Update: 14 September 2020, 17:12
Production & Events status updates
Please see currently affected show updates below. This page will be updated regularly.
Affected customers have already been contacted regarding their bookings for the following productions. For any further enquiries, please contact [email protected]
Alistair McGowan: The Piano Show is postponed until Wed 31 March 2021
An Evening with Trevor Eve is cancelled
Ballet Black is postponed until Tue 29 and Wed 30 June 2021
Beauty and the Beast is postponed until Fri 3 Dec 2021 - Sun 3 Jan 2022
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is postponed until further notice
David Baddiel: Trolls Not The Dolls is postponed until Sat 27 March 2021
Educating Rita is postponed until further notice
Giraffes Can't Dance is cancelled
George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is postponed until Fri 19 March 2021
Go West is postponed until Sun 23 May 2021
Gyles Brandreth: Break a Leg! is postponed until Sat 17 July 2021
Holes is cancelled
John Lydon - I could be wrong, I could be right is postponed until Sun 12 September 2021
June Tabor & Oysterband is postponed until Thu 24 June 2021
KMS Gala Concert 2020 is cancelled
Limitless: In Conversation with Tim Peak is cancelled
Live at the Rose - with Phil Wang & Iain Stirling is postponed until Sun 13 Dec 2020
Mark Steel is postponed until Sun 21 Mar 2021
Mayor's Charity Event - Let Me Entertain You is cancelled
Merchant of Venice is postponed until further notice
Pam Ayres: Up in the Attic is cancelled
Rose Young Company Acting Showcase is postponed until Mon 11 Jan 2021
Six is postponed until Wed 26 Jan - Sun 6 Feb 2021
Steel Magnolias is postponed until further notice
Stewart Lee: Snowflake / Tornado is postponed until Mon 7 June 2021
The Bootleg Beatles is postponed until Sun 20 June 2021
The Horne Section is postponed until Mon 24 May 2021
The Simon & Garfunkel Story is postponed until Sun 23 Jun 2021
The Thirteen Story Treehouse is cancelled
This Time by Ockham's Razor is postponed until further notice
Three Musketeers: A Comedy Adventure is postponed until further notice
Whitney: Queen of the Night is postponed until Wed 9 June 2021
Will Young's Show and Tell is cancelled
Woke is postponed until Mon - Wed 10 Feb
Yotam Ottolenghi: A Life in Flavour is postponed until Fri 9 April 2021
ZOG is postponed until Fri 12 Feb 2021
Update: 09 August 2020, 10:17
Our phone lines are now open for limited hours
We are thrilled to say that our Box Office phone lines are up and running again for limited hours between 11am and 4pm, Monday to Friday.
The Rose team
Update: 23 March 2020, 21:39
Our phone lines are now closed
All but essential Rose staff have been working remotely for just over a week in an attempt to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
Following this evening's broadcast from the Prime Minister, all Rose staff will now be working from home. As such, our Box Office phone lines will be out of action. However, our Box Office teams will remain in contact with affected customers via email and we will continue to update our community through email, website and social media. If you have any urgent enquiries, please contact the team on [email protected]
Thank you for the overwhelming support we have recieved so far. We will strive to operate not only as a world-class producing theatre, but as a community hub at the heart of Kingston life.
Stay safe, stay home. We'll see you on the other side.
The Rose team
Update: 17 March 2020, 17:05
COVID-19: Rose Theatre closed to the public
We are all living through unprecedented and uncertain times. Like many of you, we have been closely following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The health, safety, and well-being of our staff, artists, audiences, and members of our loyal communities has and always will be our highest priority.
After carefully considering the Government’s announcement yesterday (16 Mar) we have taken the difficult, but necessary, decision to close the Rose to the public.
All shows and events at the Rose starting from today, Tuesday 17 March, will be suspended until further notice or until the advice we receive changes. Our Rose Participate events have been suspended until further notice and our building will be closed to the public from tomorrow, Wednesday 18 March. Box Office will still be contactable by phone and email from 10am – 6pm. The team will be in touch with affected customers regarding further information over the next few days.
We are also extremely aware of our employees’ financial dependence on the Rose and continuing ticket sales are vital to our existence. The Rose is a registered charity that receives no regular Arts Council funding, and the implications of this closure will be financially challenging for us. Ticket sales make up the majority of our earned income, which together with contributions from our stakeholders, donors and sponsors will allow us to commission artists, produce new work and deliver our artistic and community programmes for many years to come. If you are in a position to support the Rose financially now, whether through donating the equivalent value of your ticket or making a stand-alone donation, we would be enormously grateful.
Whilst our wonderful home will remain dark for a while, we are doing all that we can to pull through this extraordinary situation and safeguard the future of your Rose. Our upcoming autumn season remains on schedule as planned and includes a two-week run of SIX, our Rose Original co-production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Merchant of Venice and our recently announced Christmas production, Beauty and the Beast.
Thank you to all our audiences for their unwavering support so far. We have no doubt that the Rose will remain an ever-present, thriving cultural hub at the heart of Kingston. As the situation develops, we will post updates on social media and on our website.
Take care of each other, stay resilient and we’ll see you on the other side.
The Rose team
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