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'Allo 'Allo! Congleton Players are very pleased to announce the return of the much acclaimed, sell-out stage version of 'Allo 'Allo to launch the exciting new 2010 / 2011 season at Daneside Theatre! The stage adaptation of the hit TV series has had great success where ever it has been staged due to the skilled and well crafted writing of David Croft & Jeremy Lloyd. Their particularly English sense of humour is embodied in the shape of the many hilarious characters led of course by the long suffering Rene who has a chaotic existence trying to balance living with his wife Edith, placating the occupying Germans to avoid being shot, hiding English pilots, meeting the demands of the ruthless resistance and all the time trying to get his hands on the two waitresses without getting caught by Edith. A valuable stolen picture as well as a forgery hidden both in sausages are being harboured by Rene and sought by the German officers and the Gestapo to name but a few ... but which is which? There are many other hilarious characters to complicate things even further! Make sure that you get the dates in your diary as tickets when they go on sale (6 weeks before performance from Congleton Tourist Information Centre) will sell out very fast - our previous production played to full houses every night! Pictures from the 2003 production of 'Allo 'Allo can be viewed here.. |
| 'Allo 'Allo! By Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft 5th - 9th of October 2010 Directed by Pamela Mien |
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Blood Brothers........ The play was originally commissioned by Paul Harman's Merseyside Young People's Theatre Company for Secondary school children, and it was first performed at Fazakerley Comprehensive, Liverpool in November 1981. Willy Russell’s powerful tale of two brothers considers class, fate and destiny, childhood and adolescence, surrogacy, superstition, humour and tragedy. This is a very gripping play that is a true British classic. Described as a Liverpudlian West Side Story, Blood Brothers tells the terrible tale of two brothers separated at birth. Shrouded in superstition and sadness, it is a story of a class divide that breaks through blood and kin. It is by chance – or fate – that Mickey and Eddie strike up a friendship. Mickey – scruffy and dirty, with a mouth to match, appears to be the polar opposite of Eddie – who is well-spoken, clean and ‘knows' all the words in the dictionary. This is a must see play, superbly crafted, and with a long pedigree of sell out performances since it was first staged - you will be riveted from start to finish.
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| Blood Brothers - The Play By Willy Russell 1st - 5th February 2011 Directed by Nicola Saunders |
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Blithe Spirit Another fantastic Noel Coward play - Imagine London during World War II. Germany’s Blitzkrieg assaults the city with an arsenal of bombs. Buildings collapse. Lives are lost. People flee to the English countryside. Now imagine a 40 year old playwright living in England during this time. He spends five days writing a play (along side his covert other life). What might the play be about? War? Survival? Politics? Pride? Despair? No. The playwright is Noel Coward and the play he created during England’s battle-scarred year of 1941 is Blithe Spirit, a delightfully satirical comedy about ghosts. Charles, the playwright plans a séance as research for his new book. He invites an eccentric medium into his English country home intending to expose the Madam as a fraud. A range of guests are invited which leads to a very interesting blend of personalities, not to mention chaotic events. People are mistakenly summoned, and things get thoroughly out of hand. This is Noel Coward at his best ... Don't miss this wonderful play whatever you do ... book it in your diary now! - a real gem!
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| Blithe Spirit By Noel Coward 26th - 30th April 2011 Directed by Joyce Pace |
2010/2011 Season Productions
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