http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/ York Press /whatson/theatre/ en-gb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:40:55 +0100 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:40:55 +0100 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.thepress.co.uk/resources/images/178952/?type=rsslogo http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/ http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3615683.Review__Vacuum__Esk_Valley_Theatre__Robinson_Institute__Glaisdale__near_Whitby__until_August_30/ IN search of drama to fill the vacuum at this traditionally fallow time in the indoor theatrical calendar, The Press took to the rain-swept moorland hills, and nearly two hours later found the aptly named Vacuum. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:37:40 +0100 f2a7ba39f6a48c16e67096176ef9cfc2 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3614884.Group_seeks_show_singers/ York Musical Theatre Company will hold audition rehearsals and main auditions early next month for The Best Of Times, this autumn’s celebration of the musical genius of Jerry Herman. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:25:13 +0100 cccc7eb41d5118f085ab316dabbba2af http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3614734.Preview__The_Lord_Chamberlain___s_Men_present_Much_Ado_About_Nothing__Museum_Gardens__York__August_27_to_29/ THE Ebor race meeting may be off but not all outdoor hot pursuits in York have gone down the river. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:53:14 +0100 4c1efaa67ab2723ce09b1c8044019e7b http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3614731.Preview__Vacuum__Robinson_Institute__Glaisdale__near_Whitby__until_August_30_/ DEBORAH McAndrew, the onetime Coronation Street star, is turning her hand to writing plays. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:51:52 +0100 8f6e214f59e1ba03bdacd2a625b61d25 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3614563.Student_Sam_seeks_RADA_sponsor/ YORK actor Sam Coulson is to train on the three-year BA acting degree course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:16:39 +0100 ea125326a77d77741b66890b2d44622e http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3614501.Next_stage_in_Harrogate_Theatre_makeover/ Harrogate Theatre is once again alive with the sound of workmen as the second phase of refurbishment begins, 12 months on from the ornate restoration of the main auditorium. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:01:52 +0100 f9e71ad47c45dc86b47149adf94ae00c http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3596574.Preview__Tommy___Grand_Opera_House__York__September_9_to_13/ YORK Stage Musicals will stage Pete Townshend’s rock opera Tommy from September 9 to 13 at 7.30pm nightly at the Grand Opera House, York. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:10:15 +0100 b13b5e3d98370cab2fab9ff10ca6268d http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3596477.Preview__Much_Ado_About_Nothing__Museum_Gardens__York__August_27_to_29/ The Lord Chamberlain’s Men will complete their 700-mile tour of Britain with three performances of Much Ado About Nothing in the Museum Gardens, York, from August 27 to 29. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:49:37 +0100 1770157c3e0cb3af8ec891206b5b9ff1 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3587712.Review__The_Winter_s_Tale__Newby_Hall__near_Ripon__The_Globe_Touring_Company/ The magnicent house and manicured gardens of Newby Hall provided a great backdrop to this accomplished company of Shakespearean players for the outdoor production. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:35:16 +0100 c84b6f769324d9301b412503f83d681f http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3583577.Review__The_Taming_Of_The_Shrew__The_Pantaloons__Rowntree_Park__York__2_30pm_today_and_tomorrow__admission_free/ THE Pantaloons are a new addition to the outdoor theatre calendar in York, arriving from Canterbury on a mission to “champion a new type of playful Shakespearean performance”. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:52:48 +0100 6d419b881825dda83a298c7c9d6c9790 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3581770.Review__Bugsy_Malone__Live_Nation_Stage_Experience_2008__Grand_Opera_House__York__7pm__August_8__2pm_and_7pm_August_9/ “WE could have been anything that we wanted to be,” goes the closing song of Bugsy Malone. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:32:41 +0100 3183d04748b24842985323cfe937ff6a http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3580657.Preview__The_Railway_Children_at_the_National_Railway_Museum__York__until_August_23/ LOOK up Sarah Quintrell’s profile in the Spotlight guide to actors and she describes her playing age as 16 to 30. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:55:30 +0100 0a34f906c44cfcf7e7d1e85db8c199cb http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3566284.Review__Not_About_Heroes__Clap_Trap_Productions__on_tour_from_September_18/ DAVID Goodwin and Jonathan Lewis first performed Not About Heroes two years ago for the Helmsley troupe, the 1812 Theatre Company. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:03:21 +0100 b030642a3fde242414e71c2faf665d4a http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3564226.Funky_retelling_of_Wizard_of_Oz/ YORK Stage Youth will join forces with York group Play On for the autumn production of The Wiz at the Grand Opera House, York. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:05:51 +0100 95c856851fd20d7b7c18d8ae9f546743 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3564214.Preview__York_Stage_Musicals_present_The_Who___s_Tommy__Grand_Opera_House__York__September_9_to_13/ DRUMMER Clark Howard and lead singer James Browne from fast-emerging York band Hungry Ghosts are to star in York Stage Musicals’ production of The Who’s Tommy next month. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:03:55 +0100 7ab452179dba531d547675e39e22ab13 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3563880.Autumn_season_at_York_Theatre_Royal/ The husband and wife team of John Godber and Jane Thornton, so strongly associated with Hull Truck Theatre, will unite this autumn for Godber’s first ever directing brief for York Theatre Royal. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:46:31 +0100 815922d6a42934d4cf55972bb9f208bb http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3563596.Write_Through_Summer_workshops_at_York_Theatre_Royal/ RADIO playwright Susan Stern, broadcaster and playwright Nigel Forde (and poet Pete Morgan will lead York Theatre Royal’s series of three-day workshops, Write Through Summer, this month. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:27:38 +0100 4e38f05d9df6e1ad2cddfd98b96b8ede http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3563506.Preview__Life___Beth__Haunting_Julia_and_Snake_In_The_Grass__Stephen_Joseph_Theatre__Scarborough__various_dates_until_August_30_/ Only one question for… Sir Alan Ayckbourn ... writer of three plays about ghosts that lurk in the dark corners of all our minds in his The Things That Go Bump summer season in Scarborough Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:11:30 +0100 556b8b76bc1fd5cbfb7c2143c263e446 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3563387.Preview__Bugsy_Malone__Grand_Opera_House__York__August_6_to_9/ INTRODUCING… Louise Denison, the director of Bugsy Malone, this summer’s Live Nation Stage Experience production at the Grand Opera House, York. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:49:59 +0100 341e0ec976812aa6cc4e3784b15c1f72 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3563137.Charles_Hutchinson_reviews_Sleeping_Beauty_On_Ice/ YOU will know producer James Cundall’s winning way with ice from The Ice Factor, his open-air Christmas ice-rink at the Eye of York. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:04:39 +0100 c2df96759aca3177f207f731ee1802d0 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3549480.Review__Life___Beth__Stephen_Joseph_Theatre__Scarborough__until_August_30/ FROM the playwright with a fascination with the number three, this is the third drama from the supernatural side in Alan Ayckbourn’s The Things That Go Bump season. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:45:23 +0100 24d3b3f919d4dc2eac78e55ac7056496 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3547562.Autumn_and_winter__programme_at_York_Theatre_Royal/ GEORGE Costigan will play Willy Loman in Damian Cruden’s production of Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman, the repertory centrepiece of the main-house autumn and winter programme at York Theatre Royal. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:25:11 +0100 b0cf4ca9a190e3605cb9c3b70511df89 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3547532.Preview__Not_About_Heroes__Terrington_Village_Hall__July_29__then_on_tour_until_November_21/ NORTH Yorkshire theatre company Clap Trap Productions will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War by touring Stephen MacDonald’s Not About Heroes. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:21:09 +0100 4767a19fbf9e327cf3b6aaadfabd5893 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3547525.John_goes_through_the_wardrobe_to_return_to_his_roots/ JOHN Cooper will guest-direct the post-Christmas production of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe at Upstage Centre Youth Theatre, 41 Monkgate, York. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:18:58 +0100 d274e3ad0b6091a9cbdf8113e71bbd58 http://www.thepress.co.uk/whatson/theatre/3547524.Preview__Awaking_Beauty__Stephen_Joseph_Theatre__Scarborough__December_11_to_January_17_/ Alan Ayckbourn’s 72nd premiere and final new work as artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, will be Awaking Beauty, his fourth musical collaboration with Denis King. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:17:43 +0100 f16e13b37872f159d733aea625e2303a