WHAT S ON September-December

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1 WHAT S ON September-December

2 5-7 Artillery Street Derry Londonderry, BT48 6RG, Northern Ireland Tel: Fax: Arts and the Community working together COME WATCH Theatre, Music, Comedy P5-P24

3 WELCOME Book online at EDUCATION HIRE US AT A GLANCE Training,Workshops P25-P29 Venue and Room hire P32-P33 Opening times, map P34-P35 3

4 BOX OFFICE INFORMATION OPENING HOURS Monday- Friday 9.30am- 5.30pm Saturday: 10.00am- 4.00pm HOW TO BOOK By Telephone: Call (028) during box office hours. In person: Simply call into the box office during office hours. Online: Log on to anytime On the Night: The Box Office will be open 45 minutes before a performance for ticket sales/collections. Concessions available for those in receipt of benefits, students, under 18 s and senior citizens. Group discounts also available. Please phone Box Office in advance for details. ACCESS & DISABLED PATRONS Winner of the William Keown Prestige Access Award 2010, The Playhouse has full access for disabled patrons and an infra-red hearing assisted system is installed in our theatre. If patrons have any special requirements, please contact the Box Office and we will be happy to help in any way we can. LATECOMERS Latecomers cannot be admitted once a performance has started until a suitable interval. REFUND POLICY Please note that there are no refunds, except in the event of the show being cancelled. MAILING LIST To receive this brochure and other regular mailings, both by post and , join our free mailing list by contacting the Box Office or visit or ing whatson@derryplayhouse.co.uk.

5 National Theatre Live presents THE DEEP BLUE SEA Thursday 1st September, 7pm Tickets: 11 - Cert: 12A (includes 1 development donation) Helen McCrory (Penny Dreadful, Peaky Blinders) returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan s devastating masterpiece, playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama. Tom Burke (War and Peace, The Musketeers) also features in Carrie Cracknell s critically acclaimed new production. A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. The Big Tickle Presents THE VERY PERRY SHOW Friday 9th September, 8pm Tickets 10/ 8 (includes 1 development contribution) Called a "major talent" at The 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Kate Perry presents a happy hour of acutely observed and quirky monologues reflecting her unique view on life. She portrays a wonderful array of characters ranging from five to seventy years old. Whether it s Mary Peachy-Bender, an Amish woman with shoofly pie envy, Susie Hedley-Simmons, a twelve year old who takes control of her mother s medication or Carmel, a celebrity obsessed old age pensioner. Each is portrayed with chameleon like skill, humour and charm. It s going to be a Very Perry Experience! COME AND WATCH Book online at LIVE SCREENING 5

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7 David Hull Promotions and The Big Tickle Presents 1916 TIM MCGARRY GOES OVER THE TOP Friday 16th September, 8pm Tickets: 15/ 13 (includes 1 development donation) Age 16+ Tim McGarry (Give My Head Peace) is back! Following the success of Tim McGarry s Irish History Lesson, Tim returns with a brand new stand-up show about our history. In 2016 we have been inundated with dramas and documentaries about the meaning of There has been much chin stroking and nodding of heads sagely. Tim McGarry doesn t want that. He wants to give you jokes. What are the funny myths and facts about 1916? Why do we take our history so seriously? And how can we stop taking it seriously? Expect myths to be exploded and sacred cows to be slaughtered but above all expect laughs. Powerstone Entertainment presents THE LANTERN MAN by Jane Coyle, Directed by Stephen Beggs Saturday 17th September, 8pm Tickets 10/ 8 (includes 1 development contribution) A powerful new drama from the writer of the award-winning play The Suitcase. Set in Dublin, months before the Easter Rising. Wounded in body and spirit, Johnny McGrath returns from the Western Front to a city he barely recognises. He has unexpectedly inherited hundreds of glass lantern slides capturing images of soldiers in action. He decides to put them on show, to tell the public the real story of the war. As tension mounts around him, Johnny comes to realise that there is more to the photographs than meets the eye and that secrets can be hard to hide. COME AND WATCH Book online at 7

8 National Theatre Live presents THE THREEPENNY OPERA Thursday 22nd September, 7pm Tickets: 11 - Cert: 15 (includes 1 development contribution) Mack the Knife is back in town. A darkly comic new take on Brecht and Weill s raucous musical broadcast live from the stage of the National Theatre. London scrubs up for the coronation. The thieves are on the make, the whores on the pull, the police cutting deals to keep it all out of sight. Mr and Mrs Peachum are looking forward to a bumper day in the beggary business, but their daughter didn t come home last night and it s all about to kick off With Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear as Macheath, alongside Rosalie Craig as Polly Peachum and Haydn Gwynne as Mrs Peachum. This bold, anarchic production is brought to you by a creative powerhouse: adapted by Simon Stephens, and directed by Rufus Norris. LIVE SCREENING Wireless Mystery Theatre presents GHOSTBUSTERS... RETRO! Friday 23rd September, 8pm Tickets 11/ 8 (includes 1 development contribution) "To whom will you send a telegram?" Thirty-two years after the original release of the film the Wireless Mystery Theatre presents Ghostbusters... Retro! Imagining how it might have been originally transmitted if it were a 30's radio play, with live sound-effects, music, and period commercials. First broadcast in October 1939 on the American CBS, the original radio-play from which Harold Ramis largely plagiarised his 1984 film was the surprise hit of the 2014 Belfast Comedy Festival. SPONSORED BY STAY PUFT MARSHMALLOWS!!!! Wireless Mystery Theatre is Northern Ireland's only audio theatre company, specialising in live staged radio plays and broadcast material.

9 The Royal Opera presents BELLINI NORMA Thursday 29th September 2016, 7.15pm Tickets: 14/ 10 (includes 1 development donation) This new production of Norma for The Royal Opera is distinguished by a cast of internationally renowned singers. Àlex Ollé directs, bringing a modern edge to this timeless tale of love, rivalry and betrayal, set against a backdrop of war driven by the extremes of a fanatically religious society. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts this stunning cast including soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Norma with Joseph Calleja as her secret lover, Pollione, Sonia Ganassi as the priestess Adalgisa and Brindley Sherratt as Norma's father Oroveso. WOMEN OF THE WORLD FESTIVAL Friday 30th Sept and Saturday 1st Oct Free The Women of the World Festival (WOW) returns to The Playhouse on Friday 30th September (school's day) and Saturday 1st October (open day). Now in it's 4th year in Derry - Londonderry, the festival celebrates the achievements of women and girls locally, nationally and globally. WOW originated at the Southbank Centre in London and has now become a global movement with festivals happening around the world. On Saturday 1st October a range of workshops, talks and classes take place, most of which are free to the general public. The festival is for all genders, nationalities and ages. COME AND WATCH Book online at ENCORE SCREENING 9

10 Photo SA/ alchetron.com FIELD DAY LECTURE - A TERRIBLE STATE OF CHASSIS Lecture by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Introduction by Emer Nolan, Q&A with Michael Farell Friday 30th September, 8pm Tickets 10/ 8 Seamus Deane gave the first of the annual lecture series in his honour last year. Founder and editor of the Field Day Review, he has made his poetry, fiction, scholarship and criticism, particularly in latter years in the form of the essay, a meditation on the need, in a debased political system, to follow the dictum: When in Rome, do as the Greeks do. His work is not, as he himself has stated, devoted to a rewriting of the Irish past but to a writing of the Irish present. ` Bernadette Devlin McAliskey transformed political resistance in the Northern Irish statelet by spearheading a socialist, anti-sectarian, mass movement for change. Her celebrity began when she was elected to Westminster for Mid Ulster in 1969 then the youngest woman MP ever and when she became a leading organizer on the barricades in Derry during the Battle of the Bogside.

11 YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE National Poetry Day Thursday 6th October, 8pm Tickets: 8 (includes 1 development contribution) by Sean McMahon Directed by Ken McCormack Dorothy Parker and Edna St Vincent Millay were two of the most gifted of American literary ladies of the first half of the twentieth century. They both wrote verse, Dorothy s often wickedly satirical. What follows is the slick, witty and sometimes caustic exchange between the two women as they meet somewhere on the way to infinity. Off The Cuff Community Theatre Group present THE BURIAL AT THEBES Saturday 8th October, 8pm Tickets 8 (includes 1 development contribution) A translation of Antigone, by Seamus Heaney A Northern Ireland city, post the troubles Antigone and Ismene are the last of their family. Both their brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices,have just been killed in a battle. Their uncle Creon has taken control of the city and outlaws the burial of Polyneices. Antigone s appalling dilemma is whether to obey Creon and offend the gods, or follow her heart and plunge her accursed family into a fresh cycle of violence by burying her brother. Off The Cuff Community Theatre Group is a cross community and multi -cultural group who are working to improve the quality of the lives of their community through the medium of drama. COME AND WATCH Book online at 11

12 IN THE WINDOW Friday 14th October, 8pm Tickets 11/ 8 (includes 1 development contribution) Written and performed by Nuala McKeever Directed by Andrea Montgomery Life hasn t turned out the way Margaret dreamed. She s lonely as hell, in a house that won t sell, with no kids, no husband and a job that s deathly boring. So tonight, she s got a date with a bottle of pink fizz and a bowl of pink pills and she s going to go out in style. But her romance with death is rudely interrupted by an intruder, a nosy neighbour and a policeman a tall, handsome policeman. In her internationally-acclaimed comedy hit, Nuala McKeever delivers a poignant, hilarious, cocktail that has wowed audiences from the USA to India. MPI bands presents LUKA BLOOM WITH SUPPORT FROM ANNE RYNNE Saturday 15th October, 8pm Tickets 17 (includes 1 development donation) Luka Bloom is regarded as one of Ireland s best-respected contemporary folk artists, having produced 20 albums since the 1970s, Bloom continues to push the boundaries of what his music can do, and the 2012/13 Heartman Tour proves he is still making provocative, poetic music that delves deep into the intricacies of the human soul and pulls out the nuggets and puts them in a song. Like many who write songs, Luka s orchestra of choice is the guitar. What makes his career a little different is his constant search for a new voice within the guitar. The guitar is the landscape on which the song is created, and he is forever probing that landscape for new inspiration. Exceptional Irish News

13 The Royal Opera presents MOZART COSÍ FAN TUTTE Monday 17 October, 6.30pm Tickets: 14/ 10 (includes 1 development contribution) How much do you love your partner? How much do you trust them? And can they trust you? Mozart s classic opera Così fan tutte puts two pairs of lovers to the test with distinctly unexpected results. For this new production, director Jan Philipp Gloger creates a richly theatrical world as the playground for this quirky comedy, where two men try to woo each other s partners for a bet. This lively, youthful and imaginative take on one of the world's best-loved operas is performed by a cast of rising stars conducted by Semyon Bychkov. EVENING OF SONG & STORY Friday 21st October, 7.30 pm Tickets 10/ 8 A wonderful evening of Song & Story featuring Aussie Bryson, Eamon Friel, Fergus Cleary, Paddy McCartney, Cathal McCann, Maureen Hegarty and others. Proceeds from this evening are in aid of HCPT -The Pilgrimage Trust. HCPT Pilgrimage Trust is a UK charity giving life changing pilgrimage holidays to Lourdes, France, for disabled and disadvantaged children and adults, supported by volunteer helpers. COME AND WATCH Book online at LIVE SCREENING 13

14 The Playhouse presents GRIMM TALES 2: ELECTRIC BOOK-ALOO! By Peter Eerie Davidson Directed by Kieran Spooky Griffiths Thurs. 27th- Sun. 30th Oct, 7pm, Matinees Sat. 29th- Mon. 31st Oct, 1pm Family tickets-4 for 30 or 10 each (includes 1 development donation) Due to popular demand Grimm is back again in an all new adventure with even more story telling mayhem! Grimm s granny has bought him a book reader to store all of his favourite scary fairy stories The Electric Book-aloo! But unfortunately a wicked spell brings the computer to life and it s up to Grimm, with the help from the audience, to save the day and rescue all his favourite tales! Group rates available

15 The Royal Ballet presents MACMILLAN ANASTASIA BALLET IN THREE ACTS Friday 4th November, 7.15pm Tickets: 14/ 10 (includes 1 development contribution) An identity in crisis; a country in revolution. Anastasia is a ballet about one of the great historical mysteries of the 20th century, only recently solved. One of Kenneth MacMillan's first creations on becoming Director of The Royal Ballet in 1970, Anastasia is a dramatic and haunting exploration of Anna's nightmare of memory and identity. To music by Tchaikovsky and Martinů, we follow the events leading to the murder of a family, and Anna's confused dreams or memories. A powerful, psychological challenge for the principal ballerina, this is a rare opportunity to see a landmark ballet by a major choreographer. SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING Kabosh in association with Diversity Challenges present GREEN & BLUE Directed by Paula McFetridge Saturday 5th November, 8pm Tickets 10/ 8 (includes 1 development contribution) Green & Blue explores the realities faced by the individuals who patrolled the border during the height of the conflict. This new multi-media production looks at the person behind the uniform and the different experiences of two individuals on either side of a man-made line in the ground. Green & Blue is based on an oral archive of serving RUC and An Garda SÍochána officers. Each performance will be followed by a facilitated discussion COME AND WATCH Book online at 15

16 The Royal Opera presents OFFENBACH LES CONTES D HOFFMANN Tuesday 15th November, 6.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development donation) Offenbach's masterpiece, is a favourite with audiences. Created by Academy Award-winning film director John Schlesinger, this production brings alive a 19th-century world of romance, comedy, mystery and menace. At the centre of these extraordinary tales of clockwork dolls, magical glasses, ghostly voices and sensual courtesans is the vivid imagination of the drunken Romantic poet Hoffmann. The music includes the famous Barcarolle and the stunning showpiece numbers are perfect vehicles for the vocal virtuosity of Sofia Fomina as the clockwork doll Olympia, Christine Rice as the courtesan Giulietta, and Sonya Yoncheva as Hoffmann's last love Antonia. Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company presents THE ENTERTAINER By John Osborne Saturday 19th November, 7pm Tickets 11 (includes 1 development donation) Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osborne's modern classic conjures the seedy glamour of the old music halls for an explosive examination of public masks and private torment. Rob Ashford directs Kenneth Branagh as the Archie Rice, with John Hurt as Billy Rice in the final production for Plays at the Garrick season. LIVE SCREENING ENCORE SCREENING

17 Dyad Productions present CHRISTMAS GOTHIC Performed by Rebecca Vaughan Sunday 20th November, 8pm Tickets 11/ 9 (includes 1 development contribution) From the creators of Dalloway, The Diaries of Adam and Eve and Female Gothic. Christmas: a time to remember the past, celebrate the present, and look to the future; a time of feasts and festivities; a time of visits and visitations. A time of ghosts. Come in from the cold and enter into the Christmas spirit as a dark and spectral woman tells haunting tales of the festive season, lighting a candle to the frailties of human nature and illuminating the cold and chilling depths of the bleak, wintry dark... Dyad Productions resurrects a Victorian tradition by presenting three seasonal tales of terror to scintillate the gooseflesh for dark Christmas nights. The Big Tickle Presents GUNS N' ROSÉ: A New Stand Up Show by Peter E Davidson Saturday 26th November, 8pm Tickets 8/ 6 Peter E Davidson is a 38 year old rosé wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers. How did he end up this way? Are you born a rosé wine drinker or through a series of unfortunate incidents do you grow to be one? How many times can you lie to a barman with the phrase...and a rosé for the Mrs.? All of the big questions will be answered in this hilarious new show from Masons Comedy regular MC and recent Blame Game panelist Peter E Davidson, fresh from its premiere at the Belfast Comedy Festival. COME AND WATCH Book online at 17

18 North West Opera Present CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT Friday 2nd December, 8pm Tickes 10/ 8 An evening of old Christmas favourites with North West Opera and Foyle Opera Come and celebrate a traditional Christmas at the Playhouse with the acclaimed four-part choruses of North West & Foyle Operas. Sing along with all your favourite carols, warm yourself with a glass of mulled wine, or simply treat your ears. All, young and old alike, are welcome to join us for a night full of Christmas favourites, including Silent Night, Joy to the world and O Holy Night, featuring internationally acclaimed soprano Ann Jennings, and a spirited telling of The Grinch by Donal Kavanagh. The Royal Ballet WRIGHT THE NUTCRACKER Thursday 8th December, 7.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development contribution) The Royal Ballet's glorious production of The Nutcracker, created by Peter Wright in 1984, is the production par excellence of an all-time ballet favourite. It is Christmas Eve and Drosselmeyer the magician sweeps young Clara away on a fantasy adventure in which time is suspended, the family living- room becomes a great battlefield, and a magical journey takes them through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets. Tchaikovsky's glittering score, the gorgeous festive stage designs and The Royal Ballet's captivating dancing including an exquisite pas de deux between the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince make this Nutcracker the quintessential Christmas experience. LIVE SCREENING

19 COMING UP IN 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company Live presents THE TEMPEST Wednesday 11th January 2017, 7pm Tickets 11 (includes 1 development contribution) On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they wake they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems. In a unique partnership with Intel, we will be using today s most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare s magical play, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience. LIVE SCREENING The Royal Opera presents VERDI IL TROVADORE Saturday 4th February 2017, 7.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development contribution) International superstars Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Anita Rachvelishvili, Lianna Haroutounian and Gregory Kunde lead a superb cast of world-class singers in this Verdi classic. Il trovatore is one of the great operas of the Romantic period, a story of passion and blood, love and vengeance, disaster and murder. Fire and snow in the landscape echo the cruelty and love of the story: soldiers and gypsies clash, a mother reveals a terrible secret and two men are engaged in a deadly fight for one woman. The famous Anvil Chorus is just one of the highlights of Verdi s exceptionally fine music. ENCORE SCREENING COME AND WATCH Book online at 19

20 COMING UP IN 2017 The Royal Ballet presents MCGREGOR WOOLF WORKS Saturday 11th February 2017, 7.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development contribution) The pioneering literary work of Virginia Woolf is the inspiration for multi-award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor's brilliant triptych for The Royal Ballet. McGregor has long been at the cutting edge of ballet, working with collaborators from across the artistic world, and in this critically acclaimed work he combines themes from three of Woolf's landmark novels Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves with elements of her letters, essays and diaries. Acclaimed British composer Max Richter (Infra, Sum and Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons) creates a specially commissioned score incorporating electronic and live music. SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING The Royal Ballet PETIPA THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Wednesday 1st March 2017, 7.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development contribution) A perennial delight and a much-loved classic. First choreographed to Tchaikovsky's great musical score by Marius Petipa in Russia in 1890, The Sleeping Beauty has wonderful ensembles, solos including the Rose Adage as Princess Aurora meets her suitors, and of course the concluding celebratory dances for the happy union of prince and princess. The designs by Oliver Messell, were restored and updated for this production by Peter Farmer. The rich evocations of the royal court, the panoramic journey of the prince to the overgrown castle and the colourful characters in this famous fairytale make this Sleeping Beauty a spectacle like no other. ENCORE SCREENING

21 Lakin McCarthy and the Big Tickle present JO CAULFIELD The Customer Is Always Wrong Saturday 4th March 2017, 8pm Tickets 15 / 12 (includes 1 development contribution) Have you ever noticed that even when you re right, you re wrong? From the potential minefields of dating, relationships and divorce, to the simple things, like booking a holiday nothing is ever as straightforward as it should be. Jo Caulfield is determined to get things back on track Award-winning Stand-Up comedian Jo Caulfield takes a humorous look at life s potential traps, what can go wrong and how to deal with them. Sharp, witty and insightful, Jo will make you think as much as she makes you laugh. As seen on The John Bishop Show, Michael McIntyre s Comedy Roadshow, Mock the Week and Have I Got News For You. The Royal Opera presents MADAMA BUTTERFLY Thursday 30 March 2017, 7.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development donation) Puccini s Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular of all operas, with a heartbreaking story of a loving geisha deserted by a callous American husband. Puccini's music brings alive the birdsong of the morning, the ritual of a wedding and the seduction by naval officer B.F. Pinkerton (sung by exciting young tenor Marcelo Puente) of his young, innocent bride. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano, acclaimed for his interpretations of Italian opera, conducts this intense and gripping journey from light and excitement to darkness and self-sacrifice. music, which captures the shifting emotions of the drama through impassioned love duets, fiery solos and stirring choruses. LIVE SCREENING COME AND WATCH Book online at 21

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23 COMING UP IN 2017 The Royal Opera presents BALANCHINE JEWELS Tuesday 11 April 2017, 7.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development donation) George Balanchine s evocation of the sparkle of emeralds, rubies and diamonds is a brilliant ballet classic. The French Romantic music of Fauré provides the impetus for the subtlety and lyricism of Emeralds, while the fire of Rubies comes from Stravinsky and the jazz-age energy of New York. Grandeur and elegance complete the ballet with the splendour of Imperial Russia and the peerless music of Tchaikovsky in Diamonds. Jewels is a masterclass in the many luminous facets of classical ballet and indeed of The Royal Ballet itself: the virtuoso choreography of Balanchine, the intensity of the soloists and the precision of the entire Company. The Royal Ballet ASHTON THE DREAM / SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS / MARGUERITE AND ARMAND Wednesday 7 June 2017, 7.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development contribution) The Dream is Ashton's adaptation of Shakespeare's riotous comedy in which a forest sprite plays havoc, armed with a love potion. With six dancers performing a series of quartets, duets, sextets and solos to Franck s brooding Variations symphoniques, this seminal masterpiece celebrates the pure beauty of movement. Marguerite and Armand is Ashton's beautiful and emotional retelling of a well-known story, familiar to us through Verdi's opera La traviata. Ashton famously created this poignant ballet on Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in COME AND WATCH Book online at LIVE SCREENING LIVE SCREENING 23

24 COMING UP IN 2017 The Royal Opera VERDI OTHELLO OPERA IN FOUR ACTS Wednesday 28 June 2017, 7.15pm Tickets 14/ 10 (includes 1 development contribution) World-famous tenor Jonas Kaufmann makes his role debut as Otello in Verdi's passionate retelling of Shakespeare's great tragedy of jealousy, deception and murder. Soprano Maria Agresta will be his Desdemona and baritone Ludovic Tézier his nemesis Iago in a new LIVE SCREENING production by Olivier Award- winning director Keith Warner. A major work of the opera repertory, Verdi's Otello draws on the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Opera Chorus and this stellar line-up of principal singers, with exquisite duets, emotionally potent solo numbers and thrilling choruses.

25 ADULT EVENING CLASSES CARERS CRAFTS LIVES BELOW THE RADAR WHAT GETS YOUR CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING? GET CREATIVE, HAVE FUN, LEARN A NEW SKILL.. AND GAIN AN OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK (OCN) QUALIFICATION! THE PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES SEVERAL ADULT NIGHT CLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE COURSE START DURATION DAY TIME LOCATION Creative Writing OCN Level weeks Mon. 6-9pm PLAYHOUSE Digital Photograph OCN Level weeks Wed. 6-9pm NWRC Performance Level weeks Mon. 6-9pm PLAYHOUSE For further information and Enrolment Form please contact The Playhouse on EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 25

26 OPENING DOORS TO CREATIVITY The Playhouses runs a large selection of socially engaged arts programmes, providing opportunities, training, guidance and experience for all types of artistic individuals and creative communities. Current Playhouse Projects include PARTNERSHIPS are ongoing between The Playhouse and several local organisations, including RNIB, Action on Hearing Loss, Rossdowney House, and Foyle Disability Resource Centre.For more info siuan@derryplayhouse.co.uk. STREET TALK A cross community project involving young people who come together to address the impact crime has on the community. THEATRE OF WITNESS WORKSHOPS Workshops and film screenings exploring and illuminating the stories of a range of people deeply affected by The Troubles. Please contact theatreofwitness@derryplayhouse.co.uk if you wish to book a workshop. Residents groups at The Playhouse SOLE PURPOSE PRODUCTIONS is a professional theatre company founded in 1997 to use the discourse of imagination to investigate and illuminate social and public issues. Contact: or visit LILLIPUT THEATRE COMPANY is one of Northern Ireland s leading theatre companies for adults with learning disabilities. Recent productions include a specially adapted version of Macbeth and commissioned plays exploring disability rights. Contact: or lilliputtheatrecompany@westerntrust.hscni.net For more information contact The Playhouse on or info@derryplayhouse.co.uk..

27 It s really good to bring the communities together through art because we can express ourselves Young participant in The Playhouse Street Talk Project EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 27

28 WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES AT THE PLAYHOUSE FOR ADULTS PLAYHOUSE PARENTS GROUP (PPG) Are you anew parent? Interested in the Arts? PPG will provide a space for local parents and carers of children to come together and explore creative approaches to practical parenting. Workshops which will be designed by and for the group, so get in touch and express your interest. Contact: Siuan O Doherty or siuan@derryplayhouse.co.uk ADULT ARTS Are you bursting with creativity? We want to hear from adult groups and individuals interested in short hobby workshops on arts and craft techniques. Contact: Siuan O Doherty or siuan@derryplayhouse.co.uk DERRY PLAYHOUSE WRITERS Wednesdays 1pm 4pm Contact: MEDITATION WITH CHITTA Tuesdays pm. 6 per class pay as you go. Dates for Autumn Sept 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct 25, Nov 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. Contact: potalacentread@gmail.com TAI CHI Mondays pm (beginners) and 7.30pm- 8.45pm Contact: PLAYHOUSE PAINTERS Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2-4pm Contact: THE CREATIVE PATH Awakening your Authentic Self through creativity. A series of highly enjoyable workshops that look at the creativity inherent in each of us. Contact Ursula McHugh: mchugh.ursula78@gmail.com SO MUCH MORE THAN YOGA CLASSES Thursdays 10.30am- 12pm Contact: Ursula McHugh mchugh.ursula78@gmail.com FOYLE CAMERA CLUB The first and third Tuesday of every month 7-9pm Contact: foylecamerclub@gmail.com FAB Father and Baby Project. Starting on Saturday 24 September 2016 for five weeks from 10-11am.

29 FOR CHILDREN DESIGN DEN The Playhouse s famous Saturday Art Club features a series of art workshops exploring different art themes, art history and teach budding artists an array of unique, creative art skills. This is a fun visual arts project that is aimed at primary school aged children. Workshops will run for ten week blocks starting Saturday 24 September Every Saturday from 11am to 1pm for 7-11 year olds. Arts activities will explore different themes with a strong emphasis on fun and creativity. Contact: Siuan O Doherty or siuan@derryplayhouse.co.uk MARY HILL SCHOOL OF BALLET Fridays 3pm 8pm and Saturdays 9am 2pm. Contact or victoria@maryhillschoolofballet.co.uk SCOIL RINCE CATHAIR NA MBALLAI: THE WALLED CITY SCHOOL OF DANCE Tuesdays 5.30pm 7.30pm. Contact / or michaela1@hotmail.com CLASS ACT SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA For ages 4-16 years. Fridays 4pm - 7pm Contact: Loretta Brenda EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 29

30 MANY THANKS TO OUR CORPORATE PATRONS Nuprint Translink Northbound Brewery MCI Chartered Accountants The Sandwich Company Moore Stephens Airporter McGinnis Group Maldron Hotel James Doherty Meats Foyleside Shopping Centre Bank of Ireland Moran's McCambridgeDuffy Caldwell Robinson Pi Communications What a gift The Playhouse is to the community Roma Downey, Actor Help The Playhouse provide educational opportunities for some of the most vulnerable and hard to reach people, use the arts for peacebuilding, and produce ground-breaking new theatre by becoming a corporate patron. Get in touch with Elaine Forde at the playhouse on or elaine@derryplayhouse.co.uk

31 EXHIBITIONS 'WHO FRAMED SEAN KEDDY' Tuesday 6th-Thursday 22nd September An upcoming exhibition by local artist Sean Keddy which takes a look at the relationships we share with fictional figures and icons presented in popular culture. It also explores how we identify with these characters in real life, a concept portrayed through a series of illustrative portraits. The exhibition launch takes place on Tuesday 6th September at 7pm. LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET Friday 25th November to Saturday 10th December 2016 The second exhibition of work at the playhouse by designer and illustrator Joe Barwise. This showcase is collection of prints, digital and traditional, that vaguely explore the power of repetition.

32 HIRE THE PLAYHOUSE A UNIQUE HERITAGE VENUE IN THE HEART OF DERRY LONDONDERRY If you are organising a Conference, Workshop, Festival, Launch, Birthday, Wedding or a creative day with a difference... Why not consider the unique award winning Playhouse? Situated in the heart of the historic walled city, The Playhouse is a unique historic building of real character with flexible multi use spaces including : Unique historic buildings of real character, with flexible, multi use spaces 175 seat Theatre (including cinema projection) Dance Studio with beautiful panoramic views Gallery Space looking out onto Derry s famous historic City Walls Various large and small breakout rooms NOW OFFERING TEAMBUILDING EVENTS: Our team of professional arts facilitators can work with you and your staff to understand and meet your needs. We use our dynamic arts techniques to take you out of your daily routines, and get you thinking, moving and behaving in different ways, while improving creativity, communication skills, motivation, team work and much more For more information contact or hire@derryplayhouse.co.uk

33 What a fabulous team you have your organisation and attention to detail went a long way to making our event a complete success even last minute requests were met with smiles and reassurance Education Service, Houses of Parliament, London HIRE US Book online at 33

34 OPENING HOURS Monday- Friday 9.30am- 5.30pm Saturday: 10.00am- 4.00pm SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Thursday 1 The Deep Blue Sea P5 Saturday 1 Women of the World Festival P9 Friday 9 The Very Perry Show P5 Thursday 6 You Might as Well Live P11 Friday Tim McGarry Goes Over the Top P7 Saturday 8 The Burial at Thebes P11 Saturday 17 The Lantern Man P7 Friday 14 In The Window P12 Thursday 22 The Threepenny Opera P8 Saturday 15 Luka Bloom P12 Friday 23 Ghostbusters... Retro! P8 Monday 17 Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte P13 Thursday 29 Bellini Norma P9 Friday 21 Evening of Song & Story P13 Friday 30 Field Day Lecture P10 Thursday 27- Monday 31 Grimm Tales 2: Electric Book-aloo! P14 Friday 30 Women of the World Festival P9

35 NOVEMBER Friday 4 MacMillan ANASTASIA Saturday 5 Green & Blue Tuesday 15 Offenbach Les Conts D Hoffmann Saturday 19 The Entertainer By John Osborne Sunday 20 Christmas Gothic Saturday 26 Guns N' Rosé DECEMBER P15 P15 P16 P16 P17 P17 FEBRUARY Saturday 4 Verdi Il Trovadore Saturday 11 MCGregor Woolf Works MARCH Wednesday 1 Petipa The Sleeping Beauty Saturday 4 Jo Caulfield- The Customer Is Always Wrong Thursday 30 Puccini Madama Butterfly APRIL P19 P20 P20 P21 P21 AT A GLANCE Book online at Friday 2 Carols by candlelight P18 Tuesday 11 Balanchine Jewels P23 Thursday 8 Wright The Nutcracker JANUARY P18 JUNE Wednesday 7 Ashton The Dream/Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand P23 Wednesday 11 The Tempest P19 Wednesday 28 Verdi Othello P24 35

36 HOW TO FIND US The Playhouse is located within the historic Walls of Derry. Londonderry, just a short walk from the Foyleside and Richmond Shopping Centres; 5-7 Artillery Street Derry Londonderry, BT48 6RG, Northern Ireland Tel: Fax: info@derryplayhouse.co.uk The Playhouse now has a free app! Just search for DerryPlayhouse in the app store The Playhouse is supported by the following organisations: Brochure design: