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Anne Boleyn
Directed by: John Dove
Starring: Cardinal Wolsey - Colin Hurley
Sloop - Will Featherston
Simpkin -John Cummins
Cecil - Michael Bertenshaw
Thomas Cromwell - Julius D’Silva
Lady Celia - Holly Morgan
Lady Rochford - Mary Doherty
Lady Jane - Claire Bond
Dean Lancelor Andrewes - Edward Peel
King James I - James Garnon
Anne Boleyn - Jo Herbert
Dr John Reynolds - Robert Fitch
Henry VIII - David Sturzaker
George Villiers/Countryman - Michael Camp
Supernumerary/Understudy James I & Buckingham - Luke McConnell
Showing Tuesday 27 March to Saturday 31 March 2012
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Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday 7.30pm, Wednesday & Saturday Matinee 2.00pm
Running Time: 2 hr 30 min
call our box office on 01253 290190
Group bookings call 01253 743232
Compelling, witty and often laugh-out-loud funny, this celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn leaps cunningly between generations to reveal the debt the outrageous yet scholarly James I owed to Anne when he reconciled England’s religious factions by creating his common, ‘authorised’ Bible. Hunting through an old chest, the newly crowned James discovers the controversial legacy of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s notorious second wife. Time jumps back 70 years, when the witty and flirtatious Anne was in love with Henry, but also with the most dangerous ideas of her day. Conspiring with the exiled William Tyndale, she plots to make England Protestant. For ever.
Following two sell-out London seasons, two powerhouses of great theatre - ETT and Shakespeare’s Globe, join forces to stage this vivid and vibrant production; gripping, rich in humour and shot through with sublime chamber music and visual imagery. Unmissable.
*Origial Cast Photos
Captioned Performance: Thursday 29 March, 7.30pm
What Is Captioning?
Captioning is similar to television subtitling and gives deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people access to live performance. The actors' words appear on a display unit (or units) on or near the stage at the same time as they are spoken or sung. Speaker names, sound effects and offstage noises are also shown.
'[Anne Boleyn] represents theatre at it's very best: it's a good-looking, stylish, intelligent production' Tim Walker
***** Sunday Telegraph
'Howard Brenton's play begins as it means to swagger on: in teasingly intelligent style' Lyn Garnder
**** The Guardian
'...beautifully staged by John Dove' Michael Coveney
**** The Independent
'Brenton's play is a spicy splice of revisionist history. It's consistently entertaining' Henry Hitchings
**** Evening Standard
'...this informative, funny play is formidably well written and a definite treat' Quentin Letts
**** Daily Mail
'John Dove's production, first seen last year, remains as rich, spiced, and meaty as a Tudor banquet' Sam Marlowe
**** The Times
'John Dove's fine production offers popular history at its best, accessible, entertaining and genuinely revisionist' Charles Spencer
**** Daily Telegraph
'Anne Boleyn has drama, royalty, sex, scheming and an ebullient gay spoof on seventeenth century courtly dancing'
**** Time Out
'Anne is a a wholly seductive being with the passion of Joan of Arc, the willpower of Margaret Thatcher and the disputatious dazzle of a young Germaine Greer'
Time Out
**** Mail On Sunday
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Presented By: English Touring Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe
Booking information
Tuesday to Saturday
Gallery £10.00,
Side Upper Circle £15.00,
Upper Circle £18.00,
Stalls £22.00,
Dress £25.00
Wednesday & Saturday Matinees
Gallery £10.00
Side Upper Circle £15.00
Upper Circle, Stalls & Dress £17.50.
Children £15.00 all shows
Save: Conc.£2.00off evenings only (excludes Gallery)
Friends of The Grand £20.00 evenings, £15.00 matinees, all seats
Group discounts £3.00 10+, £4.00off 20+
01253 743232
Captioned Performance 29th March, 7.30pm
Seats are in rows H-K in the stalls.
Opening times
In Person Open from 10.00am daily. Times do vary on occasion.
Booking is also available at Blackpool’s Houndshill Shopping Centre Information Desk.
Postal Address
Grand Theatre, 33 Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HT.
Car Parking and Public Transport
Nearest car park to the Grand Theatre is West Street Car Park with CCTV (above British Home Stores), opposite the theatre. ‘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. SATNAV West Street Car Park postcode FY1 1HA. By Bus: The Grand Theatre is just 50 feet from most local bus links (British Home Stores - Town centre main terminal). 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. Cheques should be made payable to Blackpool Grand Theatre and remember to add 60p to your total, if you would like your tickets posted back to you.
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.
Access
A copy of our brochure is also available in large print and on audio visual DVD, via the website or from the box office. It is important that the box office staff are notified of your requirements at the time of booking to ensure that suitable seating is allocated and other necessary arrangements made. Induction Loop System and Infra-Red Headsets: An induction loop system is fitted in the Lawrence House Studio and the main auditorium. We have infra-red headsets available for a refundable deposit of £5 per headset; please notify the Box Office of the number required for your party, at the time of booking. Stalls seats have level access from Corporation Street and Matcham’s Bar. There are nine allocated wheelchair spaces available at every performance. If you have a larger or motorized chair, please state this at time of booking so that we can accommodate you in comfort and safety. There is a new wheelchair-accessible toilet at the rear of the Stalls and a chairlift is available to the Dress Circle for people with restricted mobility, accessible from Matcham Court. The Lawrence House Studio is fully accessible to wheelchair patrons via a lift from Matcham Court. There is also an accessible washroom. Please notify the Access Officer in advance if you wish to use this facility. Persons may alight outside the theatre. Assisted dogs are welcome; please notify the box office at time of booking.
For tickets call our Box Office on 01253 290190
Group Booking: 01253 743232
