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When Jack swaps Daisy the Cow for some magic beans, they grow into an enormous magic beanstalk. Can Jack climb the beanstalk, save the lovely Princess Melody from the giant and escape with all his arms and legs? Come along and follow Jack up the beanstalk to find out!
This year in Jack and the Beanstalk, popular comic actors Mel Giedroyc (Mel and Sue) plays Fairy Liquid and Steve Furst (Little Britain) stars as the show's wicked baddie, Beastly Boris. Panto veteran Andy Gray plays our delectable Dame - Dolly Deluxe.
The year wouldn’t be complete without a great panto, so join us for Jack and the Beanstalk a show filled with, songs, laughter, excitement and more than a little bit of festive magic.
'A belter of a Christmas family show…great fun.'
The Daily Mail (on Dick Whittington, bite06)
When Jack swaps Daisy the Cow for some magic beans, they grow into an enormous magic beanstalk. Can Jack climb the beanstalk, save the lovely Princess Melody from the giant and escape with all his arms and legs? Come along and follow Jack up the beanstalk to find out!
This year in Jack and the Beanstalk, popular comic actors Mel Giedroyc (Mel and Sue) plays Fairy Liquid and Steve Furst (Little Britain) stars as the show's wicked baddie, Beastly Boris. Panto veteran Andy Gray plays our delectable Dame - Dolly Deluxe.
The year wouldn’t be complete without a great panto, so join us for Jack and the Beanstalk a show filled with, songs, laughter, excitement and more than a little bit of festive magic.
'A belter of a Christmas family show…great fun.'
The Daily Mail (on Dick Whittington, bite06)
Arrogant professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can turn cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a duchess.
This Peter Hall Company production of Bernard Shaw's romantic comedy, on which My Fair Lady is based, was first seen at the Theatre Royal Bath in summer 2007 before touring to great acclaim.
Author: Bernard Shaw; Director: Peter Hall; Producer: The Old Vic and Theatre Royal Bath Productions; Set designer: Simon Higlett; Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford; Costume Designer: Christopher Woods; Sound: Gregory Clarke;
Cast includes: Tim Pigott-Smith, Michelle Dockery, Tony Haygarth, Pamela Miles, Una Stubbs
Alan Ayckbourn’s play follows the lives of three couples over the course of three years, telling their stories through successive Christmas Eve gatherings.
Alan Strachan directs a cast that includes Jane Horrocks, John Gordon Sinclair, Jenny Seagrove, David Bamber, David Horovitch and Lia Williams.
The production reunites Jane Horrocks and John Gordon Sinclair, who last shared a London stage in 2004, when they starred in Stephen Poliakoff’s Sweet Panic at the Duke of York’s. The versatile Horrocks has credits ranging from Cabaret (Donmar Warehouse) to Little Voice on both stage and screen, and sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
Sinclair, like Horrocks, is equally comfortable in drama, comedy or musical. Most recently his talent has been seen in The Producers, playing Leo Bloom in 2005, a decade after collecting the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for She Loves Me. On television his credits include An Actor’s Life For Me and Nelson’s Column, and he will forever be known for his film appearance in cult teen hit Gregory’s Girl.
Jenny Seagrove’s return to the West End comes just three months after her last outing in this summer’s The Letter at the Wyndham’s. Previously her appearances have included The Night Of The Iguana (2005) and The Constant Wife (2002), while she is familiar to television audiences as Jo Mills in Judge John Deed.
Horovitch also has a wealth of London experience to his name, most recently appearing in Mary Stuart (Donmar Warehouse and Gielgud), Losing Louis (Hampstead and Trafalgar Studio 1) and Spinning Into Butter (Royal Court Upstairs).
Bamber is a Laurence Olivier Award-winning actor (Best Actor for My Night With Reg), who has worked extensively with the National Theatre and was last seen in The Soldiers’ Fortune at the Young Vic.
Williams has recently finished a run in The Hothouse at the National, where she has also appeared in Mappa Mundi and Skylight. Williams’s other London credits include The Revengers’ Comedies, The Homecoming and My Child.
Ayckbourn, one of Britain’s most prolific playwrights, has written over 70 full length plays, among them The Norman Conquests, Bedroom Farce, the Damsels In Distress trilogy and A Chorus Of Disapproval, which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1985.
Ayckbourn’s play follows the lives of three couples over the course of three years, telling their stories through successive Christmas Eve gatherings.
The production reunites Horrocks and Sinclair, who last shared a London stage in 2004, when they starred in Stephen Poliakoff’s Sweet Panic at the Duke of York’s. The versatile Horrocks has credits ranging from Cabaret (Donmar Warehouse) to Little Voice on both stage and screen, and sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
Sinclair, like Horrocks, is equally comfortable in drama, comedy or musical. Most recently his talent has been seen in The Producers, playing Leo Bloom in 2005, a decade after collecting the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for She Loves Me. On television his credits include An Actor’s Life For Me and Nelson’s Column, and he will forever be known for his film appearance in cult teen hit Gregory’s Girl.
Seagrove’s return to the West End comes just three months after her last outing in this summer’s The Letter at the Wyndham’s. Previously her appearances have included The Night Of The Iguana (2005) and The Constant Wife (2002), while she is familiar to television audiences as Jo Mills in Judge John Deed.
Horovitch also has a wealth of London experience to his name, most recently appearing in Mary Stuart (Donmar Warehouse and Gielgud), Losing Louis (Hampstead and Trafalgar Studio 1) and Spinning Into Butter (Royal Court Upstairs).
Bamber is a Laurence Olivier Award-winning actor (Best Actor for My Night With Reg), who has worked extensively with the National Theatre and was last seen in The Soldiers’ Fortune at the Young Vic.
Williams has recently finished a run in The Hothouse at the National, where she has also appeared in Mappa Mundi and Skylight. Williams’s other London credits include The Revengers’ Comedies, The Homecoming and My Child.
Ayckbourn, one of Britain’s most prolific playwrights, has written over 70 full length plays, among them The Norman Conquests, Bedroom Farce, the Damsels In Distress trilogy and A Chorus Of Disapproval, which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1985.
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Sunday Telegraph
“A fiercely good night out”
Daily Express
“The entire cast is magnificent”
(Independent on Sunday): Samuel Barnett Ross, Roger Lloyd Pack, Jay Simpson, Malcolm Sinclair and Stephen Wight.
Following huge critical acclaim and a sold-out season at The Menier Chocolate Factory, DEALER’S CHOICE transfers to the Trafalgar Studios in for a strictly limited season from 6 December.
When a stranger joins the regular poker game at Stephen’s restaurant the stakes are high and winning has its price. An explosive and hilarious evening unfolds as father and son are pitted against each other and friendships are tested to breaking point.
Samuel West returns to London to direct the first major West End revival of Patrick Marber’s debut play Dealer’s Choice.
DEALER’S CHOICE premiered at the National Theatre in February 1995. It received the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and the Writer’s Guild Award for Best West End Play. Patrick Marber is also known for Closer, for which he wrote the stage play and later the screenplay, starring Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen and Jude Law. The film received two Golden Globe awards and two Academy Award nominations. Patrick also wrote the screenplay for the hugely successful film Notes On A Scandal, starring Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett. The film received numerous award nominations including an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
Goldilocks and her Big Top
By Rupert Bean
London's biggest and best panto extravaganza, the 10th from the Back End stable, is from 5th - 8th December, the circus themed ''Goldilocks and her Big Top”, with all profits going to selected charities.
This year’s show sees the familiar story featuring the 3 bears given a typical Back End circus themed twist! Goldilocks decides to run away from home and join the circus, featuring all the usual circus characters, such as the Ringmaster, the strongman, the knife thrower, the trapeze artists and the magician… and who can forget the Bearded Lady and the circus lion (with tamer)!
However, all is not what it seems and she soon uncovers a plot to take over the world with dastardly clowns. With the help of some local lumberjacks (the 3 Bear brothers), Goldilocks must defeat the evil within the Big Top, not to mention some wickedness from Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf! Stacks of fun awaits under the Marquee of Mayhem!
PLEASE NOTE
The final showing Saturday 8th December at 7.15pm is an ADULT ONLY performance.
Groups of 10+ save £2 per ticket on general admission tickets when booked here!
The Comedy Carnival features an outstanding line-up of award-winning, international comedians every Saturday night. Acts that have performed at the club recently include Russell Brand, Reginald D Hunter, Phil Nichol, Andrew Maxwell, Robin Ince and Kitty Flanagan to name but a few.
After the comedy, get ready for a spectacular party night at London’s premier nightclub, The Grand. Spread over three floors, the club features Europe’s largest flashing dance floor plus a brilliant lighting and stage show not to be missed and is open until 3am.
"High-class entertainment you can count on" Time Out Magazine.
If you’re looking for a complete night out, the Comedy Carnival Party Packages are some of the best around. Packages include free drinks, reserved seating and nightclub entry, and come with the option of food or a private area.
Doors open 7.00pm. Show begins 8.00pm.
Wednesday, December 5: Comedy Carnival Christmas Show
Featuring two-time Perrier Award Nominee Reginald D Hunter, award-winning Australian comic Steve Hughes, If.Comedy Panel Prize Winner Mark Watson and hilarious kiwi Jarred Christmas as MC.
Wednesday, December 12: Comedy Carnival Christmas Show
Featuring two-time Time Out Comedy Award Winner Paul Tonkinson, entertaining live-wire Martin Davis, the hilarious Ben Norris and the ever-likeable Patrick Monahan as MC.
Thursday, December 13: Comedy Carnival Christmas Show (afternoon show)
Featuring two-time Perrier Award Nominee Reginald D Hunter, two-time Time Out Comedy Award Winner Paul Tonkinson, the sharp-witted Gordon Southern and the ever-likeable Patrick Monahan as MC.
Groups of 10+ save £2 per ticket on general admission tickets when booked here!
The Comedy Carnival features an outstanding line-up of award-winning, international comedians every Saturday night. Acts that have performed at the club recently include Russell Brand, Reginald D Hunter, Phil Nichol, Andrew Maxwell, Robin Ince and Kitty Flanagan to name but a few.
After the comedy, get ready for a spectacular party night at London’s premier nightclub, The Grand. Spread over three floors, the club features Europe’s largest flashing dance floor plus a brilliant lighting and stage show not to be missed and is open until 3am.
"High-class entertainment you can count on" Time Out Magazine.
If you’re looking for a complete night out, the Comedy Carnival Party Packages are some of the best around. Packages include free drinks, reserved seating and nightclub entry, and come with the option of food or a private area.
Doors open 7.00pm. Show begins 8.00pm.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Featuring the award-winning kiwi Rhys Darby, the hilarious Canadian comic Jason John Whitehead, the sensationally funny Aussie Mickey D, and the enjoyable Pete Jonas as MC.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1
Featuring if.comeddies Award Winner Brendon Burns, the hard-hitting Canadian Jason Rouse, the highly skilled Jeff Innocent, and the sensationally funny Aussie Mickey D as MC
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET :-
• Entry to Comedy & Nightclub
• Groups of 10+ save £2 per ticket
COMEDY & NIGHTCLUB PARTY PACKAGE includes:-
• Entry to Comedy & Nightclub
• Reserved Seating during the show
• Two FREE drinks per person*
COMEDY & NIGHTCLUB BIG PARTY PACKAGE includes:-
• Groups of 10+ only
• Entry to Comedy & Nightclub
• Reserved Seating in private area (dress circle on nights when show at the Grand) during show
• Oriental finger food buffet – served from 1930hrs
• Two FREE drinks per person*
*Free drinks – Any two drinks at the bar – single spirits, wines by the glass, beers & ciders – bottles/pints
Groups of 10+ save £2 per ticket on general admission tickets when booked here!
The Comedy Carnival features an outstanding line-up of award-winning, international comedians every Saturday night. Acts that have performed at the club recently include Russell Brand, Reginald D Hunter, Phil Nichol, Andrew Maxwell, Robin Ince and Kitty Flanagan to name but a few.
After the comedy, get ready for a spectacular party night at London’s premier nightclub, The Grand. Spread over three floors, the club features Europe’s largest flashing dance floor plus a brilliant lighting and stage show not to be missed and is open until 3am.
"High-class entertainment you can count on" Time Out Magazine.
If you’re looking for a complete night out, the Comedy Carnival Party Packages are some of the best around. Packages include free drinks, reserved seating and nightclub entry, and come with the option of food or a private area.
Doors open 7.00pm. Show begins 8.00pm.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Featuring the award-winning Australian comic Steve Hughes, star of ITV's Sketch Show Kitty Flanagan, the hard-hitting Jason Rouse, and the enjoyable Aussie Pete Jonas as MC.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
Featuring the brilliant Canadian comic Sean Collins, award-winning Australian comic Colin Cole, the hilarious kiwi Ben Hurley, and the enjoyable Aussie Pete Jonas as MC.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1
Wessex House, SW11 1TN. Show 8pm (doors 7pm). Entry £12.. Includes entry to The Grand from 10pm - 3am. Tonight's show at this magnificent venue brings you an outstanding line-up of international comedy, featuring Time Out Comedian of the Year Sean Meo, hard-hitting Canadian Jason Rouse, the highly skilled Jeff Innocent and sensationally funny Aussie Mickey D as MC.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8
Featuring Perrier Award Nominee Milton Jones, star of ITV's Sketch Show Kitty Flanagan, hilarious jazz musician Earl Okin, and the enjoyable Aussie Pete Jonas as MC.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15
Featuring the hard-hitting Aussie Jim Jeffries, the fiercely funny David Hadingham, the brilliant Jeff Innocent, and the enjoyable Aussie Pete Jonas as MC.
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET :-
• Entry to Comedy & Nightclub
• Groups of 10+ save £2 per ticket
COMEDY & NIGHTCLUB PARTY PACKAGE includes:-
• Entry to Comedy & Nightclub
• Reserved Seating during the show
• Two FREE drinks per person*
COMEDY & NIGHTCLUB BIG PARTY PACKAGE includes:-
• Groups of 10+ only
• Entry to Comedy & Nightclub
• Reserved Seating in private area (dress circle on nights when show at the Grand) during show
• Oriental finger food buffet – served from 1930hrs
• Two FREE drinks per person*
*Free drinks – Any two drinks at the bar – single spirits, wines by the glass, beers & ciders – bottles/pints
PLEASE NOTE - PROMOTER ALLOCATES RESERVED SEATS ON DAY OF SHOW.