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Auditions are being held for our January production of After the Dance by Terence Rattigan, to be directed by Mark Coleman.

We are casting 8 male and 5 female roles, plus additional ‘guest’ roles.

Read Round Tuesday 1st November at 7.30 p.m.
Auditions Thursday 3rd November at 7.30 p.m.

Casting falls into the following approximate age groups (for guidance only):

JOHN REID      late 30s
fat, red-faced, a drinker, a witty cynic

PETER SCOTT-FOWLER  early 20s
earnest, sincere, honest

WILLIAMS        40-65
quiet, dutiful, tolerant

JOAN SCOTT-FOWLER  32- 39
complex, a naturally reserved woman who masks her hidden depths with frivolity

HELEN BANNER early 20s
a romantic, bright, beautiful and buxom blonde

DR GEORGE BANNER mid 20s
professional, diplomatic yet direct when necessary, a good bedside manner

JULIA BROWNE mid 30s
untidy, insignificant-looking woman, whose manner and behaviour entirely belie her appearance; a sociable, drunken gossip

CYRIL CARTER early- mid 20s
very good-looking, very well dressed, common

DAVID SCOTT FOWLER late 30s
a hard-drinking but successful, charming and rich historian

MOYA LEXINGTON late 30s
a gossipy socialite who loves a bit of drama; a tough cookie

LAWRENCE WALTERS late 30s
a somewhat superficial, drunken boor

ARTHUR POWER late 30s- early 40s
a Manchester-based business man, decent and successful

MISS POTTER mid 40s
a severe-looking woman, prissy, spinsterish

GUESTS 20s- mid 40s
fun-loving freeloaders and drinkers

The accent is RP, with the exception of CYRIL CARTER who is Cockney.

If you’d like to join us please visit the Contact page and get in touch as soon as possible.

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McMurphy (played on Broadway by Kirk Douglas) is a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than in a prison. This, he learns, was a mistake. He clashes with the head nurse, who is used to ruling with a rod of iron. Quickly, he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and girls. For one offence, the head nurse has him submit to shock treatment. The party is too horrid for her and she acts with devastating consequences.

25-30 October 2010

A sharp and poignant comedy about how romantic love,mother love and friendship affect one woman. It follows the successful celebrity hairdresser, Barbs Marshall. She has her own TV show, a nice flat, but she’s 39 and her biological clock is ticking. Will she find someone willing to oblige her?

26-29 January 2011
What happens to children in the absence of love ? That is the question
that lies at the heart of this funny and heartrending play by one
of America’s most acclaimed playwrights. Lost in Yonkers is a
coming of age tale that focuses on brothers Arty and Jay, left in
the care of their Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Bella in Yonkers, New
York. Their desperate father, Eddie, works as a traveling salesman
to pay off debts incurred following the death of his wife. Grandma
is a severe, frightfully intimidating immigrant who terrified her
children as they were growing up, damaging each of them to varying
degrees. Bella is a sweet but mentally slow and highly excitable
woman who longs to marry an usher at the local movie house so she
can escape the oppressive household and create a life and family of
her own. Her brother Louie is a small-time, tough-talking hoodlum
who is on the run, while her sister Gert suffers from a breathing
problem with causes more psychological than physical problems.
Missing much of the sentimentality of the plays comprising Simon’s
earlier Eugene trilogy, Lost in Yonkers climaxes with a dramatic
confrontation between embittered mother and lonely daughter that
creates a permanent fissure in this highly dysfunctional family.
Filled with laughter, tears and insight, this is yet another
heartwarming testament to Neil Simons talent.

The Cherry Orchard, 21st-24th April 2010, Eastwood Park Theatre.

Thank you to those who joined us to celebrate 150 years of Chekhov with a new production of The Cherry Orchard based on David Lan’s translation. Directed by Antonia Doggett, with Lighting Designed by Ian Irving and a Set Designed by Margot Traynor. The play was costumed by Kate McNeil.

Synopsis

Set in late-19th-centrury Russia, a domestic dispute over an inherited cherry grove sets the scene for Chekhov’s last play, a commentary on class struggle as old and new orders clash. This timeless drama evokes loss, longing, and the relentless passing of time.

Cast List

Production Team

The Cherry Orchard

On 21st-24th April 2010 in Eastwood Park Theatre, Giffnock we produced

The Cherry Orchard.

Cast List

Production Team

We’d like to say a quick thank you to everyone who came to see our production of A Chorus of Disapproval in October.

The Anthony Nolan Trust

Many of you generously donated your spare change to the charity collectors on your way in to the auditorium, helping to raise £304.48 for the Anthony Nolan Trust. The charity wrote us a letter thanking our audiences for their generosity, and hope you will check out their work as they continue with their efforts to find and support bone marrow donors.