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2008-2009 Season

 

Tons Of Money by Alan Aykbourne

This play, by Will Evans and Valentine, was the first of the famous Aldwych farces, originally produced in 1922 and adapted by Alan Ayckbourn for the National Theatre in 1986. Inherited debts, missing heirs and imposters provide a hilarious imbroglio which has been described as "an unerring theatrical delight" and "a mirthful rollercoaster through improbably happenings."

1-4 October 2008 - main auditorium

Who Killed Santa Claus? by Terence Feely

A seasonal thriller set in the Chelsea flat of TV presenter Barbara Love. Her Christmas party is an annual event but this year strange phone calls beforehand warn of danger. The party goes ahead - but should it? Everyone seems to have a motive for murder - you'll never guess who did it!

Find out more 26-29 November 2008 - main auditorium

The Country Wife by William Wycherley

This classic Restoration Comedy is full of wit ingenuity and high spirits with characters such as the rakish Horner, foolish Sir Jasper Fidget and Lady Squeamish, not forgetting the naive Margery, the Country Wife of the title and newly come to town and anxious to enjoy all its pleasures. It is planned to update this to London in the "swinging sixties" with appropriate costumes and music.

20-24 January 2009 - Studio

Fur Coat and no Knickers by Mike "The Rochdale Cowboy" Harding

This is an outrageous farce that centres around the wedding of Deirdre Ollerenshaw and Mark Greenhalgh. The play was first performed at the Oldham Coliseum in 1980 and has had 3 national tours since then. The play has a cast of 15+ and is a worthy follow up to our first Pro/Am production this year of Cold Comfort Farm in association with the Garrick Rep Company.

The fun begins on Mark's stag night, which almost ends in disaster when Mark, is left much the worse for wear chained to a lamp post with a blow up doll "borrowed" from a night club. The wedding day itself turns out to be a disaster too, with half the guests (including the priest) suffering from blinding hangovers and the play ends in hilarious chaos at the reception.

31 March - 4 April 2009 - main auditorium

Therese Raquin by Leslie Sands adapted from the novel by Zola

The passionate affair between Therese Raquin and her husband's best friend Laurent leads to murder but not to subsequent happiness. This skilful adaptation of the nineteenth century French novel is a murder story with a difference - not a "whodunnit" but a "will they get away with it?"

2-6 June 2009 - Studio
 
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