SEASON I - March 13th to April 19th"No Love
Lost" by Rony Robinson
Directed by Wendy Gare
In this engaging romantic comedy, Kate has
decided to leave her husband Max for
a theatre studies course. As soon as she's moved to her new flat, her
disgruntled father moves in
with Max, and to her horror her high-handed mother moves in with her! Max and
Kate's two daughters Anna and Emma scheme
to
bring their parents back together, whilst Max's therapist Noon manages to sort
out her own problems but completely confuse Max. Add Max's oblivious car
salesman friend Jeff and Anna's high-principled admirer Frank and it's romance
all round. . . .
SEASON II - June 3rd to July 5th
"Arsenic & Old Lace" By Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Andrew Waddington
This hilarious, madcap, classic black comedy is the tale of two charming elderly
ladies, Abby and Martha Brewster, who live in Brooklyn, New York. The ladies are
well known for their numerous acts of charity, which unfortunately include
poisoning (with delicious home made elderberry wine) lonely old men whom they
have helped to "find peace". They then leave it to their bugle blowing nephew
Teddy (who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt) to take the bodies to the Panama Canal
(the cellar) and bury them. The mounting comedy and mayhem peak with the
bungling local cops trying to make an arrest. A macabre classic American comedy
farce.
SEASON III -
August 21st to September
20th
"The Lady in the Van" by
Alan Bennet
Directed by Malcolm Sussman
Alan Bennett, the author of this wonderful piece of subtle yet irresistible
dramatic dynamite, writes of a true episode in his life. In 1974, he encountered
Miss Mary Shepherd, a cantankerous old eccentric, who lived in her decrepit and
smelly Bedford van in his street in Camden Town. He eventually allowed her to
briefly park her van in his front garden - except that what he had intended as a
short stay turned into one of 15 years. This is a play shot through with rueful
sadness, but generously packed with jokes. A bracing mix of wit ,
remorse and
stimulating debate.
SEASON IV - November
4th to December 6th
"Two and Two Together"
By Derek Benfied
Directed by Robin (RC) Miller
Rachel's husband Victor never suspects that she is keeping an assignation with a
young man in the house of her good friend Georgina. Why should he? He has other
things on his mind - in the shape of the said Georgina, who he is meeting
secretly while her husband Henry, an actor, is safely occupied in the theatre.
The suspicions of the stuttering Neighourhood Watch warden and of Mrs Capstick
the cleaning lady are aroused when they see the comings and goings of the two
couples, and when Henry returns home unexpectedly they are forced into a riotous
whirlwind of intrigue and lies... A decidedly
saucy end to 2008!
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Our thanks to Martin Nixon for the graphics.
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