Whats On At The Theatre By The Lake
Friday 13 April –Thursday 19 April 2012
A Theatre by the Lake production
The History Boys
Fri 13, Sat 14, Mon 16, Tue 17, Wed 18, Thu 19, 7.30pm
Sat 14, Wed 18 matinée, 2pm
Main House
Strong language
A boys’ grammar school in the North of England in the 1980s. A lively bunch of bright, funny, anarchic sixth-formers in pursuit of sex and Oxbridge places. A headmaster obsessed with league tables and exam results; teachers who argue about how those results should be achieved.
The play, packed with classic Bennett lines, asks: What is history and how should it be taught? What is the true purpose of education?
Alan Bennett’s multi-award-winning play, successfully filmed in 2005, provides an unmissable kick-start to our 2012 Main House season of home produced work. A huge treat for anyone who enjoyed Theatre by the Lake’s productions of Habeas Corpus and The Lady in the Van by this well-loved and most English of contemporary playwrights. “Bennett’s wonderfully astute, funny and painful play” The Independent
Tickets: £24 – £10 (discounts available)
Under 26? See more for less with Friday £5 tickets
For Box Office call: 017687 74411 or book online at www.theatrebythelake.com
Keswick Theatre Club presents
Feelgood
by Alistair Beaton
Fri 13, Sat 14 April, 7.30pm
Studio
It’s party conference time and, as anti-capitalist riots rage in the streets outside, scandal threatens to topple the Government from within. And there’s a female journalist nosing around the hotel’s corridors of power. Can the spin doctors contain the outbreak? Alistair Beaton, one of the founding members of Not The Nine O’Clock News, writes biting political satire that is bang up to- date.
Tickets: £9 (no discounts)
For Box Office call: 017687 74411 or book online at www.theatrebythelake.com
Backstage Tours: see how theatre magic is made
Sat 14, 11.00am
Join a member of our knowledgeable theatre staff and discover what happens behind the scenes to make sure the show goes on. Please consult the performance diary on pages 36 – 38. It’s best to book as numbers are limited.
Tours cost £7 per person.
For Box Office call: 017687 74411 or book online at www.theatrebythelake.com
Devised by Barry Cryer
The London Quartet – Cantabile On the Funny Side of the Street
Sun 15 April, 7.30pm
Main House
One of Britain’s most popular vocal groups presents an evening of comic songs. Featuring much-loved comedy favourites from the old masters Flanders and Swann, Noël Coward and Kenneth Williams, as well as hilarious numbers by Richard Stilgoe, Jake Thackray and Fry and Laurie – not forgetting musical mayhem from Monty Python and many more. “Great singing, great songs, great fun” Classic FM
Tickets: £16, £14, £10(discounts £1 off)
For Box Office call: 017687 74411 or book online at www.theatrebythelake.com
Friday 20 April –Thursday 26 April 2012
A Theatre by the Lake production
The History Boys
Fri 20, Sat 21, 7.30pm
Sat 21, matinée 2pm
Main House
Strong language
A boys’ grammar school in the North of England in the 1980s. A lively bunch of bright, funny, anarchic sixth-formers in pursuit of sex and Oxbridge places. A headmaster obsessed with league tables and exam results; teachers who argue about how those results should be achieved.
The play, packed with classic Bennett lines, asks: What is history and how should it be taught? What is the true purpose of education?
Alan Bennett’s multi-award-winning play, successfully filmed in 2005, provides an unmissable kick-start to our 2012 Main House season of home produced work. A huge treat for anyone who enjoyed Theatre by the Lake’s productions of Habeas Corpus and The Lady in the Van by this well-loved and most English of contemporary playwrights. “Bennett’s wonderfully astute, funny and painful play” The Independent
Tickets: £24 – £10 (discounts available)
Under 26? See more for less with Friday £5 tickets
For Box Office call: 017687 74411 or book online at www.theatrebythelake.com
Tasmin Little (violin) with Martin Roscoe (piano)
Sun 22 April, 7.30pm
Pre-concert talk by John Cooper Green at 6.45pm
Main House
Tasmin Little, international violin star and great communicator, joins acclaimed pianist Martin Roscoe. This programme includes one of the earliest virtuoso violin sonatas, Tartini’s notorious Devil’s Trill, plus the dramatic Duo Sonata by Schubert, Smetana’s tragically autobiographical From My Homeland, a romantic Elgar piece and Franck’s magnificent Sonata, a challenge for both performers.
Tickets: £14, £9, £4; Students, U16s £7, £4
For Box Office call: 017687 74411 or book online at www.theatrebythelake.com
Ballet Theatre UK
Sleeping Beauty
Thu 26 April, 7.30pm
Main House
Ballet Theatre UK’s internationally acclaimed company of dancers bring a dazzling production of one of the world’s favourite ballets to life. Dramatic stage sets, elegant costumes and Tchaikovsky’s achingly beautiful music combine to tell a story based on a much loved fairy tale set in an enchanted world of castles and curses, forests and fairies. Can a true lover’s kiss undo an evil spell?
Tickets: £19, £17, £15, £13, £10 (discounts £1 off); Students, U16s £9
For Box Office call: 017687 74411 or book online at www.theatrebythelake.com
