All posts tagged "Therry Dramatic Society"
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2.7KEntertainmentTheatre Review: One For The Pot
Ray Cooney is a legend of British comic theatre, from the mid 60’s to the mid 90’s there was always a Ray Cooney farce playing somewhere in London’s West End. Mr Cooney is 87 years old and still going strong proving the old adage laughter is the best medicine.
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1.9KEntertainmentTheatre Review: An Inspector Calls
J.B. Priestley’s old-fashioned drawing-room drama written in 1945 still packs a moral wallop. On the surface, it’s a static set, with a bunch of English upper middle-class people talking around the celebratory dining table. Dad and mum, daughter and son, together with the daughter’s new fiancé, cheerfully celebrate the engagement. A mysterious Inspector Goole knocks on their door and starts asking them all questions.
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1.4KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Pirates of Penzance (Broadway Version)
"Pirates of Penzance" is one of the most famous and favoured of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operas.
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1.9KArtsTheatre Review: Go Back For Murder
Go Back For Murder was adapted for the stage by Agatha Christie from the hugely successful novel Five Little Pigs, in which Hercule Poirot was the main character. In adapting the play, Christie changed the title and dropped Poirot completely from the story, replacing him with Justin Fogg, the handsome young lawyer.
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1.4KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks
The Therry Dramatic Society brings Richard Alfieri’s Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks to the Arts Theatre for their latest production.
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2.3KArtsTheatre Review: The One Day Of The Year
This play is usually performed closer to the day it commemorates in April, but Therry Dramatic Society have decided to make it part of the celebrations of their 75th year. Written in 1958 it is a play of its time, set in the 50’s but showcasing many of the problems that still beset our society today.
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1.2KArtsTheatre Review: Holiday Inn
Originally a 1942 film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, later developed as a stage musical by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge. It translates to the stage remarkably well.
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703ArtsTheatre Review: It Could Be Any One Of Us
A murder/mystery'comedy where the killer can change with each performance.
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755ArtsTheatre Review: Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's classic English novel, 'Jane Eyre' is brought to the stage by a dedicated cast in Therry's latest production.
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981ArtsTheatre Review: My Friend Miss Flint
In the capable hands of director Barry Hill, the fun comedy, 'My Friend Miss Flint' becomes another Therry Dramatic Society success.
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1.0KArtsTheatre Review: Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller was without doubt one of the major writers of the 20th Century and amongst his best plays Death of a Salesman stands out as one of the best.
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886ArtsTheatre Review: Big Fish
Therry’s production of Andrew Lippa’s musical version of 'Big Fish' follows the father-son story of a man whose tales are larger than life.
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797ArtsTheatre Review: The Philadelphia Story
'The Philadelphia Story' has been delighting audiences since 1939 and its charm has not diminished.
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520Performing ArtsTheatre Review: A Murder Is Announced
The residents of Little Paddocks House are astonished by an advertisement in the local paper stating a murder will take place in the house at 6:30pm on Friday night.
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669LatestTheatre Review: The Lion In Winter
James Goldman gives us familial insight into Henry II; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Prince John; Richard the Lionheart; Geoffrey, Count of Brittany; Alais Capet; and Philip of France.
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1.2KLatestTheatre Review: The Goodbye Girl
The seventies saw the film 'The Goodbye Girl' by Neil Simon. The nineties saw the musical version hit the stage. Now, Therry presents this toe-tapper.
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1.2KLatestTheatre Review: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
For seventeen years, two sugarcane cutters have journeyed to Melbourne to catch up with two women but this year things change as truths are revealed.
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Review: Little Women – The Musical
Based on the classic Louisa May Alcott novel set during and after the American Civil War, this is a musical adaptation with a heart that has been lacking in many musicals of late.
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Review: An Unexpected Guest
This is pleasant enough evening, and certainly one for the dedicated followers of the works of Agatha Christie.
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Review: The Mousetrap
This year is the Diamond Anniversary of Agatha Christie’s famous play, perhaps best known for the request at every performance not to tell anybody who committed the crime.
