Universal Hall: Theatre

Autumn 08 Season Special Offer: Earlybird Discount Scheme To encourage more advanced bookings on the easy-to-use Booth website (www.thebooth.co.uk), the first 20 tickets booked through the Booth for any show in our Autumn season will receive a £1 discount. Book quickly through the Booth and you could get one of the discounted tickets. The offer runs for shows from August to December 08 and excludes the Nairn Jazz Festival which is an external promotion. KATHAKALI Wed 29th Oct, 7pm (Please note the revised start time. Prior to the main play which starts at 7.30pm, Out of Darkness Theatre Company will create a unique, complementary promenade performance commencing 7pm) We are delighted to welcome the world’s foremost Kathakali company on tour outside their native India. Kathakali embraces drama, dance, music,visual arts and ritual to create one of the most visually exciting and powerful forms of theatre. Kathakali originated in the temples of Kerala over 500 years ago. Extraordinary costumes and make-up transform the actors into Gods, Kings, Devils and Princesses to tell stories from classical texts including the Mahabharatha. "They perform with amazing grace, intensity and dignity. Intense, hypnotic and spectacularly beautiful.” The Daily Telegraph £10/£8 STRANGEFACE, THE LAST RESORT Sat 22nd Nov, 7.30pm Strangeface presents a satire about greed, ambition and redemption in a style best described as Spitting Image does Under Milk Wood. A darkly comic folk tale told with masks, puppets and live music. A remote village on the edge of ruin is visited by a soldier thief with a fortune on his back and a devil at his side. He makes the village elders an offer of salvation, but at a terrible price. Will they choose the last resort? “A lovingly created story with live music and an artistic appearance that remains etched on your memory.” Three Weeks £8/£6/£5 (under 16) THE CEILIDH TREE Fri 5th Dec 7pm Sat 6th Dec 1pm and 4pm GIANT CHILDRENS THEATRE present a winter treat especially created for all children of nursery age and their families. Combining magical lighting, story-telling, puppetry and song this gentle multi-sensory story celebrates our forest friends, the turn of the year and the season of good cheer in a truly inclusive and accessible way. Please note that, due to the intimate nature of the set for this show, each performance will have a maximum audience number of 40 "This is one of the best pieces of theatre for really young children I have seen because its simple charm kept them engaged throughout -well done!" Sarah Price £7/£5