Captioned Performances - Birmingham Hippodrome
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ACCESSIBLE<br />
PERFORMANCES<br />
Summer - Winter 2009/2010<br />
A Stage for the Best in the World
BSL Sign Language Interpreted <strong>Performances</strong><br />
Sign Language is a visual means of communicating using gestures, facial<br />
expression and body language. Sign Language is used mainly by deaf people.<br />
Within Britain the most common form of Sign Language is called British Sign<br />
Language (BSL). Seats are assigned close to the signer.<br />
<strong>Captioned</strong> <strong>Performances</strong><br />
Captioning is similar to television subtitling and gives deaf, deafened and hard<br />
of hearing people access to live performances. The actors’ words appear on a<br />
display unit at the same time as they are spoken or sung. Speaker names,<br />
sound effects and off stage noises are also shown. Please note: when<br />
booking please ask for seats suitable for seeing the captions. It is best to<br />
book seats for <strong>Captioned</strong> <strong>Performances</strong> via Ticket Sales rather than online.<br />
Audio Described <strong>Performances</strong><br />
Audio Description in theatre is a live verbal commentary on the visual<br />
elements of a production as it unfolds. The description gives only the essential<br />
information that a visually impaired patron might miss.<br />
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Touch Tours<br />
For every Audio Described performance we do, we have a Touch Tour that<br />
precedes the show. Touch Tours must be booked in advance through our<br />
Ticket Sales. The times stated in this brochure are the performance times.<br />
Times for the Touch Tours will be confirmed on booking. Our Touch Tours<br />
allow visually impaired patrons the opportunity to familiarise themselves with<br />
the set, props and if possible meet the cast.
Accessible <strong>Performances</strong> at<br />
<strong>Birmingham</strong> <strong>Hippodrome</strong><br />
Quadrophenia 19 – 23 May<br />
Set in London and Brighton at the height of the 1960s Mod Scene, QUADROPHENIA is<br />
told through the eyes of Jimmy, a hedonistic style-conscious teenager who hates his job,<br />
is misunderstood by his parents and lives for his music and to be with his scooter-riding<br />
Mod clique.<br />
A glorious tribute to an era of youthful change and musical brilliance.<br />
Music, lyrics and concept by Pete Townshend.<br />
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Signed Performance Thursday 21 May at 7.30pm<br />
Craig Brown<br />
Audio Described <strong>Performances</strong> Friday 22 May at 5.30pm & 8.30pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tour Friday 22 May TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
WNO’s La Bohème 28 & 30 May<br />
La Bohème sees two love affairs bringing renewed excitement to the lives of four<br />
poverty-stricken bachelor artists. The affair between Mimi and Rodolfo blossoms but is<br />
cruelly blighted by Mimi’s tuberculosis.<br />
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Audio Described Performance Saturday 30 May at 2.15pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tour Saturday 30 May TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
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Chicago 1 – 13 June<br />
“Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery... all those things we hold<br />
near and dear to our hearts”... so begins the international award-winning musical,<br />
CHICAGO.<br />
Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920’s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her<br />
lover; along with cell block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from<br />
death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.<br />
Starring Jimmy Osmond and Emma Barton (Eastenders).<br />
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Signed Performance Wednesday 10 June at 7.30pm<br />
Paul Whittaker<br />
Audio Described Performance Friday 12 June at 8.30pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tour Friday 12 June TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
<strong>Captioned</strong> Performance Thursday 11 June at 7.30pm<br />
We Will Rock You 1 July – 5 September<br />
IT’S A KIND OF MAGIC! A comedy, rock, romantic ‘theatrical’ which defied all<br />
comparisons and has gone on to rock London’s West End and theatres around the world<br />
for the past six years to an audience of well beyond 6 million. Expect 24 of Queen’s<br />
biggest hit songs delivered in a show that boasts scale and spectacle.<br />
Starring Jonathan Wilkes, Kevin Kennedy, X Factor finalist Brenda Edwards and Georgina<br />
Hagen from ITV’s Britannia High.<br />
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Signed <strong>Performances</strong> Thursday 30 July at 7.30pm & Saturday 22 August at 2.30pm<br />
Clare Edwards<br />
Audio Described <strong>Performances</strong> Thursday 30 July at 7.30pm &<br />
Saturday 15 August at 2.30pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tours Thursday 30 July & Saturday 15 August TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
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<strong>Captioned</strong> <strong>Performances</strong> Thursday 6 August at 7.30pm &<br />
Saturday 29 August at 2.30pm
Little Shop of Horrors 15 – 19 September<br />
Direct from a sensational smash-hit West End season, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is<br />
now open for business!<br />
This wickedly funny, family-friendly stage musical written by Alan Menken and Howard<br />
Ashman. Featuring an incredible animatronic man-eating plant, this critically acclaimed<br />
new production is bristling with great songs and laugh-out-loud lyrics.<br />
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Signed Performance Friday 18 September at 7.30pm<br />
Andy Higgins<br />
Audio Described Performance Saturday 19 September at 2.30pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tour Saturday 19 September TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
<strong>Captioned</strong> Performance Thursday 17 September at 7.30pm<br />
Evita 5 – 17 October<br />
Bringing to life the dynamic persona of Eva Peron, EVITA tells the story from her young<br />
and ambitious beginnings to the enormous wealth and power she gained as wife of<br />
former Argentine dictator Juan Peron.<br />
Featuring some of the most famous and inspiring stage music ever written, including the<br />
classic songs ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’, ‘On This Night of a Thousand Stars’, ‘Oh<br />
What A Circus’, ‘You Must Love Me’ and ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’, Tim Rice<br />
and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extraordinary musical EVITA embarks on a spectacular<br />
national tour.<br />
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Signed Performance Tuesday 13 October at 7.30pm<br />
Paul Whittaker<br />
Audio Described Performance Wednesday 14 October at 7.30pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tour Wednesday 14 October TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
<strong>Captioned</strong> Performance Thursday 15 October at 7.30pm<br />
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Scrooge 20 – 31 October<br />
BILL KENWRIGHT presents TOMMY STEELE in SCROOGE, the award-winning<br />
musical by LESLIE BRICUSSE based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.<br />
The ideal half term treat, SCROOGE is a heartwarming story with stunning sets and<br />
costumes, specially created illusions by magician Paul Kieve (acclaimed for the magic<br />
effects in the Harry Potter films) and a fantastic musical score which features the Oscar<br />
nominated hit ‘Thank You Very Much’.<br />
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Signed Performance Tuesday 27 October at 7.30pm<br />
Andy Higgins<br />
Audio Described Performance Tuesday 27 October at 7.30pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tour Tuesday 27 October TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
<strong>Captioned</strong> Performance Thursday 29 October at 7.30pm<br />
Rocky Horror Show 2 – 7 November<br />
Follow squeaky-clean sweethearts Brad and Janet on an adventure they’ll never forget,<br />
with the scandalous Frank ‘n Furter, rippling Rocky and vivacious Magenta. Get ready for<br />
a night of fun, frolics and frivolity in this thrilling production of Richard O’Brien’s classic<br />
original script! Bursting at the seams with timeless classics, including ‘Sweet<br />
Transvestite’, ‘Damn it Janet’, and of course, the pelvic-thrusting ‘Time Warp’, Richard<br />
O’Brien’s ROCKY HORROR SHOW is a non-stop party!<br />
BE WARNED, THIS SHOW HAS RUDE PARTS!<br />
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Signed Performance Friday 6 November at 8.30pm<br />
Andy Higgins<br />
Audio Described Performance Saturday 7 November at 2.30pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tour Saturday 7 November TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
<strong>Captioned</strong> Performance Thursday 5 November at 7.30pm<br />
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Sleeping Beauty 19 December – 31 January 2010<br />
JOE PASQUALE AND RAY QUINN IN A BRAND NEW PANTOMIME!<br />
Get ready for the panto of your dreams as JOE PASQUALE returns to <strong>Birmingham</strong><br />
<strong>Hippodrome</strong> in a spectacular new production of the magical fairytale SLEEPING<br />
BEAUTY.<br />
SLEEPING BEAUTY marks Joe’s third <strong>Hippodrome</strong> pantomime and it is set to be the<br />
best yet with a fantastic line up of stars and surprises!<br />
Joining Joe will be X Factor star and Dancing on Ice winner RAY QUINN as the Prince;<br />
and brand new ground-breaking 3D technology – put on your magic glasses and once<br />
again prepare to be amazed!<br />
There is nothing like a dame and CERI DUPREE plays the outrageous Lady Passionella<br />
with the most stunning set of costumes ever to grace the <strong>Hippodrome</strong> stage!<br />
With spectacular scenery, amazing effects and hilarious comedy, join Joe and Ray<br />
this Christmas for an unmissable <strong>Birmingham</strong> <strong>Hippodrome</strong> pantomime!<br />
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Signed <strong>Performances</strong> Sunday 17 January at 1.00pm & 5.15pm<br />
Clare Edwards & Rachel Tipping<br />
Signed Schools’ Performance Friday 15 January at 1pm<br />
Trevor Langley<br />
Audio Described <strong>Performances</strong> Tuesday 12 January at 7.15pm &<br />
Saturday 23 January at 2.30pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tours Tuesday 12 January & Saturday 23 January TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Audio Described Schools’ Performance Friday 15 January at 1pm<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
Touch Tour Friday 15 January TIME TBC<br />
Jonathan Nash & Margaret Spittles<br />
<strong>Captioned</strong> <strong>Performances</strong> Wednesday 13 January at 2pm & 7.15pm<br />
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Hearing Assisted Facilities<br />
We provide receivers which are available from the Duty Manager with a<br />
refundable £5 deposit.<br />
Guide Dogs<br />
Assistance dogs are admitted into all public areas and staff can look after dogs<br />
during performances. Seats can be allocated close to entrances.<br />
Impaired Mobility<br />
Lift access to all front of house areas, main auditorium, Patrick Centre and<br />
Hospitality areas. Wheelchair users have easy foyer access via automatic doors<br />
to the right of our Hurst Street entrance. Wheelchair positions located in most<br />
areas of the main auditorium and positions available in the Patrick Centre.<br />
Accessible unisex and ambulant disabled toilets are available on all levels.<br />
Refreshments are available in our Deli Bar with low level counter service. The<br />
Circle Restaurant and StageSide on Thorp Street are also easily accessible and<br />
interval drinks can be pre-ordered at any bar.<br />
We recommend that wheelchair users and patrons with impaired mobility use<br />
the car park located on Thorp Street. This is directly opposite our stage door<br />
and will provide the easiest access to the theatre.<br />
How To Book...<br />
Ticket Sales 0844 338 5000<br />
Typetalk to Ticket Sales (18001) 0844 338 5000<br />
Book online at www.birminghamhippodrome.com<br />
Contact Us...<br />
For more information on the performances or services we offer please contact<br />
Kate Hawkesford Education & Administration Officer on:<br />
0121 689 3192 access@birminghamhippodrome.com<br />
If you’re interested in receiving an audio version of our brochure please contact us.
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