The venue is the Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds unless stated otherwise.
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Sunday 23 January
And Why Not…? An Evening With Barry Norman CBE And His Favourite Films.
An evening of film clips and chat from Britain’s best known and most respected film critic. From rubbing shoulders with Steven Spielberg to a stand-up row with Robert De Niro, there’s little that outstanding critic Barry Norman hasn’t seen
when it comes to the film industry. A show-business Journalist, novelist and the face of BBC’s Film series, hosting the popular review show from 1972 - 1998. This evening with one of our most knowledgeable and witty raconteurs, in the unique setting of the Theatre Royal’s intimate auditorium, is not to be missed!
7.30pm £24.50 £20.50 £18.50 £13.50 £8.50
Post show reception with Barry Norman CBE:
£10 (limited capacity)
Money raised from this fundraising event will help to support
The Theatre Royal’s Community and Education Programme
(Registered charity 242977)
Tuesday 25 January
Impressionists In Their Gardens
Living light and colour
‘Open doors and windows lead out on the vine-wreathed veranda, with the garden beyond steeped in sunshine, a sea of exquisite colour swaying in the light.’
A sumptuous, sensual celebration of the Impressionist painters in their beloved gardens through music, poetry and photographs. Caroline
Holmes will lead you through not only the Impressionist shrines of Monet’s Giverny and Renoir’s Les Collettes but to more unusual locations such as Appledore on the Isle of Shoals. This unusual evening captures that international spirit and brings alive the artists’ voices as well as their art.
Caroline Holmes is an internationally renowned garden historian, familiar from her series Glorious Gardens on Anglia TV and several series for BBC
Radio 4. Caroline will be joined by rising star pianist, Christina Lawrie, and two Theatre Royal actors.
This is a must-see event for all gardeners and art lovers alike!
7.30pm £22 £18 £16 £13.50 £8.50
Thursday 27 January
Anna Noakes flute
Grant MacFarlane classical guitar
Inspiring flautist, Anna Noakes, returns to the lunchtime series introducing guitarist, Grant MacFarlane, advanced student at Trinity College of Music, with a thrilling programme of lively Baroque and 20th Century solos and duets by Locatelli, Mashado, Piazzolla and Pujol.
1.10pm tickets £7.50
Complimentary tea, coffee and cakes will be provided.
Thursday 27 – Friday 28 January
Theatre Royal Young Company
The Skriker
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Amy Wyllie and Sally Waters
The young company presents Churchill’s extraordinary play which merges english folklore, urban life and themes of obsession and revenge. This vibrant and theatrical production follows the Skriker, a shapeshifter and death portent, as
Its many guises lure the young and naïve into a dark and twisted underworld.
‘The best bit of theatre I have enjoyed in a while!’’
Audience member, Masques Of The Macabre
Please note this play contains some strong language.
Thurs 27 – Fri 28 7.30pm tickets £8 (£4)
Saturday 29 January
Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Back by popular demand!
There is hardly a great hall or great theatre in the world that hasn’t been put into good spirits by some toe tapping tunes from the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, peppered with the right dose of British wit and humour. See for yourself and join the party! Right from the start in November 1969, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra has delighted audiences with its mix of swing and hot dance music. Its reputation is as legendary in its own right as the bands from the 1920s and 1930s that inspired it.
7.30pm £24.50 £21 £19 £13.50 £8.50
Monday 31 January– Wednesday 2 February
Half Hour Call Theatre Productions
The Last Five Years
By Jason Robert Brown
Vibrant new musical theatre company half hour call return to the Theatre after their autumn show Don’t Stop Me Now.
The last five years is a poignant theatrical portrayal of the five-year relationship between Jamie, an up-and-coming novelist, and Cathy, a struggling actress. Cathy’s devastating story is told in reverse while Jamie’s experience is recounted as it happened; their accounts coinciding within a beautiful and haunting wedding duet, the centrepiece of this stylish and thought-provoking musical. With an accompaniment of piano, two cellos and rhythm section, Jason Robert Brown’s one-act, two-actor creation provides laughter, tears, and colourful entertainment for both musical-lovers and theatre buffs.
The last five years premiered in Chicago in 2001
And since then it has been an international hit.
On Don’t Stop Me Now 2010
‘Absolutely sensational… we were all blown away’
‘A ludicrous measure of energy, commitment and talent’
Audience members
Mon 31, Tues 1 & Wed 2 £13 £12 £11 £10 £8
All performances at 7.30pm
Friday 4 February
Henri Oguike Dance Company
Butterfly Dreaming
Freq • point of contact • butterfly dreaming
Saturday 5 February
Henri Oguike, one of the UK’s most inventive choreographers, returns to the Theatre Royal with a stunning new triple bill and a handpicked quintet of world-class dancers. Variety, wit and drama combine with astute musical choices and bold theatrical colour – this is dance at its most thrilling and enjoyable. Simply a must-see!
Henri Oguike Dance Company were last at the Theatre Royal in
2009 with Front Line, White Space, Falling and Finale.
7.30pm £22.50 £18.50 £16.50 £13.50 £8.50
Saturday 5 February
Sing-A-Long-A Rocky Horror Picture Show
The campest cult classic of all time gets the Sing-a-long-a Treatment it’s been screaming for! Featuring the film, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Meatloaf and Richard O’Brien, it’s the most outrageous, riotous, kitsch, wonderful romp ever. If you’ve done the time warp before, you’ll never have done it quite like this!
Fancy dress is not obligatory but highly recommended!
7.30pm tickets £15
Thursday 10 – Saturday 26 February
A Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Production
Much Ado About Nothing
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Abigail Anderson, set designed by Libby Watson, costume designed by Mia Flodquist, lighting designed by Mark Howland, composed by Pat Whymark, choreographed by Yael Lowenstein
‘Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably’
Shakespeare’s most passionate and hot-blooded comedy comes to fire up the theatre royal as Benedick and Beatrice slug it out in a full blown battle of the sexes. Packed with music, dancing and laughter, Much Ado About Nothing proves you can find love in the most unexpected places.
When the boisterous boys in Don Pedro’s retinue stop by Leonato’s sleepy house in Sicily, the stage is set for romantic intrigues, flirtation and heartbreak. For Hero and Claudio it seems to be love at first sight, but not everybody is wishing them well…
Directed by Abigail Anderson, who was responsible for hit productions of Twelfth Night and The Merchant Of Venice at the Theatre Royal, this promises to be another hugely enjoyable and talked about show.
Thurs 10 all tickets £10.50
Fri 11 – sat 12, wed 16 – sat 19& mon 21 – sat 26 £24.50 £20.50 £18.50 £13.50 £8.50
Sat 12, wed 16, sat 19,
Wed 23 & sat 26 at 2pm all tickets £10.50
Tues 15 at 10am all tickets £10.50
All performances at 7.30pm unless stated
Pre-show touch tour & post-show talkout Tuesday 22 February
On The Merchant Of Venice 2010
‘Magical… wrings every ounce of comedy and tragedy from the Bard’s text’
East Anglian Daily Times
‘A vivacious and highly entertaining Production’ theatreworld magazine
On Twelfth Night 2009
‘Productions like this make you want to come back to the theatre
Again and again’ Audience Member
‘Dramatised with verve and flair… by a very strong cast’
Bury Free Press
Lunch Time Reading
Monday 14 February
Love Letters
A literary treat for Valentine’s Day: passionate poems and intimate love letters from writers as diverse as Byron, Browning, Nelson and Napoleon. Read by a member of the Much Ado About Nothing company.
1.10pm – 2pm tickets £5
Monday 14 February
Bury St Edmunds concert club
Valda Wilson soprano
Charlotte Forrest piano
A valentine celebration of love and romance.
7.30pm tickets £12
Thursday 17 February
Restoring The Repertoire
A Script in Hand reading
Knave Or Not at the Guildhall
A comedy in five acts by Thomas Holcroft
First performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on January 25, 1798
Directed by Abigail Anderson
Harry Monrose is Holcroft’s gothic-inspired anti-hero who has travelled the world and seen its corruptions and hypocrisy.
‘Such is the world: and shall I, like a driveller, make myself its football? No; it shall be mine!’
He resolves to play society at its own game and make his fortune in the process.
From the playwright of he’s much to blame, a darkly glittering, cynical comedy that caused an uproar at its first performance and was immediately censored for being too close to the truth.
7pm tickets £7.50
Supported by the Foyle Foundation and the Idlewild Trust
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 February
Yellow Earth
Why The Lion Danced
Celebrate Chinese New Year with Yellow Earth!
Every thirteenth moon the dreaded monster Nian pays a visit to the village. The audience, cast in the role of villagers, must protect themselves – which
Animal can save them?
The story behind the lion dance is brought to you with all the excitement, colour and sounds of the Chinese New Year by Yellow Earth, the UK’s award winning British East Asian Theatre Company.
After the show join the performers on stage to celebrate. Learn some lion dance steps and help scare away the monster!
All performances start at 2pm, with an extra performance on
Saturday 26 Feb at 11am also.
Tues 22 Brandon Leisure Centre
Wed 23 St John’s Centre, Mildenhall
Thurs 24 Debenham Community Centre
Fri 25 Lavenham Village Hall
Sat 26 The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds
Tickets £5.50
Sunday 27 February
Chloë Hanslip violin
Ashley Wass piano
One of the most talented young musicians on the world stage comes to the theatre royal. Chloë Hanslip’s presence on the international stage and passion for the diverse violin repertoire, combined with her musical maturity, makes her one of the world’s most engaging musical talents. Chloë joins us to perform a recital of works including Beethoven’s Sonata No.8, Szymanowski’s Myths, Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne and Saint-Saëns’ Sonata No.1, accompanied by bbc proms pianist Ashley Wass.
‘Hanslip’s passion and technical bravura are palpable and exciting. Fiery glissandi, tremendous multi-stopping: the fireworks never stop’
The Times
3pm £24.50 £20.50 £18.50 £13.50 £8.50
Money raised from this fundraising event will help to support the theatre
Royal’s community and education programme (Registered charity 242977)
Tuesday 1 – Wednesday 2 March
Spring Celebration Of Student Drama 2011
Power
After the success of last year’s festival, the Theatre is opening its doors once again to students of all ages to perform their original devised plays based on a specific theme. This year it is Power and each group is free to look at any interpretation of the word ‘power’ including social, domestic, political… the list is endless!
Tues 1 – Wed 2, 7pm tickets £7 (£4.50)
Friday 4 March
Ballet Black
Now celebrating their tenth year, Cassa Pancho’s award winning company of black and Asian ballet dancers has gathered huge success and a substantial following over recent years. Presenting entirely new work from a range
Of dynamic choreographers, the company has worked with everyone from Richard Alston, Martin Lawrance, Liam Scarlett, Christopher Hampson, to Will Tuckett and many more.
For their debut at the Theatre Royal, the company will present highlights from the past decade, including the critically acclaimed Da Gamba by the Welsh-Nigerian choreographer Henri Oguike, the company’s first narrative work, Orpheus, created by Will Tuckett.
Part of Royal Opera House, On The Road.
7.30pm Tickets £22.50 £18.50 £16.50 £13.50 £8.50
Saturday 5 March
Seabright productions and Barbershopera
Barbershopera – Apocalypse No!
By Rob Castell and Tom Sadler
In collaboration with and directed by Sarah Tipple
Barbershop’s funniest quartet are back! God summons four dastardly horsemen to unleash total destruction, but unfortunately Beth turns up instead of Death. Cue mistaken identity, four-part harmony and at least one hobby horse.
Barbershopera played to rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, in London’s West End and on BBC Radio 4. They won Best Lyrics in the Musical Theatre
Matters awards three years running.
‘Sharply funny one liners and flawless a cappella singing.’
The Scotsman.
‘As much fun as it’s possible to have in a theatre.’
Edinburgh Evening News
7.30pm £22.50 £18.50 £16.50 £13.50 £8.50
Thursday 10 – Saturday 19 March
A Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Production
Dangerous Corner
By J B Priestley
Directed by Colin Blumenau, designed by Libby Watson, lighting designed by Emma Chapman
‘Life’s got a lot of dangerous corners...it can have - if you don’t choose your route well.’
Young, rich and carefree, some of the beautiful people of pre-war england settle down to an evening’s celebration of their own success. Then a chance and ill considered remark about a cigarette box leads first to a gradual breakdown in ease, then manners, next decorum and finally civility. The evening fractures as, one after another, some dangerous secrets are painfully exposed. As the truths spill out, suicide, betrayal and worse are the subjects for discussion. The perfect lives begin to crumble and the cost of success becomes only too evident.
‘What makes Dangerous Corner durable is Priestley’s ingenuity… it uses a thriller format to explore the ever-pertinent question of how much truth we can take in our private lives…behind the mask of 1930s upper-class respectability lay a world of reckless hedonism’ Michael Billington
Thurs 10 all tickets £10.50
Fri 11 – Sat 12, Tues 15 – Sat 19 £24.50 £20.50 £18.50 £13.50 £8.50
Sat 12, wed 16, Sat 19 at 2pm all tickets £10.50
All performances at 7.30pm unless stated
Post-show Talkout Tuesday 15 March
Monday 14 March
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club
Lale Quartet
Schubert quartet No.14 In D major (Death and the Maiden) and Janácek: quartet No.1 (Kreutzer Sonata).
7.30pm tickets £12
Tuesday 15 March
J B Priestley
Priestley’s illuminating account of his travels through England in 1933 with rich descriptions of the places, characters and ways of life he encountered. Read by a member of the Dangerous Corner company.
1.10pm – 2pm tickets £5
Thursday 17 March
Restoring The Repertoire
A Script in Hand reading
The World In A Village at the Guildhall
A comedy by John O’Keeffe
First performed in 1793 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Directed by Colin Blumenau
‘Because he said he was poor, I thought he was rich – it’s such a lying world!’
When two young men return from adventures at sea with very different tales to tell, the villagers’ attitudes to money and morality are severely tested.
John O’Keeffe, author of The Poor Soldier, really does manage to squeeze the whole world into a village, presenting a microcosm of English society with lively characters from across the social spectrum.
7pm tickets £7.50
Supported by the Foyle Foundation and the Idlewild Trust
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 March
Irving Stage Company
Crazy For You
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig
Crazy For You is a wonderful musical comedy with a brilliant score by George
Gershwin. Through many dynamic, sentimental and funny song and dance routines a love story unfolds.
You will be captivated!
Tues 22 - Sat 26 £17 £14 £12 £10 £7
Sat 26 at 2.30pm £17 £14 £12 £10 £7
All performances at 7.30pm unless stated
Thursday 24 March
Danielle Perrett modern concert harp
Danielle Perrett, whose spine-tingling performance at last June’s Jane Austen celebration delighted a packed Theatre Royal, brings an exciting 19th – 21st Century programme from Ilbert to Ellington and Gough to the lunchtime series.
1.10pm tickets £7.50
Complimentary tea, coffee and cakes will be provided.
Saturday 26 – Sunday 27 March
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Community Company
Northanger Abbey at The Guildhall
By Jane Austen
An adaptation by Tim Luscombe
Directed by Amy Wyllie, Sally Waters and Lynn Whitehead
The Theatre Royal’s Community Company explores the glittering whirlwind of Georgian society complete with all its wit, backstabbing and sensational scandal. This new company of community actors bring to life Austen’s novel through Tim Luscombe’s playful and charming adaptation. Romances and friendships are forged and broken as we follow Catherine Morland’s pursuit of life experience and true love (even if it is a gothic fantasy!)
Sat 26 – Sun 27 7.30pm tickets £7 (£4.50)
Please note there will be a limited number of tickets available
Sunday 27 March
The Ukulele – The Show!
Three founding members of the Ukulele orchestra of Great Britain, plus friends, present an all-singing, all-strumming evening. This promises to be a funny, virtuosic, twanging, foot-stomping celebration of light entertainment!
The evening will include a jam session for those of you who own, and would like to bring, a ukulele (not obligatory!)
7.30pm £17 £14 £12 £10 £8.50
Money raised from this fundraising event will help to support the Theatre
Royal’s community and education programme (registered charity 242977)
Tuesday 29 March – Friday 1 April
A partnership production between Little Bear Productions, the Bridewell Theatre
And the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
A Bold Stroke For A Husband
Directed by Pip Minnithorpe
In your lunch break come and enjoy this fast and furious 50 minute version of Hannah Cowley’s A Bold Stroke For A Husband. Cast includes Ursula Early (Animal Magnetism and Wives As They Were, And Maids As They Are). Set in Madrid, three sets of lovers become entangled in this Georgian farce. Our feisty heroine, Donna Olivia, is determined to marry only the man of her dreams. Will she and her friend, Donna Victoria, succeed in winning the hearts of their men? Or will one of Georgian theatre’s most manipulative concubines, Donna Laura,
thwart their plans? In this wonderfully farcical but intelligent comedy, the female characters are very much in charge of their own destiny.
1pm in the theatre tickets £8
Tuesday 29 March
Mark Thomas – The Wall
Never one to take the easy option, Mark decided to go rambling in the Middle East and walked the entire length of the Israeli Separation Barrier. This is the story of 300,000 settlers; a 750km wall; six arrests, one stoning; too much hummus and a simple question... Can you ever get away from it all with a good walk?
7.30pm £23.50 £19.50 £17.50 £13.50 £8.50
Saturday 2 – Sunday 3 April
Tall Stories
The Gruffalo’s Child
From the creators of the Gruffalo
Adapted from the picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood… But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s child ignores her father’s warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn’t really exist… does he?
Songs, laughs and scary fun!
Sat 2 10.30am, 1.30pm & 4.30pm £13 £13 £11 £9 £8
Sun 3 10.30am & 1.30pm £13 £13 £11 £9 £8
Running time: 55 minutes
Suitable for children aged from 3 years
Monday 4 – Saturday 9 April
Hull Truck
April In Paris
Written and directed by John Godber
Designed by Pip Leckenby
Al and Bet are not what you’d call ‘love’s young dream’. Bet’s bored, Al’s at his wits end and they’re stuck in a romance rut! Then, out of the blue, the passionless pair win a holiday to Paris! Will the city of love rekindle some life into this dying relationship? Will they succumb to the allure of l’amour in ‘gay Paree’? Or will it be battle-stations amongst the boulevards? Join the intrepid pair as they sample the delights of the continent. Will Paris persuade them that they are the perfect partnership or is this the end of ‘la rue’ for Al and Bet?
Nominated for the 1994 Olivier Comedy of the Year, April In Paris is an irresistible dose of pathos and humour. Not to be missed!
‘April In Paris is a superb piece of storytelling theatre – that is
Where the colour lies – but it is also Godber’s finest study of love
And marriage’ The York Press
Mon 4 – sat 9 £24.50 £20.50 £18.50 £13.50 £8.50
Wed 6 & sat 9 at 2pm tickets £10.50
All performances at 7.30pm unless stated
Post-show talkout Tuesday 5 April
Starring Wendi Peters, Coronation Street
Tuesday 12– Saturday 16 April
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic society
Disney’s Beauty And The Beast
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton
Originally directed by Robert Jess Roth
Originally produced by Disney Theatrical Productions
When Belle begs the accursed Beast to imprison her in exchange for her father, all the enchanted objects in the castle conspire to link Belle and the Beast romantically in order to break the curse and to revive lost loves. This happy ever after story with delightful music is a treat for the whole family!
This amateur production is presented by permission of Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.
Tues 12 - sat 16 £19.50 £18 £16.50 £12.50 £7
Sat 16 at 2.30pm £19.50 £18 £16.50 £12.50 £7
All performances at 7.30pm unless stated
Thursday 14 April
Orlando Jopling solo cello
Originally from Colchester, professional cellist Orlando Jopling is well-known for his stunning performances of Bach’s Unaccompanied Suites. His programme includes Cassado’s Suite, a fun pizzicato piece, a tango and an Irish jig!
1.10pm tickets £7.50
Complimentary tea, coffee and cakes will be provided.
Thursday 14 April
Restoring The Repertoire
A Script in Hand reading
The Basset Table at The Guildhall
A comedy in five acts by Susanna Centlivre
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1705
Directed by Lynn Whitehead
Lady reveller is a rich widow and a gambling addict. Can she be saved from her huge debts by the love of a good man, the aptly named Lord Worthy? Does she even want to be? Featuring a cast of outrageous characters including a learned young lady who prefers dissection to dating and an onstage game of the eighteenth century card craze.
Tuesday 19 April
George Dillon in
The Gospel of Matthew
‘Don’t think I came to bring
Peace to the world...’ [Matthew 10.34]
Award-winning actor George Dillon presents an unforgettable vision of Jesus in his highly intense, very human and occasionally humorous performance of The Gospel Of Matthew.
Dillon’s version of The Gospel Of Matthew is at times startling and challenging in its immediacy but also wholly authentic to the original scripture, and his performance of it has won praise from all sides of the faith divide.
Experience an astonishing, virtuoso delivery of the greatest story ever told... Performed to a back drop of computerised video and an original musical score by Charlotte Glasson and Stuart Daye.
‘Riveting!’ The Scotsman
7.30pm £23.50 £19.50 £17.50 £13.50 £8.50
Basset, this is a colourful, dangerous comedy.
7pm tickets £7.50
Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 April
Watershed Productions present the BBC Worldwide and Polka Theatre
Charlie and Lola’s Best Bestest Play
Based on the characters created by Lauren Child
Adapted by Jonathan Lloyd
Don’t miss everyone’s favourite brother and sister, Charlie and Lola, in their extremely ever so wonderful stage show! The stars of the hit BBC TV series and books by Lauren Child are brought to life by a magical mix of puppets, live action and music.
‘Magic from start to finish’ The Herald
Thurs 21 – sat 23 1.30pm £13 £13 £11.50 £8.50
Thurs 21 & sat 23 4pm £13 £13 £11.50 £8.50
Sat 23 11am £13 £13 £11.50 £8.50
Wednesday 27 – Thursday 28 April
Lipservice
Withering Looks
As part of their 25th anniversary celebrations, Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding reprise their cult Bronte spoof, Withering Looks. They could hardly turn down this opportunity to dust off their crinolines, wear flattering bonnets and sit at rained-lashed windows in a pale and decorative manner.
Withering Looks takes an “authentic” look at the lives and works of the Bronte sisters well, two of them actually, Anne’s just popped out for a cup of sugar.
‘Cancel all other engagements for the glorious Lipservice’ The Independent
‘It’s a joy… very, very funny’ The Guardian
Wed 27 – Thurs 28 £24.50 £20.50 £18.50 £13.50 £8.50
All performances at 7.30pm
Withering lookswithering lookslipservice, Britain’s favourite literary lunatics, are 25 this season!
Friday 29 April
One-man Star wars™ Trilogy
Written by Charles Ross
Directed by TJ Dawe
Canadian actor Charles Ross spent much of his childhood in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over - and over - and over again. The result of this misspent youth is his hilarious show, One-man Star Wars™ Trilogy, where he singlehandedly plays all the characters, sings the music, flies the ships, fights the battles and condenses the plots into just sixty minutes!
Charles Ross was last at the Theatre Royal with his one man lord of the rings in 2010.
‘It’s a joy… quite brilliant.’ Daily Telegraph
7.30pm £24.50 £20.50 £18.50 £13.50 £8.50
One Man Star Wars™ Trilogy performed with permission of Lucasfilm Ltd. All ‘Star Wars’ elements property of Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.
Saturday 30 April
Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister
Written by Rebecca Peyton and Martin M. Bartelt
Directed by Martin M. Bartelt
Performed by Rebecca Peyton
Produced by Vital Digression and Obviam Est
Kate, Charles and Rebecca grew up in Beyton, where their mother still lives. Kate became a foreign producer for the BBC, Rebecca an actress. Then Kate was murdered while working in Somalia. Following a smash-hit debut at the Edinburgh
Festival, Rebecca welcomes us to her post-Kate world in a passionately political, sharply comical and painfully personal show. Crafting a moving and often comic
Tapestry of private moments from a public tragedy, Rebecca tells her own story of a courageous journalist and a loving big sister, whom she misses.
Following the performance, Rebecca will be in conversation with close friend Chris Addison (The Thick Of It, Have I Got News For You) to discuss the effects of grief on friendship, the use of autobiography in performance and matters arising out of the show for the audience.
‘A well crafted, subtle piece of storytelling’ The Scotsman
7.30pm £21 £17 £15 £13.50 £8.50
Sunday 15 May
The Georgian Horse Challenge!
Lands End – Bury St Edmunds – John O’Groats
Colin Blumenau intends to ride 1,200 miles in the hoofprints of Daniel Defoe to raise £100,000 for the Theatre Royal long-term production and artistic development fund. He will join other riders, visit National Trust Stately homes, aim to attract interest from theatres and artists along the way, and get some serious alternative media coverage for our theatre.
Please contact chris grady on 01284 829956
Or email [email protected] for more details.
Sunday 29 May
Sir Stirling Moss OBE – A Life In Motor Sport
Legendary British racing driver Sir Stirling Moss OBE, is widely recognised as the greatest all round racing driver in the history of motorsport. One of the original jet-setters, he is a true British Legend.
Sir Stirling is joined by journalist Murray Smith as he talks about his meteoric career in motor sport, including film clips and stills, to delight his audience.
As part of this event there will be an exhibition of racing and motor cars from the 1950s, to be viewed before and after the performance – a must for all motoring enthusiasts. Tickets to view the
Exhibition only from 2.30pm are also available.
Show and exhibition £35 £30 £25 £20 £15
Exhibition only £5
1pm Exhibition opens to those with show and exhibition tickets (exhibition will continue after the show)
2.30pm An Audience With Sir Stirling Moss OBE, hosted by Murray Smith
2.30pm exhibition opens to those with tickets for the exhibition only
Tuesday 15 March
Wednesday 13 April
10am – 4.30pm
The Art of Being Heard
Professional Development and Leadership Days
This informal and inspiring day is led by two highly experienced communication specialists whose focus is the personal professional development of each participant. The course is led by associate artist Kath Burlinson, PH.D whose corporate clients include Capgemini, Pershing Financial Services, Tata consultancy
Services, and Goldman Sachs Global Leadership Program. Theatre Royal Artistic Director, Colin Blumenau co-facilitates the day.
Be assured this isn’t overly theatrical!! – we mean business
Please contact chris grady on 01284 829956 or email [email protected] for more details.
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