Synopsis
Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot the year it relocated to York.
Out go the hairnets, overalls and wellies as the four ditch work, do themselves up to the nines and head off to the races for a drink, a flirt and a flutter. If their luck holds, they could hit the jackpot — and more besides…
“With its Yorkshire heart and soul, it has all the warmth of a Calendar Girls or a Full Monty”
Production Details
"Ladies Day" by Amanda Whittington
Director: Peter Howard
Location: Sheffield Library Theatre
Dates: 18th - 20th October 2007
Tickets: £5 / £6
Cast
Pearl - Andrea Howard
Jan - Edwina Gascoyne
Shelley - Francesca Larkin
Linda - Hannah Stone
Joe - Phil Gascoyne
Fred - Phil Gascoyne
Jim - Phil Gascoyne
Patrick - Phil Gascoyne
Kevin - Phil Gascoyne
Barry - Phil Gascoyne
Crew
Director - Peter Howard
Set Design and Construction - Peter Howard, Bryan Ashcroft, Hansel D'Roza, John Jakins, Graham Ward
Set Artwork - Steve Hepper
Stage Managers - John Jakins, Graham Ward, Peter Howard
Sound - Bryan Ashcroft
Lighting / Special Effects - Hansel D'Roza
Properties - Bridget Ball / Carolyn Heslop
Costumes - Janet D'Roza
Continuity - Peter Howard
Front of House - Carolyn Heslop
Ticket Secretaries - Geoff & Lynn Randle / Graham & Ann Ward
Synopsis
Pop Larkin, who makes a fortune from scrap-iron deals but has never paid income tax, lives in rural idyllic bliss with generous-hearted Ma and their six children. When a young, earnest tax official, Mr Charlton, turns up one hot May afternoon in 1957 to investigate he is bewitched immediately by eldest daughter Mariette and it isn't long before he succumbs to the boisterous Larkin family charm and largesse.
Production Details
"The Darling Buds of May" by H. E. Bates
Directors: Roger Bingham / Pam Bush
Location: Sheffield Library Theatre
Dates: 15th - 19th May 2007
Tickets: £5 / £6
Cast
Pop Larkin - Phil Gascoyne
Ma Larkin - Edwina Gascoyne
The Children
Marriette - Francesca Larkin
Montgomery - Bradley D’Roza
Primrose - Liz Hartley
Petunia - Charlotte Gascoyne
Zinnie - Laura Gascoyne
Victoria - Bronte Cheetham
Mr Chariton (Charley) - Ross Bannister
Miss Pilchester - Andrea Howard
Pauline Jackson - Augusta Harison-Denby
Angela Snow - Jo Waterhouse
The Brigadier - David Bramah
Sir George Bluff-Gore - Stan Roe
Lady Bluff-Gore - Carolyn Heslop
Tax Inspector - Peter Howard
Edna - Bridget Ball
Effie - Maureen Heath
Man with dog - Phil Redding with Glyn
Crew
Directors - Roger Bingham / Pam Bush
Set Design and Construction - Roger Bingham, Bryan Ashcroft, Hansel D’Roza, Peter Howard, John Jakins, Phil Redding, Graham Ward
Set Artwork - Karen Andrews, Sam Andrews, Steve Hepper
Stage Managers - John Jakins / Richard Waterhouse
Sound - Bryan Ashcroft
Lighting - Paul Screaton
Special effects - Hansel D'Roza
Properties - Bridget Ball / Carolyn Heslop
Costumes - Janet D'Roza
Continuity - Kate Gibson
Front of House -Janet D'Roza
Ticket Secretaries - Geoff & Lynn Randle / Graham & Ann Ward
Synopsis
Family get-togethers! Are they a time of love and warmth? Or are they more trouble than they are worth?
In this delightful comedy, we meet the Broadbents and the Fullers as they gather together to celebrate two classic family occasions, a wedding and a funeral.
From the writers of Billy Liar, Celebration is an affectionate look at family life. Warts and all!
The perfect antidote to the winter blues!
Production Details
"Celebration" by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
Director: Phil Gascoyne
Location: Sheffield Library Theatre
Dates: 6th - 10th February 2007
Tickets: £5 / £6
Cast
Christine Lucas (the bride) - Hannah Stone
Rhoda Lucas (her mother) - Judith Wade
Edgar Lucas (her father) - Ian Walker
Jack Lucas (her brother) - Ross Bannister
Irene Howes (her cousin) - Augusta Harison-Denby
Lilian Howes (her aunt) - Pam Bush
Frank Broadbent (her uncle) - Jack Massey
Arthur Broadbent (her great-uncle) - John Atkinson
Stan Dyson (Irene's fiance) - Gavin Holmes
Bernard Fuller (the groom) - Ric Waterhouse
Edna Fuller (his mother) - Bridget Ball
Alice Fuller (his aunt) - Francesca Larkin
Lionel Fuller (his cousin) - James Hartley
Margo Fuller (his cousin's wife) - Claire Spencer
May Beckett - Andrea Howard
Sergeant-Major Tommy Lodge - Kevin Brennan
Crew
Director - Phil Gascoyne
Set Design and Construction - Peter Howard, Bryan Ashcroft, Hansel D'Roza, John Jakins, Phil Redding, Graham Ward
Stage Manager - John Jakins
Sound - Bryan Ashcroft
Lighting - Hansel D'Roza
Properties - Pam Bush, Janet D'Roza, Carolyn Heslop
Continuity - Andrea Howard / Francesca Larkin
Ticket Secretaries - Geoff & Lynn Randle / Graham & Ann Ward
Synopsis
Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred reside in a home for retired opera singers in Kent, England. Each year, on the tenth of October, there is a concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva and refuses to sing.
But the show must go on in this funny and poignant play by the author of Another Time, The Dresser and Interpreters that premiered at the Albery Theatre, London on 8th September 1999.
Production Details
"Quartet" by Ronald Harwood
Director:
Location: Sheffield Library Theatre
Dates: 10th - 14th October 2006
Tickets: £5 / £6
Cast
Reginald -
Wilfred -
Cissy -
Jean -
Crew
TBA
Synopsis
In Amateur Rugby League, everything is personal.' The truth of this sentiment is proved time and again in Up 'n' Under II, the hilarious sequel to John Godber's hit comedy about the mixed bag of players making up the Wheatsheaf Arms team. Will the lost honour of the Wheatsheaf Arms be retrieved in their match against the Cobblers Arms? Audiences will be on the edges of their seats before they find out!
Production Details
"Up 'n' Under II" by John Godber
Director:
Location: Sheffield Library Theatre
Dates: 23rd - 27th May 2006
Tickets: £5 / £6
Cast
TBA
Crew
TBA
Synopsis
When harassed advertising executive Timothy Westerby hits his head on the morning of his daughter’s society wedding, he awakes to find himself in the company of Polly Perkins, a 1920’s Flapper girl straight out of his current advertising campaign. It soon becomes all too clear that no-one else can see or hear her, and when another bump on the head transports Timothy back to 1926 and the Savoy hotel, the carefully planned wedding preparations disintegrate into chaos as friends and family attempt to lead Timothy back to reality and his daughter down the aisle before the newly arrived ‘In-Laws’ abandon the wedding.
Production Details
"There Goes the Bride" by Ray Cooney and John Chapman
Director:
Location: Sheffield Library Theatre
Dates: February 2008
Tickets: £5 / £6
Cast
TBA
Crew
TBA