Jean’s Playhouse is hosting a week of magic shows, comedy nights and concerts as part of a Winter Festival from February 17 – 22. Check out the following listing of events and join us for one show or many!
Mon, Feb 17 4:00 pm – Alejandro’s Olde Tyme Magik Showe, an hour-long wonder-filled one-man stand-up show with an emphasis on audience participation, visual magic, and physical comedy guaranteed to enchant and amuse the whole family.
- Tickets: $12/adults, $10/children (12 and under)
Mon, Feb 17 7:00 pm – Professor Ossum Wonder Show. Designed in two acts, this magic show offers a whimsical mix of theatre, sleight-of-hand, interactive comedy, and storytelling. Blending classic magic and comedy with a little help from volunteer assistants, magician Andrew Pinard draws spectators into his zany world of wonder where they leave the mundane world behind and inhabit a magical realm of the impossible and absurd where nothing is what it seems.
- Tickets: $18/adults, $14/children (12 and under)
Tues, Feb 18 7:00 pm – Flashback to Murder. It is 1975 and you are attending your 20 year high school reunion. The gang is all there, and boy, have they changed. In this interactive musical murder mystery you could reunite with your high school sweetheart, join the cheerleading squad in one of the good old team cheers or simply sit back and watch the action unfold around you. No matter what you choose, we will all go back in time to 1955 to solve the murder of… the Prom Queen!
- Tickets: $20/adults, $16/seniors and students
Weds, Feb 19 7:00 pm – Emmy-nominated PERRY ALLEY PUPPET THEATRE presents Snow White and Other Favorites, an evening of well-known stories done in Perry Alley Theatre’s inimitable style, including “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Princess and the Pea,” “The Frog Prince,” sing-alongs and a break-dancing cat!
- Tickets: $15/adults, $10/children (12 and under)
Thurs, Feb 20 7:00 pm – The Norman Magic Experience has been featured in 48 states and for more than 500,000 people live! Norman Ng was named “2011 Best Variety Act,” by Campus Activities Magazine. The show is an exciting fusion of magic, comedy and audience participation! It features never-before-seen magic, laugh out loud comedic situations and the best part… it stars you, the audience! You Will Scream, Laugh and FREAK OUT!
- Tickets: $15/adults, $10/children (12 and under)
Fri, Feb 21 7:00 pm – Comics Night featuring Boston Comedian Jim McCue with New England funny men Steve Scarfo and Greg Boggis. This one-night-only Comedy Night is a sure hit! SOME MATURE SUBJECT MATTER.
- Tickets: $20/adults, $16/seniors and students
Sat, Feb 22 7:00 pm – New England’s premier Beatles tribute band comes to Jean’s Playhouse with their hit show Help! The Cure for Beatlemania. Some things just get better with age; the music of the Beatles is definitely in that category. And so is HELP! – the region’s oldest and greatest (at least, according to their mums) Beatles tribute band, now in its 15th season of performances, delighting all ages at nightspots, festivals and town concerts throughout the region and beyond. Sets include some intriguing and seldom-heard archival and novelty material to provide a glimpse into the history of the British originals.
- Tickets: $20/adults, $16/seniors and students
Jean’s Playhouse is located at 34 Papermill Drive in Lincoln, New Hampshire – adjacent to the Village Shops on Main Street off I-93’s Exit 32. Jean’s Playhouse operates the 28-year-old Papermill Theatre Company as well as children’s, community, and teen educational theatre. Visit www.jeansplayhouse.com to purchase tickets and to learn more about visiting guest artists and arts programming at Jean’s Playhouse. Box Office phone number is 603-745-2141.