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The Rep programme 2007 - 2008
This season the Rep features
plays by local writers Paul Forrester O'Neill and Christopher
Salisbury, Frank Marcus, Alan Ayckbourn, Mike Poulton, Ray Cooney,
Friedrich Schiller, J.P. Miller and Terence Rattigan.
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27th - 29th September 2007 at 8pm
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Find the answers to love and life itself in "WOULD
LIKE TO MEET", a brand new play by local writers
Paul Forrester O'Neill and Christopher Salisbury.
Attractive single brunette age 30(?) WLTM fun-loving sensitive
audience with SOH for evening of theatrical fun and games&ldots;
What is the "Pompidou Suite"? Is it "all about
confidence"? Should you still be playing football at 48? And
does anyone know what post-modern means? Find out the answers to
these and other more complex questions about the search for love and
for life itself in this exciting new play by local authors, Paul
Forrester O'Neill and Chris Salisbury.
Great cast. Initially looking to share experiences of dating. Could
lead to thoughts of companionship, even romance. Prepare to laugh
and, perhaps, cry a little at this original REP STUDIO production.
(All performances only £6 per ticket)
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22nd - 27th October 2007 at 7.30pm
(Matinee performance Sat.
27th October at 2.30pm)
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When cosy BBC soap 'Applehurst' loses its most popular character,
alter ego June Buckridge loses everything important to her in the
Frank Marcus comedy, "THE KILLING OF
SISTER GEORGE".
'They're going to murder me'...
With its village green, ducks on the pond, friendly yokels and cheery
district nurse, Sister George, the BBC's fictional village of
Applehurst is a rosy tinted, nostalgic portrayal of traditional
country life. And that's the problem. When 'the powers that be'
decide that Applehurst needs a more contemporary edge, the formidable
Mrs Mercy Croft is dispatched from Broadcasting House to inform the
actress playing Sister George that her character is to be sacrificed
upon the altar of ratings.
However, the real Miss June Buckridge is about as far removed from
the cosy Sister George as it is possible to get, and as things
progress, it becomes apparent that her fictional character is not the
only thing which June is about to lose.
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21st November 2007 at 7.30pm
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A special for Radio 4 listeners:
BARRY CRYER: 'STILL ALIVE'
And he is – in a completely new, organically grown show, old Baz
recalls, reminisces, recounts and other words beginning with
‘R’, on a trip down memory lane, pausing only for tea and
macaroons at the Stannah Stairlift Café.
What memories - if only he can remember them. Jokes, songs, stories
and on certain nights, Pole Vaulting, if his friend Vaclev from
Warsaw turns up. Currently 72, a third of his life has already passed
and he invites you to join him in a decorous orgy of nostalgia. And
this show is proactive! You have the chance to shout out a page
number from one of his books and he will relate the story thereon.
Join Baz, in a gala evening featuring Colin Sell, as he wanders
through his life - and yours. Two hours of chuckle therapy - all
patients seen immediately.
Ticket Price: £20
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3rd - 8th December 2007 at 7.30pm
(Matinee performance Sat. 8th
December at 2.30pm)
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A new play by Alan Ayckbourn, one could condemn it as an "IMPROBABLE
FICTION"! Six aspiring writers collaborate to comic
effect in their differing genres.
Writers in circles...
 Six
aspiring authors meet on a winter's evening to discuss their work.
Among them are writers of historical romances and children's
literature who are finding it difficult to get started and a crime
writer who can't stop. A creator of extremely complicated science
fiction, a librettist without a musical partner and affable Arnold
Hassock, the Writers' Circle chairman, who produces instruction
booklets, make up the rest of the team.
Arnold's suggestion that the team collaborate on a piece of writing
is received without enthusiasm. However, as the meeting wraps up
there is a clap of thunder, a black-out and then the collaboration
takes place before his very eyes.
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28th January - 2nd February 2008 at 7.30pm
(Matinee performance Sat. 2nd
February at 2.30pm)
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In Friedrich Schiller's classic, "DON CARLOS",
intrigue, sexual jealousy and treachery explode into civil war in
sixteenth century Spain. A new version by Mike Poulton.
A family portrait in a royal household...
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