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Until Saturday 19 September
‘A wonderful interpretation… remarkable versatility and energy.’
‘Great fun with brilliant staging and wonderful, enthusiastic, and creative performances’
‘Fantastic performance. Brilliant show, don’t miss it!’ Audience Comments
See more production photos here
There are still a few tickets available for performances throughout the run. If you can’t book your chosen performance online, please call the box office on 01635 46044 for returns or to be added to a waiting list and keep checking the website.
Tickets £30 - £17.50
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We are now fully cast for our next production, The Ladykillers, which runs from Thu 24 September to Sat 31 October.
See pictures of the cast in our gallery here.
Based on the much-loved Ealing comedy, this award-winning stage adaptation by Graham Linehan, writer of Father Ted and The IT Crowd, fizzes with fun.
Tickets £26.50 - £15 |
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The World of The Ladykillers
Saturday 10 October
Participants on this unique one day course will get an insight into the creation of the show and will work with a professional director from The Watermill to discover the creative process, act a selection of scenes and then watch the performance in the theatre.
Price £50 includes a top price ticket for the matinée and a light buffet lunch.
To book, please email heidi@watermill.org.uk or call 01635 570934.
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| | Tell Me On a Sunday
Booking opens Mon 7 September 10am. Friends Priority Booking opens Tue 1 September 10am.
Following her acclaimed performance in last year’s summer musical, Calamity Jane, Jodie Prenger now steps into a brand new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic musical Tell Me On A Sunday. With an original score featuring Unexpected Song and the chart-topping Take That Look Off Your Face, Tell Me On A Sunday charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl in New York in the heady days of the 1980s. The show will run at The Watermill from Thu 28 January to Sat 20 February 2016 before embarking on a UK tour.
Tickets £26.50 - £14.50
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The Poetry and Passion of Pablo Neruda
Sun 6 September at 7pm
Actor David Soul, best known for his role as Hutch in the US TV series Starsky and Hutch, will read the captivating poetry of celebrated Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. He will be accompanied by guitarist Hugh Burns who has worked with a range of musicians from Paul McCartney to Placido Domingo and there will be a question and answer session at the end of the performance with Adam Feinstein, author of the acclaimed biography Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life.
Watch an extract from the show here
Tickets £15 and £14.50
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| | Book Club Ann Cleeves
Top crime writer, Ann Cleeves, author of the books behind the ITV series Vera and the BBC series Shetland, will be our next Book Club guest on Fri 18 September. Join Ann to uncover the secrets of writing fiction, getting published, what it's like having your work adapted for the screen and trying to keep crime fiction authentic without losing the plot. Ann will sign copies of her latest novel, The Moth Catcher, which will be on sale at the theatre.
Tickets £6
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| | The life and paintings of
Sir Winston Churchill
Join us for a fascinating insight into the extraordinary life of Sir Winston Churchill in the fiftieth anniversary year of his death at An Audience With… Minnie Churchill.
You may have seen her recently on the BBC TV art series Fake or Fortune? talking about one of Sir Winston's paintings. Minnie is co-author of Sir Winston Churchill: His Life & Paintings and spent six years tracing Sir Winston's 500 paintings across the world before collecting the fascinating stories associated with their ownership into this book.
Tue 8 September at 2pm
Tickets £25
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| | Roger Burdett
All of us at The Watermill were saddened to hear of the recent sudden death of Roger Burdett. His colleague Tony Ayers writes: Roger was a strong supporter of the theatre and Chair of The Friends of The Watermill for several years, and a member of The Watermill’s Board of Trustees. He held these positions during the vital early years after the theatre had been bought from the Sargant family. His calm, thoughtful approach was absolutely what was needed through a time of such change and did much to keep the Friends engaged and involved in the theatre. All of us who knew him will miss him terribly, and send our love and support to Wendy and the family. You can read the full tribute to Roger Burdett here.
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| | Did you know that The
Watermill Theatre
is a charity? It costs approximately £2.5m a year to keep the theatre
running, produce our shows and run our outreach department. Every pound counts
so please give generously to our Production Fund. You can give in a variety of
ways, at Box Office, online, over the phone, via cheque or cash. We’ve just
installed 4 donations boxes in the building to make it even easier to donate to
your favourite theatre! You’ll find one at the bar, box office, in the lily
pond courtyard and a large one in the foyer by the entrance. Please give
generously – thank you! |
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Watermill Ducklings
Our newsletter at this time of year wouldn’t be complete without the latest duckling news! Another brood has hatched and they’re growing fast! Keep an eye out for them on your next visit to the theatre.
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The Watermill Theatre,
Bar and Restaurant
Bagnor, Newbury,
Berkshire RG20 8AE
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watermill.org.uk Box Office
01635 46044
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