestic White Andulucian Stallion,
and the famous International Romale Gypsy Dance Troupe. (Sung in French
with English surtitles)
Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November
The League of Gentleman
At 7.30pm
National tour
In December the Empire hosts the first stop on the national tour of
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, running from 9th December to
4th March.
Customs House
The South Shields 400-seat venue also hosts a mixed programme. We list
the drama, dance and opera in the season:
31st August
Caipirinha and Chipa
Choreographer Rodolpho Leoni, winner of the 5th German Produzentenpreis
for choreography, and Geraldo Si, soloist with the Tanztheater Pian
Bausch, Wuppertal.
7th - 10th September
The Revengers
By Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood
20th - 23rd September
Cloud Nine presents
Threesome
Three new comedies:
Influence by Paul Buie
Ambulance Chaser by Simon Moore
Spent by Sarah Millican
2nd October
Pimlico Opera present
L'Elisir d'Amore
By Donizetti
6th October
Rumpus Theatre presents
The Nightmare Room
Based on the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
16th October
Cloud Nine present
Play Day
Three script-in-hand extracts of three new plays.
24th - 28th October
Riot: South Shields 1930
By Peter Mortimer
A Customs House production
A new play based on the 1930 Yemeni Riots in South Shields.
6th December - 8th January
Aladdin
Written and directed by Ray Spencer, who also stars alongside Bob
Stott, celebrating their 30-year panto partnership.
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