what’s on
Spring/Summer 2015
Great Theatre At
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WHAT’s on // JANUARY
Hello There!
Highly recommended
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Looking ahead we’ve a great mixed
programme of entertainment lined up, from two John Godber
comedy classics, Teechers and Bouncers, to the return of
Fascinating Aïda “back by popular demand” and a welcome
visit from the Olivier award-winning Tiger Lillies, performing their
greatest and most macabre cabaret songs. Eastival also returns
this April, offering children and families in Lincoln a vibrant festival
across the city’s cultural venues. The full programme will be
announced in the New Year, but will include innovative interactive
theatre, classic storytelling and the smash hit Singalonga Frozen!
On a more serious note, 2015 is an important year for democracy
and freedom. Not only is a General Election imminent but the
world also celebrates the 800th anniversary of the signing of
Magna Carta. To mark this occasion we’re including in our
programme a series of events that explore freedom of speech,
politics and society. From funny and heart-warming personal
expressions of sexuality in Outings, to the powerful award-winning
Confirmation, which attempts an honourable dialogue with
extremism, these events are a testament to how important the
arts are at reflecting and questioning society and holding power to
account. If we want this national conversation to continue then it
is crucial that the work of artists is valued and supported, so make
sure you tell your prospective election candidates of whatever
stripe just how important arts and culture is to you, your family and
the national story.
We hope you can join us as we share our stories this spring and
we look forward to welcoming you to the venue.
Craig Morrow
Artistic Director
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Part of University of Lincoln
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WHAT’s on // 2015
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Age Advice
Appropriate content guide
Insight
Post show discussion
Community
Amateur production
Family Friendly
Free events in
Zing Café Bar
Suitable for all
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Lincolnshire One
Venues
Lincolnshire has a really creative
community and we’re making
sure 12 to 25 year olds feel part
of it. As part of Lincolnshire One
Venues (LOV), a network of ten
arts venues, we are working with
young people to create a range
of exciting activities and events
for and by young people across
the county.
Come and join us at Zing and
enjoy fresh and affordable
snacks and drinks throughout
the day and into the evening.
A light, relaxed atmosphere
provides lunchers and theatregoers alike with the ideal spot
to have a coffee, juice or glass
of wine.
Opening Hours
8.30am-6pm Monday
through to Friday (and
10am-6pm Saturday) and from
an hour before show start times.
@ZingCafeBar
Zing is home to great free activities
and performances throughout the
year. See our website for up-to-date
event and exhibition listings.
Zing Comedy Club
Lil’ Pacs
Quality live stand-up comedy
featuring up-and-coming
comedians on the UK touring
circuit.
Fun creative play sessions
guided storytellers and artists:
perfect for parents and toddlers.
Mondays 8.30pm ’til late
(12 Jan to 29 June //
excludes 30 March, 6 & 13 April)
Fridays 10am-11.30am
(9 Jan to 26 June //
excludes 3 April)
Zing Unplugged
Commuter Jazz
A monthly acoustic café session,
presenting the best young and
emerging musicians from Lincoln
and the surrounding area.
The weekend starts here. Great
live music from laidback lounge
to Brazilian beats.
Tuesdays 6pm-8pm
(20 Jan, 17 Feb, 10 March, 21
April)
If you’re aged between 12 and
25 visit www.facebook.com/
LovProjectTeam for the latest
opportunities and to have your say.
Open Mouth
Funded by:
Tuesday 20 Jan 8.30pm ’til late
An evening of poetry, live lit and
acoustic music performed in a
relaxed bar atmosphere.
Fridays 5pm-7pm
(9 Jan to 26 June //
excludes 3, 10 & 17 April)
The Collection@
Our visual arts space
showcasing young and emerging
artists. Open normal café hours.
For latest details on exhibitions
please visit our website:
www.lpac.co.uk.
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WHAT’s on // JANUARY
International Concert Series
EMMA JOHNSON, Clarinet
john lenenan, Piano
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Sunday 25 January 3pm
A former BBC Young Musician of the year, Emma
Johnson has appeared with many of the world’s
leading orchestras while her CDs have sold well
over a third of a million copies. Recent tours have
included concerts with John Lill, Julian Webber
and soprano Lesley Garrett.
Mozart – Theme and Variations, K581
Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Brahms – Sonata for Clarinet in
E Flat Op. 132 No.2
Poulenc – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Benny Goodman – Medley
Tickets: £16 Full // £14 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
SERIES DISCOUNT
Book THREE concerts at the same time
and save 10%
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WHAT’s on // JANUARY
Blackeyed Theatre in association
with South Hill Park
Teechers
By John Godber
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Thursday 29 January 7.30pm
A modern classic with something vital to say
about education for the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.
Blackeyed Theatre revives its highly-acclaimed
production of John Godber’s classic comedy
about life at a modern comprehensive.
Fast-moving, inventive and highly entertaining,
Teechers brings to life an array of terrifying
teachers and hopeless pupils through the
unique eyes of Salty, Gail and Hobby; three
Year 11 drama students about to leave school
for good.
Directed by Adrian McDougall
“Hilarious.” THE STAGE
“Bags of energy, ingenuity and impressive
physicality.” THE GOOD REVIEW
“A top of the class production.”
BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
Tickets: £15 Full // £13 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
The Lincoln Company
Encore! Look who’s
singing now
Sat 31 Jan 7.30pm & Sun 1 Feb 2pm
Wilkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! After three
years performing to a sell-out audience, the
students of Lincoln School of Fine & Performing
Arts are returning with a two-date extravaganza
of toe-tapping musical variety.
With show-stopping numbers from musicals such
as Les Misérables, Matilda, Cabaret, RENT
and Chicago, this season’s Encore! is set to be the
best yet. So put your glad rags on and come
and join our razzle dazzle spectacular!
Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concessions // £5 Students
& Under 26s
Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
WHAT’s on // FEBRUARY
“A truly winning comedy… I laughed til
I cried.” THE TIMES
“Startingly bonkers…deceptively thoughtful
fun.” THE GUARDIAN
“Proves the best politics come heavily
coated in humour and everything is better
if a dog is involved” EXUENT MAGAZINE
THE TIMES
EDINBURGH EVENING TIMES
EXEUNT MAGAZINE
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“Punchy, lucid and moving…
Highly recommended.”
THE GUARDIAN
Seabright Productions
Victoria Melody
Major tom
OUTINGS
Thursday 5 February 7.30pm
By Matthew Baldwin and Thomas Hescott
Major Tom is an award winning
story of how an average 34 year old
became a beauty queen and how her
unruly pet basset hound, Major Tom,
became a championship show dog.
Friday 6 February 7.30pm
Major Tom and Victoria increasingly
immerse themselves in the obsessive
and confusing realm of personal
scrutiny as they participate as
genuine contestants, determined
to win.
Victoria, accompanied on stage by
documentary film footage and her
dog, tells this true story. It explores
the British fascination with celebrity,
beauty and winning.
Commissioned and Produced by Farnham
Maltings. Developed at BAC,
The Nightingale and MAKE, Ireland.
Supported by Harlow Playhouse, Escalator
East to Edinburgh, Arts Council England.
WHAT’s on // FEBRUARY
Few comings-out attract millions of YouTube
views like Tom Daley’s did, but for whoever’s
saying ‘I’m gay’ it’s a life-changing moment.
Inspired by recent high-profile ‘comings out’,
this powerful, funny and confessional collation
of over 20 true stories is performed by an
acclaimed cast of four comics, joined by
a special guest star to be announced via
www.OutingsTheShow.com.
Directed by Tony Award winner David Grindley
and written by the team behind the hit West
End play The Act.
Tickets: £16 Full //
£14 Concessions
Magna
Carta
14+
Running Time: 1 hour 45 mins (inc. interval)
EARLY BOOKING OFFER
£10
Students & Under 26s
(limited availability)
There will be poems, there will be stories and there will
be conversation.
Tickets: £12 Full // £10 Concessions
// £5 Students & Under 26s
I Wish I Was Lonely is the new show from FringeFirst winners Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe
(following 2011’s The Oh F*ck Moment) that asks how
much of ourselves we’ve given up to the new Gods in
our pockets.
Running Time: 65 minutes
14+
“So cunningly and playfully constructed that
THE GUARDIAN
it feels like a gift.”
Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe
I wish i was lonely
Wednesday 11 February 6pm & 8.30pm
I Wish I Was Lonely is an interactive show about
contactability.
A show in which the audience commit to leaving
their phones on.
A show investigating what it means to participate
in communication – or not.
Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval)
16+
booking offer
20%
Off Full and Concessions tickets
for Confirmation if you also book
to see I Wish I Was Lonely
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WHAT’s on // FEBRUARY
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WHAT’s on // FEBRUARY
Lincoln Dance Collective
Bodies in motion
Thursday 12 February 7.30pm
Bodies in Motion privileges the talent and
excitement of young dancers. The evening
showcases a range of new works choreographed
with and by young and experienced
choreographers. You will see a variety of dance
work from midlands-based Youth, University
and Professional Dance artists including WE
Dance (Lincoln College), Lincoln Dance Collective
(University of Lincoln), Louise Gibbs, NCN
Clarendon College and more…
Come and support the next generation of dance
professionals.
Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concessions // £5 Students
& Under 26s
Running Time: 1 hour 10 mins (no interval)
International Concert Series
English piano trio
Sunday 15 February 3pm
Whirling Czech folk dances and Hungarian gipsy
fiddlers are at the heart of the trios by Dvorak
and Haydn, two of the most engaging and tuneful
pieces written for piano trio.
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The English Piano Trio performs regularly
in prestigious London venues and European
concert platforms.
From CBeebies
Haydn – Piano Trio in G Hob:XV:25 “Gipsy Rondo”
sid’s show:
Deep sea discovery
Beethoven – Piano Trio in C minor Op.1 No.3
Dvorak – Piano Trio in E minor Op.90 “Dumky”
Saturday 14 February 2.30pm
It’s raining outside but there are plenty of fun things
to do inside with Sid and his dog Fuzzy. With ‘Sid’s
Show - Deep Sea Discovery’ we venture into a
fish tank to discover what a mermaid is doing with
Sid’s TV remote control, who has her pearls and
whether Sid can make friends with a dangerous
shark! This exciting and colourful underwater
adventure bubbles over with sea creatures, songs,
stalagmites, stalagtites and wave after wave
of educational interaction.
Family ticket offer
£36
Family (4 people,
max 2 adults)
Once again Sid has produced a fantastic treat
for the CBeebies viewer and their family. It’s a must
see!
Tickets: £11 Full // £9 Child
Running Time:
1 hour 10 mins (inc. interval)
2+
Tickets: £14 Full // £12 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
SERIES DISCOUNT
Book THREE concerts at the same time
and save 10%.
Sleepdogs
The bullet and the
bass trombone
Thursday 19 February 7.30pm
There’s an orchestra, trapped in a city during
a military coup. Violence erupts, the orchestra
becomes separated – lost – trying to find their
way home. The composer is left to tell the story.
An intricate, fractured narrative with a haunting
soundtrack comes together like a mosaic:
a whistling bird in the jungle, a gunfight at the
airport, a murder in a forest of music stands…
pieced together by a lone performer, trying to make
sense of the chaos.
“Harrowing, intelligent, beautifully crafted...
and ultimately incredibly uplifting in an
impossible-to-describe kind of way.”
ANDREW HAYDON, OF THE GUARDIAN
Produced by MAYK. Commissioned by Bristol Ferment
at Bristol Old Vic. Developed with Parabola Arts Centre.
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council
England. www.sleepdogs.org
Tickets: £12 Full // £10 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 1 hour 42 mins (no interval)
Magna
Carta
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WHAT’s on // FEBRUARY
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The Lincoln Company
Stephen K amos:
welcome to my world
The maestro of feel-good comedy is back on tour with his new
show.
Fresh from sell-out tours of Australia and New Zealand, as heard
on BBC Radio 4 Life: An Idiot’s Guide and What Does The K
Stand For?
“Warmest comic around.” SUNDAY TIMES
Tickets: £17 All Seats
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
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Thursday 26 February
7.30pm
Enthused with characteristic
wit this classic comedy of
mismatched lovers is one
of Noël Coward’s finest plays.
Saturday 21 February 8pm
“Uplifting stand-up from a charming performer.” TIME OUT
WHAT’s on // FEBRUARY
Saturday 28 February
7.30pm
Young dancers in various
dance styles perform as
part of selected youth
dance groups, schools
and dance companies
from around Lincolnshire
in True Motion U.Dance
County Platform. They will
go head to head and one
group will be selected by
a live judging panel to go
through to MY (Midlands
Youth) Dance Festival, to
represent Lincolnshire, in
April 2015. Get involved and
share your thoughts with us
#truemotion15
Tickets: £5 Full //
£3 Concessions
Running Time: 2 hours (inc
interval)
By Noël Coward
Elyot and Amanda have just
remarried and, as fate would
have it, are honeymooning
with their new spouses at the
same hotel. A chance meeting
reignites their passion and
they impulsively elope, but it’s
not long before the old habits
of their turbulent relationship
resurface. Then their aggrieved
spouses appear, setting the
stage for a tempestuous war
of words.
An amateur performance by
permission of Samuel French Ltd.
Tickets: £10 Full //
£8 Concessions // £5 Students
& Under 26s
Running Time: 2 hours 2 mins
(inc. interval)
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WHAT’s on // MARCH
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WHAT’s on // MARCH
FASCINATING AÏDA:
CHARM OFFENSIVE
Sunday 1 March 7.30pm
Back By Popular Demand!
Following a sold-out 2012 tour,
three Olivier Award nominations
and over 10 million YouTube hits
for Cheap Flights (their infamous
anthem to budget air travel), Dillie
Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza
Pulman celebrate 30 years
of Fascinating Aïda with their
latest show. Expect topical new
songs hot off the press, plus
some outrageous old favourites,
as Fascinating Aïda continue
to grow old disgracefully!
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Insight (Thurs)
BOOKING OFFER
£5 Students & Under 26s Thurs 5 March
only!
“See them before you die
otherwise your life will have
been meaningless.”
DAILY MAIL
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EARLY BOOKING OFFER
Tickets: £19.50 All Tickets
Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins
(inc. interval)
script this
Wednesday 4 March 6.30pm
An evening of rehearsed readings of new plays curated by Lincoln
Performing Arts Centre and given the professional treatment
by a director and a team of actors.
Come along and vote for your favourite play – the winning playwright
will have the chance to work with our creative team on developing
their script further and may be invited back for a full staged reading.
Whether you’re a new writer, established playwright or looking for
feedback on your script…we want you and ten minutes of your script.
Please send your extract along with your name and contact details to:
scriptthis@lincoln.ac.uk for consideration by Wed 4 February.
Tickets: Free entry (book in advance)
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
The John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield
Bouncers
Thurs 5 & Fri 6 March 7.30pm
The international smash hit comedy returns to Lincoln!
BOOKING OFFER
£5
Students & Under 26sThursday 5 March only!
Lucky, Eric, Judd, Les and Ralph are the original men in black as they tell the tale of one night
in a Yorkshire disco in the 80’s in this outrageous parody of Saturday Night Fever! All the gang are out
on the town, the boys, the girls, the cheesy DJ, the late night kebab man and the taxi home, all under the
watchful eyes of the Bouncers. Multi award-winning play written and directed by John Godber featuring
a frightening array of northern talent.
Tickets: £15 Full // £13 Concessions
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
14+
(Thurs)
WHAT’s on // MARCH
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sara pascoe vs history
The Tiger Lillies
The very worst of the tiger Lillies
Wednesday 11 March 8pm
Saturday 8 March 7.30pm
Star of Stand Up For the Week, Live at the Apollo
and Twenty Twelve, Sara Pascoe presents her first
ever UK tour show.
The Grammy nominated Godfathers of alternative cabaret are back on tour with a show celebrating
25 years of dark and deviant theatrics.
With a comedy brain that leaps from stimulating
arguments onto abstract confabulation with lumpy
doses of openness, honesty and earnestness, Sara
shares her romantic history, existential theory
and cultural insights.
With an international reputation for being the foremost avant-garde band in the world, Olivier award
winners The Tiger Lillies never cease to surprise, shock and entertain with their inimitable musical style,
conjuring up the macabre magic of pre-war Berlin and fusing it with the savage edge of punk.
The Tiger Lillies attracted mainstream recognition for composing the music and starring in the junk opera
Shockheaded Peter and recently won rave reviews with their new shows ‘The Ancient Mariner’
and ‘Lulu - A Murder Ballad’.
THE GUARDIAN
“An exhilarating, deeply satisfying show.”
THE TIMES
THE SCOTSMAN
“In an ideal world, The Tiger Lillies would represent Britain in the Eurovision song contest.”
THE TIMES
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Tickets: £18 All Tickets
Running Time: 1hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
WHAT’s on // MARCH
16+
“Always clever and sometimes exquisite.”
INDEPENDENT
“Pascoe’s lively mind teases out big
questions with intelligence, silliness and
self-deprecation.” THE GUARDIAN
The past contains wars, witches, Kim Jong-il and
your ex. Your brain can recall being a child, while
your body remembers being a monkey. Everything
that has happened shapes who we are today…
Programmed and supported by LPAC
Producers.
Tickets: £12 All Tickets
15+
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Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
sam halmarack and
the miserablites
Friday 13 March 8.00pm
Singing is believing, join in the feeling.
Located somewhere between a theatre show
and a stadium pop concert, Sam Halmarack & The
Miserablites are the bombastic pioneers of interactive
pop.
Get ready for handclapping anthems and electro music
to move and inspire. With songs, stories and a little help
from you, we will all come together to offer a unique take
on what it means to be redeemed by music.
Programmed and supported by LPAC Producers
Tickets: £10 Full// £8 Concessions//
£5 Students & Under 26s
16+
Running Time: 50 minutes (no interval)
“An interactive musical odyssey.” TOTAL THEATRE
THE SKINNY
WHAT’s on // MARCH
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WHAT’s on // March
Newbury Productions (UK) Ltd
Reduced Shakespeare company:
the complete history of comedy (abridged)
Thurs 12 March 7.30pm
They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the world’s
most celebrated playwright, now the Reduced
Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was
born to reduce.
Tickets to The Complete History of Comedy
(abridged) are far more affordable than tickets
to an amusement park, but you’ll come away with
the same feeling of nausea and motion sickness.
From the high-brow to the low and everything
in-between, the bad boys of abridgment leave
no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire
history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes.
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“The trio deliver 90 minutes filled with
laughter to a delighted audience.”
BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
Tickets: £16 Full // £14 Concessions
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
8+
EARLY BOOKING OFFER
£10
Students & Under 26s
(limited availability)
Written and Directed by Reed Martin
and Austin Tichenor.
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The Lincoln Young Company
Drama, baby
By Jamie Brittain
Saturday 14 March 7.30pm
It’s the final rehearsals before the practical A Level
theatre studies exam. Two competing groups
of teenage students attempt to achieve that ever
elusive ‘A’ grade, soon find the competing forces
of sex, alcohol and Artaud threaten to destroy their
hopes of a good university place.
Performed as part of National Theatre Connections,
National Theatre’s festival of new writing and young
theatre making – this new play for young people
is by Jamie Brittain, creator and writer of the
BAFTA award-winning teen drama series Skins.
Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concessions // £5 Students
& Under 26s
Running Time: 50 minutes (no interval)
14+
WHAT’s on // march
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WHAT’s on // March
University of Lincoln Drama Society
love, marilyn
Thursday 19 March 7.30pm
Explore the rise and fall of the icon, told by the
most influential figures of her short life. Watch
as the young, ambitious Norma Jean becomes
the larger-than-life starlet: Marilyn Monroe.
Be reminded why, fifty years after her death,
we all still “Love Marilyn”.
Tickets: £10 Full // £5 Concessions
International Concert Series
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raphael wallfisch, cello
john york, piano
Running Time: 2 hours 30 mins (inc interval)
Wendy Houstoun
14+
50 acts
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Wednesday 18 March 7.30pm
Sunday 15 March 3pm
A warm, intimate affecting show.
One of the most celebrated cellists performing
on the international stage, Raphael Wallfisch
has performed in major festivals such
as the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh
and Spoleto. He is joined by his regular duo
partner John York for a fascinating programme
including the Kreutzer sonata arranged
by Beethoven’s contemporary, Czerny
and Rachmaninov’s great romantic sonata.
50 ACTS is a spirited retaliation against ageism.
Involving: manifestos, songs, apologies and errors,
random acts, small dances and big ideas, ghostly
appearances, invisibility, stupidity, inexplicable feats
and unexpected turns, techno idiocy and much,
much more.
University of Lincoln Dance Society
Steppin’ out
Friday 27 March 7.30pm
Beethoven – Sonata in A Op.47 “Kreutzer”
Arr Carl Czerny
“Houstoun - on the top of her form.” THE
TIMES ONLINE
The University of Lincoln Dance Society brings
you a spectacular performance showcasing the
amazing talent we have this year! With numerous
dance styles, including ballet, tap, jazz, Irish,
majorettes, street and many more, this show is not
to be missed. It’s lights, camera, action, so come
join in the fun!
Rachmaninov – Sonata for Cello & Piano
in G minor
Winner of the 2013 TMA Award for
Achievement in Dance.
Tickets: £5 All Tickets
Schumann – Five pieces in folk style
Tickets: £16 Full // £14 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
SERIES DISCOUNT
Book THREE concerts at the same time
and save 10%.
Written and Performed By Wendy Houstoun,
with Lighting Design by Nigel Edwards
THE GUARDIAN
Made with the support of Dance4, Yorkshire Dance,
The Nightingale Theatre, Artsadmin and Arts Council
England.
Tickets: £12 Full // £10 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 60 mins (no interval)
Magna
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Running Time: 2 hours 30 mins (inc. interval)
WHAT’s on // march
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Derby Theatre
Warwick Arts Centre and China Plate
penelope retold
confirmation
Friday 20 March 7.30pm
By Chris Thorpe
Welcome to Ithaca. Island paradise and home to Penelope. She’s married to a world famous war hero
and she’s had enough of waiting quietly. Made with input from soldiers and military spouses, Penelope
RETOLD is an irreverent collision of classic myth, The Odyssey and contemporary rage. Get ready for
a theatrical storm that sweeps through poetry, songs, comedy and YouTube clips towards a poignant
and furious conclusion. Olivier Award nominee and Stage Best Solo Performer, Caroline Horton, presents
an epic, heartbreaking and fiercely playful tale of love, loneliness and the need to be free.
Wednesday 25 March 7.30pm
If you pinned me against a wall, I’d probably admit
to being a liberal.
Of course, pinning me against a wall is exactly what
I’d expect from someone like you.
Written and performed by Caroline Horton
A show about the gulfs we can’t talk across, and
about the way we choose to see only the evidence
that proves we’re right.
Directed by Lucy Doherty
“A compelling monodrama.”
WHAT’s on // FEBRUARY
THE GUARDIAN
Tickets: £12 Full // £10 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Working with research into the phenomenon
of confirmation bias, Confirmation is an attempt
to have an honourable dialogue, real and imagined,
with political extremism. To find out how we believe
what we believe, and how we can end up so far
apart.
13+
Running Time: 60 minutes (no interval)
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Developed with and Directed by Rachel Chavkin
A 2014 Fringe First award-winning solo show:
written and performed by Chris Thorpe (Unlimited
Theatre, Third Angel), developed with and directed
by Rachel Chavkin (The TEAM).
Commissioned by Northern Stage and Battersea
Arts Centre.
Original image design by Matthew Austin
“Confirmation is a show that lets nobody off
the hook: not us, and definitely not Thorpe.”
THE GUARDIAN
“Thorpe and director Rachel Chavkin
energetically take a liberal Fringe audience
to the edge of the abyss of belief and hang
them over the side in a conversation for our
times.”
booking offer
20%
Off Full and Concessions
tickets for Confirmation if
you also book to see
I Wish I Was Lonely
THE INDEPENDENT
Tickets: £12 Full // £10 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 1 hour 20 mins (no interval)
Magna
Carta
14+
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WHAT’s on // April
BOX OFFICE: 01522 837600 // www.lpac.co.uk
WHAT’s on // APril
Eastival
Eastival is back! Lincoln
Performing Arts Centre,
Lincoln Drill Hall and The
Collection have come
together to present
a fabulous festival of arts
events and activities for
children across the city,
bringing together some
of the very best theatre,
workshops, films and music
available for children and
families! The full programme
will be announced in the
New Year, but our events will
include:
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Mon 30 March –
Weds 1 April :
Uluzuzulalia – interactive
theatre
Mon 6 April :
Singalonga Frozen!
The Disney smash hit that
you can singalong to.
Fri 10 April :
Lil Pacs The Gruffalo – fun
creative play for the under 5s
Sat 11 April :
Three Little Pigs – classic fairy
tale by the acclaimed Stuff And
Nonsense Theatre Company
To find out more, keep
checking our website,
Facebook and Twitter
accounts and look out for the
mini brochure from January.
Stuff and Nonsense
Theatre Company
sing-a-long-a
frozen
Monday 6 April 11.30am
& 3.30pm
ULUZUZULALIA
Mon 30 Mar – Weds 1 Apr
Monday 2pm
10.30am & 2.30pm Tues & Weds
Create windstorms, wolves, baby crocs, and a party, with twisting
and bending sounds: all yours. Tip and tap and click and clack your
tongue, and discover the spells your voice can cast. Meet Queen
Victor the Fabulous, Bobolo and Big Mouth. Enter their mysterious
worlds of patchwork light, bubbling colour and silky sound. Light
a vocal fire! A lively romp around your unique voice and the surprising
things it can do, starring you…
U-lu-zu-zu-la-lia!
A full screening of Disney’s
Frozen with lyrics on screen
to help you sing along during the
film. Introduced by a live host
who will show you how to use
your free prop bag and warm up
your singing voices before you sit
back and “Let it Go”. YOU the
audience are the stars.
Remember to dress up as your
favourite character and be
a snow queen, Sven the reindeer
or Olaf, the coolest snowman
ever!
Tickets: £8 Full // £4.50 Child
Running Time: 1 hour (no interval)
LIL’ PACS:
THE GRUFFALO
Friday 10 April 10am
Oh help! Oh no! It’s a gruffalo!…
Join us for a very special Eastival
Lil’ Pacs based on The Gruffalo
by Julia Donaldson and Axel
Scheffler.
One day a mouse takes a walk
in the deep dark wood and
meets a fox, an owl, a snake and
someone else…
This free creative storytelling
session is perfect for parents and
toddlers.
Tickets: £15 Full // £10 Child
Running Time: TBC
Tickets: Free Entry
Running Time: 1 hour 30 mins
(no interval)
www.uluzuzulalia.com
Try out the show’s iPad app, Voice Bubbles
www.voicebubblesapp.com
three little pigs
Family ticket offer
£46
£33
Family (4 people,
max 2 adults)
Family (3 people,
max 2 adults)
Saturday 11 April 3pm
Building a new home is not as
easy as it looks. What’s the best
material to use? Will it keep out
the rain? Will it be Wolf Proof!!!
There’s only on way to find out...
Stuff and Nonsense Theatre
Company return with a madcap
show full of puppetry, comedy
and thrills! This ingenious
adaptation of the famous
children’s story is a real treat for
everyone aged between 3 and
70 (sure, there is a wolf in it, but
he’s not that scary – honest!)
Created in association with Salisbury
Playhouse, with additional support
from The Merlin Theatre and the
Tobacco Factory.
“One of the most delightful
ways to while away 50
minutes.” THE STAGE
Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Child
Running Time: 55 mins (no
interval)
3+
6-11
Family ticket offer
£25
Family (4 people, max
2 adults)
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WHAT’s on // april
BOX OFFICE: 01522 837600 // www.lpac.co.uk
WHAT’s on // april
Out of Joint, National Theatre Wales & Arcola
Theatre with Sherman Cymru
crouch, touch,
pause, engage
By Robin Soans
Directed by Max Stafford-Clark
Friday 1 May 7.30pm
I was doing something nobody had done before,
and if you’re the first to do something, you have
to be prepared to take the sh*t for it.
On the eve of one of the most important games
of his career, Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas
received a warning: The Sun newspaper was going
to “out” him as gay.
This is the story of two Welsh names bruised,
but not beaten, by media speculation: Gareth
Thomas, 100 caps for Wales, now the world’s most
prominent gay sportsman; and his hometown,
Bridgend, itself a victim of tabloid intrusion following
the deaths of several young residents.
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Working with Gareth himself, and young people
in Bridgend, two of the UK’s most exciting theatre
companies – Out of Joint and National Theatre
Wales – have teamed up to tell a great story about
sport, politics, secrets, life and learning to be
yourself
Lincoln Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
guys and dolls
“The mighty Out of Joint.” TIME OUT 2014
“National Theatre Wales reinvents the
language of theatre every time it puts
on a show.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
Tues 14 – Sat 18 April 7.30pm plus Saturday Matinee 2.30pm
Includes swearing and some sensitive material
This well-loved musical tells the story of Sky Masterson, a successful gambler, who is challenged to take
the uptight missionary Sarah Brown on a date to Havana. Meanwhile, small time gambler Nathan Detroit
is trying to finance the illegal floating crap game he runs without the knowledge of Adelaide, his fiancée
of fourteen years. With songs such as the eponymous Guys and Dolls, Luck Be A Lady, Sue Me and the
show-stopping Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat, plus some fantastic dance numbers to boot, you’ll
be sure to leave the theatre with a smile on your face.
Tickets: £12 Full //
£10 Concessions //
£5 Students & Under 26s
www.laods.co.uk
Tickets: From £10
Running Time: 2 hours 50 mins (inc. interval)
Running Time: TBC
Magna
Carta
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WHAT’s on // april
BOX OFFICE: 01522 837600 // www.lpac.co.uk
WHAT’s on // May
Lincoln School of Fine & Performing Arts
FINAL DEGREE SHOWCASE
GRADUATE FASHION SHOW
Saturday 13 June
SCHOOL OF FINE &
PERFORMING ARTS
This avant-garde event will exhibit the highly
creative garment collections of final year students
on the BA (Hons) Fashion Studies programme.
FINE ART DEGREE SHOW
The fine art degree show is an opportunity to see
a vast and inventive variety of visual arts, including
painting, sculpture, installation, video
and performance.
MULTIMEDIA
International Concert Series
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26
aronowitz ensemble
(schubert trout quintet)
Sunday 19 April 3pm
pasadena roof
orchestra:
Puttin’ on the ritz!
A programme of cross-disciplinary multi-media
performances that embraces the potential of
technologies new and old across all art forms.
These works effortlessly ignore disciplinary
boundaries and labels to present a truly
experimental and investigatory approach.
Saturday 16 May 7.30pm
THEATRE COMPANY
Join us as our graduating companies take
complete control of the venue to produce a series
of full-length performances, which promises
to produce some unforgettable moments
conceived and created by the next generation
of theatre makers.
Dvorak – Cypresses (Excerpts)
Since 1969 the Pasadena Roof Orchestra has
been faithfully re-creating the glories of popular
music from the 1920’s and 1930’s.
The fun-packed show features timeless classics
from the great American song book – those
wonderful songs that miraculously lifted
people’s spirits during the depression era, and
which made household names of singers such
as Bing Crosby, Al Bowlly, and Fred Astaire.
Tickets: £16 Full // £14 Concessions // £5
Students & Under 26s
Presented by the suave singer and band leader
Duncan Galloway. Experience an evening
of superlative live music, with more than a dash
of wit and humour.
The Aronowitz Ensemble has been featured on the
BBC’s New Generation Artists performing on BBC
Radio 3 and three times in the Proms. Regular
performers in the Ensemble include Guy Johnston
and Tom Poster.
Schubert – Quintet in A D.667 “Trout”
Faure – Piano Quintet in D minor Op.89
Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. interval)
Tickets: £20 Full // £18 Concessions
Running Time: TBC
SERIES DISCOUNT
Book THREE concerts at the same
time and save 10%.
SPRING DANCE CONCERTS
Presenting student created work, ranging from
studio showings of score, to concert dance,
to third year final performance work, as well as
performances by the MA Choreography students.
SOLO PERFORMANCE
A mini-festival of solo theatre. From comedy
and monologue to lecture demonstration
and one-on-one performance, these final degree
shows offer you the chance to indulge in an
eclectic mix-and-match programme over a jam
packed week of glorious, decadent, unforgettable
performance
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WHAT’s on // JUNE
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WHAT’s on // JUNE
Fri 19 & Sat 20 June 7.30pm
Set in the long forgotten American town
of Karaoke. Buster is a dreamer and has one
ambition above all others - to be a Broadway
sensation. He sets out on a journey of a lifetime;
meets the girl of his dreams and discovers what
it takes to become a true star.
With a brand new score of 17 songs including,
‘Star In Your Own Show’, ‘It’s All About Jazz
Hands’ and ‘G-A-Y’, The Musical About Musicals
promises to be one not to miss.
Starring Kieran and Sarah from the Britain’s Got
Talent Semi-Finals (2014)
Written by University of Lincoln Alumni, Robin
Popley and Siana Taylor.
Tickets: £12.50 Full // £10 Concessions //
£7.50 Students & Under 26s
14+
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
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Friday Ticket OFFER
£7.50 All Tickets £5 Students (Friday only)
The Lincoln Company
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Originally produced and directed on Broadway
by Harold Prince.
Ballet Cymru and The Riverfront Theatre
In association with Citrus Arts and Sinfonia Cymru.
Wednesday 24 June 7.30pm
cinderella
Sunday 14 June 7.30pm
Award-winning Ballet Cymru return to Lincoln with
a sparkling and refreshing ballet based on the
eternal fairy tale.
Ballet Cymru prides itself on being different and
Cinderella will be no exception, with a brand new
music score and circus elements combined with
the finest classical dance. Ballet Cymru will
wbe working with award winning composer Jack
White and Circus company Citrus Arts to conjure
a surprising world of wonder and magic.
Tickets: £16 Full // £14 Concessions // £10
Students & Under 26s
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
EARLY BOOKING OFFER
£40
Family (4 people, max 2 adults)
Book before 1 April.
Promocode: SLIPPER
A musical comedy.
This amateur production is presented by permission
of Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music Theatre
International New York
On his 35th birthday, Bobby searches for the
answers to love and life in Manhattan. He has good
friends, a gorgeous apartment and a girlfriend
(or three). But is he happy…?
Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concession // £5 Students
& Under 26s
Told through a series of vignettes that mirror
the pulsing rhythms of New York, this landmark
multiple Tony Award-winner, contains the songs
The Ladies Who Lunch, Getting Married Today
and Being Alive.
Running Time: 2 hours 40 mins (inc. interval)
14+
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WHAT’s on // July
BOX OFFICE: 01522 837600 // www.lpac.co.uk
WHAT’s on // FEBRUARY 2015
The Academy of Performance Combat
stage combat weekend
Fri 20 – Sun 22 February
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The weekend, led by professional Fight Director,
Andrew Ashenden, offers people of all experience
levels the opportunity to learn the techniques for
using a Quarterstaff in stage combat. Quarterstaff
is a medieval, two-handed martial arts weapon and
is rarely taught intensively, so this weekend offers
an excellent opportunity to acquire a specialist skill.
The weekend ends with an examination of your
stage combat skills, successful completion
of which entitles you to an APC qualification.
film making
summer school
Mon 10 – Fri 14 August
Act, Direct and Film your Movie.
Age 10 – 16’s
Spend a week working with professional film
makers. Plan, write, direct, act and upload your
movies. Horror, Action, Music Videos, even how
to fake epic Win/Fails. Learn the tricks of the trade
and get your hands on the real equipment.
“Thank you Ben for such a great Film School.
I’ll never forget it.” HARRY FOSTER
Basic: £75
Intermediate: £85
Advanced: £100
Friday 25 July 7.30pm
It’s fun all the way as the ‘Purveyors of Cool’ swing
into town with a live orchestra featuring
The Greatest Music of the 20th Century.
“Superb – Remarkable – Tremendously
Entertaining!” THE STAGE
Wonderful memories of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
& Sammy Davis Junior in a fabulous production
that continues to be successful worldwide.
Tickets: £20 All Tickets
All totally live and every song is an absolute classic
– ‘Come Fly With Me’, ‘Under My Skin’, ‘Sway’,
‘Mr Bojangles’, ‘Fly Me To The Moon’, ‘That’s
Amore’, ‘Mack the Knife’ and many more of your
favourites.
For further information visit
www.theapc.org.uk/courses
18+
Running Time: 2 hours 20 mins (inc. interval)
Weekly rate of £120 per paticipant.
LincolnFTVS.co.uk
Booking open from January 2015.
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WHAT’s on // JANUARY 2015
BOX OFFICE: 01522 837600 // www.lpac.co.uk
WHAT’s on // December 2015
Project Space Plus is Lincoln School of Fine & Performing
Art’s space for exhibition, creative enquiry, research, debate
and discussion. The gallery presents a mix of exhibitions,
projects, commissions and events, acting as a laboratory
as well as a showroom for contemporary art and related
fields.
Forthcoming programme includes:
January/February:
Contemporary Chinese Art-work presented by visiting
scholards Chunme Llu and Zhang Tao and a group show
curated by postgraduate research student Annie Xu.
February/March:
A.L.E (A Landscape Exhibition)
Lincoln-based artist collective General Practice take
a skewed look at the subject of the landscape in art using
sound, sculpture, painting and the moving image.
Free entry. Open Mon-Fri 10am-4.00pm during exhibitions
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Find us just along the path from Lincoln Performing
Arts Centre.
By Dominic Symonds
Music by Mark Wilde
Based on the original play by J.M. Barrie
Friday 11 - Thursday 24 December
When a tap at the window awakens Wendy
and her brother Michael, they are surprised to
encounter a mischievous boy called Peter Pan
and his feisty fairy friend Tinkerbell. Together they
lead the children over the snowy rooftops and far
away to Neverland – a mysterious island beset with
villainous Pirates and home to a gang of orphans
called the Lost Boys.
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An amateur production by arrangement with Great
Ormond Street Hospital Charity and Samuel French Ltd.
Tickets: From £10*
Running Time: 2 hours (inc. interval)
6+
With Captain Hook out for revenge and a ticking
time-bomb waiting to go off, Peter Pan must battle
with his fiercest enemy and get Wendy and Michael
back home in time for Christmas.
Magic and excitement are never far away in this
sparkling new adaptation of J.M Barrie’s classic
tale of the boy who never grew up. Join us as
we fly to Neverland for Winter 2015.
HILTON ADVERT
*See website for full show list and ticket prices.
WHAT’s on // 2015
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WHAT’s on // 2015
How To Book
Refunds & Exchanges
ONLINE: www.lpac.co.uk (up to 9 tickets per person)
BY PHONE: 01522 837600 Monday to Saturday 10-6pm
IN PERSON: Monday to Saturday 10-6pm and one hour prior to
the performance. The Box Office is situated in the foyer of theatre.
Transaction Charges
There are no booking charges when booking directly with us.
A postage handling fee of £1 applies if you would like to receive your
tickets through the post (2nd Class). Alternatively, purchased tickets
can be held at the Box Office free of charge for collection during
opening hours.
Concessions
Over 60s, children under 16, JSA and those in receipt of PIP/
DLA. 3. Carers are also entitled to reduced-rate tickets for most
performances. For certain shows, children under 18 months may
qualify for a complimentary Babes In Arms ticket if they share an adult
seat – these must be booked in advance.
Students & Under 26s
£5 tickets are available for Students and Under 26s on most
productions, subject to availability. Valid proof of age/Student Card
must be shown at time of collection.
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Lincoln Performing Arts Centre’s Friends Membership Scheme offers exclusive benefits
and opportunities, where you can save money and support your theatre at the same time.
SILVER FRIEND
Benefits Include:
£25
per year
• 10% off two tickets for shows throughout the year*
• 2 free tickets to two Director’s Choice events a year*
• Advance notification of tickets going on sale
• Discounts and special offers throughout the year
Join Us
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Benefits Include:
Schools/Group Bookings
£50
per year
Running Times/Latecomers
Please note, running times should
be used as an approximate guide
only. Latecomers may be asked
to delay entering the auditorium
until a suitable pause in the
performance but late admission
cannot always be guaranteed.
Accessibility
• The Box Office, Zing Cafe Bar,
Auditorium and toilets are all
ground floor accessible.
• There is a lift provided for access to the gallery, studios and further toilets.
Schools rates and group discounts are available for most
performances. For all school groups and general group bookings
of 10 or more please email bookings@lpac.co.uk or contact the
Box Office on 01522 837600
• 20% off two tickets for shows throughout the year*
• 2 free tickets to four Director’s Choice events
a year*
• Save 10% in the Zing Café Bar
• Advance notification of tickets going on sale.
• Exclusive invitations to VIP events
(e.g. Season Launches ... Private View).
• Thrice yearly newsletter
• One free backstage tour per year.
• Discounts and special offers throughout the year.
We regret that tickets cannot be
refunded or exchanged. Please
ensure all tickets purchased are
correct at the time of booking. If
an event is sold out we may be
able to re-sell your tickets, please
contact the Box Office. Terms and
Conditions of Sale are available on
request or on our website
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• The auditorium has several
wheelchair spaces available, please contact Box Office should you wish to book one.
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PARKING
To become a Friend or for further information,
speak to the Box Office, visit www.lpac.co.uk
or simply ask to Join Us when you’re next buying
tickets. Membership lasts for 12 months.
*All ticket offers subject to availability. Please note that there may be occasional productions by visiting
companies and hirers throughout the year for which your percentage discount will not be applicable.
You can now buy a car parking
ticket for the main University of
Lincoln car park for the exclusive
rate of £2 when booking your
tickets 1 day in advance.
The University Of Lincoln pay and
display car park is open to the
public from 4.30pm on weekdays
and all day on weekends.
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WHAT’s on // SEPTEMBER 2014 - January 2015
February
March
Thursday 5
Sunday 1
Friday 6
Tuesday 4
Wednesday 11
Thurs 5 & Fri 6
Major Tom
Outings
I Wish I Was
Lonely
Thursday 12
Bodies in Motion
January
Sunday 25
Emma Johnson,
Clarinet
John Lenenan,
Piano
Thursday 29
Teechers
Sat 31 & Sun 1
Encore! Look
Who’s Singing
Now
Saturday 14
Sid’s Show
Sunday 15
English Piano Trio
Thursday 19
Fascinating Aïda
Script This
Bouncers
Sunday 8
The Tiger Lillies
Wednesday 11
Sara Pascoe
Thursday 12
Reduced
Shakespeare
Company
The Bullet and the Friday 13
Bass Trombone
Sam Halmarack
and the
Friday 20- Sun 22
Miserablites
Stage Combat
Weekend
Saturday 14
Drama, Baby
Saturday 21
Stephen K Amos
Thursday 26
Private Lives
Saturday 28
True Motion
Sunday 15
Raphael Wallfisch,
Cello John York,
Piano
Wednesday 18
50 Acts
Thursday 19
Love, Marilyn
Friday 20
Penelope Retold
Wednesday 25
April
Monday 6
Singalonga
Frozen
Friday 10
Looking ahead
to next season
Saturday 11
May
Lil’Pacs The
Gruffalo
Three Little Pigs
Tues 14- Sat 18
Saturday 16
Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Aronowitz
Ensemble
(Schubert Trout
Quintet)
Various Dates
Thursday 30
june
Crouch, Touch,
Pause, Engage
LSFPA Final Degree
Shows
Sunday 14
Cinderella
Fri 19 & Sat 20
The Musical about
Musicals
Wednesday 24
Company
Confirmation
Friday 27
Steppin’ Out
july
Monday 30
Friday 25
Uluzuzulalia
Rat Pack
August
Monday 10- Fri 14
Film Making Summer
School
December
Fri 11- Thur 24
Peter Pan