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September 2019
NTLIVE: Fleabag (15)
See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag…
Find out more »October 2019
Screening: Wise Children
★★★★★ ‘Fantastic. Life-enhancing, brilliantly uninhibited, all-singing and dancing... Stars? I’m not sure why you would stop at five.’ The Observer ★★★★★ ‘It's pure, unadulterated theatre with an airtight company, subject, direction, and production. Rice not only blind-casts the whole piece, but single-handedly gives a masterclass on how to play with gender.’ Broadway World Wise Children By Angela Carter Multi-award-winning director Emma Rice brings her unique, exuberantly impish vision to Angela Carter’s great last novel in this brand-new theatre production. A…
Find out more »LIVE THEATRE: Hey Diddle Diddle
Book for 11am show Book for 1.30pm show Goblin Presents - Hey Diddle Diddle A hilarious adventure filled with music and puppetry, for ages 3+. We have two shows at 11am and 1.30pm for public and group booking Please note priority booking offered to all the primary schools . Show duration approx 1hr When the full moon shines bright here’s magic in the air, and all the animals come out to play.…
Find out more »NT LIVE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare ‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’ A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences. Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedy will be captured live from the Bridge Theatre…
Find out more »November 2019
NT LIVE: Hansard
National Theatre Live ★★★★★ Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. See Olivier Award-winners, Lindsay Duncan (Birdman, About Time) and Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van, The Queen), in this brand new play from Simon Woods, broadcast live from the National Theatre in London. It’s a summer’s morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it…
Find out more »42nd Street – The Musical
42nd Street – The Musical Filmed live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London now on SpArC's big screen ★★★★★ ‘Achingly beautiful revival of an American classic’ THE TELEGRAPH ★★★★★‘Glorious’ THE EXPRESS ★★★★★ ‘Utterly moreish extravaganza of glitz’ THE TIMES ★★★★★‘Extraordinary’THE STAGE 42nd Street, the legendary Broadway musical theatre classic, is a ‘glorious’ (★★★★★ Express) and ‘utterly moreish extravaganza of glitz’ (★★★★★ Times). Telling the story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her…
Find out more »LIVE: MID WALES OPERA: Mrs Peachum’s Guide to Love and Marriage
PLEASE NOTE: The tickets are sold through Shropshire Music Trust's Ticket Source there may be a booking fee. We are thrilled to be hosting Mid Wales Opera at Sparc for the second year in collaboration with Shropshire Music Trust. "The Wench is married! Do you think your father and I should have liv'd comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Can you support the expense of a husband, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money…
Find out more »LIVE: Castle Player’s Christmas Extravaganza
Tickets on sale soon Friday 29th November 7.30pm Saturday 30th November 2pm & 6.30pm Join our much loved Castle Players for a Festive Feast! Sketches, skits. song, dance, silliness merriment and a truck load of Christmas Spirit! Come along and enjoy a few panto sketches while singing some favourite Christmas songs. More info soon.... J
Find out more »December 2019
NT LIVE: Present Laughter by Noël Coward
Present Laughter by Noël Coward Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter. As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching. Captured live from The Old…
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