Warkworth Drama Group

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WELCOME TO WARKWORTH DRAMA GROUP "Live Amateur Theatre at it's best"

We are an enthusiastic bunch of like minded thespians who enjoy the smell of the grease paint and the roar of the crowd. We are based in Warkworth Northumberland and perform at Warkworth Memorial Hall. We normally stage three productions a year. We have just finished staging our spring production of 'Shadowlands' and are now busily preparing for our next production 'Living Together' by Alan Ayckbourne . If you like acting, back-stage work, or just having fun then come along and join us, all are welcome.

COMING SOON - AUDITIONS For our next production... "Living Together" - a comedy by Alan Ayckbourn. The Casting Meeting for this will be: Thursday 22nd May 7:30p.m. in the Parish Rooms If you like acting, back-stage work, or just having fun then come along and join us, all are welcome. Performances dates are: September 18th, 19th, 20th.


“Living Together” is the second of Ayckbourn’s “Norman Conquests” comedy trilogy. The “Norman Conquests” concern not William the Conqueror, but a new dynamic hero, Norman the Assistant Librarian. All three plays represent the same time period (a week-end) at the house that Annie shares with her invalid mother, but they are viewed from different angles: “Table Manners” is set in the dining room, “Living Together” takes place in the living room, and “Round and Round the Garden” is in the garden. At the start of “Living Together” Reg and Sarah have just arrived for a weekend, intending to spell off Annie from looking after “Mother”, enabling her to have a weekend away, but along the way, Reg is driven mad by Tom... Tom tells Annie a thing or two... Annie nearly comes to blows with Sarah... Sarah sees a different side of Norman... Norman sorts things out with Ruth... Ruth discovers the charms of a fireside rug... and nobody enjoys playing Reg’s board games! Prepare to come along and have an evening of fun and laughter. For further information, contact Mike.

OUR SPRING PRODUCTION WAS ...	Shadowlands is the story of C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, and poet Joy Gresham. They both came to know love in a way that was so intense that it changed their lives completely. It is a story of tragedy in that they were granted so few years, and yet it is a saga too of the triumph of the human spirit over pain.

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SOCIAL EVENTS

Our next social event is a trip to the theatre

John Lilley has volunteered to get together a group of our members to attend Alnwick Theatre Club's forthcoming production on Saturday 10th May.

The play is "Night Watch" - a Play of Suspense in two acts by Lucille Fletcher.

Unable to sleep, Elaine Wheeler paces the floor of the lounge of her Manhattan townhouse, troubled by unsettling memories and vague fears. She sees the body of a dead man in a window of a derelict tenement block opposite to her window. The police are called but only find an empty chair in the window. No one believes her. Her husband fears she is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

From this point on the plot moves quickly, involving a further 7 characters who all contribute to the deepening suspense as the play draws towards its riveting and chilling climax.

Tickets cost £7.00 (£5.00 for concessions).

If you would like to attend this, please get in touch with John Lilley no later than MONDAY 21st APRIL, and let him know:-

[a] How many tickets you want (and whether any are concessions).

[b] Whether you need a lift, or could offer a lift to anybody else.

The play runs from Wednesday 7th to Saturday 10th May, so if you can't come on the Saturday you might still want to make your own arrangements to attend one of the other nights. For more information visit their website:-