Community
Spirit
The village of Snickerton has a new
community hall and all the local groups
get together to organise an opening day
that will never be forgotten. Pity Mel, the
poor official from the local council who has
to try to keep apart the warring factions.
There is Mike, the bombastic chaiman from the
choral society, who clashes with Chris, his
deadly rival, as well as just about anyone else
who dare to disagree with him. Add a couple
of lovies from the am dram, some
representatives of Churches Together who
couldn't be further apart, the leader of the
cubs and beavers who sees things in the night,
and a host of other characters including a
caretaker with a very unfortunate name.
Community Spirit is a large cast play with
eleven speaking roles and any number of
none speaking roles that starts out as a
comedy of manners but by the end is pure
farce.
Great fun for any theatre group looking
to involve as many of their members as
possible.
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Life
Begins at
Seventy
A light-hearted yet touching story
about four
elderly, but not over the hill, people who
discover that
one is never too old to fall in
love, but issues from the past must be
resolved before making plans for the future.
Betty
and
Dorothy
have
known
each
other
since childhood and their constant bickering
belies
a deep friendship resulting from
mutual support and shared tragedy.
However,
one gets the impression that they have drifted
apart in recent
years and their weekly outings
are more out of habit than anything
else.
Meanwhile,
straight-laced
Tom
has
recently
moved to the area to be nearer to his
daughter following
the death of his wife and
has been befriended by Bill, an ageing rogue
with a half-forgotten reputation for womanising.
When Tom bumps into
Betty in a local
supermarket they get chatting and an
unlikely
relationship develops. Things are
looking promising, but Bill’s past
might just be
the spanner in
the works.
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Mad Gary's Fruit and
Nut Case
It
is a big day for Tommy. His lovely
daughter
Peaches
has
just
married
Lionel
Looselips,
the
son
of
the
biggest
fruit
and
veg
wholesale
magnate
in
the
whole
of
the
county.
Now
Tommy
can be
assured
that
his
market
stall
will
always
have
the
freshest,
best
value
produce
known
to
man.
The
wedding
reception
is
a
grand
affair,
friends
and
relations
are
joined
by
rivals
who,
for
one
day, put their
differences
aside;
or
do
they?
As
the
ceremonial
fruit
salad
is
consumed
the
guests
start
dropping
like
fruit
flies.
Who
is
responsible
for
this
murderous
act?
What
did
they
hope
to
gain?
Who will be
next?
It’s
a
job
for
“Mad”
Gary Grasslover
of
the
local
constabulary.
This intentionally
corny and
ribald
comedy/murder
mystery
provides
plenty
of
laughs
and
opportunity
for
the
audience
to
join
in
the
fun
by,
not only trying
to guess
the
murderer,
but
also
by
selected
members
being
given
characters
to
play.
Mad Gary is published
by
New
Theatre Publications
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The Beginner's Guide to
Murdering Your Husband
Want to murder your husband but
don't
know how? You
need The Beginners
Guide to
Murdering Your Husband. Maddy
and her team will
take you
through a number
of scenarios
which will explain how to avoid
the
pitfalls that could lead to you being caught
and all you have
to do is
decide which is the
best method for
your own personal
circumstances.
You'll have an late husband in
no time with no
dreary years in prison
and a
healthy sum from
the insurance if you follow
Maddy's advice.
This
play is presented as though it is an
instructional video that
the
audience are
watching being filmed.
Maddy will present a
variety of
methods for disposing of an unwanted
husband, aided by Jim,
her real
life husband, and
her faithful employees.
But is she really trying to
get rid of her husband?
Is the video just a ruse
to lull him into a
false sense of security? The
parallels with their real
life
relationship give
Jim plenty to worry about
but, as the play reaches
its its climax, we
realise that nothing is what it
seems. Criss-cross
indeed!
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Waiting for a Train
Set
on the platform of a rural railway station
waiting for a train that
never comes, this is a
play about life, love and hope. The stark
reality of living with schizophrenia is
contrasted by the warmth and
playfulness
that exists between the main characters.
The link between the casual use of cannibis
and the mental illness that can result is
demonstrated in this play that pays homage
to Waiting for Godot.
With a degree of
flexibility in casting and a
set that would work better if it is
suggested
rather than detailed this is play should be
relatively
simple to stage at the same time
giving the actors the opportunity to
immerse
themselves into characters that have great
complexity and
depth.
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Call Girls
Call Girls is set in a call centre
providing IT assistance to an
unspecified
company. Three of the women get on
well together and ‘have
a laugh’ but for the
last six months their happy little group has
been
spoiled by the presence of Laura, an
arrogant and aloof troublemaker
whose
predilection for short skirts and low cut
tops probably has more
to do with her
getting the job than any particular work skills.
Thankfully this is Laura’s last week and the
others decide not to let
her go without letting
her know exactly what they think of her.
Surprisingly it is Mary, normally the quietist
member of the group, who
really lets rip but
this uncharacteristic outburst could be the
biggest
mistake of her life.
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Fresh Showers for
the Thirsting Flowers
Alice
is
a
retired
English
teacher
who is living
a comfortable if rather
lonely existence.
A chance encounter with her neighbour’s
daughter
re-awakens her passion to teach
when she discovers that most unusual
of things.
A pupil who wants to learn!
With
a
respectful
nod
to
‘Educating
Rita’
this
is a story of how a generation gap is
easily
bridged through the discovery of a mutual
interest. All scenes
are set in Alice’s living
room which has minimal set requirements.
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The Kennel Club
The Kennel Club is a short play set in
rescue kennels. The four
characters are
dogs. Sally, the sensible Golden Retriever,
Molly her
nervous partner, Sam, a
scatterbrained terrier and Bruno, the huge
monster with a heart of gold. These diverse
characters are all going to
have to work
together if Sally's plan to find them all new
homes is
going to work. The Kennel Club is
a touching and funny short play that
has
won festivals on both sides of the Atlantic
and is popular with
both children and
adults.
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