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Spring/Summer 2007

17 - 20 January 2007

Preston Gilbert and Sullivan Society present

The Sorcerer

A comic operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan After the early and resounding success of their one-act opera Trial By Jury in 1875, Gilbert and Sullivan, and their producer Richard D’Oyly Carte, decided to produce a full-length work.

Gilbert expanded on one of his earlier writings based on a favourite operatic theme to create a plot about a magic love portion that would result in everyone falling in love with the wrong partner.

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7 - 10 February 2007

The Broughton Players present

Deathtrap

A thriller by Ira Levin

The play is set in the isolated New England home of thriller writer Sidney Bruhl. The action centres around the play Deathtrap, a new thriller by unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson which he has sent to Sidney for comment, or has he? Without a success to his credit for some years, Sydney plots, with his reluctant wife Myra, about how best to plagiarise Deathtrap. And when Clifford turns up to discuss the playwith the ‘master’, events take a sinister turn.

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21 - 24 February 2007

Preston Drama Club present

Dial M for Murder

A play by Frederick Knott

Tony has quite blatantly married Sheila for her money. When it seems likely that she is in love with Max, Tony begins to plot her murder. Lesgate, the hired killer, enters the flat while Tony establishes his own alibi. But Sheila defends herself so ably that it is Lesgate who is killed. She is convicted but fortunately the Inspector continues his investigations.

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8 - 10 March 2007

The Players Drama School presents

Thoroughly Modern Milly

A musical by Richard Morris

Set in the twenties, a young girl leaves the country to seek fame and fortune in the big city. She wants to marry into money and sets her sights on a millionaire businessman, getting a job as his stenographer. But she is already falling for Jimmy, who claims to be a salesman but is actually invovled in a slave ring.

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21 - 24 March 2007

Grimsargh Players present

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adpated by Tim Kelly.

The Hound of the Baskervilles…the greatest of all Sherlock Holmes adventures! Sir Henry has become heir to the vast Baskerville fortune, a legacy that comes complete with a family curse – death at the fangs of a living horror prowling the English moor. Only Sherlock Holmes can stop the beast from striking again -
or can he?

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13 -14 April 2007

UCLan Musical Theatre Society

Little Shop of Horrors

by Howard Ashman

Seymour, who works at a rundown flower shop, discovers an alien plant after a total eclipse of the sun. The plant brings him fame, fortune and love but he must return the favour by feeding it - human bodies!

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25 - 28 April 2007

Preston Drama Club present

Crimes of the Heart

A comedy by Beth Henley

Three sisters; Lenny, unmarried, Meg, a failed singer and Babe, on bail having shot her husband, have gathered in their small Mississippi hometown awaiting news of their grandfather who is dying in a local hospital. Their troubles, which are grave yet somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their cousin Chick, Doc Porter, and Babe’s lawyer who is trying to keep her out of jail while waging a personal vendetta against her husband.

9 - 12 May 2007

The Broughton Players present

It runs in the family

A comedy by Ray Cooney

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30 May - 2 June 2007

Preston Drama Club present

The School for Scandal

By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

This comedy of manners has the general theme of the absurd behaviour of scandalmongers. Lady Sneerwell opens the play by complaining of how she has been wounded by slander while she is plotting with Joseph Surface to discredit his brother Charles in order to stop him marrying Maria, an heiress and ward of Sir Peter Teazle. Joseph is an arch hypocrite and is paying court to Lady Teazle, an ex-country maid and now leading scandalmonger, in order to get to Maria himself. Maria, however, loves Charles, a wastrel.

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W/C 11 june 2007

promoted by The Broughton Players

supported by Preston Arts Association

One Act Play Festival

The One Act Play Festival is now in its 15th year. It welcomes new writers, directors and performers and is generous in its incentives. Its competitive nature helps to maintain high standards.

Anyone interested in taking part should contact Adrienne Hurley , 25 Fulwood Hall Lane , Preston or telephone on 01772 700562

Closing date for entries is mid-March and societies are asked to enter as early as possible as the Festival can be over subscribed.

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