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Kings Theatre Southsea
27 – 29 November 2008
The Portsmouth Grammar School presents
Tickets: £8 - £12 (concessions available)
Box Office: 023 9282 8282
www.kings-southsea.com
Based on a conception by Jerome Robbins. Book by Arthur Laurents.
Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Entire original production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert E Griffith and Harold Prince
by arrangement with Robert L Stevens.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef
Weinberger Limited on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL
of NEW YORK.
Oh yes it is!
It’s panto time
The classic fairytale Beauty and the
Beast comes in for a magical panto
transformation at the Theatre Royal,
Winchester. Audiences can expect a
rollicking good story, stunning
costumes and sets, special effects and
clever choreography in this year’s
production, sponsored by Hillier
Garden Centres. In an exciting
initiative the theatre has consulted
with a professional illusionist and
member of the Magic Circle to
incorporate a number of special magic effects, which willl remain
under wraps until opening night on 10 December. The
transformation of the prince into the beast before the audience’s
eyes and within the space of seconds is just one of the challenges
that comes in for magical treatment.
Box office 01962 840440 or www.theatre-royal-winchester.co.uk
Salisbury’s panto lovers have Dick Whittington and his Cat to
look forward to at the Salisbury Playhouse, with performances
beginning on 3 December. Alongside Tommy the cat, Dick
embarks on a magical adventure, from the banks of the Thames to
the shores of Morocco, with all our favourite pantomine characters
popping up along the way.
Box Office 01722 320333 or www.salisburyplayhouse.com
Get
your
skates
on
points
Thanks to a deal struck with Cousins Entertainment Limited
(director Robin Cousins, Olympic champion), an ice-rink with the
capacity for 200 skaters per session will be part of Southampton’s
Christmas attractions until 11 January 2009. There will also be a
café at the rink-side, and a variety of Christmas markets, exhibitions
and performances. Prices vary and there are various ways to book
tickets: by phone 023 8063 2601, by post: Box Office,
Southampton Guildhall, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LP,
online at www.southampton.gov.uk/christmas or in person from
Southampton Guildhall Box Office.
There is also an ice rink at the Sandy Balls Holiday Centre in
the New Forest, until 11 January. ‘Forest Ice really captured the
essence of a festive winter wonderland last year,’ says Tim Howell,
managing director of Sandy Balls. ‘I’m looking forward to
welcoming back everyone who skated last year and thousands more
besides – and all with the New Forest as a stunning winter
backdrop.’
A good year
Congratulations to these winning businesses. Norton Park hotel in
Winchester is the runner-up in the Business Tourism category in the
Tourism ExCellence Awards, while for the second year running the
wine list at The Nurse’s Cottage Restaurant with Rooms in Sway is a
finalist in the Condé Nast Johansens Wine List of the Year Award.