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PARTY PIECE. THE PHOTOS

Four weeks ago we dismantled our complex stage set and auditorium after the final night of the Richard Harris comedy, Party Piece, and gave ourselves a well-earned rest.

With an almost capacity audience we can consider our efforts were a success after a lot of hard work rehearsing, creating props and special effects and indeed, building the complex set.

We had almost twenty people involved directly in the production along with off site help from others, primarily the Brough shedders who manufactured much of our set during the rehearsal period – and all from recovered wood.

Cast from L: Wendy Salter, Lee Kelly, Sally Morland, Rob Newton, Barbara Failey, Gary Vann, Nic Johnson

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What Next?

This is our annual summer break and as usual we will be reading through plays and going through the selection process of choosing our productions for November 2026 and May 2027.

How do we do that? Read our blog post from last year about our process for choosing plays – there are more boxes to tick than you might imagine!

What Does Choosing a New Play Involve?

Simply find this panel on the web page and enter your email address, then validate in the email that will arrive shortly after.

Not long now

The Forum hasn’t been so full of people for rehearsals like this for many years, but then this play has a cast of seven and an extensive backstage crew too. If you’re booked to see this comedy then you will get to understand why.

This week we enter our final rehearsals before preparing to take it to the stage – so this Friday will see our tiring but amazing set-build weekend begin as we create the set we have had to imagine for the last few weeks.

As for tickets, we have seats still available on Saturday 16/5 or get on our waiting list for other days.

A few recent photos below…

Seriously.. have you booked yet?

WATCH our video to find out what our next hilarious-don’t miss play is all about.

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Tip: Right now we have lots of great seats available on Saturday night. Please spread the word and come along to enjoy this funny play and support our hard working amateur members in providing live theatre to our community.

OUR MAY PRODUCTION

Book now for our next production.

PARTY PIECE, our second play of the season, provides us with the opportunity to cast seven of our actors in this hilarious play from the writer of two of our most popular earlier productions (‘Outside Edge’ and ‘Stepping Out)’ along with dozens of well known TV dramas.  

What’s it about?

This is a fast-paced and very funny play set in the back gardens of feuding neighbours, the Smethursts and the Hinsons. 

It is the night of the Smethurst’s fancy dress house-warming party. Uptight Michael and his wife Roma are diligently making preparations for a lively evening despite concerns over their neighbour, the elderly Mrs. Hinson. At the other side of the fence, the artful and acerbic Mrs. Hinson is visited by her son and daughter-in-law adding to the tension. And when the party is ready to go we await the guests with the sense that events may not go smoothly….

Two gardens, two families, some guests, a BBQ and a Zimmer frame all feature in this manic comedy. Book now.

The Cast

With Rob Newton as Michael and Sally Morland as Roma, Barbara Failey as Mrs. Hinson, Gary Vann as son David and Nic Johnson as Jennifer the daughter-in-law, Wendy Salter as Sandy and introducing Lee Kelly as Toby.

Produced and Directed by Steve Howland.