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As You Like It
The Handlebards are the world’s first cycling theatre company.
They present an all female bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s classic play. Rosalind and Orlando have been forced into exile in the Forest of Arden. As lovers, they become entangled in a bizarre game of lust, love and mistaken identity.
WHY? Expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter
Courtyard Theatre
£14 (£12 conc)
Drama Classes for Adults
Led by Troublemaker Theatre Company.
A handpicked selection of bespoke theatre workshops for keen amateur actors, students and semi-professionals. All sessions are practical in nature and encourage meeting new like-minded friends and potential colleagues.
Autumn
Tues 12 Sept – 28 Nov (exc 24 Oct, 7 Nov)
8.30pm – 10pm
£8 per class or £72 for 10 week course
12 Sept - Mime and Mask
19 Sept - Improvisation
26 Sept - Focus and Concentration Games
03 Oct - Physical Theatre
10 Oct - Murder Mysteries
17 Oct - Invisible Theatre
31 Oct - Stage Make-up
14 Nov - Accents (International)
21 Nov - Anthropomorphic Performance
28 Nov - Comedy and Clowning
In Our Hands
Alf is a trawler fisherman at the top of his game. But times are changing and so is the industry. Will Alf adapt in order to survive?
Innovative puppetry, a striking set and an original score transport you out to sea, under the ocean and onto the deck of the Catcher’s Fortune. Supported by Arts Council England.
WHY? ‘Clever and inventive’ ★★★★ British Theatre Guide
Studio
£12 (£10 conc)
NT Live: Yerma
Encore screening.
Billie Piper reprises her award winning role in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child.
WHY? ‘An extraordinary theatrical triumph’ ★★★★★ The Times
£15
(Please note that the performance of Yerma includes strobe lighting)
Youth Theatre (Academy)
Led by Troublemaker Theatre Company.
Your chance to be on stage and in the spotlight!
Join the only youth drama group in Maidenhead which rehearses in a professional theatre!
Our friendly theatre company lead the sessions, where you’ll have fun and meet new friends. Each term you'll create a show and perform in our studio or on the main stage, with lighting, sound and staging from Norden Farm's technical crew.
Pick up performance skills from stage combat to acting for camera and physical theatre to accents, while working with scripts from famous playwrights or made up by you.
Terms 10 weeks long, no auditions, suitable for all abilities and end with a sharing or a performance.
£97 per term
School Year 12 & 13
Photography credit Luminous Photography.
Click here to visit the Troublemaker Theatre Company website
- 20 Sep
- 27 Sep
- 8 more dates...
ROH Live: The Magic Flute
Live screening from the Royal Opera House (Wednesday).
Mozart’s glorious opera is brought enchantingly to life in David McVicar’s production. Be transported to a fantastical world of dancing animals, flying machines and dazzlingly starry skies.
WHY? This classic production embraces both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart’s work
£15
Youth Theatre (C)
Led by Troublemaker Theatre Company.
Your chance to be on stage and in the spotlight!
Join the only youth drama group in Maidenhead which rehearses in a professional theatre!
Our friendly theatre company lead the sessions, where you’ll have fun and meet new friends. Each term you'll create a show and perform in our studio or on the main stage, with lighting, sound and staging from Norden Farm's technical crew.
Pick up performance skills from stage combat to acting for camera and physical theatre to accents, while working with scripts from famous playwrights or made up by you.
Terms 10 weeks long, no auditions, suitable for all abilities and end with a sharing or a performance.
£97 per term
School Year 7, 8 & 9
Photography credit Luminous Photography.
Click here to visit the Troublemaker Theatre Company website
- 21 Sep
- 28 Sep
- 8 more dates...
Youth Theatre (F)
Led by Troublemaker Theatre Company
Your chance to be on stage and in the spotlight!
Join the only youth drama group in Maidenhead which rehearses in a professional theatre!
Our friendly theatre company lead the sessions, where you’ll have fun and meet new friends. Each term you'll create a show and perform in our studio or on the main stage, with lighting, sound and staging from Norden Farm's technical crew.
Pick up performance skills from stage combat to acting for camera and physical theatre to accents, while working with scripts from famous playwrights or made up by you.
Terms 10 weeks long, no auditions, suitable for all abilities and end with a sharing or a performance.
£97 per term
School Year 8, 9, 10 & 11
Photography credit Luminous Photography.
Click here to visit the Troublemaker Theatre Company website
- 21 Sep
- 28 Sep
- 8 more dates...
The Collector
John Fowles's classic story of possession, obsession and love is considered one of the great works in modern literature.
Frederick Clegg appears to be an ordinary office clerk, but in the retreat of his remote country house, he goes about furnishing it with everything he thinks a woman could desire. He then abducts Miranda, a girl he has worshiped from afar, imprisoning her in the cellar amid his butterfly collection with tragic and electrifying results.
Studio
£15 (£13 conc)
Youth Theatre (H)
Led by Troublemaker Theatre Company
Your chance to be on stage and in the spotlight!
Join the only youth drama group in Maidenhead which rehearses in a professional theatre!
Our friendly theatre company lead the sessions, where you’ll have fun and meet new friends. Each term you'll create a show and perform in our studio or on the main stage, with lighting, sound and staging from Norden Farm's technical crew.
Pick up performance skills from stage combat to acting for camera and physical theatre to accents, while working with scripts from famous playwrights or made up by you.
Terms 10 weeks long, no auditions, suitable for all abilities and end with a sharing or a performance.
£97 per term
School Year 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11
Photography credit Luminous Photography.
Click here to visit the Troublemaker Theatre Company website
- 24 Sep
- 1 Oct
- 7 more dates...
Youth Theatre (A)
Norden Lights led by Troublemaker Theatre Company.
Your chance to be on stage and in the spotlight!
Join the only youth drama group in Maidenhead which rehearses in a professional theatre!
Our friendly theatre company lead the sessions, where you’ll have fun and meet new friends. Each term you'll create a show and perform in our studio or on the main stage, with lighting, sound and staging from Norden Farm's technical crew.
Pick up performance skills from stage combat to acting for camera and physical theatre to accents, while working with scripts from famous playwrights or made up by you.
Terms 10 weeks long, no auditions, suitable for all abilities and end with a sharing or a performance.
£67 per term
School Year 2 & 3
Photography credit Luminous Photography.
Click here to visit the Troublemaker Theatre Company website
- 27 Sep
- 4 Oct
- 8 more dates...
Youth Theatre (B)
Led by Troublemaker Theatre Company.
Your chance to be on stage and in the spotlight!
Join the only youth drama group in Maidenhead which rehearses in a professional theatre!
Our friendly theatre company lead the sessions, where you’ll have fun and meet new friends. Each term you'll create a show and perform in our studio or on the main stage, with lighting, sound and staging from Norden Farm's technical crew.
Pick up performance skills from stage combat to acting for camera and physical theatre to accents, while working with scripts from famous playwrights or made up by you.
Terms 10 weeks long, no auditions, suitable for all abilities and end with a sharing or a performance.
£67 per term
School Year 4, 5 & 6
Photography credit Luminous Photography.
Click here to visit the Troublemaker Theatre Company website
- 27 Sep
- 4 Oct
- 8 more dates...
The Vicar of Dibley
The Grimm Players present an amateur production of the ever-popular TV show The Vicar of Dibley.
The arrival of a new (female) vicar, with a decidedly irreverent attitude to religion, shakes up the parish council of a sleepy English village whose oddball inhabitants aren't yet ready for 21st century progress.
WHY? A new rendition of the ever-popular TV show The Vicar of Dibley recreating characters that we all know and love.
£15
The Tempest
Presented by Bilimankhwe Arts.
This powerful, passionate and magical production features stunning contemporary African choreography from Shyne Phiri, with an original soundtrack which samples traditional Malawian music. By bringing together artists from Africa and Europe, the company uses the best from both continents to both entertain and move audiences.
The Tempest is supported by Africa Express and Arts Council England.
Age guidance 12+ years.
WHY? A fast paced, urban and exciting production full of humour, movement and live music
Courtyard Theatre
£14, £12 Supporters
ROH Live: La bohème
Encore screening.
When Rodolfo, a penniless poet, meets Mimì, a seamstress, they fall instantly in love. But their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo learns that Mimì is gravely ill.
WHY? Acclaimed director Richard Jones directs this new production of Puccini’s captivating opera
£15
Remember, Remember
Catch a rare glimpse inside the development process of a new musical and be the first to experience Remember, Remember in a full-scale workshop performance. Featuring an industrial electronic score and a faceless ensemble, the show immerses you inside a dystopian trial. You will start to question: who is real and what is not?
WHY? 'This is the word of the law'
Courtyard Theatre
£12 (£10 conc)
RSC Live: Coriolanus
An encore screening from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Rome Season Director, Angus Jackson, completes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s collection of Shakespeare’s Roman plays with this visceral production.
WHY? A full-throttle war play, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome
£15
Wild Life
The story of an ordinary woman's journey to an extraordinary place.
Behind the walls of a normal flat, something is emerging. Compelled to follow, she is drawn down into a surreal landscape of transformations to discover who lies beneath. A new show by visual theatre company The Ding Foundation, asking questions of how a person’s inner wild instincts can sit alongside the demands of modern life.
WHY? Using puppets, music and physical performance, expect a feast for the senses and the mind
Studio
£12, £10 Supporters
Hairy Maclary & Friends
Out of the gate and off for a walk, went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy...
Based on the books by Lynley Dodd and featuring many of the characters including Hercules Morse, as big as a Horse; Bottomley Potts, covered in spots; Schnitzel von Krumm, with the very low tum; and Scarface Claw – the toughest tomcat in town. With music, singing and several of your favourite Hairy Maclary stories, this show is a must for the whole family.
Age guidance 2+ years.
WHY? ‘Hairy Maclary was fab, my nearly 3 year old practically levitated in excitement’ Mumsnet
Courtyard Theatre | Run time 60 mins
£10 (£8 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £32
Family Concertini: Spooky Music with the Willshire Piano Duo
Relaxed live music concerts for all ages. Back by popular demand the Willshire Piano duo perform a wonderful transcription of the famed orchestral piece Scheherazade for one piano four hands.
Inspired by the Arabian Nights folk tale, Scheherazade tells the story of a young bride who, in efforts of sparing her own life, entertains a vengeful king with 1001 nights of storytelling. The programme will also include Danse Macabre by Camille Saint Saens.
WHY? Come in costume up or grab something from our dressing up box before the concert!
Studio | Run time 50 mins
£10 (£8 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £32
Bookstory
This is the story of some books. Some books who live in a library. But this is no ordinary library. This library belongs to Brian. It’s a wonderful, magical place where the books like to flutter their pages and let their shelves go…
The latest show from Monstro Theatre, pioneers of the Puppet Musical. This tour is presented by house.
Age guidance 5+ years.
WHY? This is a show that brings books to life for all children and their grown-ups
Studio | Run time 60 mins
£10 (£8 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £32
Wind in the Willows
Join Mole and Ratty on their adventures, along with gruff old Badger and magnificent Mr Toad.
From the peaceful pleasures of Ratty’s beloved river bank to the fearful frights and wicked weasels of the Wild Wood. A beautiful new adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s much loved classic. With handmade puppets, props and costume, and a charming original score.
Age guidance 6+ years.
WHY? ‘They are wonderful’ The Times
Courtyard Theatre | Run time 60 mins
£10 (£8 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £32
Joan
Presented by Milk, in association with Derby Theatre.
Written by Lucy J Skillbeck.
What happens when a disguise soon becomes something a lot more real and you have to fight for who you really are? An earthy story of courage, conviction and hope, Joan is a refreshing look at Joan of Arc – history’s greatest underdog.
The latest daring fusion of lyrical new writing and anarchic cabaret from the multi-award winning Milk Presents and performed by drag king champion Lucy Jane Parkinson, Joan takes the stage as a gutsy gender warrior, dragging up as the men she’s defies.
A fearless solo show, with uproarious songs, exploring what it means to stand out, stand up and stand alone.
WHY? ‘Defiantly delightful’ ★★★★ The Stage
Studio
£14 (£10 conc)
Sherlock Holmes and The Crimson Cobbles
Holmes and Watson are called upon to investigate the Whitechapel murders that are sending shockwaves through London. But when the evidence points to only one possible and inconceivable conclusion about the identity of Jack the Ripper, is our super sleuth prepared to believe the unbelievable?
Suitable for ages 12+ years.
WHY? This witty, laugh-a-minute pastiche of Conan Doyle’s investigative pair is a fast paced, physical and raucous night out
Courtyard Theatre
£14
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, set against the backdrop of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is a mind-bending situation comedy. It follows two minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, as they stumble their way in and out of the action.
Tom Stoppard’s iconic drama sees the pair engage in an ongoing philosophical debate about free will versus predestination, each trying to prove absurd positions through misbegotten experiments. Half a century after its premiere on the Old Vic stage, Maidenhead Drama Guild present a modern, fully immersive version in the round.
WHY? This production is full of slapstick comedy, physical theatre and Stoppard’s wonderful wry humour
This amateur production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Ltd.
Studio
£13 (£11 conc)
Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Austentatious are saddling the horses for a Grand Tour of the United Kingdom!
Austentatious is an improvised comedy play starring a cast of the country’s quickest comic performers. Every single show the cast conjure up a brand new ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel based on nothing more than a title suggested by the audience.
Austentatious are fresh from six sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, a monthly residency in London’s Leicester Square and a BBC Radio 4 special to mark the bicentenary of Austen’s death. Now their show will be appearing at two dozen theatres across the country to entertain and astonish audiences in equal measure.
Previous ‘lost’ masterpieces have included Sixth Sense & Sensibility, Double 0 Darcy and Mansfield Shark, and no two shows are ever the same. Performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment, this is a Regency treat guaranteed to delight Austen novices and diehard fans alike.
WHY? ★★★★★ The Times | ★★★★ The Guardian | ★★★★ Scotsman
Line-up varies. Each show stars 5-6 members of the cast.
Age guidance 12+ years.
Courtyard Theatre
£15
NT Live: Follies
A live screening of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical, staged for the first time at the National Theatre.
Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.
WHY? Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production.
£15
An Evening with an Immigrant
Written and performed by Inua Ellams
Produced by Fuel
Presented by house
Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, award winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams will tell his ridiculous, fantastic, poignant immigrant-story. Tales of escaping fundamentalist Islam in Nigeria, performing solo shows at the National Theatre and drinking wine with the Queen of England. All the while without a country to belong to or a place to call home.
WHY? ‘Such wonderfully generous company to keep on stage’ Metro
Studio
£14 (£12 conc)
Miki
Christmas 2017
Miki, Polar Bear and Penguin live in a very far away place. It’s an icy world where nothing ever grows. One midwinter eve, they make a wish, and Miki embarks on a magical adventure…in search of a star.
Based on the book by Stephen Mackey, Miki is an inspiring story about friendship, courage and adventure. It features amazing underwater creatures, enchanting music and extraordinary puppetry.
'Young audiences alternate between giggling with delight and total transfixion' The Stage
This hit show returns to the Courtyard Theatre stage after its debut at Norden Farm for Christmas 2011. Miki is created by Slot Machine, the company that have previously brought hit Christmas shows One Snowy Night and Kipper's Snowy Day to our stage.
Suitable for ages 3+ years.
£13.50 (£11.50 Under 16s)
Family & Friends (4 people) £46
Earlybird offer: £40 Family & Friends (4 people) ticket if booked before Thursday 31 August
Presented by Norden Farm and Slot Machine.