By Agatha Christie. Directed by Rene Hughes. The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished to read an advert in the local newspaper that a murder will take place the following … Continue Reading A Murder is Announced | December 2004
By Peter Shaffer. Directed by Patricia Melluish. Lettice, employed as a stately home tourist guide, has inherited theatricality and eccentricity from her mother. Caught embroidering the history of the house … Continue Reading Lettice and Lovage | October 2004
By Peter Yeldham and Donald Churchill. Directed by Howard James. Two couples decise, this year, to change their plans for a customary annual holiday, since the wives are sick of … Continue Reading Fringe Benefits | June 2004
By Robert Harling. Directed by Jon Clark. The regular customers of Truvy’s beauty shop. the centre of a small town in Louisiana, enjoy a staple diet of gossip. They share … Continue Reading Steel Magnolias | April 2004
By Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Paul Marshall. The action takes place in the Manor House, Pendon, home of Teddy and Trish Platt, during an August Saturday. Attractions include: Maypole dancing, Morris … Continue Reading Garden | February 2004
By C. S. Lewis, adapted by Adrian Mitchell, with music by Shaun Davey. Directed by Rosemary Harris. Visit the fantastic and magical land of Narnia with the four children who have … Continue Reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | December 2003
By Muriel Spark, adapted by Jay Presson Allen. Directed by Rene Hughes. Meet Jean Brodie, eccentric, radical schoolteacher, fascinating her ‘set’ of sixteen year old girls with her ideas, beliefs … Continue Reading The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | October 2003
By Shelagh Stevenson. Directed by Howard James. When Mary, Theresa and Catherine meet on the eve of their mother’s funeral, conflicts and tension from the past materialise. In this comedy … Continue Reading The Memory of Water | June 2003
By Tim Firth. Directed by Bill Morley. A comedy in think fog. A team-building exercise in the Lake District by Gordon, Angus, Roy and Neville becomes a near-farcical shipwreck on … Continue Reading Neville’s Island | April 2003
By David Hare. Directed by Jon Clark. Love without conditions is Amy’s belief; a conviction with which Esme, her mother, a leading actress, committed to the memory of her dead … Continue Reading Amy’s View | February 2003
By Lewis Carroll, dramatised by Clemence Dane. Directed by John Heather. Lewis Carroll’s fantastic tales of Alice’s dreamworld of Wonderland, the people she meets including the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, … Continue Reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass | December 2002
By Ivan Menchell. Directed by Denise Taylor. In this funny, wise and witty play Sam, whilst in the cemetery visiting his wife’s grave, meets three widows similarly visiting their husband’s … Continue Reading The Cemetery Club | October 2002
By Anton Chekov. Directed by Paul Marshall. In the depth of the Russian countryside Vanya manages the estate of a retired professor and loves his young wife. She is attracted … Continue Reading Uncle Vanya | June 2002
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth. By David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jnr. Directed by Ray Harris. The enthusiastic Farndale Avenue ladies hope the … Continue Reading The Farndale Avenue…Macbeth | April 2002
By Ted Tally. Directed by Muriel Kidd. The epic story of courage by Captain Scott and his companions on their ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. All their determination, bravery … Continue Reading Terra Nova | February 2002
By John Van Druten. Directed by Maurice Uzzell. Gillian is a witch who is interested in Anthony, her upstairs neighbour. To prevent his immnent engagement to an old school enemy, … Continue Reading Bell, Book and Candle | December 2001