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BLOWING WHISTLES

Nigel loves his hedonistic lifestyle – he has a long-term boyfriend, goes clubbing and has lots of sex in their open relationship. Jamie, his partner of ten years isn’t sure things are so great . . . The night before…

Cast 3 male

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CRANFORD

Based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford stories, Laura Turner’s adaptation delightfully brings the rural village to life where etiquette rules, underpinned by a healthy amount of gossip. Applying the ideals of gentility and propriety, the idiosyncratic ways of the women of…

Cast 3 male 6 female

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CRANFORD AT CHRISTMAS

Deep in the frosty English countryside, chestnuts are roasting and carols are being sung as the folk of Cranford busily prepare for Christmas. Join Miss Pole, Miss Matty and Mrs Jamieson as they warm their frozen hands on cups of…

Cast 4 male 6 female

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DAMAGES

"It's not in the public interest just because it interests the public" Deep in the bowels of a tabloid newspaper office, the clock is ticking with only an hour left before the presses have to roll.... A controversial photo of…

Cast 3 male 1 female

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I WANT THAT HAIR

Jane Thornton's plays include Shakers (with John Godber), Amid the Standing Corn, Back to the Walls, Handle with Care, Catwalk, Cut 'n' Dried and the stage adaptations of Dracula (also with John Godber) and Wuthering Heights. She has won two…

Cast 3 female

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IT'S NOW OR NEVER!

The hilarious sequel to the author's Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! is set in a Spanish villa where Tom Weals, an Elvis fanatic, and Alice, his fiancee, have arrived in preparation for their long-awaited wedding. Keith Clark, a friend…

Cast 4 male 3 female

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LOST

It’s the first day of Scarborough’s summer season and Tom and Chelsea have holiday jobs at the Court Hotel. They love their work – they could watch it all day, especially guests Len and Betty whose fifty year old marriage…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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ON GOLDEN POND

A touching, funny and warmly perceptive study of a spirited and lovable elderly couple facing their twilight years. Ethel and Norman Thayer return to their summer home on Golden Pond for the 44th year. He is a retired professor, nearing…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY, THE

A somewhat tarnished international playboy returns to the San Francisco home of his former wife to give away their daughter in marriage. He hasn't laid eyes on the girl since she was a sprout and now discovering her a resplendent…

Cast 5 male 2 female

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS

Fresh off the back of their latest amateur dramatics production, the Parish Players learn that circumstances beyond their control are forcing them to abandon the Parish Hall. Without anywhere to stage their plays, they decide to pull on their gardening…

Cast 2 male 3 female

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SECRET GARDEN, THE

When Mary Lennox is orphaned while living in India, she comes to live at her uncle’s manor house on the Yorkshire moors, finding it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long…

Cast 9 male 4 female

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TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN

Set in an isolated chalet in the French Alps, Trap For A Lonely Man is a gripping psychological thriller concerning a man who has apparently lost his wife, and is rapidly losing his mind. After having reported his wife's disappearance…

Cast 4 male 2 female

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TWIST

David Woods is a mild-mannered accountant who sees a sensational way of making a fortune by writing a kiss-and-tell biography about his venomous wife Sarah, the nation's favourite actress from the hit TV soap Doctors and Nurses. He then realises…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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UP POMPEII

Based on the original characters devised by Talbot Rothwell and Sid Colin for the Frankie Howerd BBC comedy, this hilarious romp through ancient Pompeii brings back all the television favourites in this full-length play seen on a national tour in…

Cast 6 male 5 female

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS

The saga of two Yorkshire families in the remote Pennine Hills, and the doomed relationship of Heathcliff and Cathy Earnshaw is brilliantly brought to life in Jane Thornton’s new stage adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel. One in spirit but…

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