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Sunday 12th September 2004
Thanks for the Melody
This
show features the talented pianist/vocalist, Nick Dawson, and
his Tin Pan Alley Band. On offer – much loved standards by
Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart and Jerome Kern,
including some Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Nat King Cole
hits. Great numbers! Wide appeal! Great night!
Tickets:
£10.50
(Club Members
£9.50)
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Thursday
23rd to Saturday 25th September 2004
(Please note early start)
RICHARD III
Our Shakespeare season
starts with the glorious villainy of Richard III – mis-shapen,
ruthless and prepared to stop at nothing to win the throne for
himself. As he claws his way to the top, clambering over dead
bodies to get there, we cannot help but admire his single-minded
ambition and his brilliant scheming. When he finally gets his
come-uppance at the Battle of Bosworth a part of us is sorry to
see the end of such glittering evil. Making us feel sorry for one
of the greatest monsters ever to walk the English stage is just the
kind of achievement that makes Shakespeare the greatest playwright
of them all.
A
Redbridge
Theatre Guild Production
Tickets: See PLAY
PRICES
SPECIAL SHAKESPEARE OFFER:
Buy a full-price ticket at £6.75 for any
performance of “Richard III” and get a FREE ticket for any
performance of “Much Ado About Nothing”.
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Wednesday 29th September to Saturday 2nd
October 2004
OLIVER
Lionel Bart broke every known record with his smash-hit “Oliver”
– it even became the longest-running musical in theatre history
(a record eventually overtaken and currently held by “Cats”)
It’s easy to see why, of course! A great, heart-warming story;
immortal characters like Fagin, Dodger and the villainous Bill
Sykes; glorious songs that have become classics! “Consider
Yourself”, “As Long as He Needs Me” “Reviewing the Situation” –
the list goes on. “Oliver” is THE great British musical,
regularly revived and always a delight.
A
WOADS 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
3rd October 2004
MUSIC FROM THE
GOLDEN AGE OF DIXIELAND
This toe-tapping trip down Memory Lane features one of our best
known Dixieland bands, trumpeter Alan Gresty and clarinettist
Brian White’s Ragtimers. The band has infectious enthusiasm for
the music of the Masters of Dixieland, including Louis
Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael and Bob Crosby and his Bobcats.
They play great numbers like South Rampart Street Parade, Who’s
Sorry Now, Dinah, High Society and many, many more. Will you be
“At the Jazz Band Ball”?
Tickets:
£10.50
(Club Members
£9.50)
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Tuesday
5th to Friday 8th October 2004 (Please
note early start)
This is one of the most exciting events ever staged at the KMT.
Each evening will see four individual local schools staging
interpretations of Shakespeare plays. Each of the four plays
will be performed in a specially condensed 30 minute version and
will be interpreted whichever way the students wish –
traditional, modern, whatever! Over the four nights we will see
sixteen different interpretations from today’s young people.
Details of which schools will be performing and the programme
itself will be available nearer the time
All Tickets:
£5
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Saturday 9th October 2004
THE BARD ON BROADWAY
An evening of
Broadway, West-End and Hollywood songs inspired by Shakespeare.
How many can you name? You’ll definitely know the songs from
“Kiss Me Kate” and “West Side Story”; Rodgers and Hart wrote
“The Boys from Syracuse”; but you’re unlikely to know anything
from “Rockabye Hamlet”! Old ones, new ones, loved ones,
neglected ones! Sing-along-a-Shakespeare!
A
Redbridge
Musical Guild Production
Matinees - All
Tickets
£7
Evening - All
Tickets £8.50 (Club Members
£7)
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Sunday
10th October 2004
More music inspired by
Shakespeare, but this time with the Helios Ensemble with music from
Walton’s “Henry V” and a sixteen strong chorus of top soloists in
Vaughan Williams’ “Serenade to Music”. There will be a spoken scene
from Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives” followed by the same scene as
interpreted in Nicolai’s opera version, some jazz settings by John
Dankworth and George Shearing, some Cole Porter and some
Elizabethan Lute music.
A
New Decade Production
Tickets:
£9.50
(Concessions £8)
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Thursday 14th to Saturday
16th October 2004
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Our Shakespeare
season closes with a romantic comedy of two sets of lovers, Hero
and Claudio who, with the help of gloriously pompous Dogberry,
finally get to the altar in spite of the dastardly Don John. The
second couple, Beatrice and Benedick, are drawn together in
adversity and come to realise they enjoy being in love more than
being at war. Kenneth Branagh transferred this play brilliantly
to the screen taking the part of Benedick for himself with Emma
Thompson as Beatrice. He could not resist it, can you?
A
Wanstead Players Production
Tickets: See
PLAY PRICES
SPECIAL SHAKESPEARE OFFER:
Buy a full-price ticket at £6.75 for
any performance of “Much
Ado About Nothing”
and get a FREE ticket for any performance of “Richard III”
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Sunday 17th October 2004
THE BARRON KNIGHTS
Back again due to enormous popular demand. The brilliant Barron
Knights are offering new songs, new suits and old hits in this
year’s national tour of “Bop Till We Drop”.
More details on
www.barronknights.com
Tickets:
£12.50
(Concessions £10.50)
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Wednesday 20th to Saturday 23rd October 2004
BEST LITTLE
WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
The title may sound a
bit shocking, but this musical is a delight from start to
finish! Based on a real life story: a crusading television
programme tries to close down the Chicken Ranch – a
long-established Texas house of ill repute . The girls and
their farmboy clients decide to fight back. This is a very
funny, raunchy romp with a few sentimental moments – and it ran
for over 1500 performances on Broadway, a couple of years at
Drury Lane, and became a highly successful film starring Dolly
Parton and Burt Reynolds.
NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN!
A
Thistles Musical Theatre Company Production
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
24th October 2004
Come follow the band!
Another evening of Brass Band classics for lovers of the Big Brass
Sound.
Tickets: Adults
£8
(Concessions
£6.50)
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Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th
October 2004 (Please note early start)
AMADEUS
One of the most
successful plays of the recent past, Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus”
was a world-wide phenomenon, both onstage and as a hugely
successful film. The brilliant genius, Mozart, died suddenly at
the age of 35. In spite of his fame he was secretly buried in
an unmarked grave. Why? Was he murdered? And if so, was it his
arch-enemy and rival, Salieri? An evening of mystery, intrigue,
some shocks, suspense and glorious music – not accurate history,
but outstanding theatre!
NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN!
A
Redbridge
Musical Guild Production
Tickets: See
PLAY PRICES
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