Motoring & LeisureReader OffersDiscounted tickets to Alan Plater's "Blonde Bombshells of 1943" Discounted tickets to Alan Plater's "Blonde Bombshells of 1943"
18/01/2007
Alan Plater’s award winning show Blonde Bombshells of 1943 is a warm, witty musical play filled with glorious, live swing band performances. It begins a major UK tour on 30th January and MT readers can enjoy discounted prices for the show.
The story centres on the most glamorous all-girl swing band in the North - and which loses members every time it plays a GI camp. Now there’s an important BBC job in the offing and Betty needs to find new musicians – fast.
Among those drafted are naïve schoolgirl Liz, who plays a mean clarinet; Miranda, an upper-crust saxophonist; singing nun Lily – and Patrick, a male drummer prepared to don a frock in order to avoid a drafting. With her motley line-up complete, Betty and her band prepare to dodge Hitler’s bombs and make the dangerous journey to far-flung Hull and back – and potential fame and fortune.
A warm, witty musical play filled with glorious, live swing band performances of 1940s classics by Fats Waller, the Andrews Sisters and Glenn Miller.
“Delightful…the audience went wild…knock-out concert in the second half”
The Independent
Based on Alan Palter’s award-winning TV film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, which starred Judi Dench and Ian Holm, Blonde Bombshells of 1943 was first performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2004. This rewritten version was commissioned by Hampstead Theatre and first performed at the Bolton Octagon Theatre in June 2006 and at Hampstead in July 2006.
The tour dates and venues are as follows:
Tues 30 Jan – Sat 3 Feb
Oxford Playhouse
Box Office 01865 305305/www.oxfordplayhouse.com
Tickets £9.50 - £22.50
Mon 5 – Sat 10 Feb
Plymouth Theatre Royal
Box Office 01752 267222/www.theatreroyal.com
Tickets £10 - £20
Mon 12 – Sat 17 Feb
Poole Lighthouse
Box Office 08700 668701/www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
Tickets £12 - £17.50
Mon 19 - Sat 24 Feb
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
Box Office 01872 262466/www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
Tickets £10.00 - £16.00
Mon 26 February - Sat 3 March
Cheltenham Everyman
Box Office 01242 572573/www.everymantheatre.org.uk
Tickets £9 - £24
Mon 5 – Sat 10 March
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Box Office 01483 440000/www.Yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
Tickets £13.00 - £24.50.
Mon 19 – Sat 24 March
Clwyd Theatr, Cymru
Box Office 0845 3303565/www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk
Tickets £12.00 - £18.00
Mon 12 – Sat 17 March
Devonshire Park Eastbourne
Box office 01323 412000 /www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk
Tickets £13.50 - £19.50
Further dates to be announced! For more details see websites www.g-c-a.co.uk and www.blondebombshells.info using the links at the bottom of this page.
Mature Times is pleased to offer its readers an exclusive offer of up to £5 off tickets for this exciting show. For full details of the offer at your chosen venue please see below. To take advantage of the offer, just call the box office of your chosen venue and quote “Mature Times Offer”
All tickets must be purchased in a single transaction, non-transferable, subject to availability, not to be used for tickets already booked.