Airship Productions Present

“It’s Joyful Joyce!”

 A Tribute to Joyce Grenfell with Rebecca Grace.

A fantastic new and original one-woman theatre production

A star of stage, screen and radio for 40 years, writer and entertainer Joyce Grenfell was one of Britain’s best loved performers. A familiar face to many through her film work, most notably as Sgt Ruby Gates in the St Trinian’s Ealing comedies, she is still fondly remembered today for the sparkling wit of her signature comic monologues and songs.

In this brand new celebration of Joyce Grenfell’s work, Rebecca Grace performs Joyce’s character sketches and songs, some sharply funny, some poignant but all timeless and wonderful!

Joyful Joyce can be seen at the Broadbent Theatre on Saturday 19th at 7.30pm. Tickets £8.50 and £7.00.

Directors, Juliana and Patrick haven’t worked together on a production like this since their much acclaimed production of “Cinderella – It’s A Kinda of Magic” ten years ago, and have enjoyed teaming up again.

We have an excellent cast including Nigel Dring as “Mistress Bumble”, Tom Murray and Rachel Hogg as “Bertie and Tania “ the good fairies, Ian Rushby as “Master of Ceremonies”, Mary Scott and Phil Cotterill as the “Minstrels” and  Sharon Mace as the evil fairy “Gravia”.

We feel exceptionally priviledged  and honoured that our President Jim Broadbent has agreed to take time out from his busy schedule promoting “The Iron Lady” to be our narrator.

Please come in fancy dress –“ Strictly Panto” of course to have the opportunity to join the cast on stage in this spectacular pantomime. Tickets are selling fast so please book now to avoid disappointment.

Tickets cost £7.00 (full), £5.50 (concession) and £22.00 (family 2 adults / 2 children).  Don’t forget the special opening night Two for the Price of One deal.

Tickets are available as usual by calling 01673 885500 or online at www.broadbent.org  Sleeping Beauty opens on Thursday 26th January and runs until Saturday 11th February.

Come and join the fun!

In the cold winter of 1602, the century seemed to be refusing to start. The old Queen was dying but still not dead, and despite dozens of dalliances with the men of her court she had produced no heir. Religious civil war and foreign invasion loomed. It was a dark winter. In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, had died, leaving a twin sister bereft.

In January, the Lord Chamberlain’s men performed a new piece, Twelfth Night. It is a play shadowed from the outset by decay, overseen by decadent, self-indulgent monarchs in a land where the midwinter Festival of Misrule does not end. A sister watches her twin brother drown.

It is the most enduringly funny and popular of Shakespeare’s comedies. 

The Movement’s latest production restores Twelfth Night to its wintry beginnings and to its original power: the story of dawn breaking, of the days lengthening and of a family’s love overcoming death.

The Movement will be at the Broadbent Theatre with Twelfth Night on Sunday 15th January at 7:30pm.  Tickets are £8.50 (full) and £7.00 (conc).  Book online at www.broadbent.org or by calling the Box Office on 01673 885500

We shall be opening with a Jim Broadbent film from 1999: The Young Victoria.

The Young Victoria tells the story of Queen Victoria’s early years and her romance with Prince Albert.

The movie will be shown on Thursday 20th October. We may decide to stick with the Jim Broadbent theme. We might even persude Jim himself to come and introduce the film for us.

Please support this new venture. Let us have your thoughts and feedback. Maybe this will be a regular event each month; it all depends on its popularity with you, our audience.

Northumberland touring company performed Tartuffe to an ecstatic capacity audience.

Recent introduction of new technology and online booking system has brought the historical venue right up to date. As Patrick Markham, the webmaster, explained, “booking is so easy now, we have invested in the latest technology to enable secure on line payments at no extra charge. Beating the queue and ensuring a seat at another sell out performance makes the whole experience worthwhile.”

Further plans to make the theatre sustainable for the next 40 years and beyond include, looking into the feasibility of matching up people to share lifts and an upgraded heating and insulating scheme to help keep down costs, saving fuel and carbon emmissions ”

The next show is “You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissie on Friday 14th October. Advance booking is always recomended to avoid a wasted journey either by the new on line system VIA Broadbent.org or phoning 01673 885500.

The panto which opens at the end of January and runs until February 11th will be directed by Juliana Hogg and Patrick Markham. Juliana and Patrick last worked together in this capacity when they produced “Cinderella it’s a Kind of Magic” at the Broadbent Theatre in 2003.

LRP are involving local school children by asking them to compete in producing a design for the poster.  Audiences, adults and children alike, are also invited to get involved by turning up to the show dressed as their favourite pantomime character.

Tickets have gone on sale today and are available online at broadbent.org or by phoning the Box Office on 01673 885500

Caroline Horton
presents
“You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissie”

January 1945, Paris is liberated. Christiane waits in Gare Du Nord for a ticket to England where she will be reunited her with her fiance. Whilst she waits, this gloriously irrepressible Madmoiselle recounts the extraordinary love story between her, an eccentric, acutely myopic Parisienne and a tongue-tied teacher from Staffordshire. From a chance encounter at Cheadle tennis club, their story takes us on to cosmopolitan 1930s Paris before their inevitable separation by war. A separation which she hopes, today will finally come to an end. A fond, comical and ultimately poignant portrait of one woman’s experience of love and war.

“You’re Not Like the Other Girls Chrissie” with be performed by Caroline Horton at the Broadbent Theatre on Sunday 16th of October.  Tickets are available online at http://broadbent.org/ or by calling the Box Office on 01673 885500

The Lindsey Rural Players own and run the Broadbent Theatre. We put on several plays each year and we invite you to come and direct with us!

All you need to do is ask us for a form, fill it in with your proposal and return it. You get to decide the play!

You can contact us on 01673 885500 or email box.office@broadbent.org

Tartuffe is a hilarious and outrageous classic.

Tartuffe, a roguish imposter, worms his way into the orderly household of prosperous yet naive merchant Orgon. He sets out to marry the daughter, seduce the wife, imprison Orgon and get his hands on the family fortune.

Cue disguises, thwarted lovers, eavesdropping and the famous ‘under the table scene’, one of the funniest comic set pieces ever written for the stage. Tartuffe is performed in a style with one foot in Commedia dell’Arte and the other in ‘Carry On’ yet with a relevance that will delight modern-day audiences.

Tartuffe is being performed at the Broadbent Theatre, Wickenby on Sunday 25th September 2011 at 7:30pm.  There are a few tickets left.  Tickets are available online at www.broadbent.org or by calling Patrick or Charlotte at the Box Office on 01673 885500.

“Wow!  NTCs Tartuffe is a truly outstanding production.  A super script, great direction and a drop dead brilliant cast made this one of the most enjoyable shows I’ve seen.” Alistair – Creative Arts East, Norfolk.

We’ll Gather Lilacs

Friday, May 27 & May 28 at 7:30pm

A revue of one Spring day in the gardens of ‘The Park Tea Rooms’, an Edwardian Tea-House

With a feast of songs ranging from Ivor Novello’s ‘WALTZ OF MY HEART’ to ‘THE SUN HAS GOT HIS HAT ON’ (Me and My Girl), ‘SINGING IN THE RAIN’, ‘THE ETON BOATING SONG’, ‘CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER’, ‘SOME ENCHANTED EVENING’ and ‘THE TEDDY BEARS PICNIC’.

This will be an enjoyable Edwardian evening, in full colour and song.