Searchlights Over Bemmy
by Doreen Ramsay (Tobacco Factory Productions)
Adapted by Dan Danson and Andy Burden.
Wed 8th Sept - Sat 2nd Oct, 2004 at 7.30pm (Tues - Sat only)
Prices: £12 (concessions & all matinees, £8)
A heart-warming comedy set in Bedminster in the Blitz of the Second
World War. This show is already proving a huge success.
The Marriage of Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Opera Project)
Tues 5th Oct - Sat 16th Oct, 2004 at 7.30pm
Performances Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat
Prices: £29 Limited concessions, £19 on Tues and Wed.
Limited child tickets (8 - 16 yrs), £9 on Tues, Wed and Fri.
After their stunning success with Cosi fan Tutte last year,
which so strongly appealed to the opera connoisseurs as well as those
coming for the first time, Opera Project return with arguably the
very best of the comic operas. Sung in English, the cast which again
this year figures some of the best of the country’s singers,
display their talents in the immediacy of the Tobacco Factory. Quality
opera for all. Music arranged for the 10 piece orchestra by Jonathan
Lyness and English translation by Jeremy Sams.
Callas
by Jean-Yves Picq
Wed 20th Oct - Fri 22nd Oct, 2004 at 7.30pm.
Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
This legendary soprano, who became a household name for decades, gave
many interviews throughout her fascinating life. Based on these, the
play is a moving story of an artist’s struggle for recognition,
the development of an amazing international career and the inevitable
sad decline.
Hideaway
(Complicite Presents Quiconque)
Wed 3rd - Sat 6th Nov, 2004 at 7.30pm
Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
In true Complicite style, this piece has delighted and intrigued all.
Structured to reveal ‘hideaways’ in many situations, its
charm and ingenuity are truly engaging.
Jeff Koons
by Rainald Goetz
(ATC)
Wed 10th Nov - Sat 13th Nov, 2004 at 8pm
Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
This is a light-hearted ‘collage’ of events as five people
explore how we make connections, whether through sex or love, art
or commerce, noise or silence, or whatever.
Bent
by Martin Sherman
(Graeae Theatre Company)
Tues 16th Nov - Thurs 18th Nov, 2004 at 8pm
Prices: £10 £7 (conc.)
First staged at the Royal Court 25 years ago, this brilliant play,
set in Germany in 1934, is a harrowing account of love, hate and prejudice.
Amid awakening fascist terror and the persecution of homosexuals,
a surprising love story unfolds.
Graeae, Britain’s leading company of disabled theatre practitioners,
enthralled audiences last year at the Tobacco Factory with their critically
acclaimed play Peeling. Jenny Sealey again directs Bent, using audio
description, sign language, music and physicality, as a fusion within
the core narrative.
The Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy [of Romeo and Juliet]
(Volcano Theatre Company)
Fri 19th and Sat 20th Nov, 2004 at 8pm
Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
A new take on a familiar story, this cutting-edge, physical, energetic
and fast-paced production follows four strangers as they ‘compete’
to sacrifice themselves for what they believe in. A controversial
and daring company who will bring a fresh look to an old classic.
The Very Thought Of You
by Tony Staveacre
Songs and souvenirs of Al Bowlly, performed by Kate McNab
Tues 23rd and Wed 24th Nov, 2004 at 7.30pm
Prices: £10
The well-made popular songs of the 1930’s still work their magic
on audiences today, as interpreted by ballad singers young and old.
The Very Thought of You sets these evergreen songs in the context
of their times, and tells the bitter-sweet story of Al Bowlly, one
of the first heroes of popular music in this country.
51 Solos/Disguises Of Weather
by Angus Balbernie
Fri 26th Nov 2004, 8pm
Price: £10 Full £7 (conc.)
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
(Tobacco Factory Productions)
Fri 10th Dec 2004 - Sat 15th Jan 2005 at 7.30pm
Matinees every Sat and Sun 26th, Mon 27th, Tues 28th Dec and Sun 2nd,
Mon 3rd Jan at 2.30pm
Previews on Wed 8th and Thur 9th Dec 2004, 7.30pm
Prices: £12 (£8 children, Family tickets £34/£30),
Previews £8 (£6 child.).
Dick Whittington
(Headley Theatre Company Of Blackwell Playhouse)
Wed 19th - Sat 22nd Jan, 2005 at 7.30pm
Sat Matinee at 2.30pm Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
