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ox office<br />
Cardiff Castle<br />
Open Air Theatre<br />
CF10 3RB<br />
Tel: 029 2087 8100<br />
www.cardiffcastle.com<br />
20 & 21 July<br />
Open Air Theatre:<br />
Much Ado<br />
About Nothing<br />
Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men <strong>for</strong><br />
Shakespeare’s sparkling, battle-of-thesexes<br />
comedy. Take a chair and a picnic<br />
and enjoy watching this funny, moving<br />
and fast-paced production per<strong>for</strong>med<br />
in the open air, by an all-male cast with<br />
Elizabethan costume, music and dance.<br />
Early Bird Tickets: (must be booked by<br />
Friday 15 July) adults: £13; children £9.<br />
After 15 July: adults: £16; children £11.<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance: Gates open at 6.30pm.<br />
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Everyman<br />
Open Air Theatre<br />
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, CF11 9HW<br />
Box Office: 0333 666 3366<br />
www.everyymanfestival.co.uk<br />
23 June – 2 July<br />
Into the Woods,<br />
Stephen Sondheim<br />
A Baker and his wife dream of a child, a girl<br />
in a red cape captivates a tall, furry, stranger,<br />
a young lad climbs a beanstalk and a girl<br />
with golden slippers runs from a Prince.<br />
Each has a different path to take but are they<br />
certain it’s the right direction? As we journey<br />
with them we share their realisation that<br />
living ‘happily ever after’ is not without its<br />
trials and tragedies.<br />
Tickets: £13–£17. Under 18s £2 reduction –<br />
evenings only.<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance: Evening 8pm.<br />
Matinées Saturdays 3pm.<br />
7–16 July<br />
’Allo ’Allo!<br />
Listen very carefully, we shall say this only<br />
once... René’s Café has gone alfresco! Stolen<br />
paintings, hidden airmen and suspicious<br />
sausages are all on the menu and everything<br />
is served with plenty of sauce! It’s business<br />
as usual <strong>for</strong> René Artois as he tries to satisfy<br />
the demands of the German Army, the<br />
French Resistance, his wife and both his<br />
waitresses! Tickets: £13–£17.<br />
Under 18s £2 reduction – evenings only.<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance: Evening 8pm. Matinees<br />
Saturdays 3pm.<br />
21–30 July<br />
Romeo & Juliet<br />
In modern Verona, violence erupts between<br />
the Montagues and Capulets with tragic<br />
consequences. Swept away in their first<br />
love, teenagers Romeo and Juliet irresistibly<br />
drawn to each other, fall in love and marry<br />
in secret as their families’ long standing<br />
feud comes to a head. Defying the hatred<br />
and violence surrounding them, they dare to<br />
believe they can, and must, be together.<br />
Tickets: £13–£17.<br />
Under 18s £2 reduction – evenings only.<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance: Evening 8pm.<br />
Matinées Saturdays 3pm.<br />
23–30 July<br />
Disney’s Peter Pan Jr,<br />
JM Barrie<br />
Wendy Darling loves to tell bedtime stories<br />
to her brothers Michael and John. But<br />
one night, Peter Pan appears and whisks<br />
them away to Neverland to do battle with<br />
the infamous pirate, Captain Hook! Filled<br />
with adventure, music and a beloved hero,<br />
Disney’s Peter Pan Jr. is a magical story <strong>for</strong><br />
all the family.<br />
Tickets: £13–£17.<br />
Under 18s £2 reduction – evenings only.<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance: Evening 8pm.<br />
Matinées Saturdays 3pm.<br />
Grand Pavilion<br />
Porthcawl, CF36 3YW<br />
Box Office: 01656 815995<br />
www.grandpavilion.co.uk<br />
5 June<br />
Tom Thumb<br />
DNA Puppetry & Visual Theatre. The<br />
makers of ‘Chicken Licken’ bring the story<br />
of the tiny hero Tom Thumb to life in an<br />
exciting adventure. Follow Tom’s magical<br />
journey from the wizard Merlin and the<br />
Fairy Queen to his quest from King Arthur<br />
to defeat a fearsome dragon! Suitable<br />
<strong>for</strong> children aged 4–9 and their families.<br />
Duration: 50 minutes;<br />
Tickets: £7.50<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance: 2pm.<br />
New Theatre<br />
Cardiff, CF10 3LN<br />
Box Office: 029 2087 8889<br />
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk<br />
1–5 June<br />
Orbit Theatre: Cinderella<br />
Cardiff’s amateur company Orbit Theatre.<br />
Cinderella, with wicked stepmother and two<br />
jealous stepsisters who keep her enslaved<br />
and in rags, stands no change of attending<br />
the royal ball. When her fairy godmother<br />
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Primary Times may half term <strong>2016</strong> | www.primarytimes.net/cardiff
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