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Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th
June 2004
COMEDIANS
Before “The Full Monty” there was
Trevor Griffiths’ 1975 West End and Tony Award winning
“Comedians”. Six aspiring comedians in working-class
Manchester, all aiming for the big time, and all taking lessons
from a former comic turned teacher. Truthful, complex,
poignant, heartbreaking and very funny by turns, this is a truly
gripping play. First seen in London at the National Theatre with
Jimmy Jewel and then on Broadway, where it launched the career
of Jonathan Pryce, this is the first time it has been staged at
the KMT.
(Please note this play contains some
strong language and is NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN)
A
Wanstead Players
Production
Tickets: See PLAY
PRICES
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Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th June 2004
TEN TIMES TABLE
One playwright guaranteed to provide a
pleasurable evening of enjoyment is Alan Ayckbourn, and one of his
early, critically acclaimed and much loved comedies is “Ten Times
Table”. Leading lights of a village prepare for a Grand Pageant.
Their conflicting views of the event lead to a violent confrontation
with hilarious consequences.
A
Redbridge Stage
Company Production
Tickets: See PLAY
PRICES
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Thursday
24th to Saturday 26th June 2004
DAMES AT
SEA
Dick, a young songwriter, is having
difficulties with his new show: the temperamental leading lady,
Mona, is causing problems, and Dick himself is falling in love
with the new chorus girl, Ruby. To add to the problems, the
opening night is cancelled when the theatre is condemned and
demolished. What to do? Well, Dick, who happens also to be a
sailor, arranges for the show to be performed on board the
battleship on which he serves. Then Mona has an accident. Ruby
goes on the deck a chorus girl, but comes off a star!
Yes – an affectionate spoof of all
those Busby Berkeley/Ruby Keeler/Dick Powell films of the 1930s
– “Dames at Sea” is a nostalgic all-singing, all-dancing musical
delight from start to finish.
A
Redbridge Musical
Guild Production
Tickets: All seats
£9.50
Thursday (Preview) and Saturday Matinee:
All seats
£6.50
CLUBSAVER:
£8.50
if paying a week or more in advance
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Thursday
1st to Saturday 3rd July 2004
REBECCA
“Last night I dreamed I went to
Manderley again” – no one seeing Hitchcock’s 1940 film version
of “Rebecca” is ever likely to forget that celebrated opening
phrase. Nor are they likely to have forgotten the haunting and
haunted story of Manderley where the shadow of the first Mrs de
Winter falls evilly on her successor, and the malignant presence
of Mrs Danvers threatens her very life.
A
Redbridge
Theatre Guild Production
Tickets: See
PLAY PRICES
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Sunday
4th July
STARS AND STRIPES with Redbridge Brass
It’s Independence Day, so join
Redbridge Brass (as seen on BBC and ITV!) for a great evening of
music with American connections . . . Glenn Miller, John
Williams, Bernstein, Sousa and many more! A great mix of Big
Band, Film, Orchestral and Brass Band arrangements for your
enjoyment.
Tickets:
£8 (Concessions
£6.50)
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Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th
July 2004 (PLEASE NOT EARLY START)
SHOWSTOPPERS 'R' US
A completely new version of this
annual song and dance spectacular! The energy and lavish
costumes will take your breath away. From tiny tots to adults,
the Palmerstone Stage School offers show-stopping talent all the
way!
Tickets:
Adults
£8
(Concessions £6)
A
Palmerstone
Stage School Production
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Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th July 2004
When Sid Sorokin, the new Superintendent
of the Sleep-tite Pajama Factory runs into Babe Williams, the head
of the Union Grievance Committee, sparks fly and romance is in the
air. With added intrigue between Hines, the erratic efficiency
expert, and Gladys, the boss’s private secretary, plus a
long-standing worker/management dispute, the Company is soon boiling
over with all sorts of passions. With a score by Adler and Ross
featuring the hit songs “Hernando’s Hideaway” and “Steam Heat”, this
is a bright, snappy, much-loved musical favourite, not to be missed!
A
College Operatic
Society Production
Tickets: All seats
£10.50
Wednesday Evening (Preview) and Saturday
Matinee: All seats
£7.50
CLUBSAVER:
£9.50
if paying a week or more in advance
CLUBNIGHT: Thursday night, Club Members
£8.50
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Sunday
18th July 2004
Come along and sing all your favourite
nursery rhymes with B1, B2 and their friends: Old MacDonald, Wee
Willie Winkie, Baa Baa Black Sheep and Little Miss Muffet
Tickets: Adults
£7
(Children £6)
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Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th
July 2004
THE SECRET LIVES OF HENRY
AND ALICE
For Henry Smith – actor, comedian,
raconteur, sporting hero, leading socialite, business tycoon,
secret agent, Casanova and acting US President – life was rarely
dull. For Alice Smith – housewife – life was rarely anything
else. Fantasy blurs into reality. Secret passions explode. Two
worlds, which seemed a million miles apart are suddenly on a
collision course. It could only happen to Henry and Alice!
Saucy and sidesplitting – don’t miss
this hilarious new adult comedy. Another KMT first!
A
WOADS Production
Tickets: See
PLAY PRICES
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Sunday
25th July 2004
By popular demand, Becontree Brass Band,
under their Musical Director, Graham Sheldon, presents an evening of
music from blockbuster movies and shows.
Tickets:
£7.50
(Concessions £5)
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Monday 26th to Friday 30th
July 2004
Five days of intensive theatre work
(10.30am-4pm). Starting with auditions and then moving on to
vocal tuition, movement rehearsals, dialogue coaching and
rehearsal techniques – this is an intensive course for young
people seriously interested in theatre. The course culminates
in a staged performance at the Kenneth More Theatre. Course
tutors are a team of professionally qualified and experienced
teachers. The courses are in two age groups: Boys and girls
6-12 years of age; and students over 13.
Places will be limited according to
numbers.
Course fees
£50
per student
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Friday 30th July 2004 - 7.30pm
SUMMER THEATRE COURSE SHOW
Now we discover just how much can be
achieved by a group of dedicated young people in just five
days. Tickets are restricted to family and friends of the
participants (maximum five tickets per family) and are strictly
first-come, first served.
Tickets:
£2
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Saturday
31st July 2004
SUMMERTIME
The great Gershwin song provides the
title for a series of songs, funny and sad, drawn from the
Gershwin Songbook and the great musical shows of the early years
of the last Century.
A
Redbridge
Musical Guild Production
Tickets
£8.50
(Club Members
£7.00)
Matinee: All seats
£7.00
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