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MARILYN 14+Swansea Grand Theatre Arts WingThursday 23 March 7.45pm |
Marilyn, a one-woman play based on the life and films of Marilyn Monroe, written by Gwynne Edwards and performed by Nicola Burgess is at Swansea Grand Theatre’s Arts Wing on Thursday 23rd March at 7.45pm.Marilyn dramatises the film star’s attempt to escape from the stereotype of the ‘dumb blonde’ imposed on her by the Hollywood system and evident in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Her determination to become a serious actress took her to the Actor’s Studio in New York; the attempt required regular psychiatric sessions which were totally unproductive in the light of the insecurity she suffered throughout her life which stemmed largely from the fact that she never knew her father and had been abandoned by her mother at an early age. Furthermore, her three husbands all opposed her acting career. Jo DiMaggio, the one-time American baseball star, demanded that she give up acting. Her third husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, doubted her talent and various Hollywood film directors betrayed her in different ways, including John Huston, the director of The Misfits, Marilyn’s last completed film. In the end events conspired to drive her to meaningless affairs and prescription drugs. Abused by the film industry and unscrupulous individuals, her death at the age of thirty six shocked the world, but her fame as a clever, intelligent performer has never been eclipsed. This will be Gwynne Edwards fourth play to be performed at Swansea Grand Theatre, following on from Dylan Thomas in America, Dylan Thomas: Clown in the Moon, and Burton, based on the life and work of the great Welsh actor. Tickets for this evening of emotive drama are available from the Box Office on 01792 475715 or can be purchased at ww.swanseagrand.co.uk and are £12.50* *All tickets include a 50p Restoration Fund contribution. Online booking fee applies. DAVID STARKEY: HENRY VIII Swansea Grand Theatre Monday 27th March 7.30pm Well-known radio and television personality, David Starkey, presents a lecture on the reign of Henry VIII at Swansea Grand Theatre on Monday 27th March at 7.30pm. Henry VIII is the only king whose shape you remember. He bestrides our history like a colossus and the decisions he took still reverberate today. The Reformation is the first Brexit; his ministers devised the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty and his tumultuous personal life pitted religion against politics as brutally as in our own age of Isis. In this lecture David Starkey draws on his unique knowledge of Henry’s reign on the one hand, and his insights as a leading commentator on modern politics on the other, to illuminate both the Tudor age and our own. David Starkey has been a regular contributor to the BBC Radio 4 debate programme, The Moral Maze, and his frequent appearances on Question Time have been received with criticism and applause. Starkey has also presented several history documentaries. Tickets for this enlightening evening are available from the Box Office on 01792 475715 or can be purchased online at www.swanseagrand.co.uk and are £18.00. Selected concessions are available* *All tickets include a 50p Restoration Fund contribution. Online booking fee applies. Watch out! The cabbage-crunching, criminal master-mind, GANGSTA GRANNY is coming to Swansea Grand Theatre! The world premiere of the country’s best-selling author for children, David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny is at Swansea Grand Theatre from Wednesday 29th March to Saturday 1st April with evening performances at 7.00pm, matinee on Wednesday at 1.30pm, Thursday and Friday at 10.30am and Saturday at 2.30pm. It’s Friday night and Ben knows that means only one thing – staying with Granny! There will be cabbage soup, cabbage pie and cabbage cake and Ben knows one thing for sure, it’s going to be sooooooooo boring! But what Ben doesn’t know is that Granny has a secret and Friday nights are about to get more exciting than he could ever imagine, as he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with his very own Gangsta Granny! David began his publishing career at Harper Collins in early 2008 with his debut novel The Boy in the Dress. Then, after writing two other popular stories, in 2011 he published Gangsta Granny, which was shortlisted for both The Red House Children’s Book Award and for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. At Christmas 2013 a TV version of Gangsta Granny was shown on BBC One with an all-star cast, including David Walliams himself. Gangsta Granny went straight to number one in the children’s book charts and Walliams’ books have been translated into no fewer than 30 languages. Gangsta Granny is a must for all families as the show will be enjoyed by everyone from 5 to 105! It’s both laugh out loud funny with some brilliant comic scenes, but also has some very moving and truthful things to say about family relationships. Tickets for this fantastic family show are available from the Box Office on 01792 475715 or can be purchased online at www.swanseagrand.co.uk and are £10.00 - £18.50, a family ticket for four at £60.00* and a schools’ price of £8.50 per pupil. *All tickets include a 50p Restoration Fund contribution. Online booking fee applies. CHAMPIONS OF MAGIC Swansea Grand Theatre Tuesday 4th April 7.30pm They’re back! Direct from a hit run in London’s West End, the UK’s leading band of mind-blowing illusionists and magicians are at Swansea Grand Theatre on Tuesday 4th April at 7.30pm. Grand illusionists Young & Strange (ITV’s The Next Great Magician), master mind reader Alex Mcaleer, award-winning Queen of close-up, Fay Presto, and ‘International Stage Magician of the Year’, Edward Hilsum, will be performing incredible feats of mind-reading, stunning close-up, daring large-scale illusions and a death-defying, heart stopping finale. If you like your magic big, bold and baffling, this is the show for you. Touring since 2013 and seen by nearly a quarter of a million people, with over 20 million online views between them, this is the champion of all family viewing magic shows. Producer Alex Jarrett said, “We’re very excited to be taking the Champions of Magic show around the UK for our longest tour yet. Following a great run in the West End, the cast and crew are excited to get back on the road and present a great night out for the whole family. You really don’t want to miss it!” Tickets for this evening of amazing magic are available from the Box Office on 01792 475715 or can be purchased online at www.swanseagrand.,co.uk and are £12.50 for adults, child £17.50 per child and a family ticket for four is £70.00* *All tickets include a 50p Restoration Fund contribution. Online booking fee applies. |
| Swansea Grand Theatre web site: http://www.swanseagrand.,co.uk |
| Jo Hicks e-mail: Jo.Hicks@swansea.gov.uk |
Monday, March 6, 2017 |
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