Say It With Flowers. With Janet Drewery producing, blocking and early rehearsals are under way.
Our last production seems a long time ago because we are already well into early rehearsals for our play at the end of January – Jane Thornton’s ‘Say It With Flowers‘.
Say It With Flowers by Jane Thornton will be showing 30th & 31st January & 1st February. Booking is open.
We will be posting more about this production shortly and update you on progress. But before we do our next post will feature the photo gallery we promised from ‘Passing Strangers’ before it disappears into history.
Meanwhile we are pleased to say that all the work we carried out on in-house repairs plus drainage work has meant that for the first time ever we survived the recent deluges and the Forum is still – say it quietly – dry.
PASSING STRANGERS was a great success. we had great feedback and we certainly enjoyed performing it. Seamlessly, we now move onto rehearsals for our next production – SAY IT WITH FLOWERS.
This site will take a break for a few days but when we return we will be able to share photos from the last play along with news and updates about the next. And talking of the next.. it’s never too early to book so make sure you reserve your seats now – see our Booking page.
January 30th, 31st, Feb 1st 2020 7.30pm Elloughton-Brough Village Hall
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS a comedy by Jane Thornton
Fresh off the back of their latest amateur dramatics production, the Parish Players learn that circumstances beyond their control are forcing them to abandon the Parish Hall. Without anywhere to stage their plays, they decide to pull on their gardening gloves and enter the regional ‘Village in Bloom’ competition in order to express their artistic flair. But not everyone is keen on the idea, and the seeds are quickly sown for an hilarious yet touching exploration of a village’s competitive streak, when opposing forces collide and relationships suddenly sit on opposite sides of the fence in a world where not everything is coming up roses.
Our next production is Eric Chappell’s humorous take on two women and two men who meet at a Singles Night – Passing Strangers. (You can read all about it in our last post by clicking on the link here: Passing Strangers )
So it’s time to reveal our new poster which is ready for promotion at last and it is also a timely reminder to ensure you reserve your seats for the end of October.
Booking is easy – visit our page here to find out how.
Forum flooding update
As rehearsals progress we continue to battle with water ingress into our Forum rehearsal rooms and our acting space is shrinking as we try to dry it out. However, we have plans and have been making progress. Our room may be dampened but not our spirits!
Mike’s efforts have already made massive improvements
Our next phase is to look at drainage and if that fails we will be employing the services of King Canute or building a dam.
As we announced recently, Passing Strangers will be our first production of the season, running on October 24th to 26th. This is another play from the pen of Eric Chappell and we are excited to be bringing this to you in just a couple of months.
It first came to our attention in 2015 when we saw it performed by Planet Rabbit productions in Brough, we loved it and it is a play we have had on our possible productions list since then. This year, for all sorts of reasons, it seemed to be just the right choice for play one of the season.
Passing Strangers is a clever comedy with just four characters and the play centres around their attempt at (or avoidance of ) relationships. Produced by Jayne Hewson and with Gary Vann, Nic Johnson, Gill Collins and Steve Howland as the characters on a Singles Dance Night at a hotel.
Gill, Gary, Nic and Steve at an early play reading and script recording
Passing Strangers “Fickle thing, memory.” Malcolm discovers how true his words are when he takes his friend Clive to a singles’ evening. Clive, a hospital porter masquerading as a doctor, has just been left by his wife, while Malcolm is a confirmed bachelor and “big in imports” – really a market stall trader. In the deserted hotel bar, to the depressing soundtrack of the next-door ballroom, they meet two recent divorcees; upwardly mobile Julie and cynical, defiant Liz. Malcolm is determined to break down Liz’s defences while trying to pair off Clive with Julie. But the women have a few tricks of their own, and Malcolm soon finds that life, like the evening, is full of surprises.
Tickets are on sale now and information on booking can be found here.
Please note that due to rising costs we have been forced to change the ticket price to £8 this year – but that still includes a programme and interval refreshments….
Details of the other plays in our season can be found on our What’s On page.
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