The local ‘Dramatic Society’ are well renowned in the community for doing regular and ambitious productions. This Murder Mystery is no exception. Invariably, these events are fraught with disaster. People forgetting lines, missing cues, set piece collapsing. Mrs Reece, is President of the local Guild. This is the Guild’s annual theatre production and becomes a complete entertainment experience.
Read MoreThis is a fractured fairy tale of a different sort. Mr and Mrs Hood, Wed’s parents, I mean Red’s parents are lazy people and instead of attending to their daughters (they have two other, Medium Purple and Big Green Hood), they watch television endlessly. The girls are pretty much left to their own devices. The older two are interested in getting married and Red, well she just like to go for walks in the forest.
Read MoreThe story of the Ugly Duckling resonates with all of us in some ways. We have or will face adversity in life and yet each of us is created in the image of Almighty God and as such have gifts that we are called to discover and develop. So it is for Ugly – the little cygnet who discovers that he’s not an ugly duckling, but actually has the gift of being a swan and he uses his experience of adversity to bless others by remaining on the lake next to the duckyard.
Read MoreThis is a story about older people. People who have fallen in love, married and then lost that love, through a mismatch, illness or death. But loss it turns out is the great life leveller.
Read MoreCharley’s Aunt is a hilarious farce about two young men trying to propose to two young women! However, without a chaperone to assist them these men are destined to have their hopes dashed. Until their friend Fancourt Babberly, (yes that is his real name) discloses that he is in a local theatrical (play) would like their opinion on his costume.
Read MoreThis is a gritty, confronting, passionate production, performed by some remarkable young people, who it has been my privilege to know and work with.
This is not a pleasant story. It is after all a tragedy, however, in this adaptation I have tried to contextualise the meaning of a young woman of faith who is disempowered by the system of her own country. That message is universal sadly, one that we cannot be reminded of enough. It is also a story about redemption and regret. When hubris ( pride) often forces us to hold on to long to ideas to our own detriment.
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