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Season 50 Play 2 – Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
This well known Victorian thriller still has the power to grip the imagination and make the heart beat a little faster. Imagine being alone in a large old gloomy house…
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Season 50 Play 1 – Shirley Valentine by Willie Russell
We all know Shirley Valentines – mousey little women whose lives centre round their homes and the price of food. But here, in this play, is one woman who, with…
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Season 49 Play 8 – Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas
Since its first performance in 1892 this farce has never lost its popularity. The imminent visit of Charles Wykeham’s aunt from Brazil provides an excuse for Charles and Jack to…
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Season 49 Play 7 – Postcards From Rome by Adam Pernak
Rome: the hotel Argive: five British holidaymakers. It is the Tuesday of their holiday so it’s the Vatican or ‘random churches. Brief encounters and whole histories are recorded in conversation…
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Season 49 Play 6 – Up ‘n’ Under by John Godber
There are two teams, in this Godber play about seven-a-side Rugby League football, one very successful, the other..? However it would spoil the evening’s entertainment if the plot and its…
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Season 49 Play 5 – The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Chekhov saw his last play as a comedy; to others it was a serious drama of Russian life during the early years of the twentieth century. (Either way, it is…
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