Dramatic Season
September 2008 to June 09
Last Update 03-Jul-2008
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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:
- All tickets to be booked and paid for by Saturday 13th September. No extension of this date can be permitted.
- Once issued, tickets are not transferable and repayments cannot be made.
- All bookings to be made in person or by telephone at The Box Office – Website bookings for the offer cannot be accepted.
- Tickets can be reserved for Monday to Saturday performances inclusive.
- The Christmas Entertainment and Studio productions are excluded from the scheme.
- No other concessionary offers can be taken within the scheme.
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