Heron - Theatre Programme

THEATRE PROGRAMME

Unless shown otherwise -
performances commence 7.30pm

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Friday/Saturday 10/11 February	The Fitzrovia Radio HourAdmission - £10 under 16s - £5 Fitzrovia recreate the unique spirit of 1940's radio plays and brilliantly evoke a dinner-jacketed age of casual imperialism and stiff upper lips. Their brand new show is performed with cut-glass theatricality blending homage and satire, as they mix the chauvinist attitudes of 1940s Britain with sharp, contemporary humour to produce a heady comic cocktail. Sound effects are created live throughout, with a plethora of materials. Rippingly good fun! The Fitzrovia Radio Hour
Friday 28 February	Ugly BeautyAdmission - £10 under 16s - £5 Melo, the strange, one legged musician, sits alone by the sea, content in his world and playing the most beautiful music. But what comes here? A golden carriage bearing a Princess so beautiful that she wears a golden mask to hide her blinding beauty and then she pushes him in the mud! A poetic story to delight both older children and adults, portrayed through acting, puppets, shadow and music. The Lempen Puppet Theatre Company
Friday 2 March	The Man Who Left The TitanicAdmission - £10 under 16s - £5 A new play by Patrick Prior, in which the central figure is J Bruce Ismay, Managing Director of the White Star Line, who admitted to the authorities boarding what was believed to be the last life-boat to leave the Titanic. He escaped, while the ship he commissioned sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. The historically accurate, tragic and chilling facts give a deeper understanding of why the public responded by calling the vessel 'cursed';........ Isosceles
Friday 16 March	Testament of YouthAdmission - £10 under 16s - £5 The first of Vera Brittain's autobiographical books conveyed to an entire generation the essence of their common experience of war. Her daughter, Shirley Williams, wrote "Rohan McCullough's performance brings my mother's famous book on the First World War alive, bringing out the poignancy and profundity of the narrative... she sometimes seems almost to become the young nurse who wrote the diary..." Rohan McCullough
Sunday at 2.30pm 25 March	Music from ManchesterAdmission - £8 under 16s - £5 Brothers Geordie and Jackie Campbell, who thrilled our audience in October, have agreed to return to represent Chetham's, presenting the opportunity of a first hearing for those who missed their original recital and the pleasure of a repeat experience for those who were there. Currently studying with Stephen Bottomley at Chetham's, they are major prize winners in both national and international competitions. Chetham's School of Music
Friday 30 March	Licensed to TrillAdmission - £10 under 16s - £5 A unique blend of style, swing and slapstick humour, from Verdi and Elvis Presley to Lloyd Webber, via Rachmaninoff and Donald Duck! Don't be surprised to find your feet tapping, your sides splitting and your heart breaking. Expect the unexpected - opera, swing, showstoppers and impressions. As well as their terrific singing, the show includes funny stories, singalongs, a concert piano solo and a silly piano duet. The Opera Dudes
Friday 27 April	Mapp & Lucia Ahoy!Admission - £10 under 16s - £5 Its anchors aweigh as E F Benson's arch rivals Mapp and Lucia and their friends are brought to glorious life. Whether swept out to sea on a kitchen table, dabbling in the paranormal or re-enacting the Spanish Armada, the eccentric residents of seaside Tilling are guaranteed to shiver your timbers and warm your cockles in this exuberant celebration of the very English art of one up(wo)manship. Full steam ahead! Hunt & Lawrence
Friday 4 May	Music from ManchesterAdmission - £10 under 16s - £5 The music at our traditional Spring Concert will again be performed by students from the RNCM; on this occasion by a string quartet. The college formed in 1973 through the merger of the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music, has, for many years, been a first choice institution for aspiring professional musicians from both the UK and overseas. Performers and programme to be announced Royal Northern College of Music
Thursday to Saturday 10-12 May	'Tonight at 8.30'Admission - £10 under 16s - £5 Following their great success with Talking Heads in the autumn, The Company return with two one-act plays from 'Tonight at 8.30'. Written and performed by Noel Coward, this series of plays was first produced in Manchester in 1935, then in London and New York. These will include Still Life, one of the greatest love stories of all time, immortalised in the 1945 film Brief Encounter starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. The Company
Saturday 19 May	I, ElizabethAdmission - £10 under 16s - £5 Rebecca Vaughan, who delighted the Heron audience with Austen's Women in Spring 2011, returns with a dramatic portrayal of Elizabeth I. Using only her words, she explores the struggle of reconciling the desires of womanhood with the duties of sovereignty. This powerful tour-de-force, acclaimed at both Edinburgh and Adelaide Festivals, is supported with period a cappella song by local Warton ensemble "Brewer's Apron". Dyad Productions