THEATRE

The Sound of Music

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 20:00 to Saturday, September 17, 2016 - 20:00
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Bill Kenwright’s production of one of the greatest family musicals of all time, The Sound of Music comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth Tuesday 13 – Saturday 17 September.

BBC1’s The Voice runner-up and award-nominated Lucy O’Byrne continues in the role of Maria in this spectacular five-star production. Star of stage and screen Andrew Lancel joins the company as Captain Von Trapp and Rebecca Caine as Mother Abbess.

This wonderfully lavish staging of the classic musical is produced by Bill Kenwright, directed by Martin Connor, choreographed by Olivier Award winner Bill Deamer...

Bea Roberts’ And Then Come The Nightjars comes to Plymouth

And Then Come The Nightjars (★★★★ The Daily Telegraph, ★★★★ The Guardian, ★★★★ London Evening Standard), the critically acclaimed play by Bea Roberts will be playing at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth from 20th – 24th September 2016.

Directed by Paul Robinson (My Mother Said I Never Should, Land Of Our Fathers) and starring David Fielder and Nigel Hastings, this poignant and...

TRAC legacy funding supports Theatre Royal Plymouth projects

The Trustees of TRAC (Theatre Royal Applause Club), a separate charity from the Theatre Royal Plymouth, have generously supported a number of projects at the venue with their residual legacy funding following the Theatre starting their own membership scheme last year.

The TRAC Trustees looked to support improvement projects in the Theatre allocated from their remaining funds. After...

The Wind in the Willows official trailer released

A new video trailer has been released including never-before-heard score for the highly-anticipated major new musical theatre adaptation of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS.

Adapted for the stage by Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS will open at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from 8th October 2016.

As previously announced, comedian, actor and...

Mary Poppins

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 22:30 to Saturday, September 3, 2016 - 22:30
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Disney and Cameron Mackintosh present the multi award-winning musical Mary Poppins. The magical story of the world’s favourite Nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane has been triumphantly and spectacularly brought to the stage with dazzling choreography, incredible effects and unforgettable songs.

The stage production of Mary Poppins is brilliantly adapted from the wonderful stories by PL Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film. It is co-created by Cameron Mackintosh and has a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter and Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes. With a timeless score by...

Let It Be

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Monday, July 25, 2016 - 20:30 to Saturday, July 30, 2016 - 20:30
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The international hit show that celebrates the music of The Beatles is coming to Plymouth! Let It Be showcases the music of the world’s most successful rock ‘n’ roll band, in a spectacular concert charting the band’s meteoric rise from their humble beginnings in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, through the height of Beatlemania, to their later studio masterpieces. The show is packed with over forty of The Beatles’ greatest hits including: Twist and Shout, She Loves You and A Hard Day’s Night, as well as global megahits Yesterday, Hey Jude, Come Together and of course, Let It Be.

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Chicago

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Monday, July 18, 2016 - 20:30 to Saturday, July 23, 2016 - 20:30
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“Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery… all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts”… so begins the international award winning Broadway and West End musical, Chicago, which comes to Plymouth for one week only starring West End and EastEnders actor and Celebrity Big Brother star John Partridge (Cats, A Chorus Line, Miss Saigon, Starlight Express) as Billy Flynn.

Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with cell block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from...

Breakfast at Tiffany's - The Play

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 20:30 to Saturday, June 25, 2016 - 20:30
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the classic tale of Holly Golightly written by Truman Capote and so memorably portrayed by Audrey Hepburn in the iconic 1961 film, is being given a new lease of life in 2016 as a stage play with music in a sparkling, sophisticated production starring the multi award-winning Pixie Lott as Holly.

Adapted by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony and Olivier Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg and directed by Nikolai Foster, this tale of vivacious, good-time girl Holly Golightly and her fantastical existence in 1940s New York City, is told through the eyes of...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 20:30 to Sunday, June 19, 2016 - 20:30
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Watch out! The most fantasmagorical musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, lands in Plymouth in 2016. One of the world’s favourite musicals, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will have audiences of all ages flying high with its mixture of madness, intrigue and exuberance.

Can the loveable but whacky inventor, Potts, along with his two children and the gorgeous Truly Scrumptious outwit the bombastic Baron Bomburst who has decreed that all children be banished from his kingdom? What happens when the children are caught and imprisoned with the other youngsters by the evil Childcatcher? Will it all...

1972 - The Future of Sex

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 20:30 to Saturday, June 18, 2016 - 20:30
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t’s 1972. An era of possibility, polyester and pubic hair.

Ziggy Stardust is on Top of the Pops, Penny is writing an essay on Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Christine is watching Deepthroat. Brian is confused.

The Wardrobe Ensemble tell the story of the class of ‘72 with a handsome funk guitarist and some spacehoppers. Was it easier back then? Where did we go wrong? A brisk romp through the ins and outs of those excellently awkward first sexual encounters.

http://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2016/1972-the-future-of-sex/

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