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Peter Pan wings in for shows


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Popular comedy company starts tour


Peter Pan is at the Savoy


THE Savoy Theatre in Mon- mouth is serving up a live treat this half-term holiday with a stage version of the most excit- ing children’s story ever writ- ten – JM Barrie’s Peter Pan. Given a 21st century make-


over by Duckegg Theatre Co, this fully professional version has been acclaimed as “magi- cal” on its national tour of the UK.


Enjoy all the essential ele- ments of the boy who can fly, Captain Hook (surely the best villain ever invented) and Tink- erbell. The show is at the Savoy on Saturday, February 21, and Sunday, February 22, at 1pm. Visit www.monmouth-savoy.co. uk for ticket details.


TEARS OF LAUGHTER: The Reduced Shakespeare Company


FOLLOWING a hugely suc- cessful, critically acclaimed season at the Edinburgh Fes- tival Fringe 2014 the Reduced Shakespeare Company will set out to reduce the UK to tears of laughter in Spring 2015. The bad boys of abridge- ment will finally tackle the subject they were born to reduce. From the high-brow to the low, The Complete His- tory of Comedy (abridged) covers comedy through the ages, from Aristophanes and Shakespeare to Vaudeville


and Charlie Chaplin. Fromcavementelling“Rock


Rock” jokes to Chris Rock and everything in-between, the company leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rol- licking minutes. The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man com- edy troupe that takes long, serious subjects and reduces them to short, sharp com- edies. Since 1981, the bad boys of abridgement have created nine stage shows, two televi-


sion specials, several failed TV pilots and numerous ra- dio pieces – all of which have been performed, seen, heard and translated into Klingon the world over. The company’s first three


shows, The Complete Works of


William Shakespeare


(abridged), The Complete His- tory of America (abridged) and The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) en- joyed a nine-year run at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadil- ly Circus. Not only were they London’s


longest-running


in co-production with the THE RIVERFRONT THE ROYAL BED By Sion Eirian


The future lies in her hands.... Easter 1230 and an uneasytruce exists between a divided Wales and England. At the court of the charismatic Prince of North Wales, acatastrophe is about to unfold and dreams of aunited Wales will crumble.


13-14 February


Our friendships examined and space explored


LONDON contempo- rary theatre partnership, Gameshow, present This is The Moon, That is The Earth at The Riverfront Theatre. Matt and Matthew want


to be astronauts and they want to take the audience into space with them at The Riverfront Theatre on Thursday, February 19, 7.45pm. This Is The Moon, That is


To booktickets visit


www.newport.gov.uk/theriverfront or call


01633 656757


The Earth is a playful and poignant look at the vast- ness of the universe, and the insignificance of our lives. It’s the story of two friends going on a journey through space; investigat- ing the competitiveness of friendship, told with at times painful honesty. The show investigates both the love and the spite that


comes with eternal close proximity. Gameshow are Matthew Evans and Matt Ryan, a London-based contempo- rary theatre partnership. They create bold and play- ful productions which ex- cite and invigorate new audiences, making them think and feel in new ways about the world. Through a mixture of story-telling, game play- ing, competitive eating and bad dance moves Matt and Matthew explore what it’s like to be lost in space with your best friend. It’s an experimental journey into space exploring the gi- ganticness of the universe and the insignificance of humanity. Call 01633 656757 for tick-


et details.


comedies, but at one point the Reduced Shakespeare Compa- ny had more shows running in the West End than Andrew Lloyd Webber. The company were last


seen on a four month tour of the UK and Ireland with The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) at the start of 2014. Before that a whirlwind eight month tour of The Com- plete Works of William Shake- speare (abridged) played to packed houses throughout the UK and London’s West End throughout 2013. Prior to


this the “other RSC” were wowing the UK with their highly successful Complete World of Sports (abridged), which toured the country before completing a season in London’s West End dur- ing the 2012 Olympics. For more information on


the company visit reduced shakespeare.com. Catch them at The Royal


Welsh College of Music and Drama, on March 10. Contact 02920 39 1391 or


visit rwcmd.ac.uk for fur- ther ticket details.


HALF-TERM TREAT:


INVIGORATING: Gameshow.


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