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elaine — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:48:13 +0000

5th – 9th October Insignificance by Terry Johnson. What would happen if four icons of post-war America – Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Mc Carthy met in a New York hotel room in 1953. Suppose a certain blonde actress tried to explain the theory of relativity to a professor. This classic play works on every level, intellectual, emotional, playful and funny. Tickets £12.00 but £9.00 on Tuesday.

23rd-27th November Season’s Greetings by Alan Ayckbourn. Half a dozen friends and relatives are celebrating Christmas with Neville and Belinda. Petty and not so petty squabbles break out. Christmas presents are rifled, mechanical toys are set off. Hilarious highlights include a chaotically incompetent puppet show and a midnight love scene that goes wrong. A final climax leads to what momentarily appears to be a tragedy as Clive, mistaken for a looter is shot by the trigger happy Harvey. Tickets £12.00 but £9.00 on Tuesday.

3rd-4th December S’Wonderful the songs of Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Jerome Kern and George Gershwin performed by Topaz – the Bookham based musical group. For information on Topaz see www.topazmusicaltheatre.com

2011 13- 23 January The Likes of Us by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. This is an early musical full of soaring melodies that give a foretaste of what the two young writers would later achieve. It is set in London in 1866 and tells the story of Thomas Barnado and his struggle to provide a safe haven for destitute children. There will be matinee performances on Saturdays and Sundays at 2.30.

Calamity Jane

elaine — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:46:41 +0000

Calamity Jane will be the second collaboration between Bookham Light Operatic and the Nomads. Unusually

it started as a film musical in 1953 starring Doris Day and Howard Keel. It was adapted for the stage and was

first performed in St Louis in 1961. Although a comedy the musical has many tender moments and classic songs including ‘Deadwood Stage, Windy City, Black Hills of Dakota and Secret Love’.

The Wild West’s famous Calam dresses like a man, totes a gun and rides the Deadwood stage. Well-meaning but disaster-prone she tries to help the proprietor of the Golden Garter saloon out of a jam by promising to fetch

Adelaide Adams an adored music hall star from Chicago. Unknown to Calam she has brought an imposter.

Further disaster strikes when the person she is lovesick for Lt Danny Gilmartin falls in love with Katie the

young girl she has brought from Chicago. And where does Wild Bill Hickock fit into all this? Come and find out.

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Death Defying Acts

elaine — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:32:44 +0000

A trio of one act comedies by three of America’s leading dramatists; Woody Allen, David

Mamet and Elaine May.

‘An Interview’ by Mamet is an attempt to secure a good position in Hell by a recently

deceased lawyer. Is it possible?

‘Hotline’ by May concerns the efforts of a suicide centre to save a rather dysfunctional

woman from suicide. Will they succeed?

‘Central Park West’ by Allen is a tale of infidelity and exposure told in the hard, cynical

New York style of Damon Runyon. A gun appears. Do all the charactors survive?

Coming next – Bugsy Malone

elaine — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:50:10 +0000

Bugsy Malone the Nomes summer show. Alan Parker’s wonderful musical set in the prohibition era complete with splurge guns. An ideal vehicle for the junior section of the Nomads. Tickets £10.00

Friday 2nd July 7.30pm

Saturday 3rd July 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Sunday 4th July 2.30pm

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Splendour by Abi Morgan our April play

elaine — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:16:56 +0000

‘Splendour’ is a gripping play about decadence and dictatorship. Kathryn, a photo- journalist arrives at a european dictator’s house to photograph him. She is accompanied by her interpreter Gilma. The dictator is not there as he is dealing with an uprising. They are welcomed by Michelaine, the dictator’s wife and her friend Genevieve. Trapped inside by the encroaching rebels it becomes obvious to them that the city is falling. In the course of a day relationships and loyalties dissolve. As past guilts emerge destructive emotions surface.

‘Splendour’s’ structure is non-linear as the claustrophobic scenario is shaken and re-arranged like a kaleidoscope. It is not an easy play, but a rewarding one.

Wed 14 to Sat 17 April in the studio. 45 seats only. Tickets 9.00. Performances begin at 8pm.

Puss in Boots

elaine — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:14:51 +0000

The show is now just days away from commencing and the cast and crew have done a heroic effort to get to the theatre from distant places. There are still tickets available and we look forward to seeing you at the show.

‘Puss In Boots’
14 – 17th January & 19 – 24th January 2010

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This is a traditional family pantomime and an excellent introduction for small children to the world of theatre. It tells the story of Jack, a poor miller’s son who inherits only a cat when his father dies. Yet this cat can talk and is very smart. Soon Puss comes up with a plan for Jack to become rich and marry the princess he has long loved.

Puss in Boots has a handsome hero and a lovely princess who has a mind of her own. There is also a villain Sir Roger who charms the King and Queen into thinking he is the perfect suitor for their daughter, while his two servants Nosmo and Nopar King undermine all his efforts with their incompetence.

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

elaine — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:55:12 +0000

You can now book tickets for our next show The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by John Bishop.

This a very funny farce which involves revolving bookcases, dead bodies appearing unexpectedly and a cast of cast of theatrical types clashing with New York cops and Nazi saboteurs. The show runs from Tuesday 17th November to Saturday 21st at 8pm, tickets are 11.00 except Tuesday when they are 9.00. Ring 01483 284747 to book.