Interesting Times Ahead...

Some interesting dates for your diary:

AGM 2009

For those that missed the AGM on the 15th July you can read the reports here.

Criterion Lottery Draw

Could those who haven't already entered the Criterion Lottery Draw, please consider it as a fun way to raise funds for the theatre, for a monthly donation of £5 per number. To apply for a number contact Mike Tooley at mike_tooley@hotmail.com. The bar will be open from 8pm for the lottery draw.

Readings and Auditions

The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan

Directed by Keith Railton

Reading: Sunday 14th February, 7:30pm; Audition: Sunday 7th March, 7:30pm; Play Dates: 10th - 17th July 2010

A powerful historical thriller. More detail here.

Cast:

• Rafe Smith, a haberdasher
• Hester Fletcher, a servant
• Jack Lane, a young gentleman
• Bishop Parry of Worcester
• John Hall, physician of Stratford-upon-Avon
• Susanna Hall, his wife
• Elizabeth Hall, their daughter
• Barnabus Goche, Vicar General

The Talented Mr Ripley by by Patrica Highsmith

Directed by Wendy Anderson

Reading: Sunday 28th March, 7:30pm; Audition: Sunday 25th April, 7:30pm; Play Dates: 4th - 11th September 2010

When Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to track down Richard Greenleaf his mission takes on a sinister twist as their lives become inextricably entwined. More detail here.

Cast:

• Tom Ripley - mid 20's
• Richard Greenleef - mid 20's
• Marge Sherwood - mid 20's
• Freddie Miles - mid 20's
• Herbert Greenleef - Richard's father
• Emily Greenleef - Richard's mother
• Aunt Dottie - Tom's aunt
• Marc Priminger - Tom's Friend
• Fausto - a naive Italian teenager
• Tenente Roverini - and Italian police lieutenant
• Sophia - a young Italian prostitute
• Silvio - a young Italian gigolo
• Reddington - a young cartoonist

Pleasure And Repentance Compiled by Terry Hands

Directed by Geoff Bennett

Reading: Sunday 18th April, 7:30pm; Audition: Sunday May 9th, 7:30pm; Play Dates: 22nd - 25th September 2010

Terry Hands has devised a most ingeniously entertaining look at love in his anthology Pleasure and Repentance. More detail here.

The piece is written for male and female actors, musicians and singers.

Not About Heroes by Stephen Macdonald

Directed by Helen Withers

Reading: Sunday 23rd May, 7:30pm; Audition: Sunday 13th June, 7:30pm; Play Dates: 3rd - 6th November 2010

This moving play is about the poetic life and the inter relationship between two of the finest Great War poets: Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. More detail here.

Cast:

• Siegfried Sassoon - Born in Kent, 8th September, 1886: died, Wiltshire, 1st September 1967, a week before his 81st birthday.
• Wilfred Owen - Born in Oswestry, Shropshire, 18th March 1893; killed in action on the Oise-Sambre Canal, 4th November 1918, a week before the Armistice and the end of the First World War.

Love and Duty - Double Bill

Directed by Ruth Millar

Reading: Sunday 16th May, 7:30pm; Audition: Sunday 6th June, 7:30pm; Play Dates: 16th - 23rd October 2010

Love and Duty - Double Bill: Still Life by Noel Coward and The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan . More detail here.

Workshops

None planned but watch this space!

Special Events

None planned but watch this space!