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2017 November realised the performance of
Cynthia Cahill offered to direct another play 'Calendar Girls' by Tim Firth, directed by
for us and chose 'Quartet' by Ronald Jane Barr.
Harwood.
'Calendar Girls'
'Quartet' This had been planned and advertised for
many months as it needed a cast of 14.
We held auditions before Christmas so the Did we mention a challenge for the
cast, theoretically, had lots of time to learn previous play? This one needed the
lines before starting rehearsals in January. Yorkshire Dales for goodness sake and a
Anyway, apart from it being a most field of sunflowers not to mention several
hundred props (well it seemed like
enjoyable play to be part of, the highlight hundreds) many of which had to be made.
for many people was the lip-synching Thank goodness for Wendy Fulcher and
scene at the end when the Quartet mimed her team for the collection and
to the actual aria from Rigoletto. manufacture of so much stuff. This was a
popular play as the season was sold out
'Are You Being Served?' by Jeremy Lloyd before we opened and the cast did it great
and David Croft came next. This was justice. Quite an achievement for all,
directed by Wendy Berridge and we all especially in a small theatre.
thought she must be mad, because a
working shop elevator was required, not to
mention several tents on the hotel roof
when the whole staff of Grace Brothers
moved to Spain for their holiday.
'Calendar Girls' 147 handmade sunflowers!
2018
'Are You Being Served' We began the year with four plays in the
pipeline, the first of which was 'Curtain Up'
Well, with a lot of help from her friends, by Peter Quilter and directed by Cynthia
some of them obviously very clever, Cahill.
Wendy got there. Lots of laughs from very
happy audiences.
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