Theatre Royal - What's On

Prepare yourself for a star studded season of shows.....details

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Monday 2 - Tuesday 3 August
Andy Pandy / Bill & Ben
Mon 3.30pmTues 10.30am, 1.30pm£9.50 As seen on BBC TV! Join Bill & Ben for a garden treasure hunt with lots of flobbadob fun! Also, it's Andy Pandy's birthday and Looby Loo and Teddy are planning a surprise party and a very special present!This fun packed show is cleverly adapted for stage and is full of songs and audience participation.

Friday 6 August
The Drifters - 50th Anniversary Tour
7.45pm £12.50 - £15.50 Experience the definitive Drifters live - 50 years of their classic hits packed into one dazzling concert! Featuring the hits Save the Last Dance for Me, Under the Boardwalk, Kissing in the Back Row the Movies, Up on the Roof, Saturday Night at the Movies and much more!

Monday 9 - Saturday 14 August
Magic of the Dance
Eves 7.45pm£11 - £20 (concessions available) Following in the revered footsteps of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, get ready for this sensational Irish dance spectacular. This dazzling show is a thrilling roller-coaster ride of Celtic charm and spellbinding skill.

September 2004

Sunday 12 September
Southern Counties Live & Unrehearsed - Here We Go Again!
4pm & 7.45pm£7 & £8.50 Neil Pringle and Joanne Good power the cult show from Southern Counties Radio. The team's back for another year of music, gags and total daftness!
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Monday 13 - Saturday 18 September
Blithe Spirit
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm£15 - £24 (concessions available) Starring Penelope Keith.Noel Coward's classic masterpiece of high spirits and ghostly goings-on. Hilarious comedy.
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Sunday 19 September
Soweto Gospel Choir
7.45pm£14.50 - £20 Direct from South Africa, this 25 strong choir perform an inspirational programme of tribal, traditional and popular African gospel.
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 September
Twelfth Night
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm£13 - £22 (concessions available) Following the success of King Lear and last year's beautiful Romeo and Juliet, English Touring Theatre return to Brighton with a major period dress production of everyone's favourite Shakespearian comedy.
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Monday 27 - Saturday 2 October
The Price
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm£15 - £24 (concessions available) Warren Mitchell and Larry Lamb star in Arthur Miller's compelling and deeply moving comedy. This production was the hit of last year's West End Autumn season and won Mitchell an Olivier Award. Not to be missed! BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

October 2004

Monday 2 - Tuesday 3 August
High Society
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm£16 - £26 (concessions available) Cole Porter's giddy blend of corking songs, fizzing one-liners and champagne-fuelled comedy comes direct from the West End. Includes the songs Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Swell Party, I Love Paris and True Love.Starring Susie Blake.

Monday 11 - Saturday 16 October
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Eves 7.45pmThu - Thurs mats 2.30pmFri 5pm & 8pmSat 2pm, 5pm, 8pm£10- £23 (concessions available) Andrew Lloyd Webbers hit musical storms back to Brighton with a brand new production based on the current West End smash hit. Full of unforgettable songs including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door To Me and One More Angel.
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Sunday 17 October
Joan Rivers
5pm & 8pm£20 - £27.50 BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
America's First Lady of Comedy is coming to Brighton for two shows only bring you her smash hit show Broke and Alone.BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Monday 18 - Saturday 23 October
Journey's End
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm£15 - £24 (concessions available) Based on R C Sherriff's experiences of the trenches, this outstanding play - with its humour, courage and fear - is as pertinent now as ever. Direct from the West End and starring Phillip Franks.

Monday 25 - Saturday 30 October
Going Straight
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm£15 - £24 (concessions available) World premiere reuniting John Alderton and Pauline Collins. Friends from old days in London's East End, Mickey and Ray recount their colourful past in sun drenched Costa Del Sol - can an East End hard man go straight?
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

November 2004

Monday 1 - Saturday 6 November
Man and Boy
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pmpost show discussion Wed 3 November£15 - £24 (concessions available) David Suchet stars in Terrence Rattigan's masterpiece set in 1930's New York examining the relationship between a father and son against a backdrop of love, betrayal and high finance.
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Monday 8 - Saturday 13 November
The Dresser
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm£15 - £24 (concessions available) Nicholas Lyndhurst makes a rare stage appearance in Ronald Harwood's evocative, perceptive and hilarious portrait of backstage life!
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Sunday 14 November
A Night at the Opera
7.30pm£12 - £25 After their incredible success on Channel 4, Operatunity winners Denise Leigh and Jane Gilchrist embark on their first national tour. Joined by guest singers from Covent Garden and ENO it is a night of opera not to be missed!

Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 November
Grease
Tue & Wed eves 7.45pmThu & Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pmSat 5pm & 8.30pm£18 - £29.50 (concessions available) Join Danny and Sandy along with the T-Birds, the sassy Pink Ladies and the whole gang of Rydell High for this multi million £££s high octane Rock'n'Roll party! Be there or be square!
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Monday 22 - Saturday 27 November
The Lady in the Van
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm£15 - £24 (concessions available) Susan Hampshire stars in Alan Bennett's irresistible comedy that comes directly from the West End. An eccentric and vulnerable homeless woman moves into Bennett's front garden with her rusty, crusty old caravan - and ends up through with sadness, a bracing mix of wit and sorrow.
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

Sunday 28 November
Lenny Henry - So Much Things to Say…
7.30pm£24.50 Following its critically acclaimed run at London's Wyndham's theatre, Lenny Henry brings his show to Brighton! A rip-roaring tour de force of character comedy, brought to you by the man himself… Lenny Henry!

Monday 29 November - Saturday 4 December
Round the Horne… revisited
Eves 7.45pmThu & Sat mats 2.30pm £13 - £22 (concessions available) This riotous theatre version of the legendary 60s radio show is faithfully adapted for the stage by Brian Cooke, the last remaining writer of the original shows.
BOOKING OPENS SATURDAY 26 JUNE

December

Thursday 9 December - Sunday 18 January
Dick Whittington
Various times£10.50 - £19 (concessions available) Join H from Steps along with Keeping Up Appearances star David Griffin and Sussex's favourite Dame, Ian Good, in the rags to riches adventure that sees Dick overcome all the obstacles to claim his sweetheart and the title of Lord Mayor of London. Pantomime at it's best!

Tickets for all the shows can be booked on the Theatre Royal Box Office on 01273 328488.

Revised: November 19, 2004