Theatre and Concert Visits
Contact: Margaret Hinde
Tel: 01565 872643
Email: info@knutsfordu3a.co.uk
BOOKINGS FOR THEATRE AND CONCERT VISITS – Clarification of Procedure
The preferred method of booking is by Credit / Debit card or PayPal on our On-line Tickets page. It is very easy to use and you will get email confirmation of your booking.
Alternatively bookings can be made by using a bookings form and a cheque made payable to Knutsford u3a. PLEASE use a separate booking form and a separate cheque (with the name of the performance on the back of the cheque) for each event and send to Margaret Hinde, 1 Warford Hall Drive, Great Warford, Alderley Edge, SK9 7TR. If you want confirmation that you have the places you want, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Usually your cheque will not be paid in until two weeks before the event. If an outing is fully booked when we receive your cheque you will be informed and placed on the waiting list.
Places on u3a trips and outings can only be booked for full or associate members of Knutsford u3a. If you need to bring a companion/carer to enable you to take part in a trip or visit please see our Accessibility Policy.
We hope to take bookings for the current performances at our general meetings but cannot guarantee the availability at the time of the meeting. In other words please book early to be sure of a place!
‘THE CAR MAN’
A Matthew Bourne ballet, based on Bizet’s ‘Carmen’
The Lowry Theatre, Salford
Thursday, June 25th, 7.30pm
Cost, including transport, £60.00
Coach departs from Knutsford Bus Station at 6pm prompt.
This is one of Matthew Bourne’s most popular ballets. A dance thriller like no other. It was first performed in 2000 at the Old Vic in London, followed by countrywide tours, including Manchester. The musical score is taken from Bizet’s well known opera Carmen, so much of it will be familiar, but it has a completely different story.
It is set in the 1950’s in a small Italian-American community in the USA. Bizet’s 19th century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage where the dreams of a small town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome and enigmatic stranger.
It is ‘full of dramatic juice’ and ‘sizzling and fizzing with lust’! (The Telegraph).
‘Gripping, gasp making, edge of your seat stuff’ (Daily Mail).
For this performance half of my fifty tickets are in the centre stalls and half in the centre circle. Prices are the same for each. Only tickets for the Stalls remain on our On-line Tickets page.
Alternatively. You can send a cheque, made out to Knutsford u3a, together with a completed booking form, to Margaret Hinde, 1 Warford Hall Drive, Alderley Edge, SK9 7TR. Tel. 01565 872643.
‘AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS’
Adapted from the novel by Jules Verne
New Vic theatre, Stoke
Friday, June 12th, 7.30 pm
SOLD OUT
Cost, including transport, £37.00
Coach departs from Knutsford Bus Station at 6pm prompt.
Join us for a thrilling, high energy journey around the world in eighty days!
This delightful production was first seen ten years ago at the New Vic. since when it has transferred to the Royal Exchange in Manchester, to the West End, and played to audiences halfway round the world including Broadway. It has become one of the New Vic’s biggest and best loved hits and they are now bringing it back to celebrate the theatre’s 40th anniversary year.
8 actors, including 4 from the original production, tell the story of Phileas Fogg, his trusty valet Passepartout, and their race around the world. They take on 109 characters, 6 trains, 5 boats, 2 dances, one storm, a circus act and an elephant! I remember a truly joyous evening when we saw it ten years ago.
‘A beautifully executed, preposterous romp’ – The Independent
‘Highly entertaining, a riotous romp’ – The Times
‘PRIVATE LIVES’
By Noel Coward
“Witty and entertaining, a play that stands the test of time”
The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday, April 21st, 7.30 pm
SOLD OUT
Coach leaves Knutsford Bus Station at 6 pm prompt
Cost, including transport, £46.00
‘Private Lives’ has been entertaining audiences since the 1930’s and was a spectacular success at the National Theatre last year. Timeless comedy which, in the hands of the Exchange Theatre, should not disappoint.
It is a witty exploration of love, passion and turbulent relationships between a divorced couple who accidentally meet in ‘very flat’ Norfolk, while each is honeymooning with their new, more conventional , partners.
Sparkling dialogue and art deco glamour – what’s not to like?
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Saturday 15th August – Matinee performance of ‘The Mikado’ at Buxton Opera House possibly combined with a walking tour.
Saturday 26th September – The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace. 3pm matinee performance at the Bridgewater Hall. Coach will depart at 1.30 prompt. Written by Karl Jenkins, with the Halle Orchestra and Choir conducted by the Composer himself. The second half will be some of Karl Jenkins most popular pieces – familiar to any Classic FM listener! Tickets on sale in May.