Arthur Smith : Comedy 1M 1F Interior set A boy meets girl tale for the over-30's finds one couple manoeuvring
through a tussle of love, sheets and emotional ping-pong on a journey
of discovery to find out which it's going to be. Anyone who has ever
spent a night in a strange bed - brass bed, bunk bed or even flower
bed - is sure to enjoy this delightful exploration of modern relationships. Carla Lane and John Chapman : Comedy 5M 4F Interior set Following on from the huge success of the television series, The
Liver Birds is the amusing story of Sandra and Beryl, adapted
for the stage. Living together in a Merseyside apartment, the girls
pursue their romantic interests while keeping their interfering
mothers at bay. A constant stream of colourful and eccentric neighbours,
ex-lovers, fathers and vicars parade through the flat to add to
the overall confusion and enhance this very popular and nostalgic
play. (in Churchill: PlaysThree). - Caryl Churchill, Music by Orlando
Gough A complex piece telling the stories of famous killers from Medea
to Dr Crippen through dance, song and spoken dialogue. An incredibly
rich and vibrant dramatic experience created by the same artistic
partnership, Churchill and Gough, who produced the acclaimed Hotel. Play Anthony Giardina. 4 men, 4 women. Interior. Having dropped out of college, yet reluctant to tell his friends
of his decision, John Bogle drifts aimlessly. He rejects his father's
offer to take him into his business; derides his brother for his
ambition; teases his younger sister and her musclebound boyfriend;
and is unable to deal with the illness of his mother, who lies upstairs
dying of cancer. Turning aside his family's well meant interest with
flippant humour, or by reading passages from Eugene O'Neill, John's
emotions rise to the surface only when challenged by a telling encounter
with the sister of his brother's girlfriend, and in a poignant reunion
with the unappealing girl who had idolised him in his high school
days. But, in the end, John's cool buffoonery breaks down in the
face of his family's continued concern and he undergoes an emotional
catharsis, pouring out, at last, the pent up feelings and uncertainties
which had been undermining his attempts to come to terms with life,
in the youthful present and for the years to come. Play. Brian Friel Living Quarters reconstructs a day in the life of the Butler family in the village of Ballybeg. Frank Butler, who has served all his life in the Irish army, returns from United Nations service a hero, to learn of his young wife's affair with his son from a previous marriage. Parallels with Greek tragedy are marked in Friel's absorbing study of family relationships and the absence of a refuge from destiny. Play. Grahame Greene After her mother's death young Rose comes to live with her two elderly, religious aunts and their brother James, a crippled priest. Every room where someone has died has been shut up, leaving only one open. Rose, who has been the mistress of an elderly psychologist, wants to go away with him. She begs the help of the priest but when he can offer her no comfort she commits suicide in the one remaining room - the 'living room'. |