the michael croft theatre

‘Comic gold’ Sunday Times
Saturday 15 December
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Dominic Holland
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Autumn/Winter 2012/13
Online booking michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk
Saturday 15 September 7.30pm
Monday 1 October 7.30pm
Dr Faustus
£15 (Concessions £10)
Suitable for ages 7+
Alleyn’s
International
Concert Series
Driven by an insatiable thirst for knowledge
and unlimited power, Dr Faustus makes a pact
with the devil and in turn relinquishes his soul.
£14 ( Concessions £6)
Christopher Marlowe
Scene Productions take Marlowe’s classic
story of damnation and present it as a
deliciously dark and terrifically twisted fairytale.
Using stunning puppetry, live illusion and
trickery, avenging angels and dastardly demons
are brought to life as three performers conjure
a fantastical world of magic, mischief and the
macabre. We all want what we can’t have.
What would YOU sell your soul for?
Praise for Scene Productions:
‘A rare kind of magic’
The Stage on Vampirates
IIII
Three Weeks, The Scotsman,
Fringe Review & The List on The Other Side
Thomas Gould – violin
Clare Hammond – piano
Bach: Chaconne from Partita
No 2 in D minor BWV 1004
Brahms: Sonata in G major Op.78
Chopin: Nocturnes arr. violin
and piano (selection)
Franck: Sonata in A major
Thomas Gould is a truly inspirational and
versatile violinist. In demand as concerto
soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and
orchestral leader, he has also performed at
Ronnie Scott’s with his jazz group and recorded
for Decca on a 6 string electric violin! Alongside
two of the most popular sonatas in the romantic
repertory stands Bach’s mighty Chaconne and
some rarely heard arrangements of Chopin’s
lyrical Nocturnes. This promises to be a dynamic
and memorable evening of music-making.
‘… the staggeringly virtuosic Gould …
his musicianship is enthralling’ – Guardian
Online booking michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk
Saturday 6 October 7.30pm
Saturday 20 October 7.30pm
The Seagull Effect Mary Stuart
Presented by Idle Motion
by Friedrich Schiller
£15 (Concessions £10)
£15 (Concessions £10)
It is 1987 and Britain is about to be hit by
the worst storm in living memory.
Following critical acclaim and a sell-out run
as part of their first Rep season, The Faction
revive Schiller’s masterpiece, Mary Stuart.
A suspected terrorist has been arrested,
hastily tried with a law invented specifically
for her and condemned to death by a
jury, but not of her peers. That would be
impossible: her only peer is Queen Elizabeth I.
This presents Elizabeth with a terrifying
dilemma: either to reign in fear for the rest of
her life or to have Mary Stuart executed.
As one couple’s relationship falls apart, this
powerful drama deftly interweaves the chaos
of their lives with that of the terrifying hurricane
raging outside. Using exciting and evocative
staging and a stunning visual kaleidoscope
of images and stories, the havoc wreaked by
nature and its impact on the individuals whose
path it crosses is brilliantly revealed.
Praise for Idle Motion:
‘A brilliant emerging company, inventive
work with stong storytelling at its heart’
Lyn Gardner, Guardian
‘Everything this company does is innovative,
articulate and beautifully conceived’
The Scotsman
‘One of the many virtues of this exciting
production is that it gives us an intimate,
stripped-down and mercifully un-rhetorical
version of Schiller’s great 1800 romantic
tragedy’ IIII Guardian
‘We could be watching an unseen episode
of The West Wing’ IIII Fourth Wall
‘The rather wonderful Faction Theatre
Company’ IIII Time Out
Online booking michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk
Thursday 25, Friday 26 and
Saturday 27 October 7.30pm
Burbage Theatre Company
Table Manners
Alan Ayckbourn
£6 (Concessions £4)
A date for the diary … Norman’s at it
again, wreaking hilarious havoc in this
Burbage Theatre Company presentation of
Table Manners, part of Alan Ayckbourn’s
The Norman Conquests trilogy. Norman
carries on where he left off when Burbage
last year performed to great acclaim another
in the trilogy, Round and Round the Garden
– trying in vain to keep all of the women in
his family happy throughout one chaotic
weekend in the country.
Wednesday 21, Thursday 22,
Friday 23 and Saturday 24
November 7.00pm
Alleyn’s School presents
Les Misérables
School Edition
TM
Performed entirely by students
£9 (Concessions £6)
A musical by Alain Boublil and
Claude-Michel Schönberg
School Edition specially adapted and licensed
by Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of
Music Theatre International and Cameron
Mackintosh (Overseas) Limited
The epic story recounts the struggle against
adversity – of right and wrong; of life and death;
of individual and society; of selflessness and
selfishness; of rich and poor; of love and greed;
of hope and reality. The powerful musical score
is full of wonderful songs, at times uplifting
and determined, at others sad and poignant;
occasionally with a bit of humour thrown in for
good measure. This is, indeed, ‘the music of a
people who are climbing to the light – even the
darkest night will end and the sun will rise’.
A show not to be missed.
Online booking michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk
Friday 30 November 7.30pm
Saturday 8 December 7.00pm
Home Truths
4 Hands, 2 Pianos
£13 (Concessions £8)
A charity piano concert in aid
of Leukaemia Research
Meet the Rich family. Mum, Ruth, trying to
keep a handle on troublesome teenagers Fred
and Ellie with Laura at Uni, Granny from the
Welsh valleys who may not be as dotty as she
sounds and good old Dad who does his best
to keep up. In a double bill of two one-hour,
one-woman plays Edinburgh Fringe sellout (2008 and 2010) writer and performer
Ginny Davis with ‘dazzling versatility’
shows the funny side of modern family life
with teenagers. It usually is funny when it’s
someone else’s life, isn’t it?
Tuesday 4 December 7.30pm
Orchestral & Jazz Concert
£6 (Concessions £4); U18s £2
£10 (Concessions £7)
Evelina Puzaite, fresh from her solo début at
Carnegie Hall, and Grace Mo will play various
solo/4 hand piano pieces including extracts
from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite and works
by Milhaud, Rachmaninov, Puzaite, Liszt and
Lutosławski. Internationally renowned, both
performers are in constant demand both as
soloists and as chamber musicians.
Saturday 15 December 7.30pm
Dominic Holland
£15 (Concessions £12)
Lower School & Middle
School Concert
Dominic Holland is one of Britain’s top awardwinning observational comedians. He first made
his name by winning the prestigious Perrier award
– and subsequently appeared on many top-rated
television shows including Have I Got News for
You and The Royal Variety Show. He wrote and
starred in the critically-acclaimed The Small
World of Dominic Holland for BBC Radio 4.
Admission free but tickets must be booked
through the online box office
‘A comic who makes people glad to feel alive’
Guardian
Alleyn’s younger musicians entertain with
characteristic energy and sparkle.
‘A stand-up everyone should see’ Daily Telegraph
Alleyn’s senior musicians perform a
vibrant and challenging programme.
Thursday 6 December 7.30pm
Open-Access Policy
The Michael Croft Theatre welcomes
visitors with disabilities.
• Parking and drop-off point on the School
site available by prior arrangement
• Dedicated space for wheelchairs in
the auditorium
• Lift to all floors
• Fully accessible disabled toilets on all floors
Thursday 24 January 2013 7.30pm
• Guide dogs and hearing dogs welcome
Alleyn’s
Chaplaincy
Lecture
• Audio loop connection available
by prior arrangement
For general advice and to arrange
parking or audio loop connection
please email: eventsteam@alleyns.org.uk
or phone 020 8557 1510/1541
‘Is faith a help or a hindrance
when you are trying to
make peace?’
Booking information
Tickets for all events are available
via the online box office:
michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk
Follow us on twitter.com/michaelcroftthr
and facebook.com/MichaelCroftTheatre
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Tickets also available at Village Books,
1d Calton Avenue, Dulwich, SE21 7DE
Getting to The Michael
Croft Theatre
Thursday 15 November:
The Edward Alleyn Lecture given by
Mark Damazer, CBE, Master of St Peter’s
College, Oxford, and former controller
of BBC Radio 4.
Venue: Great Hall
Tickets: michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk
Alleyn’s School, Townley Road,
Dulwich, London SE22 8SU
Dulwich Film Club at the Michael
Croft Theatre – screenings at
4.00pm and 7.00pm:
By bus: 12, 37, 40, 176, 185, 312, P4 and P13.
9 September, 7 October, 4 November,
9 December, 24 January
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By rail: The nearest mainline stations are North
Dulwich (London Bridge Line) and Herne Hill
(Victoria Line). North Dulwich Station is a 6-7
minute walk. Herne Hill Station is just a short
journey by number 37 bus.
Cover photograph: Nikki Holland
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Sir Jonathan, Warden of Keble College,
Oxford, and former Permanent Secretary
to the Northern Ireland Office, was closely
and directly involved for many years in the
Northern Ireland peace process.
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Admission free but tickets must be
booked through the online box office
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Sir Jonathan Phillips