Preview: The Sooty Show at Darlington Civic Theatre

Izzy Wizzy Let’s Get Busy

Sooty and friends are bringing The Sooty Show to DarlingtonCivic Theatre on Saturday 28 June

      

Sooty has been on tv since the 1950s and, according to the Guinness World Records, is the longest-running children's programme in the UK. The live show is coming to Darlington!

Izzy Wizzy let’s get busy - it’s The Sooty Show! Direct from CITV, Sooty heads into town in a fabulous new show to delight the whole family. Joining the nation’s favourite bear will be Sweep, Soo and Sooty's TV Partner Richard Cadell - who will be attempting to keep Sooty from getting up to mischief!  Boy will he have his hands full!

It's Sooty's birthday party and things aren't going to plan. Sooty and Sweep get messy baking the birthday cake and will Soo ever decide which dress to wear? Special party guests include legendary Sooty favourites Butch the bulldog and Ramsbottom the snake. So join in with all the fun and games at Sooty's birthday party!

A spectacular mix of magic, music and mess - guaranteed giggles for Sooty fans old and new!  Don't miss it!

”Richard Cadell is as close to a Corbett as you will ever get- Sooty is on the right hands!” – Matthew Corbett

Performance times: 11am & 2.30pm
Tickets Adults £12, Children £10, Family Ticket £38

To book contact the Box Office on 01325 486 555 or visit www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/Sootyandco

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sootyshowofficial

Website: www.thesootyshow.com

Twitter:                  www.twitter.com/DarloCivic
Facebook:             www.facebook.com/darlingtoncivictheatre

 Tour Date:

Sat 7 Jun	Newport Riverfront	01633 656757	www.newport.gov.uk/riverfront
Sun 8 Jun	New Brighton Floral Pavilion	0151 666 0000	www.floralpavilion.com
Sat 14 Jun	Stafford Gatehouse	01785 254653	www.staffordgatehousetheatre.co.uk
Sun 15 Jun	Hanley Regent	0844 871 7649	www.atgtickets.com/stoke
Sat 21 Jun	Birmingham New Alexandra	0844 871 3011	www.atgtickets.com./birmingham
Sun 22 Jun	Hunstanton Princess	01485 532252	www.princesshunstanton.co.uk
Sat 28 Jun	Darlington Civic	01325 486555	www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk
Sun 29 Jun	Blackburn King Georges Hall	01254 582579	www.kinggeorgeshall.com
Sat 5 July	Ludlow Arts Festival	0844 248 5165 (Ticketmaster)	www.ludlowartsfestival.co.uk
Sun 6 July	Tunbridge Wells Assebly Hall Theatre	01892 530613	www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk
Sat 12 July	Gravesend Woodville Halls	01474 337774	www.woodvillehalls.com
Sun 13 July	Skegness Embassy	0845 674 0505	www.embassytheatre.co.uk
Sat 19 July	Tamworth Assembly Hall	01827 709618	www.tamworthassemblyrooms.co.uk
Sun 20 July	Horsham Capitol	01403 750220	www.thecapitolhorsham.com
Thu 24 July	Bedford Corn Exchange	01234 718044	www.bedfordcornexchange.co.uk
Fri 25 July	Weston-super-Mare Playhouse	01934 645 544	www.theplayhouse.co.uk
Sat 26 July	Weston-super-Mare Playhouse
Sun 27 July	Hereford Courtyard	01432 340555	www.courtyard.org.uk
Tue 29 July	Reading Hexagon	0118 960 6060	www.readingarts.com
Wed 30 July	Fleetwood Marine Hall	01253 887693	www.marinehall.co.uk
Thu 31 July	Newark Palace	01636 655755	www.palacenewark.com
Fri 1 Aug	Llandudno Venue Cymru	01492 872000	www.venuecymru.co.uk
Sat 2 Aug	Consett Empire	01207 218 171	www.leisureworks.net
Sun 3 Aug	Salford Lowry	0843 208 6000	www.thelowry.com
Fri 8 Aug	Ilfracombe Landmark	01271 324242	www.northdevontheatres.org.uk
Sun 10 Aug	Bridlington Spa	01262 678258	www.thespabridlington.com
Thu 14 Aug	Porthcawl Grand Pavilion	01656 815995	www.grandpavilion.co.uk
Fri 15 Aug	Christchurch Regent	01202 499199	www.regentcentre.co.uk
Sat 16 Aug	Shanklin Theatre	01983 868000	www.shanklintheatre.com
Sun 17 Aug	Margate Theatre Royal	01843 292795	www.theatreroyalmargate.com
Tue 19 Aug	Croydon Ashcroft	020 8688 9291	www.fairfield.co.uk
Wed 20 Aug	East Grinstead Chequer Mead	01342 302000	www.chequermead.org.uk
Thu 21 Aug	Hornchurch Queen’s	01708 443333	www.queens-theatre.co.uk
Fri 22 Aug	Hornchurch Queen’s
Sat 23 Aug	Hornchurch Queen’s
Sun 24 Aug	Watford Colleseum	0845 075 3993	www.watfordcolosseum.co.uk
Thu 28 Aug	Kettering Lighthouse	01536 414141	www.lighthousetheatre.co.uk
Fri 29 Aug	Stockport Plaza	0161 477 7779	www.thestockportplaza.co.uk
Sat 30 Aug	Worthing Connaught	01903 206 206	www.worthingtheatres.co.uk
Sun 31 Aug	Harlow Playhouse	01279 431945	www.playhouseharlow.com
Sat 6 Sep	Dartford Orchard	01322 220000	www.orchardtheatre.co.uk
Sun 7 Sep	Aberystwyth Arts Centre	01970 623232	www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
Sat 13 Sep	Hull New	01482 300300	www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullnewtheatre
Sun 14 Sep	Billingham Forum	01642 552663	www.forumtheatrebillingham.co.uk
Sat 20 Sep	Derby Guildhall	01322 255800	www.derbylive.co.uk/
Sun 21 Sep	Bolton Albert Halls	01204 334400	www.alberthalls-bolton.co.uk
Sun 28 Sep	Potters Bar Wylllyots Theatre	01707 645005	www.wyllyottstheatre.co.uk
Sat 4 Oct	Runcorn Brindley	0151 907 8360	www.thebrindley.org.uk
Sun 5 Oct	Halifax Victoria Theatre	01422 351158	www.victoriatheatre.co.uk
Sat 11 Oct	Barking Broadway	020 8507 5607	www.thebroadwaybarking.com
Sun 12 Oct	Shrewsbury Severn	01743 281281	www.theatresevern.co.uk
Sat 18 Oct	Chesterfield Winding Wheel	01246 345222	www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk
Sun 19 Oct	Lichfield Garrick	01543 412121	www.lichfieldgarrick.com
Sat 25 Oct	Camberley Theatre	01276 707600	www.camberleytheatre.biz
Sun 26 Oct	Swindon Wyvern	01793 524481	www.wyverntheatre.org.uk
Mon 27 Oct	Peterborough Key Theatre	01733 207239	www.vivacity-peterborough.com
Tue 28 Oct	Cromer Pier	01263 512495	www.cromer-pier.com
Wed 29 Oct	Southport Theatre	0844 871 3021	www.atgtickets.com/southport
Thu 30 Oct	Redditch Palace	01527 65203	www.redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk
Fri 31 Oct	Newtown Hafren	01686 614555	www.thehafren.co.uk
Sat 1 Nov	Boston Arts	01205 363108	www.blackfriarsartscentre.co.uk
Sun 21 Nov	Stevenage Gordon Craig	01438 363200	www.gordon-craig.co.uk
Sat 8 Nov	Wimborne Tivoli	01202 885566	www.tivoliwimborne.co.uk
Sat 15 Nov	Llanelli Theatr Ffwrnes	0845 226 3510	www.carmarthenshiretheatres.co.uk
Sun 16 Nov	Chesham Elgiva	01494 582900	www.elgiva.com

Preview: The Rite Of Spring/Romeo And Juliet at Stage @ Leeds

Photo: Lidia Crisafulli

THE RITE OF SPRING/ROMEO AND JULIET, a new form of theatre-making combining classical music and Shakespeare
Presented by Concert Theatre in association with Trestle Theatre

4th June at the Stage @ Leeds

Photo: Lidia Crisafulli

The latest work by Concert Theatre, a young company combining classical music and theatre in live performance, brings together pianists from the Royal Academy of Music with Lecoq-trained performers and Trestle Theatre to create an exciting reinterpretation of two great classic works.

The Rite of Spring/Romeo and Juliet is a radical interpretation of Stravinsky’s ballet and orchestral concert work in the theatrical setting of love and hatred between two Shakespeare’s rivaling households, Capulet and Montague. Conceived by Concert Theatre, the production uses commedia half masks and piano four-hands to create a music-oriented physical theatre piece through the re-telling of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy with collaborations among concert pianists from the Royal Academy of Music, actors and director from Lecoq-based system and mask specialists from Trestle Theatre.
Concert Theatre is a combination form in which classical music and drama are performed live together. Through interweaving, music becomes not just atmospheric underscore, but another language expressed by the musicians – a voice and character in its own right, spoken alongside the actors on the same stage. The two distinct works are presented side by side, to create deeper resonance and complexity of interpretation in each, and a rich complete performance.

Supported by Arts Council England and Royal Academy of Music

Cast & Creatives:

Director                           An-Ting Chang & Russell Bender

Choreographer                Yarit Dor

Designer                          Mila Sanders

Lighting Designer            Nicole Smith & Josh Pharo

Producer                          Eldarin Yeong

Cast: Benjamin Hadley, Kim Heron, Monika Lindeman, Alex Lehman, Nectarios Theodorou

Musicians: An Ting Chang, Arabella Pare, Belle Chen

Information:

The Rite Of Spring/Romeo And Juliet

Stage @ Leeds - Wednesday 4 June at 7:30 pm

University of Leeds - Leeds - LS2 9JT 

Box Office: 0113 3438730 
http://www.leedstickets.com/eventinfo/4163/Rite-of-SpringRomeo-Juliet- 

Website: www.concerttheatre.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ConcertTheatre

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConcertTheatr

Running Time: 60 mins

Ticket: £12, £9 (concession)  

Tour:  Stage@leeds, Leeds (4 June), 
Bierkeller, Bristol (5 June), 
Library Theatre, Sheffield (13 June),  
The Civic, Barnsley (14 June), 
The Castle, Wellingborough (18 June),  
Epsom Playhouse, Epsom (19 June),  
Mumford Theatre, Cambridg (28 June).

Photo: Lidia Crisafulli

Preview: Entertaining Mr Sloane at Hexham Queens Hall

Entertaining Mr Sloane

Hexham Queens Hall

Presented by London Classic Theatre

Tuesday 3 June 7.30pm

Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £5.00 (student)

 

It's getting steamy at the Everyman, Cork! Entertaining Mr Sloane is up and running. Paul Sandys (Sloane) and Pauline Whitaker (Kath). Photo: Sheila Burnett.

London Classic Theatre is a middle-scale touring theatre company, committed to producing challenging, accessible drama of the highest quality. With thirty critically-acclaimed productions since their touring debut in April 2000, London Classic Theatre have established a reputation for producing bold, imaginative theatre of the highest quality. This revival of their 2003 production of the play celebrates the 50 th Anniversary of Orton’s classic black comedy. 

Kath and her elderly father, Kemp, live in a house on the outskirts of a rubbish dump. Their drab existence is interrupted by the arrival of a new lodger, the enigmatic Mr Sloane. Provocative and sexually ambiguous, Sloane soon has both Kath and her brother Ed competing for his favours. But all is not as it seems. Behind Sloane’s nonchalant demeanour lies a calculating psychopath with a dark and secretive past. Seduction, blackmail and murder lie waiting in the wings.

Entertaining Mr Sloane was first staged at the Arts Theatre in London in 1964, winning the London Critics ‘Variety’ award for Best Play of the Year. Its unique blend of farce and black comedy beautifully captures the suppressed desires of the period.

Joe Orton was born in Leicester in 1933 and was battered to death by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, in 1967. His plays include Loot, The Erpingham Camp, The Ruffian on the Stair and What the Butler Saw. This revival of our 2003 production of the play celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Orton’s classic black comedy.

Tour website: http://www.londonclassictheatre.co.uk/index.php/2014/05/entertaining-mr-sloane/

Hexham Queens Hall Website: http://www.queenshall.co.uk/whats-on/seasons-diary/871

Box Office: 01434 652477

Tour Dates

3 June Queen's Hall, Hexham 01434 652477

4, 5 June Buxton Opera House 0845 127 2190

6 June Stamford Arts Centre 01780 763203

7 June Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham 01476 406158

10-14 June Derby Theatre 01332 593939

16-21 June Blackpool Grand Theatre 01253 290190

24 June Palace Theatre, Newark 01636 655755

25-28 June Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 01284 769505

30 June Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 01874 611622

1 July Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury 01684 295074

2 July Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl 01656 815995

3-5 July Coventry Belgrade Theatre 024 7655 3055