By Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Frank McGuiness. Directed by Paul Marshall. Nora leaves her husband after realising that her role in the marriage is that of a doll and her home … Continue Reading A Doll’s House | October 2006
Devised by John Barton. Directed by Raymond Langford Jones. The Hollow Crown: the fall and foibles of the Kings and Queens of England. Readers and singers: Susan Adam, Ruth Aylward, … Continue Reading The Hollow Crown | June 2006
By Terence Rattigan. Directed by Patricia Melluish. Separate Tables is a study of the lies, class judgements and repressed passions of the long-term residents of the Beauregard Private Hotel in Bournemouth. … Continue Reading Separate Tables | April 2006
By Daphne du Maurier, adapted by Clifford Williams. Directed by Muriel Kidd. Max de Winter’s new bride arrives at Manderley to find the house filled with the presence of Rebecca, … Continue Reading Rebecca | February 2006
By Alan Ayckbourn. Music by Denis King. Directed by Rosemary Harris. Emily must travel to the end of time because wicked Uncle Lucas is plotting to steal good Uncle Martin’s … Continue Reading Whenever | December 2005
By A.R.Gurney. Directed by John Oakenfull This mosaic of interrelated scenes, some funny, some touching, some rueful, is set in a dining room, the hub of social activity. Through a … Continue Reading The Dining Room | October 2005
By Bernard Shaw. Directed by Bill Morley. In this, the source of My Fair Lady, Professor Higgins meets Eliza Doolittle, a flower girl, in Covent Garden. With the help of … Continue Reading Pygmalion | June 2005
By Alan Plater. Directed by Maurice Uzzell. The writer-in-residence appointment at Eastwood Branch Library of ex-miner Bill Robson pleases neither Ellen, senior librarian, nor Nutley, who coverted the position. A proposal … Continue Reading I Thought I Heard a Rustling | April 2005
By George Eliot, adapted Geoffrey Beevers. Directed by Ray Harris Silas Marner, exiled from a religious community, lives only for his work and his growing pile of gold. But when … Continue Reading Silas Marner | February 2005