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Autumn 2010 At The Drama Studio
Autumn2010At The Drama Studio
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The Drama Studio is providedby The University of Sheffieldfor the recreation of its ownmembers and for the benefitof the people of Sheffield andthe surrounding community.
We are grateful for financial assistance received from The University of Sheffield Alumni Foundation and theUnion of Students.
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Autumn Season 2010 List of events
Thursdays from 14 October to 9 December at 1:10Department Of Music
LUNCHTIME CONCERTSPlease see the calendar of events at the backof this leaflet for more information onLunchtime Concert performances. For moreup to date information regarding thelunchtime concerts, including details of allprogrammes, see the concerts website atwww.shef.ac.uk/concerts.
Admission free; Donations gratefully received.
Thursday 16 and Friday 17 September at 7:15Saturday 18 September at 5:00Hallam '89 Theatre Club
OLIVER TWISTby Charles Dickens,original music by John Booler
This new adaptation of Dickens’ classic novelhas all your favourite larger-than-lifecharacters: Fagin, Mr Bumble, Nancy, Bill Sikes,The Artful Dodger… 173 years later the storyretains all its humour, pathos and relevance.With new music specially written for thisproduction, this is a treat for all the family.
Tickets: £7; concessions £6From: David Hague, 403 Wood Lane, S6 5LRTel: 0114 233 5333 or 0114 230 3718Email: [email protected]
Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 Septemberat 7:30Sheffield University Theatre Company
GASPINGby Ben Elton
A hilarious comedy. Lockheart Industries comeup with the idea of designer air, in form oftheir patent-pending Suck and Blow machine.The machines are a huge success. But greedforces the price of air upward until the oxygenindustry becomes privatised. If you can’t affordto pay, you have no right to live.
Tickets: Wednesday £4; Thursday toSaturday £6, concessions £5
From: Union Box Office, Students' UnionWestern Bank, S10 2TG
Tel: 0114 222 8676Email: [email protected]: www.sutco.co.uk
Wednesday 29 September to Saturday 2 October at 7:30Sheffield City Opera
ELIXIR OF LOVEby Donizetti
Love Italian style – wine, women, song andaphrodisiacs! Set in the 1950s, Elixir of Lovefeatures young and extremely talented soloistsAndrea Tweedale, Matthew Palmer and GavinMagenty, who all starred in SCO’s triumphantproduction of La Boheme last year. A recenthit with leading British opera companies, Elixirof Love is a highly enjoyable comic opera. Bookearly to be sure of your tickets for SheffieldCity Opera’s sell-out week!
Tickets: £10, £8 & £5 (Wed/Thurs); £12 (Fri/Sat)From: Laraine Turner, 21 Orgreave Lane
S13 9NETel: 0114 269 4958Web: www.sheffieldcityopera.co.uk
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Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 October at 7:15Saturday 10 October at 2:15Splinters Theatre Group
OUR HOUSE – THE MADNESSMUSICALby Tim Firth and Madness
On Joe Casey’s 16th birthday, he commits apetty crime to impress his girlfriend. Thepolice arrive and he is faced with two choices,stay or run. The songs include Baggy Trousers,Wings of a Dove, Our House, It Must Be Loveand many more Madness classics.
Tickets: £10; concessions £9 (Tues & SatMatinee)
From: Jill Beckett, 12 Sandon ViewWharncliffe Road, S10 2DH
Tel: 07910 251584Email: [email protected]
Wednesday 13 to Saturday 16 October at 7:30The Company
MACBETHby William Shakespeare
SLEEP NO MORE…Three witches foretell thatMacbeth will be King of Scotland. Driven byambition and encouraged by his ruthless wife,he kills King Duncan to realise the prophecy.However, as Macbeth claims the throne, he ishaunted by the demons of his past and hisfate is set.
Tickets: £7; concessions £5From: The Company Box Office
95 Doe Royd Crescent, S5 8GDTel: 0114 201 0090Email: [email protected]: www.thecompanysheffield.co.uk
Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 October at 7:30Sheffield University Theatre Company
POOL (NO WATER)by Mark Ravenhill and FranticAssembly
Frantic Assembly's Pool (no water) is abeautiful yet disturbing dissection of thedarkest corners of human nature. When arevered artist suffers a freak accident she isleft at the mercy those closest to her; theintegrity of love and friendship are put ontrial in this innovative physical piece.
Tickets: Wednesday £4; Thursday toSaturday £6, concessions £5
From: Union Box Office, Students' UnionWestern Bank, S10 2TG
Tel: 0114 222 8676Email: [email protected]: www.sutco.co.uk
Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 October at 7:30Sheffield University Theatre Company
THE HISTORY BOYSby Alan Bennett
The History Boys return to Sheffield! Set in a1980s Sheffield grammar school, The HistoryBoys follows the plight of eight teenage boysin pursuit of sex, sport and a place atOxbridge. Alan Bennett’s superb play flirtswith staffroom rivalry, the anarchy ofadolescence and provokes questions abouthistory and the way it is taught.
Tickets: Wednesday £4; Thursday toSaturday £6, concessions £5
From: Union Box Office, Students' UnionWestern Bank, S10 2TG
Tel: 0114 222 8676Email: [email protected]: www.sutco.co.uk
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Wednesday 3 to Saturday 6 November at 7:30Midland Players
IMPROBABLE FICTIONby Alan Ayckbourn
Karen and Martha are headmistresses of asmall boarding school for girls where anallegation about the nature of their relationshipleaves more than their reputations hanging inthe balance. Is it just retaliation by a spitefulpupil or has she stumbled upon a hidden truth?
Tickets: £7 (£2 from each ticket donated toYorkshire Air Ambulance)
From: John Stone, 55 Chatsworth RoadSheffield, S17 3QG
Tel: 0114 236 1186Email: [email protected]: www.midlandplayers.co.uk
Wednesday 10 to Saturday 13 Novemberat 7:30Sheffield University Theatre Company
THE TRIALby Steven Berkoff
The Trial is your life; the life of the ordinaryman whose soul screams out for justice.Steven Berkoff’s combination of physicaltheatre and dark comedy attempts to unravelthe web of the Justice system only to findthat the more you struggle, the more tangledyou become.
Tickets: Wednesday £4; Thursday toSaturday £6, concessions £5
From: Union Box Office, Students' UnionWestern Bank, S10 2TG
Tel: 0114 222 8676Email: [email protected]: www.sutco.co.uk
Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 Novemberat 7:30 Sheffield University Drama Society
THE WINTER’S TALEby William Shakespeare
Violent sexual jealousy has cost King Leonteshis marriage, his children, his best friend, therespect of his subjects – everything he holdsdear. But time has the power to turn sorrowto joy; to offer Leontes a last chance ofhappiness. Shakespeare's intense study of sinand redemption.
Tickets: £9; concessions £7From: Jill Wright, 1 Peveril Road, Sheffield
S11 9APTel: 0114 266 9406Web: www.suds.shef.ac.uk
Wednesday 24 to Saturday 27 Novemberat 7:30Sheffield University Theatre Company
THE TEMPESTby William Shakespeare
A shipwreck. A savage. Mutiny. Murder plots.Through a tale of oppression, revenge, anger,betrayal and bitterness, comes a story of love,and the human capacity to reconcile aftergreat hardship. Don't miss out on one ofShakespeare's greatest works at the DramaStudio this Autumn.
Tickets: Wednesday £4; Thursday toSaturday £6, concessions £5
From: Union Box Office, Students' UnionWestern Bank, S10 2TG
Tel: 0114 222 8676Email: [email protected]: www.sutco.co.uk
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Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 DecemberSchool Of English
TBAPlease contact Rob Hemus on 0114 222 8455or email [email protected] forfurther details.
Sunday 12 December at 2:30Sunday 12 to Tuesday 14 December at 7:30Sheffield University Performing ArtsSociety
RENTby Jonathan Larson
SUPAS present Jonathan Larson’s PulitzerPrize winning rock opera. A stirring scorecaptures the spirit of a generation ofstruggling artists, addicts, and impoverishedyoungsters living in the shadow of AIDS. This heart wrenching tale is an emotionalexploration of life, confirming that a yearreally is best measured in love…
Tickets: £8, concessions £6From: Union Box Office, Students' Union
Western Bank, S10 2TGTel: 0114 222 8777Email: [email protected]: www.shef.ac.uk/union
Thursday 16 December at 7:30 (Concert)Friday 17 December at 11:00 (Workshop)University of Sheffield Sound Studios
SOUND JUNCTIONSound Junction is a programme of eventsexploring the latest and greatest incomputerised sound. This autumn’sprogramme includes new sonic art fromcomposers working at the University ofSheffield Sound Studios and talks/concertsfrom international guests, who are keyplayers in the development of sonic arts.
For more information please visit:
www.sheffield.ac.uk/concerts/whatson/eveningconcerts/sound.html
www.sheffield.ac.uk/usss/soundjunction
www.sheffield.ac.uk/usss/sjtalks
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Thur 16 Sep 7:15 Oliver Twist
Fri 17 Sep 7:15 Oliver Twist
Sat 18 Sep 5:00 Oliver Twist
Wed 22 Sep 7:30 Gasping
Thur 23 Sep 7:30 Gasping
Fri 24 Sep 7:30 Gasping
Sat 25 Sep 7:30 Gasping
Wed 29 Sep 7:30 Elixir of Love
Thu 30 Sep 7:30 Elixir of Love
Fri 1 Oct 7:30 Elixir of Love
Sat 2 Oct 7:30 Elixir of Love
Tue 5 Oct 7:15 Our House
Wed 6 Oct 7:15 Our House
Thu 7 Oct 7:15 Our House
Fri 8 Oct 7:15 Our House
Sat 9 Oct 2:15 Our House
7:15 Our House
Wed 13 Oct 7:30 Macbeth
Thu 14 Oct 1:10 Lunchtime Concert:Gary O’Shea piano
7:30 Macbeth
Fri 15 Oct 7:30 Macbeth
Sat 16 Oct 7:30 Macbeth
Wed 20 Oct 7:30 Pool (no water)
Thu 21 Oct 1:10 Lunchtime Concert:James Atashroo trumpet
7:30 Pool (no water)
Fri 22 Oct 7:30 Pool (no water)
Sat 23 Oct 7:30 Pool (no water)
Wed 27 Oct 7:30 The History Boys
Thu 28 Oct 1:10 Lunchtime Concert:Sam Jones clarinet
7:30 The History Boys
Fri 29 Oct 7:30 The History Boys
Sat 30 Oct 7:30 The History Boys
Wed 3 Nov 7:30 Improbable Fiction
Thu 4 Nov 1:10 Lunchtime Concert: Gareth Lloyd tenor Gary O’Shea piano
7:30 Improbable Fiction
Fri 5 Nov 7:30 Improbable Fiction
Sat 6 Nov 7:30 Improbable Fiction
Wed 10 Nov 7:30 The Trial
Thu 11 Nov 1:10 Lunchtime Concert:Sheffield University Chamber Choir
7:30 The Trial
Fri 12 Nov 7:30 The Trial
Sat 13 Nov 7:30 The Trial
Wed 17 Nov 7:30 The Winter’s Tale
Thu 18 Nov 1:10 Lunchtime Concert:Indian Music Concert
7:30 The Winter’s Tale
Fri 19 Nov 7:30 The Winter’s Tale
Sat 20 Nov 7:30 The Winter’s Tale
Wed 24 Nov 7:30 The Tempest
Thu 25 Nov 1:10 Lunchtime Concert:Wind Octets
7:30 The Tempest
Fri 26 Nov 7:30 The Tempest
Sat 27 Nov 7:30 The Tempest
Thu 2 Dec 1:10 Lunchtime Concert:Lucy Revis (cello)
Mon 6 Dec TBA School of English
Tue 7 Dec TBA School of English
Wed 8 Dec TBA School of English
Thu 9 Dec 1:10 Lunchtime Concert:Julian Payne Prize Recital: Deborah Finch soprano
Sun 12 Dec 2:30 Rent7:30 Rent
Mon 13 Dec 7:30 Rent
Tue 14 Dec 7:30 Rent
Thu 16 Dec 7:30 Sound Junction (concert)
Fri 17 Dec 11:00 Sound Junction (workshop)
Autumn Season 2010 Calendar of events
While every effort is made to ensure that all the informationin this brochure is accurate at the time of going to press, the management of the Studio can accept no responsibility forany alterations or cancellations.
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General Information
BookingFor details of advance booking, please seeunder specific production inside. Subject to availability, tickets for eachproduction are on sale at the Studio BoxOffice from half an hour before eachperformance of that production.Tickets booked in advance must be collectedat least 15 minutes before the start of theperformance.Box Office telephone number(performance times only) 0114 222 0208
BusesServices 10, 30, 40, 42, 51, 52 and 120 stopclose by the Drama Studio.
ParkingEvening parking facilities are available in theUniversity car park off Clarkson Street –Entrance from Durham Road.
RefreshmentsCoffee is normally served during the interval.We do not have a licensed bar, but theSpringfield Tavern and the West End Hotel areboth very close by.
Mailing listIf you wish to receive information about ourfuture productions contact:
The Theatre Manager The University of Sheffield Drama StudioShearwood RoadSheffield S10 2TD
Telephone: 0114 222 0200
Fax: 0114 222 0209
Email: [email protected] site: www.sheffield.ac.uk/drama
The information in this booklet isavailable in alternative formats.
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