Tuesday 14 & Wednesday 15 September  7.30pm
Wednesday matinee  2.30pm

Black Ram Theatre Company presents
Arthur Miller's
THE CRUCIBLE
student tickets: £8
running time: 2hours 45 minutes, including interval
age: 13+

Black Ram combines the text with film and computer animation, with actors on stage interacting with those on screen to create a visually stunning and unique theatrical experience.

Wednesday 29 September  7.30pm

Rannel Theatre Company and Makin Productions presents
FLHIP FLHOP - Everything Happens on the Break
student tickets: £7
running time: 60 minutes, no interval
age: 11+

Rannel's highly acclaimed show combines witty dialogue and intricate choreography to create an energetic and hilarious comedy for all ages, following a crazy pair of painters as they try to escape the monotony of their dull jobs by taking refuge in hip-hop, MC-ing and beatbox. See clips on the BBC Comedy website.
1.Hat Trick. 2.Beatboxing. 3.Sleeveface Dance.

Monday 4 & Tuesday 5 October  7.30pm

Actors of Dionysus presents
LYSISTRATA
student tickets: £8.50
running time: 90 minutes, no interval
age: 16+

Directed by Mitch Mitchelson of Circus Space and performed in David Stuttard's hard hitting and muscular adaptation, this promised to be an evening of chaos, naughtiness and absurdity... and not a little bit of debauchery!

Workshops available from £220 - Edexel GCE 'A' level & OCR 'A' level Classical Civilisation.
AOD's work is supported by a full range of educational publications, DVDs of past productions and educational packs. Go to the actorsofdionysus website or email helen@actorsofdionysys.com

SCHOOLS' PERFORMANCES:
Thursday 7/ Friday 8 October  10.30am & 1pm

Birmingham Stage presents
GEORGE'S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE
student tickets: £6.50 if booked before 17 September, then £7.50
running time: 1 hour 40 minutes (including interval)
age: 5 - 12

Birmingham Stage Company has produced a special free set of Teachers Notes, which you can download from their website or request from the Theatre when making your booking. It's full of lesson ideas to use 'George' in English, History, Geography, Social Studies, Maths, Cultural Studies, Science and Art - in fact, the whole curriculum. And there are both pre-visit and follow-up excercises to do with your pupils.

Monday 11 October   8.00pm

Norfolk Dance presents
FORGETTING NATASHA  & 
AGNES AND WALTER: a little love story
student tickets: £8
running time: 70 minutes (plus interval)
recommended age guide: 12+

A double bill of imaginative dance works by local choreographers Heather Eddington and Neil Paris using dance, poetry, music and digital media.

HALF-TERM FUN
Tuesday 26 October

IMPW presents
JAMES CAMPBELL: Comedy and Songs 4 Kids
tickets: £8 (£6 concessions/ groups of 4+)
running time: 60 minutes (no interval)
recommended age guide: 6+

Whimsical comedy and music for children.
"My seven-year-old howled with laughter and so did I." DAILY MAIL 

Monday 15 - Wednesday 17 November  7.30pm
Matinee Wednesday 2.30pm

Icarus Theatre Collective & Harrogate Theatre present
HAMLET: PRINCE OF DENMARK
student tickets: £8.50
running time: 2hrs 30 minutes (including interval)

A clear, kinetic, and above all accessible production, perfect for newcomers to the bard, with a nine-person cast in a contemporary style, using cinematic and physical theatre techniques.

4 x 90 minute workshops on offer, led by a facilitator and 'Hamlet' company member

1. Building a Shakespearean Character: To Be or Not To Be
Practical exploration of Hamlet characters through the Stanislavskian approach.
2. Physicality, Etiquette & Gender: Get Thee to a Nunnery
Exploring 3 elements to understand the historical context in which Shakespeare wrote.
3. Trippingly on the Tongue: Shakespearean Verse in Performance
Speaking the verse; an introduction to how actors access the meaning through verse.
4. Shakespeare the Icarus way: Hamlet and Chorus
Working practically with verse and choral exercises exactly as Icarus did in rehearsals

The Icarus Education Team is able to adapt material to fit student requirements.
Cost: £275 for up to 25 students (2 workshops for £500)

To book workshops contact education@icarustheatre.co.uk.

Monday 31 January - Wednesday 2 February  7.30pm
Matinee Wednesday 2 February  2.30pm

Blackeyed Theatre presents

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE
student tickets: £8
running time: 2 hours 20 minutes (plus interval)
age: 12+

First presented by the National Theatre in 1997, this version by Frank McGuinness is now brought to the stage by Blackeyed Theatre, combining its trademark audatious performance style, brilliant, original, live music and stunning design.

FREE Education Pack available at www.blackeyedtheatre.co.uk
Workshops available. Contact Adiran McDougall on 01344 427001.
Genres: Drama, historical drama, 'epic' theatre, political drama
Themes: Relationships, history, WW2, family, politics
Curriculum: Relevant to Theatre Studies, Drama, English and History

Thursday 18 November  8.00pm

C-12 Dance Theatre presents
ENOUGH and THE CHAIR
student tickets: £8
running time: 1 hour (plus interval)
recommened age guide: 14+

Established in 2005, C-12 is rapidly gaining an enviable reputation for its unique blend of physical dance performance with a theatrrical narrative. This exciting double bill features THE CHAIR - a red-hot ticket at the company's 2009 Edinburgh debut, and ENOUGH, a delicate storyline told through a feminine perspective.

Tuesday 30 November - Saturday 11 December (not Monday 6)
Tuesday - Friday  11am & 1.30pm
Saturday 11am & 3.30pm
Sunday   11am & 1.30pm

Scamp Theatre & Watford Palace Theatre present

STICKMAN
weekday schools' tickets: £5.50 if booked before 30 September, then £6.50
weekend public performances: £8.50, under 10s: £7
running time: 55 minutes, no interval
age: 3+

Featuring a trio of top actors and packed with puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves, this fabulous show from the team behind Michael Morpurgo's Aesop's Fables, Private Peaceful and The Mozart Question promised more fun than you can shake a stick at!