You are, because we have a great play for you. Not as lucky as Jean and Morris though, they are truly the lucky sods in our next drama production called – you guessed it – Lucky Sods.
John Godber’s comedy about a couple who win the lottery and the changes that follow from having good luck is a wonderful piece with excellent characters and dialogue. We first performed it back in 2005 and for those members still in the group it held fond memories as a favourite to perform and was a hit with the audiences.
Now in 2023 we are pleased to be bringing it back to the stage this November – a long enough gap in years for those who saw it eighteen years ago and want to re-experience the fun and an opportunity for others to see it for the first time.
When Morris and Jean win millions in the National Lottery – they can’t believe their luck. But the cracks in their marriage widen, their past catches up with them and their relatives become increasingly resentful. Can money buy happiness? Is enough ever enough?
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Meanwhile, put the dates in your diary and watch this space for more information and news.
What are we going to perform over the next 10 months? That has been our dilemma for the last few weeks. As with many amateur theatre groups, we face increasing issues from all angles – but mostly from dwindling numbers of actors. There are many plays we would love to perform but are unable to due to our limited cast availability, coupled with the need to also have members literally behind the scenes in our backstage roles. As you know, Jayne Hewson’s passing in March was a devastating blow to our group and adds to a loss of four other actors since lockdown; Wyn Price, who also passed, and others where personal circumstances can no longer allow the heavy commitment of time required to put on a production. (On a positive note, we are pleased to welcome new recruit Sue Crowston to the group.)
If we are to offer you more varied, exciting and funny plays then we need to encourage new (and let it be said) somewhat less mature males and females to take on this exciting and rewarding pastime.
So if being on stage is not for you, perhaps you know of friends or family members in the area that could be encouraged and inspired with your help?
We also welcome help backstage, at set build and on play nights to assist with our interval drinks and if anyone has a yearning to operate the sound and lights then get in touch!
OUR NEW SEASON
Enough of our woes. We have, despite them, come up with a wonderful programme that fits our current cast availability and just two male actors (oh did I mention we need more actors?).
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Here are the dates to put in your diary.
November 16, 17, 18 2023
We are pleased to announce that we will be bringing John Godber’s wonderful comic play about a couple who win the lottery back to the stage.
LUCKY SODS
by John Godber
We first performed this back in 2005 and it was a play that was very much enjoyed by both the cast and the audiences.
May 16, 17, 18 2024
We return to farce with our May play and a very funny fast-paced drama of confusion, mistaken identities, mayhem and, of course, doors opening and closing.
PERFECT WEDDING
by Robin Hawdon
So please reserve those dates in your calendars and await our next post with more detail about our first play.
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Here we are in our ‘summer’ break – although summer has yet to arrive in East Yorkshire where we seem to have had an exclusive funnel of Arctic air directed at us. Next week we have our Annual General Meeting where we begin the process of planning our next season. Watch out for updates.
Which means Peter Gordon’s ‘Par For The Course‘ is now behind us having inspired numerous golfers to pull their socks up and check the bunkers for extra-curricular activities.
Whilst this is another play which will bring fond memories and laughs it will also be remembered as the one where we lost Jayne Hewson, her absence giving mixed emotions backstage on play nights. Big thanks go to you, our audiences, for your donations to the collection.
You raised £375 for the Castle Hill Hospital Cardiology Unit which has now been passed to Jayne’s family to forward. Thank you!
Below are a selection of photos from our Dress Rehearsal. Enjoy.
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As we approach our next production it’s worth saying that any dedicated and serious golfers in the audience should take heed that this is a comedy and may contain scenes that they find disturbing – rules that may be broken, behaviour unbecoming, techniques that may cause dismay. A special helpline has not been set up.
I say this because as a golf-ignoramus I was faced, a few years ago, with our visiting American friend and golf fanatic wanting a round of golf. My solution was to pair him up with our ticket secretary Steve Turner who kindly agreed if I would accompany them. As caddy.
My hopes of racing around the course in an electric go-kart were dashed when I had to manually pull a wheely-bag of clubs around like a lacky, the other two conversing in golfing terms that may as well have been in Russian, occasionally deferring to English for my benefit. I found that when asked for a 12 iron or whatever it was best policy to pull a random club from the bag and if I was unlucky enough to have picked the wrong one I could say ‘well this was what I suggest for this stroke guv…but.. your choice..’
My reaction to the rules, regulations and conventions were such that they deemed me some sort of anarchist. I’d already received instructions as to my attire and footwear, my idea of jeans and walking boots for walking across the grassy meadows of the course dismissed out of hand. And this extended to the golf course where both men went into some kind of apoplexy when I tried to take a short cut with the trolley across the green, insisting I had to walk around!
When I asked why some golfers felt the need to shout at the top of the voice that, so I assumed, they had just scored ‘FOUR!” they shook their heads in dismay and I realised that this world was definitely not for me. Something they both agreed with and felt relieved at.
Steve Turner and Paul from the US before I upset them
So whether you are like me, a golf-ignoramus, or a golf addict, golf widow, or prefer a good walk then come along to see this well-loved comedy performing May 11th, 12th, 13th. Seats still available with the best seats available on the Saturday night.
Par For The Course is a fun comedy written by the ever popular Peter Gordon and is based around the world of golf and the characters that inhabit it.
The cast, directed by Richard Bateman.
Even if you think that a caddy is something that holds tea leaves, a club is a chocolate biscuit and an eagle is a really big bird then this play is still for you. We hope to see you there.
Petuaria Players 