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FEBRUARY TO JULY 2012 Talisman Theatre & Arts Centre Barrow Road Kenilworth CV8 1EG Box Office Telephone: 01926 856548 Website: www.talismantheatre.co.uk 1942 - 2012 70 th BIRTHDAY YEAR 1942 1952 1962 1972 1982 1992 2002

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Talisman Theatre & Arts CentreBarrow RoadKenilworth CV8 1EG

Box Office Telephone: 01926 856548Website: www.talismantheatre.co.uk

1942 - 2012

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ROPEBy Patrick HamiltonMonday 6 to Saturday 11 February 2012

BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS By Dennis PotterMonday 5 to Saturday 10 March 2012

TALISMAN YOUTH THEATRE ANNUAL PRODUCTIONThursday 29 to Saturday 31 March 2012

DANCING AT LUGHNASABy Brian FrielMonday 23 to Saturday 28 April 2012

JUBILEE (A Celebration)By Nevil Malin Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 May 2012

ARTHUR AND GEORGEBy David Edgar from the novel by Julian BarnesMonday 11 to Saturday 16 June 2012

ARSENIC & OLD LACEBy Joseph KesselringMonday 9 to Saturday 14 July 2012

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Welcome to the talisman theatreWe are a registered charity and completely financed by revenue raised from our productions. Our auditorium, which is tiered to provide unrestricted views of our stage, seats 156. Tickets for any production are available from our Box Office or call into the theatre (see back page for further details).

membershipAll our productions are open to anyone and we always welcome new members. For as little as £20 per year, you can become involved in any of the theatre’s activities. Please complete one of our membership forms, available from the theatre or visit our website to find out more. Membership includes reduced ticket prices, our in-house newsletter ‘Talismag’, social events, studio productions and access to the members’ area on our website www.talismantheatre.co.uk.

a trip DoWn memorY laneTo stop you having to guess, listed below is information on the photos on the front page. 1942 - This is the earliest production photo taken in 1942 and is of our December production performed by the then, ‘Rover Players’; Canaries Sometimes Sing by Frederick Lonsdale (Bridget Chapman, Brett Bosworth, Eric Reaves and Marjorie Smith).1952 - The Seagull by Chekov translated by David Iliffe and Josie Farmer in March (Jo Player/Lord and Harry Lord). By this time we have renamed to Talisman Players.1962 - Ghosts by Ibsen in September (Robert Prior-Pitt and Norma Casson).

1972 - The Master Builder by Ibsen in May (Katy Bott, Bob Snelson and Ted Tilley).1982 - Larkrise by Keith Dewhurst in April (Barry Lytollis, Mike Skinner, Keith Morris, Ted Whitehead and Graham Underhill).1992 - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens and adapted by David Edgar in October (Audrey Jacques and Maureen Jones).2002 - ‘Allo ‘Allo by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft in July (David Draper and John Fenner).(Most information above taken from A Maker of Magic book by Peter James).

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ROPEBy Patrick HamiltonDirected by Christopher Ward

Monday 6 to Saturday 11 February 2012A chilling anatomy of an apparently motiveless murder.Premiered in 1929 and later adapted as a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1948.

Young Ronald Kentley is strangled with a rope by two fellow undergraduates who subsequently deposit his body in a chest. Later that evening his friends

and family, including the deceased’s father, are invited round to a tea party. As the evening progresses, the perpetrators increasingly test their ingenuity and morality to the limit; but will any of their guests realise their dark secret?

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Feb Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thur 9 Fri 10 Sat 11

Time 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Full Price £6.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.50 £8.50

Concessions £6.00 £7.50 £7.50 £7.50 - -

Members £6.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.50 £7.50

*Concessions apply to Seniors/Children/Students/Groups of more than 10

Box Office: 01926 856548

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‘Into my heart an air that kills; From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills….’

The Forest of Dean 1943. Dennis Potter’s play, originally conceived for TV, recounts the activities

of seven West Country 7 years olds on a summer’s afternoon. Played by adult actors, the children play, fight, tease, bait and cry, oblivious of the tragedy beginning to unfold.

March Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thur 8 Fri 9 Sat 10

Time 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Full Price £6.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.50 £8.50

Concessions £6.00 £7.50 £7.50 £7.50 - -

Members £6.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.50 £7.50

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By Dennis PotterDirected by Steve Smith

Monday 5 to Saturday 10 March 2012‘The Beano’ meets ‘Lord of the Flies’ in a story of lost innocence.

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Directed by Corrina Jacob and Rosemary Gowers

Our popular youth theatre perform two one-act plays each evening.

Come and join us to support our talent of the future.

Jubilee gift to Her Majesty; an entertainment about the lives of her predecessors as queens of England. Not a history

lesson but a compilation of gossip, anecdote and scandal which may well surprise and amuse you.

March Thurs 29 Tue 30 Wed 31

Time 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Full Price £6.00 £6.00 £6.00

May Thurs 17 Fri 18 Sat 19

Time 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Full Price £6.00 £6.00 £6.00

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TALISMAN YOUTH THEATRE Presents....Shooting Truth by Molly Davies and Copperfield by Geoff Bamber

Thursday 29 to Saturday 31 March 2012 at 7.30pm

JUBILEE(A Celebration)

By Nevil Malin

Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 May 2012 at 7.30pm(part of the Kenilworth Festival week)

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*Concessions apply to Seniors/Children/Students/Groups of more than 10

April Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 Thur 26 Fri 27 Sat 28

Time 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Full Price £6.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.50 £8.50

Concessions £6.00 £7.50 £7.50 £7.50 - -

Members £6.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.50 £7.50

www.talismantheatre.co.uk

Set in Ireland’s County Donegal in August 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg, this is a memory play told from the point of view of the adult Michael Evans, the narrator. He recounts the summer in his aunts’ cottage when he was seven years old. This play is loosely based on the lives of Friel’s mother and aunts who lived in the Glenties, on the west coast of Donegal. The play depicts the late summer days when love briefly seems possible.

Tender, humorous, robust, poignant in his characterisations, author, Brian Friel draws us into the pattern of the women’s daily lives; and their wonderful characters. It takes place in early August, around the festival of Lughnasa, in Celtic folklore, the festival of the first fruits, when the harvest is welcomed. The play describes a bitter harvest for the Mundy sisters, a time of reaping what has been sown.

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By Brian FrielDirected by Ann Brooks

Monday 23 to Saturday 28 April 2012“A play of true greatness.” (The Telegraph)

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Box Office: 01926 856548

Arthur Conan Doyle, that titan of popular detective fiction, needs little introduction. Edalji, on the other hand, was a humble Anglo-Indian solicitor from Birmingham who was arrested, tried and imprisoned in 1903 for the serial slaughter and mutilation of sheep, cattle and horses at night-time in fields around Great Wyrley,

just outside the city. The two men’s paths crossed in 1907, when Conan Doyle, appalled by the facts of the case, set about campaigning to prove Edalji’s innocence. (By arrangement with Nick Hern Books. An amateur production.)

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June Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thur 14 Fri 15 Sat 16

Time 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Full Price £6.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.50 £8.50

Concessions £6.00 £7.50 £7.50 £7.50 - -

Members £6.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.50 £7.50

*Concessions apply to Seniors/Children/Students/Groups of more than 10

ARTHUR AND GEORGEBy David Edgar from the novel by Julian BarnesDirected by Matthew Salisbury

Monday 11 to Saturday 16 June 2012

The creator of Sherlock Holmes turns detective in a thrilling fight for justice.

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By Joseph KesselringDirected by Mick Ives

Monday 9 to Saturday 14 July 2012

A farcical black comedy thriller!The play is a farcical black comedy thriller revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local New York police as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves, Elaine Harper, who just happens to live next door. His family includes his two sweet old aunts, Abby and Martha Brewster, who have taken to murdering lonely

old men and a brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt. To make matters worse, Mortimer’s deranged and very dangerous brother, Jonathan Brewster shows up. Jonathan, on the run from the law, has a dead body in the boot of his car and a drunken plastic surgeon, Dr. Einstein, at his side......... Not to be missed, so early booking is advisable.

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*Concessions apply to Seniors/Children/Students/Groups of more than 10

July Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thur 12 Fri 13 Sat 14

Time 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Full Price £6.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.50 £8.50

Concessions £6.00 £7.50 £7.50 £7.50 - -

Members £6.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.00 £7.50 £7.50

*Concessions apply to Seniors/Children/Students/Groups of more than 10

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AUGUST/SEPTEMBERStepping Out by Richard Harris

OCTOBERRichard III by William Shakespeare

OCTOBERA week of entertainment to celebrate our 70th Birthday year

NOvEMBERImprobable Fiction by Alan Ayckbourn

The Talisman Theatre is situated just off the main shopping area in Kenilworth. Follow the signs from Warwick Road down Barrow Road and we are approx 400 yards on the left.

There is limited parking (for about 20 cars) in front of the theatre but there is plenty of parking in Square West car park. Please see map above. Barrow Road is pay and display on-street parking. Please avoid parking in surrounding residential streets.

We are able to accommodate two wheelchair users in the main auditorium which is all on one level and is fully accessible. We also have disabled toilet facilities. An induction loop is available for the benefit of hearing-aid users.

Email: [email protected]

Find out more about the theatre by visiting our website www.talismantheatre.co.uk.

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bY phoneTelephone our Box Office on 01926 856 548 any time and leave a message. We will return your call as

soon as possible but please be aware this may not be the same day.

in personVisit the theatre between 7pm and 8pm show weeks and one week prior. Also other Mondays 7pm to 8pm.

bY postSend your ticket request with SAE to:The Box Office Talisman Theatre Barrow Road Kenilworth, CV8 1EG

Cheques payable to ‘Talisman Theatre’ and please include your contact details for any queries.

ticket pricesPlease see each of the separate production details for our ticket prices,

or visit our website www.talismantheatre.co.uk

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Please note that A and B rows are on the flat and C to M rows are tiered.

B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

L 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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SPECIAL OFFER MONDAY

Tickets only £6.00

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Wolverhampton, WV1 4JTTel: 01902 711911

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