Why pay a fortune to see ants in a stadium when for a fraction of the price you can get up close and smell the faking brilliance of the Counterfeit Stones – described as Rolling Stones’ hooky masterpiece.
Their latest fast shuffle promises yet another night of pure, unadulterated Copy-Rock. Now in their 33rd year, these prank-stars continue to deliver the best “mock ‘n’ roll” show on the circuit. Packed with big hits, retro fashion, vintage guitars and a huge dollop of “Spinal Tap” humour, it’s Satis-fiction guaranteed. So “Come On” all you Honky Tonks and Get Yer Doo Dahs Out!
IT’S PHONEY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL AND YOU’LL LIKE IT!
“The most famous Stones band in England”… SIR MICK JAGGER
“They’re hilarious”… JERRY HALL
“Four out of five stars”… THE TIMES
“Your contribution was much remarked upon”… BUCKINGHAM PALACE
“Better than the originals”… THE GUARDIAN
“They brought back my youth”… SIR TIM RICE
A free pre-show Touch Tour. Book tickets for Caroline: A New Musical here. A touch tour is a hands-on pre-show experience where visually impaired audience members can feel the set, props, and costumes to get a sense of the show before it starts.
What are the contributing factors at play? How can you as a writer be thinking about your work for those stages and what are we as readers and programmers considering?
This workshop is for mid-career professional playwrights who have already had at least one of their play professionally produced, performed by professional actors for a run of at least 11 performances or more. Or equivalent experience.
Rebecca is the RSC’s New Works Manager. Credits as dramaturg include: For the RSC: Macbeth (Daniel Raggett); Cyrano de Bergerac; Hamlet (Rupert Goold); Edward II (Daniel Raggett); Cowbois; As You Like It (Omar Elerian); First Encounters: Twelfth Night (Robin Belfield) and The Comedy of Errors (Alex Thorpe).
Rebeca oversees research and development on commissions and actively seeks out writers for the RSC to engage with. Previously Rebecca worked at the Almeida Theatre, The Old Vic, and was a Senior Reader at Theatre503.
A limited number of spaces are available to observe rehearsals for Jack and the Beanstalk Directed by Kate Lovell.
Additionally, we are providing access to our technical rehearsals for Jack and the Beanstalk, followed by a Q&A with our producing team.
Early booking is advised as spaces are limited.
A limited number of spaces are available to observe rehearsals for Jack and the Beanstalk Directed by Kate Lovell.
Additionally, we are providing access to our technical rehearsals for Jack and the Beanstalk, followed by a Q&A with our producing team.
Early booking is advised as spaces are limited.
Covering how to approach venues, package and pitch your show and gain an insight into what venue programmers are looking for. There will be an opportunity to analyse tour packs and discuss practical steps for building relationships with venues.
This workshop is aimed at artists/organisations who are looking to further develop and tour their work.
Covering budgeting, tour booking, deals and promotion. Francesca will break down each part of the process to give you the best chance of creating a successful UK tour. This session is for early and mid-career producers*. You may already have a project you are working on or are looking to find out more about the process.
*This includes any artists who are producers or professional writers and directors interested in producing and touring their own work.
Francesca has previously held producing roles at Hightide and as an independent producer. She recently produced the QTH and National Theatre’s Theatre Nation Partnerships UK Tour of Handbagged, which completed a 13-week tour.
Hannah will demystify the pathways available to early-career directors; from making your own work, to assisting at major theatres, and not forgetting those pesky talent development schemes somewhere in the middle.
This workshop is for early-career professional directors who will have graduated from a recognised directing course and/or have completed your first professional directing/assistant directing job with a run of at least 11 performances.
Hannah is Associate Director (Literary) at Chichester Festival Theatre. Credits include Choir (CFT), Original Death Rabbit (Jermyn Street Theatre) and Carry on Jaywick (HighTide/Vault Festival). She was Resident Director at National Theatre Studio; Baylis Assistant Director at The Old Vic; Resident Director at the Almeida Theatre and part of the 2020-21 Old Vic 12 cohort. She worked as an assistant director at the National Theatre, Old Vic, Almeida Theatre, Bush Theatre, Bridge Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.
In this session, you will work in small groups to cast a show from start to finish, working through challenges that come up at each step of the process.
Hannah was the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Head of Casting between 2008-2022 and now works as a freelance Casting Director. Recent projects include working with Manchester Royal Exchange, My Neighbour Totoro in the West End, and QTH’s production of Bedroom Farce.
This workshop is for early and mid-career actors, directors and producers.
★★★★★ “a B-side of a heartwarming story of love and ambition to warm your cockles” WhatsOnStage
★★★★★ “a rich and fascinating history” Theatre and Tonic
★★★★ “this feel-good show deserves to be a hit” The Times
Caroline dreams of something more than stacking shelves at the local greengrocers. Her days are routine, but her nights come alive, walking the pier, sharing laughs with her best friend Mary, and spinning records with Robbie, her music-mad boyfriend who’s big on charm yet short on direction.
But a music revolution is coming, and Robbie lands a shock gig with Radio Caroline – the pirate radio station blasting pop, soul and rock ’n’ roll from a ship off the Essex coast and suddenly everything changes. Caroline is swept into a tidal wave of music, mayhem and a movement that would shake up British culture forever.
Set to a soundtrack of iconic hits from the 60s, Caroline: A New Musical is a vibrant, heart-warming and rebellious new musical about love, ambition and discovering your own voice.
She’s not a DJ. She’s not a rock star. But in the middle of Britain’s radio revolution, Caroline might just steal the show.
Related Events
Attend our FREE pre-show Director’s Talk on Thu 7 May at 6.30pm. Book your space here.
We also have a pre-show talk with Ray Clark on the fascinating history of pirate radio on Fri 15 May with Radio Caroline: The True Story of the Boat that Continues to Rock. Book your space here.
Presented by East Anglian Touring Consortium.
Proudly sponsored by James & Lindsay Ltd, TC Group, and Ashtons Legal
Caroline: A New Musical was developed with the support of the National Theatre’s Generate programme.
