THERE GOES THE BRIDE

In the first of an occasional series we thought we would bring you a dip into the archives. With an uncertain period ahead of us and no news to post since our current production was postponed, it seems a good time to remind everyone that the Petuaria Players has been around for fifty nine years and that this period is a temporary absence before we get into our Diamond Jubilee year.

Most of us are locked down and working (or chilling) at home so we have limited access to the archives. But there is sufficient material to take us back to this one: THERE GOES THE BRIDE by Ray Cooney and John Chapman.

There Goes The Bride was produced by Rob Newton fourteen years ago this month. Scroll through the gallery below and see what we were up to then, and if you saw the production, you may see some old faces – or rather some younger faces!

As a reminder of the plot: Timothy Westerby is overworked, underpaid, stressed-out, and his daughter is getting married in what he thinks is an overly-lavish and overly-expensive ceremony. Timothy is ripe for a nervous breakdown – and, on the morning of the wedding, he has one! It takes the form of ‘Polly’, the most gorgeous, voluptuous girl who just wants to give herself to Timothy – the pity is, she’s an apparition. The fact is, of course not apparent to Timothy who is convinced that Polly is totally real and is delighted to have this sexy guest at the wedding. Timothy’s wife, his mother-in-law, his daughter and the groom’s parents take a different view!

A few membership changes have occurred along the way. We then had Dave Ralph (sound and lights) and Tina Addington. Neil Martin was still to be a member for another year and it was my (Steve H.) first play with the PP. And Phil Johnson was still treading the boards back then too.

Hope that raised a few smiles. Until the next one, stay safe folks.

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