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Dramatic Season
September 2008 to June 09

Last Update  03-Jul-2008

Current Season

(details of the current season)

Special offer

(a printable version of the 5for4 early booking offer)

ADVANCE INFORMATION

2008 - 2009 SEASON

The Nonentities Present

The Comedy Season!

BOOK NOW – SECURE THE BEST SEATS – SAVE MONEY

This year there has had to be a marginal increase in ticket prices at The Rose…. BUT if you book early you can make BIG SAVINGS! In The Comedy Season, the Nonentities are offering Seven plays in the main house plus Studio presentations and our Christmas Entertainment. Book and pay for any five of the seven Main House shows by Saturday 13th September 2008 and you will get one entirely free! Book as many seats as you like, choose any performance, for any day of the week - Monday to Saturday - you don’t have to choose the same day for each. That’s complete flexibility for you to book your choice of five from seven plays for the price of only four – you can’t loose!


5 for 4 offer - Here are the simple conditions:



Here it is…. The Comedy Season!

Please Note: ** Denotes events NOT INCLUDED in the Early Booking Discount scheme

Monday 15th September – Saturday 20th September 2008

LOOT by Joe Orton

Bank robbery, corrupt policemen, exploding coffins and attempted extortion all mix with typical mayhem - farcical, outrageous and very funny!


** Monday 20th October – Saturday 25th October in The Studio **

BREATH OF LIFE by David Hare

What happens when the dutiful wife meets the mistress? In this engrossing play by one of today’s finest writers, there is tension, wit and raw humour, as the two explore the past and begin to feel the breath of life again.


Monday 3rd November – Saturday 7th November 2008

THE MEMORY OF WATER by Shelagh Stephenson

Sisters relive their childhood and adolescent rivalries at their mother’s funeral – a comedy? Yes, certainly! - and one that won the Laurence Olivier Best Comedy award in 2002!


Monday 1st December – Saturday 6th December 2008

ALLO!..’ALLO! by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft

The play you asked for! Everyone remembers the smash-hit TV series – come and see how your old favourites manage when a visit from Hitler to Rene’s café is scheduled!


**Wednesday 10th December – Saturday 13th December**

THE NONENTITIES’ CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT

Our ever-popular seasonal offering – songs, jokes, readings, carols - and of course mince pies and Christmas punch. Stop panicking about Christmas: come along, enjoy yourself and get into the seasonal mood.


**Monday 19th January - Saturday 24th January 2009**

NOT ABOUT HEROES by Stephen Macdonald in The Studio

The powerful discourses between Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen expose the tragic ideals used to justify the first world war, in this powerful background to their poetry.


Monday 9th February – Saturday 14th February 2009

IMPROBABLE FICTION by Alan Ayckbourn

An amateur writer’s circle meeting goes wrong with typically Ayckbourn complications – times, styles, costumes and characters all mix with hilarious consequences.


Monday 20th April - Saturday 25th April 2009

APRIL IN PARIS by John Godber

Enjoy all the problems of the English abroad! Classic Godber comedy spiked with sympathetic insight into the lives of ordinary people.


Monday 18th May – Saturday 23rd May 2009

LADIES DOWN UNDER by Amanda Whittington

If you enjoyed Ladies Day in May then you’ll love this! The mixture as before – but with added Australian spice. Quick-fire comedy with underlying human insight.


Monday 15th June – Saturday 20th June 2009

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesserling

What happens when two charmingly respectable old ladies are serial poisoners? A host of wonderful characters will entrance and amuse you in this well-loved favourite – the daddy of all black comedies!


CUT THE COST OF YOUR THEATRE-GOING


Book now – in person or by telephone

THE ROSE THEATRE

CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROADWTERS, KIDDERMINSTER,

WORCESTERSHIRE DY10 2RX

01562 743745

Important - Please Note: 5 for 4 Bookings cannot be made on our Website

Evening performances start at 7.30pm unless stated otherwise