Benefactors
Directed by: Diane Howden
Summary: When the commission to transform a Victorian era slum in South London into modern low-rise community-friendly dwellings comes his way, David, a passionate and idealistic architect, couldn’t be more excited. But the potentially career changing utopian development on Basuto Road soon takes on a very different shape. Moving back and forward in time between the late 1960s and early 1980s London, Benefactors encompasses universal themes that resonate powerfully today. Against the backdrop of urban renewal, this edgy and intriguing play gives us four people whose intentions are not always as they seem.
Approximate running time 2 hours and 20 minutes including Interval.
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Dial M For Murder
Directed by: Joy Sweeney
Set in England in the 1950s, when convicted murderers faced the hangman’s rope, this famous thriller will have you on the edge of your seat. When what seems like a foolproof plot, involving blackmail, coercion, murder and intrigue, does not go exactly to plan, the results are devastating. The suspense is heightened as Inspector Hubbard races against the clock to set a trap to bring the real criminal to justice.
Oh what a tangled web we weave...
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Quartet
Directed by: Vivien Wood
Reginald, Wilfred and Cissy, three former opera singers, have their companionable existence at the retirement home for musical artists challenged by newcomer Jean. A gala concert is planned for Verdi’s birthday. Can differences be settled, histories put aside and beautiful music recreated?\
The Production runs for approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes including interval.
Can you teach an old dog new tricks?
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Visiting Mr Green
Directed by: Catherine Potter
Ross Gardiner, a young business executive, is sentenced to six months of community service visits to Mr Green, an elderly, curmudgeonly widower. Both resent being forced together and, in the relationship that develops, prejudices are challenged as family and social issues are discussed. Against the backdrop of Mr Green’s tired Manhattan apartment, Jeff Baron skilfully and humorously raises some profound questions about the value of tradition and the true nature of loving and being loved.
Life sometimes takes an unexpected turn.
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Australia Day
Directed by: Jan McLachlan
A community committee in a small NSW country town meets to plan celebrations for the forthcoming Australia Day. With its assorted local stalwarts and politicians, long-time residents and unwitting newcomers, they attempt to create the perfect celebration for this most Australian of days. You will laugh out loud.
A fair dinkum, politically incorrect comedy.
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An Inspector Calls
Directed by: Helen Williams
When the mysterious Inspector Goole calls unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman. Secrets are exposed, individual truths are revealed and a web of deceit is unearthed as each family member is placed under the spotlight.
All people are intertwined... all actions have consequences.
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Calendar Girls
Directed by: Julia Griffith
Following the death of her husband from leukaemia, Annie and best friend, Chris, resolve to raise money for a new settee in the hospital waiting room. They persuade fellow members of the Women’s Institute to pose with them for an “alternative” calendar. As media interest snowballs, the girls find themselves exposed in ways they never expected.
They dropped everything for a good cause.
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The Magic Finger
Directed by: Patsy Templeton
Now the one thing that the Gregg family loved to do more than anything else was to go hunting. But not everyone felt the same way. Particularly our 8 year old heroine. “I can’t stand hunting. I just can’t stand it.” And so she decided to do something about it. Something magical. Suitable for children aged 5 to 105.
” A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.”
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Sylvia
Directed by: Racquel Boyd
This play is for anyone who has ever owned a dog, loved a dog, or wanted to wring a dog’s neck. Here is a delicious and dizzy romantic triangle between Greg, Kate and a mongrel called Sylvia, who, as Kate puts it, eats a serious hole in their 22 year marriage.
“good Sylvia good”
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Enchanted April
Directed by: Jennifer Willison
Feeling lost and unsettled in the shifting social currents of post WW1 London, two women rent a villa in Italy. They recruit two other very different women to share the costs. Having left their husbands behind, and now in the Tuscan light and warmth, these women rediscover themselves in ways they could never have imagined.
This beautiful play will leave you positively glowing.
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God Of Carnage
Directed by: Dave Went
Two couples meet to resolve an unfortunate playground incident between their sons. As the evening proceeds, the thin veneer of civility, refinement and manners is stretched to breaking point. This skillfully written, award winning play holds the mirror up to middle class hypocrisy to great comic effect. This Play runs for 80 minutes without an Interval. Refreshments will be served before and after the show.
A comedy of manners...without the manners!
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Communicating Doors
Directed by: Diane Howden
A sweet-natured dominatrix arrives at her next appointment only to find that what she's been hired to do does not fit her job description. Suddenly caught up in a web of deceit and murder, and fearing for her life, she manages to escape. But does she? What unfolds in this clever comedy thriller is an intriguing series of twists and turns that will eventually determine her fate.
As one door closes another opens, but to where...and to when?
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Dick Whittington And His Clever Cat
Directed by: Vicki Nield
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, Pymble Players has had to CANCEL this production for 2016. We look forward to bringing you Roald Dahl’s Magic Finger as our Christmas show in 2017.
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Snake In The Grass
Directed by: Jennifer Willison
This is Ayckbourn as you have never seen him before. Two sisters are reunited at the family home following the death of their father. Each haunted by her own past, a blackmailing nurse preys on their vulnerabilities...or so she thinks! This ghostly tale of intrigue and suspense will keep you hanging on its every twist and turn.
A ghost story revealing insights into human nature.
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Black Coffee
Directed by: Jan McLachlan
In an English country house an eccentric inventor is murdered and his important formula stolen. One man immediately senses a potent brew of despair, treachery and deception among the house party. That man is Hercule Poirot. Enjoy the classic Christie setting for a Poirot whodunnit - French doors, elegant women, country tweeds and knowing housekeepers.
A clever, beguiling mystery - your coffee will never taste the same again!
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Twelve Angry Men
Directed by: Nanette Frew
A young man is on trial, accused of stabbing his father to death. This is 1950s New York. Eleven jurors are convinced of his guilty: one juror is not. It will be a long, hot night. While tempers fray and arguments grow heated, we are caught up in the tension that will eventually seal the fate of one young man.
A gripping, thought-provoking drama.
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Playhouse Creatures
Directed by: Patsy Templeton
Backstage at the King's Theatre we enter the world of Nell Gwyn and her fellow actresses as they are first allowed to perform on stage. After years of Puritan rule, London society clamours to see women playing roles previously the domain of beardless youths. Follow the mixed fortunes of these women who struggle out of the gutter towards the stars.
A powerful human drama with great heart.
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A Little Princess
Directed by: Sharon Mullin
After spending her first 7 years in India as the well loved, only child of wealthy Captain Crewe, Sara travels to London to study at Miss Minchin's boarding school for girls. She thrives at school and is mostly well liked. On her 11th birthday disaster strikes and Sara is thrown from riches to ruin.
A gentle, heart-warming story told with song and dance.
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Much Ado About Nothing
Directed by: Angus Templeton
Sex, Love, betrayal... belligerent sexual tension... jealousy and forgiveness: much ado about nothing! Shakespeare's most modern comedy introduces confirmed bachelor Benedick, smart and sassy Beatrice, card carrying villain don John and a host of others and pits them in a war of the hearts.
Set in post war Australia, this comedy shows the timelessness of Shakespeare's themes.
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Travels With My Aunt
Directed by: Carla Moore
75 year old Aunt Augusta, a free spirit with a casual disregard for money and conventions, takes her dull retired bank manager nephew Henry Pulling on an odyssey. They exchange suburban London for South America and meet a smorgasbord of crazy characters. Through their adventures - dealing with pot-smoking, currency smuggling and shielding former war criminals - Henry is coaxed out of the prison of suburbia and finds freedom.
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