Theatre Trips

A small group of us visited the Playhouse, the delightful theatre in Salisbury on the 29th September. We were more than amply rewarded for the journey by the superb performance of "To kill a Mocking Bird" Unusually it was done "in the round" the audience surrounding the "stage", The cast rose to the challenge (and that of maintaining accents) and kept everyone spellbound from the start to the finish. It was simply magnificent production played out in front of a packed audience.


On another lovely July evening, 14 of us made our first visit to the delightful bijou theatre at Hanger farm to see "Confusions", 5 short plays by Alan Ayckbourn, producer by the Mountbatten Players. Sadly the performance in at least 3 of the plays did not do justice to the wit and astute observations always to be found in A.A's work. However we were certainly rewarded by the magical live musical accompaniment provided by the 5 piece Simon Burrill orchestra.
Our next outing hopefully, is in September to see "To kill a mocking bird" at Salisbury Playhouse.


Earlier in July, the theatre group went to the Point to see the Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre's production of "Blackout", a musical written by the local playwright, Mark Wheeler.
It was a very warm , mellow July evening. The prospect of being packed into a small theatre was not enticing. However we were all more than rewarded by a scintillating and energetic performance revealing the lives of evacuee children during WW2. The individual performance of these young people, particularly those in the lead roles, was outstanding and very convincing as they revealed some of the problems faced by children of the era. With such sympathy and understanding did these young actors portray their story, that it not only stirred childhood memories of our own group but also must have served as a vivid history lesson to the cast's own peer group.
The theatre group is now looking forward to the next outing.


Please contact me if you are interested in going to the Mayflower (7 - 12 Nov.) to see "A man for all seasons" starring Martin Shaw.

15 September 11.00am Meet Producer & Cast - 2.30 Matinee
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Salisbury Playhouse