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ILKLEY
PLAYHOUSE
“One of the North of England’s
leading and most intimate
amateur theatres”
NEW SEASON
September 2016 to July 2017
Drama
Comedy
Musicals
Whodunnit
Family Adventure
Contemporary Shakespeare
Period Drama
About Us
Tickets
Ilkley Playhouse enjoys a far reaching reputation in the
Yorkshire region as a community theatre that stages its
own professional standard productions from its own
theatre based in Ilkley. Our varied season caters for all
ages and interests, with productions including family
drama, Shakespeare, suspense, comedy and musicals.
In addition to our theatrical programme we offer a range
of Arts related events including live music and comedy
and are a local venue for the annual Ilkley Literature and
Film Festivals.
The Playhouse has two performance spaces. The
Wharfeside Theatre is a 145-seat auditorium, and The
Wildman Studio Theatre provides a flexible space that
can seat up to 120. Our coffee and bar area is used by
patrons before, during and after performances.
We are lucky to have one of the best back-stage
resources among independent theatres and our
extensive Wardrobe of costumes is available to hire by
other theatre companies and the general public.
Ilkley Playhouse is an active member of the Little Theatre
Guild of Great Britain and a registered Charity No
1096090.
Prices for main productions except Musicals as noted in brackets
Drama Classes for Young People
Saturday morning Greenroom Classes are lots of fun
and, at the same time, give the young people who attend
a good knowledge of stagecraft through speech,
improvisation, mime and movement. The confidence they
gain will be with them for the rest of their lives.
Classes are held every Saturday morning in term time,
one hour for the 8 - 12 year olds and one hour for the
over 12s. New members are always made very welcome.
Adult drama classes are also offered.
The co-ordinator is Andrew Leggott, who can be
contacted on 01943 602014 for further details.
Find out more about Ilkley Playhouse by visiting the
Playhouse website at www.ilkleyplayhouse.co.uk
www.ilkleyplayhouse.co.uk
Box Office: 01943 609539
Weston Road, Ilkley LS29 8DW
llkley Playhouse
Weston Road, llkley
LS29 8DW
Telephone: 01943 609539
Wharfeside: £11 (Kiss Me Kate £15)
Concessions (OAPS Monday - Thursday
and matinees): £9 (Kiss Me Kate £13)
Wildman: £9.50
Concessions (OAPS Monday - Thursday): £8.50
Both venues: Students and Children £5.00,
Greenroom Members £4.00 (Kiss Me Kate £7)
Group bookings welcomed.
Concessionary rates for parties of 10+.
The Box Office is open throughout the run of
the play at the following times between 6.30pm
and 8.00pm Monday to Friday and on Saturday
mornings from 10.00am.
Contact the Playhouse office at all other times.
(10.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday)
The Playhouse, Weston Road, llkley LS29 8DW
01943 609539
or email [email protected]
or book online
www.ilkleyplayhouse.co.uk
All plays commence at 7.30pm for evening
performances.
Latecomers are unfortunately not able to be admitted until the interval.
(Please note that on the first Saturday of each Wharfeside
Theatre production there will be a Matinee starting at
2.30pm - with no evening performance).
Visit the bar or coffee shop before the performance,
both open from 7.00pm (2.00pm for matinees).
WHODUNNIT
Wednesday 14 to Saturday 24 SEPTEMBER
2016
And Then There
Were None
by Agatha Christie
Presented by special arrangement with
SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
You really have to admit that Agatha Christie
was a woman who knew how to plot. She
was the mistress of the carefully laid clue,
the chance remark that ends up bursting
with importance, the red herring, the redder
red herring, the unexpected development,
the sleight of hand, the sudden murderous
twist. This being a whodunnit, beans must
not be spilled. Suffice to say, ten strangers
are marooned in a grand house on an
island, cut off from the mainland by stormy
seas - and they quickly find their lives in
danger. Someone plans to kill them, one by
one, but who, why and how?
Let’s not take it TOO seriously, this is
certainly the kind of story that satirical spoof
can only enhance through the key whodunit
tools of surprise and shock!! The sense of
doom is built up brilliantly, with a menacing
accusation that everyone in the house is
suspected of one murder or another. And
then the killings begin…..
PERIOD DRAMA
Wednesday 2 to Saturday 12 NOVEMBER
2016
The Glass
Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Presented by special arrangement with
SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
A drama of great tenderness, charm and
beauty, The Glass Menagerie is one of the
most famous plays of the modern theatre.
Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic
remnant of Southern gentility now living in
poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with
her son, Tom and her daughter, Laura.
Amanda strives to give meaning and
direction to her life and the lives of her
children, though her methods are
ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven
nearly to distraction by his mother’s
nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and
the world of the movies. Laura also lives in
her illusions. The crux of the action comes
when Tom invites a young man of his
acquaintance to have dinner with the family.
How will a visitor from the outside world
interact with this fragile world of illusion?
FAMILY ADVENTURE
Wednesday 7 to Saturday 17 DECEMBER
2016
e Lion,
the Witch and
the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
RSC adaptation by Adrian Mitchell
Presented by special arrangement with
SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, an
adaptation of C.S Lewis’ classic children’s
story, is the tale of four children evacuated
from London during the Blitz to the home of
a mysterious professor.
While exploring the house, they stumble
across a wardrobe containing a gateway to
another world and the adventure begins.
The land of Narnia is under the spell of the
wicked White Witch, and very quickly the
four find themselves caught up in a deadly
struggle between good and evil.
Director: David Kirk
Director: Mervyn Button,
assisted by Ian Wilson
Director: Damien O’Keeffe
In the Wharfeside Theatre
In the Wharfeside Theatre
In the Wharfeside Theatre
MODERN COMEDY DRAMA
MODERN COMEDY
Di AND Viv and Rose
Wednesday 18 to Saturday 28 JANUARY
2017
Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 FEBRUARY 2017
Entertaining
Angels
Amateur production by arrangement with
NICK HERN BOOKS
by Richard Everett
Presented by special arrangement with
SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
As a clergy wife, Grace has spent a lifetime
on her best behaviour. Now, following the
death of her husband Bardolph, she is
enjoying the new-found freedom to do and
say exactly as she pleases.
But the return of her eccentric missionary
sister Ruth, together with some disturbing
revelations, force Grace to confront the truth
of her marriage.
Sharp-edged wit and poignant humour asks
whether God can be trusted or is ‘the whole
thing a divine exercise in trial and error?’
Director: Julia O’Keeffe
In the Wharfeside Theatre
by Amelia Bullmore
Three women join forces at university. Life is fun. Living
is intense. Together they feel unassailable.
Written by Amelia Bullmore, prolific writer for TV and radio
and creator and star of ITV’s Scott & Bailey, Di and Viv
and Rose is an effervescent and sharply-observed
comedy, crackling with wisdom and wit as it explores the
impact of friendship on life and the impact of life on
friendship.
Director: Denise MacGregor
In the Wildman Studio
CONTEMPORARY SHAKESPEARE
Romeo and Juliet
Wednesday 8 to Saturday 18 MARCH 2017
by William Shakespeare
“For never was a story of more woe
than this of Juliet and her Romeo”
A young cast present a contemporary interpretation of
Shakespeare’s tragic story of teenage love destroyed by
feuding families, violence and loss. This classic tale is
made accessible to modern audiences through the
incorporation of 21st century technology, live music and
dramatic fights set alongside the beauty of Shakespeare's
original language.
A production which will resonate with audience members
of any age!
Director: Miranda Armitage
In the Wharfeside Theatre
COMEDY DRAMA
Wednesday 19 to Saturday 29 APRIL 2017
Getting On
by Alan Bennett
Presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
Getting On is one of Alan Bennett’s earliest plays.
Produced in 1971, when the action takes place, the
writing is sharp, perceptive, analytical and funny – in
other words, quintessentially Bennett.
It won the Evening Standard award for Best Comedy that
year. While we laugh, his characters are exploring our
British obsessions, prejudices and institutions. George
Oliver is the central character, a middle-aged Labour MP
with a younger wife and family. George may be getting
on in his career but isn’t getting on so well with family,
friends and the neighbours who surround him.
Director: Jacquie Howard
In the Wharfeside Theatre
COMEDY DRAMA
Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 MAY 2017
Two
by Jim Cartwright
Presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
Over the course of an evening in a typical Northern pub,
prepare to become acquainted with your less-than-genial
hosts and the array of colourful personalities who
regularly pull up a stool.
Two actors play fourteen characters, who collect to share
their tales. Central to it all are the Landlord and Landlady,
bound together by a need to keep their business afloat
while harbouring a dark and unspoken secret that
threatens to tear their fragile relationship apart.
Director: Rachel Conyers
In the Wildman Studio
MUSICAL
Kiss Me, Kate
Monday 5 to Saturday 17 JUNE
2017
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Sam and Bella Spewack
Amateur production by arrangement with
Musicscope and Stage Musicals Ltd of New York
The dazzling classic Broadway musical Kiss
Me, Kate is brought to the Playhouse by the
creative team that brought you High Society
and Betty Blue Eyes. This exuberant showwithin-a-show throws together gun-toting
gangsters, sparring actors and romantic
entanglements against a backdrop of a
touring musical production of The Taming of
the Shrew. With songs by Cole Porter, the
story is shot through with wit, charm, and
some spectacular choreography. Though
the effervescent wit of Porter’s songs is the
star attraction, Sam and Bella Spewack’s
book crackles with comic energy and great
one-liners, while there are moments of
tenderness and hurt amid the dizzy joie-devivre. Nights at the theatre don’t often come
more enjoyable than this!
PERIOD DRAMA
Wednesday 12 to Saturday 22 JULY
2017
The Deep
ILKLEY
PLAYHOUSE
Blue Sea
by Terence Rattigan
Presented by special arrangement with
SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
Perhaps the best known of Terence Rattigan’s
plays, The Deep Blue Sea is currently enjoying
something of a revival.
A powerful drama written and set in the 1950s,
it sees Hester Collyer, the wife of a High Court
judge, leaving her respectable husband for
Freddie, a former RAF spitfire pilot with a drink
problem.
This is the story of her tempestuous affair and
the breakdown of her marriage, which begins
to emerge. Hester must confront the future
when she finds Freddie disappoints her hopes
for their relationship.
Director: David Kirk,
Musical Director: Cathy Sweet
Choreographer: Ted Oxley-Kirk
Director: Dick Hebbert
In the Wharfeside Theatre
In the Wharfeside Theatre
Also at The Minack Theatre, Porthcurno,
Cornwall 24-28 July 2017
How to find us
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Trains and Buses
The bus and railway stations are a 5 minute walk
from Ilkley Playhouse.
For details of trains see www.nationalrail.co.uk
or National Rail Enquiries: 08457 48 49 50
For buses www.wymetro.com or 0113 2457 676
Parking
There is on-street parking in New Brook Street and
in the public car park marked on the above map.
Please avoid parking in Weston Road, Wharfe View
Road and the unmade section of Castle Road as this
causes difficulty for local residents.