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2011-2012 Season
FIRST NIGHT CELEBRATIONS!
Join the First Night audience at any or all of the plays this season, and for every ticket booked you will receive a voucher for interval drinks up to the value of £1.00.
'ALLO, 'ALLO
by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd
30th September - 8th October 2011, 7.30 pm, plus matineé on Sturday 8th October at 2.30 pm
Featuring all the familiar characters of the TV classic, this stage version follows the adventures of René, the hapless café owner in war-torn occupied France, as he and his wife, Edith, struggle to keep for themselves a priceless portrait stolen by the Nazis and endeavour to repatriate two British airmen with the help of the Resistance. The Führer is to visit the town. René will need all the wit he can muster to save his café and his life ...!
Produced by Frank Stamp
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post: At any time
Box Office: 23rd and 24th September.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 26th September.
LIVING TOGETHER
by Alan Ayckbourn
18th - 26th November 2011, 7.30pm
We return to the same weekend and the same characters that we saw in Table Manners (RLT 2009), with the same events viewed this time from the sitting room, in which Reg is driven mad by Tom... Tom tells Annie a thing or two... Annie nearly comes to blows with Sarah... Sarah sees a different side of Norman... Norman sorts things out with Ruth... Ruth discovers the charms of a fireside rug... and in which nobody enjoys playing board games...
Produced by Judith Walker
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post: At any time
Box Office: 11th and 12th November.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 14th November.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
by Arthur Miller
27th January - 4th February 2012, 7.30pm
Willy Loman has spent his life following the American way. But somehow all he covets has eluded him. He searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams, blending past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself and of a world that once promised so much.
Produced by Phil Wood
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post: At any time
Box Office: 20th and 21st January.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 23rd January.
VERONICA'S ROOM
by Ira Levin
16th - 24th March 2012, 7.30pm
Susan and Larry are invited to the Brabissant mansion by the Mackeys who are struck by Susan's resemblance to Veronica Brabissant, the long-dead daughter of the family for whom they work. Susan goes along with the charade to comfort Veronica's only living relative. But once dressed in Veronica's clothes, Susan finds herself locked in the role - and locked in Veronica's room. Or is she Veronica, back in time, pretending to be an imaginary Susan? An intriguing thriller.
Produced by Stephen Walker
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post: At any time
Box Office: 9th and 10th March.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 12th March.
KEY FOR TWO
by Dave Freeman and John Chapman
11th - 19th May 2012, 7.30pm
In this wickedly funny play, Harriet solves her financial problems by entertaining two married gentlemen on different days of the week. The scheme faces collapse when her friend, Anne, arrives, hotly pursued by her husband. One of Harriet's lovers is confined to bed with a sprained ankle and the second lover turns up unexpectedly, closely followed by two irate wives in search of their itinerant husbands! Classic farcical ingredients to close the main season with laughter.
Produced by Mary Lenanton
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post: At any time
Box Office: 4th and 5th May.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 7th May.
EXTRA TO THE SEASON:
THE LANGUAGE OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
14th October 2011, 7.30pm
Devised by Mike Nixon, this will be a very special evening celebrating the beauty and the poetry of the language of the King James Bible (the Authorised Version). The translation was completed in 1611, and 2011 marks its 400th anniversary - a translation which has been succeeded by countless other versions and translations, but, in the eyes of many, has never been surpassed in the glory of its language.
PUBLIC BOOKING
By post: At any time
Box Office: To be confirmed.
MAGIC LANTERN SHOW
10th February 2012, 7.30pm
See 200 year old hand painted images projected that your great-great grandfather laughed and gasped at. Also see the world's early moving colour images made long before photos, film and TV were invented! Stories for young and old. Enjoy a show with history, comedy and the chance to see rarities!
Presented by David Larder
PUBLIC BOOKING
By post: At any time
Box Office: To be confirmed.
DEALER'S CHOICE
by Patrick Marber
4th - 6th July 2012, 7.30pm
Set in a London restaurant where the staff play a weekly poker game organised by the owner, Stephen, a man who likes to be in control. It would, however, be a mistake to see this simply as a drama about poker. For a few hours, the smell of sweat, fear and testosterone mingles as the staff, joined by Stephen's loser of a son, Carl, banter, needle and deal the dream that is attached to every card. This is not a glimpse into the closed world of poker, it is a frequently very funny look into the closed world of men, defined by the absence of civilising women in their lives.
Produced by Nick Clayton
PUBLIC BOOKING
By post: At any time
Box Office: To be confirmed.
HOW TO BE INVOLVED IN A PLAY
The key dates are always the Play Readings, and all Members are entitled to attend. At these informal evenings, in the Theatre Lounge, the Producer welcomes everyone interested in being involved with the play in any way at all - not just taking a part, back-stage work as well.
Reading dates are announced in the preceding play's programme, on the notice board just inside the Theatre's front door and on this website's Home Page.
