Autumn 2008 Programme
Wednesday 3 - Saturday 13 September at 7.30pm
Wilton Productions
Singin' in the Rain*
One of the most popular movies of all time comes to the stage complete with the famous Gene Kelly 'rain' scene to provide a wonderful evening of song, dance and comedy suitable for all ages. Our talented company invite you to join them for an entertaining hour or two as they go 'Singin' in the Rain'
Tickets: £10, Concessions £9 - Wed 3 only.
Monday 15 - Wednesday 17 September at 7.30pm
Hull Truck Theatre Company is proud to present…
Ladies Down Under
Written by Amanda Whittington
Directed by Gareth Tudor Price
Designed by Richard Foxton
After hitting the jackpot at Ladies' Day in York, our fish-filleting foursome - Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda, are celebrating in style with the trip of a lifetime.
They've dosed up on Kylie, donned their flight socks, and now, the 'girls on tour' are ready to travel the globe and conquer Oz... if the Imodium kicks in that is!
While Shelley dreams of luxury and glamour, the gang decide to get back to basics and camp out under the stars. But Shelley soon discovers there's more on offer than posh hotels, dazzling casinos and sun-kissed surfers; and Pearl finds herself with a mountain to climb...
From Ayers Rock to the bright lights of Sydney, join our four pommie beauties as they venture down under for a trip they'll never forget.
Don't miss this hilarious new comedy from the writer, director and original cast of Ladies' Day.
Early booking essential!
Tickets: £12, concessions £11
Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 September at 7.30pm
Hospital Players present
Home is Where Your Clothes Are*
Anthony Marriott and Bob Grant
The Major thinks he has solved all his debt problems by letting the basement flat of his wife's house... to two different tenants simultaneously!
The Major's resourcefulness is stretched to breaking point by mistaken identities, awkward confrontations and hectic misunderstandings.
Tickets: All £8. See flyers for special offers.
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 4 October at 7.30pm
Little Theatre Club present
Henry V*
There are many aspects of 'Henry V'. Olivier's film version of 1944 demonstrated the nobility of a just war; Branagh's 1989 film showed it's horrors. Both, however, set their production firmly in it's historical context and this production also will be set and costumed as the medieval chronicle that the play is.
Tickets: £7, Concessions £6.50, one seat free in eight.
Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 October at 7.30pm
Talon
Take It Easy To Eden (35 Years of Eagles Hits)
Now in their eleventh year together, Talon are set to bring you the most exciting Eagles music show yet. Featuring all the Eagles Classics we grew up with, plus solo tracks from Messrs Henley, Frey and Walsh and also brings to the fore new Eagles material from the long awaited new album which is sure to spawn a list of hits over the following years.
The last time the Eagles released an original album, most musicians on today's Top 40 list weren't even born yet. The fact that the band could take a 28-year break before releasing their seventh album, Long Road Out of Eden, is simply a tribute to how enduring their music is.
In what promises to be Talon's biggest and best show yet, Talon have repeatedly year after year taken their stunning recreation of the complex melodies and superb vocal harmonies of the Eagles to deliver a concert to remember.
Awesome. The Sun
Tickets: £14, Concessions £13
Wednesday 8 October at 7.30pm
Dominic Kirwan
With Special Guest from 'The Tremloes' CHIP HAWKES
Dominic Kirwan is undoubtedly one of Ireland's most dynamic and versatile performers. A true Irish star, with the looks and the voice to match, he enthrals audiences with his fast moving and spectacular show. Dominic's tremendous popularity and appeal continues to extend to all age groups making him one of today's most widely appreciated and respected artists.
Performing songs from his top selling chart album "A Little Bit More" together with many classic favourites Dominic will be joined by his special guest star 'Chip Hawkes' from the fabulous Tremloes.
This is a truly exciting and unique show... not to be missed!
Tickets: £16
Thursday 9 October at 7.30pm
The Big Ballet
The Size Does Matter Tour.
"A comedy ballet of weighty elegance and adorable humour"
A ballet like no other ever seen before in the UK, Amande Concerts presents The Big Ballet, an ensemble of 16 Corps de Ballet dancers, each weighing no less than 17-stone and united in a common cause; not to lose a single pound.
From Russia's Ural mountains, a region from where Tchaikovsky himself hails, The Big Ballet formed in 1994 and set out to deliberately and, above all, self-confidently challenge accepted social standards in a world where the pursuit of slenderness and beauty seems obsessive. The dancers courageously and imposingly prove that grace, elegance, charisma and nimbleness is not the demesne of the "thin" proudly presenting their voluptuous yet surprisingly sinuous and flexible figures.
"Not to be missed!" - The Stage
These ladies enchant their audiences with different classical and modern ballet pieces in a hilarious comedy show full of fun and astonishing choreography, proving that you shouldn't take life, or yourself, too seriously.
Enjoy the show! It will both surprise and thrill you!
Tickets: £17.50, Concessions £15
Friday 11 October at 7.30pm
Shooting Fish Theatre Company presents
Laminated
"When you're born into a town that's cloaked in a smog of apathy, your dreams get laminated - you can look, but not touch."
Laminated tells the story of Charlie, a failed writer coming to terms with the end of his career.Packing up to leave his home, he begins to reconstruct his memories to create a past he can accept.Rummaging through these memories and unfinished stories, he is overwhelmed by the growing presence of an ex lover, who confronts him with a truth he never expected.
Laminated is an imaginative and beautifully visual piece, using puppetry and physical theatre to bring life to the stories and memories of Charlie's world. It asks us to consider the reality of chasing our dreams, and all the things in life that we can see, but not touch.
Tickets: £8; Concessions £6
Wednesday 15 - Saturday 18 October at 7.30pm
Group 62 present
A Tomb With a View*
A comedy murder thriller (Norman Robbins). A dusty lawyer reads a will to a sinister family: one who thinks he's Caesar, one who plants more than seeds in a flower bed, the femme fatale, a nurse and a werewolf.
Who will survive? All's revealed as the plot twists and turns to it's surprising conclusion!
Tickets: All £8, or four for £24.
Wednesday 22 October at 7.30pm
An evening with Gervase Phinn and Steve Smith
The Plowright sees the welcome return of Gervase Phinn and Steve Smith following their sell out performance last year. Many people were left disappointed, unable to get tickets, so here is another chance to see two of the North's best raconteurs in an evening full of laughter and music. Once again their special guest is Jennifer Harris from the world of light opera who was so popular at last year's performance. A show not to be missed.
Tickets: All £14.
Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 October at 7.30pm
Talking Heads*
Four of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" performed by Scunthorpe's Michelle Hulme and the Isle of Wight's Maggie Cardew. From the original ground breaking series of monologues on BBC TV in1988, we present four of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads". Bed Amongst the Lentils, Her Big Chance, CreamCracker under the Settee and Miss Fossard finds her Feet, cover a range of emotions through the innermost thoughts of each character. All profits from this show are to be donated to Lindsey Lodge Hospice and Earl Mountbatten Hospice.
Tickets: All £7
Monday 27 October at 7.30pm
The Searchers
John McNally, Frank Allen, Spencer James and Eddie Rothe.
With such classic hits as Sweets For My Sweet; Needles and Pins; Don't Throw Your Love Away and When You Walk In The Room, The Searchers have contributed enormously to the British music industry, with record sales well in excess of 30 million. No doubt the decade that gave us The Beatles and The Searchers was unique and pervades all cultural and age barriers today.
The Searchers are as much in demand today as they have been throughout a fantastic career now remarkably spanning 5 decades. They have devised a 'special' solo concert for UK touring, which is highly entertaining and which has been enthusiastically and warmly received.
Their fully self-contained, two and a half hour concert includes all their famous hits, plus many of their original album recordings, B-sides and a selection of other collector favourites.
Tickets: £15
Wednesday 29 October at 7.30pm
Claire Teal
'One of the best vocal talents to emerge from the UK in a long, long while' -Sir Michael Parkinson
Claire Teale is one of the country's leading vocal talents. A unique singer, songwriter, broadcaster and live performer, Claire Teale is an extraordinary talent and one of Britain's most exciting entertainers.
Winner of numerous awards including British Jazz Vocalist of the Year 2007 & 2005 and BBC Jazz Vocalist of the Year 2008, Claire is also a seasoned Radio 2 broadcaster. Having previously presented 'Clare Teale's Jazz Divas' and deputised for Sarah Kennedy, Clare is currently presenting both 'The Big Band Special' and Al Bowlly - Britain's First Pop Star, a series profiling the 1930's singer.
Clare released her eighth studio album this Spring, the warm, elegant and intimate GET HAPPY in which she brings her magical touch to some of the greatest songs ever written.
'Clare has a timeless sound to her voice and classic touch and sound to her own song writing. Now how modern is that? Music to melt I'd say.' -Jamie Cullen
Tickets: £16, Concessions £15
Thursday 30 October at 7.30pm
The Jive Aces
Renowned for their hot, swinging music and high-energy stage show, The Jive Aces have brought the house down at thousands of festivals, theatres, and dance halls throughout the UK, Europe, USA and beyond and made hundreds of TV and radio appearances world-wide. The Jive Aces are the UK's top Jive and Swing band and, as well as playing songs made famous by such greats as Bobby Darin, Louis Prima and Sammy Davis Jnr, they also feature a selection of superb originals. This in-demand six piece have worked with Van Morrison, John Travolta and Isaac Hayes and performed for HRH Prince Philip. Their new album Recipe for Rhythm, recorded in Hollywood features very special guests Chick Corea, Acker Bilk, Mark Isham, Vic Flick and Toni Elizabeth Prima (daughter of Louis Prima and Keely Smith).
Infectious rhythm, screaming horns and slapping bass all add up to guarantee the audience get on their feet begging for more!
Tickets: £12, Concessions £11.50
Monday 3 - Friday 7 November at 7.30pm &
Saturday 8 November at 3pm and 7.30pm
Scunthorpe Amateur Operatic Society and Scunthorpe Gilbert and Sullivan Society present
The Mikado*
By Gilbert and Sullivan.
As part of the centenary celebrations of Scunthorpe Amateur Operatic Society "the Mikado" - the first show that Scunthorpe Amateur Operatic Society performed - come and join us for this colourful Japanese banquet - on the menu some star crossed lovers, a bevy of school girls, three little maids, an incompetent executioner, a sadistic emperor and a love lorn spinster - the best loved G&S operetta.
Tickets: £10. Concessions £9 (Concessions only apply to Monday evening and Saturday matinee.)
Wednesday 12 November at 8pm
Catwalk 2008 in association with The Scunthorpe Telegraph
The area's most famous fashion show struts onto the stage at the Plowright Theatre. This is a must for any follower of fashion, hundreds of designs from stores across the area will be displayed in this fabulous choreographed fashion extravaganza. Ladies, mens, teens, kids, jewellery, hair and other accessories will all be featured at this complete fashion experience. Meet and chat to the models after the show in the bar. One not to be missed!
All profits from this evening will be donated to local charities.
Tickets: All £8.
Thursday 13 November at 7.30pm
The winner of BBC TV's 'THE ONE AND ONLY'
Katy Setterfield as DUSTY SPRINGFIELD in concert
Direct from 'Legends' Las Vegas, Katy Setterfield makes her triumphant return in her first solo UK concert tour.
The winner of BBC's 'The One And Only' will be performing all of Dusty Springfield's classic songs, including 'You don't have to say you love me', 'Son of a Preacher Man' and 'I only want to be with you', in this brand new show with her 7 piece band.
Katy was for 8 years part of the nations favourite rock 'n' roll show 'That'll be the Day' and is thrilled to be bringing you her new show.
Come and enjoy an outstanding evening of music with one of the UK's most popular and impressive singers.
Tickets: £15, Concessions £14
Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 November at 7.30pm
Appleby Frodingham Theatrical Society
Shock!*
A thriller by Brian Clemens.
Air hostess Maggie, lives alone in a converted windmill. She records all her private intimacies with her lovers which causes consternation amongst her guests who have come to celebrate her birthday, The disappearance of Maggie and the mysterious murders will keep you guessing until the final twist proves the relevance of the plays title.
Tickets: £7.50, Concessions £6.50.
Tuesday 25 - Saturday 29 November at 7.30pm
Broughton Dramatic Society present
Audacity*
Crisp dialogue, skilful plotting, fast and efficient fun.
The men are up to something. Secret phone calls, meetings and text messages abound but what will happen when their wives catch them at it.
Not suitable for children under 16.
Tickets: £7, Concessions £6.
* Denotes amateur production
Box Office: 01724 277733
Email: Plowright.theatre@northlincs.gov.uk.