A new venture for the Players in early summer of 2013 when we competed in a couple of local drama festivals. Graham Jerome put together four of our female actresses in the one act comedy “Charity Begins” by Sandi Toksvig.
Here they are in rehearsal.
We are bring the play back to Aldermaston on 25/26 October in an evening of two one act plays, alongside Tom Stoppard/Clive Exton’s The Boundary.
Performance-14th June-Corn Exchange, Wallingford
The company presented two evenings of One Act Plays on 25th & 26th October 2013 at the Parish Hall in Aldermaston. Both plays turn ‘workplace’ scenarios into comic situations albeit with some degree of absurdity. The audience were treated to a slice of cake during the interval.
by Sandi Toksvig
Set in 2009 – “It’s a funny thing, charity. Find a cause, find a celebrity, surely instant acclaim will follow and all one’s problems will be over.”
by Tom Stoppard and Clive Exton
Set in the 1970’s –Arriving at the library to continue work on his dictionary, Johnson is horrified to discover that the place has been ransacked.
The Boundary is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD