Leicester Little Theatre

Season Diary - February - June 1999

Box office (0116) 255 1302

Mon - Fri 10 am - 6.30 pm Sat 10 am - 12 noon

To Book

Seat prices

5 plays for the price of 4

Season diary

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How to book

For Leicester Drama Society productions only - For Visiting Companies see booking details under relevant show

By telephone

You can pay by Mastercard/Access/Visa/Switch and tickets can be posted to you (postage extra).

Otherwise telephone bookings must be paid for either directly at the Box Office or by post within 48 hours of the performance. The exception is Saturday evening when tickets must be collected by 12 noon on the day of the the performance.

In person

Visit the Box office in Dover Street during open hours. Tickets are on sale half an hour before each performance in the Foyer Box Office for the current production and from the Stage Door Box office for future productions.

Standby tickets at the door only £5.30

These are available half an hour prior to the performance, except Saturday evening from the Foyer Box office. They are not bookable in advance.

By Post

Cheques should be made payable to Leicester Drama Society and sent to

The Little Theatre box Office

Dover street, Leicester, LE1 6PW.

Please enclose a stamped and address envelope if you wish your tickets to be forwarded.

Ticket Exchange and Resale

A surcharge of £1 per ticket will be made for all exchanges and reslaes.

Party Bookings

One FREE seat in every eleven booked for up to fourty four. One FREE seat in every ten booked for parties of fity and over. These concessions do not apply to parties of senior citizens and school children.

 

Remember to take advantage of our special ticket offer

5 plays for the price of 4

weekdays & Sat Mat £28.00

Saturday eves £32.80

 

 

Plays

Palace of varieties

Full price

Mon-thu Eve & Sat Mat

£7.00

Fri Eve

(no conc)

£7.00

Sat Eve (no conc)

£8.20

Mon-thu Eve & Sat Mat

£8.20

Fri,Sat Eve (no conc)

£9.50

Concessions Children, Students,UB40s, Registered Disabled Leisure Pass Income Support

Mon-thu Eve & Sat Mat

£5.30

Fri Eve

 

£7.00

 Sat Eve

 

£8.20

 

 

 Mon-thu Eve & Sat Mat

 £8.20

 

Fri,Sat Eve

 

£9.50

 

Senior Citizens

Mon & Tue Eve & Sat Mat £4.20

Wed to fri £5.30

Fri Eve

 

£7.00

 Sat Eve

 

£8.20

Mon June 21st & Sat Mat £6.50

Other perfs

£8.20

Fri,Sat Eve

£9.50

 

Why not join the theatre?

Come along to one of 'Wednesday Connection' evenings where you will be taken on a tour of the theatre and have a chance to discuss your interests with our New Membership Secretary, Jenny Page. 

Membership entitles you to enjoy all the facilities and social activities of a modern theatre; acting, production, stage management, lighting and sound, wardrobe, properties, box office, auditorium duties and many other interesting activities involved in running a thriving Little Theatre. For further details contact the Theatre manager, James O'Donoghue, (0116) 2542266.

 

 

Sunday 31st January One night only at 7.30 p.m.

Rabbi Lionel Blue

"Out of the Blue"

Tickets £10

1st to 6th February

Evenings at 7.30 matinee Saturday at 2.30

Habeas Corpus
by Alan Bennett

Directed by John Ragg

 9th to 13th February

Evenings at 7.30 matinee Saturday at 2.30

And a Nightingale Sang

By C.P. Taylor

Directed by Celia Jones

Tickets £7 Save £1 when booked with the voucher scheme

Concessions (not fri & sat eves) £5.30

  Sunday 21st February One night only at 7.30

Janet Suzman & Bill Holmwood (Guitar)

"An Agreeable Blunder"

Tickets £8.50

22rd to 27th February

Evenings at 7.30 matinee Saturday at 2.30

A Streetcar Named Desire

By Tennessee Williams

 Directed by John Ghent

 

 

1st to 6th March

Evenings at 7.30 Matinee Saturday at 2.30

Leicester Operatic Players present

The Grand Duke

By W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

Advance booking from Jan and Ron Smith

11 Hilders Road, Western Park, Leicester LE3 6HE tel: (0116) 285 7146

The Studio  9th to 12th March

Evenings at 7.30

Teechers

By John Godber

Directed by Jane Tower

Tickets £4 unreserved

  15th to 22rd March

Evenings at 7.30 Matinee Saturday at 2.30

Time of My Life

By Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Marion Morley

 

 Sunday 21st March One night only at 7.30

John Mortimer

"Mortimer's Miscellany"

Tickets £10

 Monday 22nd March One night only at 7.30

Antony Worral Thompson

A familiar face from the BBC's television programmes
Food and Drink and Ready Steady Cook

Tickets £10

A charity night in aid of the Addenbrooke's Hospital Food Chains Appeal and Leicester Drama society

Thursday 25th March One night only at 7.30

An Evening with

Ned Sherrin

Theatrical Anecdotes

Never at a loss for a scandalous titbit or a well rounded legend, director, author and broadcaster Ned Sherrin presents his own storehouse of the theatre's funniest stories.

Tickets £10

26th - 27th March

Friday & Saturday at 7.30 Matinee Saturday at 2.30

Joan Regan & Friends

Full supporting cast. Hosted by Les Wilson.

Musical Director: Don Shearman

Tickets: Friday £6.75 Saturday £7.75 Matinee £6.00 concessions £5.00

Tuesday 30th March One night only at 7.30

Floral Phantasia with

Craig Bullock

In a chatty evening's entertainment, this talented international floral designer and World Gold Medallist will be linking the art of flower arranging with his love of gardening.

Tickets £7.00

12th to 17th April

Evenings at 7.30 Matinee Saturday at 2.30

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By Shakespeare

Directed by Judy price

 

 

19th April - 24th April

Evenings at 7.30 Matinee Saturday at 2.30

Leicester Gilbert and Sullivan Society present

Ruddigore

By W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

Advance booking from Mrs. Zena Grady

136 Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley, Leicester LE7 7PW Tel: (0116) 237 4393

The Studio   27th to 30th April

Evenings at 7.30

No Way Out (Huis Clos)

By Jean Paul Satre

Directed by Ros Brittleton

Tickets £4 non reserved

4th to 8th May

Evenings only at 7.30

Ashleyan Opera presents

La Traviata

By Verdi (sung in English)

Tuesday special charity performance in aid of LOROS £9.00 tickets from Mrs S Ellingworth (0116) 240 2237

Other Perfs advance booking from Mrs M. Asher 39 Shirley Road, leicester LE2 3LL tel (0116) 288 6939

17th to 22nd May

Evenings at 7.30 Matinee Saturday at 2.30

Don’t Dress For Dinner

By Marc Camoletti

Directed by John Saunders

 

25 th to 29th May

Evenings at 7.30 Matinee Saturday at 2.30

Braunstone & Wycliffe Operatic Society present

Carousel

By Music by Richard Rodgers

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Advance booking from Mr. C Pole
474 Narborough Road, Leicester LE3 2FT tel: (0116) 289 1003

1st to 5th June

Evenings at 7.30 Matinee Saturday at 2.30

Wigston Amateur Operatic Society presents

Calamity Jane

Music by Sammy Fain

Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

Advance booking from Mrs. Jessica Smith
32 Long Grey, Fleckney, Leicester LE8 0TB Tel: (0116) 240 2977

15th to 27th June

Evenings at 7.30 Matinee Saturdays at 2.30

Palace of Varieties

 

Devised & Directed by Angela Lomas

Musical Director - John Moore