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winter
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018
Wild
Weekend
Encounter all sorts of explorers
See feature film firsts and more
Run and ride some new and
some secret trails
Super
Sundays
Expect Blockbusters and opera
on screen classical music, and
children on stage
Notable
Music
from home and away
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highlights...
Welcome to Scotland in winter
where it’s wet/cold/snowy, and
the sun sets in the middle of the
afternoon. Where would you
rather be – walking the grey
streets of Peebles, or sitting in the
Eastgate experiencing hot music,
steamy drama, dreamy dance,
and high energy adventures?
In January there’s the chance to
travel round the world and back
again in the company of explorer
Benedict Allen, ocean adventurer
Olly Hicks, ultra athlete Jenny
Tough, and many more – both on
stage and on screen – during
Peebles Outdoor Film Festival.
Drama in February offers murder,
mystery and magic in a new
Scottish play, Velvet Evening
Seance; while secrets, lies and sex
are at the heart of an American
classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
screened by the National Theatre
in March.
Meanwhile your music choices
range from Outside Track’s
exhilarating blend of Scottish,
Irish and Cape Breton tunes
topped off with fast and furious
step dancing; to the scintillating
sound of Argentinian tango,
composed by Piazzola and
performed by the Santiago
Quartet with guest bandoneon
player.
Go on – spoil yourself!
spotlight
2018
winter...
January
Santiago Quartet
Rowan Bell returns home to play
all things tango ...12
POFF 18
Adventure, adventurers and film firsts ...17
Building on Success
Eastgate redevelopment fundraising launch ...30
February
Velvet Evening Séance
Magic, crime and judgement ...4
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
Blazing hot Michigan roots return ...9
Gypsy Jazz
Jazz for juniors - concert and workshop ...29
March
Martin Simpson
Storytelling in songs, on strings. ...11
Cat on a Hot Tin roof
Steamy secrets and lies on Daddy’s Birthday ...5
Caroline Adam
General Manager
Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre
Eastgate Peebles EH45 8AD
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Friends of the Eastgate
All this and the opportunity to see world
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All for only £25 a year subscription
The Friends of the Eastgate support and help to improve the theatre facilities in all sorts
of ways from helping to buy new theatre lights to the satellite dish that makes live relays
possible, from a new coffee machine to upgrading the computer system.
This not only makes them feel very good (and more comfortable when they visit) they
also benefit from
To become a Friend of the Eastgate just ask at Box Office
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Drama
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THE NATIONAL THEATRE (ENCORE)
presents
Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Benedict Andrews
Auditorium
Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century
masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a
strictly limited season in London’s West End in
2017. Following his smash hit production of
A Streetcar Named Desire, Benedict Andrews’
“thrilling revival” (New York Times) stars
Sienna Miller alongside Jack O’Connell and
Colm Meaney.
On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern
family gather at their cotton plantation to
celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The scorching
heat is almost as oppressive as the lies they tell.
Brick and Maggie dance round the secrets and
sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their
marriage. With the future of the family at stake,
which version of the truth is real – and which
will win out?
“A brilliant, lacerating account of the play…
unforgettable” ★★★★ The Independent
"Miller and O’Connell get to a raw and
naked truth" ★★★★ The Metro
Thu 15 March
7pm
£14, £10 for under 15s
FRESHLY SQUEEZED PRODUCTIONS
AND ROSS MACKAY
presents
Velvet Evening Séance
Auditorium
It’s Victorian Scotland in the 1900s. A judge has
allowed his jury to witness a séance to establish
the guilt or innocence of the accused. James
MacGregor, a well-known medium, is on trial for
the murder of his brother.
This séance is James’ last opportunity to prove
his innocence. Amidst the candles and velvet,
he attempts to connect with the jury and the
spirit world. Expect a journey of magic, crime
and human fragility. Is James a charlatan, or a
man who has found the truth?
Directed by multi-award winning magician
and theatre-maker Ross MacKay.
Thu 22 February
7.30pm
£14
...Ballet on Screen
THE ROYAL BALLET (LIVE)
presents
Bernstein Centenary
Auditorium
The Royal Ballet celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s
birth with a programme from choreographers Wayne McGregor,
Liam Scarlett and Christopher Wheeldon.
Leonard Bernstein was one of the first classical composers in
America to achieve both popular and critical acclaim. He was eclectic
in his sources – drawing on jazz and modernism, the traditions of
Jewish music and the Broadway musical – and many of his scores
are remarkably well suited to dance.
The programme includes two world premieres by Resident
Choreographer Wayne McGregor and Artistic Associate Christopher
Wheeldon, marking each artist’s first foray into Bernstein. At the
heart of the programme is the first revival of Artist in Residence
Liam Scarlett’s The Age of Anxiety, created in 2014 to Bernstein’s
soul-searching Second Symphony.
Tue 27 March
7.15pm
£17, £10 for under 15s
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ROYAL OPERA (ENCORE)
presents
Carmen
Auditorium
Georges Bizet’s Carmen is one of the most
famous operas in the entire art form with music
such as Habanera and the Toreador Song
becoming classics.
The opera’s heady combination of passion,
sensuality and violence is given a fresh point of
view in Barrie Kosky’s highly physical
production. His Carmen is a far from
traditional version, incorporating music written
by Bizet for the score but not usually heard,
and giving a new voice to the opera’s endlessly
fascinating central character.
Sunday 11 March
2pm
£17, £10 for under 15s
eg...Opera on Screen
ROYAL OPERA (LIVE)
presents
Tosca
Auditorium
From its strident opening chords Puccini’s
Tosca conjures up a world of political
instability and menace.
Jonathan Kent’s production captures the
dangerous political turbulence of Rome in
1800 as the Chief of Police, Scarpia ruthlessly
pursues and tortures enemies of the state.
His dark, demonic music contrasts with the
expansive melodies of the idealistic lovers,
Tosca and Cavaradossi, who express their
passion in sublime arias, including Vissi d’arte
and E lucevan le stelle.
Dan Ettinger conducts
a star cast led by
Adrianne Pieczonka,
Joseph Calleja and
Gerald Finley.
Wed 7 February
7.15pm
£17, £10 for under 15s
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The Outside Track
