Season I - 5 March – 4 April
Good Things By Liz Lochhead
Directed by Jill Edwards
Suddenly single and with the dreaded 'Big Five-0' glaring
her in the face, Susan also has to cope with a father in his second childhood, a
daughter in the throes of aggravated adolescence and an ex who, unfortunately
still has the power to wound.
Set in an Opportunity shop
where Susan's a volunteer, Good Things is a poignant play with a lot to say
about finding love the second (or third or fourth) time round. This is a
truly delightful, funny, touching play that tackles a real contemporary issue
with energy and skill.
Season II - 28 May – 27 June
84 Charing
Cross Road
By Helene Hanff
Directed by Christine Grant
In 1949 Helene Hanff writes from America to a bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road, London to acquire antiquarian books.
This charming true story chronicles the next 20 years as Helene and
bookseller Frank Doel correspond becoming drawn together by their love of
literature. A warm and compassionate
relationship develops between the brash New Yorker and the typically stiff upper
lipped Englishman.
A touching and fascinating love story, which engages us
with cultural clashes and humorous discussion, with the underlying emotional
drawstring of … will they/won’t they ever meet?
Season III - 13 August – 12 September
Improbable Fiction By Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Dexter Bourke
An amateur writing group of six aspiring but inept authors
meet each month. All of them have at
least one book in them, but are having problems getting it out.
At their December meeting a storm suddenly plunges the house into
darkness and the authors into their own fabulous, imaginary worlds.
The audience is whirled through a gleeful mix of plots and subplots –
historical romances, science fiction, murder/mystery and children’s stories.
Sharp comedy and affectionate satire characterize this zany, imaginative
play.
“If this were plated upon a stage now I would condemn it as
an improbable fiction.” (Twelfth
Night Act III Sc4)
Season IV - 5 November – 5 December
Much Ado
About Murder By Pat Cook
Directed by Zina Carman
A disarming, delightful evening of brain teasing, light
hearted fun.
Rich but rotten Carlton Larraby, who enjoyed punctuating
the lives of his family with macabre little surprises, has inveted them all to a
Halloween party. The bored guests
have arrived and wait impatiently for their host to show up, unaware that he
lies dead in his study. A sinister
master of ceremonies named Mr Hawker tells us what has happened in a series of
flashbacks. Little by little we get
to know the family and begin suspecting who the murderer might be … only to
discover that we’re wrong. This has
all the ingredients of a deliciously frightening murder mystery.
Can you solve the crime? “A whimsically entertaining night.”
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