Thursday 20 June 2013

Allo, Allo, Allo

June meeting
The Shakespeare Inn has changed hands and was closed for refurbishment, so it was fortunate that we could revisit Peepo's Restaurant and avail ourselves of their upstairs room.
A last minute email from Ian Hornby about his new play "Allo, Allo, Allo (Est There Anybody La?)" saved our bacon as we were without a play to read.  He kindly sent an evaluation copy and 10 members got stuck in to this murder mystery country house farce.  There was a laugh on the first page and that set the tone for the evening.  Sir Malcolm has been murdered, but does not know he is dead and by the end of the play so are half the cast.  It was a funny script and acted out should be entertaining when performed.  It struck some of us that for a farce to work well it not only has to have a good script but also must be well directed and acted - a bit like Les Dawson at the piano - to play badly he had to be able to play very well!

Geoffrey made a short presentation on the play for the November production: "Reduce, Render and Sweat" by David Summers. Auditions are Saturday 21st June and Thursday 11th July at 7.30 at Oldbury Village Hall.

Onwards and upwards
No sooner was the meeting finished than we raced down to The Stable Bar to help Liz Herdson celebrate a special birthday - quite a crush of well-wishers.  Congratulations Liz!