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December ’09
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UK Productions present an adaptation of
J M Barrie’s Peter Pan.
Fly with us to Neverland and join Peter Pan
and his arch enemy Captain Hook in this
fabulous family adventure, packed full
of magic and mayhem. Look out for
Wendy and her brothers, Tinkerbell,
Nana and the crazy crazy Pirates!
Visit our dedicated panto website
www.WorldofPanto.com
Tickets, Dates & Times
Adults: A - £18, £12.50, B - £18 (£16),
£12.50, C - £12.50
Children: A - £18, £12.50, B - £16,
£12.50, C - £11.50
Friends Friday 4 at 7pm £8.50
F Family (4) Ticket available £54
Fri 4 PREVIEW 7.00 (C)
Sat 5 2.00 (C) 7.00 (C)
Sun 6 2.00 (C) 7.00 (C)
Mon 7
Tues 8 10.30 (C)
Weds 9 2.00 (C) 7.00 (C)
Thurs 10 10.30 (C) 7.00 (C)
Fri 11 2.00 (C) 7.00 (C)
Sat 12 10.30 (C) 2.00 (C) 7.00 (C)
Sun 13 2.00 (C) 7.00 (C)
Mon 14
Tues 15 10.30 (C) 2.00 (B)
Weds 16 10.30 (B) 7.00 (B)F
Thurs 17 2.00 (B)
Fri 18 7.00 (B)
Sat 19 10.30 (B)F 2.00 (B)F 7.00 (B)
Sun 20 2.00 (B)F 7.00 (B)
Mon 21
Tues 22 2.00 (B)F 7.00 (B)
Weds 23 2.00 (B) 7.00 (B)
Thurs 24 10.30 (B)F 2.00 (B)
Fri 25 Closed
Sat 26 2.00 (A) 7.00 (A)
Sun 27 2.00 (B)F 7.00 (B)
Mon 28 2.00 (B) 7.00 (B)
Tues 29 2.00 (B) 7.00 (B)
Weds 30 3.00 (B) 7.00 (B)
Thurs 31

FAMILY
January ’10
Fri 1 2.00 (B)F 7.00 (B)F
TICKET

£54
Sat 2 10.30 (B)F 2.00 (B)F 7.00 (B)F
Sun 3 2.00 (B)F 7.00 (B)F

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 The 1894 Club
continues to bring new life
into the Grand Theatre. We
believe that the enjoyment of
good theatre is part of our
cultural heritage. Our function
is not only recreational; as
a respected Blackpool
institution we present
theatre that is also educational
and formative. We foster partnerships with several companies, trusts,
foundations and educational bodies.

If you would like to become a member of The 1894 Club, please

contact Neil Thomson or Stephen Mercer on 01253 290111, or email
sponsorship@blackpoolgrand.co.uk.

We thank the following organisations for their generous support:

Official sponsors

Bringing the best entertainment Public sector funders

to Blackpool
As we approach the new decade, the Grand continues to bring a ‘variety’ of
the best available productions to Blackpool, the Fylde and the North West.
This is despite the entertainment industry having some difficult economic
times. As you will see in this brochure, we have maintained a growing Other funders
relationship with number one producers such as The Bill Kenwright
organisation, UK Productions and Flying Entertainment. This season sees
a further development of Schools Alive, an amazing opportunity for schools
to experience the Grand Theatre as a performance space, and Showzam,
the half term festival of Circus, Magic and New Variety, now in its third year.

I do hope patrons will be attracted to this season’s offerings and continue to

support the theatre, as you have in the past. Supporters

Neil Thomson
Chief Executive and General Manager

www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Cover: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime.

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Beyond The Barricade Date Date
At Christmas Monday 14 Monday 21
December December
The most successful and popular touring
show of its kind returns to Blackpool during Time Time
the festive season with Beyond the Monday at 7.30pm Monday at 7.30pm
Barricade at Christmas.
Tickets Tickets
Bringing you many of the great songs and All seats £20.00 All seats £10.00
moments from West End musicals and Christmas Concert With
festive movies, this brand new production
features past principal performers from Les
Concession £2.00 off
Carols Concession £3.00 off
Musical Director Gareth Westwood
Misérables. Friends of The Grand
Special Guest Father Geoff Bottoms
£3.00 off
Come along and enjoy a great evening’s
Poulton-le-Fylde Band, formed in 1874,
entertainment and get into the Christmas
provides entertaining concerts and can
spirit!
regularly be seen at local Gala and Club
Days. Recent prize-winning performances
‘A Musical Masterclass!’ Daily Mirror
have been rewarded with promotion to the
Championship Section, where the Band will
compete alongside the country’s top Brass
Bands. A thriving Youth Band ensures that
the future is full of promise, as the Band
continues to develop. Performing at the
Grand this year will be one of the highlights
of the Band’s busy festive season.

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 R
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Raymond Gubbay presents Performed by tu lle cla sia
Russia’s acclaimed ballet company returns to the UK with great ballet The Russian State Ballet rn t C im ’s
sT o e
masterpieces
and Orchestra of Siberia o mp d
Th a
Swan Lake e ny
Sergei Bobrov G
The greatest romantic ballet of all! This is a timeless love story filled with
Artistic Director ra
magic, emotion and beauty. From the opulence and splendour of the nd
magnificent courtroom to the exhilarating lake scenes where swans play
in perfect formation, Tchaikovsky’s hauntingly beautiful music creates a Anatoly Tchepurnoi
truly unforgettable experience. Music Director
‘A powerful performance of the tragic tale.’ and Chief Conductor
Aberdeen Evening Express

The Nutcracker
In a magical production, this most famous of fantasy ballets begins
as night falls on a traditional fireside scene on Christmas Eve. On the
stroke of midnight we are transported to
an enchanting world where nothing is as
it seems, as toy dolls come to life and an
army of soldiers does battle with a gang of
Dates mice and a Nutcracker is transformed into
Friday 8 to a handsome prince.
Sunday 10 January ‘. . .the scenery turned
the stage into a winter
Times wonderland.’
Swan Lake South Wales Argus
Friday at 7.30pm
The Nutcracker
Saturday at 2.30pm
Sleeping Beauty
Every child’s favourite fairy tale,
and 7.30pm
this is the classic story of love and
Sleeping Beauty
innocence, mystery and magic set to
Sunday at 2.30pm
Tchaikovsky’s sublime score. Stunning
and 7.30pm
choreography, sumptuous costumes and
wonderful sets form the fantasy world in
Tickets
which the Lilac Fairy struggles against the
£32.50, £28.50
evil Carabosse.
£25.50, £18.50
‘Every child’s vision of a fairytale
brought to life.’ South Wales Echo
Children Half Price
Matinees only

Concession £2.00 off

Dress Circle and Stalls
only

Family Ticket
4 Tickets £100.00
Evenings only, Dress
Circle and Stalls only

Link Ticket
Book 2 of these shows
at the same time for just
£55.00 or 3 shows for
£75.00 - Dress Circle
and Stalls only

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 STARRING THE SENSATIONAL

RUSSIAN ICE STARS

Dates
The Grand Theatre stage
Tuesday 12 to is tranformed into real ice
Saturday 16 January
The world famous Russian Ice Stars return
Times to the Grand following their family smash hit
Tuesday at 8.00pm production Peter Pan On Ice, to take you on
Wednesday to another magical journey to the heart of the
Saturday at 7.30pm best loved fairy tale of all time, Snow White
Thursday and On Ice.
Saturday Matinees
at 2.00pm The original story of an enchanted mirror,
a beautiful girl, the ultimate Prince
Tickets Charming and a shiny red apple comes
Adult £19.00 to life on ice, with ballet, gymnastics and
Child £8.50 amazing aerobatics. This production will
create a breathtaking and mesmerising
Friends of The Grand experience.
Opening night offer
(Tue) £15.00 This spell-binding show promises to
be lavish and spectacular, dazzling the
Schools and Students whole family with its sheer beauty and
£8.50 elegance.

The Russian Ice Stars have received

worldwide public and critical acclaim for
their outstanding performances. Book
early!
Generously
supported by

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Stephen K Amos
The Feelgood Factor
Welcome to Stephen K Amos’ third solo
stand-up comedy tour of the UK. He’s back
with a brand new show for 2009/2010.
It’s full to bursting with more fun, warmth,
bonhomie and love than ever before.
Forget the credit crunch and welcome to
The Feelgood Factor!
‘Born to entertain.’ The Guardian
‘A hurricane of relentlessly energetic
charisma, Amos has the crowd eating
out of his hand and unites everyone in
laughter.’ The List
‘Radiates charm and exudes joy... a truly
uplifting performer.’ Time Out
Date
Blackpool BID makes our town a safe,
Wednesday 20 clean and thriving place to visit
January
BIDs (Business Improvement Districts) are a Government project to
Time deliver ideas to improve local shopping, access and cleanliness.
Wednesday at 7.30pm
Blackpool Town Centre became a BID in October 2006 when 89% of the
Tickets businesses in the town centre voted in favour of its formation. Its core
All seats £16.50 business includes the prevention of Crime and Disorder. The presence of
Wardens in the town centre is having a deterrent effect on offenders and
since its initiative, there has been a 20% decrease in reported offences.
The BID also remove graffiti from the town centre and is quick to
Age limit: 16+ respond to graffiti seen in the area. Working with the Police, offenders
have been caught and prosecuted.
Keeping Blackpool clean and tidy is one of the major tasks the BID does.
Wardens regularly clean empty shop windows and work with Blackpool
Council’s StreetScene to keep the pavements clean and litter free. The
town is undergoing radical regeneration and it is the BID’s job to help
keep it clean and tidy.

‘For sheer entertainment value Amos is Blackpool BID is famous for Pubwatch where over 180 pubs and clubs
tough to beat.’ Evening Standard sign up with the aim of a safe, secure and responsibly led drinking
environment in all licensed premises in the Town Centre.
‘He’s inspiring, acutely clever and
irresistibly funny.’ Edfest Putting on events throughout the year like the Town Criers’ Championship
and Christmas Fayres and Markets are also organised by Blackpool BID.
The BID helps everybody enjoy the Blackpool Experience.

Information on Blackpool BID

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Jan 21 - Neil Thomson, aimed at enhancing the comfort of patrons.
Grand Theatre CEO Over 35 years the Friends have contributed
and General Manager over 3/4 million towards projects.
Feb 18 - Showzam! ’10
Mar 18 - David Cam, Friends’ membership benefits
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 Dates
Thursday 28 to
Saturday 30 January

Times
Thursday at 8.00pm Ian Dickens Productions is proud to
Friday and Saturday present Inside Job by Brian Clemens with
at 7.30pm an all-star cast led by Stephen McGann
Saturday Matinee who set female hearts racing as love-rat
at 2.00pm Sean in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale.

Tickets On the Costa del Sol, a professional

Evenings safe-cracker enjoys a hedonistic life in the
£17.50, £15.50 sun, until the stunning Suzy sweeps into
£13.50, £11.50 his world with an offer he can’t refuse. But
what starts out as a simple act of theft,
Matinee rapidly spirals into an intrigue of
£12.50 diamonds, murder, bluff and double-bluff.

Concession £2.00 off The Mousetrap meets Lock, Stock and

Evenings, Dress Circle Two Smoking Barrels in an astonishing
and Stalls only plot that twists and turns like a snake.

Friends 2 for 1 on Three bombs...

Opening Night, Dress
Circle and Stalls only Three killers...
Three motives…
only one possible outcome.
Deceit and duplicity collide in the most
thrilling of thrillers by Brian Clemens,
creator of television’s The Avengers and
The Professionals.

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‘A JOYOUSLY FUNNY, GLORIOUSLY RAMSHACKLE EVENING.’ GUARDIAN

Dates Spike Milligan’s celebrated war memoirs

Tuesday 2 to take to the road once more in this gloriously
Saturday 6 February absurd and exuberant hit comedy which
has had both audiences and critics in
Times stitches.
Tuesday at 8.00pm
Wednesday to Saturday High comedy and tragedy collide, as we
Evenings at 7.30pm follow Gunner Milligan and his jazz quartet,
Thursday and Saturday adrift on the tide of great historic events,
Matinees at 2.00pm discovering how humour, music and
comradeship enabled a hapless bunch of
Tickets young men to prevail against the might of
Opening Night (Tue) the Nazi war machine.
All seats £15.00
Songs include the jazz greats
Wednesday to Saturday Chattanooga Choo Choo, Ain’t
Evenings Misbehavin’, In the Mood, Honeysuckle
£19.50, £17.50 Rose, Kalamazoo and more.
£15.50, £13.50
£10.50

Thursday and
Saturday Matinees
£16.50, £14.50
£12.50, £10.50

Concessions
Matinee £3.00 off
Evening £2.00 off
Dress Circle and Stalls
only

Friends £4.00 off

Opening Night (Tue),
Dress Circle and Stalls
only

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Schools Alive 2010 Date
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Friday 12 February
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Time month! Sleeping Beauty
As part of Blackpool Council’s commitment
Monday to Friday
to Culture, a unique strategic partnership
at 7.00pm Blackpool’s Grand Theatre is offering ten 10 January
has been implemented between the
top price seats for just £10 in a marvellous Inside Job
Council’s schools and the Grand Theatre;
Tickets monthly online offer. But you have only ten
these evenings deliver the forward-thinking
Adult £5.00 minutes to snap them up!!! 10 February
priorities and objectives for the annual
Child £4.00 Witness For The
Schools Alive! performances.
Concession £4.00 The ten £10 tickets go on sale each 10th of Prosecution
the month at exactly 10am for just 10
An exciting initiative for Blackpool school
minutes on the Grand Theatre’s sister 10 March
pupils to perform on the mainstage.
website www.ShowSeats.co.uk Horrible Science
A brilliant evening’s entertainment for
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Variety Notes
Saturday 13 February at 7.30pm
Join Showzam! and the Grand Theatre
for a night of extraordinary variety and
musical entertainment.
Fresh from her hit Edinburgh Fringe
show, Variety Notes is hosted by the
highly-talented housewife superstar Mrs
Barbara Nice (having supported Johnny
Vegas & Peter Kay). Variety Notes includes
the musical genius of Frisky & Mannish,
sex-symbol Earl Okin, the gyrating hips of
Elvis the Hula Boy and lots more.
Tickets: £12.00 Adult, £8.00 Child.
Concessions available.
Ockham’s Razor
Tuesday 16 February at 7.30pm
Strength, agility and visual brilliance rolled
into one as Ockham’s Razor return to
Blackpool (previously seen in out2dance),
with a stunning new piece of aerial theatre.
Experience the sweat, grind and grit of
physical work in a wheel of wood and steel,
powered by the performers suspended six
metres in the air. Breathtaking stuff!
Directed by Toby Sedgwick (Olivier Award for
Best Theatre Choreographer for the National
Theatre production War Horse).
Free workshop on Wednesday 17 February
Call 01253 478204 to book your place.
Tickets: £9.00 Adult, £7.00 Child.
Concessions available.
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Spymonkey’s Moby Dick
Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 February at 7.30pm
Four whalers find themselves trapped in the belly of a literary monster.
As they ponder the irony of their fate they recount a story of Moby Dick,
sparkling with their own fantastical flourishes. The novel’s epic
examination of good, evil, fate and obsession is lost on them.
And then, mysteriously, found on them again.
Will Ahab’s thirst for revenge be unhinged by the well-meaning but
staggeringly inept attentions of his crew? Now that he has found
true love, is Ishmael still fated to be the sole survivor of the Pequod?
Can a mermaid figurehead get pregnant? And what does a cannibal
harpoonist from Bavaria eat?
Artwork thanks to zeronorth www.zeronorth.com
‘Must be the funniest show on any stage in Britain at the
moment.’ Birmingham Post
Tickets: £15.00 Adult, £10.00 Child. Concessions available.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Saturday 20 February at 7.30pm
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has collaborated with
British Film Institute’s National Archive to find a host of unusual and
little-seen gems from the early days of silent film, and sculpted them
into a delightfully eclectic evening of music, film, comedy and pathos.
This mixed bill combines a variety of short
films, clips and adverts, all of this, of
course, presented in the Orchestra’s
own inimitable style, and
set to a programme of
original and carefully
chosen old
favourites from
musical history.
Tickets:
£15.00 Adult,
£10.00 Child.
Concessions
available.
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The Sorcerer Date
Lord of the Mince Friday 19 By Gilbert & Sullivan Wednesday 24
February February
I, Julian Clary, have done for mincing what Opera della Luna’s brand new
Michael Flatley did for Irish dancing. Time production of G&S’s first success moves Time
Friday at 8.00pm the story from its quaint Victorian setting to Wednesday at 7.30pm
But has the bottom fallen out of the sleepy rural Britain in the 1970s.
homosexual meat market? I must tour my Tickets Tickets
kingdom to find out… All seats £20.00 John Wellington Wells, the celebrated £19.00, £17.00
Students £18.00 dealer in “magic and spells”, spreads chaos £15.00
In these difficult times I feel I should go and and havoc in an unsuspecting country
comfort my people in the provinces. My Concession £2.00 off village when he places a powerful Concessions £2.00 off
friend Damien tells me the men are very aphrodisiac in the village hall teapot. The Dress Circle and Stalls
hard up in Blackpool. I only hope I’m not resulting revelations are indeed “a only
too late. marvellous illusion, a terrible surprise!”.
Friends of the Grand
I’m 50. The shame of it. This will be an The company have earned themselves a £4.00 off Dress Circle
intimate evening – a celebration, no less, of matchless reputation, and are now and Stalls only
my twenty-five years in the camp spotlight: celebrating 15 years of acclaimed
how I got there and why I refuse to leave. productions of Gilbert and Sullivan, A Night Less Ordinary
Come and see me before they put me in a Offenbach and Johann Strauss touring 26yrs and under
home for tired old knackers. to theatres around the UK. Their recent FREE tickets
production of Die Fledermaus played to
sell-out houses and gained rave reviews.

‘I can’t wait to see what this inspired

company will do to Gilbert and Sullivan
next.’ Manchester Evening News

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Sean Hughes Date
World At Your Feet 2010 Date
What I Meant To Say Was... Thursday 25 The Show With Sole! Saturday 27 and
February Sunday 28 February
The youngest comic ever to win the Perrier A critic from the Gazette wrote about Magic
award for his Edinburgh Fringe debut in Time of the Musicals at the Opera House in Time
1990, Sean Hughes is back with a brand Thursday at 7.30pm September 2009: “The first half highlight Saturday and Sunday
new show bursting at the seams with the was certainly the appearance of 16 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
darkly brilliant, self-deprecating barbed wit Tickets youngsters from Blackpool’s Whittaker
that has kept him at the top of his game £16.50, £15.00 Dance and Drama Centre.” Tickets
ever since. Adults
Students £15.00 In World At Your Feet we give you not a £14.00, £10.00
The star of The Last Detective, Never Mind cast of 16 – but one nearer to 200! £8.00
The Buzzcocks and Sean’s Show, whose Concession £1.50 off
dark, explosive style and quick-fire Dress Circle and Stalls With over 300 costumes, this song and Children
audience banter have made him a only dance show will include routines ranging £9.00, £6.00,
household name, is not to be missed. from street dancing, tap, ballet, jazz, a £5.00
Michael Jackson dedication, songs from
‘Daring... quickfire... very funny... what a Abba, Hairspray, Mary Poppins… and a Concession £2.00 off
wonderful whinge!’ Evening Standard good few laughs!
Photographer: Alfie Hitchcock Family Ticket 4
‘As sharp as ever.’ Metro The Department of Culture has written £40.00
about the Centre: “Whittaker’s is a place Dress Circle and Stalls
‘One of the best stand-ups of his that should be applauded for its only
generation.’ Daily Telegraph commitment and enthusiasm.”

‘Dark, ingenious and always sharp as a Please come and add your enthusiasm to
razor.’ Critics’ Choice, Time Out that of our highly trained cast.

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 Dates
Monday 1 to
Saturday 6 March

Times
Monday at 8pm
Tuesday to Saturday
Evenings at 7.30pm Following his hugely popular and critically
Thursday and Saturday acclaimed revivals of Oscar Wilde’s The
Matinees at 2.00pm Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of
Being Earnest, and the legendary Peter
Tickets Hall production of An Ideal Husband, Bill
Monday opening offer Kenwright presents Trevor Baxter’s
All seats £20.00 acclaimed adaptation of one of Wilde’s
most celebrated stories, Lord Arthur
Tuesday to Saturday Savile’s Crime.
Evenings
£25.00, £21.00 Making his comedy debut, the multi-
£19.00 talented Lee Mead stars as Lord Arthur
Savile. Following his success in the hit
Thursday and Saturday BBC show Any Dream Will Do, he played
Matinees the role of Joseph in Tim Rice and Andrew
£23.00, £20.00 Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing
£19.00, £17.00 Technicolor Dreamcoat for 72 sold-out
weeks in London’s West End.
Concession £2.00 off
Friends of The Grand Lee will be performing opposite an all-star
£4.00 off Tues Evening cast led by legendary entertainer Gary
(Friends & Concession Wilmot, fresh from his recent national tour
Discounts Dress Circle of Chicago and previous West End
and Stalls only) performances in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Generously
supported by
and Me and My Girl, the glamorous Kate
LINK TICKET - Book O’Mara, star of TV hits including Dynasty
this show and Witness and Bad Girls, David Ross, who recently
for the Prosecution for starred in the BBC hit sitcom The Green
just £40. Green Grass, and Derren Nesbitt, best
T&C Apply known for his role as Chief Inspector
Jordan in the television series Special
Branch and as the Gestapo Officer Major
von Happen in the film classic Where
Eagles Dare.

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 Dates
Monday 8 to
Saturday 13 March

Times Following the success of The Hollow,

Monday at 8pm The Unexpected Guest, And Then There
Tuesday to Saturday Were None and Spider’s Web, the Agatha
Evenings at 7.30pm Christie Theatre Company is proud to
Wednesday and present the next instalment in the highly
Saturday Matinees acclaimed series, Christie’s undisputed
at 2.00pm masterpiece: Witness for the
Prosecution.
Tickets
Monday opening offer After huge stage success the play was
All seats £20.00 filmed by Billy Wilder in 1957, starring
Tyrone Power (in his last completed
Tuesday to Saturday film role), Marlene Dietrich and Charles
Evenings Laughton. It won many awards,
£25.00, £22.00 including nominations for seven Oscars
£21.00, £19.00 and was the year’s number one box office
hit worldwide. Several remakes have
Wednesday and followed, most recently starring Diana
Saturday Matinees Rigg, Ralph Richardson and Beau
£23.00, £20.00 Bridges.
£19.00, £17.00
Emily French, an elderly woman who
Concession £2.00 off recently left her considerable estate to
Friends of The Grand the charming young Leonard, is found
£4.00 off Tues Evening dead. Murdered. Though he protests his
(Friends & Concession innocence, Leonard quickly becomes the
Discounts Dress Circle prime suspect. His plea hinges on his
and Stalls only) wife’s testimony, until the sudden
appearance of a mysterious young
LINK TICKET - Book woman, bearing an unexpected clue. Will
this show and Lord the truth be revealed in time or will
Arthur Savile’s Crime Leonard be declared guilty at the hands
for just £40 of the Witness for the Prosecution?
T&C In a world where everyone seems to be
Apply harbouring a dark secret, this gripping
courtroom drama will keep you guessing
until the final fatal moment.

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Postman Pat Dates
Beating Berlusconi! Date
A Very Royal Mission Sunday 7 March Fresh from ecstatic reviews and a huge Sunday 14 March
word-of-mouth following in the North-West,
In Pencaster everyone has received a letter Times Paul Duckworth brings this lump in your Time
from the Palace. Someone special is coming Sunday at 1.30pm throat comedy back to Blackpool. Sunday at 7.30pm
to open the brand new SDS Sorting Office. and 4.00pm
Despite threats from his wife and bank Tickets
Mrs Goggins, Ted Glen and Ben Taylor are Tickets manager, in May 2005 middle-aged All seats £12.00
helping with the preparations, while PC All seats £10.00 Kenny Noonan travels to Istanbul to watch
Selby finally has something important to do! Liverpool play AC Milan in the Champions’ Concession £10.00
Family 4 League final. He carries the scars of thirty
But a storm hits Pencaster throwing the royal £35.00 years as a Red - Heysel, Hillsborough, Alex Due to its previous
visit into doubt. Only one man can be Ferguson - and of living in a city which has sell-out success at
counted on – the Head of the SDS, been demonised. The Grand, this show
Postman Pat of course... with his trusty returns in the Main
Beating Berlusconi! is a story of love and
sidekick Jess the Cat and his brand new friendship, of defeat and of victory. It is also House - Book early!
SDS Helicopter! based on the bizarre true story of a real
Liverpool fan who ended up sitting next to Starring the incredible
Get ready for take off and join Pat and his Silvio Berlusconi at the Attaturk Stadium. Paul Duckworth
friends in 90 minutes of fun and (Ringo in BACKBEAT)
participation. Using stand-up comedy and comic
storytelling, Beating Berlusconi! is the
hilarious story of one man’s attempt to
Postman Pat® © 2009 Classic Media Distribution Limited. Original writer John rediscover his belief in himself, his club, his
Cunliffe. Lic. RMG Ltd.
city and his class.
‘Mesmerising....the gags flowed all
evening.’  LIVERPOOL ECHO

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The Rat Pack Dates
The Boys Are Back In Town! Monday 15 to
Wednesday 17
Direct from London’s West End March

Take a trip back in time to the glamorous, Times

glitzy nights of Las Vegas in the late 1950s Monday at 8.00pm
and early 60s where, in the company of three Tuesday and
of the world’s most popular entertainers, Wednesday at
the fabulous Burrelli Sisters and The Rat 7.30pm
Pack Big Band, you will experience Frank Wednesday Matinee
Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin at 2.30pm
performing at the famous Sands hotel.
Tickets
Hit follows hit, including: Witchcraft, The Monday Evening and
Lady is a Tramp, Mr Bojangles, I’ve Got You Wednesday Matinee
Under My Skin, That’s Amore, Everybody £20.50, £18.50
Loves Somebody Sometime, New York, New £16.50, £13.50
York, My Kinda Town, Fly Me to the Moon,
Sway, Volare, Me And My Shadow, My Way, Tuesday and
Memories Are Made Of This and many more. Wednesday Evening
£25.50, £23.50
If you wish you’d swung with the hardest £21.50, £18.50
partying pack in town, now’s your chance!
Concession

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Charley Boorman Date Date
Kickstart your engines! Sunday 21 March Sunday 28 March

The star of TV’s Long Way Round, Long Times Time

Way Down, Race To Dakar and By Any Sunday at 7.30pm Sunday at 7.30pm
Means hosts an evening of stories,
anecdotes and tales from his worldwide Tickets Tickets
escapades. All seats £18.50 £22.50, £20.00
£16.00, £13.00
Charley Boorman is the epitome of the
modern adventurer constantly in pursuit of
The Circus Of Horrors Concession £3.00 off
fresh challenges away from the success of The Day of the Dead excluding Side Upper
his personal life. Circle and Gallery
Set in Mexico during the early 1900s, the
Charley has been riding motorcycles cast of chaosmongers transport the body of
since he was seven years old. The son of their ringmaster Dr Haze to a remote area DON’T MISS THIS
renowned film director John Boorman; he of Mexico. Unbeknownst to them they have VERY LAST SHOWING
grew up on a farm in Ireland and used to settled in a former burial ground of Aztec OF THE DAY OF THE
ride through the fields on his first motorbike Warriors. There they join the local DEAD TOUR!
and took part in schoolboy motor cross and inhabitants’ ‘Day of the Dead’ rituals to try
Enduro races. The bike bug remained with and revive their esteemed leader.
Charley and, for four years, he ran a
motorcycle race team and spent the years Witch-doctors, Voodoo Acrobats, Pickled
riding with David Jeffries and Matt Llewelyn. People, Bendy Bodies, Demon Dwarfs,
and Flying Vampires perform their amazing
blood curdling stunts amid a backdrop of an
Aztec Temple.

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 HORRIBLE SCIENCE!
What are millions of animals doing in
your kettle? Why don’t penguins get
spots? Why do rabbits eat the
same food twice? Why doesn’t
the moon wander
off? Could a
Dates 10-million-
Tuesday 23 to volt battery
Saturday 27 March float over your
head? And how
Times long would it take
Tuesday for your heart to pump
at 7.00pm enough blood to fill the
Wednesday theatre?
at 10.30am and 1.30pm
Thursday Billy Miller has no idea
at 10.30am and 1.30pm what’s in store when he
Friday enters the crazy, awesome
at 10.30am and 7.00pm world of HORRIBLE SCIENCE
Saturday and soon he is under attack from
at 2.30pm and 7.00pm beastly bacteria, vicious volts and
foul fluids! Will he regain control before
Tickets it’s too late?!
Adults £11.00
Children £9.00 Using actors and jaw-dropping 3D
Bogglevision, this astounding show has
Family 3 £24.00 the awful answers - guaranteed to thrill
Family 4 £32.00 you and your children!
Schools £6.50 From the acclaimed producers of
HORRIBLE HISTORIES comes the
Plus FREE teacher’s seriously squishy world premiere
places dependant on HORRIBLE SCIENCE!
size of group
By Nick Arnold. Adapted by Mark Williams

Based on the best selling books written by Nick Arnold, Illustrated by Toni De Saulles and published by
Scholastic Ltd. Horrible Science is a trademark of Scholastic Inc. Illustration © Toni De Saulles 2009.

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‘I GOT A NEW CAR FOR THE
WIFE YESTERDAY... NOT A
BAD SWAP!’
Jus’ Like That! brings Tommy Cooper
back to life with all the familiar trademarks -
the fez, the laugh and the magic.
Jus’ Like That! is an hilarious tribute to one
of the greatest comedians this
country has ever seen.

Clive Mantle - best known for his role

as Dr Mike Barratt in Casualty and
Holby City as well as Simon Horton
in The Vicar of Dibley, stars as the
legendary comedian...all 6’4 of him!

This show is the closest you can get to

seeing the late, great comedian live.

Book now for a genuinely funny and The Sopranos Date

outstanding evening of stand up
Wednesday 31
comedy. Direct from their sell-out European tour The
March
Sopranos debut the UK. Eight talented
‘Miraculously funny.’ ladies enthral, captivate and beguile the
Time
Daily Telegraph audience with timeless classics from the
Wednesday at 7.30pm
world of opera to Broadway, paying
Date homage to the greatest divas the world has
Tickets
Monday 29 and ever seen: from Shirley Bassey to Barbra
All Seats £19.50
Tuesday 30 March Streisand and Judy Garland to Celine Dion.
Concession £2.00 off
Time The Sopranos have the audience eating
Monday and Tuesday out of their hands with their spine-tingling
at 7.30pm harmonies and beautifully crafted
arrangements, backed by a virtuoso band
Tickets including a stunningly sassy string quartet.
All seats £17.50 This lavish production performs some of the
Conc. £2.00 off best-loved and instantly recognisable music
Child £8.50 of all time in its own, inimitable and
evocative style: from hushed, intimate tones
to full-throttle rock. This world-class show
takes the audience on an ever-evolving
Generously
musical journey and delights all ages.
supported by

The Sopranos is not to be missed.

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George and The Dragon Dates
The Matcham
Hot on the heels of its energetic and
Thursday 1 April Monkey Club!
exciting production of BABE the Sheep
Times The Matcham Monkey Club
Pig comes another fantastic show from
Thursday at 1.30pm is for children aged 2 to 12
the THEATREWORKS stable – written for
who enjoy live shows.
young people and their families, the world
Tickets
famous story of George and The Dragon
All seats £8.00 From Noddy to Peter Pan
is retold using life size puppetry, music,
and BFG to Peter Rabbit,
song, verse, ‘slapstick’ and a good dose of
Family 4 Matcham Monkey is a friend of the Character Stars and he would love to
audience participation. So badly behaved
£28.00 see you at the theatre very soon. He is really looking forward to
parents beware – you may be put in the
welcoming Barney from CBBC and George and the Dragon in the
stocks!
Matcham Monkey coming months.
Members
Join George on his journey to Egypt to fight
£7.00 Discounted Matcham Monkey Tickets
the fearsome, smoke-breathing dragon
Visit the Matcham Monkey website for details.
and help him save the Princess from its
www.MatchamMonkey.co.uk
clutches.

‘A sure-fire winner with the kids.’

Membership offers:
Nottingham Post.
Free Membership Card, Free tickets, Members’ Website,
20% off entrance to Blackpool Zoo, VIP Invites and a
‘As the story unfolded, the enchanting
‘Big Bash’ Birthday Event in April.
tale and clever acting had the children
hooked.’ Lancashire Evening Post.
Terms and Conditions apply to membership.
Visit blackpoolgrand.co.uk or matchammonkey.co.uk
Matcham Monkey Images Phil Harrison

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80’s Mania Dates
The Solid Silver Date
Returns by popular demand! Friday 2 April 60s Show Saturday 3 April

80’s Mania is a feel-good, fantasy concert Times
celebrating smash hits from the heroes of Friday at 7.30pm
the 1980s including Duran Duran, The
Human League, Kim Wilde, Frankie Goes Tickets
to Hollywood, Culture Club, Wham, Nena, Adults £18.50
Toni Basil, Dead or Alive, Madness, Child £10.00
Madonna and many, many more!
Concession £2.00 off
Re-live the decade that fashion forgot
with New Romantic guys and Cyndi
Lauper-esque girls with leggings ‘n’ lace.
The power dresser, the shoulder pads, the
stilettos and the big hair! Ghetto blasters,
roller boots and the Rubik’s cube.
Step back in time and join our multi-talented
cast of highly acclaimed singers, dancers
and musicians for Europe’s only authentic
80s experience!
The UK’s original and premier 60s show Time
is back celebrating 25 sensational years! Saturday at 7.30pm
Bringing together the unforgettable talents Tickets
of Dave Berry, Mike Pender, Brian Poole £23.00, £21.00
and Peter Sarstedt, all backed by Vanity £19.00
Fare with The Swinging Blue Jeans and
The Troggs. Concession £2.00 off
Dress Circle and Stalls
Expect all your favourite 60s hits including only
The Crying Game, Little Things, Sweets
for My Sweet, Needles & Pins, Twist and
Shout, Do You Love Me, Where Do You
Go To My Lovely, Frozen Orange Juice,
Wild Thing, Love is All Around, Hippy Hippy
Shake, Good Golly Miss Molly and many
more.

Book early, don’t miss it a second time!

Generously
supported by

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 ‘Put on your dancing shoes and get on down there!’ Mail On Sunday

Dates
Monday 5 to
Saturday 10 April

Times
Monday at 8pm
Tuesday to Saturday
at 7.30pm
Wednesday and
Saturday Matinees
at 2.00pm

Tickets
Monday Evening,
Thursday and
Saturday Matinees
£26.00, £23.00
£21.00, £18.00

Tuesday to Saturday
Evenings
£29.00, £26.00
£24.00, £20.00

Concession £2.00 off

Dress Circle and Stalls
only

Friends £4.00 off

Tuesday, Dress Circle
and Stalls only

Step back in time and get ready to

dance with Bill Kenwright’s
production of Ray Davies’ award-
winning musical hit Come Dancing,
as it embarks on its UK tour.
Originally produced at Theatre Royal Stratford East,
Come Dancing was a sell-out sensation that received rave reviews
and public acclaim at every spectacular performance!

Come Dancing is written by and stars the former front man of The
Kinks, Ray Davies, who penned some of the greatest songs in pop
history.

Come Dancing takes us back to the Palais Ballrooms of the 1950s,

where thousands would dance and romance at a time when Rock ‘n’
Roll was bursting onto the scene. Featuring impressive dance
routines and a heart-warming tale of teenage romance, the story is
full of wonderful new songs in a show as timeless as its star.

ORIGINAL CAST PHOTOS Come Dancing is as moving as it is rocking!

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Booking Information Seating Plan
Opening times Online 24hrs blackpoolgrand.co.uk
In Person Open from 10.00am daily. Times do vary on occasion. Box Office 01253 290190
Grand Theatre, 33 Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HT.
Booking is also available at Blackpool’s Houndshill Shopping Centre
Groups/Schools 01253 743232
Information Desk.
Visit our interactive seating plan online at blackpoolgrand.co.uk.
You can select seats to see the exact view to the stage.
Car Parking and Public Transport
Car Parking West Street Car Park with CCTV (above British Home
Stores), opposite the theatre. SATNAV West Street Car Park postcode
FY1 1HA. ‘Show and Park’ West Street Car Park tickets from the Grand
Theatre. Only £2.50 (park 5.30pm to 12.30am). We recommend
purchasing at time of booking theatre tickets. Discounted car park tickets
only available from the Box Office - acquire before parking.
By Bus Located 50 feet from most local bus links (British Home Stores).
By Train Blackpool North Station is approximately five minutes walk from
the theatre.
Taxi Rank Located 30 feet from the Grand Theatre entrance (Church
Street). A free taxi phone is available for patrons in the theatre foyer.

Ways to Pay and Fees

We accept all major credit and debit cards. Blackpool Grand Theatre
ticket transactions in person, by phone or post incur a charge of £1.50
per transaction as a booking fee (from 1st January 2010). Tickets booked
online incur a charge of £1 per ticket. The Theatre is a charitable trust.
Although the Grand has been able to attract large musical productions
over the years for the community, the theatre retains a very small
proportion of the income generated by box office sales. The theatre relies
upon income generated through the booking fee, ancillary sales and
sponsorship. Postage charge 60p.

Concessions Apply to; Senior Citizens, Registered Disabled, Under 18s,

Full-time Students, Registered Unemployed, Equity, BECTU and MU
Members. ID required when requesting concessions. Only one
concession per ticket, and may not be used in conjunction with other
offers. Subject to availability, please request at time of booking.

Ticket Exchange and Re-Sales

Please note that as with most theatres, tickets are non-refundable. We
kindly request that you check before booking that the date and time of the
performance is suitable for all.

Ticket exchange service £1.50 per ticket. Tickets can be exchanged for
another performance of the same production, not for other events. For
an exchange, tickets must be returned to the Box Office 3 days prior to
the performance. Unable to use your tickets? We can attempt to re-sell
them for a fee of 50p per ticket (at the patron’s risk). The theatre’s own
available seats take priority. Please check your tickets at the point of sale.
While every effort is made to provide accurate information on release of
our brochure, changes to the programme do happen, please check the
website for the latest information. Please advise at time of booking of
any special requirements.

Full Terms and Conditions at www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk stage

Online 24/7 blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Box Office 01253 290190
Groups/Schools 01253 743232 This seating plan is approximate - For full details contact the Box Office

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THE SINGER, THE SONGWRITER, THE SURVIVOR ...THE LEGEND! BILL KENWRIGHT
& LAURIE MANSFIELD PRESENT
THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY
FEATURING ALL HIS CLASSIC HITS THE NEIL SEDAKA STORY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET SIXTEEN
LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN
OH! CAROL
AMARILLO (IS THIS THE WAY TO)
SOLITAIRE
LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER
CALENDAR GIRL
LITTLE DEVIL
KING OF CLOWNS
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Dates I GO APE
Monday 3 to BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
Saturday 8 May AND MANY MORE
Times
Monday at 8pm From the producers of smash hit Rock
Tuesday to Saturday ‘n’ Roll musicals including Dreamboats
at 7.30pm and Petticoats, The Roy Orbison Story
Wednesday and and Elvis The Musical, comes
Saturday Matinees Laughter In The Rain, a brand new
at 2.00pm show based on the rise, fall and rise
again of pop music’s ultimate survivor…
Tickets Neil Sedaka.
Monday Evening,
Thursday and With a career spanning six decades
Saturday Matinees and including nine smash hit singles
£26.00, £23.00 (three which became Number One),
£21.00, £18.00 Neil Sedaka has been inducted into the
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, had a street
Tuesday to Saturday named after him in his hometown of
Evenings Brooklyn, and was given a star on the
£29.00, £26.00 Hollywood Walk of Fame. From
£24.00, £20.00 the innocent Fifties to the
cynical Seventies and beyond,
Concession £2.00 off he has written and performed
Dress Circle and Stalls some of the world’s most
only beloved pop songs including
Oh! Carol, Breaking Up Is Hard
Friends £4.00 off To Do, Happy Birthday Sweet
Tuesday, Dress Circle Sixteen, Solitaire, Calendar Girl,
and Stalls only Amarillo, Laughter in the Rain,
and many more.

Laughter In The Rain - a

remarkable story of triumph
against the odds.

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Grand
Theatre
Programme
December
Fri 4 - Sun 3 Jan Peter Pan
Mon 14 Beyond the Barricade
Mon 21 Christmas Concert

January 2010
Fri 8 Swan Lake
Sat 9 The Nutcracker
Sun 10 Sleeping Beauty
Tue 12 - Sat 16 Snow White On Ice
Wed 20 Stephen K Amos
Thurs 28 - Sat 30 Inside Job

February
Tue 2 - Sat 6 Spike Milligan’s
Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
Mon 8 - Fri 12 Schools Alive ’10
Sat 13 Variety Notes
Tue 16 Ockham’s Razor
Wed 17 - Thurs 18 Spymonkey
Fri 19 - Julian Clary
Sat 20 Ukulele Orchestra
Wed 24 The Sorcerer
Thurs 25 Sean Hughes
Sat 27 - Sun 28 World At Your Feet

March
Mon 1 - Sat 6 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
Sun 7 Postman Pat
Mon 8 - Sat 13 Agatha Christie’s -
Witness For The Prosecution
Sun 14 Beating Berlusconi
Mon 15 - Wed 17 The Rat Pack
Sun 21 Charley Boorman
Tue 23 - Sat 27 Horrible Science
Sun 28 Circus of Horrors
Mon 29 - Tue 30 Jus’ Like That!
Wed 31 The Sopranos

April
Thurs 1 George and The Dragon
Fri 2 80’s Mania
Sat 3 Solid Silver 60s
Mon 5 - Sat 10 Come Dancing

Coming Soon...
3 - 8 May Laughter In The Rain
21 - 26 June Dad’s Army 2
(Celebrating Veterans’ Week)
Online Booking 24/7
blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Box Office
01253 290 190
Schools & Group Bookings
01253 743 232
In Person
The Grand Theatre, 33 Church Street
or Hounds Hill Shopping Centre,
Blackpool Town Centre

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