Theatre Group Julie Horsman 80862704 & Chris Farleigh 8086 2882

Forthcoming Theatre Visits Midsummers Night Dream - Hamptworth Lodge Maskers Theatre Open Air

Sunday 15th July 4pm Tickets 13.50 JUST 2 TICKETS LEFT Take a defeated Amazon Queen forced to marry the victorious Duke, four star-crossed lovers, the warring King and Queen of the fairies, a group of very coarse-acting factory workers trying to put on a play, a mischievous bunch of fairies led by the prankster Puck, all on a Midsummer Night, and you have a recipe for mirth, mayhem, mystery and plenty of magic.

ALLO ALLO The Vernon Theatre Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society
Friday 20th July 7.45pm Tickets 8.00 A stage play based on the popular TV series by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft

Oliver! By Lionel Bart adapted from Charles Dickens Theatre Romsey

Plaza

Thursday 16th August 7.30pm Tickets 9 Youth Theatre Who doesn't know the story of Oliver Twist? Lionel Bart's version of the story has been with us since 1960, and was made world famous by the 1968 film. Food Glorious Food, I'd Do Anything, You've Got To Pick a Pocket Or Two - the list of famous songs goes on and on.

Kiss Me Kate Trevor Nunn

Chichester Festival Theatre

Directed by

Sunday 5th August 3pm Tickets 33.00 At the out-of-town try-out of a new musical version of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew, sparks fly on stage and off as sparring between the co-stars threatens the opening night. In a classic show-within-a-show, over which loom two gun-toting gangsters with gambling debts to collect, Lilli and Freds romantic shenanigans offstage tangle with the onstage story of Kate and Petruchio as their two worlds dizzyingly collide.

2 Plays Broadcast Live from the National Theatre at the Picture House Harbour Lights, Ocean Village, Soton
The Last of the Haussmans A new play by Stephen Beresford.
Thursday 11th October 7pm Tickets 13.00
Julie Walters plays Judy Haussman with Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory as her children in this eagerly anticipated new play: a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that's losing its grip. Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she is joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family's crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months in this chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure Cast includes: Rory Kinnear, Isabella Laughland, Helen McCrory, Matthew Marsh, Julie Walters..

Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare Stars Simon Russell Beale

Thursday 1st November 7pm Tickets 13.00 Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts and ostentatious host, Timon of Athens is surrounded by freeloaders and sycophants. He vastly outspends his resources but, finding his coffers empty, reassures his loyal steward that all will be well. When he calls upon his associates, instead of offering help, they hang him out to dry. After a final, vengeful banquet, Timon withdraws to a literal and emotional wasteland, living off roots and pouring curses on a morally bankrupt Athens.