The Dukes and Lancaster University’s Nuffield Theatre are celebrating the launch of ‘A Night Less Ordinary’, a new national scheme that’s allowing the two theatre venues to team up and offer thousands of free tickets to local young people under the age of 26.
As we reported recently, over the next two years young people will be able to attend, for free, pretty much every show the two theatres are presenting, including the upcoming Candoco and Song of Songs at The Nuffield and current Dukes’ show Sabbat, whose run was recently extended.
In order to mark the start of this extraordinary project, the Nuffield and the Dukes are welcoming some rather unusual guests.
This Friday, 20th February around Lancaster University Campus and on Saturday 21st in Lancaster town centre, keep your eyes peeled for the famous ‘Vegetable Nannies’ (courtesy of Nuffield-regular Ben Faulks). Wheeling an ancient Victorian pram laden with a prized collection of vegetables, the Nannies will be out for the weekend, showing off their allotment cherubs and telling many a tale, like any proud parent would.
During this strolling interactive performance you will be able to befriend, pet, feed and comfort all manner of earthen toddlers, such as Magnus the ambitious downhill-racing watermelon, Jessica the award winning sweet potato beauty queen & even David, the talented little marrow whose ambition is to become a stage actor.
They’ll be accompanied by young people who can tell you more about the free theatre tickets project, so keep an eye out for them…
In the meantime, if you’re under 26, or know someone who is, sign up for this great project. To receive full details, and a membership card allowing great discounts at both venues, contact the Dukes on 01524 598500, or the Nuffield on 01524 594151.
SHOWS CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN SCHEME Candoco Dance Company – Double-Bill
8pm, 19th February @ The Nuffield TheatreA dramatic double bill of fierce new work from top choreographers Nigel Charnock and Hofesh Shechter.
Song of Songs – Weeding Cane
8pm, 24th & 25th February @ The Nuffield Theatre
An exploration of love through the lives of the performers and a top circus aerialist.
The Last Supper – Reckless Sleepers
8pm, 4th – 6th March @ The Nuffield Theatre
Reckless Sleepers invite you to dinner, to sample the last meal requests of the famous and the not so famous. From Marilyn Monroe to Beethoven to prisoners on death row, this intimate and unusual performance presents a startling set of last statements, last meals and last minute scenarios to a limited audience of 39 people.
The Dukes presents SABBAT
Various show times, until 21st February @ The Dukes Playhouse
This powerful new play attempts to unravel the mysteries behind one of England’s most famous trials, that of the notorious Pendle Witches. Did Alice Nutter and the others really take part in a witches’ Sabbat? Or were these Pendle folk innocent victims at a time of persecution, paranoia and superstition?