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Let our Ayckbourn evergreen chase
away those Autumn blues!
A Chorus Of Disapproval
Newcastle People’s Theatre
Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th October 2015
Newcastle’s People’s Theatre are excited to start
our new Season next week, kicking off with Alan Ayckbourn’s hilarious comedy A
Chorus Of Disapproval.
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| Photos: Paula Smart |
Shy
widower Guy Jones (Colin Jeffrey) joins his local operatic society during their
rehearsals for The Beggar’s Opera.
But
for nice guy Guy who just can’t say no, the onstage dramas and off stage
shenanigans are soon proving difficult to untangle.
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| Photos: Paula Smart |
A Chorus Of Disapproval offers a fun-filled glimpse into the rehearsal
rooms of PALOS (the Pendon Amateur Light Operatic Society). And if there’s
something we know a little bit about, it’s amateur dramatics!
We’re
not suggesting, of course, that members of the People’s Theatre go on like this
lot with their illicit backstage affairs, a cuckolded director, prima donnas
and a grumpy backstage team!
Prolific
playwright Alan Ayckbourn recently directed his 79th play Hero’s Welcome at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre.
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| Photos: Paula Smart |
In A Chorus Of Disapproval, which
premiered in Scarborough in 1984 and subsequently transferred to the
National Theatre, he ingeniously mirrors Gay’s story of the dashing highwayman
Macheath with the amateur thespians and their own romantic entanglements.
Director
Chris Heckels comments “The PALOS players really do get themselves into a mess
with their intrigues, back-biting, back-stabbing and sometimes full on aggression!
But they have real emotion and enthusiasm too – director Dafydd and his company
truly care about theatre and believe in its importance, which is something that
we at the People’s can certainly relate to”.
The
People’s Theatre can’t wait to welcome audiences back after our summer break
with this smart, funny, fast-paced comedy of theatrical mishaps and
misunderstandings.
Tickets:
A Chorus
Of Disapproval comes to The People’s Theatre from Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th October 2015 at 7.30pm
Tickets: £13.50
(Concessions £11)
Box Ofiice: 0191 265 5020
Website: www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
Box Ofiice: 0191 265 5020
Website: www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
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