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Apr
29
Wed
Beta Testing @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 29 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Beta Testing is a hotchpotch remix of juggling subculture and influences such as TED talks, The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and a fear of the haddock.

In what began life as a blog, set up after a late night conversation about circus, art and how to make the perfect pizza, Beta Testing looks at the intricacies and probability of juggling.

Sparks, Udry and Pang share theory, secrets and more than a few laughs as they take us through throwing, catching and dropping.

You can watch the trailer here and read a review of the show here.

Early Bird: Book before Fri 17 Apr and save 10%

Oct
10
Sat
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 10 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

A family go on an expedition of a lifetime – running down the grassy bank, wading through the cold river, squelching over the oozy mud, stumbling into the dark forest, then peering into a cave… what will they find?

Little Angel Theatre brings Michael Rosen’s thrilling and funny adventure to life in this entrancing puppetry production. Returning to Jacksons Lane after sold out performances in 2013, this family favourite features music and lyrics by renowned singer-songwriter Barb Jungr.

Age 2+

11AM, 1.30PM & 3.30PM

Oct
11
Sun
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 11 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

A family go on an expedition of a lifetime – running down the grassy bank, wading through the cold river, squelching over the oozy mud, stumbling into the dark forest, then peering into a cave… what will they find?

Little Angel Theatre brings Michael Rosen’s thrilling and funny adventure to life in this entrancing puppetry production. Returning to Jacksons Lane after sold out performances in 2013, this family favourite features music and lyrics by renowned singer-songwriter Barb Jungr.

Age 2+

11AM, 1.30PM & 3.30PM

Mar
29
Wed
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Mar 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Mar
30
Thu
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Mar 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Mar
31
Fri
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Mar 31 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
1
Sat
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
2
Sun
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 2 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
4
Tue
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
5
Wed
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
6
Thu
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
7
Fri
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
8
Sat
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
9
Sun
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 9 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
11
Tue
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
12
Wed
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
13
Thu
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
14
Fri
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
15
Sat
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
16
Sun
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 16 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
18
Tue
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
19
Wed
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
20
Thu
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
21
Fri
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
22
Sat
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 22 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Apr
23
Sun
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Apr 23 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by Joseph Hodges Entertainments
Book by Ben H. Winters & Erik Jackson
Music by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Phillip Cody
Musical Arrangements by Tom Kitt

29th March – 23rd April 2017

Tuesdays – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Extra matinee Saturday 22nd April at 3pm

This musical comedy features eighteen songs written by pop icon Neil Sedaka including:

“Stupid Cupid”
“Laughter in the Rain”
“Solitaire”
“Oh! Carol”
“Calendar Girl”
and of course the unforgettable title track:
“Breaking Up is Hard to do”
Set during the 1960 Labour Day weekend at “Esther’s Paradise Resort Hotel” in Catskills, New York, the show features friends Marge and Lois from Brooklyn, looking for a good time and romance. They are hoping to find “Where the boys are” as Marge has been jilted at the alter and doesn’t want to be “Solitaire” so takes Lois to her honeymoon destination. Catskills is a resort which showcased young entertainers and Neil Sedaka met his wife of 54 years, Leba, at her Mother’s hotel there and contributed many of his own ventures into the book.

Inevitably two boys come along and the foursome together with Esther and the local comedian whisk us to 1960s colours and costume and the heat of Neil Sedaka’s singable catchy tunes. You WILL leave humming one of your favourites, but which one?

CAST
The cast will feature Robyn Mellor (Grease, Dreamboats and Petticoats, American Idiot) as Lois, Lauren Cocoracchio (Lost Boy) as Marge, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Esther, Jonny Muir (The Simon and Garfunkel Story) as Gabe, Damien Walsh (Sunny Afternoon, Dreamboats and Petticoats) as Del, and Andrew Bradley (Godspell, Annie) as Harvey, completing the cast are Abigail Carter-Simpson (Aliens Love Underpants) and Samuel Bailey (Pop Factor).

Jordan Murphy will direct the production with musical direction from Oliver Hance, design by Richard Cooper, choreography by Alyssa Noble, lighting by Jai Morjaria and Casting by Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainments.

TICKETS
29th & 30th March PREVIEWS – ALL TICKETS £10
Tues / Weds / Thurs – £18 (£16 concessions)
Fri / Sat / Sun – £20 (£18 concessions)

Sep
18
Mon
Mondays @ The Mills: Women and revolution from the bluestockings to Virginia Woolf @ Mills Centre, Highgate School
Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

Mondays @ the Mills: Women and revolution from the bluestockings to Virginia Woolf

18 September 2017

In an exciting and engaging lecture illustrated by contemporary cartoons, Highgate’s Head of History and Foundation Historian Dr Benjamin Dabby will draw upon his ground-breaking research into the culture of Britain’s ‘long nineteenth century’ to overturn the conventional account that women were confined to the domestic sphere and excluded from public life.  In revealing a world in which public debate about the progress of the nation was shaped increasingly by women, he will show how women’s and men’s gendered identities were as hotly debated then as they are today. Dr Dabby’s latest book: Women as Public Moralists in Britain has been published recently by the Royal Historical Society, and copies will be on sale for £30.

Talks take place on Mondays at 7pm in the AV Room in the Mills Centre. Refreshments, including wine, are available from 6.30 pm and afterwards.

Oct
9
Mon
Mondays @ the Mills: Ecuador and the Galápagos @ Mills Centre, Highgate School
Oct 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

Mondays @ the Mills: Ecuador & the Galápagos

9 October 2017

Dr Scott Crawford and Dr Ben Weston, Highgate SchoolThe Biology department organises biennial international expeditions for sixth form pupils; past visits include Honduras in 2012 and Madagascar in 2015.  This year a party of twenty four pupils visited the Amazonian region of Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands to take part in active conservation research in association with a group of university scientists. In this presentation, the group leaders, Dr Crawford and Dr Weston, will review the expedition and outline the biological significance of the various habitats that the pupils explored.

 

Talks take place on Mondays at 7pm in the AV Room in the Mills Centre. Refreshments, including wine, are available from 6.30 pm and afterwards.

Feb
24
Sat
Highgate Heritage Weekend Free Children’s History Activities @ Lauderdale House
Feb 24 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Highgate Heritage Weekend Free Children’s History Activities @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

To celebrate the Highgate Heritage Weekend we have a wide range of free history themed children’s activities including:

  • Dress up with your parents as one of the colourful characters in Lauderdale House’s history
  • Pretend to be royal – take a photo behind our cut out of King Charles II, Nell Gwynn and their baby
  • Explore our ‘artefacts’ box – a selection of curious household objects from the past. Guess what they are; what they were used for and how old they might be!
  • Go around the House with our family trail

We also have the Arts Award Discover Trail -Free but £6 if you wish to apply for a certificate (latest start 3.30pm).

If you’re arty, love Lauderdale House and aged 6 to 11 you could receive an Arts Award!

This is an opportunity to go around as a family with our Arts Award Trail looking at the House and gardens in a new light, drawing pictures and making observations.  It will take about an hour to complete.  Children can do it just for fun or if you’d like recognition of all your hard work you can hand it in with the £6 fee and we will send it off and Arts Award so the child receives a certificate to say s/he has completed the first stage in a series of awards recognising their interest in the arts.

History Fair (Highgate History Weekend) @ Lauderdale House
Feb 24 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
History Fair (Highgate History Weekend) @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

Curious about Highgate, its origins, stories, green spaces and buildings?  Come in and talk to people who have an interest in and passion for local history.  There will be representatives and stalls from the Roman Kilns in Highgate Woods, Camden Tour Guides, HLSI, Lady Gould’s Charity, Highgate School Museum, Friends of Kenwood, Highgate Horticultural Society, Friends of Hornsey Church Tower, Friends of Highgate Library Shepherds Hill, Highgate Society and lots of information about Lauderdale House.

Lauderdale New Discoveries (Free Highgate Heritage Weekend Talk) @ Lauderdale House
Feb 24 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Lauderdale New Discoveries (Free Highgate Heritage Weekend Talk) @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

Lauderdale House experts Nick Peacey and Peter Barber OBE join forces with our Heritage Education Officer Maddy Gilliam to share new discoveries about our fascinating former residents.

The Exciting Discovery of a Roman Kiln in Highgate Woods Free Talk @ Lauderdale House
Feb 24 @ 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
The Exciting Discovery of a Roman Kiln in Highgate Woods Free Talk @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

Friends of the Highgate Roman Kiln – Michael Hammerson and Nick Peacey – will tell you about its remarkable discovery in 1969 in Highgate Woods, how it was lifted out of the ground and divided for safekeeping at Bruce Castle Museum and the hut in Highgate Woods; and their mission to reunite it in its original location. Find out also how local people have tried to recreate the way it worked.

Stay on after for refreshments before the next talk.

Lord Lauderdale, Ladies and Music! with Naomi Hutchinson (Free Highgate Heritage Weekend Talk) @ Lauderdale House
Feb 24 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Lord Lauderdale, Ladies and Music! with Naomi Hutchinson (Free Highgate Heritage Weekend Talk) @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

Former General Manager of Ham House where Lord Lauderdale made his home when he married its owner Elizabeth Tollemache 2nd Countess of Dysart after the death of his wife and he left Lauderdale House. She will talk about Lauderdale, Elizabeth and Ham House – and Lauderdale’s music.

Feb
25
Sun
Highgate Heritage Weekend Free Children’s History Activities @ Lauderdale House
Feb 25 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Highgate Heritage Weekend Free Children’s History Activities @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

To celebrate the Highgate Heritage Weekend we have a wide range of free history themed children’s activities including:

  • Dress up with your parents as one of the colourful characters in Lauderdale House’s history
  • Pretend to be royal – take a photo behind our cut out of King Charles II, Nell Gwynn and their baby
  • Explore our ‘artefacts’ box – a selection of curious household objects from the past. Guess what they are; what they were used for and how old they might be!
  • Go around the House with our family trail

We also have the Arts Award Discover Trail -Free but £6 if you wish to apply for a certificate (latest start 3.30pm).

If you’re arty, love Lauderdale House and aged 6 to 11 you could receive an Arts Award!

This is an opportunity to go around as a family with our Arts Award Trail looking at the House and gardens in a new light, drawing pictures and making observations.  It will take about an hour to complete.  Children can do it just for fun or if you’d like recognition of all your hard work you can hand it in with the £6 fee and we will send it off and Arts Award so the child receives a certificate to say s/he has completed the first stage in a series of awards recognising their interest in the arts.

Insieme Time Travellers Concert @ Lauderdale House
Feb 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Insieme Time Travellers Concert @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

Soundworlds of Lauderdale House from Tudor times to today, a programme specially created for the Lauderdale House Local History Weekend (24 and 25 February), featuring words and music by Henry VIII, Charles I, Purcell, Beaumarchais, Haydn, Verdi, Debussy and Zeigenmeyer.

Insieme – Italian for ‘together’ – share their love of music and words with you through skilful, imaginative and joyful performances.

‘we listen with rapture and watch with glee; a sensational two hours bursting with charm’ Fringe Opera

www.insieme.co.uk

Insieme, chamber opera ensemble are a new creative residency for 2018 at Lauderdale House featuring 10 talented singers and musicians who combine strings, woodwind, piano, voice and the spoken word:

Johanna Byrne – Artistic Director

Clare Clements – Musical Director

Eleanor Hemmens – Soprano

Brian Parsons – Tenor

Joe Corbett – Baritone

Caoimhe de Paor – Recorders

Mona Kodama – Violin

Guillem Calvo – Violin

Juan Drown- Viola

Frederique Legrand – Cello

Clare Clements – Piano

Johanna Byrne – Spoken Word

Mar
25
Sun
Crossing Continents: Ricardo Curbelo and Fiona Harrison in Concert @ Lauderdale House
Mar 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Crossing Continents: Ricardo Curbelo and Fiona Harrison in Concert @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

Ricardo Curbelo (Harp, Cuatro, Maracas, Vocals)
“A sheer delight to see and listen to” (Arran Music Society, 2016)

Fiona Harrison, (Classical Guitar)
“… a musician of great sensitivity both to her instrument and the mood of the music … gifted with a superbly confident technique.” (Hampshire Chronicle)

Travel on a rich and exciting musical journey with these two fine soloists.
Innovative Latin American harpist, composer and poet, Ricardo Curbelo, combines traditional music from a variety of Latin American countries, together with his own, spellbinding compositions. Vibrant, energetic and jazzy pieces contrast with more classical, enchanting melodies and tender vocals. He is delighted to share this concert with wonderful classical guitarist, Fiona Harrison, who will also present a fascinating and varied programme of music, crossing cultures and centuries from Renaissance England through to contemporary Japan.