Showing:
24 May - 15 July

Evening Shows Wed - Sat
Sat Matinees Every Week
Sun Matinees from 4 June
Thurs Matinees from 15 June

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ALL TICKETS INCLUDE A DELICIOUS TWO-COURSE MEAL IN THE RESTAURANT BEFORE THE SHOW. 

FOR MATINEE PERFORMANCES:
Restaurant open and serving lunch from 12.15pm – 2pm
Performance starts 2.15pm
FOR EVENING PERFORMANCES
Restaurant open and serving dinner from 6.15pm – 8pm
Performance starts 8.15pm

The Mill is delighted to announce that our much awaited Summer Musical is the legendary GYPSY – the story of the burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee and her ultimate showbiz mother – Rose. Rose has ambitions for her two daughters and we follow her dreams and efforts to push them to stardom.

New York Theatre critic Clive Barnes wrote that “Gypsy is one of the best of musicals…” With a fabulous score by Jules Style and clever lyrics from Stephen Sondheim, including the memorable songs Let Me Entertain You, Everything’s Coming Up Roses, You Gotta Have a Gimmick, Some People and All I Need Is The Girl.

The Mill is lucky to have some great creatives for their musicals. This production will be created by the team that brought you My Fair Lady and Singin’ In The Rain – Director Joseph Pitcher and Musical Director Francis Goodhand.

Casting by Pearson Casting CDG.

Once again the Mill audience will be astounded at what can be achieved on our bijou stage. A real treat, not to be missed!

A Musical Fable, Book by Arthur Laurents

Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Suggested by memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee

Original Production by David Merrick and Leland Hayward

Entire production originally directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins

 

Director and ChoreographerJoseph Pitcher
Set DesignerJason Denvir
Musical Arrangements and Musical DirectorFrancis Goodhand
Costume DesignerNatalie Titchener
Lighting DesignerNic Farman
Sound DesignerChris Whybrow

Cast List
Musicians

★★★★★ "This, I urgently must tell you, is rather wonderful: an example of the way that sometimes a big show in a small theatre can be a revelation."

Libby Purves, TheatreCat

★★★★★ "The quality of The Mill At Sonning productions continues to astound, rivalling anything you might see on the West End. And as for Gypsy, this dream of production will entertain you, and then some"

Theatre Weekly

★★★★ "The Mill at Sonning regularly punches above its weight. This 'Gypsy' captures the spirit of an era, serving up a potent cocktail of soured dreams and tawdry glamour. It's a vivacious revival"

Clive Davis, The Times

★★★★★ "A rattling good revival of a rattling good musical. You could transport Joseph Pitcher’s ambitious production lock, stock, and barrel to any West End stage and it would not look a bit out of place"

Musical Theatre Review

★★★★★ "Electrifying 'Gypsy' at The Mill at Sonning Theatre is mesmerizing, nothing short of magic. It will leave you begging for more... and you will get goosebumps!"

North West End

★★★★★ "The Mill at Sonning Theatre pulls out all the stops for this musical and they have scored again - it feels on the scale of a West End production! And the cast is phenomenal, every one of them!"

Theatre Reviews Design

★★★★★ "A classic musical gets a first-rate production! Joseph Pitcher's direction and choreography is pitch perfect. All of the cast bring their A-game and the energy is electrifying"

London Living Large

★★★★★ "A great production at The Mill at Sonning Theatre 'Gypsy' is back and maybe even better than the recent West End revival - as Rose, Rebecca Thornhill blew the audience away!"

Theatre and Tonic

★★★★★ “Choreography and production values to equal any West End or Broadway revival”

Spy in the Stalls

★★★★★ "A renovated mill on a picturesque islet in the Thames in one of the most idyllic parts of rural Oxfordshire may be worlds away from the intensity and bustle of Manhattan but the Broadway-level energy and know-how on display here right now is transformative. Is Gypsy the perfect musical? It’s hard to say for sure, but this inspired production makes a very strong case for it. Plus you get dinner (or lunch at matinees)…what’s not to love? Literally nothing."

Whats On Stage

★★★★★ "Rebecca Thornhill gives a 5 star performance as Mama Rose"

Reviewsgate

★★★★★ "With no weak link in the casting, I cannot recommend this show delivered with both affection and panache too highly, The ultimate early Summer feel-good experience"

Plays to See

★★★★ "A delight from start to finish, it’s impossible to watch without a smile on your face, it’s a luxurious production, sizzling with glamour, and makes for the perfect summer spectacle"

Lost in Theatreland

★★★★ "Rebecca Thornhill glitters with pent-up emotion and packs every note of every number with feeling especially in “Rose’s Turn” - if you want star quality, look no further"

Sardines Magazine

★★★★★ 5 stars for "a spine-tingling" GYPSY "This is a show that every fan of musical theatre should run to see, and anyone with even a modicum of interest in theatre should add to their must-see list"

The Reviews Hub

★★★★ "GYPSY 'glistens on stage' at the Mill At Sonning"

Broadway World

"A joyful, beautifully-staged romp of a production under Joseph Pitcher’s meticulous direction, the chemistry is compelling and the perfect choice for the gorgeous Mill At Sonning"

London Grip

★★★★ "Evelyn Hoskins’ Louise is awkward and hunched, painfully shy and desperate for her mother’s affection. It’s almost inconceivable that she could transform into a burlesque superstar, but it’s a breathtaking metamorphosis"

The Stage

★★★★★ “Rebecca Thornhill and Evelyn Hoskins are, frankly, a delight in this wonderful 5-star production!”

Curtain Call Reviews

★★★★ "GYPSY at The Mill At Sonning is "definitely one of the highlights of the season"

Broadway Baby

"Gypsy is nothing less than a triumph for The Mill at Sonning - worth travelling many miles to see!"

Number 9 Reviews

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What personal information we collect from you

The Mill at Sonning Theatre may us the personal information that you provide to keep you informed about our artistic programme, opportunities to take part in and way to support the theatre. We will store your personal information securely and use it in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulation (PECR) 2012

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We aim to be clear when we collect your personal information and to use it in ways that you would reasonably expect us to do so. We will collect your personal information including for example, your name, address, telephone number and email address when you:

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Our procedures and the technology we use have appropriate safe guards in place to keep information as secure as possible. Access to customer information is strictly controlled. The system can only be accessed by The Mill at Sonning staff who need it to do their job and deal with the customers needs. All staff required to adhere to current data protection legislations in line with The Mill at Sonning’s data protection policy and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. If you use your credit or debit card to purchase from us or to make a donation, we will ensure that this is carried out securely and in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). We optionally allow you to store your card details for use in a future transaction. This is carried out in compliance with PCI-DSS and in a way where none of our staff members are able to see your full card number. We never store your 3 or 4 digit security code. Our Finance data is secured via a managed hosting service delivered by Advanced. All Managed Hosting services are delivered exclusively from Data Centre facilities in England. Customer data is not transferred or stored outside of these facilities. Advanced’s internal networks are segregated to restrict access to areas of the networks that contain sensitive data, with RBAC (Role Based Access Control) further restricting access to specific individuals within certain roles. Advanced deploys market leading next generation firewall appliances to protect the Private Cloud environment from malicious attack. Network devices are managed within a secure management network and servers are secured by firewalls. In both instances SSL/TLS secure encryption protocols are used. We will not transfer, process or store your personal information anywhere that is outside of the European Economic Area, unless we have a contractual agreement in place that is of an equivalent standard to GDPR. We occasionally employ other organisations to help fulfil our activities and agreed communication with you. For example, we work with a mailing company to send out our season brochure. When we do this, we will only give authority for the personal information to be used for the purpose it has been provided for. We will ensure that any third parties have safeguards in place to keep your personal information secure.

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We store personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of legal, accounting, reporting or booking requirements. We store your personal information so that any subsequent purchases or bookings can be linked back to the record that we hold for you on our system. We retain personal information based on the nature, sensitivity and purpose the personal information was collected for. Any objections you make to how we use your personal information will be stored against your record on our system so that we can comply with your requests.

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Updating your personal information

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