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Sheringham Little Theatre - Autumn Listings 2008
Monday 1 September to Saturday 4 October
ART EXHIBITION
Norfolk Coast, Light & Life by Karen Rowlands
Oil paintings of the Norfolk Coast; the landscape, the people and the wildlife.
Tuesday 16 Sept 2.30pm & 8pm
FILM: Happy-go-lucky (15)
Mike Leigh portrays contemporary Britain as a country where old-fashioned ideas like community and selflessness still exist.
Tickets £5.00
Wed 17 September 7.30pm
THEATRE: I Caught Crabs in Walberswick
presented by Eastern Angles /High Tide
A hot new play fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. An explosive look at teenage life. Joel Horwood’s writing fizzes with energy, warmth and wit … anyone with a teenager in their life will recognise the real-life humour and hormonal hang-ups of the three characters.
Tickets £8.00 (students £5.00)
Friday 19 September 7.00pm
ENTERTAINMENT @ THE HUB - 1940s style Sing-a-long
presented by the Little Theatre Staff and special guests
Join us for an informal evening of nostalgia as we invite you to a community style sing-a-long of war-time favourites and other songs enjoyed during the 1940s.
Donations to Little Theatre funds on the door
Saturday 20 September 7.30pm
BREAK FUNDRAISER - Keith Skipper and the Press Gang
Special Charity Fundraising Performance to Celebrate 40 years of Break
A potent mixture of yarns, songs and reflections with a distinctive local flavour. The Press Gang's Final Farewell Tour underlines an insatiable appetite for a special brand of home-grown squit and wit.
Tickets £20.00 (includes wine!)
Tuesday 23 September 2.30pm & 8pm
FILM - Son of Rambow (12A)
A film about friendship, faith and the weird business of growing up merging Grange Hill with the wit and imagination of Michel Gondry to winning and original effect. Charming, eccentric, funny and profound, this film is one of the most likeable and perceptive titles of the year.
Tickets £5.00
LAMDA EXAMINATION CLASSES
Led by Natalie Peatchey
10 week Autumn term - Wednesdays @ the Hub
24th Sept; 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd Oct; 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th Nov and 3rd Dec
Exam session week after final lessons (date to be confirmed)
4-5pm: 8-12 years (Max. 8) - Course cost £50
5-6pm: 12-16 years (Max. 4) - Course cost £60
6-7pm: 16+ (Max. 3) - Course cost £80
Places are very limited so please book early
LAMDA Examinations LAMDA (The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts) is an internationally renowned drama school that offers
external examinations in Performance and Communication skills. Subjects include Acting, Devised Performance, Mime, Spoken English, Verse & Prose, Musical Theatre and Reading for Performance. The examinations are QCA approved and the Advanced Level examinations carry UCAS points. They offer a great opportunity to develop confidence, technique and knowledge.
Natalie Peatchey BA(Hons), LLAM (Hons), ALAM Natalie has taught Speech and Drama for over 4 years to students from aged 5 to 68 in theatres and schools in London and Norwich. She worked at the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich for 4 years, leading LAMDA examination classes and teaching Youth Theatre classes. She has directed various productions, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Shelter, Closer, and more recently, a devised musical focusing on Invisible Disabilities and The Crucible. She joined Sheringham High School in September 2008 and has set up Sheringham Youth Theatre for 16-25 year olds.
Friday 26 September 8.00pm
FOLK - An Evening with Fred Wedlock
presented by Folk Beyond the Pier
An evening of great humour and super songs by an artist that has spent the last 30 plus years developing his craft. Fred has invited local singer Dan Platton as support.
Tickets £10.00
Saturday 27 September 7.30pm
SLAM NIGHT
The fantastic MC Charlie Blue brings his Throwdown Crew back to The Little Theatre for another stunning Slam night. Expect B-Boy, popping, breaking and locking showcase, open mic challenges, scratchin contests and graffiti competitions.
Tickets £5 on the door
Tuesday 30 September 2.30pm & 8pm
FILM - Caramel (PG)
In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colourful and sensual microcosm of the city where members of different generations come into contact, talk and confide in each other. A witty and stylish work that vividly portrays modern-day Beirut with all its complexities and contradictions, the film is sensuously shot, intelligent and brilliantly performed.
Tickets £5.00
Saturday 4 October 2.30pm
CHILDREN’S SHOW - Puck’s Bottom
presented by Wild Wood Theatre
Based on A Midsummer Night's Dream this is an enchanting burlesque tale for children from 5 years and their parents. It is a visual and magical piece with hand carved puppets and an original musical score, inspired by traditional English and African folk music.
Tickets £5.50 (under 16s £5)
Saturday 4 October 7.30pm
MUSIC - Red Oktober
Red Oktober is one of the most highly regarded acoustic groups in the region. Their current set includes some old favourites from their recordings, some new songs and some of their own material written in the contemporary folk style which has become so popular.
Tickets £9.00
Monday 6 October to Saturday 1 November
ART EXHIBITION - A Sense of Place by Nora Gaston
I am inspired by landscape, though not just the surface of it. Through spontaneous mark making I find the rhythm, through colour I express the mood, through symbols I give a sense of place. My palette is rich and varied as a result of all my travels, places east and west.
Tuesday 7 October 2.30pm & 8pm
FILM - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (12A)
Everyone's favourite archaeologist adventurer returns for another globetrotting trek as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg bring Indiana Jones back to the big screen. Undoubtedly the film of the summer, if not the year, this boasts an all-star cast, action and in-jokes galore.
Tickets £5.00
Saturday 11 October 8.00pm
IMPROV NIGHT @ THE HUB - Who’s Line is it Anyway?
presented by Smoking Mic Comedy Club
Featuring special guest North Norfolk Radio's Greg Powles.
A fantastic evening from East Anglia's premier touring comedy club. In the vein of 'Whose line is it anyway?' professional comics will be playing some of the funniest theatre games around. Unscripted, topical, satirical, witty and fast - if you like live performance you'll love this.
Tickets £5.00
Wednesday 15 - Saturday 18 Oct 7.30pm
AMATEUR THEATRE - Habeas Corpus
presented by Cromer andSheringham Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
In a satirical merry-go-round, we meet a family and its friends and acquaintances for whom the determination to put sex and the satisfaction of the body (or corpus) before everything else is the ruling passion of their lives. A farcical comedy in which the characters move in and out through a maze of mistaken identities and sexual encounters.
Special Matinee performance on Saturday 18 October at 2.30pm Tickets £7.00
Evening Tickets £7 (Wed & Thur) £8 (Fri & Sat)
Tuesday 21 October 2.30pm & 8pm
FILM - Sex and the City (15)
Carrie Bradshaw continues to narrate her own story about sex, love and the fashion-conscious single women of New York City. Four years after the hit HBO series ended, Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda continue to juggle jobs and relationships while navigating motherhood, marriage and Manhattan real estate.
Tickets £5.00
Saturday 25 October 7.30pm
THEATRE - The Gas Man Cometh
Presented by Northern Theatre Touring
This award-winning revue will be welcomed by all with happy memories of Flanders & Swann and will be a revelation to those who missed the show first time round. “Have some Madeira M’Dear”, “The Gnu”, “The Reluctant Cannibal”, and “The Hippopotamus Song” come alive again in a show full of absurd wit and subversive lunacy.
Tickets £10.00
Sunday 26 October 8.00pm
PERFORMANCE @ THE HUB - The Jehane Markham Trio
Poet and playwright, Jehane Markham will be reading from her collections, with a range of subjects from Frank Sinatra to Cambodia. The JMT will perform the world premiere of their latest composition, Vladivostok to Moscow.
Tickets £6.50
Tuesday 28 October 2pm & 7pm
FAMILY FILM - To Kill a Mockingbird (PG)
A poignant coming-of-age story set in the racially charged atmosphere of Alabama in the 1930s. It is a timeless film packed with beautiful scenes and meaningful life lessons for which it won four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Actor.
Tickets £5.00 (under 16s £2)
Wednesday 29 October 10am - 4pm
HOLIDAY ACTIVITY - See the Scene
One day drama workshop for 8-12 year olds. Popular drama practitioner Bridget Robinson and her team offer a one-off holiday workshop exploring acting and performance skills. No experience necessary; come and enjoy the fun of being on stage! Bring a packed lunch.
Tickets £12.00
Saturday 1 November 7.30pm
SLAM NIGHT
The fantastic MC Charlie Blue brings his Throwdown Crew back to The Little Theatre for another stunning Slam night. Expect B-Boy, popping, breaking and locking showcase, open mic challenges, scratchin contests and graffiti competitions.
Tickets £5 on the door
Monday 3 November to Saturday 6 December
ART EXHIBITION
What they half create and what perceive by Justin Barnard
… all the mighty world Of eye and ear, - both what they half create, And what perceive…(William Wordsworth).What the eye sees is ever changing. Our genes are unique as our thoughts. Most music and form are still to be discovered. Reality constrains imagination only slenderly.
Thurs 6 - Sat 8 November 7.30pm
AMATEUR THEATRE - The Cemetery Club
presented by The Sheringham Players
Three Jewish women meet once a month for tea before visiting their husband's graves. This play is a touching study of life after bereavement and explores the complexities of friendship in difficult times with humour and dignity.
Tickets £8.00 (first night £7.50)
Thursday 13 November 2.30pm & 8pm
FILM - The Edge of Love (15)
Broken promises, passion, betrayal, the shadow of war and the constant threat of imminent death. The story explores the collision of the bohemian underworld with war-torn London, and the intimate complexities of two young couples whose lives and loves become dangerously intertwined.
Tickets £5.00
Friday 14 November 8.00pm
ARCHIVE FILM - Housewives’ Choice (U)
Not so long ago housewives had to look after their families in an age of depression, war and austerity, but they did so without the consumer durables that we now consider essential. With humour frequently in its sights, this programme of films explores the lives of British housewives from the 1920s to the 1950s. The film will be introduced by film historian Stewart Orr.
Tickets £5.00
Saturday 15 November 7.30pm
THEATRE - Dracula’s Guest
presented by Rumpus Theatre Company
A magnificent slice of Gothic horror based on Bram Stoker's wickedest creation. A young woman is invited to a party - at a house she's never visited ... and with a host she's never met! HE'S AWAKE ... AND HE'S HUNGRY ... DON'T MISS THE PARTY!
Tickets £12.50
Tuesday 18 November 2.30pm & 8pm
FILM - Mamma Mia (PG)
Mamma Mia! brings the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super-group Abba and the worldwide smash stage hit to the big screen. Inspired by the storytelling magic of ABBA’s songs, Mamma Mia! is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found.
Tickets £5.00
Thursday 20 November 7.30pm
CONCERT - Robert Wolfe
Robert Wolfe is recognised as one of the leading theatre organists of the world. This concert will feature music from the 1930s to the present day, ranging from ballads to ragtime, dance music to light classical, plus tunes from top West End musicals.
Tickets £11 (£10 concs)
Saturday 22 November 7.30pm
MUSIC - Showbitz
An exciting and dramatic mix of the most popular numbers from West End and Broadway shows such as 'Cabaret', 'Phantom of the Opera', 'Wicked', 'Mamma Mia', 'Spamalot', 'A Chorus Line', 'Les Miserables' and many others.
Tickets £9.50
Tuesday 25 November 2.30pm & 8pm
FILM - The Duchess (cert TBC)
An 18th-century-set costume drama. The scandalous Georgiana, a socialite and celebrated beauty who maintained a famed literary salon, gambled her money away, and led a menage-a-trois with her husband and his mistress. Partly filmed at nearby Holkham Hall.
Tickets £5.00
Fri 28 - Sat 29 November 7.30pm
AMATEUR THEATRE - The Magic Lozenge
presented by The Sheringham Savoyards
A light-hearted story of dark secrets and private passions, with tantalizing echoes of Gilbert and Sullivan favourites, this musical play is about a group of friends who hope for life-changing effects from a so-called magic lozenge. However the magic is found only in the power of belief, and the knock-on effects of the 'little orange sweetie' change the lives of some of these friends for ever.
Tickets £8.00
Saturday 6th December to Saturday 3rd January
PANTOMIME - Peter Pan
It’s pantomime time again at the Little Theatre and this year promises to be the best ever. After last year’s sell-out production of Snow White, PDM Entertainments are presenting Peter Pan, the biggest, most spectacular pantomime there is. Join us for a fabulous flight with Peter Pan to Never Neverland - meet Pirates, Lost Boys, Mermaids and Indians, then sit scared as you meet the evil Captain Hook. A show with something for everyone: music, dancing, comedy and slapstick. A truly traditional pantomime - an ideal treat for all the family. Peter Pan is sure to be a sell out, so book early……..
Sunday 7 December 7.30pm
COMEDY - A Kipper Country Christmas
For your delight Sid Kipper, icon and iconoclast, pulls out the plums of his Yuletide repertoire, sticks bits of holly on them, drenches them in brandy and sets them ablaze. Along the way Carol is sung, Belle's told, and Sherry is trifled with. There's turkey talked, pies minced, and sausages rolled. Tickets £9.00
Monday 8 December to Saturday 31 January
ART EXHIBITION
Art under £100
This year’s open art exhibition will be a Christmas selling show of affordable art and every item for sale will be under £100. If you would like to submit your work please collect an entry form from the Box Office.
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