Tues 3 Nov - 7.30pm - Tickets £5 (£4 conc)
Fetch Theatre Co presents
The Ramayana
“The Ramayana is an expression of a liberal and earthly tradition, one that deals with the realities of greed, lust and power, war and kingship, nobility, tolerance, heroism, and suffering, and with the magnificent, joyful and tragic inevitability of fate - the human condition.” Ramesh Menon
The Ramayana is a love story written over one thousand years before romantic love became one of the defining themes of Western literature. It is an adventure story and a cultural masterpiece widely acknowledged to be one of the world’s literary masterpieces.
It recounts the story of the great prince Rama, his banishment to the forest, the abduction of his wife, Sita, by the powerful demon Ravana, and Rama’s rescue of her.
The themes of The Ramayana are timeless and universal; it enshrines the deepest, most timeless values of humankind, while also being an incomparably enchanting tale.
This epic story will be told by the Fetch working with students from Kingsley College in a feast of Storytelling, mask work & puppetry.
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Sat 7 November 7.30pm - Tickets £5
The Big K presents
The K Factor FINAL
Five finalists take to the stage, using advice given and skills gained in Boot Camp to show off their talents in the final of this great competition. Join the panel of judges to decide who will have the K Factor for 2009!
Fri 13 Nov - 7.30pm Tickets £8 (£7 conc)
A Shindig event
Iestyn Edwards offers a double bill!
Anything for a Tenor & Mme Galina New Forces’ Sweetheart
Anything for a Tenor
In Um Qasar, Iraq, onstage in tutu, tiara and tuck-away pants, pinned by a Royal Marine Commando providing Civilian Protection Alert Stance, Iestyn wondered how on earth he came to be in this mess. He’s still wondering….aloud and with songs!
As heard by Her Majesty, on Desert Island Discs, Midweek, Woman’s Hour and Loose Ends – raconteur, bon viveur, son of a Merthyr yodeller, Edwards sings classics and traces his journey from stage toddler to tours of Iraq and Afghanistan via his parents drugging his Ribena, his ideas where Delia Smith can keep her surplus marmalade, the Virgin Mary’s espadrilles, a yodelling strip-a-gram giraffe – and his alter ego Madame Galina being crowned New Forces’ Favourite. Which still didn’t help Iestyn when he was square-bashed all over Iraq by Boltonian RSM “Tina” Turner, as seen on The Generation Game.
Anything for a Tenor
From stints entertaining the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a private performance for Her Majesty The Queen, the Olivier Award winning show C’est Barbican, two series on Channel 4, Ruby Wax Does The Business on the BBC, a Channel 4 pilot at the request of Janet Street-Porter... Madame Galina wows audiences wherever she goes with her extraordinary dancing and acid tongue. She has performed sell out shows at the Edinburgh Festival and nearly every major arts festival in Europe and has recently entertained the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan giving her the title ‘New Forces Sweetheart’.
Wed 18 November - 7.30pm - Tickets £4
Kingsley PAD presents
Drama Showcase Evening
Drama students from Kingsley College showcase the talents gained and work undertaken at this performing arts college.
Sat 21 Nov - 7.30pm - Tickets £8 (£7 conc)
Shindig presents Angus and Ross Theatre Company in
The Mystery of Irma Vep
‘A Penny Dreadful’ by Charles Ludlum
THEATRE MOST DREADFUL! HYSTERICAL REVIVAL OF THE CLASSIC SPOOF OF A PENNY DREADFUL!
Watch in wonder as Dominic Goodwin and Emanuel Brierley (Last seen together in ‘Not About Heroes’), play all 8 parts - including an Egyptian Princess - in a quick change dark farce!
Mandacrest Estate is the home of eminent Egyptologist Lord Edgar Hillcrest and Lady Enid. Lady Enid is Lord Edgar’s second wife, though he has yet to recover entirely from the passing of his first wife, Irma.
The house staff, a maid named Jane Twisden and a swineherd named Nicodemus Underwood, have their own opinions of Lady Enid…
Subtitled ‘A Penny Dreadful’ and taking its lead from tales of gothic romance, The Mystery of Irma Vep is a fast-paced and wickedly funny parody of the genre, mixing in references to a whole host of novels and films, from Rebecca and The Hound of the Baskervilles to The Mummy, Frankenstein and Dracula.
If Daphne du Maurier had written a post-modern episode of Midsomer Murders starring the Marx Brothers, this might very well be the blood-curdling result!
PS. Did you know the name Irma Vep is an anagram for vampire? You have been warned!
Sat 28 Nov - 7.30pm & Sun 29 Nov - 5.30pm
Tickets £7 (£5 conc)
Indigo arts presents musicmaker in
A NIGHT AT THE MUSICALS
Young singers from Indigo arts’ musicmaker project have earned quite a reputation for themselves, not only in their hometown of Redditch, but across the county, and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where they performed to sell out audiences this year. ‘A Night at The Musicals’ is a celebration of the musical theatre songs for which the company has become renowned, delivered in their own dynamic and enthusiastic style which has every audience hooked! Don’t miss this great show!
