In Production

TIME OF MY LIFE

21st - 24th March 2012

Our next production is another play from the pen of Britain's favourite playwright (and the most performed living playwright in the world!) Sir Alan Ayckbourn.

This time we are presenting a play from 1992, Time of My Life. The scene is a restaurant of unspecified ethnicity. A family party is under way, attended by mother and father (who's birthday it is) along with their two sons and their partners. They are looked after by the restaurant owner and his various sons, all played by the same actor!

As the evening progresses the party splits up and, while mother and father continue in the present, the two sons diverge in time; the older one moves on into the future while the younger one goes back in stages through a series of events leading up to the party. In this way we are cleverly shown events before and after what proves to be a devasting night for the family.

As always with Ayckbourn's plays, the characters are finely drawn and we are presented with hilarious comedy tempered with moments of sadness, pathos and even tragedy.

To book tickets for Time of My Life please go to the Box Office page.

Our Last Play

TERRA NOVA

Our last production was very well received by everyone who saw it, with one of our regulars describing it as "unbeleivably good"! Terra Nova is the story of Captain Scott's doomed attempt to be the first man to reach the South Pole and is based on actual entries from his diaries and those of his team.

Sean Staines as Captian Robert Scott

The play is told partially as a realistic representation of Scott and his man as they battle against the elements, and partly through Scott's imagination as he remembers home, his wife and child and is also visited by his nemesis, the Norwegian Raold Amundsen, who beat him to the Pole.

Kris Knox-Crichton - - - - Sean Staines, David Slater & Clive Hill - - - - Nigel Northfield

Costumes and props looked as though they were going to be a nightmare, but things seemed to drop into place very neatly and everyone commented on how authentic the production looked. Thanks for this must go to all the hard-working backstage staff under the leadership of stage manager Jacqui Brown.

Nigel Northfield (Bowers), Andrew Jacobs (Oates), Sean Staines (Scott) & Clive Hill (Wilson)

It was very fitting that we presented the play exactly 100 years to the month that Scott's party set out on the final stage of the journey, the 800 mile march across the Polar Plateau. Our next play (see above) opens 100 years to the week of Scott's final diary entry - a staggering indication of how long these brave men faced the most inhospitable conditions on Earth,

Kris Knox-Crichton (Kathleen), Sean Staines (Scott) & Terry Cole (Amundsen)

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Looking Ahead

SUMMER PRODUCTION

Plans for our June production have been somewhat derailed by a London revival of the play we had in mind. When this happens the amatuer rights are withdrawn meaning we are not allowed to put play on. The indications are that the revival may end early next year, but until we know for sure we are keeping our plans under wraps. As soon as we know whether we can put on our first choice, or will need to bring forward another play, we will post details here.

Come back soon for more information.