The Broadway Season Brochure Sept-Dec 2012

September to December 2012

Andi Osho

Cinderella

Box office 020 8507 5607www.thebroadwaybarking.com

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Ciaran Griffiths in DOORMEN

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Welcome

We really are ringing the changes this autumn, with mini-festivals giving more than just one chance to see a show, and more than just one show to see each night! There are premiers of new plays, a ballet to die for, comedy, music, weird and wonderful (and FREE!) happenings in our foyer, spookiness on Halloween, showcases of amazing local talent, opportunities to take part in workshops and Q&A sessions and of course a wonderful family panto to round

off the year.

Welcome to a new season at the Broadway

See what’s new at the Broadway

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DOUBLE DEAL

£15TWO SHOWS

STREAMED LIVE ATwww.thebroadwaybarking.com

£2.99 PER SHOW

And if you can’t make it to the Broadway, never fear! We are aiming to be the very first theatre in the country to stream almost all its shows online, so you need never miss a show or event again. Visit our website, www.thebroadwaybarking.com for details and clips from rehearsals, Q&A sessions and of course

whole shows brought to you live and direct.

Look out too for offers throughout the season, so you can save money while enjoying some top-notch entertainment.

We’re certain more people than ever will love what the Broadway has on offer and will agree with us when we

say “the Broadway’s getting broader”!

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PS It’s Open House 22nd - 23rd September. Call 020 5807 5607 to book your free tour of the Broadway.

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Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd September

A season of shows

and events to

celebrate 50

years of fantastic

James Bond films.

Bond WeekDOUBLE DEAL

£12TWO SHOWS


£2.99 PER SHOW

8pm 00and His 7

If there is one secret agent who is world renowned for

being suave, debonair and with a talent for stopping the

“bad guys”, it is 007, James Bond. In the premiere of a

pulsating new ballet by the London Ballet

Company, Bond must find a diamond thief

to uncover a diabolical plot to seize control

of the world’s financial markets and bring

the West to its knees. 45 mins.

Tickets

£7.50


Bond Week 9.15pm

Any time

Between Shows

00and His 7

Martini Bond –her hunt for the spy

who loved her mumMartini Bond’s memories have been shaken

but not stirred. She’d never thought of

meeting her dad. Now he is missing presumed dead after

Franken von Banken spliced villain DNA with the god

particle in a quest to rule the world. Will Martini find her

dad and save the planet? Or will she go shopping? A new

comedy by Lyndsey Jones.

Tickets

£7.50

Judith Walker ExhibitionJudith Walker presents a FREE exhibition of her paintings

and original cartoons from her time with both The Sun

and New Humanist magazine. Come along and enjoy

them (Vodka Martini in hand of course!).

foyer cabaret including:Big Dreams Young Dancers performing Gold Finger

Ilford Operatic & Dramatic Society performing a Bond medley

Sue Garner School Of Dance performing Live and Let Die

Evoke, House of Hip Hop performing Bond Beats

Enigma with Bond-themed dance

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Monday 24th toSaturday 29th September

TV stars in a new comedy, a drama premiere and some weirdly wonderfully goings on…

Shamelessly

Broadway

7pm AirportJoin us in our Studio space for

Airport, a new play written and

directed rising star Ben Lyons

Ross. A stark and contemporary

observation of modern youth,

telling an authentic story about

love, family, desire told through

a piece of tense,

humorous and heart-

breaking new writing.Tickets

£10

DOUBLE DEAL

£15TWO SHOWS


£2.99 PER SHOW

The Lowlife Cabaret

of the Original Army, a

week of weirdness and

freakish twists and turns

using paper, books, words,

sound and light. The work is

delicate, thoughtful, visually

exciting and often humorous.

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Doormen9pmCiaran Griffiths

Kirsty Leigh Porter

7pm onIn the foyer

TV stars come to Barking with the premiere of

Doormen, a new adult comedy about club bouncers

by Andy McHugh, starring Ciaran Griffiths

(Shameless), Kirsty Leigh Porter (Emmerdale),

Gary Damer (Hotel Trubble) and Danny

Tennant (Hollyoaks) as well as Andy McHugh

himself. 18+

Tickets

£10

Get Barking & DagenhamReading Festival 2012

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Wednesday 3rd toSaturday 6th October

Thursday 4th October

A fantastic programme of author events, workshops and poetry readings across the borough, featuring local and national authors reading their work and sharing their writing tips. Events at the Broadway mounted in partnership with the Barking Learning Centre and Barking and Dagenham College.

The straight-talking best-selling

author will be discussing her new

blockbuster, “The Life”

in a Q&A that will also

be streamed live.

An Audience

Tickets

£5 / £3

7pm

with Martina Cole

Friday 5th October

How to Get PublishedFor local writers thinking of writing the next

Fifty Shades of Grey Bloomsbury Publishing’s

Alysoun Owen will be revealing the secrets of

how to get published.

Tickets

£3

2pm

Saturday 6th October

Friday 5th October


Miss Havisham’s Expectations

7.30pm

To coincide with the Dickens bicentenary, one of the UK’s foremost stage actors Linda Marlowe presents her new solo show featuring the iconic, Miss Havisham – the jilted bride forever wearing her wedding dress, alongside the stopped clock and uneaten cake. Followed by a Q&A, streamed live.

Tickets

£12 / £10

7pmTickets

£6

Joshua IdehenPoet, musician, critic and founder of the highly acclaimed poetry group PiP (A Poem Between People), Joshua Idehen will be reading his poems. 30 mins.

Take Desire awayA one man show by Mansel David about English poet A. E. Houseman best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.

Tickets

£6

8pm

Lots more events being lined up throughout

Barking & Dagenham. Visit your local library for details.

DOUBLE DEAL

£10TWO SHOWS


£2.99 PER SHOW

DOUBLE DEAL

£25TWO SHOWS


£2.99 PER SHOW

*Double Deal with Andi Osho on 17 November

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Saturday 13th toWednesday 31st October

A week of shows in which the top talent of Barking &

Dagenham strut their stuff to amuse, amaze and entertain.

Sunday 21st October

The Marie Challenger School of Stage Dance and Singing present a fabulous show for all ages, performed by the School’s talented young pupils.

7pm

2pmShine 2012

Barking & Dagenham’s

Top Talent

Friday 19th and Saturday 20th October

Out of the NormFar From the Norm presents a triple bill of exciting new pieces including “The World In Which We Exist”, originally devised during Breakin’ Convention’s choreographic development project “Back to the Lab”. Witness a new generation in hip hop dance theatre.

7.30pm

Tickets

£6 / £5 / £20*

*family ticket for four

Tickets

£12 / £10


Wednesday 31st October

Thursday 25th andFriday 26th October


8pm

9pm to midnight

Tales of an ImmigrantDagenham-based comedian Manos K delivers his thoughts on all things Greek in a show that won over audiences and critics at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. “Manos is very good. His humour extends to economics, etymology and couscous. And he has the only truly funny Susan Boyle joke I have heard” The Scotsman

A Halloween spooky special!

The Barking Witchcraft Trials and Tour

Tickets

£7.50 / £5

In the 16th century over 760 Essex men and women were tried for being witches. The Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins was based in Manningtree in Essex from where he scoured the county for any sign of witchcraft. This Halloween, the Broadway is offering a special guided tour of Barking’s historic witchcraft sites with a local historian prior to a midnight investigation with leading local psychic, Natalie Walker, in the theatre and live online.

Tweet our experts your questions and share your spells!

Tickets

£15including

tour

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Thursday 1st toSaturday 3rd November

Teenage TakeoverThe Big Deal Massive and Studio 3 Arts take over the Broadway for half term week with workshops and performances, seminars and master-classes in street dance, MC/rap battles and open mic sessions.

7pm

Performance of eye-popping dance and

more as the Big Deal Massive take to the

stage. Age guidance 12+

TheTakeover

Tickets

£5 / £3

Teenage Takeover10amand2pm

Individual workshops

Includes entry to three workshops

plus one ticket to The Takeover

Tickets

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Tickets

£5 / £3

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Monday 1st toSaturday 27th October

This years’ Older People’s Day event is about sharing skills and experiences as part of the national ‘Big Skills Share’. If you are aged 50 and above come along to this free event to try new activities and share your hobbies. Call 020 8227 2386 for more information.

Monday 1st October

Friday 19th October, Friday 23rd and Friday 30th November

Older People’s Day 2012

FREE

10am till 2.30pm

Studio 3 Arts take over the Broadway foyer on Friday evenings with MC/rap battles, open mic spots, blasting out beats from grime to dubstep and far, far beyond.

8pm

Tickets

FREE

Freestyle Fridays

7.30pm



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Powerful and poignant drama just a fortnight before Remembrance Sunday. From World War One to present-day Afghanistan: this touching performance tells the stories of two British soldiers and the challenges they face once the adrenaline of active service has faded. Followed by a Q&A session, streamed live.

via our weekly ebulletin at thebroadwaybarking.com And

in the Broadway café. Open 10am - 5pm Mon- Fri

Tickets

£7.50 / £6.50

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Thursday 24th November toSunday 16th December

More comedy, drama and dance…

HandmadeFriday 19th and Saturday 20th October

World premiere of a new play

devised and performed by the

performing arts students of

Barking & Dagenham College.

Tickets £6 / £5 £10 on the door

7.30pm

Sunday 14th October and Sunday 16th December

DOUBLE DEAL

£15TWO SHOWS


£2.99 PER SHOW

Special P’s Comedy World

Special P presents an evening of

comedy at the expense of special

guests, who endure a “This is your Life” style dissection

of their time at the top. Stand-up comedy guests and

live music make this a very special night out. New

guests appear at the Christmas special on 16 December.

7.30pm

Tickets

£15 / £12PER SHOW

Saturday 17th November

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Award winning stand-up Andi Osho (Mock the Week,

Live at the Apollo, Stand Up for the Week) presents her

new show - a brutally honest dissection of the perils and

pitfalls of dating, reporting her findings to the audience

in her own engaging and hilarious style.

7.30pm

Andi Osho –

Tickets

£15

All the Single Ladies

DOUBLE DEAL

£25TWO SHOWS

*Double Deal with Miss Havisham’s Expectations

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Saturday 1st December toThursday 2nd January 2013

Poor put upon Cinderella, bullied by her nasty step-

sisters, Lascivia and Nefaria and her even nastier step

mother, Lady Rubella Hardup. Things get even worse

when she is told she can’t go to Prince Charming’s

grand ball at the palace with her spiteful family. Luckily

Cinderella’s best friend Buttons is there to cheer her up

before her scatter-brained Fairy Godmother magically

appears and saves the day.

Ticketsfrom

£11

A Traditional Family Pantomime

In partnership with

Barking & Dagenham College

In association with

Barking & Dagenham College

But that day must end at midnight when the magic

wears off. What happens next? You’ll have to come to

the Broadway to find out in what promises to be the

most magical show of the year. Full of laughter, song,

cheer-able goodies, boo-able baddies and general

joining-in silliness, Cinderella is

fabulous, festive fun

for the whole family.

Come on, you’ll have

a ball!


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EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT£1 off every ticket (£4 off a family ticket)

if paid for by 19 October

DecemberSat 1 2pm 6pmTue 4 10.30am 1.30pmWed 5 10.30am 1.30pmThur 6 10.30am 1.30pmFri 7 1.30pm 6.30pm Sat 8 2pm 6pmSun 9 4pmTue 11 10.30am 1.30pmWed 12 10.30am 1.30pmThur 13 10.30am* 1.30pm*Fri 14 10.30am 1.30pmSat 15 2pm 6pm*Sun 16 4pmTue 18 10.30am 1.30pmWed 19 10.30am 1.30pmThur 20 10.30amSat 22 2pm 6pmSun 23 4pmMon 24 4pmTue 25 Happy ChristmasWed 26 2pm 6pmThur 27 2pm 6pmFri 28 2pm 6pmSat 29 2pm 6pmSun 30 4pmMon 31 4pmJanuaryWed 2 2pm 6pm*Signed performance by Jacqui Beckford

Prices Earlybird Standard

Adults £14 £15Children and other concessions £11 £12Family of four £46 £50(Must include at least one child)

How to find usBy Bus5, 62, 169, 238, 287, 366, 368, 387, EL1 & EL2

By TubeDistrict LineHammersmith & Citywww.tfl.gov.uk/tube

By TrainC2CFenchurch Street -Southend Centralwww.c2c-online.co.uk

London OvergroundBarking - Gospel OakOnly 15 mins fromcentral London

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Information correct at time of publiation (Aug 2012) but subject to change.

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Coming soon for 2013Cissy and Ada a new Comedy based on Les

Dawson’s hilarious comic creations. Join our email list for updates.

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The Broadway Season Brochure Sept-Dec 2012