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2018-2019 Season
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Plays & Performances
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This brilliant play will stretch the mind and steal the heart
Henry is a successful playwright married to Charlotte who has the lead role in his latest play about infidelity. Her co-star Max is married to another actress, Annie, and Annie and Henry are madly in love – but is it any more real than the subjects of Henry’s play? Contains strong language and adult themes. 
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“I loved this show! I can’t think of anything quite like it. She makes it both every day and profound, and moves us to laughter and tears”
- Mike Kenny - Olivier Award Winning Playwright |
Guest Show
Outside the Box Liz Rothschild & Full Circle Production 3 April 2019 
“I’d like to see it performed in every Fringe Festival, every Art Centre and every village hall in the UK!”
- Brighton Fringe Review |
OUTSIDE THE BOX: A Live Show About Death is the new “large-hearted” and “life-affirming” one woman show from Liz Rothschild and Full Circle Productions.
Outside the Box asks its audience to embrace mortality and look on the bright side of life, with a weave of untold and surprising stories, a hint of history and some pithy commentary on the funeral industry (from one who knows!). Liz is a performer, celebrant and award-winning burial ground owner. Her unique and original new show combines mercurial tales and miraculous truths collected over the years from life’s finishing line. Part theatre, part spoken word; an intimate theatrical conversation which is “beautifully performed” and the result is a taboo busting affair that expertly handles the ‘elephant in the room’ with humour and grace. As Liz travels the country, the show evolves organically to include new stories shared by its audience, widening the experience. The post-show element of Outside the Box has been fabulously popular and successful, validating the cathartic power of the show and its resonance with audiences. OTB started life at Brighton and Edinburgh festivals in 2016 before touring nationally since 2017. Please visit www.fullcircleproductions.org.uk for show trailer, press, testimonials and much more! |
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Retired people are like nuclear power stations. They like to live by the sea…
The Children opened in London in November 2016 and subsequently played on Broadway. Two retired scientists move to an isolated cottage as the world around them crumbles. One day there’s a new arrival, an old friend they haven’t seen for many years. Why has she come? This rich and beautifully written play provokes questions that will develop in the mind long after the lights have faded. Winner of the 2018 Writers’ Guild Best Play Award (UK) Nominated for 2018 Tony Award Best Play (Broadway, USA) Contains limited use of strong language. Reading 8 March at 7.45 pm Auditions 9 March at 4 pm and 10 March at 7.45 pm 3 Roles: 1 Male, 2 Female. Ages 60 - 70. |
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The Itchen Folk Band
Fund Raising Event - Folk at The Chesil 31 May 2019 |
The Itchen Folk Band are a Compton & Shawford based group whose dynamic programmes are made up with a variety of traditional songs from the British Isles and the US together with contemporary material.
The emphasis is on audience participation in the choruses (with words provided where necessary!) and their sets are always fun and varied. The Band has around ten musicians who harmonise and provide accompaniment using guitars,mandolin, fiddle, bass, banjo and accordion, and have been playing together for three years. The Itchen Folk band are delighted to have been invited back to the Chesil to perform a fund raising event for the theatre following their popular performance here last summer. |
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Jeeves and Wooster meet Fargo in Oscar Wilde’s funny tale of poor put-upon Lord Arthur Savile.
When a chiromantist (reader of palms) predicts Arthur will commit murder, he decides to postpone his wedding until the dastardly deed is done. Aided by Baines, his trusted butler, and an inept anarchist, a comedy of errors ensues, putting Arthur’s relatives and marriage plans in jeopardy. This version, set in 1925, will have you chuckling all the way home. Reading 3 May at 7.45 pm Auditions 4 May at 7.45 pm 5 May at 7.45 pm 10 Roles: 5 Male, 5 Female. Ages 20 - 70s. |
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