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Royal Opera House Live: Cinderella
A new production of the much-loved Royal Ballet fairytale classic.
Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary this Season.
The ballet’s opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received rapturously. After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story returns, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score.
A creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera brings new atmosphere to Cinderella’s ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages, handsome princes and finding true love.
Courtyard
£16
The Man who Left the Titanic
Presented by Isosceles in association with Useful Idiots.
She was beautiful... she was unsinkable... she was doomed...
The Titanic was declared the greatest ship in the world. On 15th April 1912 it slipped below the frigid waters of the Atlantic.
Yet J Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line, stepped into a lifeboat and sailed away from the stricken ship. He sailed away from his passengers, sailed away from the cries and screams and tears.
The Man Who Left The Titanic evokes that terrible voyage. It asks whether Bruce Ismay only did what any of us might have done in the same circumstances or should his actions that night consign his name to infamy? Was he a coward, or merely human?
This play has toured throughout England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales for a number of years to enormous acclaim.
'The much respected Isosceles Company are undoubtedly multi-talented and this production must be one of their most thought-provoking. I would encourage you to get tickets' Irish News
'It is captivating, moving and totally engrossing’ Titanic Stories, Belfast
‘When the play ended the audience leaped to their feet with an unending round of applause. Outstanding, the entire audience was spellbound from beginning to end' Titanic International Society
Studio
£15
National Theatre Live: Good
David Tennant (Doctor Who) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays.
As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.
Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke (Follies) directs C.P Taylor’s timely tale, with a cast that also features Elliot Levey (Coriolanus) and Sharron Small (The Bay). Filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.
Courtyard Theatre
£16
Norden Farm Youth Theatre (Junior)
Led by Little Tanks Ltd
In each session children take part in a series of drama games and activities that develop their confidence as well as teaching them drama skills. These include focus, communication, developing a character and voice projection.
As the weeks go on the group will each have a part with some lines to learn in a small-scale show. They will rehearse as a team and share what they have learnt during the last session, more details to follow on this after half term.
Suitable for ages 7 - 11 years
'Norden Farm is my favourite after school club, it always keeps me moving and relaxed. It is a great place to go for drama and within a short time, I have become far more confident and expressive' Timothy, age 7
'We have sent both of our children to Youth Theatre at Norden Farm and have seen dramatic improvements in there ability, confidence, social awareness and expressiveness generally and specifically. The environment is safe and developmental in a broad and exciting sense' Alex - parent
Spring 2023:
Wed 11 Jan - 22 Mar (exc 15 Mar)
4.55pm - 5.55pm
£85 per 10 week term
Summer 2023:
Wed 26 Apr - 5 Jul (exc 31 May)
4.55pm - 5.55pm
£85 per 10 week term
Norden Farm Youth Theatre (Senior)
Led by Little Tanks Ltd
Each term we will be focusing on developing the participants confidence and well-being through a series of drama games and activities.
This term the Senior Youth Theatre group are focusing on developing drama skills. They’ll learn a deeper understanding of performance and managing their nerves as well as some more specialised techniques including comedy and physical theatre.
Suitable for ages 12 - 16 years
'Norden Farm is my favourite after school club, it always keeps me moving and relaxed. It is a great place to go for drama and within a short time, I have become far more confident and expressive' Timothy, age 7
'We have sent both of our children to Youth Theatre at Norden Farm and have seen dramatic improvements in there ability, confidence, social awareness and expressiveness generally and specifically. The environment is safe and developmental in a broad and exciting sense' Alex - parent
Spring 2023:
Wed 11 Jan - 22 Mar (exc 15 Mar)
6pm - 7.30pm
£120 per 10 week term
Summer 2023:
Wed 26 Apr - 5 Jul (exc 31 May)
6pm - 7.30pm
£120 per 10 week term
Made in (India) Britain
by Rinkoo Barpaga.
Roo is a deaf Punjabi boy from Birmingham, living in a world that wasn't made for him.
With great humour, he narrates the impact of ableism and racism throughout his childhood and adult life. It leads him to confront one key question: 'Where do I belong?'
'Confident and charismatic' ★★★ The Stage
'Barpaga is a remarkable storyteller' ★★★★ FestMagazine
'A truly brilliant piece of theatre' ★★★★★ Neuro Diverse
'Made in India/Britain is one of the most accurate portrayals I’ve ever seen of just how it feels to discover your community, and the journey which it follows' ★★★★★ Liam O’Dell
Performed in BSL, Spoken English and Closed Captions
Studio
£16
Grease the Musical
BCA proudly presents Grease is the musical.
Grease tells the love story of Sandy and Danny, The Pink Ladies and the Burger Shop Boys. Set to the backdrop of high school can the two find love and continue to have their summer love. This performance marks the final performance for both our Year 2 Performing and Production arts students.
Courtyard Theatre
£10
- 10 May SOLD OUT
Maidenhead Operatic Society: Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Maidenhead Operatic Society presents
Stephen Sondheim’s iconic award winning musical, which is in turn both comic and chilling.
Bloodthirsty barber Sweeney Todd has sworn revenge on the judge who destroyed his life. He now holds Todd’s beautiful daughter prisoner. Mrs Lovett needs to save her failing pie-shop. Together they hatch a murderous plan which could solve both problems…
Set in the backstreets of Victorian London, this dark and blood-soaked tale is widely regarded as having Sondheim’s finest score.
Sweeney Todd depicts scenes of a sensitive and violent nature. This is an amateur production.
Courtyard Theatre
£22 I £15 under 16s
Maidenhead Operatic Society website
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Pigs and Bears Don't Come in Pairs!
Straw, wood, brick? Porridge, chairs, beds?
Two trios to tantalise and tickle your senses in this double bill of furry tails.
Goldilocks may even be more scary that the Big Bad Wolf!
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, then book your place now for these well loved stories.
Retold with puppets, original music and a perfectly petite pop up set.
Suitable for ages 3+ years.
Studio
£12 | £10 under 16s
Family and Friends (4 people) £40
A Room of One's Own
The award-winning Dyad Productions (Female Gothic, I, Elizabeth, Christmas Gothic, and Austen’s Women) return with a twenty-first century take on Virginia Woolf’s celebrated pre-TED talk.
Take a wry, amusing, and incisive trip through the history of literature, feminism, and gender. Meet Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, Aphra Behn, and Shakespeare’s sister – Judith! Travel to the far-flung future of… 2028. But whatever you do, Keep Off the Grass.
Rebecca Vaughan (Female Gothic, Orlando, Christmas Gothic, Dalloway, Austen’s Women, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) performs Woolf’s 1928 exploration of the impact of poverty and sexual inequality on intellectual freedom and creativity.
‘Some of the most electrifying character work available, up to and including Berkoff’ Fringe Review
‘Intelligently adapted, beautifully performed... entrancing’ ★★★★★ British Theatre Guide
’Richly re-imagined, exquisitely evocative' ★★★★★ Edinburgh Guide
‘Pure brilliant theatre' ★★★★★ TV Bomb
Courtyard Theatre
£16