The cleaning ladies in the municipal art gallery enjoy their work, but rumours of government cut backs threaten to upset their cosy regime. Sharks In The Custard by Tony Layton (4f, 3m/f) Prize Winner captivating, funny and really quite moving.” There are mishaps, misunderstandings, all sorts of complications and some really very shocking revelations! ‘Rude Awakenings’ is a comedy – with a tear or two – that revolves around the loves, lives and losses of four very different women. Rude Awakenings by Nicolas Ridley (4f) 45 minsĮverything normally runs so smoothly at the Little Gissing Art Group’s ‘Annual Exhibition and Competition’ in the village hall, but this year it’s all going wrong. Mary Christmas, a seasonal comedy drama of life’s endings, and new beginnings. If you had a cardboard cut-out of it, where could you balance it on a pencil’s point? One woman knows, and this Christmas she’s going there. Where is the centre of Great Britain? The big British island, the one with Scotland at the top. Mary Christmas by Nick Wilkes (2f) 60 mins Rescue is imminent when the lighting fails and the pipes burst, bringing a wet end to their miserable evening. They find that the door to the room is jammed, and a succession of mishaps involving faulty wiring, leaking pipes, a rat and pieces of cake follow. Feelings run high because Jan suspects that Tara was involved with new husband Mike. It’s Jan’s wedding reception, and Meg, Jan and Tara are taking a break in the Ladies Room. Tara eventually manages to open the door, but on the threshold of escape they find that Meg is trapped in one of the cubicles.įlushed Again by Ron Nicol (3f) 40-45 mins Then Meg discovers that the door to the room seems to be locked, and the succeeding series of mishaps and misfortunes ruins Jan’s appearance and assurance. When Tara’s presence is revealed a fight ensues and Jan confesses the reason for her jealousy. Jan is criticising Tara, unaware that Tara is hiding in one of the toilet cubicles. It’s a singles night, and Jan and Meg are taking a break in the Ladies Room. On the bizarre discovery of an empty coffin in Anya's lodgings, she and friend Sonia are goaded into recollecting some things they'd rather forget from their earlier years. Nominated - Manchester Evening News Award (Best Play) : 2006ĭark secrets hidden in the grey mists of time are reluctantly revealed in this excellent black comedy, set in a small village in 1880's Russia. Two Sisters by Caroline Harding (2f) 50 min or 60 min version available. Ladies On The Costa by Lindy Macnaughton Jordan (1f) Each play apx 20 minsĪ compelling series of 12 monologues telling the amusing, acerbic and utterly absorbing stories of the lives of twelve female ex-pats living in Spain, each with a different reason for emigrating there. Margaret and Divora are lifelong friends, but what happened between Margaret and her husband Max, and is she asking too much of Divora? The play explores the see-saw relationship of two women held together by a shared past. We hear the story of Eve through Ruth’s inner thoughts and outer utterances in this bitter-sweet comedy of lost love and lost luggage.Īshes To Ashes by Anne Gawthorpe & Lesley Bown (2f) apx 45-50 minsĪ two-handed black comedy that charts a descent into murder and madness. She travels with baby Eve, a slowly dwindling mountain of baggage and a distinct lack of self-esteem on a somewhat fraught train journey to see her grown-up son. When something unsettling though happens to one of her friends, the effect of it builds up a tidal wave around her which smashes through her comfy existence, destroying it forever.Ī Woman Of Uncertain Age by Maggie Dealey (1f) apx 35 mins Winner - Best New Writing, Buxton Festival Fringe : 2003 Settled with husband, Harry settled into their comfortable house in a small cul-de-sac settled with her circle of friends and settled with her high standards of behaviour. A Bit Of A Do by Tony Layton (1f) apx 25 mins
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