Tarzan the Panto

by Alan Christison
Produced by Mike Christie

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 to Saturday, December 17, 2005

Tickets go on sale: Monday, November 07, 2005

Join Tarzan and his friends as they battle to save the demolition of the jungle against the evil Weirdy Beardy and his henchmen Posh and Bex! This is an all new pantomime written by Alan Christison and produced by Mike Christie with all the traditional elements. Good versus evil, singing and dancing, custard pies and even the Queen of Mean, Anne Robinson!

Barefoot in the Park

by Neil Simon
Produced by Louis Benson

Monday, October 03, 2005 to Saturday, October 15, 2005

Tickets go on sale: Monday, September 19, 2005

Hilarious Neil Simon comedy. Newly-weds, Corrie and Paul, struggle to settle into their loft apartment. A situation made more complicated by the precence of Corrie's mother and the mysterious neighbour, Victor Velasco.

Cast: Emma Smart, Louis Benson, Frank Gilbert, Chris Forrester, Carol Bruce, Brian Bruce

Snake in the Grass

by Alan Ayckbourn
Produced by Anne Smith

Monday, August 01, 2005 to Saturday, August 13, 2005

Tickets go on sale: Monday, July 18, 2005

If it's Alan Ayckbourn it must be comedy - NO - not necessarily; spooky, blackmail, murder…

Cast: Linsey McDonald, Pat McInroy, Caroline Pennant-Jones

Revenge

by Robin Hawdon
Produced by Cath Eddie

Monday, May 30, 2005 to Saturday, June 11, 2005

Tickets go on sale: Monday, May 16, 2005

Topical at this time of elections “Revenge” by Robin Hawdon concerns Bill Crayshaw, MP, who, returning from an overseas business trip learns of the death of his party agent. Mary Stanley, a journalist, arrives at his Westminster flat, intent on learning his reaction to the news. But a series of revelations threaten to ruin his career and no one is ever what they appear to be. The initial game of cat-and-mouse between reporter and politician quickly turns into deadly battle. Robin Hawdon was a successful actor whilst plying a concurrent trade as a playwright. In his early twenties he regularly appeared on television and later co-starred with Michael Crawford in the ITV sit-com ‘Chalk and Cheese’. His first major commercial success, “The Mating Game”, achieved a long run at London’s Apollo Theatre in the 1970’s, and has subsequently played in over thirty countries around the world.

Cast: Mike Christie and Rebecca Wheater

Arms and the Man

by George Bernard Shaw
Produced by Frank Gilbert

Monday, March 28, 2005 to Saturday, April 09, 2005

Tickets go on sale: Monday, March 14, 2005

Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw, an anti-romantic comedy, was the first of Shaw’s many plays to be performed publicly. It is great fun and ridicules the “higher” or romantic love, which is totally over the top, in favour of true love, which know no boundaries. It also takes a comical look at the mythical glories of soldiering. One of Shaw’s “Plays Pleasant” and one of his more accessible plays, it has wonderful characters for both actors and audience to enjoy and a plot full of twists and turns. Oscar Straus borrowed the story for his operetta “The Chocolate Soldier” which he wrote in 1908. The play is produced by Frank Gilbert and as well as several familiar faces introduces new members to the Abbey Theatre Club.

Cast: Eilleen Masson, Judith Sanderson, Lisa Marie Woods, Nadia Steel, Scott Wood, Ben Whitfield, Frank Gilbert, John Henney

Summer End

by Eric Chappell
Produced by Brian Bruce

Monday, January 24, 2005 to Saturday, February 05, 2005

Tickets go on sale: Monday, January 10, 2005

Emily Baines and May Brewer share a bedsitting room in the Summer End retirement home. May is a newcomer; Emily's previous roommate, Bella, died recently. Cantankerous stubborn but forgetful Emily is certain that Bella was murdered for her money by one of the carers, Sally, in collusion with the home's ageing Lothario, Vernon Watts. Emily has proof - or she thinks she does! All ends happily - for some.

Cast: Carol Bruce, Sheila Ratcliffe, Jean Henderson, Hilary Tasker and Philip Pennant-Jones