July update

July meeting
Sixteen members brought offerings of readings, a quiz and food to Richard A's place for the July meeting. Richard provided an excellent one-act Agatha Christie play, set on a beach and read a P G Wodehouse extract. Liz H's quiz, very local and tuned to the B Players fountain of knowledge, proved harder than expected and Rosemary and Catherine read poetry.

Play cast
Auditions for November's "Time of my Life" were well attended and brought in new members. Inevitably, some people had to be disappointed in not being chosen for some tasty parts, but I am sure they will be busy behind the scenes in a supporting role.

Theatrical activity
Whilst all this was going on, Q and I were walking in the Lake District, but found time to see Alan Ayckbourn's "Chorus of Disapproval" at the lovely Theatre on the Lake in Keswick. It is about a hapless, but likeable young man who turns up at the local operatic society to see if he can join and make new friends. He tends to take the line of least resistance and let others make decisions for him, whcih results in both excitement and very awkward situations. Ultimately he ends as he begins, on his own. A bit sad, really.

They are also doing "Summer Lightning" based on a P G Wodehouse story and I hope to get hold of a script for one of our monthly meetings.

This week David K performs in "Much Ado about Nothing" with BROADS at The Hem and the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton offers three plays over the coming three weeks - two thrillers and a comedy - at a reduced rate of £33.

A group of BPs saw "Arsenic and Old Lace at The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster last month and were very impressed by the Nonentities production. I know that Liz H has a hankering for the BPs to tackle this one day.

Several BP members saw TOTS' "The Lion in Winter" and reported that, despite it being a rather downbeat story about a disfunctional royal family, there was some good acting and a fab set.

Dorothy