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2012-2013 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.
CALENDAR GIRLS
by Tim Firth
Thursday 27th September - 6th October 2012, 7.30 pm, plus matinée on Saturday 6th October at 2.30 pm
Kindly sponsored by Charity on Wheels
When Annie's husband John dies of Leukaemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow WI members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar, with a little help from amateur photographer Lawrence. The news spreads like wildfire. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame. (Part of the royalty payment for this play is donated to Leukaemia Research).
Produced by Liz Wood
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post or email: At any time
Box Office: 21st and 22nd September.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 24th September.
SECOND TIME AROUND
by Derek Benfield
16th - 24th November 2012, 7.30pm
Bernard and Marion meet by chance twenty-two years after they were lovers. And so begins a journey of memory - their first meeting, their love for each other, their marriages, their children - and why after so long they are strangers. In this thoroughly engaging romantic comedy (with moments of sadness as well as wild farce) we meet not only the younger Bernard and Marion but three other people in their lives, all played by the same two actors.
Produced by David Cox
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post or email: At any time
Box Office: 9th and 10th November.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 12th November.
MINDGAME
by Anthony Horowitz
25th January - 2nd February 2013, 7.30pm
A writer of "true crime" paperbacks tries to get an interview with Easterman, a notorious serial killer. First he has to get past Dr Farquhar, the quixotic head of the asylum where Easterman is kept. But soon he discovers that very little is what it seems. Worst still, even the things that are what they seem, are slowly changing. A brilliant thriller which leads the audience up the garden path more times than they realise!
Produced by Simon Cox
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post or email: At any time
Box Office: 18th and 19th January.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 21st January.
HENRY IV PART 1
by William Shakespeare
15th - 23rd March 2013, 7.30pm
Henry Bolingbroke - now King Henry IV - is having an unquiet reign. He suffers feelings of guilt for gaining the crown by deposing Richard II. A crusade to the Holy Land would ease his conscience, but broils on his borders with Scotland and Wales prevent that. Adding to the King's troubles is the behaviour of his son, Prince Hal, with low-life companions such as Sir John Falstaff. Gripping historical politics and genuinely funny comedy scenes combine to make this a must see.
Produced by Barry Nicholls
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post or email: At any time
Box Office: 8th and 9th March.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 11th March.
SHAKERS
by John Godber and Jane Thornton
10th - 18th May 2013, 7.30pm
Shakers Cocktail Bar is the place to be! After work, before the club, to meet the blokes, to pick up the girls, to drink to celebrate or drown your sorrows, for birthday parties and romance and sin, this is the place to be seen. And in Shakers the four young waitresses reveal the lives of its staff and customers and offers an insight into their hopes, dreams and disappointments. A great end of season entertainment.
Produced by Frank Stamp
MEMBERS' BOOKING
By post or email: At any time
Box Office: 3rd and 4th May.
PUBLIC BOOKING
Opens 6th May.
EXTRA TO THE SEASON:
The Dukeries Theatre Group's Production of
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
By Tennessee Williams
29th November 2012, 7.30pm
This award-winning play is set in a Mississippi plantation house where the family celebrate Big Daddies's birthday. "... a stunning drama ... It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth ... The tone is gay. But the mood is sombre. For a number of old evils poison the gaiety - sins of the past, greedy hopes for the future, a desperate eagerness not to believe in the truths that surround them ..."
Produced by Heather Carroll
Box Office: To be confirmed.
THE HOMECOMING
by Harold Pinter
10th - 12th July 2013, 7.30pm
Teddy arrives home to pay his family a visit with his wife Ruth, who settles into the household as if into a well-known niche. Teddy's brothers and father all take it for granted that she is anyone's for the asking - and she is. It is then suggested that they should set her up in trade, in a little flat in Soho. Calmly, Ruth lists the conditions she requires before accepting, barely batting an eyelid as Teddy returns to America.
Produced by Phil Wood
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.
