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NEW PLAYERS THEATRE


Friday 5th until Saturday 20th March 2010
V DAY FESTIVAL | SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY
V-Day London is part of the global V-Day movement to end violence against women and girls.
Performances include a new version of "The Vagina Monologues" on the following dates:
5th March 2010 at 7.30pm; 9th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 19th March 2010 at 8pm and 20th March 2010 at 2.30pm.
£20 (£15 concessions)

FILM: Until The Violence Stops
14th March 3pm, £6
Extraordinarily empowering and heartbreakingly funny, this Sundance favourite chronicles how Eve Ensler's hit off-Broadway solo show The Vagina Monologues grew into V-Day, an international grassroots movement to stop violence against women and girls. Proceeds will benefit local and international charities working to end violence
against women. 70mins

THEATRE: Up The Café de Paris
8th, 10th and 11th March 8pm, 9th and 12th March 6pm
£20 (£15 conc)
A cast of two women deftly recreate a myriad of characters in a journey that reaches its climactic conclusion as the Café de Paris is razed to the ground by a bomb attack on 8th March 1941. Created by Hannah Kimpton, Andi Osho and Lewis Barfoot.

CABARET: See You Next Tuesday Late Night Lucky Dip Cabaret
9th and 16th March
10pm
£10
Featuring the best of burlesque, scintillating circus acts, sketch comedy, musical variety, and more, these late-night grab-bag events offer an hour of non-stop entertainment, including Will Davis and Jackie Le of Aerialism and Alicia Clarke of the Volupte Lounge.

COMEDY: Funny Women: Stand Up to Stand Out Workshop
11th March
5.30pm
£35
Find your comic voice: Stand Up to Stand Out lets women to explore their funny side to build self confidence, improve relationships and enhance communications. Over the last seven years over 1,000 women have found their comic voice through these Funny Women workshops which help to improve confidence and communication skills by working with other women to explore how empowering a humorous approach to life can be.

FORUM: Funny Women: Writers and Performers Forum
13th March
3pm
£25
In the run up to this year’s Funny Women Awards, recognising that women are natural collaborators, Funny Women are hosting an event where performers and writers can interact. Special guests include women who are both writers and performers – Janice Connolly (Mrs Barbara Nice), Kiki Kendrick, Carrie Quinlan and Meryl O’Rourke. The evening will be hosted by Annabel Giles.

TALK: Funny Women: Not Just A Pretty Face
15th March
5.30pm
£25
Veteran comedy producers Funny Women take on the 'airbrush culture' of big media in this Cultural Change Forum, featuring guest speakers from across media disciplines, including television, radio and print.

COMEDY: Funny Women presents: Sex Lies and Lots of Cake
18th March
8pm
£15 (£12 conc)
The comedy show that gives a girl everything she wants in one easy package – stand up, sketch and music with a bit of hanky panky.

THEATRE: Lady In Bed
14th March
8pm
£12
Fresh from the Camden Fringe, this one-woman autobiographical show takes the audience on a quest for love and sexual adventure from the 1970’s to the present. Critically acclaimed writer and performer Alison Goldie plays all the characters in this lively, funny and moving tour de force.

THEATRE: Belly Dancing For Beginners
14th March
6pm
£10
Six women living in a rural English village find their lives changed forever by the arrival of a mysterious Egyptian woman and her belly dancing classes. She pushes them to understand themselves, but can they understand each other? An exotic journey into love, friendship and bellydancing...

THEATRE / MUSIC: City of Joy: Gala for the Women of the Congo
20th March
8pm
£25
Gala fundraiser for the City of Joy, a one-of-a-kind safe house and empowerment centre for survivors of sexual violence in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, due to open in May 2010 and founded by V-Day and UNICEF. Featuring celebrity guest speakers, debut performances of new writing by Maya Angelou, Edward Albee, Lynne Nottage and more from the groundbreaking new compilation A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer, with a grand finale of music and dancing from Congolese powerhouse Kasai Masai.

WORKSHOP: Company FZ Workshop Hosted by Flick Ferdinando
13th March
11am - 1pm
£20 (£18 concs)
A workshop on how to be ridiculous whilst keeping your dignity. Using clown and physical theatre techniques the participants will be lead through a short workshop by the experienced physical comedienne Flick Ferdinando.

FILM: Leaving + Q&A
15th March
8pm
£8
Winner of multiple awards, including Best Film (London Film Festival) this short film by Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn of Omni Productions stars Johnny Harris (London to Brighton, RocknRolla) and Keirston Wareing (Fish Tank, The Take) and explores the dangerously entangled cycle of an abusive relationship. Q+A with actors and domestic violence charity Woman's Trust.

CABARET: All The King’s Men
11th and 12th March
10pm
£10
Electrifying modern vaudeville from this wildly popular award-winning all-female cabaret troupe, playing over fifty gender-bending characters in an hour of pop-cultural satire, dance, scene work, storytelling, socio-political commentary, burlesque, multi-media, comedy and drama.

THEATRE: Tomboy Blues
19th March
10pm
£10
Fresh from the Barbican Theatre Plymouth, this powerful show explores what happens to the tomboys abandoned by 90% of women as they grow up in an hour of live art, theatre, faux science, storytelling, dance and song.

For more about these events, see www.newplayerstheatre.com.

Friday 26th March 2010 at 8pm
2010 MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS
The Musical Comedy Awards is an unique competition that celebrates the emerging musical comedy community in the UK.
£15 (£12 concessions)

Sunday 28th March 2010 at 3pm and 7.30pm
UP & AWAY THE SONGS OF JAMES MICHALOS
£15 (£10 concessions)

Thursday 8th April until Friday 7th May 2010
Press Night: Tuesday 13th April 2010
Tuesday to Saturday Evenings at 7.30pm, plus Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 2pm. Runs 2 hours 10 minutes approximately, with one interval.
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
by John Webster
£20 (£15 concessions)
“The circus is a place where dreams and reality intersect, where the limits of human endurance and perception are tested and surpassed. It is a place of escape and confinement.”
One woman’s desire to choose love unleashes a nightmare.
The Duchess Of Malfi is an electrifying portrayal of a society destroyed by desire, deceit and desperation. In this bold and vivid production, company Vaulting Ambition create a vibrantly re-imagined visual and emotional feast: where lunacy, laughter and longing are fused together in a world seeking change.
Set amidst the deeply structured, superstitious society of 1930s circlus folk, a vagabond troupe of “strongmen, bearded ladies, clowns, trapeze artists, fortune tellers and psychics” who will bring this epic tale of love and romance to disturbing and dazzling life.
True love in a world of forbidden passions.
Cast includes: Tilly Middleton as The Duchess.
Directed by Dan Horrigan. Designed by J. William Davis. Circus by Tim Lenkiewicz. Fight Direction by Tim Klotz. Movement by Hannah Kaye. Voice by Nancy Wigglesworth.
 

See www.newplayerstheatre.com for details.



 

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Buying Tickets Online:

Other Box Office Information

Tickets offered differ between outlets. Outlets also may offer different seats via their phone and online systems. Offers may be available click here.
Theatre Box Office:
www.newplayerstheatre.com using the service of Soho Theatre's reservations system.

Booking fees per ticket for online bookings:
Usually 12.5% per ticket.

Other Online Choices (with S.T.A.R. genuine ticket agencies):

www.ticketweb.co.uk usually provide an option for online booking, offering seats with a booking fee, and around £1.85 postal fee (£1 for box office collections). The system allows you to select your own seat from the agency allocation.

Independent S.T.A.R. ticket agencies may also offer an alternative choice of seats.
 

Box Office Information:
Tickets offered differ between outlets. Outlets also may offer different seats via their phone and online systems. Offers may be available click here.
Theatre Box Office:
Telephone: 020 7478 0135
Operated by the Soho Theatre from 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday. Outside these hours, Ticketweb Agency on 08444 771000 operate a 24 hour service with heavier booking fee. Call during box office hours where possible.

Booking fees per ticket for telephone bookings:
Usually 15% per ticket.

For personal callers: The Arches, Villiers Street, London. WC2N 6NG
No booking fee for personal callers. This box office is open from 2 to 3 hours before performances, on performance days only.

At other times, tickets can be purchased in advance in person (or by post) at the Soho Theatre Box Office, 21 Dean Street, London, W1D 3NE from 10am until 6pm Monday to Saturday.

 

Special Access Needs Customers:
Wheelchair users and other registered disabled theatregoers can book their seats on 020 7478 0135 and enquire about concessionary prices that may be available to them. If the wheelchair users line connects to Ticketweb, you should ask to be transferred to the venue if required. See Notes.

www.newplayerstheatre.com is the official theatre website.

 

 
 
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Theatre Seat Opinions:
Please remember that cheaper seats often do not offer the same view / location quality as top price ones, and that ticket prices are designed to reflect this difference.

 

Seating Plan Diagram

Stalls Side Balconies Notes
STALLS 
This consists of a front and rear block of seats, the division being a wide aisle in front of row K. From row D back, the seats are raked by means of steps (as in a Circle) rather than a sloped floor. Seating is a warm "plum" colour that should hide the stains, thinks the monkey!

The front block of seats consists of rows A to J. Rows A to C are on a flat floor. Though staggered to allow viewing between the seats in front, the shorter visitor - especially children - would probably be advised to avoid rows B and C completely, just to guard against having anyone tall in front of them.

Row A looks directly up at the low stage. A few may find it a bit of a neck ache, but compared to other theatres, there is little problem, and inventive pricing can often make them pretty good value, in monkey opinion.

Next, it would normally take F, E, G then D, in that order, seats 3 to 10 being most central. Moving back in this block, rows H to J seats 3 to 10 offer good views too, being about a third of the way back and just adequately raked to look slightly down on the stage. Before buying in the rear of the front block, though, it might just be worth considering the row behind...

...the front row of the rear block of seats. Row K, as the theatre have named it, is on a wide aisle and looks over the block in front and down onto the stage at comfortable height. The combination of nobody in front, a lower price and extra legroom makes the monkey feel this is the row it would choose.

For the rest of the rear block, rows L to N seem to have a slightly shallower tiering than row P back. 

If all seats are sold at a single price, monkey advice is rows G to K first, then F, E, D, then A or L back, in that order.

Moving further back, rows R and S seem a little further from the stage, so when all seats are the same price, try for further forward.

The final two rows of the section are divided by a wall with space to place a drink on it. For those in row W, this could mean a shower as well as a distant view of the stage. Behind, in row X, this means a comfy place to enjoy refreshments and the show at the same time - provided you are tall enough to see over the wall! 

Row X has two extra problems worth noting. A sound desk is normally directly behind the central seats, and behind that is a bar serving drinks and refreshments. This means double noise from technicians both audio and alcohol service proficient. Not an atmosphere the monkey feels it would enjoy watching a show in. For "Burlesque-Esque" (November 2008) at low price, though, the monkey feels it fair value.

Legroom is pretty generous to all but the tallest in rows A and K - the tallest should pick K, just about adequate in all other rows, slightly more in row X.

 

Stalls Benches
Either side of the front stalls are two raised alcoves containing benches. About a quarter of the rear stage is missed from here, but the seats are often cheap when available. At second price though, there are better seats available.

Be willing to arrive early to stake your claim to a portion of bench.

There is only one row in each bench area, but it will be called "row A" in the computer booking system...

 

SIDE BALCONIES
Above the stalls, along the longest side walls run narrow balconies. These overhang the stalls aisles, and so do not interfere with the view from the seats beneath. A low bar runs across the front - again, the view is not affected in the least by it.

Seats are arranged in single file, one behind the other, and are not raked. To see anything, you lean outwards over the edge - makes a change from leaning forwards, felt the monkey.

Around a fifth of the nearest side of the stage is not visible from these seats. Factor in the problem of those in front of you leaning outwards to see more, and anyone seated here may have a hard time enjoying the show...as well as needing an appointment with a physiotherapist at some point!

Wheelchair users are seated in Balcony 1. See notes. The monkey isn't sure how a user would see very well from this position, though - a plinth or cushion may well help here.

Legroom is good in each seat.

 

Notes
Total 276 seats.

Air conditioned.

Wheelchair access is flat from the foyer to the viewing position in Balcony 1. The entrance door is wide, and the disabled toilet is close by on the same level. The only problem is that part of the street outside is cobbled, making pushing harder. Steep stairs down to the auditorium may make access for transferees difficult. Guide dogs are welcome. A "venue access guide" from the team who created book "Theatremonkey, A Guide to London's West End," is available to download in PDF format by clicking here.

No food except bar snacks in the auditorium, but a full restaurant is available adjacent, open until 2.30am with live music on many nights.

Two bars, Rear stalls (opening into the auditorium) and foyer.

3 Toilets in all. 1 ladies, 1 Gents, 1 unisex disabled.

 

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Getting to this Theatre
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Nearest Underground Station Buses Car Park
Nearest Underground Station:
Charing Cross - Bakerloo (brown) and Northern (black) lines. Also Main rail network terminus.

Plan your tube journey to this station using the button below:

Leave the station by following signs from the platforms to the STRAND street exits. Walk straight ahead into the underground shopping arcade and keep going straight on into the light. If, underground, you pass Davenports Magic shop, turn around and walk the other way.

Take the right-hand staircase up to street level. At the top of it, you should see a semi-pedestrianised street sloping downwards to Embankment underground station. If you see instead a very busy road, the Strand, with Brook Street Employment Agency to your right, turn around and face downhill instead - you took the left instead of the right hand side stairs.

Walk downhill a very short distance, looking up and to your left for a silver, semi circular sign with "The Arches Shopping Centre" on it. 


This juts out over the street and marks the entrance to the tunnel where the theatre hides. At street level, a small sign to the right of the tunnel entrance confirms that you have the correct place.

Below the silver sign is a wide, brownish, sloping path into an area of small shops and restaurants - all snugly tucked into this railway arch beneath the station bridge above.


Walk almost to the end of the shops, and the theatre entrance is to your left.

 

Buses:
3, 11, 12, 24, 29, 53, 77, 77A, 88, 159, 170, 172  stop nearby.

 

Car Park:
Spring Gardens. On leaving the car park walk into Trafalgar Square. The first major road you come to is Whitehall. Cross it, and head on round, crossing Northumberland Avenue and continuing past Waterstones bookshop. Bearing to your right, enter a busy street called the Strand.

To your right will be Charing Cross Railway Station. Don't be tempted to enter it, just stay outside the railings and walk past it (mind the taxis as they enter and leave). 

Keep going to the far side of the station. At the corner of it, to your right, is Villiers Street. The Brook Street Employment Agency ahead of you on the corner will confirm it - don't walk any further than this blue fronted landmark!

Villiers Street  is semi-pedestrianised and slopes downwards to Embankment underground station. Turn right into it, and walk around the stairs set into the centre of the street - they lead to the underground station, and nowhere else. 

Walk downhill a very short distance, looking up and to your left for a silver, semi circular sign with "The Arches Shopping Centre" on it. This juts out over the street and marks the entrance to the tunnel where the theatre hides. At street level, a small sign to the right of the tunnel entrance confirms that you have the correct place.

Below the silver sign is a wide, brownish, sloping path into an area of small shops and restaurants - all snugly tucked into this railway arch beneath the station bridge above.

Walk almost to the end of the shops, and the theatre entrance is to your left.

 

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