Lewes Theatre Club
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Club Director's Notes
Noel and Gertie Groping for Words: Three more performances! Music Hall Blackbird It Could Be Any One of Us The Handyman DNA & Sparkleshark Tonight at 8:30; A collection of 10 one act plays
Noel and Gertie Groping for Words: Three more performances! Music Hall Blackbird It Could Be Any One of Us The Handyman DNA & Sparkleshark Tonight at 8:30; A collection of 10 one act plays
2010 - 2011
- 2010-08-08
- Director: Pat Shrimpton
As the new Artistic Director of Lewes Theatre Club, I have tried to choose plays having mixed genres for the 2010-11 Season.
I asked the directors to submit plays of their choice and most chose small cast plays.
The first play of the season was ‘Noel and Gertie’ an entertainment devised by Sheridan Morley with words and music by Noel Coward followed by ‘Groping For Words’ by Sue Townsend in late November.
Productions for later in the 2010-11 Season are:
'Music Hall' on 16th-18th December; directed by Pat Shrimpton and Cathryn Parker.
'Blackbird' by David Harrower, 22nd-29th January; directed by Chris Weber-Brown.
'It could be any one of us' by Alan Aykbourn, 19th-26th March; directed by Lyndsey Meer.
'The Handyman' by Ronald Harwood, 14th-21st May; directed by Stella Stone.
Ending the season with a touring production of 'Tonight at 8:30' by Noel Coward, 15th Jul-23rd July; directed by Cathryn Parker.
The first play of the season, ‘Noel and Gertie’ an entertainment devised by Sheridan Morley with words and music by Noel Coward went into rehearsal originally with the idea of performing it in different venues. However, we decided it should be the first of our Season and then hopefully being able to perform it in other locations.
Sheridan Morley tells us the story of the how the lives of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence became intertwined from their early teens until Gertie died.
There are excerpts from Coward’s plays, his songs are sung,some accompanied by dance routines.
Morley cleverly uses the words actually spoken by both characters to create a piece that has humour, razor sharp repartee and pathos.
Miles Jenner and Meg Depla-Lake are Noel and Gertie and they are directed by Joyce Fisher.
This production coincides with the 80th Anniversary of their first appearance in ‘Private Lives’ at the new Pheonix Theatre London.
‘Groping For Words’ by Sue Townsend opened in November with a cast of four.
Joyce teaches literacy to adults, George and Thelma at night School.
George has lost his job, his family and his home through his inability to read. Thelma a nanny is struggling to hide her illiteracy from her employers who expect her to teach their small child basic reading skills as well as working as their domestic help.
Kevin the young school caretaker, also illiterate tries to hide the fact behind his loutish, bigoted behaviour.
This play is directed by Adrian Bowd and has been entered in the Brighton and Hove Arts Council’s Drama Awards. There is a public adjudication after the first night on November 27th.
I asked the directors to submit plays of their choice and most chose small cast plays.
The first play of the season was ‘Noel and Gertie’ an entertainment devised by Sheridan Morley with words and music by Noel Coward followed by ‘Groping For Words’ by Sue Townsend in late November.
Productions for later in the 2010-11 Season are:
'Music Hall' on 16th-18th December; directed by Pat Shrimpton and Cathryn Parker.
'Blackbird' by David Harrower, 22nd-29th January; directed by Chris Weber-Brown.
'It could be any one of us' by Alan Aykbourn, 19th-26th March; directed by Lyndsey Meer.
'The Handyman' by Ronald Harwood, 14th-21st May; directed by Stella Stone.
Ending the season with a touring production of 'Tonight at 8:30' by Noel Coward, 15th Jul-23rd July; directed by Cathryn Parker.
The first play of the season, ‘Noel and Gertie’ an entertainment devised by Sheridan Morley with words and music by Noel Coward went into rehearsal originally with the idea of performing it in different venues. However, we decided it should be the first of our Season and then hopefully being able to perform it in other locations.
Sheridan Morley tells us the story of the how the lives of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence became intertwined from their early teens until Gertie died.
There are excerpts from Coward’s plays, his songs are sung,some accompanied by dance routines.
Morley cleverly uses the words actually spoken by both characters to create a piece that has humour, razor sharp repartee and pathos.
Miles Jenner and Meg Depla-Lake are Noel and Gertie and they are directed by Joyce Fisher.
This production coincides with the 80th Anniversary of their first appearance in ‘Private Lives’ at the new Pheonix Theatre London.
‘Groping For Words’ by Sue Townsend opened in November with a cast of four.
Joyce teaches literacy to adults, George and Thelma at night School.
George has lost his job, his family and his home through his inability to read. Thelma a nanny is struggling to hide her illiteracy from her employers who expect her to teach their small child basic reading skills as well as working as their domestic help.
Kevin the young school caretaker, also illiterate tries to hide the fact behind his loutish, bigoted behaviour.
This play is directed by Adrian Bowd and has been entered in the Brighton and Hove Arts Council’s Drama Awards. There is a public adjudication after the first night on November 27th.
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