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| Forthcoming Play List |
PLEASE NOTE: All our main house productions take place in the Bingley Arts Centre and start at 7.30PM
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Fatal Attraction 19 - 24 September, 2011
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A thriller by Bernard Slade
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Blair Griffin, a fading movie star is in retreat in her country hideaway in Massachusetts. In the throes of divorce, she invites her husband Morgan to collect some of his paintings. The mysterious Toni Lombard appears. There is a murder. Local police, in the form of jaded Lieutenant Gus Braden and sharp Sergeant Doris Ayleworth, have to sort it out. A cracking tale with many twists and turns right up to, and including, the very last scene.
Directed by: David Templeton, Sponsored by: Cox 22 Ltd
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The Accrington Pals 24 - 29 October, 2011
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by Peter Whelan
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Accrington during 1914 – 1916. The “Pals” are the men from the local volunteer battalion who march high-spiritedly off to the Great War. Their experiences in the trenches contrast with those of the women left behind. At times funny, at times sad, this play paints a moving picture of the changes in civilian life during wartime, especially from the point of view of the women.
Directed by: Rosemary Grainger, Sponsored by: Ladies in Waiting
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Inspector Drake and the Perfekt Crime 5 - 10 December, 2011
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by David Tristram.
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A hilarious comedy. The legendary Inspector Drake is back to face his greatest ever challenge as he attempts to unravel a plot with more twists in it than, well, a really twisty thing.
Who is the mysterious Doctor Short? Has he murdered his fourth wife or did she murder him first? Has he really got two daughters called Sabrina and why is there a lamppost in the living room? You can see the jokes coming but still laugh when they arrive. Comedy and timing at its best, this is a fun-filled evening’s entertainment.
Directed by: Gilly Rogers, Sponsored by: Lupton Fawcett
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Entertaining Angels 16 - 21 January, 2012
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by Richard Everett
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Grace is the widow of a vicar, Bardolph. She is welcoming his successor – a lady vicar, and her husband. Grace’s sister, a missionary, has come home to help Grace get over her husband’s death. Bardolph, however, has not entirely “gone” and he is helping Grace work out things that occurred in their lives together. An amusing, poignant and heart-warming play that originally starred Penelope Keith, is a thoroughly good watch.
Directed by: Robin Martin, Sponsored by: UKAR
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The Shop at Sly Corner 20 - 25 February, 2012
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by Edward Percy
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Mr Heiss has a dark past and now holds a grudge. He allows his antiques shop to be used as a front for criminal activity. He doesn’t want his daughter or his sister to find out….. After years of steady business suddenly things become too difficult. His shop assistant is blackmailing him and he can’t continue. Everything becomes complicated, tense, and out of hand, with a twist in the final scene. A gripping tale.
Directed by: Abbe Robinson, Sponsored by: Peter and Audrey Flesher
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The End of the Food Chain 26 - 31 March, 2012
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by Tim Firth
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A comedy drama. Kale Moor Grocery Depot is the supply depot for a chain of down-market supermarkets. Under the imaginative guidance of Bruce “The Games Master”, work here is an endless round of food sports (sprout tag, Smartie-and-flan tiddlywinks, frozen fish sword-fighting), much enjoyed by the all-male night-shift workers. But a major change is due, for their new colleague is not a born games player but is – even worse – a woman! A woman who can see through the childish antics of the men to reveal the insecurities and weaknesses beneath. At first relations are reasonably civilised, but the gloves come off when the cerebral challenge of murder-mystery role-playing is presented to the team. It originally starred Stephen Tomlinson and Mark Benton.
Directed by: Mervyn Button, Sponsored by: 4 URBAN
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Macbeth 14 - 19 May, 2012
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by William Shakespeare
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"The Scotish Play"
Directed by: Jonathan Scott, Sponsored by: Engine Products
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The Darling Buds of May 25 - 30 June, 2012
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by H.E. Bates
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The Larkin family live in Kent “somewhere at the end of the rainbow”. Pop, who makes a fortune from various deals but has never paid any income tax, lives in rural idyllic bliss with generous-hearted Ma and their six children. When a young, earnest tax official turns up to investigate, he is bewitched by their eldest daughter Mariette, and soon succumbs to the boisterous Larkin family charm and largesse.
Directed by: Jan Darnbrough, Sponsored by: Printroom
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| Kaleidoscope Youth Drama Group |
The Arabian Nights 26 - 28 April, 2012
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Adapted by Adam Forde
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Long ago in a far off land the brutal King Sharyar is about to marry the beautiful Sheherazade. Will she meet the same fate as his previous wives? Only her gift of storytelling can save her life. Can she melt her tyrant husband’s cold heart with her tales of treasures, monsters, genies, magic and romance and create a true love story of her own? Five of the stories are played out in dialogue, song and dance, and in their telling Scheherazade turns the King's heart away from his brutal cruelty, ensuring her own future as his beloved Queen.
Directed by: Rosemary Grainger, Sponsored by: Skipton Building Society
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