(CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS YOUTH THEATRE)
Selected & arranged by Youth Theatre members
Directed by Simon Kennedy
Wed 10th – Sat 13th September 2014
See notes below for performance times.
Let our enthusiastic and multi-talented Youth Theatre members conduct you through decades of song, dance and enjoyment as they bring favourites from the West End and Broadway to Chipstead. Spot tomorrow’s stars in this night of spectacle and surprise as you sing and clap along to hits from your youth right through to numbers that are bang up to date.
By Willy Russell
Directed by Sharon Laws & Rick Thompsett
Mon 20th – Sat 25th October 2014
This is the fast-moving, perceptive and entertaining play on which the musical and its 10,000 performances in London’s West End was based. We watch the diverging lives of twin boys as they are separated at birth then cross in adulthood. One brought up in poverty, one with all the advantages of a middle-class family – what leads them to clash so brutally? Nature, or nurture? Could their mothers have diverted them from their tragic path? Or is it just fate that deals them such a cruel hand?
By Peter van Manen
Directed by Peter van Manen & Siobhan Radburn
Wed 7th – Sat 10th January 2015
Wed 14th – Sat 17th January 2015
Gold has been discovered in the hills above Tombstone and the town is in a frenzy. Blanche Clanton of the Double Bar Ranch is angry. Geronimo is on the warpath. Happy Holiday, Hortense Forthright and the rest of the folks just don’t know which way to turn. The West is suddenly a wild and dangerous place. There are cowboys and Indians, singing and dancing, murder and intrigue. And plenty of fun for everyone who shares whatever gold we find along the way.
By Eric Chappell
Directed by Noel Harris
Mon 23rd – Sat 28th February 2015
They’re bereft when Dave Thursby unexpectedly pops his clogs. As they gather for his funeral, what are his wife, agent and gag writer to do without the hugely successful TV comedian as the centre of their lives? Worse, they may be out of a job – so it’s time to cash in with repeats, TV specials, biographies and newspaper tell-alls. But who is this mysterious woman? What does she know about Dave that they don’t? And when the dust settles, will Dave get the last laugh?
By Peter Nixon
Directed by Peter Nixon
(CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS YOUTH THEATRE)
Wed 8th – Sat 11th April 2015
See notes below for performance times.
It’s 1939, and the children of Satchwell Road School in London’s East End are fascinated by the prospect of war – until they are evacuated to Norfolk and have to adapt to rural living among strangers, including children who are downright suspicious of a bunch of city kids. Based on real-life accounts from evacuees and an actual school, this meticulously researched work combines humour, poignant drama and even a pantomime-style Nativity play.
By David Auburn
Directed by Chris Hearn
Mon 1st – Sat 6th June 2015
A genius whose insights twice revolutionised mathematics before he was 22, Donald gradually lost touch with reality, so daughter Catherine abandoned her own career in maths to care for him. Now he’s dead, and his notebooks hint at a further revolution in thought about his subject. What will Catherine, her high-flying sister, Claire, and maths student Hal learn about him? Did Robert, as he descended into madness, really come up with the new proof?
Please note: We had planned to stage J.B. Priestley’s "An Inspector Calls" in July 2015 but unfortunately we have not been able to obtain the licence to do so. An alternative is currently being sought.
| • | Evening performances of productions involving only adult members start at 8pm, while those involving members of the Youth Theatre start at 7:30pm. Matinees start at 2.15pm. |
| • | Tickets cost £8.00 each for performances on Monday and Tuesday evenings and the Saturday matinee, and £10.00 each for performances on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. |
| • | Doors open 45 minutes before performance. |
| • | Drinks, coffees and ice creams are available from the opening of the doors through to after the performances. |
| • | Adequate parking is provided at the theatre. |
| • | Disabled parking, seating & induction-loop hearing assistance are available – please let us know your needs when booking. |