Edward Alderton Theatre

This Season: 2011-2012

1 | 15-22 October 2011
Get Carter by Ted Lewis, adapted by Jonathan Holloway
THIS PRODUCTION HAS NOW FINISHED

2 | 10-17 December 2011
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
THIS PRODUCTION HAS NOW FINISHED

3 | 4-11 February 2012 iDRAMA
Rossum's Universal Robots [RUR]
by Karel Capek
directed by Mark Campbell

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Synopsis
RUR is a science fiction play by Czech playwright Karel Capek. It premiered in 1921 and is noted for introducing the term 'robot' into the English language. The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people called 'robots'. Unlike the modern usage of the term, these creatures are closer to the modern idea of androids or even clones, as they can be mistaken for humans and can think for themselves. They seem happy to work for humans, although that soon changes and a hostile robot rebellion leads to the extinction of the human race...

Cast
Geraldine Mullins (Helena), Kevin Coward (Domain), Tina Crook (Nana), Maureen Hardwen (Fabry), Eleanor McEnery (Hellman), Viv Stapleton (Dr Gall), Anne Hempstead (Busman), Gill Peters (Alquist), Louise Ody (Sulla), Stephanie David (Maria) and Helen West (Radius)

Crew
Sarah O'Hanlon (Stage Manager), Roz Betts (Assistant Stage Manager), Laura Lockwood (Costumes), Mick Taylor (Lights), Dan Cox (Sound)

4 | 24-31 March 2012 iCOMEDY
Loot
by Joe Orton
directed by Viv Stapleton

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A black farce masterpiece, Loot follows the fortunes of two young thieves, Hal and Dennis. Dennis is a hearse driver for an undertaker. They have robbed the bank next door to the funeral parlour and have returned to Hal's home to hide out with the loot. Hal's mother has just died and the pair put the money in her coffin, hiding the body elsewhere in the house. With the arrival of Inspector Truscott, the thickening plot turns topsy-turvy.

Playing with all the conventions of popular farce, Orton creates a world gone mad and examines in detail English attitudes in the mid 1960s. The play has been called a Freudian nightmare, which sports with superstitions about death - and life. First produced in London in 1966, Loot was hailed as "the most genuinely quick-witted, pungent and sprightly entertainment by a new, young British playwright for a decade" (Sunday Telegraph)

Cast
Richard Self (Truscott), Jennifer McCarthy (Faye), Richard Banks (McLeavy), Ben Cowen (Hal), Rod Henderson (Dennis)

5 | 19-26 May 2012 iCOMEDY
Strippers
by Peter Terson
directed by John Hart

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M4, F6

Inspired by a television documentary, Peter Terson's play looks at the world of the North East England strippers, centring on Wendy and Bernard, a young couple whose lives are up-ended when Wendy turns, reluctantly, to stripping to support the family after Bernard is made redundant. Although Bernard quite happily watches the 'exotic dancers' over a couple of pints at the club, when it comes to his wife it's a different matter...

Auditions will take place on Sunday 18 December 2011 at 2pm.

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6 | 14-21 July 2012 i
TBA

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