What’sOn
Welcome to Northwich Memorial Court’s
Spring / Summer 2017 guide.
We’ve gone all out in 2017 with
a bumper packed list of shows
available over the next several
months.
Join us for music, comedy
and drama, all taking place in
Northwich Memorial Court.
What to Expect
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Manford’s Comedy Club
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The Supersonic 70s Show
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Music and Memories
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Happy Hour
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Showaddywaddy5
Live/Wire5
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
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The Mersey Beats
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Ed Sheeran Tribute
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Vienna Festival Ballet - Cinderella
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Elvis8
Robin Hood
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Chip Shop Chips
10
90s Night
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Metamorphosis11
Let’s Hang On
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Avenue Q
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Doris the Dragon
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Calamity Jane
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The Giant’s Loo Roll
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Pink Floydian
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Motown and Philidelphia Show
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An Evening of Dirty Dancing
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Dance At Brio
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To book shows, for more information or for any other enquiries contact the Northwich Memorial
Court Box Office on 01606 261100 or visit www.brioleisure.org/whatson to book online.
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Box Office 01606 261 100
3 February, 3 March, 5 May,
2 June, 7 July, 1 September
Doors open 7.00pm
Show stars 8.00pm
Manford’s
Comedy Club
After wondering why local
stand up comedy wasn’t a
popular choice for a night out
with friends, Jason Manford set
out to change everyone’s mind!
Adamant that an evening full
of belly-laughs and a table
full of friends would change
opinions, he gathered a few of
his favourite comedians from
the circuit and booked them in
to a regular slot each month at
Northwich Memorial Court.
New and familiar faces will
be up; Jason Manford and John
Bishop have even visited in the
past, so you never know who’ll
be popping up but there’ll be
laughs-a-plenty!
In the words of Jason Manford:
Keep on laughin’ folks, and
remember, there’s nothing
like live!
Book online at www.brioleisure.org/whatson
£12.50
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Friday 27 January
8.00pm
Tuesday 14 February
2.00pm
The Supersonic
70s Show
Music and Memories
It’s the hottest ticket in town! An
incredible live show so jam-packed with
classic 70s hits it’s no wonder it’s been
described as “the best 70s show of it’s
kind - West End quality”.
Led by the ‘Catsuit Wondergirl’ Janey
Bombshell, ‘Supersonic 70s’ will take you
back to when Pop was at it’s peak.
Now, add the classic sounds of ‘Saturday
Night Fever’, ‘Grease’, and even those
winning ‘UK Eurovision hits’, with humour
aplenty, you have a sensational show
simply too good to miss.
Neil Sands and his wonderful West
End cast are back with a new 2017
production, which promises to be their
biggest and most spectacular yet!
Travel back down memory lane, through
the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s.
Nothing brings back memories like music
and this feel-good afternoon is filled
with more than 60 songs from the old
time sing-alongs, to the pop hits of the
swinging 60s, ever popular show tunes
to the rocking 50s, timeless 40s classics
and a flag-waving tribute to the veterans
of the armed forces with the songs that
won the war.
All mixed with amazing vocals, over 40
stunning costume changes and tons of
good old fashioned fun!
£17.50
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£12.00, £10.00 CONCESSIONS
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Thursday 16 February
7.30pm
Friday 24 February
8.00pm
Friday 10 March
8.00pm
Happy Hour
Showaddywaddy
Live/Wire
Tmesis Theatre’s new production
combines Tmesis’ trademark
physicality, an eclectic soundtrack
and stunning visuals with text
from writer Chris Fittock.
SHOWADDYWADDY have long
been established as Europe’s
most successful ever exponents
of retro-inspired rock and roll. The
record simply speaks for itself!
Live/Wire is The AC/DC Show.
The workers on Level 3 are
racing against the clock to
reach their quota of Smiley
Faces, but are they really
happy enough? A poignant,
fast paced, comedy exploring
our 21st century obsession with
happiness and success.
23 Top 40 hit singles, including
10 Top 5 hits “Under The Moon
of Love,” “When,” “You Got What
It Takes,” “3 Steps To Heaven,”
“Hey Rock & Roll” and many more.
15 massive selling albums
(including the Christmas number
1 in 1978).
Can we learn to be happy? And
can our emotions be bought
and sold?
An incredible live show - acclaimed
the world over!
The ‘happiness industry’ would
have us think so...
In excess of 50 Top of the Pops
performances, and countless
industry awards!
£12.00, £10.00 CONCESSIONS,
£8.00 SCHOOLS
Book online at www.brioleisure.org/whatson
£22.00
The unique six-man tribute to
rock music’s greatest band
AC/DC, complete with cannons,
a wall of Marshalls and over two
hours of high voltage rock.
Back in Black, Rosie, and
Highway to Hell are all
there, and the songs keep on
coming until the cannons fire
ceremoniously to bring the
evening to a superb crescendo.
If by this time you are still
standing… we salute you!
£14.00
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Thursday 23 February
11.30am and 2.00pm
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Sorcerer’s
Apprentice
Charlie Hubble is a little boy
with a very big dream, he wants
to be a world-class magician.
So, he saves up his pocket
money to buy The Big Book of
Magic for Trainee Magicians.
Then he sets off to Mr. Zacoor’s
Toy Shop to buy his spellbook
But Mr. Zacoor is no ordinary
shopkeeper.
This delightful new show
comes to life with an irresistible
blend of music, puppetry and
storytelling.
He’s a real life Sorcerer! And
he has a very special job for
Charlie.
Little people aged 3-7 will love
this funny, heartwarming tale
but big people will have lots
of fun, too!
£10.00, £36.00 FAMILY
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Friday 17 March
7.30pm
Saturday 18 March
7.30pm
The Merseybeats
Ed Sheeran Tribute
Supported by the 68s.
Ed Sheeran tribute Daniel East performs
all of Ed Sheeran’s biggest hits with
uncanny accuracy.
The Merseybeats are from the Golden Age
of 60s music when Liverpool ruled the
airwaves and the charts.
Fronted by original lead singers Tony Crane
and Billy Kinsley they continue to thrill
audiences with their entertaining stage
show.
Don’t miss this evening of 60s nostalgia!
All proceeds go to Relate Cheshire and
Merseyside, Reg Charity No 1064180.
£19.50
Book online at www.brioleisure.org/whatson
Daniel East is already a prolific guitar/
vocal entertainer that has won favour
in some of the UK’s leading venues,
festivals and private functions.
He creates his Ed Sheeran tribute
show in a unique and totally live
format playing the same guitar, and
using his Boss Loop Pedal to layer his
songs exactly how the real Ed Sheeran
performs, add to that, Daniels stunning
vocal abilities and what you get is a
truly amazing stage performance.
£10.00
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Saturday 25 March
7.30pm
Vienna
Festival Ballet
- Cinderella
Vienna Festival Ballet is proud to
present their new Spring Ballet
for the 2017 Season – the classic
tale of Cinderella one of the bestknown rags-to-riches fairy tales
of all time.
A mistreated young girl, a glass
slipper, two comical ugly stepsisters and a handsome prince
combine to make the perfect
piece of story-telling.
“An excellent company of
talented young dancers. Their
energy and enthusiasm is
breath-taking.”
Cinderella is based on the
traditional story, the ballet
will surely touch and reach
out to everyone’s heart,
with its combination of pure
classical dancing and a touch of
pantomime.
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£20.00, £18.00 CONCESSIONS,
£16.00 CHILDREN
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Wednesday 2 and
Thursday 3 April
2.00pm and 6.00pm
Robin Hood
Anton Benson Productions
are proud to bring the fun and
frolics of panto to Sherwood
Forest as Robin Hood and his
Merry Men battle to outwit the
dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham.
Starring Gareth Gates as Robin
Hood, with further star casting
yet to be announced.
Will Robin seize the day and
win the hand of his fair Maid
Marion? All will be revealed in
another laugh-a-minute, allsinging, all-dancing rollercoaster
ride through pantoland! Coming
Easter 2017!
£15.50 ADULT, £13.00 CHILD , £13.50
CONCESSION, £52.00 FAMILY
Book online at www.brioleisure.org/whatson
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Tuesday 25 April
7.00pm
Chip Shop
Chips
A new play by Becky Prestwich.
“She’s not going anywhere yet.
Even if it’s just for tonight - he
won’t unwish it. They can have
now. And then years after,
they’ll still get a shiver from the
memories.”
It’s the grand reopening of
Booth and Son’s Fish & Chip
Shop.
Eric has returned home, over
forty years after he left, and it’s
time for a fresh start.
But old flame Christine has
other ideas. Transported
back to a time of chippy teas
and Northern Soul, there’s
unfinished business for these
old lovers.
Watching teenage love stumble
as hapless Lee makes a pass at
the beautiful Jasmine, is it all
just history repeating? Focusing
on love at different ages
and celebrating the nation’s
favourite food, Chip Shop Chips
heads nationwide following a
completely sold out Northern
tour in Spring 2016.
Performing in unusual spaces
across the country, brace
yourself for an immersive love
story set to a soundtrack of
Northern Soul and served with a
fish and chip supper.
This is theatre, but not as you
know it: dinner and a show all
rolled into one with a fish and
chip supper included!
£14.00
Includes a fish and chip supper!
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Box Office 01606 261 100
Friday 28 April
8.00pm
Friday 12 May
7.30pm
90s Night - The
Clone Roses
Metamorphosis
The Stone Roses are without
doubt one of the most important
bands of British music and their
music has influenced and inspired
many artists.
A darkly funny & deeply disturbing
play by Steven Berkoff. Based on
the novella by Franz Kafka.
The Clone Roses are the longest
serving and most popular Roses
Tribute playing live today.
Expect to hear all the classics,
“Waterfall”, “Made of Stone”, “I
am the Resurrection” along with
the new songs “All for One” and
“Beautiful Thing.”
Waking to find himself
transformed into a dung beetle
one morning, Gregor must now
grossly consider his options... A
famous Kafka work, adapted by
a treasured English playwright,
“Metamorphosis” casts its beady
eyes over the norms of society,
illustrating the alienation of one
painfully normal individual with
deft surrealism.
If you’ve never seen the real deal
or want to re-live the best gig
you’ve been to then “The Clones”
will deliver the next best thing!
One of the most resonantly
strange stories ever brought to
stage, this critically acclaimed
adaptation by Steven Berkoff
plunges into the extremity of
Kafka’s dark humour, and reveals a
tremulous human heart.
£12.00
£12.00, £10.00 CONCESSIONS,
£8.00 SCHOOLS
Book online at www.brioleisure.org/whatson
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Friday 19 May
8.00pm
Let’s Hang On
Discover how four New Jersey
boys from the wrong side of
the tracks invented their own
sound, wrote their own songs
and became one of the biggest
pop sensations of all time.
The story…the music…the
sound…. Let’s Hang On give
you it all in this remarkable
live production, so book your
tickets now and find out why
audiences are leaving saying..
Oh what a night!
£22.00
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Box Office 01606 261 100
24 to 27 May
7.30pm
Thursday 1 June
2.00pm
Avenue Q
Doris the Dragon
Knutsford Musical Theatre Company
present the outrageous Avenue Q!
Come and join Doris and her fiery friends
in a brand new fun packed show!
Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez
(co-creator of Book of Mormon and writer
of the songs for Disney’s Frozen) Avenue
Q is an irresistibly charming musical
which tells the story of the loveable
characters on a downtown New York
street trying to make sense of life’s
burning issues.
When the owners of a dingy old
castle that Doris the Dragon has been
protecting move out, Doris decides to
put the empty castle to good use! An
inexperienced dragon catcher arrives at
the castle, Doris persuades him to ditch
his job and together they transform the
castle into a home for down and out
dragons.
Hilarious, cheeky and uproariously
entertaining, with a terrific batch of
songs performed by a cast of hugely
talented performers and puppets,
Avenue Q is the musical like no other.
£16.00, £14.00 CONCESSIONS
Book online at www.brioleisure.org/whatson
News spreads quickly about the new den
and dragons from all over the country
arrive! However magic and mischief
ensue as Doris’s new fiery family take
turns looking after an unhatched baby
dragon egg!
£10.00 ADULT, £8.00 CHILD,
£32.00 FAMILY
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Sunday 16 June
7.30pm
21 to 24 June
7.30pm
Elvis
Calamity Jane
Prepare to be all shook up! Elvis tribute
Paul Larcombe is set to rock Northwich
with his very special Vegas performance
for local charity The Joshua Tree on
Friday 16th June 2017.
It will be ‘Girl Power’ Wild West style for
Vale Royal Musical Theatre’s production
of the musical comedy ‘Calamity Jane’. A
rootin’, tootin’ show, packed with action,
dances and feel good songs including:
‘The Deadwood Stage’, ‘Windy City’ and
the Oscar winning ‘Secret Love’.
With a live band and backing singers
this special charity evening will have
everyone falling in love all over again
with this unmissable Elvis performance.
The Joshua Tree supports families across
the North West affected by childhood
cancer and the evening will also include
a Las Vegas themed charity raffle.
Paul Larcombe is officially endorsed
by Elvis Presley Enterprise Graceland,
Memphis, USA and has performed solo
for the Queen and Royal family on three
separate occasions. It’s now or never to
book your ticket!
£17.50
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Can the legendary, sharp-shooting
tomboy, Calamity Jane keep the peace
and find a ‘real actress’ for the Golden
Garter?
She returns instead with Adelaide’s maid,
and aspiring performer, Katie Brown and
what follows is a wild ride of shoutin’,
shootin’, dancin’ and singin’!.
£14.00, £10.00 CONCESSIONS
Box Office 01606 261 100
Thursday 3 August
2.00pm
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Now what shall I do to wipe
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‘Bumpety! Bumpety! BumpetyBump! A Giant’s toilet roll one
day fell to the floor and flew
away.’
Look out for the biggest loo roll
ever on stage in this GIANT of a
children’s musical. The villagers
living in the town below the
Giant’s house had better watch
out, that loo roll has gone
bouncing down the hill and
straight towards them!
Luckily, the townsfolk find lots
of uses for runaway loo paper
– one sheet provides a huge
canvas for an artist, a tailor uses
another to fill her shop with
paper pants and a school class
makes a huge dart that can fly.
But what about the Giant
himself – doesn’t he need any
loo paper? The townspeople
have an answer for that, too!
Watch out for some frightened
sheep, lots of excited children
and a fantastic amount of toilet
paper in this rip roaring new
musical by TaleGate Theatre
Productions.
This musical has been put
together by the team that
brought you the festive musical
‘Father Christmas Needs a Wee!’
which has seen success in a
sell out run at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival and a sell out
UK Tour. With ‘The Giant’s
Loo Roll’ TaleGate Theatre
Productions have yet again
hit the perfect combination of
witty humour, fantastic music
and the extra sparkle for which
they have become known in this
fabulously funny and brilliantly
bouncy musical adaptation of
Nicholas Allan’s much loved
book.
£12.00, £10.00 CONCESSIONS,
£40.00 FAMILY
Book online at www.brioleisure.org/whatson
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Saturday 15 July
7.30pm
Friday 29 September
8.00pm
Pink Floydian
Motown and
Philadelphia Show
Pink Floydian are one of the most accurate
Pink Floyd tribute bands in the UK today.
The hits and memories just keep on coming
as mutli-award winning Roy G Hemmings
and his 15 strong on stage full evening
show delivers memories of a twin era of
music that lives on and on. Be prepared to
dance in front of your seats at this concert
party!
Gathered together from the cream Floyd
loving musicians they deliver well over
two and a half hours of Pink Floyd classics
covering nine albums including a full
performance of the iconic Dark Side of the
Moon.
The band sound extremely close to
the original recordings, replicating the
incredible sounds of Gilmour, Wright, Mason
and Waters with precision and dexterity.
In 2017 the iconic circular screen will
be making an appearance, providing
spectacular projections along with the light
show. This is a show not to be missed, the
band will be performing the “ANIMALS”
album in full to celebrate 40 years since its
release.
A full evening show that spans the hits of
The Ojays, The Tramps, Billy Paul, Candi
Station, MFSB, The Stylistics to mention
but a few of those memorable Philly acts
together with the sounds of Detroit and old
favourites such as...
The 4 Tops, Supremes, The Temptations,
Marvin Gaye, Boys 2 Men, The Drifters
together with educated information on the
era between the songs.
This is an all action show with the
GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME you will just
love!
Have no fear though as all the classic tracks
from their other albums will be included in
the show!
£15.00
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£22.00
Box Office 01606 261 100
Saturday 30 September
7.30pm
An Evening of
Dirty Dancing
Now in its 6th record-breaking
year, An Evening of Dirty
Dancing: The Tribute Show is a
5 star homage to the greatest
movie soundtrack of all time.
Often imitated but never
bettered, this is the original
concert celebration of the
iconic music from the multiaward winning soundtrack to
Dirty Dancing.
A high energy, emotional rollercoaster of an evening with
breathtaking choreography and
buckets of nostalgia. Put your
dancing shoes on and get ready
to have the time of your life!
“A visually stunning,
thoroughly entertaining
extravaganza!” The Public
Reviews
“A feel-good show, superbly
executed.” The Argus
Please note this production
is not affiliated with Dirty
Dancing: The Classic Story On
Stage on tour in the UK and
worldwide.
£21.00, £19.00 CONCESSIONS
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Impact Dance and
Theatre School
Mature Movers (50+)
Just Dance
If you’re interested in
learning different dance
styles, having fun and
meeting new people then
give mature movers a try!
Come and join us for friendly
and professional dance
classes for all ages! Take
part in learning ballet, tap,
musical theatre and many
more dancing styles!
Thursdays at 5.00pm
Wednesdays
Can’t stop your toes from
tapping to the beat? We’ve
got loads of dance classes
and events that will get
you moving!
Northern Soul and Motown
Featuring the best Northern
Soul and Motown DJs from
around the UK and Europe
playing classics from the
golden era of the Twisted
Wheel and the Wigan Casino.
Northwich Soul Club run four
events per year. Check online
at www.brioleisure.org for
forthcoming dates.
7.30pm – 1.30am
Revolution Dance
Always offering that little bit
more for partner dancing.
A mix of Latin, Ballroom,
Tango, Salsa, West Coast,
Blues & Swing moves plus
music with a modern twist.
10.00am – 11.00am
Saturday Black Tie Nights
Hosted by Robert Wemyss
and Sandra Nixon.
Ballroom, Latin and popular
Sequence Dancing suitable
for all ages and abilities.
Currently running six events
per year. Check with the box
office for forthcoming dates.
Break it Down
Urban street dance class for
children that love to dance
to their favourite pop music
and learn fresh new urban
routines! While improving
fitness, co-ordination and
self-confidence.
From 14 September Every
Wednesday
4.00pm – 5.00pm
7.30pm – 11.00pm
Ballroom, Latin and
Sequence Dancing
Hosted by Robert Wemyss
and Sandra Nixon.
Featuring a mixture of live
and recorded music and
a range of dance styles.
A warm and friendly
environment suitable for all
ages and abilities.
First Sunday of every month
2.00pm – 5.00pm
First Saturday of every month
www.revolutiondance.co.uk
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BookingInformation
Conditions of Sale - Unfortunately we don’t
allow exchanges or refunds, unless under special
circumstances at the managers discretion.
Accessibility - We have a limited number of areas
available to accommodate wheelchairs at our
events, but every effort will be made to assist in
this respect. Induction loops are available. Please
inform the Box Office if you have any special
requirements when booking.
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Booking Fees - There will be a small booking fee
of 45p + 2.5% per ticket. However if you wish to
avoid this fee then you can always collect your
tickets from the venue itself. There are also some
small charges associated to card processing, PayPal
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Northwich Memorial Court
Chesterway, Northwich, CW9 5QJ.
Box Office: 01606 261 100
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