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AUGUST
2019 -
JANUARY
2020
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All the
important
stuff
Booking
Tickets can be booked 24 hours a day
online at thelbt.org Access
The Box Office is open from Audio Description provides
9.30am – 5pm Monday – Saturday* additional commentary, via a
*We're open later on performance evenings headset, that explains what's happening
and one hour before Sunday performances.
on stage.
01484 430528 Signed Performances have a
British Sign Language interpreter
live on stage. Information on the best
Discounts seats to see the signer can be found when
Groups of 10+ get one free ticket for booking online or via Box Office.
every 10 bought* Captioned Performances provide
Education Groups get tickets text on screens at the front of the
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*Subject to availability
via Box Office.
Relaxed Performances are
Getting Here for anyone who would benefit
from a more relaxed environment at
We are located on Queen Street in
the theatre. These performances have
Huddersfield Town Centre (HD1 2SP).
slight changes to lighting and sound to
Parking create a calmer atmosphere.
The nearest car park is Market Hall on If you have any other access
Alfred Street. The postcode for the car requirements, including booking a
park is HD1 2UJ. There are a limited wheelchair space, please call Box Office,
number of spaces on Queen Street for email boxoffice@thelbt.org or visit
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Hello
Welcome to our 25th A theatre created by the community in a
building created for the community.
anniversary season.
From our epic community production in
An opportunity to celebrate who we September to return visits from some of
are, where we have come from, and our favourite local amateur companies,
everyone who has helped us to get we are as committed as ever to that
here. Wind back the clocks to another simple idea as we look ahead to the
incredible anniversary, and exactly two next 25 years. But we want to explore
hundred years ago a Methodist chapel new avenues as well. As you’ll see we’ve
is erected in the heart of Huddersfield to got some really high-profile plays and
serve the community. After more than a family shows coming to the theatre over
century the building falls in to disuse, and the next few months, and alongside
after a couple of brief (separate) stints our traditional family panto, we’re also
as a nightclub and squash court, the incredibly excited to be making more
work in Huddersfield, for Huddersfield.
Lawrence Batley Theatre is created. Over
the last 25 years we have had some of We look forward to seeing you at the
the country’s most amazing, entertaining theatre soon, and thank you so much for
and ambitious companies coming to the deciding to spend your time with us.
theatre, but we have never forgotten
where we come from... Team LBT
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Stories have shaped the world around us
for as long as we’ve been able to share
them. Over the next few years we’re
going to be working with some
absolutely incredible people to look
at how and why we tell stories for
today. They’re going to be called
‘Storytellers’, and they’ll be
creating completely new stories
for you, on stage, right here
in Huddersfield.
Meet our first two
‘Storytellers’…
‘I love
to tell stories for
people outside the
mainstream. Stories that
put women front and
centre and that have the
power to change the
world we live in.'
Nikita Gill Neil Bettles
Nikita Gill
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‘We want to
bring more people into
the theatre, not just to watch
a show, but to take part in
making it. We love theatre that
draws on many forms but at the
heart of what we do, we want
to tell good stories.'
Neil Bettles Laura Mallows
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MUSICAL
BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE
A.L.I.C.E in Wanderlust
Fri 30 - Sat 31 August
Main Stage
Tickets £14 I £10 concessions
Family Ticket £44 must include four people
From an exceptional young company of emerging
talent comes a highly innovative new musical
exploring humankind's eternal impulse to journey
into the unknown.
FAMILY
GARLIC THEATRE
Three Billy
Goats Gruff
Sat 7 September
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £7.50 I For ages 3+
A new retelling of the much-loved story of
three hungry goats and a grumpy old troll.
Garlic Theatre present this classic fairytale
with puppets, live music, storytelling,
songs and an eco-friendly message.
Group Discounts
MUSICAL KIRKLEES YOUTH THEATRE ENSEMBLE
The Phantom
of the Opera
Wed 11 – Sat 14 September
Main Stage
Tickets £5 - £20 Concessions available
Witness the timeless The Phantom of the
Opera this autumn from Kirklees Youth Theatre
Ensemble. Featuring classic songs The Phantom
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – An Amateur Youth Group of the Opera and The Music of the Night.
Production. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics by Charles
Hart. Additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Book by Richard Stilgoe
& Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the novel Le Fantome de
‘l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Originally directed by Harold Prince.
Orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber. Original
production by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful
Group Ltd. An amateur youth production by arrangement with
The Really Useful Group Ltd.
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AUGUST
PW PRODUCTIONS AND KARL SYDOW PRESENT THE LOWRY PRODUCTION
Nigel Slater’s Toast
Written by Henry Filloux-Bennett
Based on the book by Nigel Slater
★★★★★
Mon 19 – Sat 24 August ‘Delicious.
Funny.
Touching.’
THE SUNDAY TIMES
★★★★★
‘The show
rises like a
good soufflé’
MAIL ON SUNDAY
DIRECT FROM THE WEST END DRAMA
Direction & Choreography by Jonnie Riordan
Toast vividly recreates Nigel Slater’s childhood through Main Stage
the tastes and smells he shares with his mother, Tickets £10 - £26
culminating in the young Nigel’s escape to London. From Group Discounts
making the perfect sherry trifle, through the playground
politics of sweets, the rigid rules of restaurant dining, and
a domestic war over cakes, this is a moving and evocative
tale of love, loss and…toast.
Photo Credit: Simon Annand - Photo includes previous cast
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Wed 4 - Fri 6 September
Tickets free with a suggested donation
September 2019. The Lawrence Batley Theatre is
turning 25, and a big posh black tie VIP gala event
is being planned. Fancy French food, Champagne,
a string quartet. The local Huddersfield community
are having none of it though. This is their theatre,
and they’ve got their own party planned. Singing,
dancing, party games, cake, and a 90s playlist. As
tensions rise, it seems like both sides will stop at
nothing to win. This isn’t a party. It’s war.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sir Kenneth
Branagh’s Henry V and the 70th anniversary of
Sir Lawrence Olivier’s original screen adaptation,
join over 70 people on stage as we bring one of
Shakespeare’s classic plays bang up to date to look
at what it means to come together as a community.
Directed by Sameena Hussain and Olivia Race
with Henry Filloux-Bennett.
Produced by the Lawrence Batley Theatre
in association with Front Room Productions
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SPOKEN WORD
LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE
Queenie’s Coffee
House Nights
Mon 16 September, Mon 21 October,
Mon 18 November, Mon 16 December
Queenie's Coffee Shop
Tickets Pay What You Decide
Enjoy a relaxed evening in Queenie's
Coffee Shop with special guests and local
talent performing poetry, music and more.
Hosted by award-winning spoken word
artist Rose Condo.
MUSIC
BELINDA O’HOOLEY
Inversions
Fri 20 September
Main Stage
Tickets £14
A special evening of piano compositions from
Belinda O'Hooley, one of the UK's foremost
folk musicians and half of award-winning
duo O'Hooley and Tidow.
Inversions showcases new music inspired by
songs passed down to Belinda by her late father.
Group Discounts
MUSIC
SK2 Jazz Orchestra
Fri 27 September
Main Stage
Tickets £12
Dedicated to the timeless music of Stan
Kenton, SK2 Jazz Orchestra bring together
the crème de la crème of professional
musicians from across the North of England
for a powerful and highly energised evening
of big band entertainment.
Group Discounts
Fundraising performance in aid of Kirklees Theatre Trust
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A THICKSKIN AND TRAVERSE THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION,
CO-PRODUCED WITH TRON THEATRE AND LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE
How Not To Drown
Written by Nicola McCartney & Dritan Kastrati
Mon 16 – Thu 19 September
MADE IN
HUDDERSFIELD
DRAMA
Direction & Choreography by Neil Bettles
Commissioned by ThickSkin and Tickets £10 - £18
Lawrence Batley Theatre For ages 14+
Painful, uplifting and sometimes hilarious,
Post-show talk Tue 17 Sep
How Not To Drown shares a story of endurance
for a little kid who wasn’t safe or welcome Group Discounts
anywhere in the world.
School Discounts
In 2002, in the turmoil after the end of the Kosovan
War, Dritan is sent on the notoriously perilous
journey across the Adriatic with a gang of people
smugglers to a new life in Europe. He relies on his
young wit and charm to make it to the UK. But
the fight for survival continues as he clings to his
identity and sense of self when he ends up in the
British Care system.
THELBT.ORG 11OPERA
RADIUS OPERA
The Fire of Olympus;
or On Sticking It To
The Man
Sat 21 September
Main Stage
Tickets £15
The Fire Of Olympus; or On Sticking It
To The Man tells the story of Prometheus
and Pandora in a brand new opera by Tim
Benjamin, performed by the innovative
mavericks Radius Opera. Incredible virtuoso
singers re-imagine the popular 18th century
operas of Handel; tuneful, direct, and sung
in English. The brilliant cast and orchestra
are joined by the digitally combined voices
of over 1,000 volunteers, in a spectacular
and exciting theatrical event.
Group Discounts
COMEDY LIPSERVICE THEATRE
Strangers on a
Train Set
Sat 28 September
Main Stage
Tickets £10 - £15
If you like: The 39 Steps
Challenging a youth to turn down his music,
Irene Sparrow finds herself under suspicion
of murder after the train emerges from a
tunnel with the young man dead.
With clever use of projection and multiple train
sets, LipService give you a whistle-stop tour
that will leave you breathless and racing for
the refreshment coach.
'Lip Service are the Laurel and Hardy of literary
deconstruction' The Guardian
Group Discounts
Fundraising performance in aid of Kirklees Theatre Trust
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MEI THEATRICAL LTD FAMILY
Tue 1 & Wed 2 October
The timeless classic has made its way off the Main Stage
page and onto the stage. Tickets £13 I £11 concessions
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, the critically acclaimed For ages 3+
production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show features
Group Discounts
a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets, faithfully adapting four
of Eric Carle’s stories. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little School Discounts
Rubber Ducks, The Very Lonely Firefly and of course, Wed 2 Oct 11am
the star of the show celebrating its 50th Birthday in 2019
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
THELBT.ORG 13BOX OF TRICKS THEATRE COMPANY Under Three Moons Tue 1 – Sat 5 October Mike and Paul are mates. They drink, they DRAMA smoke, they crack jokes. They kill time. Spanning half a lifetime, Under Three Moons takes place Syngenta Cellar on three nights across three decades of two friends’ lives. Tickets £11 From a school trip to France as teenagers, to a surf shack Group Discounts in their twenties, to Christmas in their thirties, Mike and Paul meet up and talk into the night. From boyhood to If you like: Boyhood manhood to fatherhood, these are the nights they share. A new play about friendship and growing up, Under Three Moons explores how men relate to each other today. Who we are, how we live, and the spaces between. 14 BOX OFFICE 01484 430528
COUNT ARTHUR STRONG | ED BYRNE |
JASON BYRNE | JOHN ROBINS | JUSTIN MOORHOUSE
JOIN US FOR HUDDERSFIELD'S PREMIERE COMEDY NIGHT
ACTS THIS SEASON INCLUDE:
EVERY
THIRD
TOM WRIGGLESWORTH RAHUL KOHLI THURSDA
KATIE MULGREW MIKE NEWALL OF THE Y
MONTH!
MERYL O'ROURKE DANNY MCLOUGHLIN
FOR THE FULL LINE-UP GO TO THELBT.ORG
THELBT.ORG 15The Hound of the
Baskervilles
The Hit Farce
Thu 3 & Fri 4 October
Main Stage
Tickets £10 - £15
For ages 16+
Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable
sidekick Dr. Jane Watson on their journey
from the streets of London to the Devonshire
Moors as they attempt to solve the mystery
of… The Hound of the Baskervilles! Arthur
Conan Doyle’s classic mystery, The Hound of
the Baskervilles, is brilliantly brought to life
on stage in this acclaimed production.
'Fantastic, farcical, clever fun... a romp of a
play.' Living Edge Magazine
Group Discounts
HUDDERSFIELD THESPIANS
Mighty Atoms
By Amanda Whittington
Tue 8 – Sat 12 October
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £12
Thespians Saver Buy with A Warning to the
Curious for £20
Inspired by real-life hero Barbara Buttrick,
Mighty Atoms is the uplifting and
empowering story of four women who
start a boxercise class in a struggling
pub in Hull with the help of an ex-pro
boxer. Huddersfield Thespians present
the first staging of Mighty Atoms
since its original run as part of Hull
UK City of Culture.
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AN ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE AND SHEFFIELD THEATRES CO-PRODUCTION
Reasons To Stay Alive
By Matt Haig
Tue 8 – Sat 12 October
DRAMA
Imagined for the stage by Jonathan Watkins
Adapted by April De Angelis Main Stage
What does it mean to truly feel alive? At 24 Matt’s Tickets £10 - £26
world collapsed and he could see no way to go Pre-show talk Tue 8 Oct 6pm
on. This is his story of a journey through crisis
and triumphing over illness, a joyous exploration Post-show talk Wed 9 Oct
of how to live, and love, better. Matt Haig’s Group Discounts
frank and funny international bestseller is School Discounts
brought to the stage by the award-winning
Jonathan Watkins (Northern Ballet’s 1984) Captioned Performance
and celebrates what it means to be alive. Wed 9 October 7.30pm
'Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour.' Signed Performance
Sunday Times on the book Reasons To Stay Alive Thu 10 October 7.30pm
Audio Described
Performance
Sat 12 October 2.30pm
THELBT.ORG 17PHOENIX DANCE THEATRE
The Rite of Spring
& Left Unseen
Tue 15 October
CONTEMPORARY
Phoenix Dance Theatre present a 21st century DANCE
re-working of the iconic ballet, The Rite of Spring.
For his first work created in the UK, choreographer Main Stage
Jeanguy Saintus re-envisions The Rite of Spring Tickets £12 - £17
introducing the sacred art of Haitian Vodou, Post-show talk
celebration and ceremony in his bold approach. Group Discounts
Left Unseen explores inclusion and isolation
and how we rely on our five senses to find our School Discounts
place and navigate the world. In isolation there is Fundraising performance in aid of
Kirklees Theatre Trust
often stillness and silence and also unpredictable
disturbance and chaos. The eight dancers embody
these different states creating an aesthetically
beautiful and emotive piece of dance.
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ANDREW MCMILLAN AND LUNG THEATRE
PROPER JOB THEATRE COMPANY
Dorian Trojan Horse
Tue 22 October
Thu 17 October Main Stage
Main Stage Tickets £12 - £16
Tickets £10 - £15 Post-show talk
What if a portrait didn't accurately reflect the If you like: Ackley Bridge, Waterloo Road
life you've lived, but could be manipulated
to show the life you wish you'd lived? What if
Trojan Horse was a local story that hit the
your body was changing, but the image you
national press, accusing ‘hardline’ Muslim
saw of yourself wasn't?
teachers and governors of plotting extremism
Concluding The Monster Trilogy (Nosferatu, in Birmingham schools. Adapted from the
Medusa), Proper Job Theatre Company and real-life testimonies of those at the heart of the
Andrew McMillan present a contemporary UK Government's inquiry, critically acclaimed
re-telling of Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, theatre-company LUNG investigate what really
exploring male vanity, gym culture, happened. Amnesty International Freedom
masculinity and body dysmorphia. of Expression and Fringe First Award-winning,
Trojan Horse is the story of a community
Group Discounts torn apart by racial division, ‘British values’
Fundraising performance in aid of Kirklees Theatre Trust and the culture of Prevent.
Group Discounts | School Discounts
THELBT.ORG 19MUSIC
Clare Teal and
her Band
Thu 24 October
Main Stage
Tickets £16 - £22
Celebrate the golden age of jazz and swing
with renowned vocalist Clare Teal and Her
Band. Performing classics from the Great
American and British song books alongside
contemporary material, Clare Teal and Her
Band promise an evening of inspiring music
that is guaranteed to entertain.
Group Discounts
DRAMA
SETTLE STORIES
Memories of an
Indian Childhood
Fri 25 October
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £11
Be transported to Bombay, dusty, crowded
and vibrant. Welcome to Sita’s world of
large families, romantic train journeys and
political unrest. Funny, moving and light-
hearted tales become darker as Sita must
leave India behind and come to Britain.
Group Discounts
FAMILY RED EARTH THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARENA
THEATRE WOLVERHAMPTON & DERBY THEATRE
Soonchild
Based on the book by Russell Hoban
Mon 28 October
Main Stage
Tickets £12 I Family of Four £44 I For ages 5+
Dig out your snowshoes for an Arctic adventure.
With live music, puppets and sign language,
Soonchild is so warm and big-hearted it
would melt an iceberg.
Group Discounts
Creative Captioning I Signed Performance
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SHOBANA JEYASINGH DANCE
Staging Schiele
Wed 30 October
CONTEMPORARY
DANCE
Main Stage
Tickets £10 - £18
Post-show talk
Group Discounts
School Discounts
Award-winning Shobana
Jeyasingh Dance stage a
new searing piece inspired
by the life and work of artist
Egon Shiele.
Four dancers inhabit Schiele’s
highly-charged world of
colour, masterful lines and
unusual perspectives, a
world that puts the human
body on visceral display.
Shobana Jeyasingh’s dynamic
choreography matches the
intensity of Schiele, engaging
with his anxieties as well as
his supreme self-confidence.
Shobana is joined by an
exceptional creative team -
★★★★★ composer Orlando Gough,
designer and visual artist
'a vivid, moving and Ben Cullen Williams, lighting
designer Adam Caree and with
stunning stylised costume design by Cottweiler.
performance'
THE TIMES (On Contagion)
Photo by Chris Nash
THELBT.ORG 21ODD DOLL
Seaside Terror
Thu 31 October
COMEDY
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £10
Group Discounts
If you like: The League
of Gentlemen, The Mighty Boosh
Let Odd Doll take you on a
terrifying trip to the seaside
this Halloween.
Be careful as you walk along
the dilapidated pier, as the ice
cream man is not quite who
he seems…
Explore his mind-boggling
collection of hysterical
horrors including Evil
Seagulls, Zombie Donkeys,
and Bingo Hairballs. But
will anyone who experiences
it live to describe it?
Stuffed with fun frights and
ice cream chills, Seaside
Terror is a celebration of the
British horror and holidays of
the 1970s. Funny, nostalgic
and visually stunning, Odd
Doll use their trademark
brew of puppetry, clown and
specially composed music
to fill the stage with nerve-
shattering shocks.
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FAMILY
ON S
TA G E
FRECKLE PRODUCTIONS
★★★★★
Stick Man ‘Zesty and delightful. A
clever compelling treat’
From the book by Julia Donaldson
and Axel Scheffler THE INDEPENDENT
Sun 10 November
Main Stage a fire! How will Stick Man ever get back
Tickets £13.50 I Groups of 10+ £13 to the family tree?
All ages welcome This award-winning production features a trio
What starts off as a morning jog becomes of top actors and is packed full of puppetry,
quite the misadventure for Stick Man; a dog songs, live music and funky moves.
wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds Stick Man © 2008 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Published by
a nest with him, and he even ends up on Alison Green Books, an imprint of Scholastic Children’s Books.
FAMILY CLYDEBUILT PUPPET THEATRE
Lost Bear
Sat 2 November
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £7.50 I For ages 3+
Lost Bear has found himself in a world that is
full of lost things and he needs to get home.
A gentle tale for little ones, created with a
sense of fun and adventure for anyone who
still loves their toys.
Group Discounts
THELBT.ORG 23AMATEUR PRODUCTION BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP LTD.
HUDDERSFIELD MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY
Evita
Tue 5 – Sat 9 November
Lyrics by Tim Rice MUSICAL
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Main Stage
Originally directed by Harold Prince
Tickets £14 - £20
Evita charts the young and ambitious Eva Peron’s Selected concessions
meteoric rise to sainthood. available
Eva Peron seduced a nation with her story; growing up
a poor illegitimate child to becoming the most powerful
woman in Latin America.
Evita is a classic rags-to-riches tale in which scandal and
corruption mingled with a life of charity and an extreme
public persona. This classic musical features much-loved
songs Oh What a Circus! and Don't Cry for Me Argentina.
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A se ason of
COMEDY
How the Other
Half Loves
Tue 5 – Sat 9 November
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £14
Alan Ayckbourn's hilarious tale of
extramarital affairs. When Bob and Fiona
begin an affair their cover story is foolproof.
But when an innocent couple become
entwined in the lie, misunderstandings and
mayhem ensue. The popular Dick & Lottie
present this wickedly funny farce by one of
Britain's most cherished playwrights.
Group Discounts
COMEDY
Absurd Person
Singular
Fri 24 & Sat 25 January
Main Stage in the Round
Tickets £14
Direct from a New York run, Dick & Lottie
present Alan Ayckbourn’s classic comedy.
Follow The Hopcrofts, The Jacksons and
the Brewster-Wrights as they manoeuvre
disastrous drinks, social scheming and
Christmas catastrophes.
Absurd Person Singular is Dick & Lottie’s
first full production in the round.
Group Discounts
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Huddersfield
26 BOX OFFICE 01484 430528NOVEMBER
GARY CLARKE COMPANY PRESENT
Wasteland
Tue 12 & Wed 13 November
★★★★
‘Outstanding’
THE TIMES (On Coal)
In 1994 hundreds of coal miners hung up their pit boots DANCE THEATRE
as Grimethorpe Colliery was destroyed, along with the
tight-knit working-class community that surrounded it. Main Stage
Wasteland, Gary Clarke’s sequel to Coal, looks at how Tickets £10 - £16
two generations coped in this era of radical upheaval. For ages 14+
As we see one generation grind to a halt, we follow
Post-show talk Tue 12 Nov
the next into the '90s illegal rave scene, where derelict
warehouses and abandoned work spaces became home Group Discounts
for a new-found community of music and dance. School Discounts
Bringing together Clarke's vivid physical dance language Contains strong language
performed by a company of exceptional dancers, a
community cast of male singers, brass musicians, If you like: This is England,
Skins, Brassed Off
archive film footage, a powerful rave soundscore and
unique art work by Jimmy Cauty (co-founder of The
KLF), Wasteland dives head first into a gritty story
of loss, hope, escapism and survival.
THELBT.ORG 27FRECKLE PRODUCTIONS
Tabby McTat LIVE
FROM THE BOOK BY JULIA DONALDSON AND AXEL SCHEFFLER
O N S TA G E
Fri 15 – Sun 17 November
★★★★
‘The zippiest
Donaldson
adaptation I've
seen - a real delight'
TIME OUT
Tabby McTat is a cat with the loudest of meee-ews and FAMILY
a best friend with a guitar. Together they sing their
favourite songs delighting the crowds, until one day Main Stage
Fred disappears. Separated and alone, Tabby finds Tickets £14
shelter and a new life with all the home comforts that
All ages welcome
any cat could dream of. However, memories of his
life with Fred haunt him, and he sets off to search the Group Discounts
streets for his long-lost friend. School Discounts
From the team behind Stick Man, Julia Donaldson Fri 15 Nov 1.30pm
and Axel Scheffler’s Tabby McTat is a heart-warming Signed Performance
tale of friendship and loyalty interwoven with original Fri 15 November 4pm
songs and a sprinkling of magic.
Tabby McTat © 2009 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Published by Alison Green Books,
an imprint of Scholastic Children’s Books
28 BOX OFFICE 01484 430528NOVEMBER
IAN ASHPITEL AND JONTY STEPHENS
An Evening of Eric & Ern
Thu 14 – Sat 16 November
‘You have the giddy
out of time illusion
that you are watching
the legendary
double act live’
INDEPENDENT
Jonty Stephens and Ian Ashpitel capture the brilliance COMEDY
of Morecambe and Wise in their fantastic homage to
Britain's best loved comedy duo. Main Stage
Crammed full of renditions of those famous Tickets £10 - £23
comedy sketches, that hits all the right notes.
Group Discounts
It’s a show full of Morecambe and Wise's most loved
routines, songs and sketches and of course a musical
guest. This wonderful show evokes memories of times
when whole families would huddle around the telly on
Sunday evenings.
THELBT.ORG 29FAMILY GARLIC THEATRE
Eggs on Legs
Sat 16 November
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £7.50 | For ages 4+
Meet a family of zany eggs on legs, living in a lost
pocket of the globe. Garlic Theatre conjure a
poetic, Dr Seuss world full of egg-centric puppets
and music to make you roll around with laughter.
A cracking family show bursting with wonder
and surprise - you will never look at an egg in
the same way again.
Group Discounts
VICTORIA FIRTH
DRAMA
How to Be Amazingly
Happy!
Wed 20 November
Main Stage
Tickets £11
In this big hearted, big thinking show of storytelling
and physical comedy our heroine’s mid-life search for
joy, identity and belonging features public displays
of playfulness, private truths and sheer bloody
mindedness. Join Victoria as she asks - is it possible
to be happy without kids?
Group Discounts
AUSTIN TALENT PRESENT
MUSICAL
Notflix – The
Improvised Musical
Fri 29 November
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £11
Five-star, total sell out show Edinburgh Fringe
2016-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2019. Did
we mention the cast are making it up as they go
along? Did we mention it's a musical? Featuring
a live band and original, improvised songs.
Because everything is better as a musical!
Group Discounts
30 BOX OFFICE 01484 430528NOV - DEC
CABARET
GUY WOOLF AND ISLA VAN TRICHT
Becoming Electra: A
Queer Mitzvah
Fri 22 November
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £11
A heart-warming and original one-woman drag show
about a queer Jewish girl trying to find her voice.
Electra struggles to reconcile conflicting elements of
her identity: can she tell her queer friends she’s Jewish
and her Jewish friends that she’s queer?
You’re invited to the party she’s throwing to find out.
‘Listen to Electra sing and your soul will be healed’
The Guardian
Group Discounts
DRAMA
HUDDERSFIELD THESPIANS
A Warning to
the Curious
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY ALEX WATKINS FROM
THE CLASSIC GHOST STORIES OF M. R. JAMES
Tue 3 – Sat 7 December
Syngenta Cellar
Tickets £12
Thespians Saver Buy with Mighty Atoms for £20
There’s a chill in the air this Christmas as this new
adaptation of M.R. James’ ghost stories is set to
send a shiver down your spine. Eerie shadows
hint at dark doings for those who find the strange
Christmas present that fate has waiting for them.
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DECEMBER DECEMBER
Fri 6 10am Tue 24 11am & 2.30pm
Sat 7 2pm & 7pm Thu 26 2pm & 7pm
Mon 9 10am & 1.30pm
Fri 27 2pm & 7pm
Tue 10 1.30pm & 7pm
Sat 28 2pm & 7pm
Wed 11 10am & 1.30pm
Sun 29 2pm & 7pm
Thu 12 10am & 1.30pm
Mon 30 2pm & 7pm
Fri 13 10am & 1.30pm
Tue 31 11am & 2.30pm
Sat 14 2pm & 7pm
Mon 16 10am & 1.30pm
Tue 17 10am & 1.30pm JANUARY
Wed 18 Thu 2 11am & 2.30pm
1.30pm & 7pm
Thu 19 1.30pm & 7pm Fri 3 2pm & 7pm
Sat 21 2pm & 7pm Sat 4 2pm & 7pm
Mon 23 2pm & 7pm Sun 5 11am & 2.30pm
Mon 23 2pm & 7pm
Fri 6 December – Sun 5 January PANTOMIME
Go on a magical adventure with our new pantomime
Main Stage
Sleeping Beauty.
Tickets from £12.50
In a castle high above Huddersfield, a wicked fairy has
Family ticket £65*
cursed Princess Aurora to sleep for 100 years. With the
Princess watched over by her nursemaid, a kind fairy Group Discounts
sets out to find a hero who can break the spell, but School Discounts
who will be the one to rescue our Princess? *MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST
Spun together by the creative team behind TWO UNDER 16S
Aladdin and Jack & the Beanstalk, 2019’s family Audio Described
show includes spectacular costumes, hit songs and Thu 12 Dec 1.30pm
audience participation. It promises to be Huddersfield’s
Signed Performance
biggest pantomime yet. Wed 18 Dec 7.00pm
Relaxed Performance
Thu 2 Jan 2.30pm
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Wed 11 - Sun 29 December FAIRYTALE
Alice knows at Christmas if you’ve been good you
receive presents and if you’re naughty to expect a Syngenta Cellar
lump of coal. She had heard stories of monsters under Tickets £15
the bed but didn’t really believe them.
Group Discounts
But when the Krumpus visits her on Christmas Eve she
discovers not only are the monsters real, but even they School Discounts
have their demons. FOR FINAL PERFORMANCE
SCHEDULE SEE THELBT.ORG
The UK’s most followed poet and bestselling author
Nikita Gill (Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories If you like: Maleficent,
to Stir Your Soul) brings her stories to life on stage Stranger Things
for the first time in this interactive tale for older
children and adults.
34 BOX OFFICE 01484 430528HUDDERSFIELD LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
Aladdin
Sat 11 – Sat 18 January
Join Huddersfield Light Opera Company on a PANTOMIME
magic carpet ride this Christmas.
Main Stage
Aladdin dreams of a life of riches with his love, the
beautiful Princess. When he stumbles upon a magic Tickets £7 - £18
lamp in a dark old cave, he thinks his luck has changed, Concessions available
but an evil magician is not far behind to ruin his plans. Adult Performance
Can Aladdin stop him and live happily ever after? (over 18s only)
Fri 17 January
Full of laughter, spectacular staging and glittering FOR A FULL PERFORMANCE
costumes, Huddersfield Light Opera Company are SCHEDULE GO TO THELBT.ORG
back for their 25th pantomime and they have a few
magic tricks up their sleeves to give Aladdin even
more ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’.
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Our Young Company term ends with a performance.
For ages 6 - 18 All sessions include a chance to see
a live performance at the Lawrence
We’re proud to offer a range of Batley Theatre each term.
weekly drama sessions designed
to be creative and fun, enabling Autumn Term begins on
children and young people to Monday 9 September.
share ideas and find their voice.
To find out more or book a place
Led by experienced facilitators, visit thelbt.org/get-involved/
our weekly sessions are open to young-people/ or contact
all and explore themes related to letscreate@thelbt.org
The Team behind this season at And of course our
the Lawrence Batley Theatre amazing Stewards
Kayleigh Anderson, Adele Barclay, Annie Ruth Adams, Julia Beaumont, Helen Bisson, Liz
Baskeyfield-Bride, Adele Birkenshaw, Tom Bradbury, Megan Briggs, Sue Brook, Maureen
Blakemore, Chris Brearley, Freyja Boycott- Buckley, Diane Calverley, David Clegg, Caroline
Garnett, Paul Caldwell, James Clare , Katrina Cole, Sylvia Collins, Charlie Dickinson, Colette
Clark, Craige Clarke, Holly Czolacz, Will Dash, Dyson, Karl Eaton, Sue Eaton, Andy Evans,
Les Dowie, George Doyle, Karl Eaton, Henry Diane Felton, Alison Fisher, Gail Flynn, Debbie
Filloux-Bennett, Sarah Finch , Michael Ford, Ford, Louise Galvin, Kate Gimblett, Sandy
Hannah Frogett, Jenny Goodman, Andrew Goler, Elba Gonzalez, Lynda Green, Robin
Goulding, Jack Greening, Bev Haigh, Sharon Hall, Mary Hallet, Rosemary Hanna, Barbara
Haigh, David Halloran, Barbara Hellowell, Hardwick, Brian Hardwick, Eve Harris, Jenny
Sarah Hornby, Jonathan Hudson, Nancy Holmes, Lesley Honeyman, Charlie Hunt, Philip
Hughes, Ruth Jones, Connor Moseley, John Jackson, Debbie Jennings, Julie Johnston,
Munden, Le Thi To Nhu, Laura Norman, Mass Sheila Johnston, Maggie Joyce, Jo Kelly, Pam
Nying, Judy O’Brien, Karen O’Neill, Helen King, Ann Lee, George Lee, Stuart Mallinson,
Petty, Louise Parsons, Cathy Pilkington, Eric Martin, Shirley Maude, Gillian Metcalf,
Olivia Race, Louise Redfearn, Jaqueline Margaret Mitchell, Theresa Mullings, Shelagh
Ryan, Roohi Sarwar, Tommy Savage, Jane Nying, Christine Oldbury, Delia Oldfield,
Sibbald, Jessica Smith, Brett Speakman, George Oldfield, David Payne, Helen Pearson,
Erica Taylor, Nick Travis, Rebecca Turner, Michelle Pearson-Brook, Leonora Redmond,
Thomas Walsh, Katherine Warman, Dianne Viltare Repsyte, Elaine Richardson, Ella
Watkinson, Che Wigfield Turner, Jane Wilson, Robertshaw, Ann Sandiford, Elise Sandiford,
Rebecca Winwood, Keren Wood, Mollie Wood, Linda Senior, Paul Senior, Kate Shaw, Emma
Kayleigh Wright and James Yates-Hothersall. Slater, Christine Smith, Eva Smith, Maureen
Speight, Nan Steinitz, Christina Sutcliffe,
Susannah Tunnacliffe, Danielle Vermeer,
Dorothy Walklett, Elaine Walmsley, Shirley
E.Ward, Pauline Wheat-Bowen, Lily Whitmarsh,
Pat Wilding, Damaya Williams, Sandra Wilson,
Melissa Wong, Julie Woolard, Gill Young
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FLYING INTO HUDDERSFIELD THIS JANUARY
SIT BACK, RELAX AND…START LAUGHING!
TOM LISTER AND DANIEL CASEY IN THE CLASSIC COMEDY
BY MARC CAMO
LETTI
CIS EVANS
RLEY CROSS & FRAN
TRANSLATED BY BEVE SWOR TH
DIRECTED BY GUY UN
MON 27 JANUARY – SAT 1 FEBRUARY
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DATE SHOW TIME PAGE DATE SHOW TIME PAGE
AUGUST OCTOBER
Mon 19 Nigel Slater's Toast 7.30pm 7 Thu 3 Under Three Moons 7.30pm 14
Tue 20 Nigel Slater's Toast 7.30pm 7
The Hound of the 8pm 16
Wed 21 Nigel Slater's Toast 7.30pm 7 Baskervilles
Thu 22 Nigel Slater's Toast 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7 Fri 4 Under Three Moons 7.30pm 14
Fri 23 Nigel Slater's Toast 7.30pm 7
Fri 4 The Hound of the 8pm 16
Sat 24 Nigel Slater's Toast 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7 Baskervilles
Fri 30 A.L.I.C.E In Wanderlust 7.30pm 6
Sat 5 Under Three Moons 2.30pm & 14
Sat 31 A.L.I.C.E In Wanderlust 2.30pm & 7.30pm 6 7.30pm
Sat 5 As Good As It Gets 7.30pm
SEPTEMBER
Wed 4 Henry V 7.30pm 9 Tue 8 Mighty Atoms 7.15pm 16
Wed 5 Henry V 7.30pm 9 Reasons To Stay Alive 7.30pm 17
Wed 6 Henry V 7.30pm 9
Wed 9 Mighty Atoms 7.15pm 16
Sat 7 Three Billy Goats Gruff 11am & 2pm 6
Reasons To Stay Alive 7.30pm 17
Wed 11 The Phantom of 7pm 6
the Opera
Thu 12 Comedy Cellar 8pm 15 Thu 10 Reasons To Stay Alive 2.30pm & 17
7.30pm
Thu 12 The Phantom of 7pm 6
the Opera Mighty Atoms 7.15pm 16
Fri 13 The Phantom of 7pm 6 Fri 11 Mighty Atoms 7.15pm 16
the Opera
Sat 14 The Phantom of 2.15pm & 7pm 6 Reasons To Stay Alive 7.30pm 17
the Opera
Sat 12 Reasons To Stay Alive 2.30pm 17
Mon 16 Queenie's Coffee 7pm 10 & 7.30pm
House Night
Mighty Atoms 2pm & 7.15pm 16
How Not To Drown 7.30pm 11
Tue 17 How Not To Drown 7.30pm 11 Tue 15 The Rite of Spring 7.30pm 18
& Left Unseen
Wed 18 How Not To Drown 2.30pm & 11
7.30pm Wed 16 Count Arthur Strong 8pm 15
Thu 19 How Not To Drown 7.30pm 11
Thu 17 Dorian 7.30pm 19
Fri 20 Inversions 8pm 10
Comedy Cellar 8pm 15
Sat 21 The Fire of Olympus; or 7.30pm 12
On Sticking It To The Man Mon 21 Queenie's Coffee 7pm 10
Thu 26 Jason Byrne 8pm 15 House Night
Fri 27 SK2 Jazz Orchestra 7.30pm 10 Tue 22 Trojan Horse 7.30pm 19
Sat 28 Strangers on a Train Set 7.30pm 12 Thu 24 Clare Teal and Her Band 7.30pm 20
Fri 25 Memories of an Indian 7.30pm 20
OCTOBER Childhood
Tue 1 The Very Hungry 4.30pm 13
Caterpillar Show Mon 28 Soonchild 3pm 20
Under Three Moons 7.30pm 14 Tue 29 John Robins 7.30pm 15
Wed 2 The Very Hungry 11am & 4.30pm 13 Wed 30 Staging Schiele 7.30pm 21
Caterpillar Show
Under Three Moons 7.30pm 14 Thu 31 Seaside Terror 7.30pm 22
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NOVEMBER NOVEMBER
Sat 2 Lost Bear 11am & 2pm 23 Broadway on Screen: 10pm 25
Mean Girls
Tue 5 Evita 7.15pm 24
Thu 21 Ed Byrne 8pm 15
Tue 5 How The Other Half 7.30pm 26 Fri 22 Becoming Electra: A 7.30pm 31
Loves Queer Mitzvah
Wed 6 Evita 7.15pm 24 Fri 29 Notflix 7.30pm 30
How The Other 7.30pm 26
Half Loves DECEMBER
Thu 7 Evita 7.15pm 24 Tue 3 A Warning to 7.15pm 31
the Curious
How The Other 7.30pm 26 Wed 4 A Warning to 7.15pm 31
Half Loves the Curious
Fri 8 Evita 7.15pm 24 Thu 5 A Warning to 7.15pm 31
How The Other 7.30pm 26 the Curious
Half Loves Fri 6 A Warning to 7.15pm 31
the Curious
Sat 9 Evita 2.15pm & 7.15pm 24
Sat 7 A Warning to 2pm & 7.15pm 31
How The Other 2.30pm & 26 the Curious
Half Loves 7.30pm Mon 16 Queenie's Coffee 7pm 10
Sun 10 Stick Man 1.30pm & 4pm 23 House Night
Wed 18 Christmas Comedy 8pm 15
Tue 12 Wasteland 7.30pm 27 Cellar
Wed 13 Wasteland 7.30pm 27 Thu 19 Christmas Comedy 8pm 15
Cellar
An Evening of Eric & Ern 7.30pm 29
JANUARY
Thu 14 Comedy Cellar 8pm 15
Fri 17 Justin Moorhouse 7.30pm 15
Fri 15 An Evening of Eric & Ern 7.30pm 29
Fri 24 Absurd Person Singular 7.30pm 26
Tabby McTat 1.30pm & 28
Sat 25 Absurd Person Singular 2.30pm & 26
4pm
7.30pm
Sat 16 Tabby McTat 11am & 2pm 28 Mon 27 Boeing-Boeing 7.30pm 37
Eggs on Legs 11am & 2pm 30 Tue 28 Boeing-Boeing 7.30pm 37
An Evening of Eric & Ern 7.30pm 29 Wed 29 Boeing-Boeing 7.30pm 37
Thu 30 Boeing-Boeing 2.30pm & 37
Sun 17 Tabby McTat 11am & 2pm 28
7.30pm
Broadway on Screen: 6pm 25 Fri 31 Boeing-Boeing 7.30pm 37
Moulin Rouge
Mon 18 Queenie's Coffee 7pm 10 FEBRUARY
House Night
Sat 1 Boeing-Boeing 2.30pm & 37
Broadway on 7.30pm 25 7.30pm
Screen: Tootsie
Tue 19 Broadway on Screen: 7.30pm 25
Pretty Woman
Wed 20 How To Be Amazingly 7.30pm 30 Audio Signed Captioned Relaxed
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