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COMING SOON!
Our next production:
The Golden Pathway Annual
by John Burrows and
John Harding
Mon 11th to Sat 16th June 2012
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2012 is the 40th anniversary of our time at the old Victorian pumping station in Local Board Road which, over the years, we have converted into a thriving Theatre & Arts Centre.
Having started this year with a very successful production of Dad’s Army in April
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Sept 2012 (Tues 25th to Sat 29th):
The Breath Of Life
By David Hare
To be directed by Maggi Harvey
A gem of a play, written by a master of modern theatre. The play covers a period
of 24 hours in which two women meet; Frances the wife and Madeleine the mistress
of Martin, a man who has deserted both of them for a younger woman. Previously enemies,
the women now find common ground as they talk into the night and take stock of their
lives, specifically their years around Martin. Madeleine in particular, insists she
never wanted to be defined by the man in her life, but this is what has happened,
in slightly different ways, to each of them. As they continue in their conversation
they begin to discover a kind of comfort and strength, which may enable them to move
on to a more positive future.
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please get in touch. Our Contact Us page has all the information.
Nov 2012 (Mon 19th to Sat 24th):
The Turn Of The Screw
By Ken Whitmore (based on the novella by Henry James)
To be directed by Mark Waghorn
Henry James was the master of the psychological ghost story, and his gripping novella The Turn Of The Screw is his most
Apr 2013 (Dates to be confirmed):
Calendar Girls
By Tim Firth
To be directed by Nikki Scott
June 2013
Production and dates to be confirmed
terrifying achievement.The governess charged with the nurture and education of two young children in an old isolated house in the country becomes convinced that they are being haunted and corrupted by two evil spirits. She is alone in her belief, and as she fights desperately to save their souls she fears for her own safety, while James’ seductively raises doubts in the reader’s mind about the governess’s sanity. Are the ghosts merely a figment of her tortured imagination? This complex scenario reaches the most dramatic and frightening of climaxes. Beautifully constructed and chillingly realised, this tale is amongst the finest examples of the ghost story genre.
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