Thursday, September 04, 2008

U3A Theatre Group – September up-date

Leader - Julie Horseman (02380 862704) Chris Farleigh (023 8086 2882)

Chichester Festival Theatre Calendar Girls

Tuesday September 23rd 7.30pm

Tickets £17.50 Transport by minibus All tickets now taken

Blood Brothers at The Mayflower theatre

Tuesday 7th October

Tickets £21.00

Spoonface Steinberg Nuffield Theatre

Tuesday 28th October Tickets £8.00

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The Point, Eastleigh

Friday 19th December Tickets £16.00 7.30pm

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is an all-strumming, all-singing group, which takes all kinds of music and puts it under the microscope of the ukulele. The clue is in the name.

The performances are funny, ironic, thought provoking and the work is often moving. Concerts are often sold out, whether in the UK or in Japan, USA, Germany, Sweden or elsewhere. The orchestra have packed the field at Glastonbury and also played at classical music festivals. Because they're hard to categorise they fit in anywhere. They can rock hard, make your face ache because you can't stop laughing, or turn you into a sentimental thing with their poignant pieces. – Brilliant entertainment.

Just one ticket left

The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan – Salisbury Playhouse

Thursday 5th February 2.30pm performance Tickets £12.00

Arundel Wetlands Trip

Tuesday 16th of September – total cost £15.00.
Leaving Totton 9.30am from Civic Centre Car Park and should be back by 6.30pm latest.

There are just 4 seats left on the coach

Saturday, August 09, 2008

August update

U3A Theatre Group –

Leader - Julie Horseman (02380 862704) Chris Farleigh (023 8086 2882)


Chichester Festival Theatre Calendar Girls

Tuesday September 23rd 7.30pm

Tickets £17.50 Transport by minibus All tickets now taken



Blood Brothers at The Mayflower theatre

Tuesday 7th October

Tickets £21.00



Spoonface Steinberg Nuffield Theatre

Tuesday 28th October Tickets £8.00



The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The Point, Eastleigh

Friday 19th December Tickets £17.00 7.30pm

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is an all-strumming, all-singing group, which takes all kinds of music and puts it under the microscope of the ukulele. The clue is in the name.

The performances are funny, ironic, thought provoking and the work is often moving. Concerts are often sold out, whether in the UK or in Japan, USA, Germany, Sweden or elsewhere. The orchestra have packed the field at Glastonbury and also played at classical music festivals. Because they're hard to categorise they fit in anywhere. They can rock hard, make your face ache because you can't stop laughing, or turn you into a sentimental thing with their poignant pieces. – Brilliant entertainment.



The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan – Salisbury Playhouse

Thursday 5th February 2.30pm performance Tickets £12.00


Arundel Wetlands Trip

Tuesday 16th of September – total cost £15.00.

Leaving Totton 9.30am from Civic Centre Car Park and should be back by 6.30pm latest.

There are still 20 seats left on the coach

Sunday, April 13, 2008

April update

U3A Theatre Group –
Leader - Julie Horseman (02380 862704) Chris Farleigh (023 8086 2882)

Recent Trips
Salisbury Playhouse -‘People At Sea’ By JB Priestley
Everyone was disappointed both in the direction and acting

Touched’ by Stephen Lowe. – An apt title for a play I’m still trying to understand. A very slow start had us undecided by the interval and when the final curtain fell we were left with many questions – had she eaten the magic mushrooms, what was real and what was fantasy. I am still thinking about the play so maybe that is a positive
Theatre Trips to come


Salisbury City Hall
Thursday April the 24th 7.30pm The Big Ballet Tickets £16.00...
Back in 1993, Perm Media reported on female dance enthusiasts – each weighing more than 100 kilos – being enrolled to a new dance team. Now their grace and passion for dance wins audiences’ hearts at first glance, and forever. The Big Ballet breaks all common notions of what choreography should be like. They produce a “smashing cocktail” of hits, where the audience is presented with an unforgettable fantasy, accompanied by wonderful music that truly complements the magic of the dancers.

The Globe Theatre, London
June 19th 2.30pm The Merry Wives Of Windsor Tickets & Coach £30.00.

Coach will be leaving Totton Civic Centre car park at 9.15am and returning to Totton approx 7.30pm
NB Anyone wanting a day trip to London there will be a few spaces available on the coach – cost £11.00

Maskers Theatre Company Open Air Production of ‘Comedy of Errors’
At Hamptworth Lodge, Nr Romsey
Wednesday 16th July Ticket prices to be confirmed

Chichester Festival Theatre Calendar Girls
Tuesday September 23rd 7.30pm
Tickets £17.50 Transport by minibus

The Royal Albert Hall
November/December 3pm Christmas Concert

Friday, February 08, 2008

February update

U3A Theatre Group
Leader - Julie Horseman (02380 862704) Chris Farleigh (023 8086 2882)

Recent Trips enjoyed

Nuffield Theatre -Oklahoma! Southampton Operatic Society
Enjoyable evening and one of the favorite of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals.

The Point – Colin Dexter –
An excellent evening – Poetry a bonus!

Theatre Trips to come
Mayflower Theatre
Sunday 10th February 7.30pm The Soweto Gospel Choir Tickets £24.80.

Mini Bus leaving St Winfrid’s Church at 6.45pm

Salisbury Playhouse
‘People At Sea’ By JB Priestley Tickets £10.00 2pm
Thursday 6th March
“There’s two sorts o’ people on this ship- There’s the people who’ve had it all their own way up to now., then there’s people like us, who’ve never had a chance”
When an art-deco ocean liner catches fire in the Caribbean, passengers and crew are forced to abandon ship. However, faulty lifeboats and bad weather force twelve individuals to remain. As the ship lists and slowly sinks, tensions rise to the surface and the stricken passengers and crew are forced to pull together and pray to be rescued.
This new production is a rare opportunity to see this little-known thriller, by the author best known for An Inspector Calls, Dangerous Corner and I Have Been Here Before.

’Touched’ by Stephen Lowe. 10th April
“You can’t have it, duck, you know that, don’t you? I mean, there’s no way you can have it.
Not with him coming back like that.
I can understand how you feel, but there’ll be others, and it’ll be right then. They’ll be his”
Summer 1945. In the hundred days between victory in Europe and Victory in Japan, three sisters in a working-class suburb of Nottingham contemplate the challenges of peace after war. One of them falls in love with a Polish airman; another discovers she is pregnant, while her husband is still away. All face an uncertain future as families await the return of their menfolk. Thirty years after its first production by Richard Eyre, this humorous, compassionate and uplifting play is vividly revived for a new generation.

Totton Festival of Drama 13th – 15th March 7.30pm Hanger Farm Arts Centre
From the depths of emotion to howling with laughter, the Totton Festival of Drama has it all and you can experience it at the Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Aikman Lane, West Totton, from the 13th – 15th March 2008.
The Totton Festival is a Round One of the All England Theatre Festival, the only nationwide eliminating contest for one act plays. Showcasing the best of local drama groups from all over South Hampshire.
The annual festival, now in its 29th year, is now a fixture at The Hanger Farm Arts Centre, a beautifully converted 17th century barn. It makes the perfect venue by creating an excellent ambience for live theatre and a great atmosphere for the performers to tread the boards.
With two play per night the festival is such a great way for audiences to experience a wide variety of live theatre in a single evening”.
Recognising the quality of new writing the festival has encouraged, the Waterside Herald has donated a trophy to award the playwright for the ‘best original script’.
Groups and audience are also treated to the professional feedback from GODA Associate Adjudicator John Scowen who casts his experienced eye on the evening’s entertainment.
The three night festival starts at 7.30pm each evening and with tickets priced at only £6 (£5 Concessions) there really is no excuse not to book your tickets for what promises to be some first class entertainment.
For tickets please contact the Hanger Farm Arts Centre Box Office on 023 8066 7683. For more information on the festival please contact tottondrama@ntlworld.com or phone 0238086 2882

Salisbury City Hall
Thursday April the 24th 7.30pm The Big Ballet Tickets £17.00...

Back in 1993, Perm Media reported on female dance enthusiasts – each weighing more than 100 kilos – being enrolled to a new dance team. Now their grace and passion for dance wins audiences’ hearts at first glance, and forever. The Big Ballet breaks all common notions of what choreography should be like. They produce a “smashing cocktail” of hits, where the audience is presented with an unforgettable fantasy, accompanied by wonderful music that truly complements the magic of the dancers.

The Globe Theatre, London
June 19th 2.30pm The Merry Wives Of Windsor Tickets & Coach £30.00.
The Royal Albert Hall
November/December 3pm Christmas Concert

Monday, January 28, 2008

2008

U3A Theatre Group –
Leader - Julie Horseman (02380 862704) Chris Farleigh (023 8086 2882)
Theatre Trips to come

Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 31st January
7.30pm Oklahoma! Southampton Operatic Society Tickets £10.50 This award-winning show is the first - and one of the best known - of Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, and features such show - stopping numbers as ‘Oh What a Beautiful Morning’, ‘The Surrey with a Fringe on Top’, ‘People Will Say We’re in Love’ and the classic ‘Oklahoma!’
TWO TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THIS SHOW – RING Chris Farleigh

Mayflower Theatre
Sunday 10th February
7.30pm The Soweto Gospel Choir Tickets £24.80.
Mini Bus leaving St Winfrid’s Church at 6.45pm

Salisbury City Hall
Thursday April the 24th
7.30pm The Big Ballet Tickets £17.00...
Back in 1993, Perm Media reported on female dance enthusiasts – each weighing more than 100 kilos – being enrolled to a new dance team. Now their grace and passion for dance wins audiences’ hearts at first glance, and forever. The Big Ballet breaks all common notions of what choreography should be like. They produce a “smashing cocktail” of hits, where the audience is presented with an unforgettable fantasy, accompanied by wonderful music that truly complements the magic of the dancers.

Salisbury Playhouse
‘People At Sea’ By JB Priestley Tickets £10.00 2pm
Thursday 6th March

“There’s two sorts o’ people on this ship- There’s the people who’ve had it all their own way up to now., then there’s people like us, who’ve never had a chance”
When an art-deco ocean liner catches fire in the Caribbean, passengers and crew are forced to abandon ship. However, faulty lifeboats and bad weather force twelve individuals to remain. As the ship lists and slowly sinks, tensions rise to the surface and the stricken passengers and crew are forced to pull together and pray to be rescued.

This new production is a rare opportunity to see this little-known thriller, by the author best known for An Inspector Calls, Dangerous Corner and I Have Been Here Before.

’Touched’ by Stephen Lowe. 10th April
“You can’t have it, duck, you know that, don’t you? I mean, there’s no way you can have it.
Not with him coming back like that.
I can understand how you feel, but there’ll be others, and it’ll be right then. They’ll be his”
Summer 1945. In the hundred days between victory in Europe and Victory in Japan, three sisters in a working-class suburb of Nottingham contemplate the challenges of peace after war. One of them falls in love with a Polish airman; another discovers she is pregnant, while her husband is still away. All face an uncertain future as families await the return of their menfolk.

Thirty years after its first production by Richard Eyre, this humorous, compassionate and uplifting play is vividly revived for a new generation.

The Globe Theatre, London
June
2.30pm The Merry Wives Of Windsor Tickets & Coach £30.00. Actual date to be confirmed after 11th February

The Royal Albert Hall
November/December
3pm Christmas Concert

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Royal Albert Hall

We had a great day at the Albert Hall, the show was exellent
and the whole trip was organised with great expertise by Chris, so I
would like to thank her on behalf of the whole coach party.
Jack






Wednesday, October 03, 2007

October's up-date

U3A Theatre Group –
Leader - Julie Horseman (02380 862704) Chris Farleigh (023 8086 2882)
Northhanger Abbey: A superb production that we will remember. The brilliant and clever direction, choreography and timing will give us food for thought for quite some time.
Theatre Trips to come

Thursday October 18th at 3pm Alphabetical Order
Lucy's colleagues know that they can depend on her for the information they need. Failing that, she's always good for a laugh and a cup of tea. When a perky 25 year old causes disruption, the newspaper they all work for comes under threat
Tickets £10.00...

Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 25th October 7.30pm Fragments
World renowned director Peter Brook’s superb celebration of the 20th Century’s most innovative and influential playwright is 90 minutes of pure, iconic theatre
Tickets £14.00

Tuesday November 6th 7.30pm Ketzal
A powerful visual masterpiece from Russian masters Derevo –the exceptional physical performance, design and lighting defies all genres, taking you on an unforgettable journey.
Tickets £14.00

Chichester Festival Theatre
Tuesday November 13th 7.30pm The Importance of Being Ernest
Starring Penelope Keith
Tickets £28.00

Mayflower Theatre
Tuesday November 20th 7.30pm The Snow Queen The English National Ballet
This captivating new production of The Snow Queen breathes life into the fairy tale world of Hanns Christian Andersen’s famous story.
Tickets £38.00


The Royal Albert Hall
Monday 10th December 3pm John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration

Upper Choir Tickets £20

Mayflower Theatre
Sunday 10th February 7.30pm The Soweto Gospel Choir

Tickets £24.80.
Tickets must be ordered by the 22nd of October

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Latest Theatre news

U3A Theatre Group –
Leader - Julie Horseman (02380 862704) Chris Farleigh (023 8086 2882)

Theatre Trips to come
Salisbury Playhouse

Tuesday September 25th 7.30pm Northanger AbbeyCatherine Morland is hopelessly addicted to Gothic novels that wreak havoc on her imagination. Her quiet, bookish life in rural Hampshire becomes suddenly more exciting when she is taken to enter the leisure society at Bath.
Tickets £17.00
(All tickets taken)

Thursday October 18th at 3pm Alphabetical Order
Lucy's colleagues know that they can depend on her for the information they need. Failing that, she's always good for a laugh and a cup of tea. When a perky 25 year old causes disruption, the newspaper they all work for comes under threat
Tickets £10.00...

Maskers Theatre
Monday 22nd October 7.30pm The Falling Sky
Tickets £7.50

Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 25th October 7.30pm Fragments

World renowned director Peter Brook’s superb celebration of the 20th Century’s most innovative and influential playwright is 90 minutes of pure, iconic theatre
Tickets £14.00

Tuesday November 6th 7.30pm Ketzal
A powerful visual masterpiece from Russian masters Derevo –the exceptional physical performance, design and lighting defies all genres, taking you on an unforgettable journey.
Tickets £14.00

Chichester Festival Theatre
Tuesday November 13th 7.30pm The Importance of Being Ernest
Starring Penelope Keith
Tickets £28.00

Mayflower Theatre Tuesday November 20th 7.30pm The Snow Queen The English National Ballet
This captivating new production of The Snow Queen breathes life into the fairy tale world of Hanns Christian Andersen’s famous story.
Tickets £38.00

Chichester Festival Theatre
Saturday 24th November 2.30pm Gertrude’s Secrets

Starring Prunella Scales
Tickets £13.00

The Royal Albert Hall
Monday 10th December 3pm John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration
Front Circle Tickets £20
Plus cost of travel

Friday, August 03, 2007

Theatre update

U3A Theatre Group – Leader - Julie Horseman tel:02380 862704
Christine Farleigh Tel. 023 8086 2882

Friday 20th July 9.15am saw 43 members and friends defying the predicted rain and on the way to The Globe Theatre, London. The rain came but we were in the coach! By the time we arrived at The Globe we had driven through the storm and arrived in the dry. Not for long though, as we started the Globe tour back came the heavy rain and though our tour was a little restricted, it was interesting to see the rain pouring down the lift doors and flooding areas of the floor including the pit. Weren’t we pleased our seating was undercover! However, unpredictable as ever, the weather changed dramatically and by 2pm when we were all sat in the auditorium waiting for the performance of The Merchant of Venice to begin, the ushers were handing out sun hats to all those in the pit. The improved weather increased our enjoyment of this excellent production and John McEnery’s performance of Shylock was definitely worthy of a special mention. A well balanced production with Director Rebecca Gatward making the most of Shakespeare’s bawdy humour. A superb theatrical experience where the audience is made to feel a part of the production.
At 5.15pm we were all back on the coach buzzing about our great day out however it was far from over…. – The flooding and the Friday night traffic out of London meant that we all arrived back at Totton at 9.45pm hungry and tired but happy!

Theatre Trips to come
Mayflower Theatre
Monday August 6th 7.30pm Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A stylish production which will give you that indescribable tingle which only musical theatre at its very very best can create.
Tickets £30.50
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Salisbury Playhouse
Tuesday September 25th 7.30pm Northanger Abbey
Catherine Morland is hopelessly addicted to Gothic novels that wreak havoc on her imagination. Her quiet, bookish life in rural Hampshire becomes suddenly more exciting when she is taken to enter the leisure society at Bath.
Tickets £17.00
(All tickets taken)

Thursday October 18th at 3pm Alphabetical Order
Lucy's colleagues know that they can depend on her for the information they need. Failing that, she's always good for a laugh and a cup of tea. When a perky 25 year old causes disruption, the newspaper they all work for comes under threat
Tickets £10.00...

Maskers Theatre
Monday 22nd October 7.30pm The Falling Sky
Tickets £7.50

Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 25th October 7.30pm Fragments
World renowned director Peter Brook’s superb celebration of the 20th Century’s most innovative and influential playwright is 90 minutes of pure, iconic theatre
Tickets £14.00

Tuesday November 6th 7.30pm Ketzal
A powerful visual masterpiece from Russian masters Derevo –the exceptional physical performance, design and lighting defies all genres, taking you on an unforgettable journey.
Tickets £14.00

Mayflower Theatre
Wednesday November 21st 7.30pm The Snow Queen The English National Ballet
This captivating new production of The Snow Queen breathes life into the fairy tale world of Hanns Christian Andersen’s famous story.
Tickets £38.00

The Royal Albert Hall
Monday 10th December 3pm John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration
Front Circle Tickets £20
Plus cost of travel