February 2013

Theatre Group

Julie Horsman 80862704 & Chris Farleigh 8086 2882

Forthcoming Theatre Visits

Joking Apart by Alan Ayckbourn Salisbury Playhouse

Friday 1^st March 7.30. Tickets £12.00

Richard and Anthea are the ideal couple. Charming, generous and successful, they can’t help but attract loyal and loving friends.

Is it possible that being friends with such a golden couple can have its downfalls? Could you actually come to loathe such lovable people, especially when they are so… well… ‘nice’?

Richard, Anthea and their friends repeatedly gather to relax and compete, both on and off the tennis court, as their private agonies emerge to devastating effect.

Played out in the same back garden over a twelve-year period, this painfully funny play explores the unrelenting themes of ageing, jealousy and unrequited love.

Of all his seventy-six plays (so far!), Sir Alan Ayckbourn has frequently said that Joking Apart is one of his favourites.

Totton Festival of Drama Hanger Farm Arts Centre

Wednesday – Saturday 20^th – 23^rd March 7pm Tickets £7.50/£6.50 students

Programme – correct on 16^th Feb

Wednesday 20th March
Bench Theatre Company Mountain Language by Harold Pinter
Nuffield Youth Theatre The Fuhrer Will Now Speak by Josh Whatsize
Maskers Theatre Company Contractions by Mike Bartlett
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Thursday 21st March
C.A.T.S. Youth Theatre Tomorrow I'll Be Happy by Jonathan Harvey
Maskers Theatre Company Forward to the Right by Lily Ann Green
REACT 32 Angels by the cast
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Friday 22nd March
Southampton University Players In Room Five Hundred and Four by Jimmy Chinn
Oasis Youth Theatre Too Much Punch For Judy by Mark Wheeller
Bench Theatre Company In the Shadow of the Glen by J. M Synge
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Saturday 23rd March
Bench Theatre Company Pub Quiz of the Sexes by Mark Wakeman
Performing Arts Company Teechers by John Godber
Adjudications each evening by professional adjudicator John Scowen

Box Office (023) 80 667 683 is open: Mon-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-1pm, Sun: CLOSED

Nuffield Theatre

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

Tuesday 16^th April 7pm Tickets £10

“A lake. A young girl who’s spent her life beside it. She loves the lake, she’s happy, she’s free — like a seagull. Then a man comes along, sees her, and destroys her.”

A play about unrequited love — a story about how we create stories — and one of the greatest plays of the modern era. In The Seagull, Chekhov explores emotion, creativity and romantic conflict with the clarity of a doctor and the heart of a poet.

This new version is a co-production between The Nuffield and Headlong, both renowned for their innovative, accessible re-imaginings of classic texts. The Seagull is directed by Blanche McIntyre, recently described by London’s Evening Standard as “a rising star.”

Nuffield Theatre

The Thirty Nine Steps

Tuesday 14^th May 7.30pm Tickets £18

Direct from the West End, Broadway and 25 countries around the globe comes ‘a joyous version of the Alfred Hitchcock classic’ (Sunday Times) spy thriller, The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated as the smash hit Olivier Award Winning Best New Comedy.

This blissfully funny show follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women.

This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors, playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action.

Royal Albert Hall John Rutters Christmas Concert

Thursday December 12^th 3pm

£5.00 deposit required to reserve seat Tickets £20.00 plus travel