• The Lady in the Van

    Tuesday 12 - Saturday 16 June 2012

    Evenings 7.30pm;
    Thursday & Saturday Matinees 2.30pm
    The Lady in the Van
By Alan Bennett

Directed by Sarah Esdaile

Starring Nichola McAuliffe

Alan Bennett has a very unusual neighbour.  Parked at the bottom of his garden is a van.  With a lady in it.  The lady in the van is Miss Shepherd.  Alan knows very little about her.  She used to drive ambulances in the war, might have been a nun, sells pencils and pamphlets and has an unexplained aversion to piano music.  But somehow she lives in the playwright's garden and has done for years.

Alan Bennett is one of the nation's best-loved playwrights, with plays including The History Boys, Talking Heads and The Madness of George III.

The Lady in the Van stars Nichola McAuliffe, one of British theatre's most loved actresses.  As well as playing Sheila Sabatini in seven series of ITV's Surgical Spirit, Nichola won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Musical for her role in Kiss Me Kate(RSC).

Directed by Sarah Esdaile, whose recent credits include The Deep Blue Sea starring Maxine Peake for West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Running Time: 2hrs 35m    Running time is approximate and supplied for guidance only.

Your choice of pricesEvenings Thursday 2.30pmSaturday 2.30pm
StallsA-P£24.00£16.00£19.00
Q-S£21.00£13.00£15.50
T-U£16.00£10.00£12.00
CircleA-F£25.00£16.50£19.50
G-M£21.00£13.00£15.50
Upper Circle£9.50£8.50£9.00
Boxes *£112.00£72.00£88.00
£88.00£56.00£72.00
Wheelchair **£9.50£8.50£9.00
* Restricted view six people max.
** Wheelchair space and companion seat (each).
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All tickets purchased are subject to an additional 50p Seating Improvement Contribution. See here for more details.

Reductions

For Tuesday - Friday 7.30pm performances in Stalls A-S and Circle A-M only: £3.50 off for Parties of 8 or more, Children, Students, Over 60s, Unemployed People, Disabled People and one Companion each, Claimants, MAXCardholders

Over 60s: £11 each at Thursday 2.30pm performance in Stalls A-S & Circle A-M only

School Parties: £8.50 each for Wednesday & Thursday performances - supervising teachers free (1 teacher for every 10 students)

Student Special: For any evening performance (except Saturday) £5.00 each from 6.00pm onwards

What the papers say...

a masterclass in what regional theatre can achieve at its best
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph

 

Seating plan

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