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Description of Theatre and Memberships
Ticket Office - Jarrold Department Store, Customer Services (01603 697248)
on the Second floor. Sun 10:30 until 4:30pm
Price: £7 including programme - * concessions £5 with proof: pensioners
students and the unwaged.
Foyer opens at 6:45pm. Auditorium opens at 7:15pm
Full facilities for wheelchairs are available, as all is
at ground level. Please inform at the time of booking if you have any special
needs.
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March 25th, 26th, 27th, 31st. Apr 1st and 2nd at 7:30pm
April 3rd at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Admission: £7 or £5* (includes programme and free drink on first night)
by William Shakespeare & directed by Ralph Yarrow
Plucky British defiance of Imperialist demands! Doting
husband wagers all on young wife's virtue! Banished son-in-law! Long-lost
offspring! Male insecurity in kings and husbands!
Unjustified vilification of women! Scandalously inaccurate
Welsh geography! All this, plentifully seasoned with seductive rhetoric,
stunningly absurd battle scenes, haunting songs, gory deaths and multiple
reconciliations.
Plenty to chew on here with at least three plots for the
price of one. Come and get your money's worth.
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April 29th, 30th. May 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th at 7:30pm
Admission: £7 or £5* (includes programme and free drink on first night)
by Anthony Horowitz & directed by Ginny Porteous
An adult, psychological thriller and dark comedy that twists and spirals towards
a completely unexpected ending.
A crime writer seeks permission to interview a notorious
serial killer, currently held in an experimental asylum for the insane, but what
follows is a bizarre trail of events, secrets and lies. He discovers that
nothing can be trusted not even his own eyes.
Quirky, uncomfortable and wonderfully funny.
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June 10th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th and 18th at 7:30pm
June 19th at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Admission: £7 or £5* (includes programme and free drink on first night)
by Michael Frayn & directed by Martyn Richards
Google "the funniest play ever written" and references to Noises Off abound. We join a production of a classic modern farce Nothing On in its final stages of rehearsal. Opening night is the next day and things are still going wrong. Noises Off follows the cast, director and crew as they struggle with difficult props, doors that refuse to open, and relationships that threaten to spill onto the stage, as the tour moves from town to town.
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July 15th, 16th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th at 7:30pm
Admission: £7 or £5* (includes programme and free drink on first night)
by J. B. Priestley & directed by Nigel Coates
Take one man. Add his family and colleagues, a few theatrical devices, a pinch of deceit, a sprinkling of human frailty, season with truth and stir well. Knead until passions surface. Feel your palate tingle as you sample this classic whodunnit time play where life is cornered dangerously by the bright 'young' society of the 1930s.
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Housed in a converted Barn (('reputedly the stable of the original Black Beauty'), the Sewell Barn Theatre offers a different kind of theatrical experience to its patrons. Seating only 110, the auditorium features raked seating around three sides of an open acting space. This unusual staging helps to draw the audience deeply into the performance, whether domestic or epic in scale. Founded in 1980, the resident Company has a reputation for quality, and challenging theatre, attracting audiences from across Norfolk - and beyond! The cosy bar offers patrons hot and cold drinks, and snacks. All staff and actors give their time to the theatre voluntarily, and the highest standards are maintained.
Membership of the Sewell Barn Company is £10 / yr or £15 families or £50 for life. This entitles you to have a free drink on Wednesday nights, to receive a regular newsletter containing details of forthcoming productions, activities and casting opportunities and to vote at the AGM. The Company is always eager to welcome new members who wish to take part in any capacity (training provided): acting, stage management, lighting, sound, wardrobe, props, set design and construction, or front of house.
Costumes from our extensive collection, including items from the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, ranging from the Elizabethan, Jacobean, Victorian eras and through to the twentieth century, are available for hire to theatre and similar groups. For further details contact the Costume Hire Co-ordinator on 01603 423653
At each performance there are one or two spaces available for wheelchair users, and foyer and toilet facilities are fully accessible. Please inform the Ticket Office at the time of booking if you will be attending the theatre in a wheelchair or if you have any other special needs.