|  | The Watermill Theatre and Restaurant's November Newsletter |
|
|
|
|
|
| | |
|
The Watermill’s Spring 2016 season, the first for the theatre’s new Artistic Director, Paul Hart, goes on general sale on Monday 9 November at 10am. Season highlights include a bold and raucous staging of Shakespeare’s immortal tale of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Paul Hart, in collaboration with The National Youth Theatre and staged in the round. From 12 – 23 April, Craig Taylor’s One Million Tiny Plays About Britain, a series of hilarious, overheard encounters originally published in The Guardian, opens for a limited run before touring rural venues across the region. Alan Bennett’s warm, witty and poignant double bill of memoirs, Untold Stories: Hymn and Cocktail Sticks opens 5 May until 11 June, followed by Rona Munro’s stage adaptation of Richard Adam’s classic novel Watership Down from 16 June until 23 July - a story with an indelible link to The Watermill’s local environment. To find out more about the productions and other events at the theatre click on the link below. |
|
 | |
| | Opening later this month -
Alice in Wonderland
The company of six actor-musicians are in the rehearsal room preparing for this year’s Christmas show. The stage management team are working hard on the props and the wardrobe department are creating fabulous costumes for the extraordinary characters created by Lewis Carroll.
We want everyone to come and enjoy the show and so will be presenting a special Relaxed Performance on Monday 30 November at 6.30pm. This will be particularly suited to audience members who have autism and ASD, sensory or communication disabilities, and other additional needs. There is also a downloadable Visual Story on our website. Please call the box office on 01635 46044 to book.
|
|
|
| | The Watermill Young Company invite you to stay... at Gormenghast
The Watermill Young Company brings to life one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable feats of imaginative writing. An epic melodrama of dizzying scope, wit and an array of fantastical characters. Mervyn Peake’s extraordinary trilogy has been imaginatively recreated by adaptor John Constable. There are still a few tickets available. Don’t miss it!
Wed 11 to Sat 14 November
Tickets £11.50 to £6 |
|
|
The Watermill’s Christmas Fair – Friday 13 November
If the thought of Christmas shopping is stressing you out, let us help. There will be a wonderful array of interesting and unusual gifts for sale at our Christmas Fair which is open from 9.30am to 2.30pm. From hand-made jewelry to local china, silk scarves to children’s toys, all can be browsed in a relaxed environment. Refreshments will be on sale so you can make a date with friends for a catch-up between shopping. For a list of stall-holders click on the link below.
Entry £3 on the door. Children free.
|
| | The Watermill Book Club - Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland
Learn more about the creator of the story that inspired our Christmas show, Charles Dodgson, the quiet academic, and his second self, Lewis Carroll - storyteller and innovator.
On Tuesday 1 December at 7pm, Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst draws on previously unpublished material and gives a fascinating insight into the creation and influence of the Alice books.
Tickets £6
|
| | Tell Me On A Sunday starts its UK tour at The Watermill
Following her appearance in a sell-out run of Calamity Jane at The Watermill and a year-long nationwide tour, Jodie Prenger returns to star in a new show - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic musical, Tell Me On A Sunday. Be one of the first to see Jodie in the role of Emma, accompanied by a five piece band, before she embarks on another UK tour.
If you’re stumped for a Christmas gift idea, tickets to see Tell Me On A Sunday would make a great, original present!
Tickets £26.50 to £14.50
|
|
|
The Watermill Theatre,
Bar and Restaurant
Bagnor, Newbury,
Berkshire RG20 8AE
| Book online
watermill.org.uk Box Office
01635 46044
|
|
| | |
|
|
