2011 Plover Results

Congratulations to the below winners! (more...)

Grimm Tales including the Plover Awards

The Boy from Oz

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Monty Python’s Spamalot – Season Finished

Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle

Music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle

Directed by Kimberley Shaw Choreographed by Kristen Twynam-Perkins Musical Direction by David Hardie November 5,6,7,11,12,13,14,18,19,20 21, 25, 26, 27 2010 All shows at 8pm, except Sundays, Nov 7 @ 2pm & Nov 14, 21 @ 7pm A new musical "lovingly ripped off" from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail From the original screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. The smash hit Broadway and West End musical is a highly irreverent parody of the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail and features a chorus line of dancing divas, serfs, cows, flatulent Frenchmen, killer rabbits and a legless knight. The original 2005 Broadway production won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more...)

CINDERELLA – A Pantomime – Season Finished

Written and directed by Stephen Lee

Musical direction by Eliot McCann

Choreography by Glynis Best and Rhoda Lopez December 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 All shows at 7.30pm, plus matinees on December 11 & 18 @ 2pm

British pantomime!!  there's nothing quite like it:  men dressed up as women; women impersonating men; audience sing-a-longs; cheering the heroes; hissing the villains;

a fun night of songs and laughter with the odd custard pie thrown in!!

OK, we may not get any snow, but this Christmas, Stephen Lee (in association with Playlovers) offers you the chance to see CINDERELLA,  a full traditional pantomime, full of laughter, magic and music. (more...)

Judas Kiss – February 2006

By David Hare

Directed by James Hough Neilson

The Judas Kiss is a dramatized biography of Oscar Wilde, in which playwright David Hare presents his interpretation of what may have happened behind closed doors between Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas.

The Judas Kiss revisits this tale of deception, in which a man who had everything, risked it all, and subsequently lost everything when his lover betrayed him. This Tony nominated work (1998) establishes the consequences of taking a moral stand in a world wrapped in fear and prejudice.

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Seussical, The Musical – January 2007

Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Co-Conceived by Eric Idle, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty

Directed by Kimberley Shaw

With music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Aherns (Ragtime) the songs are wonderful, and with co-conceiver Eric Idle, it is more than a little off-beat (excuse the pun!). This show is “Dr Seuss for grownups”, but if the kids insist on coming along they’ll have a great time as the show is suitable for all ages!

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Dinner – June 2006

By Moira Buffini

Directed by Dean Schulze

At first glance, "Dinner" sounds like one of those old-fashioned English mysteries - an isolated house on a foggy night, a tense gathering of distinctive personalities, a unexpected visitor with car trouble. But it has closer affinities with "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe" despite the fact that the ostensible occasion of the dinner is the celebration by his wife Paige of Lars' latest best-selling book, it is soon clear that the pair have long since fallen into a poisonous relationship characterized by barbed exchanges. The other guests include Wynne, the flaky artist who has turned up without her politician husband after a falling out, and scientist Hal with his new trophy wife, newsreader Sian.

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Don’t Dress for Dinner – August 2006

by Marc Camoletti Adapted by Robin Hawdon

Directed by SusanVincent

Bernard is eager for a weekend rendezvous with his mistress Suzanne. Thinking that his wife will be gone for the weekend, he invites Suzanne to their country home, along with a gourmet cook - to serve up tantalizing treats - and his best friend, Robert, to be his alibi. Much to his dismay, his wife decides to stay home because she has a plan of her own - involving Robert! With the ensuing lies and mistaken identities, the plot soon develops more twists than a corkscrew.

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