The Humour of Bob Newhart and Tom Lehrer
21st March 2010
Peter Gill and Andrew Meller present a fabulous, 90 minute show dedicated to the satirical humour of American comic legends Bob Newhart and Tom Lehrer’. Originating from the 1950s and 1960s, audiences will once again be rolling around with laughter as they are reminded of Newhart’s ‘Driving Instructor’, ‘Introducing Tobacco to Civilisation’ and ‘USS Codfish’; and Lehrer’s sharp witted songs ‘Poisoning Pigeons in the Park’, ‘I Got it from Agnes’ and ‘The Masochism Tango’.
Eurobeat
25th March 2010
Theatre 2000 Present the amateur UK perimer of Eurobeat, the glorious celebration of everything Eurovision, heralds the dawn of the interactive musical as the audience vote for their favourite song.
The Drowsy Chaperone
8th - 10th April 2010
The Tony award winner for Best Book and Best Score is an homage to American musicals of the Jazz Age. The Man in Chair, an agraphobic Broadway fanatic listens to a recording of the fictional 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. As he listens to this rare recording he is transported into the musical and his dingy apartment becomes the Broadway stage.
Richard Digance
23rd April 2010
Richard Digance has performed to an audience of eight in the Falklands and to half a million at Knebworth with The Beach Boys. He’s done lots in between too, that have led him to a BAFTA nomination, a Gold Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, a SONY Radio Award and nine letter words on Countdown. He has survived all trends in comedy and music and remains one of Britain’s unique entertainers performing his songs, rhymes and stories like nobody else.
We'll Meet Again
11th May 2010
A welcome return from this lively and humorous ensemble, who have wowed audiences over the last couple of years here with their mix of songs and humour from the 40's.
Pageant - The Musical Comedy Beauty Contest
13th - 15th May 2010
You've never seen a beauty pageant like this one! "Pageant’ pits six beauty queens (all played by men) against each other in an extravaganza of evening gowns, bathing suits, and not-to-be-missed talent. While "Les Girls" swirl around the charming host in the funniest beauty contest ever seen, judges selected from the audience decide who will be crowned Miss Glamouresse.
Metamorphosis (Studio Theatre)
19th - 21st November 2010
Inspired by Franz Kafka's renowned story - the parable of Gregor Saamsa, a humble, industrious man, who, upon waking one norning, finds himself transformed into a gigantic beetle-like insect. Hisd metamorphosis is physical and psychological, and through his harrowing and absurdly comic journey Gregor comes to represent the quintesential outsider and alien. Tickets £10, £9.00 concessions.
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