Royalty raises the curtain on its new season of theatre
The Royalty Theatre has announced its programme for its 2016/27 season, which will kick off with Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None.
The much-loved mystery by the world’s best-selling author is one of a number of dramas that audiences can look forward to in the community theatre’s 93rd season, along with Dennis Potter’s Blue Remembered Hills in November and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rabbit Hole by David Lindsey-Abair in February.
Comedy fans can look forward to the wit and wonder of PG Wodehouse in the shape of Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense in March, as well as some side-splitting farce in Move Over Mrs. Markham by Ray Cooney and John Chapman in May.
As ever, there are the family favourites. After a well-received panto last year, writer Helen Bowie returns with the Dick Whittington and the season closes with Mike Kenney’s adaptation of kid’s classic The Wind in the Willows in June.
In addition, the theatre’s studio will once more be open to audiences for Shelagh Stephenson’s Five Kinds of Silence in January and Temple by Steve Waters in April.
Theatregoers can also look forward to a one-off concert on October 3 by classical crossover singer Joanna Forest, who hit the top of the classical charts earlier this year. And in July, there’s an out-ofseason treat brought to you by the Roy- alty’s own Lee Stewart, with his new play There’s Someone Coming Through. October also sees another Sunderland Stages production at the theatre, this time Open Clasp Theatre Company’s Rattle Snake. Production dates are: September 18-23: And Then There Were None
October 30-November 4: Blue Remembered Hills December 7-17: Dick Whittington January 24-27: Five Kinds of Silence February 19-24: Rabbit Hole March 19-24: Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense April 25-28: Temple May 21-26: Move Over Mrs Markham June 25-30: The Wind in the Willows Tickets can be booked via www.ticketsource.co.uk/royaltytheatre or on 0333 666 3366.