programme for
january 2008 to march 2008
Introduction from the Artistic Directors
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Sat 26th Jan - Sat 2nd Feb 2008
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Strangers On A Train
by Craig Warner
directed by Pat Boxall
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 What's it like to get away with murder?
America. 1950. Two strangers meet in the dining car of a train and strike up a confessional conversation. To architect Guy Haines, it's a casual diversion; to psychopathic playboy Charles Bruno, it's the striking of a deadly pact to commit the perfect crime. For both, it's a journey that leads to damnation.
Powerful and compelling, Strangers on a Train is a psychological thriller, full of mystery and suspense, portraying a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Based on the Patricia Highsmith novel that also inspired a Hitchcock film, Craig Warner's play delves deeper into the darkest realms of desire, guilt and betrayal.
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Thu 21st - Sat 23rd Feb 2008
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Frankie says Laugh
Comedy @ Bedford Place
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 Three colourful nights of comedy guaranteed!
The first two nights will include a wonderful display of improvisational comedy in the first half of the show, followed by a panel game answering all the questions you have always wondered about... even theatre ones!! Bring any funny props and hats for the players to use.
23rd of Feb: Come and join us as the Studio area is turned into a comedy club for one night only! Sit and enjoy music, comedy, fun and games plus a few hidden extras!
Book early to avoid disappointment...
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Wed 26th March - Sat 5th Apr 2008
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Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
directed by Helen Caton
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 Returned pregnant from her honeymoon with adoring husband George Tesman, Hedda awakes into the cold reality of an existence throttled by the tight clench of refusal. Having chosen security over passion, Hedda's life becomes intolerably suffocating as the system into which she has married expects of her that which she is unwilling to deliver, namely her opening. Drowning in her own sense of a life devoid of purpose or meaning, Hedda begins to systematically destroy the hopes and dreams of those around her, with deathly consequences.
Viewed through a modern filter Ibsen's classic explores the deep imbalance which arises when a woman closes her heart to love and chooses a life bent by fear. This production of Hedda Gabler describes the haunting shape of a woman's closure.
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