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The Barn Theatre’s wardrobe department are hand-making scrubs for locaL NHS surgeries

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The Barn Theatre in Cirencester’s wardrobe department are doing their part in supporting those on the front line by hand-making scrubs for local NHS surgeries.

The initiative started when wardrobe supervisor Denise Cleal noticed a plea in the Facebook group Cheltenham and Cirencester Scrubbers – For The Love Of Scrubs NHS, an appeal highlighting the lack of scrubs in local surgeries and hospitals all over the country. Upon seeing this, Denise and wardrobe assistant Bridget Griffiths, decided that whilst the theatre was temporarily closed they would set to work hand-making scrubs for local surgeries and help support the front line.

Denise said “I’m the wardrobe supervisor at the Barn Theatre, and as my work there has ceased for the time being, I have time on my hands. When I saw the appeal to make scrubs for the NHS I jumped at the chance to help. This is extremely important to me as my daughter works for NHS Scotland and several other close family members are also working on the front line for NHS England. In a small way I feel I can support them by doing what I love most – sewing, and am grateful to be able to help.”

 Bridget said “In these strange times it’s easy to feel powerless but so grateful to those working on the front line. So I am happy to be able to use my own skills to help in some small way.”

TV medic and presenter Dr Dawn Harper, who is an ambassador for the award-winning theatre, has shown her support for the department saying “We are running short of scrubs on the frontline. I’m so proud of the wardrobe department at the Barn Theatre for stepping up and offering their services to make scrubs for local surgeries. Giving back is what the Barn do best. Thank you”

Dr Dawn recently launched a weekly live-streamed series, Live From The Clinic with Dr Dawn Harper, where any medical questions the public may have are put to Dr Dawn, especially any questions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The series airs live on the Barn Theatre’s social media accounts every Monday at 3pm.

Live From The Clinic with Dr Dawn Harper forms part of the Barn Theatre’s free live-streaming service Behind The Barn Door. The series joins British record holder Kenton Cool’s mountaineering show, Cool Conversations with Kenton Cool, Giffords Circus’ Tweedy the Clown’s children’s entertainment show, Tweedy’s Lost & Found, as well as weekly live Q&As with Cotswold District Council leader Joe Harris and local MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.

Since launching in 2018, the Barn Theatre has gained national recognition by producing 12 Built By Barn shows to upwards of 80,000 audience members and being awarded The Stage Awards’ Best Fringe Theatre of the Year Award 2019. Their contribution to the local community stretches further than just the theatre with large scale outreach programmes, school workshops and collaborative projects around the centenary of the First World War, the ‘record-breaking’ Cirencester Human Poppy, and The Cirencester Advent Festival that have enhanced the well-being of the community and draw thousands of visitors to the town.

The theatre has also worked extensively with disadvantaged communities working with charities including Cirencester Housing for Young People (CHYP) and Age UK Gloucestershire.

The Barn Theatre (registered charity no. 1174253), which is facing a loss of £250,000 and possible permanent closure, have launched their SAVE OUR BARN via their website and social media platforms.

LISTINGS

Website: barntheatre.org.uk

Twitter: @thebarntheatre

Instagram: @thebarntheatrecirencester

Facebook: facebook.com/thebarntheatrecirencester

YouTube: youtube.com/thebarntheatre

#SAVEOURBARN

Address: The Barn Theatre, 5 Beeches Road, Cirencester, GL7 1BN

Box Office (Phone): 01285 648 255 (10am-5.30pm, Mon to Sat)

Box Office (Online): boxoffice@barntheatre.org.uk

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Barn Theatre to live stream Henry V starring Aaron Sidwell and Lauren Samuels

Aaron Sidwell (Henry), Photo Credit: Eve Dunlop
  • Barn Theatre have announced that they will be live streaming their critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Henry V on World Theatre Day
  • The production, starring West End stars Aaron Sidwell and Lauren Samuels, will be broadcast on Friday 27 March At 6 PM 

The Barn Theatre have announced plans to live stream their critically acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s Henry V on World Theatre Day (27 March).

The production, which stars Aaron Sidwell (Wicked, American Idiot, Loserville, Ghost, EastEnders) and Lauren Samuels (Bend It Like Beckham, Romantics Anonymous, We Will Rock You, Grease, Water Babies, Over The Rainbow), will be streamed live to the theatre’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter accounts on Friday 27th March at 6pm.

Henry V, which was called “a populist Hal for a post-Brexit world” by Dominic Cavendish from The Telegraph, is directed by Hal Chambers, with designs by Emily Leonard, fight direction by Christos Dante, movement direction by Kate Webster, composition by Harry Smith, BroadwayWorld UK award-nominated projection designs by Benjamin Collins, sound design by Chris Cleal and lighting by Sam Rowcliffe-Tanner.

The full cast comprises of: Matt Ray Brown (Exeter/Orleans), Alicia Charles (Bardolph/Williams), Elin Phillips (Fluellen), Lauren Samuels (Katherine/Boy),

Aaron Sidwell (Henry), Adam Sopp (Pistol/Constable), Sarah Waddell (Queen of France) and Jonathan Woolf (Nym/Dauphin).

Since launching in 2018, the Barn Theatre has gained national recognition by producing 12 Built By Barn shows to upwards of 80,000 audience members and being awarded The Stage Awards’ Best Fringe Theatre of the Year Award 2019. Their contribution to the local community stretches further than just the theatre with large scale outreach programmes, school workshops and collaborative projects around the centenary of the First World War, the ‘record-breaking’ Cirencester Human Poppy, and The Cirencester Advent Festival that have enhanced the well-being of the community and draw thousands of visitors to the town.

The theatre has also worked extensively with disadvantaged communities working with charities including Cirencester Housing for Young People (CHYP) and Age UK Gloucestershire.

The Cotswold theatre recently launched their live streaming service, Behind The Barn Door, gives access to entertaining, fun and informative content for the local community. The service launched with a Q&A with Cotswolds MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, in collaboration with The Cirencester Chamber of Commerce. 

Giffords Circus favourite Tweedy the Clown will star in a new children’s entertainment mini-series called Tweedy’s Lost & Found, where every Wednesday at 12pm viewers will join the clown as he adapts to his new life working at the local Lost & Found. The series will be live streamed to the Barn Theatre’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter accounts.

The Barn Theatre (registered charity no. 1174253) have launched a donations campaign, SAVE OUR BARN, via their website and social media platforms.

LISTINGS

Website: barntheatre.org.uk

Twitter: @thebarntheatre

Instagram: @thebarntheatrecirencester

Facebook: facebook.com/thebarntheatrecirencester

#SAVEOURBARN

Address: The Barn Theatre, 5 Beeches Road, Cirencester, GL7 1BN

Box Office (Phone): 01285 648 255 (10am-5.30pm, Mon to Sat)

Box Office (Online): boxoffice@barntheatre.org.uk

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Tony© And Olivier Award-Winner John Caird Will Direct A New Production Of Michael Morpurgo’s Book The Mozart Question Adapted By Vicki Berwick At The Barn Theatre Cirencester

The Mozart Question

Following the hugely successful production of Michael Morpurgo’s The Butterfly Lion, The Barn Theatre has announced a new collaboration with Morpurgo, which will see Tony© and Olivier winner John Caird direct Vicki Berwick’s new adaptation of The Mozart Question. The production will open at The Barn in May 2020, following which it will transfer to the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham. It will then embark on a UK tour.

When young reporter Lesley is sent to Venice to interview a world-renowned violinist, the journalist is told she can ask Paolo Levi anything about his life and career as a musician, but on no account must she ask him the Mozart question. During the interview however, Paolo takes the opportunity to tell her his life story, including the answer to mystery.

The musician takes us back to his life as a little boy growing up in Venice in his papa’s barber shop, and recounts how he found a violin in his own home and his first and best teacher Benjamin.

The violin has story, a haunting traumatic past set against the background of the Holocaust. Michael Morpurgo’s moving tale of love, secrets and survival is bound together by the power of music in the hardest of times.

As the story unfolds the audience is taken on an extraordinary journey switching from moments of happiness and joy to human catastrophe in an inkling. A powerful adaptation that at its core champions hope, love and the pursuit of emotional truth against all the odds.

John Caird said: “I’m excited to be making my Barn Theatre debut with The Mozart Question. Michael Morpurgo’s deceptively simple story casts a powerful spell on the page. It will be a pleasure and a challenge to bring it to life on the stage. Though the subject could not be a darker one, Michael explores it with the lightest of touches and a deep empathy for his characters.    

The collision of great story-telling with great music provides a wonderful opportunity for actors and musicians to make theatrical magic together.”

Vicki Berwick said: “It’s an honour and a privilege to be adapting Michael Morpurgo’s The Mozart Question for the stage. It’s an important story in these times, and one that reaches all ages. I’m so pleased the Barn were equally passionate about retelling this story.”

Michael Morpurgo said: “How is a new play made? Well, you need a story.  You need an inspired playwrite and a terrific director who both love the story, and a theatre producer who also believes in it totally, all of them determined to create a great play.

It is the most important story I have ever written, about the best and most beautiful and most heavenly that is in us, and the worst and most wicked and most hellish too. I have no doubt the Barn Theatre is creating a play worthy of the immensity of the tragedy, a play that reflects the power of music to heal, to bring reconciliation and peace in a troubled world.”

LISTINGS

THE BARN THEATRE in association with EVERYMAN THEATRE, CHELTENHAM and BARN ANTHOLOGY LTD 
THE MOZART QUESTION
BY MICHAEL MORPURGO
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY VICKI BERWICK
DIRECTED BY JOHN CAIRD

Playing schedule at the Barn Theatre 

Previews from 21st May
Press night – 28th May
Playing from 29th May- 27th June
Playing Monday- Saturday 7.30pm
Matinee’s- Thurs and Sat 2.30pm

Ticket Pricing @ the Barn Theatre– £11.50- £38.50

Address- Barn Theatre, Cirencester, Beeches Road, Cirencester GL7 1BN

Box office email – boxoffice@barntheatre.org.uk
Box Office tel – 01285 648255
Website – barntheatre.org.uk
Twitter – @thebarntheatre
Instagram – @thebarntheatrecirencester
Facebook – @TheBarnTheatreCirencester

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Playing from Tuesday 30th June – Saturday 4th July
Playing Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm
Matinees – Wed, Thu and Sat 2.00pm

Ticket pricing – £24 – £34

Address – 7-10 Regent St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham GL50 1HQ
Box Office – 01242 572 573
Website – https://www.everymantheatre.org.uk/shows/the-mozart-question/
Twitter – @Everymanchelt

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Olivier and Tony Award winner John Caird to direct world premiere of Michael Morpurgo stage adaptation at the Barn Theatre

Following on from their critically and commercially successful 2019 season, The Barn Theatre have announced the seven productions that form their 2020 Built By Barn season, which includes the world premiere of Vicki Berwick’s stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s The Mozart Question, directed by Olivier and Tony award winner John Caird.

The season opens with the return of Oscar Wilde’s cherished comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Bryan Hodgson. Following on from its successful run at The Barn Theatre in March 2019 and a successful UK tour, this hilarious, two-man re-imagining of the classic will delight and entertain in equal measure. The production will run from 23 Jan – 15 Feb 2020.

After The Importance of Being Earnest will be an exciting new production of Patrick Barlow’s Ben Hur from 4 Mar – 18 Apr. Ben Hur will be the second Built By Barn production of a Patrick Barlow play after their 2019 box office record-breaking Built By Barn production of The 39 Steps, which transferred to Theatre Royal Windsor in August 2019.

The Barn Theatre’s first co-production of 2020 will be with Chipping Norton Theatre on a new production of the Olivier Award-Winning comedy Jeeves and Wooster In Perfect Nonsense. The production will begin performances at Chipping Norton Theatre on 5 Feb 2020 before embarking on a UK tour that will visit The Barn Theatre from 21 Apr – 9 May.

The production will be directed by Chipping Norton Theatre’s Artistic Director John Terry, set and costume design by Alex Marker, music and sound design by Eamonn O’Dwyer and movement by Bronya Deutsch.

Jeeves and Wooster In Perfect Nonsense is followed by the world premiere of Vicki Berwick’s stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s The Mozart Question from 21 May – 27 Jun. From the award-winning children’s author, this new adaption of the classic children’s book will mark the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The production will be directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner John Caird. The Barn Theatre had previously produced a Built By Barn production of John Caird’s musical Daddy Long Legs, for which he gained Drama Desk award for Best Book of a Musical.

Michael Morpurgo said of the upcoming production “How is a new play made? Well, you need a story.  You need an inspired playwrite and a terrific director who both love the story, and a theatre producer who also believes in it totally, all of them determined to create a great play. 

All I have done, many years ago, is to write a story, set against the background of one of the most sublimely beautiful places on this earth, Venice. Here, walking through the streets one warm night we came upon a street musician. He was playing under a lamppost, watched attentively by a little boy sitting on his tricycle in his pyjamas. We looked on, entranced, knowing how important such a moment might be to that child, to that musician.

The next day, on our wanderings, we happened upon the Ghetto, where the Jewish community of Venice had lived for generations. We discovered that in the Second World War that the community had been rounded up and taken away to Concentration Camps by the Nazis. Very few had returned. That such evil could be perpetrated in such a wonderful place was impossible to imagine. But I felt it had to be imagined, because it had happened. Such a devastating story is so important to tell.

I knew that Jewish musicians had been forced to play in the camps. ‘They fought back with their music,’ I thought. Sometimes they played Mozart, for me the most sublime of all composers. Maybe one of these musicians had been deported from the Ghetto in Venice. How, I wondered, would survivors feel afterwards, when they heard that glorious music? Could they ever play it again?

In trying to answer these questions, in memory too of the six million who perished in the Holocaust, I wrote my story of The Mozart Question. And now the Barn In Cirencester they are bringing it to the stage. It is the most important story I have ever written, about the best and most beautiful and most heavenly that is in us, and the worst and most wicked and most hellish too. I have no doubt they are creating a play worthy of the immensity of the tragedy, a play that reflects the power of music to heal, to bring reconciliation and peace in a troubled world.”

John Caird said “I’m excited to be making my Barn Theatre debut with The Mozart Question.

Michael Morpurgo’s deceptively simple story casts a powerful spell on the page. 

It will be a pleasure and a challenge to bring it to life on the stage.

Though the subject could not be a darker one, Michael explores it with the lightest of touches and a deep empathy for his characters.    

The collision of great story-telling with great music provides a wonderful opportunity for actors and musicians to make theatrical magic together.”

Vicki Berwick said “It’s an honour and a privilege to be adapting Michael Morpurgo’s ‘The Mozart Question’ for the stage. It’s an important story in these current times, and one that reaches all ages. I’m so pleased the Barn were equally passionate about retelling this story. I first visited the Barn in March this year and since that first meeting I’ve been welcomed with open arms.  They are both hugely ambitious and supportive of new talent. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect theatre to work with.” 

Since The Barn Theatre opened back in 2016, they have received critical acclaim for their productions that showcase the wonderful talent of actor-musicians, especially in their musical productions, and their 2020 season will be no different!

Opening on 15 July 2020, The Barn Theatre presents a brand new take on the classic Broadway musical Brigadoon by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, honouring the productions of time gone by, breathing new life and emphasising the relevance of a story of a musical written in 1943.

By marrying the epic score with a traditional Scottish Ceilidh folk band the story is given a vibrant energy through actor-musicianship. That small contemporary folk style will infuse and emphasise the Scottish tones of the original score of Brigadoon merging it with the Barn’s passion for ensemble storytelling actor-musicianship and bringing this magical tale to a modern-day audience from 15 July – 5 Sep.

The 2020 Halloween Season at The Barn Theatre will be immersive, visceral and terrifying. The Barn brings its unique style of theatre to a brand new adaptation of Henry James’ horror novella, Turn of the Screw, which runs from 23 Sep – 31 Oct. The original 1898 horror novella is the lose basis for the sequel series to Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House titled The Haunting of Bly Manor, which will be released in 2020.

Built by Barn’s 2020 season would not be complete without a festive treat and something for all of the family. After his innovative and fresh new version of A Christmas Carol, Alan Pollock returns to The Barn Theatre with his new play The Brothers Grimm Presents Cinderella which will play over the Christmas season from 18 Nov – 9 Jan 2021. Blending song, illusion, performance and puppetry, The Brothers Grimm Present: Cinderella is Cinderella as you have always known it.

Alan Pollock said of his return to the Barn, ‘delighted to be embarking on another re-invention of a timeless classic with the great team at the Barn’.

As previously announced, Rory Bremner and The Barn Theatre have announced that they are launching a new series of performances under the branding Bremner At The Barn that will run alongside the 2020 Built By Barn season.

Tickets are on sale from 1 December 2019.

LISTINGS

The Importance of Being Earnest

23 January to 15 February 2020

Written by Oscar Wilde

Directed by Bryan Hodgson

Ben Hur 

4 March to 18 April 2020

Written by Patrick Barlow

Based on the novel by General ‘Lew’ Wallace

Jeeves and Wooster In Perfect Nonsense 

21 April to 9 May 2020

Co-production between The Barn Theatre and Chipping Norton Theatre

Adapted from the works of PG Wodehouse

Written by The Goodale Brothers

Directed by John Terry

Set and Costume Design by Alex Marker

Music and Sound Design by Eamonn O’Dwyer

Movement by Bronya Deutsch 

The Mozart Question

21 May to 27 June 2020

Written by Michael Morpurgo

Adapted for the stage by Vicki Berwick

Directed by John Caird

Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon 

15 July to 5 September 2020

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

Music by Frederick Loewe

Original dances created by Agnes de Mille

The Turn of the Screw

23 September to 31 October 2020

Based on the horror novella by Henry James

The Brothers Grimm Present Cinderella 

18 November 2020 to 9 January 2021

A new adaptation by Alan Pollock

Website: barntheatre.org.uk

Twitter: @thebarntheatre

Facebook/Instagram: @thebarntheatrecirencester

#BuiltByBarn #BarnTheatre

 Theatre For All: In conjunction with the launch of the 2019 season, The Barn will also be launching a new ticketing initiative as part of their Theatre For All strategy. This initiative provides an all-inclusive strategy that enables everyone in the community to experience high-quality productions at an affordable price.  #TheatreForAll

General Ticket Prices: From £10-£37

Concessions: Available to children under 16, over 65, and members of the Uniformed Public Services. 

Family Tickets: From £30-£111 (4 tickets – 2 adults x 2 children)

Group Tickets: From £10-£12 

Save up to 33% on the standard ticket price – tickets only available for Rows Q-S

School Groups: School bookings for performances are available by contacting the Box Office.

Cashback: Available predominantly for charities, or any groups and organizations looking to raise much needed funds. Individuals buy tickets at face value and the Barn Theatre agrees to make a 20% donation of the total purchase back to the charity or group that have visited the theatre under the scheme. 

Box Office (Phone): 01285 648 255 (10am-5.30pm, Mon to Sat)

Box Office (Online): boxoffice@barntheatre.com

Téatro Bar & Restaurant: Téatro is open from 5.30pm to late, Tue – Sat

Atrium Coffee: Atrium is open from 8am to 4pm, Mon – Fri and 9:30am to 4pm, Sat – SunBook A Table: 01285 648 238 or info@teatro-ciren.co.uk

2019 Built By Barn Season

A Christmas Carol 

Wednesday 28 November – Saturday 11 January 2020 

Written by Charles Dickens 

Adapted by Alan Pollock

Directed by Phil Bartlett

Choreography by Lucie Pankhurst

Composition and Lyrics by Finn Anderson

Design by Sophia Pardon

Magic Consultant Tom Brace

Sound Design by Harry Smith

Lighting Design by Sam Rowcliffe-Tanner

Projection Design by Benjamin Collins

Performance Times: 10.30/13.00/14.30/17.30/18.30/19.30

(See full Christmas schedule for variety of performance times)

Website: barntheatre.org.uk

Twitter: @thebarntheatre

Facebook/Instagram: @thebarntheatrecirencester

#BarnCarol #AChristmasCarol

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The Barn Theatre’s production of the comic thriller The 39 Steps will transfer to the Theatre Royal Windsor

Built By Barn

Winner of the Best Fringe Theatre at the 2019 Stage Awards, The Barn Theatre’s upcoming production of the classic comic thriller, The 39 Steps, which opens at the Cirencester theatre in July 2019, will now transfer to the Theatre Royal Windsor from 12 – 17 August 2019. The production launches the theatre’s Built By Barn initiative, transferring shows from the venue across the UK.

Based on John Buchan’s 1914 spy thriller The Thirty Nine Steps and adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow, The 39 Steps will be directed by Joseph O’Malley, with designs by Mike Leopold. Further creatives and full casting to be announced in due course.

Iwan Lewis, Artistic Director, The Barn Theatre, said, “It was always part of the long-term strategy as a producing house to look at opportunities to transfer our ‘Built By Barn’ shows and give them life beyond The Barn Theatre. This is the first of many and a very exciting development in our future growth.”

The Barn Theatre has been building a reputation since its opening just over a year ago, as an exciting, innovative producing house, and hopes to build on this success by providing its audience with a mix of challenging, entertaining and topical theme across its programming.

The 39 Steps is part of The Barn’s 2019 season of in-house productions, and runs at The Barn Theatre from 10 July – 10 August. The season includes four other in-house productions: one of Michael Morpurgo’s finest works, The Butterfly Lion, which finishes a highly successful run on 4 May; William Shakespeare’s classic history, Henry V, directed by Hal Chambers and starring Aaron Sidwell and Lauren Samuels, which runs from 22 May – 22 June; the award-winning musical Daddy Long Legs, running from 2 October – 2 November; and a reimagining of Charles Dickens’ festive masterpiece, A Christmas Carol, from 27 November – 4 January.

A cast of four, deftly take on a Hitchcock classic, The 39 Steps, in a wonderfully inventive comic-thriller parody adaptation of John Buchan’s 1915 novel.

 The 39 Steps follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip and British gung-ho spirit as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and devastatingly beautiful women. The show is a frantic farce, jampacked with slapstick humour, a barrage of accents and hat-swaps culminating in chaos and calamity.

 This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors, playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun, thrilling action and a colossal number of costume changes. Madcap hilarity for all the family!

 Joseph O’Malley’s directing credits include The Hound of the Baskervilles (Barn Theatre), The Ugly Duckling and Other Stories (UK Tour) and Seeds of Change (Lion and Unicorn). Joseph’s assistant director credits include One Minute (Barn Theatre) and Significant Other (Vaults, Waterloo). Other upcoming productions include The Hound of the Baskervilles (UK Tour) and A Christmas Carol (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre).

THEATRE ROYAL WINDSOR LISTINGS INFORMATION

The 39 Steps

Presented by Barn Theatre by arrangement with Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Ltd.

Theatre Royal Windsor

Monday 12 August – Saturday 17 August 2019

Written by John Buchan

Adapted by Patrick Barlow

From an original concept by Simon Noble and Nobby Dimon

Directed by Joseph O’Malley

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Winner of the 2019 Stage Award For Best Fringe Theatre The Barn Theatre Cirencester announces exciting new season for 2019

Fringe Theatre of the Year 2019

Fringe Theatre of the Year 2019

Winner of Best Fringe Theatre in the 2019 Stage Awards, The Barn Theatre is presents its its line-up of five in-house productions for the upcoming 2019 Season, including one of Michael Morpurgo’s finest works, The Butterfly Lion, William Shakespeare’s classic history, Henry V, a brand new production of the comic thriller, The 39 Steps, the award-winning musical Daddy Long Legs and a reimagining of Charles Dickens’ festive masterpiece, A Christmas Carol.

Following an amazingly successful inaugural year when Artistic Director, Iwan Lewis, was nominated for the 2018 Stage Debut Award before the theatre’s win for Best Fringe Theatre Award, The Barn is looking to build on that success by once again providing its audience with a mix of challenging, entertaining and topical themes.

Iwan Lewis

Iwan Lewis

Iwan Lewis, Artistic Director said, “We have been absolutely thrilled by the audience response to our inaugural year and our Built By Barn productions. We did not expect to have had such positive industry recognition so soon after opening our doors to the public. It was humbling to have been nominated as Best Director at the Stage Debut Awards but winning The Stage Award for Best Fringe Theatre is truly unbelievable and has made all the hard work worthwhile. This is still the start of our journey and we are determined to use these achievements to catapult us into our 2019 season.

Our mission to produce challenging and inspiring professional theatre of the highest standards has been clear from the start and our 2019 programme will again reflect that commitment and provide a theatre that sits at the heart of our community sharing all the thrills and gifts that live entertainment can bring. Our new ticketing strategy mirrors this desire for inclusion and with prices starting from as little as £8 per ticket, The Barn really is a Theatre For All.”

Opening the new season in April is The Butterfly Lion by the acclaimed writer and former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo (War Horse, Private Peaceful, Running Wild). This heart-warming yet bittersweet story of faithfulness, destiny and love tells the tale of a lonely boy in South Africa who adopts an orphaned white lion cub.

Iwan Lewis with Jamie Chapman Dixon, Producer and Programmer at Barn Theatre

Iwan Lewis with Jamie Chapman Dixon, Producer and Programmer at Barn Theatre

In May, The Barn Theatre takes on a Shakespeare classic, Henry V. Set in modern surroundings, this timeless tale is cleverly brought up to date and explores the conflict between tradition and modernity in Britain through the lens of a nation at war.

A cast of four deftly take on a Hitchcock classic, The 39 Steps, in a wonderfully inventive comic thriller parody adaptation of John Buchan‘s 1915 novel for their Summer production in July. 139 roles are played out in a fast-paced, fun and thrilling action hitting show full of British gung-ho characters and dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women.

The Autumn season opens with the theatre’s first stage musical for 2019, the award winning Daddy Long Legs. The show is based on the classic novel by Jean Webster that inspired the 1955 movie starring Fred Astaire. The musical, with music and lyrics by Paul Gordon and a book by John Caird, is set in turn-of-the-century New England and tells the story of orphan Jerusha Abbott and her mysterious benefactor who agrees to send her to college, who she dubs ‘Daddy Long Legs’ after seeing his elongated shadow.

A Christmas Carol, closes the year with a magical new interpretation of Dickens’ timeless classic by Alan Pollock that will get everyone, including Scrooge, in the festive mood. Set to an original score, the familiar tale is reworked into a spellbinding tale that stays true to the general moral thread of the original story.

Right next door to the theatre, through an archway behind Ingleside House you will find the new, highly acclaimed 60-seat restaurant and piano bar, Téatro. With a car park just across the road, dinner and a show never got easier.

On-Sale: Tickets are on sale to the Barn Theatre’s Circle of Friends from 28 January.

General on sale for the 2019 season will be from 5 February.

Theatre For All: In conjunction with the launch of the 2019 season, The Barn will also be launching a new ticketing initiative as part of their Theatre For All strategy. This initiative provides an all-inclusive strategy that enables everyone in the community to experience high-quality productions at an affordable price.  #TheatreForAll

General Ticket Prices: From £8-£32

Concessions: Available to children under 16, over 65, and members of the Uniformed Public Services.

Season Tickets: From £32-£128

20% off the general ticket pricing, offering audiences five shows for the price of four

Family Tickets: From £24-£96 (4 tickets – 2 adults x 2 children)

Group Tickets: From £10-£12

Save up to 33% on the standard ticket price – tickets only available for Rows Q-S

School Groups: School bookings for performances are available by contacting the Box Office.

Cashback: Available predominantly for charities, or any groups and organisations looking to raise much needed funds. Individuals buy tickets at face value and the Barn Theatre agrees to make a 20% donation of the total purchase back to the charity or group that have visited the theatre under the scheme.

Box Office (Phone): 01285 648 255 (10am-5.30pm, Mon to Sat)

Box Office (Online): boxoffice@barntheatre.com

Téatro Bar & Restaurant: Téatro is open from 5.30pm to late, Wed – Sat

Book A Table: 01285 648 238 or info@teatro-ciren.co.uk

Website: barntheatre.org.uk

Twitter: @thebarntheatre

Facebook: @thebarntheatrecirencester

Instagram: @thebarntheatrecirencester

 

The Butterfly Lion

Tuesday 2 April – Saturday 4 May 2019

Written by Michael Morpurgo

Adapted by Daniel Buckroyd

Directed by Jessica Daniels

Press Night: Thursday 4 April at 18:30

Performance Times: 14:30 / 19:30

 

Henry V

Wednesday 22 May – Saturday 22 June 2019

Written by William Shakespeare

Press Night: Friday 24 May at 18:30

Performance Times: 14:30 / 19:30

 

The 39 Steps

Wednesday 10 July – Saturday 10 August 2019

Written by John Buchan

Adapted by Patrick Barlow

Press Night: Friday 12 July at 18:30

Performance Times: 14:30 / 19:30

 

Daddy Long Legs – The Musical

Wednesday 2 October – Saturday 2 November 2019

Book by John Caird

Music & Lyrics by Paul Gordon

Directed by Kirstie Davies

Press Night: Friday 4 October at 18:30

Performance Times: 14:30 / 19:30

 

A Christmas Carol

Wednesday 27 November – Saturday 4 January 2020

Written by Charles Dickens

Adapted by Alan Pollock

Directed by Iwan Lewis

Press Night: Wednesday 29 November at 18:30

Performance Times: 10.30/13.00/14.30/17.30/18.30.19.30 (see full Christmas schedule for variety of performance times)

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