Sunderland’s Royalty Theatre Announce 2017/18 Season
The Royalty Theatre have
announced the programme for their 2017/18 season, and will kick off a packed
season with Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None.
The much-loved mystery by the world’s best-selling
author is one of a number of gripping dramas that audiences can look forward to
in the theatre’s 93rd season, along with Dennis Potter’s Blue
Remembered Hills in November and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rabbit Hole by
David Lindsey-Abair in February.
Comedy fans can look forward to the wit and wonder of
PG Wodehouse in the shape of Jeeves and Wooster in ‘Perfect Nonsense’ in March, as well as some side-splitting farce in Move
Over Mrs. Markham by Ray Cooney and John Chapman in May.
As ever, there are the family favourites – After a
wonderfully well-received panto last year, writer Helen Bowie returns with the
hilarious Dick Whittington. Our season closes with Mike Kenney’s
adaptation of kid’s classic The Wind in the Willows in June.
In addition, the theatre’s studio will once more be
open to audiences for Shelagh Stephenson’s Five Kinds of Silence in
January and Temple by Steve Waters in April.
Theatregoers can also look forward to a one-off
concert on October 3rd by classical crossover singer Joanna Forest, who hit the top of the classical charts earlier this
year, on October 3rd. And in July, there’s an out-of-season
treat brought to you by the Royalty’s own Lee Stewart, with his new play There’s Someone Coming Through.
October also sees another Sunderland Stages production at the theatre, this
time Open Clasp Theatre Company’s Rattle Snake.
Artistic Director Andrew
Barella says, “After another enjoyable season at The Royalty Theatre, we are
busily preparing for our next. We have a wide variety of plays this
season which will hopefully appeal to all. We take pride in the hard work
and professional standards we set out at the theatre, from our actors and
directors, backstage and technical crews and even to how our visitors are
greeted. We are grateful to all of our fantastic audience members who
support us, year in, year out, and urge new audience members to join in and
support your local theatre. We welcome all new members who wish to get
involved with acting or backstage and no previous experience is needed.
We hope to see you all very soon and look forward to another fantastic year.”
Tickets will go on sale from August 18th and will be
available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/
Plays this season are:
And Then There Were None (18-23 Sept),
Blue Remembered Hills (30 Oct – 4 Nov),
Dick Whittington (7-17 Dec),
Five Kinds of Silence (24-27 Jan),
Rabbit Hole (19-24 Feb),
Jeeves and Wooster in ‘Perfect Nonsense’ (19-24 Mar),
Temple (25-28 April),
Move Over Mrs Markham (21-26 May)
The Wind in the Willows (25-30 June).
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