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Mary Shelley By Helen Edmundson Theatre Royal Winchester

Thursday 7th of June 1.30pm Tickets £18.00

This astonishing new play explores Shelley’s remarkable life: her controversial philosopher father, her scandalous elopement aged 16 and how she wrote a novel, so radical in its ideology, that in 1817 she changed the literary landscape forever.



The Taming of The Shrew The Globe Theatre, London

Tuesday 3rd July Tickets £32.+ Coach £13.50 Leaving Totton at 9.15am, returning approx 8pm

Two wealthy sisters in Padua must be married off. The modest, demure Bianca has no shortage of suitors, but who on earth will take the wild, ungovernable, shrewish Katherina? Only the gold-digging Petruchio, a man as maddeningly strong-willed and perverse as Katherina herself, is equal to the `task of bullying her to the altar.

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.

Just 4 Tickets Left. There are 8 spaces left on the coach for anyone wishing to have day trip to London. The cost will be £13.50


Midsummers Night Dream - Hamptworth Lodge Maskers Theatre Open Air

Sunday 15th July 4pm Tickets Adults £15.00 Cons £13

Take a defeated Amazon Queen forced to marry the victorious Duke, four star-crossed lovers, the warring King and Queen of the fairies, a group of very coarse-acting factory workers trying to put on a play, a mischievous bunch of fairies led by the prankster Puck, all on a Midsummer Night, and you have a recipe for mirth, mayhem, mystery and plenty of magic.


Oliver! By Lionel Bart adapted from Charles Dickens Plaza Theatre Romsey

Thursday 16th August Tickets £9 Youth Theatre

Who doesn't know the story of Oliver Twist? Lionel Bart's version of the story has been with us since 1960, and was made world famous by the 1968 film. Food Glorious Food, I'd Do Anything, You've Got To Pick a Pocket Or Two - the list of famous songs goes on and on.

Picture House Harbour Lights 2 Plays Broadcast Live from the National Theatre

The Last of the Haussmans A new play by Stephen Beresford.

Thursday 11th October 7pm Tickets £13.00

Julie Walters plays Judy Haussman with Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory as her children in this eagerly anticipated new play: a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that's losing its grip.

Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she is joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family's crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months in this chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure

Cast includes: Rory Kinnear, Isabella Laughland, Helen McCrory, Matthew Marsh, Julie Walters..



Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare Statrs Simon Russell Beale
Thursday 1st November 7pm Tickets £13.00

Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts and ostentatious host, Timon of Athens is surrounded by freeloaders and sycophants. He vastly outspends his resources but, finding his coffers empty, reassures his loyal steward that all will be well.

When he calls upon his associates, instead of offering help, they hang him out to dry. After a final, vengeful banquet, Timon withdraws to a literal and emotional wasteland, living off roots and pouring curses on a morally bankrupt Athens.

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Julie Horsman 80862704 & Chris Farleigh 8086 2882
Forthcoming Theatre Visits

Hanger Farm Arts Centre The Cod Fathers of Croon Opera Dudes
Friday 10th February 7.30pm Tickets £10 / Cons £8.00 BUY ONE GET ONE FREE
These two have the style and sophistication of Il Divo, the talent of Bocelli and Bublé, the sharpest of suits and the corniest jokes!
From Verdi to Viennese, from Rachmaninoff to Rodgers and Hammerstein, be prepared for a Salmon Chanted Evening!
They've been practising their scales, studying their "tuna day" books, put their heart and sole into preparations and now the Opera Dudes are ready to give you a whale of a time!
It was opera that brought the two together and the music of the crooners that cemented their friendship.
As The Opera Dudes they get to indulge all their musical loves and have created an act which combines their many years of musical training with an equally long time spent messing about on the river.

Salisbury Playhouse ‘Design For Living’ by Noel Coward
Monday 13th February 7.30pm Tickets £12.00
Noël Coward’s witty and passionate 1930s comedy centres on a group of bohemians for whom three is not a crowd. From the garrets of Paris to the penthouses of Manhattan, a tempestuous love triangle plays out between the artist Otto, the playwright Leo and the interior designer Gilda – three people who are irresistibly and unashamedly drawn to each other.


Totton Festival of Drama Hanger Farm Arts Centre March 28th – 31st 7pm
10 one act plays over four days
Tickets £7.50, Cons £6.50 an evening, available from Hanger Farm Arts Centre Box-office tel.023 8066 7683
Programme is as follows as at 7th Feb
Wednesday ‘Hamlet’ & ‘Bottled Spider’
Thursday ‘In Room Five Hundred & Four’, ‘Can You Hear the Music’ & ‘Drunk Encounter’
Friday ‘Chair’, On A Night Like This’ & ‘Home Duty’
Saturday ‘Girl In The Corner’ & ‘JACK!’


Twelth Night The Globe Theatre, London
Thurs 27th Sept Tickets £32.+ Coach £13.50
Leaving Totton at 9.15am, returning approx 8pm

Twelfth Night In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged – one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangers-on against the high-handedness of her steward, the pompous Malvolio. When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows.
Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with some of the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote.

12th Oct update

Theatre Group Julie Horsman 80862704 & Chris Farleigh 8086 2882
Forthcoming Theatre Visits
Contact Julie or Chris if you are interested in any of the following

The World Outside Forest Forge Theatre Hanger Farm Arts CentreSaturday 15th October 7.30pm Tickets £8.00
Celebrating the New Forest for its mysteries, secrets and ghosts as well as its oddities, contradictions and quirks. The World Outside charts the homecoming of members of a Forest family

Sweeney Todd Chichester Festival Theatre
Monday 17th October 7.30pm Tickets £20.00
Stephen Sondheim’s compelling musical of corruption and revenge is commonly acknowledged as his masterpiece. Combining Grand Guignol with the English music hall, Sweeney Todd is a fascinating portrait of a man driven to madness by injustice and grief.. Stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton
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Alchemy in the UK by Maggie Neville Nuffield Theatre
Monday 24th October 7.30pm Tickets Free
A new play by Maggie Neville based in Southampton
STARRING TWO FAMILIAR FACES FROM TV: JOHN BOWLER - & GEOFFREY FRESHWATER -.2011. Southampton.
Tiff is excited. She's nearly 18 and she knows, she just knows, she is going to get…a CAR! But will she? Brian, her dad, has been laid off and Clair, her mum, is working fit to bust every hour of the day.
But the rubbish strike is over and the recycling centre is moving to Millbrook (it really is! ). Jack stays behind at the old depot under the Itchen Bridge with Kelloggs, who used to sport a mohican but is now losing more than just his hair...
Strange, maybe magical things start happening. Is this what they call alchemy? Can these people change their lives? Time is so precious.
...and was it Banksy who painted the little girl with the balloon?

Harry Houdni’s Horrible Halloween! Sarah Siddons Fan CLub
Monday 31st October & Tuesday 1st November 7 & 9pm Tickets £5.00
A Halloween Ghost Walk

Persuasion by Jane Austin Salisbury Playhouse
Tuesday 8th November 7.30pm Plus Meet The Cast Tickets £16.00
The Playhouse is delighted to premiere Tim Luscombe’s new adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel, which takes in rural Somerset, the Cobb at Lyme and the dance halls of Bath.

Memoirs of a Biscuit Tin Nuffield Theatre
Wednesday 9th November 7.30pm
Post show talk Pay what you think
A topsy turvy tale for grown-ups.
“On a lost lost day, was a lost lost street. Down the lost lost street was a lost lost house that seemed to have misplaced its owner…”All is not well at number 92. Mrs Benjamin has disappeared, leaving her decaying house to fend for itself. So in an act of desperation, the house, determined to find its missing owner set off on a strange and enchanting journey like no other. With an inventive blend of clowning, visual theatre and puppetry Maison Foo brings to life the imaginative topsy turvy world lurking behind the door of Number 92.

White Christmas The Musical Irving Berlin's
The Mayflower Theatre - Thursday 17th November at 2pm TICKETS £27.83p
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Christmas Cracker Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Cadogan Hall
Wednesday December 21st 3pm Tickets& Coach £36.50
A great way to start your Christmas
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