Monday 15 June 2009

Auditions for "Time of my Life"

Members and anyone interested in joining the Bridgnorth Players are welcome to audition for parts in "Time of my Life" by Alan Ayckbourn on Tuesday 23rd June 2009 and Monday 29th at the Library in Listley Street, Bridgnorth at 7.30. It is to be directed by Maureen Callon and will be performed the last weekend in November and the first weekend in December.

June meeting

Maureen Callon gave a synopsis of and we read part of "Time of my Life" by Alan Ayckbourn, the play proposed for the end of November. It was agreed to go ahead with auditions.

It was proposed, seconded and agreed that the new treasurer should be added to the list of bank account signatories.

Members read a short play by Linda Povey with great gusto and there was an encouraging murmer of appreciation at the twist at the end of the tale.

First Night of Murder Mystery


Friday Night's performance of "Who Killed the Director?" by Chris Martin was well received as was the slap up supper. The cast camped it up to melodramatic proportions and the audience responded with cheers and boos in all the right places.

The photo shows Geoffrey Speechly as Ralph Williams, the director; Sally de Sancha as Prudence du Maurier, the leading lady and former lover of Ralph; Graeme Christie in his debut role as Alex Pickles, stage manager and former convict; Louise Braybrook as Kathy the wannabe starlet and Richard Aston, the debonair but not particularly talented darling son of Prudence.

The three of us slaving in the kitchen had a flavour of the action through the roller shutter. Many thanks to Ruth Wheeler and Dave Bingham who laid everything out and served nearly 50 meals. Dorothy sweated over the stoves checking that nothing was burned or underdone. Ruth has asked to be on wine duty on Saturday in the hall at Ditton Priors as that way she'll get to see the play. Dave says washing up and trying to offload melting ice-cream was good therapy and it took his mind off other things.

We sold 43 tickets out of a maximum capacity of 48. Not bad at all! I noticed that most people were known to members and wonder whether there is any merit in newspaper ads when word of mouth seems more effective.

On to Ditton on Saturday 20th, where more of Keith Alderson's excellent beef stew will be served, with lashings of clues and lots of laughter!

Tuesday 9 June 2009

A Stab in the Dark

Whew! Our Murder Mystery this Friday is heading towards us like a runaway train. Everyone is on board to make it a fun evening, despite a few dramas of our own, and our audience is guaranteed a good feed and entertainment. It is a bit of a stab in the dark for us as we've not tried this style of performance before, but "Who Killed the Director?" should keep our audience amused.
Looking ahead, we are making plans for a full length play at the end of November and early December - "The Time of Your Life" by Alan Ayckbourn. All members are invited to take part and newcomers to the group will be welcomed too.