EASTGATE THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE A Fearful Woolf Virginia A Careful Horse McDonald A Nocturnal Bird Perth Theatre spring APRIL MAY JUNE 2017 BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 www.eastgatearts.com get in touch... Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre Eastgate Peebles EH45 8AD Box Office: 01721 725 777 Drop us a line at [email protected] Visit our website www.eastgatearts.com for more information about the theatre and to sign up to receive regular emails about things you're interested in. Follow us on Twitter@EastgateTheatre and Facebook/Eastgate Theatre discounts & information highlights... We offer a range of discounts on selected shows. Look out for the icons on the event listings. April Horse in Careful Horse McDonald tells “candid, fearless” story Friend of a Friend - if you are a Friend of the Eastgate, you can bring a friend with you for free One Man Shoe Magic and mayhem from the dazzling Jango Starr Friends of the Eastgate £2 off the first ticket Café Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Film Sundays 12.30 - 5pm until interval end on show nights. May Registered Disabled/Carer - £2 off full price ...28 Student Discount - £2 off full price Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra Plays Ellington, Basie, Mingus and more ...23 Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound Listen to Daphne shape the sound of electronic music Family - 1 adult + 3 children or 2 adults + 2 children for a group discount ...7 OAP - £2 off full price June Audio Description service available. MamaBabaMe A theatre, music, dance event for very small children and their grown ups ...29 Tweedlove Film Night The annual media overload of all things bike ...31 Printed using vegetable inks on FSC approved paper. All the carbon emissions generated in the printing of this programme will be offset by planting broadleaved trees in a local community woodland resulting in the print becoming completely carbon balanced. Front Cover: Book III, Vault IV Hidden Door, 2014 ...22 Brewband A new music/dance supergroup Child - £6 unless specified otherwise Opening times Box Office: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Film Sundays 12.30 - 5pm until interval end on show nights …6 The Eastgate Theatre gratefully acknowledges the support of Copyright © 2014 Felicity Bristow Photograph : Chris Park Photography Find out more about Felicity's work at www.felicitybristow.com Friends of the Eastgate The Friends of the Eastgate support and help to improve the theatre facilities in all sorts of ways from helping to buy new theatre lights to the satellite dish that makes live relays possible, from a new coffee machine to upgrading the computer system. This not only makes them feel very good (and more comfortable when they visit) they also benefit from • A £2 discount on tickets for most live shows • Buy One, Get One Free tickets for a specially selected show each month • A 10% discount on café purchases over £5 • Regular newsletters (with a prize draw) BOX OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY 10am - 5pm • Social events throughout the year UNTIL 8pm ON PERFORMANCE NIGHTS All this and the opportunity to see world class performances on your doorstep. All for only £25 a year subscription BOX OFFICE MORE INFO 01721 725 777 www.eastgatearts.com spotlight ... spring 2017 It’s great to see the Eastgate full of young people – whether they’re exploring the café, starting a new class in the studio, or going into the theatre for the first time. Their combination of energy, excitement and imagination means that anything can happen! And there are certainly lots of happenings to enjoy this spring ... First up is Hop and Bop, a weeklong course for young dancers during the Easter holidays. Then there’s an open day on 8th April when children (and adults) can sample some of our Engage classes, and go on to enjoy a funny and delightful show by Jango Starr called One Man Shoe. In May the focus shifts to teenagers, with an evening performance by the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra who can be relied on to deliver classic jazz repertoire with a brilliant combination of talent, skill, exuberance and verve. And young dancers will perform a new work about identity as a curtain-raiser for the extraordinary Brewband. In June it’s back to entertainment for and by younger children. Babies and toddlers have a treat in store when Starcatchers bring their captivating new show MamaBabaMe to the Eastgate. Meanwhile performers from as young as three years old have their own chance to star in Dare to Dance, featuring the junior students of Fiona Henderson School of Dance and Performing Arts. Caroline Adam General Manager To become a Friend of the Eastgate just ask at Box Office 2... for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...3 eg... Drama on Screen ...Drama NATIONAL THEATRE (ENCORE) presents PERTH THEATRE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEATRE BY THE LAKE, KESWICK RAPTURE THEATRE COMPANY presents presents And Then Come the Nightjars Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Twelfth Night Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Auditorium Auditorium Auditorium Auditorium Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity. Half a century after its premiere on The Old Vic stage, the play that made a young Tom Stoppard’s name overnight, returns to The Old Vic in this celebratory production. South Devon, 2001. Jeff is a vet with a problem. Michael is a cattle farmer who is a problem. The two men have a begrudging respect for each other and a blossoming friendship based on sharing a fag, a nip of whisky and boisterous banter. But when foot and mouth sweeps through the country, communities are thrown into chaos. Michael watches, in grief stricken disbelief, the shooting of his beloved cows. He also watches his friend brandish the gun. A marathon night of drink, debauchery and duplicity ensues as George and his wife Martha invite unsuspecting young couple, Nick and Honey, for a nightcap at their home. The drinks flow, spiked with laughs, acerbic wit and verbal sparring. NATIONAL THEATRE (LIVE) presents A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Sebastian is lost but his twin sister Viola is washed ashore and steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love. The nearby households of Olivia and Orsino are so overrun with passion that even Olivia's upright housekeeper Malvolia is swept up in the madness. Where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem, anything is possible. Simon Godwin directs this joyous new production with Tamsin Greig as a transformed Malvolia. an ensemble cast that includes Daniel Rigby, Tamara Lawrence, Doon Mackichan and Daniel Ezra. Against the backdrop of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this mind-bending situation comedy sees two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz (Daniel Radcliffe) and Guildenstern (Joshua McGuire), take centre stage. Increasingly out of their depth, the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of this iconic drama. In a literary hall of mirrors, Stoppard’s brilliantly funny, existential labyrinth sees us witness the ultimate identity crisis. By turns heart-breaking and hilarious, And Then Come the Nightjars is a tender portrait of male friendship and a requiem to rural life. Bea Robert’s play is a Theatre 503 and Bristol Old Vics production. The play is directed directed by David Leveaux. Thu 25 May 7pm £14, £10 for schoolchildren Thu 6 April 7pm £14, £10 for schoolchildren However as night turns to morning, haunting secrets are revealed! Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is one the great masterpieces of American theatre, scathingly funny and emotionally charged, brimming with dazzling language and unforgettable characters. “Albee is the most important American playwright of his generation!” Age: 12+ The New York Times Wed 12 April 7.30pm £14 www.rapturetheatre.co.uk “A savagely funny and sad play directed with real delicacy” Sat 13 May 7.30pm £14 Photograph Jack Sain The Guardian 4... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...5 eg... Drama ...Drama Horse in Careful BLOOD OF THE YOUNG AND TRON THEATRE presents Auditorium Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound There are times in life when you need to be careful: growing up gay in Lanark in the 70’s, when the reward is half a pack of fruit pastilles, when the lady on the train tells you about the doctor you should meet. These would be some of those times, but you’ll always be saved if you use your voice. Horse McDonald takes us on a journey from wearing twotone velvet loons to being one of Scotland’s most celebrated singers, and through those times when she had to be... Careful. Auditorium In 1942, seventeen-year-old Daphne Oram founded the worldfamous BBC Radiophonic Workshop and reshaped the entire development of electronic music. Daphne Oram was a pioneer of sound who cut a trailblazing path through uncharted musical territory. Her story is told by awardwinning ensemble Blood of the Young who have teamed up with SAY-nominated sound artist Anneke to explore the life and ideas of a true innovator who sacrificed everything for her art. Written by Lynn Ferguson, directed by Maggie Kinloch and produced by Gilded Balloon’s Karen Koren, Careful is Horse McDonald’s spellbinding debut play. This play is a visually arresting journey through Daphne’s life performed and live-scored by electronic sound artist Anneke Kampman. ★★★★★“Haunting, compelling, candid, fearless” Musical Theatre Review Fri 7 April 7.30pm £14 Photograph Kris Kesiak Wed 31 May 7.30pm £14 6... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...7 eg... Opera on Screen ...Ballet on Screen ROYAL OPERA (ENCORE) ROYAL OPERA (LIVE) ROYAL BALLET (LIVE) ROYAL BALLET (LIVE) presents presents presents presents Madama Butterfly Otello The Dream Jewels Auditorium Auditorium Symphonic Variations Marguerite and Armand Auditorium Puccini’s Madama Butterfly features ravishing music and the heartbreaking story of a loving geisha deserted by callous American husband B.F. Pinkerton (Marcelo Puente). Soprano Ermonela Jaho sings the title role for the first time at Covent Garden, in Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's stunning production. World-famous tenor Jonas Kaufmann makes his role debut as Otello in Verdi's passionate retelling of Shakespeare's great tragedy of jealousy, deception and murder. Soprano Maria Agresta is his Desdemona and baritone Ludovic Tézier his nemesis Iago in a new production by Olivier Award winning director Keith Warner. The exotic imagery of the Nagasaki setting is drawn from romanticized 19th-century Western ideas of Japan and Antonio Pappano conducts Sun 2 April 2pm £17, £10 for schoolchildren Verdi's Otello, with its exquisite duets, emotionally potent solo numbers and thrilling choruses draws on the full forces of the Orchestra and the Royal Opera Chorus and this stellar line-up of principal singers. Antonio Pappano conducts. Wed 28 June 7.15pm £17, £10 for schoolchildren Auditorium This gorgeous mixed programme demonstrates the great creative vision of Frederick Ashton, Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. The Dream is Ashton's adaptation of Shakespeare's riotous comedy in which a forest sprite plays havoc, armed with a love potion. Symphonic Variations was Ashton's first work after World War II, and one of the Company's first to be performed on the huge main stage of the Royal Opera House, in 1946. With six dancers performing a series of quartets, duets, sextets and solos to Franck’s brooding Variations Symphoniques, this seminal masterpiece celebrates the pure beauty of movement. Marguerite and Armand is Ashton's beautiful and emotional retelling of a well-known story, familiar to us through Verdi's opera La Traviata. Ashton famously created this poignant ballet for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in 1963. George Balanchine’s evocation of the sparkle of emeralds, rubies and diamonds is a brilliant ballet classic. The French romantic music of Fauré provides the impetus for the subtlety and lyricism of Emeralds, while the fire of Rubies comes from Stravinsky and the jazz-age energy of New York. Grandeur and elegance complete the ballet with the splendour of Imperial Russia and the peerless music of Tchaikovsky in Diamonds. Tue 11 April 7.15pm £17, £10 for schoolchildren Wed 7 June 7.15pm £17, £10 for schoolchildren 8... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...9 Music ...Music Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas Emily Smith and Jamie McClennan Imar Basco Auditorium Auditorium Auditorium Auditorium This five piece is Glasgow’s hottest new folk property. In just one year their debut video has been viewed more than 200,000 times - whilst their touring credits already include the opening set at 2016 Cambridge Folk Festival and Belgium’s Dranouter Festival just a week later. This tour is a celebrtation of the release of their debut album - Afterlight - released at Celtic Connections in January. Basco really just want to tell you some stories. Their music ranges from hard hitting, high-speed reels full of rosin dust and sweat, through sweet and melancholy tunes that tell of loves won and lost, fitful fever-dreams of fascinating texture to songs that, when you come down to it, are really just about sex. This musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented young California cellist Natalie Haas is the fulfilment of a long-standing musical dream for Fraser who was looking for a cellist who could help him return the cello to the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music. Haas, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, was only 15 when they played their first gig together. Today the duo tours the world displaying dazzling teamwork, driving, dancing rhythms, and their shared passion for improvising on the melody and the groove of Scottish tunes. “Haas is the percussive power to Fraser’s fiddle fireworks, providing syncopated, bowed underpinnings to his melodies and solos” The Patriot News www.alasdairandnatalie.com This year Emily Smith and Jamie McClennan celebrate 15 years of making music together. Their anniversary tour showcases a big new sound for the duo, with Emily’s beautiful voice and the couple’s sumptuous harmonies layered over sizzling double guitars, fiddle and accordion. The set features newly written songs paired with selected favourites. Since 2002, when he moved from New Zealand to Scotland, fiddle player Jamie McClennan has become an integral part of Emily’s sound, taking on the role of lead guitar and backing vocals and producing several of her albums. The duo has played its particular brand of folk/roots music throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia and North America. Their line-up features prize winning members of Mànran, RURA, Talisk and Barrule. Imar is Adam Brown (bodhrán), Adam Rhodes (bouzouki), Mohsen Amini (concertina), Ryan Murphy (uilleann pipes) and Tomás Callister (fiddle). “definitely an act to watch!” Songlines www.imarband.com Thu 20 April 7.30pm £14 Fri 16 June 7.30pm £14 Basco’s material is nearly all original, stealing shamelessly from Scandinavian, English, Celtic and American idioms. If you give it a chance, it’ll lure you into the forest, give you a magic sleeping draught and keep you prisoner in a gilded cage in a tower on a hill until a prince comes and saves you. But in a nice way…obviously. “Dazzling … Basco were definitely the weekend’s most popular discovery, with tremendous ensemble verve and richly textured arrangements” The Scotsman Sat 10 June 7.30pm £14 Thu 18 May 7.30pm £15 10... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...11 Music ...Music Woody Pines INNERLEITHEN MUSIC FESTIVAL presents a Fundraiser Concert with John McCusker, Heidi Talbot & Guests Auditorium Auditorium Nashville-based roots music hotshots Woody Pines have wowed the crowds on both sides of the Atlantic and last time they toured the UK, reviewers unanimously declared them to be one of the most entertaining acts on the Americana circuit. An evening of great music headlined by two celebrated musicians who now call the Tweed Valley home, together with guest spots from international stars and fine local musicians. John McCusker is an outstanding Scottish multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer long renowned for his skill at transcending musical boundaries, sharing stages with Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, Paolo Nutini, Eddi Reader and Jools Holland, and featuring on recordings by Mark Knopfler, Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene and Teenage Fanclub. “One of the UK’s most gifted greatest musicians in any genre” The Guardian Subtlety is Heidi Talbot’s magic ingredient. From her gossamer voice to the delicate re-working of traditional and contemporary material that have earned her rave reviews for her recordings and live performances. The girl from Co. Kildare, who spent several years in New York, slips effortlessly between musical worlds but retains a personal modesty rooted in traditional folk. “Simply vocal heaven” These Muddy Roots Records stars have won fans around the world, Maverick magazine praising their last release as “an intoxicating blend of rural and urban stringband, country blues and jug band music.” BBC Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris is a fan and regularly features tracks on his show. He invited the band to appear on the stage he hosted at the big C2C event at the 02 arena in London. The trio was one of the headline acts flown over to Scotland to take part in Glasgow’s Celtic Connections mid-winter bash two years ago, included for their “fiery moonshine spirit that sparkles with feelgood freshness”. “Go and see them, you won’t regret it”! American Roots UK www.woodypines.com The Sunday Times Innerleithen Music Festival runs 18-20 August www.innerleithenmusicfestival.com Wed 19 April 7.30pm £14 Tues 16 May 7.30pm £16 12... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...13 Music Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly Show Auditorium Happy Spring Holiday… Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly both grew up in the same part of Texas. They both recorded their earlier work in the Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, even at one point recording the same songs. Each artist brought a unique Texas influence to their music and each created a totally original, individual sound. Think of Only the Lonely and Crying, That’ll be the Day and Peggy Sue. In this tribute to two great artists Darren Paige is Roy Orbison and Marc Robinson is Buddy Holly, together bringing you a two hour show, featuring all of the hits and a few earlier tracks too! Engage is an invitation to involve yourself in arts, whatever your age, wherever you are…. Engage is classes, workshops, courses, performances, outreach events in the community in the community, and a free open day! Will Rock ‘n Roll ever die? That’ll be the day! Thu 11 May 7.30pm £17 …Read o you c n to see w an do hat , duri spring n g the holida y a n d in term time. BOX OFFICE 14... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 01721 725 777 www.eastgatearts.com Hop & Bop with Fiona Henderson School of Dance and Performing Arts A high energy, fun week of dance. Learn different dance styles as well as team work, performance and choreography skills. Age: 5 – 11 (primary school children) Mon 3 – Fri 7 April 9.30am – 1pm Performance for family and friends on Friday, 2pm £65 (includes a healthy snack each day and a commemorative t-shirt) Tickets 01721 725 777 creative classes for Mad Hatter Workshop young people… with Sara Best First shape funky foam into a top hat then choose decorations from feathers and badges, elaborate hat bands, tickets and patches and all sorts of other interesting things to turn it into a mad hatters top hat in this wacky workshop. Age: 7 – 12 Thursday 13 April 2 – 4pm £10, bring a brother or sister for £8 Tickets 01721 725 777 Engage Open Day Bursting with free fun for everyone, the Engage Open Day is a chance to have a go at any or all of the theatre’s different arts activities. Ever find yourself absentmindedly drumming? Maybe try the percussion workshop. Looking forward to collecting your Oscar one day? There are beginner’s drama workshops and masterclasses on offer. Budding Hockney or Hepworth? Art Sparks is probably for you. Add outdoor activities, dressing up and face painting. You can also find out how you can be part of a major dance/music performance on the main stage when choreographer Marc Brew brings Brewband to the Eastgate on Wednesday 3 May (see page 28 for more info).Why would you want to do anything else with your Saturday? Drop in on Saturday 8 April between 10am – 3pm, meet the Eastgate Engage team and find out how you can… Art Sparks with Anna Nicholson Make amazing original artwork, have lots of fun and let your imagination fly. Age: 7 - 11 Tuesdays 18 April – 13 June 4 -5pm £40.50 for 9 weeks or £5 each class Tickets 01721 725 777 Let’s Pretend with Jessica Johnson Reach for the stars this summer with these drama workshops for 3-5s that will culminate in an original, new production, inspired by the classic novel Le Petit Prince. The Wee Prince, inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 book and written by Clare Prenton, is a poetic tale about a pilot stranded in the Sahara desert, who meets a young Prince fallen to Earth from tiny Asteroid 325 (which the people on Earth call Asteroid B-612!) Age: 3 - 5 Mondays 24 April – 19 June (no class on 1 May) 10 – 10.45am £40 for 8 weeks OR Thursdays 27 April – 15 June 1.30 – 2.15pm £40 for 8 weeks Each class will present a short performance for family and friends on the final day of the term. …play…learn…create All tickets from Eastgate Box Office 01721 725777 Scottish Theatre & Music School with Derek Douglas This class teaches performance, role play, script work and improvisation. Build your confidence and have lots of fun. Thursdays 20 April – 15 June 5 – 6.15pm (classes on 20 April and 4 May will take place from 4 – 5.15pm) For details and to book, please contact Derek Douglas T: 07949 973388 E:[email protected] Dance Classes Fiona Henderson School of Dance and Performing Arts Classes in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Highland and Scottish National. From tots to teens, beginner to professional level. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays 18 April – 28 June For details, prices and booking contact Fiona Henderson T: 07894 881747 E: [email protected] Rhythm Kids Centrestage NEW with Frances Taylor with Douglas Roberts Shake, rattle, roll and sing in this lively class full of fun and musical games with percussion instruments. Age: 3-5 Thursdays 20 April – 15 June 10.15 – 11am £45 for 9 weeks Tickets 01721 725 777 Drama masterclass for young people interested in drama and stage performance. Learn theatre and drama skills through improvisation, theatre sports, scene-making, voice training and scriptwriting. This is a masterclass so some drama experience is required. Age: 12-18 Fridays 5 May – 16 June 2.30 – 3.50pm £65 for 7 weeks Tickets 01721 725 777 creative classes for adults... Dance with Fiona Henderson Modern Ballet (All levels) A modern take on this classical art form. Mondays 24 April – 12 June 7.15 – 8.15pm £36 for 8 weeks or £5 each class Tap (experienced) Get into the rhythm with this fast, fun (noisy) class. Tuesdays 18 April – 13 June 10 – 10.55am £40.50 for 9 weeks or £5 each class Classical Ballet (introductory) Take your first ballet steps, whatever your age! Wednesdays 19 April – 14 June 11 – 11.55am £40.50 for 9 weeks or £5 each class Jazz for Exercise Practise those jazz hands and so much more. Fridays 21 April – 16 June 10.45 – 11.40am £40.50 for 9 weeks or £5 each class Tap (introductory) Lace up your tap shoes and make some noise. Fridays 21 April – 16 June 11.45am – 12.40pm £40.50 for 9 weeks or £5 each class with Tigerlily A beginners class to help with confidence, toning, building flexibility in your hips and strength in your core. All women, any size or age, are welcome. This particular performance art, following basic Egyptian moves, will strengthen you physically, mentally and spiritually. Mondays 24 April – 12 June (no class on 15 May) 8.30 – 9.30pm £31.50 for 7 weeks or £5 each class Drama with Clare Prenton Acting Up Classical Ballet (experienced) Develop your balance, poise and posture. Tuesdays 18 April – 13 June 11 – 11.55am £40.50 for 9 weeks or £5 each class Dance Starlight Egyptian Bellydance Dance with LIVEforDANCE Just Jhoom! Bollywood dance fitness - energetic, glamorous and very tongue-in-cheek. Thursdays 27 April – 15 June 7 - 8pm (no class 4 May) £31.50 for 7 weeks or £5 each class If you are aged 55 + and interested in theatre, acting and plays then join theatre director and acting tutor Clare for a new adventure. Increase confidence, make some new friends. A bit like a book group - except this group will get up and do it! This spring’s theme is ‘reflection’. We will looking at works by Arthur Miller, Peter Brook and William Shakespeare. No experience required - just bring yourself. Mondays 8, 15 & 22 May 11am – 12.30pm £21 for 3 weeks or £7.50 each class Art & Textiles Let’s Dance Cast On with Ursula Rautenbach Burst out some moves in a range of different dance styles in this fun, energetic class. Thursdays 27 April – 15 June 8 - 9pm (no class 4 May) £31.50 for 7 weeks or £5 each class (Classes on 4 May will take place in Peebles High School Studio) Crochet your very own little Yuki rabbit. It makes a perfect gift but you may be tempted to keep it for yourself. Suitable for all levels but would help if you have crocheted before. Sun 11 & Sun 25 June 12.30 – 2.30pm £40 for both workshops (all materials included) All tickets from Eastgate Box Office 01721 725777 Music with Claire Garnett Peebles Players Lively music sessions for adults with disabilities. Sing well-loved songs, choose from a selection of colourful percussion and make music together with friends. More information from Claire. T: 01721 740 256 E: [email protected] Literature Writing Group A friendly and informal opportunity to bring, read and discuss new writing in poetry and prose. Fortnightly on Wednesdays. Contact box office 01721 725777 for the first date. 7pm Free Family ...Music JANGO STARR presents One Man Shoe The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra Auditorium When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight and embarks on a hilarious journey of highly crafted and heart-felt silent comedy, magically realising his dream of transforming into a star! This delightful show, bursting with slapstick comedy, puppetry, magic and juggling, is directed by Gerry Mulgrew, designed by Becky Minto and features original music by Philip Pinsky. ★★★★ “An ace creative team…has given Starr a subtly sophisticated framework that allows the naïve simplicity of his character to triumph.” Mary Brennan, Sunday Herald www.onemanshoe.uk Age: 5 – 11 and families Auditorium The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra returns with a fresh new line up bringing the talent, improvisational skills, exuberance and verve now eagerly anticipated when they take to the stage. The future of jazz in Scotland is assured as these gifted players, under the direction of Tommy Smith (Scotland’s most distinguished jazz musician), play a repertoire ranging from classics by Ellington, Basie, Mingus and Gillespie to present day big band tracks by Fred Sturm and Florian Ross. Enjoy an evening of wonderful jazz as these young musicians bring the music alive, playing with a collective maturity well beyond their years and featuring soloists of startling ambition and creativity. Sat 8 April 2.30pm £8, £5, £22 family of four "TSYJO smashed it!!! I think that they had the best performance and piece of the night" Fri 19 May 7.30pm £12, Free for schoolchildren 22... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...23 eg... ...Music Music MUSIC IN PEEBLES PEEBLES CONCERT BAND presents presents Aurea & Gildas String Quartets Spring Concert Clouds Harp Quartet Auditorium Auditorium Auditorium Spring into summer with the musicians of the Peebles Concert Band. This local band is made up of musicians ranging in age from 14 to 84, playing a variety of woodwind, brass, bass and percussion instruments. Elfair Grug Dyer, Rebecca Mills, Esther Swift and Angelina Warburton are four professional harpists who met when they studied at Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. They began playing as a harp quartet in 2007 and since then have released three CDs, toured extensively and even performed under the dinosaur in the Natural History Museum in London. Clouds’ music is written by Esther Swift and draws much from her background in folk music and improvisation though it is also influenced by jazz, blues, dance and many new found extended techniques. Strauss String Sextet from ‘Capriccio’, Op.85 12mins Korngold String Sextet in D major, Op.10 35mins Mendelssohn String Octet in E Flat, Op.20 32mins These two dynamic young string quartets have joined forces to become one of the most exciting new collaborations in UK chamber music, now able to perform larger scale repertoire. The concert culminates in a performance of Mendelssohn’s String Octet, probably the greatest work in the genre. The musicians are: Philip Brett, Rosemary Attree, Christopher Jones and Gemma Sharples (violins); Christine Anderson and Kay Stephen (violas); Abby Hayward and Anna Menzies (cellos). The concert will feature all sorts of music from classical to movie themes, musicals to marches, with a bit of 70s and 80s pop thrown in for good measure. It promises to be a fun night packed full of fabulous music! Conductor: Vaughan Fleischfresser Fri 12 May 7.30pm £10 Thu 1 June 7.30pm £12 www.musicinpeebles.org.uk Tue 4 April 7.30pm Tickets for each Music in Peebles concert are: £14, £7, free for MiP members and schoolchildren. 24... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...25 Music ...Music Blues and Jazz Review Budapest Café Orchestra Auditorium Auditorium Gary Martin presents a new show featuring some of Scotland’s top blues and jazz musicians. Led by jazz violin superstar Christian Garrick, the BCO evokes vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires - plus a few surprises along the way: good enough to make you want to book that holiday down the Danube! Richard O’Donnell opens the evening playing blues standards on piano. Next up is Blues and Beyond with Neil Warden on Weissenborn lap steel guitar/electric guitar and Gary Martin on harmonica/vocals. This roots lineup features special guest John Burgess on saxophone and clarinet. Hard to describe, they are as fantastically exciting as they are musically impressive, journeying far and wide across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer, Romanian Doinas and Hungarian Czardas. Expect surprises, diversions and adventures along the way. Headline is the Jansen Interceptors. This five piece band plays in the classic blues style. Fronted by Gary Martin, the bank features John Bruce on electric guitar and special guest John Burgess on tenor saxophone as they tear through a mix of covers and original blues compositions. Their infectious energy will sweep you off your feet and stay in your heart forever. Tue 9 May 7.30 £14 Sat 22 April 7.30pm £12 26... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...27 eg... Music ... eg ...Dance ...Family MARC BREW COMPANY presents Brewband Auditorium Scotland’s latest super band – blurs boundaries and challenges people’s perceptions of identity. Created by award winning disabled choreographer Marc Brew this inclusive music and dance performance brings together top Scottish rock artists Graeme Smillie, Jill O’Sullivan and Peter Kelly with talented dancer/musicians Martyn Garside, Marta Masiero and Alice Sheppard. The evening will be promenade style, melding rock music with Marc Brew’s distinctive choreography, to create an exciting evening as much a music gig as it is a dance performance. STARCATCHERS AND CURIOUS SEED presents presents Dare to Dance MamaBabaMe Auditorium Auditorium Join the pupils of the FHSD Junior school aged 5 to 11 years for this dance extravaganza. Come and see the youngest pupils of the school perform all the new steps they have learned in the last 12 months in a variety of theatrical dances in ballet, tap, modern, jazz and highland dance. Every new relationship is a journey – it can be tender, competitive, challenging, joyful. But where does that begin? Sat 3 June 2017 and Sun 4 June 2.30pm £10, £5 for schoolchildren “Bursting with exciting choreography.” The Scotsman Local dancers have joined forces with musicians from Peebles Players to create their own short piece influenced by themes of inclusiveness and identity. They will perform it as a curtain raiser for Brewband. Join us at the ringside of our mini arena for MamaBabaMe to witness this exciting new dance, theatre and live music experience made especially for little ones and their grown-ups. Through playful movement, dance and sound, MamaBabaMe explores these profound new relationships and how this eternal bond evolves and grows. Everyone will recognise something of their own relationships, as parent or child – this is a show for young children and anyone who’s ever been one! www.starcatchers.org.uk Wed 3 May 7.30pm £12 28... FIONA HENDERSON SCHOOL OF DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS Fri 9 June 11.30am and 2.30pm £8, £5 for under 12s, FREE for under 2s EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...29 Drama …Film & Exhibition Tweedlove Film Night TWEED THEATRE Auditorium presents Bite Sized Entertainments Bad Dates and The Last Flapper Studio Studio Bite Sized is back. These popular lunchtime events offer opportunities for older audiences to enjoy high quality entertainment, a light, healthy lunch and good company. A double bill of intriguing one-woman shows. 5 April Expect the unexpected. 12 April Mary Kenny tells stories of wonder, romance and history. Stories inhabited by heroes, heroines and giants. Usually warm, sometimes scary, always fun. 19 April The Lorraine Mulholland Jazz Trio – does exactly what it says in the title. 26 April Nick Jenkins - Intricate, fast, folk music played on the fiddle. Some tunes you will probably know, others may be new to you. But you won’t be able to listen and keep your feet still. Wed 5, 12, 19 and 26 April 12.30 – 1.30pm £5 (includes lunch) Bad Dates Join vivacious American Hayley preparing for a date. As she chooses shoes and outfits, she relates her life story and describes the horrendously bad dates she has had so far. Hayley shares her love of work, shoes, her daughter Vera, and sex. Hilarious, poignant and ultimately life affirming, this play will have you laughing, crying and hoping, along with Hayley, that it’ll be OK in the end! The Last Flapper Join Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of the famous author, F ‘Scotch’ Fitzgerald, and share her last day inside a lunatic asylum. This play is based on Zelda’s letters and stories and is at times frightening and scarily funny, at others heartbreakingly sad. The Last Flapper is a reminder of this often ignored aspect of health. The Tweedlove Film Night 2017 will be a media overload with inspirational talks, slideshows, short films and the same fun vibe as always. The prizes for the Tweedlove Short Film Competition will be awarded and all the winning films will be shown. As well as films, prizes will be awarded to the amateur and professional photographers who captured the best still images of biking this year. The stills will be exhibited in the studio. Thu 8 7.30pm Tickets £10, £7 Thanks to our sponsors: Shimano, Ian Linton, Three Fishes Gallery and Lemon Digital Tweedlove Photo Exhibition This is an exhibition of stunning stills taken by amateur and professional photographers. The Tweedlove Photo Exhibition features bikers doing what they love in favourite places locally and across the world. Prizes will be awarded for the best images captured by amateurs and professionals. Thu 8 June – 3 July Free Thu 4, Fri 5, Sat 6 May 7.30pm £10 Thanks to our sponsors: Ian Linton, Three Fishes Gallery and Lemon Digital The studio exhibition space is also used daily for classes and workshops – please telephone 01721 725777 to check when you can access the exhibition. 30... EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...31 eg... Film This is the Film Sunday programme for the first two months of this season. The film programme can occasionally be affected by distribution problems – so please look online www.eastgatearts.com or in the printed film brochure for updates. Ticket prices for Sunday Cinema are £9 for adults, £6 for schoolchildren and £25 for a family of four. Please check the film certificate before booking. Sunday 2 April Hidden Figures 7.30pm The incredible story of three brilliant AfricanAmerican women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind the extraordinary operation o launch astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big. Sunday 16 April Beauty and the Beast 2.30pm This new version of Walt Disney’s magical classic captures the fantastic journey of Belle, taken by the Beast, who befriends the castle's enchanted staff - a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others - and ultimately sees beneath the Beast's hideous exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince. Moonlight 4.30pm The tender, heart-breaking story of a young man's struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality. 32... 20th Century Women 7.30pm During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara single mom and boarding house landlord decides the best way she can parent her teenage son is to enlist her young tenants - a quirky punk photographer a mellow handyman and her son's shrewd best friend - to serve as role models in a changing world. Stars Annette Bening as mom Dorothea. Viceroy’s House 4.30pm In 1947 Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people. He lives upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants live downstairs. Trespass Against Us 7.30pm The Cutler family live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of Britain's countryside. Chad Cutler (Michael Fassbender) has been groomed by his bruising father Colby (Brendan Gleeson) to spend his life hunting, thieving and tormenting the police. As Chad’s son Tyson grows, Chad finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future of his young family. The film features incredible performances - and an astonishing score by The Chemical Brothers. Sunday 30 April 2.30pm Smurfs: The Lost Village A mysterious map sets Smurfette and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on a race against the evil wizard Gargamel through the Forbidden Forest to find a mysterious lost village. Their course leads to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history! Sunday 14 May The Boss Baby 2.30pm Meet a most unusual baby. He wears a suit, speaks with the voice and wit of Alec Baldwin, and stars in this hilariously universal story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told by 7 year old Tim a wildly imaginative, delightfully unreliable narrator. The Lost City of Z 4.30pm The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization. Ridiculed by the scientific establishment, Fawcett returns time and again in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. The Sense of an Ending 7.30pm Tony Webster leads a reclusive and quiet existence until long buried secrets from his past force him to face the flawed recollections of his younger self, the truth about his first love and the devastating consequences of decisions made a lifetime ago. Based on the novel by Julian Barnes. Sunday 28 May Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience 2.30pm Join Peppa for plenty of snorts, giggles and jumping up and down in muddy puddles! Nine new episodes are linked with never-before-seen interactive entertainment featuring live action Peppa and George characters and their friend Daisy, in her colourful new world. Elle 4.30pm Michèle (Isabelle Huppert) seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game, a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control. The film is in French with subtitles. Their Finest 7.30pm With London emptied of men now fighting at the Front, Catrin Cole lands herself a job writing copy for propaganda films and is noticed by dashing movie producer Buckley. With the country's morale at stake, Catrin, Buckley and the crew work furiously to make a film that will warm the hearts of the nation. Catrin soon discovers there is as much drama, comedy and passion behind the camera as there is onscreen. Stars Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy, Sam Claflin and Richard E Grant. Sunday 25 June 2.30pm, 4.30pm & 7.30pm See Press for details. ...33 eg... How to find us... By CAR From the north – follow the A703 south into Peebles, and turn right just after Holland & Sherry into the Edinburgh Road Car Park. From the south/west – from the A72 into Peebles, turn left at the Tweed Bridge roundabout and continue along the High Street for about half a mile. At the Esso Garage, turn left at the roundabout onto the A703 and then turn left into the Edinburgh Road Car Park. Friends Quiz Night From the south/east – from the A72 into Peebles, turn right onto the A703 at the Esso garage, then turn left into the Edinburgh Road Car Park. The annual mind boggling quiz returns. Pick your team and then relax with a drink (pub quiz style) and try to answer all sorts of questions on all sorts of subjects. By BUS – local services available to/from Edinburgh via Penicuik, and to/from Galashiels via Innerleithen and Walkerburn. The nearest bus stop is opposite the front of the theatre. Individuals welcome, come early and assemble into impromptu teams. There are great prizes and we promise lots of fun while you help raise funds for the Eastgate. Fri 21 April 7.30pm £5 each person (max 5 in a team) Parking The nearest car park is the Edinburgh Road Car Park where it’s free to park every day except Saturday between 8.30am and 5.30pm. From the car park, take the pedestrian footpath into town and we are immediately on your right. useful information... Tickets You can buy tickets in person at Box Office, over the phone on 01721 725777 or online at www.eastgatearts.com We accept cash, cheques, debit cards and credit cards (except AmEx). Tickets can be kept at the box office for collection, or posted out for a £1.50 charge. Use the seating plan below to select the seats you’d like. Please note row A is reserved for wheelchair users and cannot be booked online. Reservations We will only reserve tickets for groups of 10 or more. Any group reservations not paid for within an agreed timescale will be released for general sale. 9 10 3 4 5 6 N 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 2 3 4 5 6 M 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 L 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 K 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 J 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 H 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 F 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 E 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 D 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 C 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 B 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 A 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 6 2 1 4 R AREA A THE STALLS 2 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 6 P 1 9 10 11 8 7 6 6 Q 5 1 AREA B THE GALLERY 5 5 4 STAGE AREA B THE GALLERY 4 4 3 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 34... 3 2 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Tickets are available from Eastgate Theatre Box Office 01721 725777 or online www.eastgatearts.com www.shakespeare-at-traquair.co.uk 2 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Shakespeare’s fairy tale of love and laughter, blindness and betrayal, redemptions and reconciliation. And a bear. Promenade performances in the grounds of Traquair House, the oldest inhabited house in Scotland. Wed 31 May to Sat 3 June, 7.30pm Wed 7 June to Sat 10 June, 7.30pm 1 P S Directed by David Bon Q R The Winter’s Tale S Restricted View Refunds Refunds are only given if a show has to be cancelled. Tickets may be exchanged or transferred at the discretion of the Box Office Manager. For shows which sell out we will try to resell your tickets, but this cannot be guaranteed. Data protection All customer details are confidential and we never share or sell them with anyone else. Please help us to keep your details up to date. Special effects We will inform you as soon as we find out a show has special effects. Often we are not told in advance so please look out for signs in the foyer. Latecomers If you are delayed and miss a show start time we will do our best to admit you as soon as we can to a seat at the back of the auditorium (to minimise disturbance). You may have to wait until a suitable break in the performance and, occasionally, until the interval. Accessibility The Eastgate has level access, adapted toilet facilities and a passenger lift. Wheelchair spaces are available on the front row of the auditorium (please book in advance through Box Office). Babies/young children Are welcome - we have baby changing facilities, high chairs and kids lunch boxes in the café. In the theatre under 2 year olds are classified as babes in arms and can sit on adult’s knees but must still have a ticket (it will be issued free by box office). Adults may be asked to remove noisy children from the theatre. Assist dogs Are welcome, the front row offers the best space for dogs to lie down beside their owners, just ask at box office. Alterations to programme We do our best to make sure that all the information in this brochure is correct at the time we go to press. However, sometimes circumstances beyond our control mean that prices or line-ups might change; and we reserve the right to be human and make the odd mistake. Follow us on Twitter@EastgateTheatre and Facebook/Eastgate Theatre for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com ...35 EASTGATE THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE What’s on... BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 www.eastgatearts.com eg... April Sun 2 Sun 2 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 8 Tue 11 Wed12 Wed 12 Sun 16 Sun 16 Sun 16 Wed 19 Wed 19 Thu 20 Fri 21 Sat 22 Wed 26 Sun 30 Sun 30 Sun 30 Opera: ROH (Encore) Madama Butterfly Film: Hidden Figures Music: MiP Aurea & Gildas String Quartets Bite Sized Entertainment Drama: NT (Live) Twelfth Night Drama: Horse in Careful Family: One Man Shoe Dance: RB (Live) Jewels Bite Sized Entertainment Drama: And Then Come the Nightjars Film: Beauty and the Beast Film: Moonlight Film: 20th Century Women Bite Sized Entertainment Music: Woody Pines Music: Imar Quiz: Friends Quiz Night Music: Blues & Jazz Review Bite Sized Entertainment Film: Smurfs: The Lost Village Film: Viceroy’s House Film: Trespass Against Us 2pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 12.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 2.30pm 7.15pm 12.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm 4.30pm 7.30pm 12.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 12.30pm 2.30pm 4.30pm 7.30pm £17 £9 £14 £5 £14 £14 £8 £17 £5 £14 £9 £9 £9 £5 £14 £14 £5 £12 £5 £9 £9 £9 8 32 24 30 4 6 22 9 30 5 32 32 32 30 13 11 34 26 30 32 33 33 Dance/Music: Brewband Drama: TT Bad Dates & The Last Flapper Music: Budapest Café Orchestra Music: Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly Music: PCB Spring Concert Drama: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Film:The Boss Baby Film: The Lost City of Z Film: The Sense of An Ending Music: IMF John McCusker & Heidi Talbot Music: Alastair Fraser & Natalie Haas Music: Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra Drama: NT (Encore) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Film: Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience Film: Elle Film: Their Finest Drama: Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm 4.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7pm 2.30pm 4.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm £12 £10 £14 £17 £10 £14 £9 £9 £9 £16 £15 £12 £14 £9 £9 £9 £14 28 30 27 14 25 5 33 33 33 12 10 23 4 33 33 33 7 Music: Clouds Harp Quartet Dance: FHSD Dare to Dance Dance: RB (Live) The Dream Film: Tweedlove Film Night Drama: MamaBabaMe Music: Basco Music: Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan Film: See Press for details Film: See Press for details Film: See Press for details Opera: ROH (Live) Otello 7.30pm 2.30pm 7.15pm 7.30pm 11.30 & 2.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm 4.30pm 7.30pm 7.15pm £12 £10 £17 £10 £8 £14 £14 £9 £9 £9 £17 25 29 9 31 29 11 10 33 33 33 8 Wed 3 Thu 4, Fri 5 & Sat 6 Tue 9 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Tue 16 Thu 18 Fri 19 Thu 25 Sun 28 Sun 28 Sun 28 Wed 31 June Thu 1 Sat 3 & Sun 4 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Fri 16 Sun 25 Sun 25 Sun 25 Wed 28 Visit www.eastgatearts.com to download a bigger printable version for your noticeboard All information correct at the time of going to print. designed and produced whitenoisecreative.com May
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