Interludes Hotel Scarborough

Stephen Joseph Theatre . . .

For any performance at the theatre we are happy to organise your tickets for you to collect from the box office on the night.

The tariff for a theatre package is simply the bed & breakfast rate + theatre tickets

eg a mid-week show will cost you GBP66.00 B&B + 2 tickets @ GBP17.00 = GBP100.00 total

or, a Saturday night show will cost you GBP66.00 B&B + 2 tickets @ GBP20.00 = GBP106.00 total

If you prefer to stay with us on a B&B basis and get your own tickets then either phone the box office (01723) 370541 or book on-line at the SJT website

Current Season :

Where a film is shown in the McCarthy the name & classification are shown.

Scroll down for later dates . . .

The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, directed by Chris Monks

In repertory between Friday 4^th June and Saturday 31^st July

Four lovers lose themselves in a parallel world of enchantment and mischief, dominated by fairies, sprites and hobgoblins. In Shakespeare's most magical comedy all is not what it seems.

Caught in the crossfire between the quarelling King and Queen of the Fairies, the dazed lovers and a motley crew of bumbling players fall prey to trickery and illusion.

Follow their journey through the moonlit forest in Chris Monks' visually delightful production.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company in "a number" by Caryl Churchill, directed by Adam Sunderland

In repertory between Thursday 2^nd July and Friday 27^th August

Bernard's life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers he has been cloned. Questioning his father, Salter, Bernard delves into his past to reveal a series of unpredictable twists and turns and decisions which have had irreversible consequences for him and his "brothers".

What is it like to be one of a number? And are they truly identical? Is it possible to capture something perfect?

Set in the near future, this intriguing play explores the "nature versus nurture" debate and dares to ask the unanswerable questions that strike at the very heart of what it means to be human.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company in "The Mikado" by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, adapted and directed by Chris Monks

In repertory between Thursday 8^th July and Saturday 4^th September

Hot on the heels of last summer's treat, The Pirates of Penzance, the same team put a new spin on Gilbert and Sullivan's masterpiece: The Mikado.

For some strange reason, local klutz Koko has risen to the highest rank a citizen can attain - Lord High Executioner, and lusts after the delicious Yum-Yum. Sadly, she's firmly set her cap at the free-wheeling Nanki-Poo. But that's only half of Koko's problems: the Mikado is about to arrive and find out why there have been no executions for over a year!

Prepare to be bowled over as Japan is swapped for the idyllic setting of Titipu Cricket Club. All Sullivan's superb melodies are there, complementing Gilbert's biting satire on capital punishment where in the end love conquers all.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company in "Twenty:20" by James Quinn, directed by Adam Sunderland

In repertory between Tuesday 13^th July and Thursday 26^th August

Headingley Carnegie. July 2013. Ace Yorkshire batsman Rick Fielding has been called up at the eleventh hour to represent his country against the old enemy: Australia. The problem is that whilst Rick is a superstar of "Twenty20" cricket, he's never played a test match in his life. Can he possibly squeeze in a match winning innings between a celebrity photo shoot for "Hello" and the quarter finals of Strictly Come Dancing?

This hilarious one-act play takes the audience on a whirlwind tour of today's short attention span world, where Tweeting has replaced the art of conversation, and all we can hope for is 24 hours of wall to wall reality TV.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company in "Communicating Doors" Written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn

In repertory between Thursday 5^th August and Friday 8^th October

Ever wondered what lay behind that mysterious locked door in the corner of your hotel room? Ever fancied trying to walk through it? Beware if you do or, like call-girl Ms Poupée Désir, you might find yourself literally running for your life - backwards!

Alan Ayckbourn's 1994 comedy thriller, like so much of the author's work, draws cinematic inspiration from early film noir, through Hitchcock's Psycho to the classic TV series The Twilight Zone, featuring some of the author's most memorable and touching comic creation.

The Crick Crack Club presents "Gilgamesh"

Thursday 9^th September

Over 3,500 years after this ancient Sumerian epic was first outlined on stone tablets, performance storyteller, Ben Haggarty, and Greek percussionist and Ney player Manya Maratou, bring Gilgamesh to the stage in an extraordinary and powerful performance of one of the oldest stories in the world.

This ultimate quest story, of a bored tyrant ruling a city so beautiful that even the Gods choose to make it their home, explores the nature of power and responsibility; the search for eternal life; the threat of apocalypse, and the deepest secrets of the gods.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company in "Life of Riley" Written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn

In repertory between Thursday 16^th September and Saturday 16^th October

With a few months of his life remaining, George Riley's closest friends remember with love, nostalgia or occasional bursts of downright fury, how deeply he has affected all their past lives. George, though, is plotting one last final farewell which threatens to upset all their future lives. What exactly is the eccentric maverick Riley playing at?

Alan Ayckbourn's latest play, likewise, looks backwards, forwards and, now and then, sideways with wry comic affection on the lives we lived or might have lived.

About the Stephen Joseph Theatre

The Stephen Joseph Theatre is actually two theatres - The Round (above, 404 seats completely surrounding a central stage) and The McCarthy (below, 165 seats in a steep bank facing an end stage). There is also an excellent restaurant, bar and wine bar, meeting room and bookshop in the complex which was converted from an art deco cinema in 1996. Sir Alan Ayckbourn was the artistic director for many years and his own plays are still premiered here. Standards are high and a wide range of productions is available - musicals, comedies, thrillers, tragedies, lunchtimes, matinees, evenings, late night - all feature at some time of the year!

The Stephen Joseph Theatre - the small town theatre with a national reputation!

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre is one of the leading regional theatres in the country. In recent years plays first seen at Scarborough have achieved :-

West End runs of :-

• Things We Do For Love (Geilgud & Duchess Theatres)
• Time of My Life (Vaudeville Theatre)
• By Jeeves! (Duke of York's & Lyric Theatres)
• Neville's Island (Lyric Theatre)
• Two Weeks With the Queen (National Theatre)
• Communicating Doors (Geilgud & Savoy Theatres)
• Conversations With My Father (Old Vic Theatre)
• Comic Potential (Lyric Theatre)
• House and Garden (National Theatre)
  
• Damsels in Distress trilogy (GamePlan, RolePlay, FlatSpin) (Duchess Theatre) - with original Scarborough cast
• Absurd Person Singular (Garrick Theatre)
• The Norman Conquests trilogy (Old Vic)
• Woman in Mind (Vaudeville Theatre) - with Scarborough cast
• Bedroom Farce (Duke of York's Theatre)

Still running :-

• Woman in Black (Strand and Fortune Theatres) - running since June 1989 !
  

• All Things Considered by Ben Brown which transferred to the Hampstead Theatre.
• Safari Party by Tim Firth directed by Alan Ayckbourn (Hampstead Theatre) with original Scarborough cast
  

• The Farmers Bride
• Haunting Julia
• Love Me Slender
• Things We Do For Love
• Perfect Pitch
• Baby on Board
• Woman In Black
• Virtual Reality
• Damsels In Distress Trilogy
• Snake In The Grass
• The Boy Who Fell Into A Book and, innumerable tours of Ayckbourn plays.!
  

• The Farmers Bride
• Things We Do For Love
• Fool To Yourself
• Honk
• Baby On Board
• Comic Potential
• Perfect Pitch
• Love Songs For Shopkeepers
• The Boy Who Fell Into a Book
• Cheap and Cheerful
• House and Garden
• Knights in Plastic Armour
• A Listening Heaven
• Body Language (mark II)
• Larkin With Women
• Virtual Reality
• Whenever
• Damsels In Distress Trilogy
• The Star Throwers
• Something Blue
• Man For Hire
• Snake In The Grass
• Beautiful People
• The Jollies
• Parting Shots
• How To Tell The Truth
• Making Waves
• Bedtime Stories
• Sugar Daddies
• My Sister Sadie
• Fly Me To The Moon
• Drowning on Dry Land
• Private Fears in Public Places
• Soap
• Fields of Gold
• Miss Yesterday
• Spittin' Distance
• The Jonah Boy
• Cybershopping
• Unless
• Improbable Fiction
• Playing God
• Villette
• Inglorious Technicolour
• If I Were You
• Touch Wood
• The Swing of Things
• Life and Beth
• Awaking Beauty
• My Wonderful Day
• Life of Riley opens September 2010