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WELCOME
We’ve got it all for you this season: big names in
comedy, panto, and live screenings of the world’s
best dramas, operas and ballets. I won’t be missing
the National Theatre’s new production of Hamlet
in October, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The
performance in London has long since sold out, but
you can watch it as it happens here in Dorking. More
live screenings come from the Bolshoi Ballet, Royal
Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera.
Enjoy!
Hamlet
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See live satellite broadcasts and recorded screenings of some of the best drama, opera
and ballet in the world, plus other exclusive events including exhibitions and interviews.
THE ROYAL BALLET
Romeo and Juliet
Tuesday 22 September LIVE
Carmen/Viscera/Afternoon of a
Faun Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux Sunday 15 November ENCORE
The Nutcracker
Wednesday 16 December LIVE
Rhapsody/The Two Pigeons
Sunday 31 January ENCORE
THE NATIONAL THEATRE
The Beaux Stratagem
Thursday 3 September LIVE
Coriolanus
Thursday 24 September ENCORE
Hamlet
Thursday 15 October LIVE
Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci
Sunday 13 December ENCORE
La Traviata
Thursday 4 February LIVE
BOLSHOI BALLET
Henry V
Wednesday 21 October LIVE
OPERA ON SYDNEY HARBOUR
Aida
Tuesday 15 September ENCORE
Giselle
LONDON’S VAUDEVILLE
THEATRE
The Lady of Camellias
The Importance of Being
Earnest
Sunday 11 October LIVE
Sunday 6 December LIVE
The Nutcracker
Sunday 20 December ENCORE
The Taming of the Shrew
Sunday 24 January
LIVE
RHAPSODY
SCREENINGS
THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING EARNEST
LA TRAVIATA
Thursday 8 October LIVE
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Planning AN EVENT?
We’ve got the perfect space for
your event, whether it’s a meeting,
conference, exhibition, wedding
reception or party.
You’ll find whatever size room
you need in our splendid Art Deco
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We take the stress out of planning
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West End THEATRE TRIPS
Tuesday 29 September (coach leaves
4.30pm)
FULL PRICE: £60; FRIENDS: £55; UNDER
18S: £50
English National Ballet: The
Nutcracker
Monday 21
December (coach
leaves 12pm)
FULL PRICE:
£67; FRIENDS
£62; UNDER 18S:
£55
Christmas With Aled Jones
Tuesday 22 December (coach leaves 5pm)
FULL PRICE: £62; FRIENDS £57
WEST END box office: 01306 881717
Matilda The Musical
Wednesday
18 November
(coach leaves
5pm)
FULL PRICE:
£67.50;
FRIENDS
£62.50
WEST END
Les Miserables
Wednesday 20 January (coach leaves 5pm)
FULL PRICE: £58; FRIENDS: £53; UNDER
18S: £45
WEST END THEATRE
You’ll be picked up from the Halls and
whisked to the theatre, where you’ll sit
in top-priced seats to enjoy the show
and then be taken back. All prices
include ticket and coach travel.
Gypsy
THEATRE TRIPS
West End shows without the
hassle.
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Screaming Blue Murder
Comedy Club
Fridays, 8.30pm
COMEDY CLUB
COMEDY CLUB box office: 01306 881717
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16 OCTOBER
Wayne Deakin
James Sherwood
Simon Feilder
Compere: TBC
COMEDY
COMEDY CLUB
18 SEPTEMBER
Mary Bourke
Otiz Cannelloni
Craig Murray
Compere:
Howard Read
Enjoy the hottest new talent on the
comedy circuit.
A bar is open throughout the evening.
20 NOVEMBER
Anthony King
Morgan Berry
Ben Norris
Compere:
Howard Read
2016
15 JANUARY
Christian Reilly
Jessica Fostekew
Matt Rees
Compere:
Howard Read
19 FEBRUARY
John Gordillo
Sally-Anne Hayward
Elis James
Compere:
Howard Read
TICKETS: £12 ADVANCE; £14 on door;
Friends in advance: £10;
Friends on door: £12
Over 18s only.
Comedy and Curry
MARY BOURKE
JAMES SHERWOOD
MORGAN BERRY
Enjoy a tasty pre-show curry for £7.95.
Food served until 8pm. Advance booking
essential. Call 01306 879320.
Brought to you by the producers of
the Banff Film Festival UK Tour, this
extraordinary collection of films documents
the beauty and power of the ocean, and
celebrates the divers, surfers, swimmers
and oceanographers who live for the sea’s
salt spray.
TICKETS: £13;
Concessions:
£11; Groups
Of 6 or more:
£11.70
Friday 11 September, 7.30pm
Jasper Carrott, the godfather of British
comedy, is back at his very best. Mic
in hand, he’ll be regaling the audience
with his inimitable stand up routines
before introducing his lifelong friend,
the world-famous rock drummer Bev
Bevan (The Move, ELO) and his band.
Jasper will also welcome equally
talented Rockin’ Berries lead
singer Geoff Turton and
celtic rock band Quills
lead singer ‘Joy’.
TICKETS: £26.50
Image: Chris Burkard
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The Ocean Film Festival showcases the
world’s most amazing ocean films from
above and below the water’s surface.
Jasper Carrot’s Stand Up And Rock
With The Bev Bevan Band
SEPTEMBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Thursday 3 September, 7.30pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Ocean Film Festival World Tour
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SEPTEMBER box office: 01306 881717
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LIVE EVENTS
Bob Geldof In Concert
Plus support
Russian State Ballet And Opera House Present La Traviata
Saturday 12 September, 7.30pm
Monday 21 September, 7.30pm
Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldof
is well-known for his electrifying live
performances.
The renowned Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back with another world-class live
opera production.
As well as composing the band’s hugely
successful number ones ‘I Don’t Like
Mondays’ and ‘Rat Trap’, he also helped
mastermind the best-selling single in UK
history, ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’.
Enjoy all
the band’s
hits plus
Bob’s solo
material.
TICKETS:
STANDING:
£23, SEATED:
£26.50
Performed with a large, live orchestra
In La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi brings the beguiling splendour and gaiety of mid-19th
century Paris to life on stage. But there is also heartbreak and pathos in this tragic and
resonant morality tale in which Violetta, a high-society courtesan with a heart of gold,
sacrifices everything for
the man she loves.
Sung in Italian with
English subtitles
“By far the best company
to bring Russian ballet and
opera to British audiences”
Stage Talk Magazine
“An authentic, real and
professional opera
experience”
Northern Echo
TICKETS: £31, £32.50;
Friends: £29, £30.50
Down on the harbour in the fishing village of Port Isaac in Cornwall, the authentic sound of
the shanty can be heard loud and clear from the mouths of the mighty Fisherman’s Friends.
Prepare for a titanic
range of sound, as
the Fisherman’s
Friends draw from an
established repertoire
of traditional songs
from around the
world.
TICKETS: £23;
Friends: £20
Saturday 26 September, 7.30pm
Mozart Larghetto & Finale from
the Clarinet Quintet
Saint Saëns Clarinet Sonata in E flat
Lutoslawski Dance Preludes
Dove The Pied Piper, for
clarinettist/narrator
Chopin Nocturne in G minor
Templeton Bach Goes to Town
Bernstein arr. Scenes from
Johnson/Lenehan West Side Story
This concert is part of
Arts Alive.
TICKETS: £21;
Students: £10.50; Under
18s accompanied by full
price ticket holder: Free
Image: John Batten
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Delighting crowds for more than 15 years, this nine-man group mesh their voices in a
rousing and joyful set of shanties and Cornish folk songs where each member takes the
lead.
Dorking Concertgoers Present
A Clarinet Recital With Emma
Johnson And John Lenehan
SEPTEMBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Thursday 24 September, 8pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
The Fisherman’s Friends
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Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
Wishbone Ash: Pilgrimage
With almost 25,000 performances to date, The
Mousetrap is famous for being the longest
running show in the history of British theatre.
Discover why Wishbone Ash are still known
as one of the busiest bands in rock.
LIVE EVENTS
SEPTEMBER box office: 01306 881717
Monday 28 September – Saturday 3 October
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
For the first time in 60 incredible years, Dame
Agatha Christie’s suspense filled classic is
going on tour.
The brilliantly intricate plot follows a group of
people gathered in a country house. Cut off by
snow they discover, to their horror, that there
is a murderer in their midst…
“The cleverest murder mystery of British
Theatre” The Telegraph
This show is part of Arts Alive 2015.
TICKETS: WEEKNIGHT EVENING
PERFORMANCES & SATURDAY MATINEE:
£21.50, £25.50; FRIDAY & SATURDAY
EVENING: £22.50, £27.50;
WEDNESDAY MATINEE: £18.50, £22.50;
Friends: £2 off all tickets
Monday 5 October, 8pm
Enjoy classic tracks such as ‘The King
Will Come’, ‘Throw Down The Sword’ and
‘Blowin’ Free’ and material from their
latest, highly-acclaimed album Blue
Horizon.
This show is part of Arts Alive 2015.
TICKETS:
£19, £21;
Friends:
£17, £19
The Ultimate Eagles
Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In
The Ultimate Eagles present the definitive
tribute to the Eagles, reproducing the
sound that brought the band worldwide
fame.
With a show that has entertained more
than 20,000 people and theatres across
Europe, the Ultimate Eagles deliver a night
to remember.
This show is part of Arts Alive 2015.
TICKETS: £23.50
Top comic Ed Byrne is back. You’ll have
seen him being very funny on popular
shows like Mock The Week, Have I Got
News For You and The Graham Norton
Show. As an observational stand up Ed is
unrivalled.
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Reviews from a previous show:
“A masterful display of the comic’s art…This
is a seamless and perfectly timed show
that could stand proudly next to any Izzard,
Bailey, Carr or Skinner stadium-filler”
Sunday Times
OCTOBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Saturday 10 October, 8pm
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This show is part of Arts Alive 2015.
LIVE EVENTS
Wednesday 7 October, 8pm
TICKETS: £20.50
Image: Roslyn Gaunt
The Christians And Roachford
Live Tour 2015
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LIVE EVENTS
OCTOBER box office: 01306 881717
Friday 16 October, 7pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Pop/ rock and soul fans are invited down
memory lane with The Christians and
Roachford. Each band will play a 70 minute
set packed full of well known hits.
Songs include ‘Ideal World’, ‘Born Again’,
‘Harvest for the World’, ‘Words’ and ‘Father’
from The Christians and ‘Cuddly Toy’, ‘Only
to be with you’, ‘Family Man’ and ‘Lay your
love on me’ from Roachford.
TICKETS: £27.50;
Students and Seniors: £24
First Dorking Film Festival
Saturday 17 October, 12pm – 12am
The first ever Dorking Film Festival will
show both locally-themed and independent
films from across the world.
Expect competitions, shorts,
documentaries, talks and features on a
range of topics, including trail-running,
ageing on screen, local stories and more.
See www.dorkingfilmfestival.com for the full
programme.
TICKETS: £7.50
The Basil Brush Show:
The Full On Fox Tour
Saturday 17 October, 11am and 2.30pm
Britain’s most loveable fox, Basil Brush
has been making all ages giggle for an
incredible 50 years. He’s cheeky, irreverent,
naughty, quick-witted, scheming and foxy,
but at the same time kind, caring and
affectionate.
Come on a journey
of laughs,
storytelling and
song in a new
fun-packed
show.
This show is part
of Arts Alive
2015.
TICKETS:
£15.50;
Children:
£13.50;
Families: £48
Milton Jones And The Temple Of Daft
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Milton Jones is cranking up the joke jukebox once more.
‘Absurdist one-line masterpieces’ The Times
‘He’s fast, absurd and very funny’ Radio Times
‘The best one-liner merchant in British comedy’ Chortle
This show is part of Arts Alive 2015.
TICKETS: £25.50
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
It’s a side-splitting tale of a madcap journey as Milton
follows in the footsteps of his great-uncle (who, er…looks
suspiciously like Milton). Unlike previous shows it’s a story,
but there are still lots and lots of ridiculous gags.
LIVE EVENTS
Yes, him with the loud shirts and messed up hair from
Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s
Roadshow and multiple series on Radio 4.
OCTOBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Thursday 22 October, 8pm
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and membership of our Friends scheme for all your
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Tree Fu Tom
Mole Valley Silver Band
Follow CBeebies stars Tom, Twigs, Ariela and friends on an action-packed adventure
through the magical world of Treetopolis. After finding a dusty old map, Tom decides to
follow where it leads and see if it will
take them to any mysterious hidden
treasure – but it’s not an easy route
to follow. Tom and his friends must
travel through wild weather and
catch the mischievous Mushas.
Mole Valley Silver Band and Horsham
Borough Band once again perform an
afternoon of entertaining popular music for
all tastes.
www.molevalleysilverband.org.uk
TICKETS: £10;
Booked before end of Sept: £9; Students/
Disabled: £6
LIVE EVENTS
OCTOBER box office: 01306 881717
Saturday 24 October, 1pm
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LIVE EVENTS
Full of fun, music and laughter, Tom
will need your help to do the Tree Fu
moves that could help save the day.
This show is part of Arts Alive 2015.
TICKETS: £14.50;
Children: £12.50; Families: £50
Sunday 25 October, 2.30pm
100 Years Of Jazz In 99 Minutes
Nina Conti: In Your Face
Experience the history of jazz in 99
musically brilliant, hilarious, historically
fascinating minutes.
She’s won a British Comedy Award,
stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell
Howard’s Good News and Sunday
Night at the Palladium, and made a
BAFTA nominated film – all without
moving her lips.
TICKETS:
£21.50, £24;
Friends: £19.50,
£22
“Uproariously hilarious” The Scotsman
“A gem… funny, poignant, novel”
Guardian
TICKETS: £20
OCTOBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
This show is
part of Arts Alive
2015.
Each show in her new tour is different,
as Nina plucks inspiration from the
audience. With the help of Monkey and
a bag of tricks, anything can happen in
this unmissable improvised adventure.
LIVE EVENTS
The six multi-instrumental virtuosi take you
on a journey from New Orleans to bebop,
swing to Latin, hot to cool and ragtime
to funk in an A to Z of jazz from Louis
Armstrong to Joe Zawinul.
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Friday 6 November, 8pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Friday 30 October, 8pm
The Russian State Ballet And Opera House
Present Swan Lake
performed with a large, live orchestra
LIVE EVENTS
NOVEMBER box office: 01306 881717
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LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Sunday 8 November, 4pm
The renowned Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back with a
vibrant, stunning and enchanting new family production.
This Tchaikovsky favourite about a princess who is turned into a
swan by an evil curse features breathtaking dance and some of
ballet’s most memorable music.
Highlights of the ballet include the charming Dance of the Little
Swans performed on the shores of a moonlit lake and sweeping
ballroom waltzes set in the splendour of the Royal Palace.
Directed and choreographed by former Bolshoi Theatre Ballet
Dancer Konstantin Uralsky.
“By far the best company to bring Russian ballet and opera to British
audiences” Stage Talk Magazine
TICKETS: £31.50, £33.50;
Friends: £29.50, £31.50;
Children: £20.50
“Immensely funny” Daily Express
“Very funny…with a touching truth in the stories he tells and a
truthful integrity in the way he tells them.” Edinburgh Guide
TICKETS: £13.50
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Friday 13 November, 7.30pm
The fascinating story of the Enigma
machine, used by Allied codebreakers in
the Second World War to decipher German
secret messages, and ultimately shorten
the war by an estimated two years.
Learn all the secrets of Enigma and the
forbidding German U-boats. There’s also a
demonstration of one of the few surviving
Enigma machines.
TICKETS: £15;
Friends: £13
LIVE EVENTS
When you have a mouth this big, is it any wonder you get into trouble?
The comedian, broadcaster, journalist and chef explains all in a brand
new show, on the back of its premier at this year’s Edinburgh Festival.
Codebreakers:
The Story Of Enigma
NOVEMBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Thursday 12 November, 8pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Hardeep Singh Kohli: Big Mouth Strikes Again
LIVE EVENTS
NOVEMBER box office: 01306 881717
2611
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Ashtead Choral Society Presents
Rutter Gloria, Chilcott Jubilate,
Rutter Requiem and Williams’
Tsunami Requiem
Show Of Hands
Ashtead Choral Society opens its season
with some of Rutter’s best known
compositions. Expect music that is
accessible and moving, poignant and joyful.
The society will be under the baton of their
director of music James Henshaw, who
also directs Pop-up Opera.
TICKETS: £12, £15, £18;
25s and under: half price. Tickets available
from ACS: 07504 332354 and Dorking Halls
Joined by Miranda Sykes on double bass they are widely recognised for their original,
resonant songs, stunning musicianship and remarkable audience rapport.
Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm
Wednesday 18 November, 8pm
Show of Hands are one of today’s strongest forces in acoustic music. England’s finest and
most popular roots partnership and something of a “people’s band”, they voice the hopes,
fears and life stories of scores of people in song.
“Formidable operators
in the roots arena.
A class act”
The Independent
“One of the great
English bands”
Peter Gabriel
TICKETS: £24;
Friends: £22
Image: Clare Park
David Starkey: Magna Carta
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A Cambridge educated grammar school boy who
became a respected LSE lecturer, a uniquely abrasive
debater on Radio 4’s Moral Maze, and the creator and
presenter of many very popular historical TV series,
Dr Starkey is an inspirational speaker.
TICKETS: £16;
Friends: £14
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
There are few more stimulating thinkers, and few who
understand better the way the most powerful have
thought throughout our history. His assessment of the
situation then, and how our constitution stands today
exactly 800 years later, will amaze and challenge you.
LIVE EVENTS
The UK’s leading constitutional historian, known for
his forthright views, talks about the 13th century
agreement that, imperfect though it was, and radically
modified in its first ten years, limited for the first time
the power of the monarch by stating the basic rights,
privileges, and liberties of leading citizens and clergy.
NOVEMBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Friday 20 November, 7.30pm
Dorking Concertgoers Present
A Piano Recital With
Ivana Gavric
LIVE EVENTS
NOVEMBER box office: 01306 881717
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LIVE EVENTS
Saturday 21 November, 7.30pm
Ravel Grieg Grieg Cheryl
Frances-Hoad Janácek Schubert Sonatine
Ballade Op.24 Lyric Pieces: Notturno, Butterfly, Little Bird,
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
4 Lyric Pieces
In the Mists
Sonata D784
TICKETS: £20;
Students: £10; Under
18s accompanied
by full price
ticketholder: Free
Image: Sussie Ahlburg
Bay City Rollers
Starring Les McKeown
Wednesday 25 November, 7.30pm
The Bay City Rollers’ music became the soundtrack for a generation of teenagers growing
up in the mid 70s.
With Les McKeown leading the way, massive hits such as ‘Bye Bye Baby’, ‘Shang A
Lang’, ‘Summer Love Sensation’ and ‘Give A Little Love’ propelled the band to worldwide
superstardom.
Join Les and his four-piece band for a celebration of those frenetic days and the behindthe-scenes pandemonium that followed.
TICKETS: £21
Dorking Winter Beer Fest 2015
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Brought to you by Surrey Craft Beer and Dorking Halls, the
festival is the perfect opportunity to try something new with a
group of friends.
Book by midnight on 30 September to enjoy an early bird offer.
TICKETS: FROM £5
For full list of ticket prices visit www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
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There will be at least 30 ales to choose from, including one or
two special brews, and a selection of freshly prepared food.
LIVE EVENTS
Our popular beer festival is back, bigger and better than ever.
Try a great selection of beer and cider from across the UK
accompanied by live music.
NOVEMBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Friday 27 November – Sunday 29 November
Platinum: The Live Abba Tribute Show
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A sparkling night of ABBA-style glam, glitz and Christmas fun!
LIVE EVENTS
DECEMBER box office: 01306 881717
Wednesday 2 December, 8pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Described by the Evening Standard as “better than the original”,
this breathtaking act has to be seen to be believed. More than just
a tribute, with stunning musicianship their meticulously crafted,
electrifying performance will appeal to all ages. Is there a more
uplifting combination than ABBA and Christmas?
“You is
fantastic”
Derren Brown
TICKETS:
£20.50
Let’s Hang On
The Music of Frankie Valli And The Four
Seasons
Friday 4 December, 7.30pm
This award-winning
production is a musical
journey through the prolific
career of one of the most
successful bands of all time.
From the beginnings in the
early 50s, enjoy hits such
as ‘Grease’, ‘Bye Bye Baby’,
‘December 1963 (Oh What a
Night!)’, ‘Can’t Take My Eyes
Off You’, ‘Walk Like A Man’,
and many more, climaxing
with a spectacular finale of
‘Let’s Hang On’.
“An authentic masterpiece”
BBC
TICKETS: £24.50
Father Christmas Needs A Wee
A West End Christmas with Show Choir
Father Christmas
is doing the rounds
when he realises he
really needs a wee!
Watch him try to
get out of his tricky
situation in this
fabulously funny and
brilliantly bouncy
musical adaptation
of Nicholas Allan’s
much-loved book.
Enjoy a magical evening of musical theatre hits and Christmas
favourites with the Show Choir and guests.
TICKETS: £13.50;
Children: £11.50;
Families: £44
All profits to the Motor Neurone Disease Association and local
charities.
TICKETS: £15, £18;
Concessions:
£12, £15
DECEMBER www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
With songs from top West End shows including ‘Hairspray’, ‘Mamma
Mia’, ‘Phantom’, ‘Les Mis’, and of course, ‘White Christmas’, you’ll
be filled with that sparkly Christmas feeling.
LIVE EVENTS
“Magic, mayhem and
mince pies. They’re all
here in this musical”
***** The Edinburgh
Fringe Show
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Thursday 10 December, 7.30pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Sunday 6 December, 2.30pm
Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Now...
Plus Support
Friday 11 December, 8pm
LIVE EVENTS
DECEMBER box office: 01306 881717
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LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
In his new stand up show Josh Widdicombe is keen to share his annoyance
at life’s many minor difficulties.
His Channel 4 show The Last Leg has been nominated for various awards
including a British Comedy Award and a Broadcast Award. He has also
written and starred in his own sitcom and been on all the panel shows. Stand
up will be a holiday!
“This Devonian observationalist has embedded himself among the comedy elite”
The Guardian
“Nicely crafted observational comedy” The Independent
TICKETS: £18
The Counterfeit Stones: Grass Me Up
The Almost Elvis Band
Described as “The Most Famous
Stones Band in England” by Sir
Mick Jagger, The Counterfeit
Stones perform faithful and
faultless renditions of The
Stones’ greatest hits.
See the ultimate Elvis show band faithfully
recreate the sound, look, energy and
humour of every period of the King’s career.
TICKETS: £17.50;
Friends: £16
JANUARY www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
TICKETS: £19.50; £21.50;
Friends: £19.50, £17.50
Party like it’s 1968 with a fresh-faced Elvis
straight from Vegas and his talented eightpiece rock and roll band.
LIVE EVENTS
Expect ‘mockumentary’ style
videos, retro costumes and
lots of humour as you go on a
chronological journey through
the Rolling Stones’ heyday.
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Friday 29 January, 7.45pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Saturday 12 December, 8pm
Dorking Concertgoers Present
Philharmonia Orchestra With
Michael Collins
LIVE EVENTS
FEBRUARY box office: 01306 881717
3411
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Saturday 30 January, 7.30pm
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Michael Collins
Prokofiev Classical Symphony
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Soloist Michael Collins
Beethoven Symphony No.4
TICKETS: £14, £20,
£25, £29;
Students: half
price; under 18s
accompanied by full
price ticket holder:
Free
Image: Eric Richmond
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac
Thursday 11 February, 7.30pm
Celebrating the music of the legendary rock supergroup, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
perform the band’s hits with meticulous note-for-note detail and the power and subtlety of
Fleetwood Mac at their best.
Come on an epic journey through the eras, witnessing the band’s ever-changing musical
style.
“They do Fleetwood Mac better than Fleetwood Mac” Mail on Sunday
TICKETS: £24, £34;
Friends: £22
Russian State Ballet And Opera House Present Madam Butterfly
Featuring a large live orchestra
LeRoc Modern Jive
Dance Classes
No opera can match the emotional intensity of Puccini’s colourful and exotic Madam
Butterfly.
Learn an easy, dynamic dance while getting
fit, having fun and making friends. No
partner required and you can start any
Tuesday.
Beginner: 7.55pm
Intermediate: 8.45pm
Freestyle dance: 9.20pm-11pm
All ages over 16 welcome.
Call Colin on 07944 971195
/01737 769600 or visit www.leroc.biz.
CLASS AND FREESTYLE: £9;
Freestyle only: £7
Discounts for senior jivers
and young students.
Go for £1 on your
first night with
this brochure.
“By far the best
company to bring
Russian ballet and
opera to British
audiences” Stage Talk
Magazine
TICKETS: £30.50,
£32.50, £34.50;
Friends: £28.50,
£30.50, £32.50
MARCH www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Sung in Italian with
English surtitles.
LIVE EVENTS
Based on a true story, this much-loved tale of the doomed love of an American naval
lieutenant and his
young Japanese geisha
bride inspired Puccini
to write some of his
most sublime music.
Every Tuesday, 7.45pm - 11pm
LIVE EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS
Saturday 5 March, 7.30pm
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Sit down to enjoy delicious,
fresh homemade food with
seasonal ingredients from the
best local suppliers.
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CAFÉ/BAR
Catch live music from up and coming and
established musicians at our popular
acoustic nights.
The performances take place in the
relaxed, intimate atmosphere of the Halls’
cafe/bar. Admission is free.
Would you like to play at one of our
acoustic nights? Musicians of all levels
are welcome.
Email dh.technical@molevalley.gov.uk
Dorking Halls CAFÉ
Both our café and bar are
open from 9am Monday to
Saturday and on Sundays
from an hour before the
first film or show. They
close when the last film
or show starts. Meet
friends for a relaxing
drink or get a coffee and
cake to go.
CAFÉ/BAR box office: 01306 881717
First Sunday of the month, 7.30pm
CAFÉ/BAR
CAFÉ BAR
Live Acoustic Music
Pre-Show Meals
Enjoy a pre-show meal before a live event.
Please book no less than 24 hours in
advance on 01306 879320.
Cake courtesty of Jen’s Cupcakery
INFORMATION www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
GENERAL INFORMATION
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INFORMATION
INFORMATION
General Information
Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday, 10am until the beginning
of the last show or film. Check with Box Office
for Sunday opening times.
You Can Book
By telephone: 01306 881717
By fax: 01306 640209
By email: boxoffice@molevalley.gov.uk
Online: www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
By post: Dorking Halls, Reigate Road,
Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1SG
Cheques should be made payable to Mole
Valley District Council. Please add 50p to your
total to have your tickets posted to you or
enclose a SAE.
Events promoted by Dorking Halls have a
£1-£1.50 per ticket handling fee included in
the advertised price. No additional fees are
payable however tickets are booked. For hire
events promoted by other organisations,
ticket prices do not include fees and a £2 per
transaction booking fee will be added for credit
card and online bookings.
Essential Companion Scheme
We operate a free scheme for anyone who
requires the assistance of a companion to
access our facilities while attending a show or
film. The scheme allows members a free seat
for an Essential Companion. Application forms
are available from the Box Office or online:
www.dorkinghalls.co.uk.
Infra-red hearing loop systems are
available in the Grand and Martineau Halls.
Please collect these from the duty manager.
Dorking Halls can be contacted using RNIS
Typetalk. Dial the prefix 18001 before dialing
our number, 01306 881717. Available to
Textphone users only. If you wish to contact
Dorking Halls outside office hours, please call
the duty manager on 01306 879323.
All information is printed in good faith. Dorking
Halls reserves the right to make alterations to
the advertised programme. For full and final
details telephone the Box Office on 01306 881717
or visit www.dorkinghalls.co.uk. Adverts in this
brochure are not endorsed or sponsored by
Dorking Halls.
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Why not make your Dorking Halls experience
that little bit more special with a visit to
Little Dudley House Bar & Grill
Bar & Grill
Taxi available before and after show.
Parking, garden, cocktails, gin menu, steaks, classic grills,
children's menu and locally sourced produce.
50% off
Express
your total bar bill
pre-theatre Dinner
Post-theatre Cocktails
and late
night nibbles
includes choice of 3 courses and
a glass of wine
for £19.50 per person
01306 885550
www.littledudleyhouse.co.uk
On presentation of this voucher, or a valid cinema or show ticket (dated for that day) at Dorking halls, you can claim one of the listed offers.
Pre-theatre offer is only available on orders placed between 5pm & 7pm daily from our special menu. Booking and mentioning this offer is essential.
Post-theatre offer is available in the bar (drinks only), on all orders placed after 9.30pm including weekends. Maximum party size for both offers is 9 people. Offer expires 31.01.2016.