:: Theatre Trips ::
THE OLD LADIES - Starring Sian Phillips, Angela Thorne & Rosemary Leach
Wednesday 22nd October
Regent Theatre, Stoke on Trent
1.00pm - £16.00 (stalls seats + coach)
Written by acclaimed author Rodney Ackland. The Old Ladies is a gripping psychological thriller set in the 1920s full of twists and turns that are guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat right up to the explosive and unexpected finale.
Lucy and May have rooms in an old house and through fond memories, simple pleasures and buried hopes happily help each other through their impoverished days, but in the upstairs room the dark brooding presence of Agatha plans to shatter their friendship. Little by little she begins a journey of terror as she manipulates, ridicules and undermines the careful fabric of Lucy and May's lives.
For further details Tel: 01606 41597
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND - by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Wednesday 5th November
Palace
Theatre, Manchester
1.00pm - £22.50 (stalls seats + coach)
Based on the much-loved Sixties film starring Hayley Mills, Whistle Down the Wind is an extraordinary and uplifting tale about the transforming power of love. Set in America's deep south a 15 year-old girl discovers a mysterious man hiding in a barn. When she asks him his identity the first words he utters are "Jesus Christ" and it seems as if all her prayers have been answered. The girl and the town's other children vow to protect the stranger from the outside world whilst the town's people are on the lookout for a fugitive.
"The stage sets are stunning... The production is fantastic... See it" - Telegraph
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - by J M Synge
Wednesday 26th November
Royal
Exchange, Manchester
1.00pm - £18.00 (stalls seats + coach)
"I killed for poor father, Tuesday was a week for doing the like of that"
Christie Mahon, a wandering Irish youth, walks into the pub of Pegeen Mike one wintery night with a strange tale to tell. On the run from the police, the mysterious Christie soon becomes a hero and the object of desire for all the women of the village. But when it turns out that his extraordinary exploits may not have been so extraordinary after all, he finds himself facing an astonishing reversal of fortunes.
J M Synge is the father of modern Irish drama. The Playboy of the Western World is one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, and a masterpiece of comic writing.
