Does the Tyne Theatre & Opera House have a Pantomime this year..?
Jack and the Beanstalk
Newcastle Tyne Theatre & Opera
Theatre
Friday 18th – Thursday 24th
December 2020
Tickets: http://bit.ly/NETGJack #Ad
The Tyne Theatre and Opera House have announced that they will be postponing
their original 2020 Pantomime; Sleeping Beauty.
The theatre have said that this decision was made to avoid the need to
restrict capacity beyond what had already sold and make significant changes to
the show itself. In an announcement, they have said: “We have big plans for
Sleeping Beauty and want you all to be able to see it as we had intended – for
this reason we will be postponing the show until 2021.”
They have clarified that ticket holders will have their tickets transferred
to December 2021, and should wait to be contacted by their point of purchase to
arrange this.
Show organisers, Enchanted Entertainment, have said in their statement: “The team at Enchanted Entertainment are sad to say that we won’t be producing Sleeping Beauty this Christmas for our wonderful audiences at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House. We know how important the panto is for so many families in the North East as part of their Christmas celebrations.
However, we will now spend the extra time making sure that Sleeping
Beauty sets her alarm clock and wakes up in time for our biggest and best panto
yet for Christmas 2021!
We are always grateful that so many families turn out year after year to
support this amazing theatre and our Christmas show and we’ll see everyone very
soon for more singing, dancing and panto silliness.”
However it’s not all bad news, Tyne
Theatre & Opera House have announced that they will be hosting a socially
distanced Pantomime this year; Jack and the Beanstalk coming to the theatre for
one week only from Friday 18th – Thursday 24th December
2020.
In a statement, the theatre have said: “It's clear that Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a traditional pantomime
(…) We've been working incredibly hard to ensure that this can be done safety
for our venue staff, panto cast/crew and audiences. This year’s production is a
specially designed 75 minute rib-tickling festive treat for all the family,
with a reduced capacity and no interval to minimise crowding.”
The theatre will be seating
audiences in socially distanced groups of 2, 4 and 6. This will accompany a
host of additional safety measures, details of which can be found on the Tyne
Theatre website.
Despite
restrictions, they promise a ‘GIANT of a show’, starring panto favourite Charlie Richmond as Simple Simon, with the rest of
the cast of ‘North East’s best panto talent’ still to be announced.
Tickets for Jack and the Beanstalk go on general sale at 10am on Monday 19th
October 2020. Pre-sale tickets are available from 12noon on
Friday 16th October for Sleeping Beauty ticket holders. For full
information on how to access the pre-sale, customers should see the Jack and
the Beanstalk event page on the Tyne Theatre website.
Theatre Director Joanne Johnson has said: “We’ve had a lot of feedback from our audiences to suggest that people really want to see a show at Christmas this year. It has been a difficult year for everyone and for many of our customers, an opportunity for some panto fun and laughter in December is more important than ever.
Having hosted our first socially distanced shows this month, we have seen that it is possible to deliver live entertainment in a safe way. We are expecting tickets to sell quickly due to high demand on a limited run, with limited capacity. We advise booking early to avoid missing out. We absolutely can’t wait to welcome our panto audience back into the Tyne Theatre this Christmas.”
As an independent venue, the Tyne Theatre and Opera House relies entirely
on ticket sales and donations to survive and keep the theatre’s 150+ year
heritage alive. In addition to buying tickets for upcoming shows, you can also
support the theatre directly by donating to their #SaveOurTheatres Crowdfunder campaign launched
earlier this month.
Safety information for Jack and
the Beanstalk: http://bit.ly/TTbeanstalk
Sleeping Beauty bookers pre-sale: Friday 16th October 2020 (if booked through Eventim, you will have received a link via email. If booked directly with the Tyne Theatre box office please email info@tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk with the name of your lead booker and performance booked for to be sent the link)
General on-sale: Monday 19th October 2020. Accessible bookings can be made by emailing info@tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk (please specify access requirements and which performance you would like to attend)
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