- The Castle Theatre Wellingborough
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name = The Castle
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address = Castle Way
city =Wellingborough ,Northamptonshire
country = England UK
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owner = Wellingborough BC
capacity = 503
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opened = 1995
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othernames = ( The Castle Arts Center )
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currentuse = Visiting productions
website = www.thecastle.org.ukThe Castle Theatre is located in
Wellingborough ,England . The theatre's main house can hold up to 503 people and hosts many productions through the year. The Castle Theatre is situated in the town of Wellingborough inNorthamptonshire .History
The Castle theatre was opened in 1995 on the site of Wellingborough's old
cattle market .The Castle is much more than a theatre as it includes:*Main House (503 seats) (Can change to flat floor, 'in the round' and can have an orchestra pit)
*Studio Theatre
*The Dominic Barber Studio
*The Drama Room
*Cinema
*Bar/Resteront
*Art Gallery
*Meeting roomEvery room most days is being used as the whole of the local community use the theatre in many different ways. These include Castle Youth Theatre, Youth Dance, Youth Music and the Castle Youth Company
Christmas @ The Castle
The Christmas show at The Castle Theatre is the theatre most important show of the year.Each year the show goes on for the whole of December. These are the last 4 years shows.
*Big Bad Wolf (Dec 2004)
*A Christmas Carol (Dec 2005 - Jan 2006)
*The Princess and the Pea (Dec 2006)
*Beauty and the Beast (Nov-Dec 2007)
*Alice in Wonderland (Dec 2008)Big Bad Wolf ,A Christmas Carol andThe Princess and the Pea were all written by Bart Lee, The Castle's Artistic Director 2004 - 2007. Big Bad Wolf and The Princess and the Pea was directed by Bart Lee but A Christmas Carol was Directed by James Horsby.Beauty and the Beast was a a start of a new age at The Castle Theatre with a new Artistic Director Karl Wallace taking control. Karl Wallace left the theatre in July 2008 moving to the National Theatre Northan Island.Christmas 2008 sees a adward winning show, from Island making it's English Premiere at The Castle Theatre. Alice in Wonderland is hear and will be showing the whole of December at The Castle. This will be the second time since the theatre opened that thay have done the alice in wonderland at christmas last being in 2000 but this year the show is being done as a musical.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2008
Few can deny the magic and charm of the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ stories. Now considered a children’s classic, and once the most popular children’s book in the world, The Castle bring a quirky, exciting, and energetic new adaptation of these two books to the stage this Christmas. Tired of the repetitive day-to-day study with her strict Governess, Alice dreams for something exciting to happen to her before the day is out. Right under her nose, as if by magic, a flustered White Rabbit scurries past muttering “Oh dear, I shall be too late”. Curiosity naturally gets the better of her and Alice follows the rabbit down a hole and into a fascinating, topsy-turvy world of surprises and confusion. Featuring a neurotic Caterpillar worried about becoming a butterfly, a ‘Jazzy’ short tempered Queen of Hearts, our favourite Madhatters T-Party, the theatrical Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee, and the White Knight, a rather mad inventor who helps Alice on her journey to get home.Curiouser and curiouser, this visual high energy pop musical combines imaginative choreography with physical slapstick comedy and songs that will make you want to leap from your seat and join in the fun!Nominated for Best Drama when it premiered in 1999 (BCA) Awards, this toe-tapping, arm waving interactive show has already played to in excess of 80,000 young boys and girls across Ireland and is now set for its English Few can deny the magic and charm of the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ stories. Now considered a children’s classic, and once the most popular children’s book in the world, The Castle bring a quirky, exciting, and energetic new adaptation of these two books to the stage this Christmas. Tired of the repetitive day-to-day study with her strict Governess, Alice dreams for something exciting to happen to her before the day is out. Right under her nose, as if by magic, a flustered White Rabbit scurries past muttering “Oh dear, I shall be too late”. Curiosity naturally gets the better of her and Alice follows the rabbit down a hole and into a fascinating, topsy-turvy world of surprises and confusion. Featuring a neurotic Caterpillar worried about becoming a butterfly, a ‘Jazzy’ short tempered Queen of Hearts, our favourite Madhatters T-Party, the theatrical Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee, and the White Knight, a rather mad inventor who helps Alice on her journey to get home.Curiouser and curiouser, this visual high energy pop musical combines imaginative choreography with physical slapstick comedy and songs that will make you want to leap from your seat and join in the fun!Nominated for Best Drama when it premiered in 1999 (BCA) Awards, this toe-tapping, arm waving interactive show has already played to in excess of 80,000 young boys and girls across Ireland and is now set for its English Few can deny the magic and charm of the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ stories. Now considered a children’s classic, and once the most popular children’s book in the world, The Castle bring a quirky, exciting, and energetic new adaptation of these two books to the stage this Christmas. Tired of the repetitive day-to-day study with her strict Governess, Alice dreams for something exciting to happen to her before the day is out. Right under her nose, as if by magic, a flustered White Rabbit scurries past muttering “Oh dear, I shall be too late”. Curiosity naturally gets the better of her and Alice follows the rabbit down a hole and into a fascinating, topsy-turvy world of surprises and confusion. Featuring a neurotic Caterpillar worried about becoming a butterfly, a ‘Jazzy’ short tempered Queen of Hearts, our favourite Madhatters T-Party, the theatrical Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee, and the White Knight, a rather mad inventor who helps Alice on her journey to get home.Curiouser and curiouser, this visual high energy pop musical combines imaginative choreography with physical slapstick comedy and songs that will make you want to leap from your seat and join in the fun!Nominated for Best Drama when it premiered in 1999 (BCA) Awards, this toe-tapping, arm waving interactive show has already played to in excess of 80,000 young boys and girls across Ireland and is now set for its English Premiere production here at The Castle. Come along to the interactive foyer and visit the Dormouse Den, tickle your taste buds with the Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts, feed the Cheshire Cat in the auditorium, see the characters fly into the air during the action and join in the 6 minute mega mix finale. If that’s not enough for you why not come and meet the cast afterwards at one of our ‘Chat backs’ or take part in one of our stage days.
production here at The Castle. Come along to the interactive foyer and visit the Dormouse Den, tickle your taste buds with the Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts, feed the Cheshire Cat in the auditorium, see the characters fly into the air during the action and join in the 6 minute mega mix finale. If that’s not enough for you why not come and meet the cast afterwards at one of our ‘Chat backs’ or take part in one of our stage days.
The Castle Community Theatre
Each year in the summer The Castle put's on a show for local people by local people. It is in its 4th year this year and is proud to present " THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES " This is going to be a show like no other before. The show is going to be set in "Promenade staging" which means the audience will move around to see the show.
This new production opened in June 2008 with brand new chariters for everyone to injoy. With chariters like the The Weavers, Madame Grossiere and Madame Pouffe-pouffe. We have a very small Emperor who will haver no clothes on by the end of the show.
Past community shows at The Castle are ........
* The lion the witch and the wardrobe (2005)
* Charlie and the chocolate factory (2006)
* The Pied Piper (2007)
* The Emperor's new clothes (2008)The Youth Theatre
The Youth Theatre at The Castle has grown since it opened. CYT (Castle Youth Theatre) as it is known is doing more shows than ever before. This year The Castle youth theatre have put on a new connextions play " The Book of everything " The play looks at how faith can control your life. This show ( The Book of everything ) which the company has been working on this year has been given the chance to perform the show at the National Theatre in London as part of the New Connextions festival in July 2008. The Book of Everything succesfully performed at the connextions festival in london and the whole cast are looking forward to next year.
In 2007 CYT did many productions:
* The Hare and the Tortoise
* DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
* The Black Remote
* The Flour Babies
* Johnny and the Dead
* Adventures in Wonderland
* HUBBUB (new)CYT and CYD also took part in a Youth Festival at the end of there summer term. All the groups took part performing a selection of diffrent play's or dances over a few days.
CYT age is from 7 - 19 different age groups on different nights.
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References
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BBC NORTHAMPTON [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire link title]
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