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The Beggars Opera

By John Gay
Spotlight Theatre Company
John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, first performed in 1728, was performed more times than any play in history at that time. It tells the tale of thief-takers, highway men and prostitutes in grimy eighteenth-century London. Love blossoms in the heart of Miss Polly Peachum, but her parents are more willing to receive the payment for hanging their daughter's beloved highwayman, Macheath, than to see her happily married. Macheath's weakness for women lurks around the corner to provide more troubles for pretty Polly and deep in the heart of Newgate prison waits Lucy, another would-be wife for Macheath. John Gay's satire of the Italian opera strikes hard at the corruption that consumes this society and makes it funny with some fantastic characters.
The Spotlight Theatre Society are Worcester University's drama society.
Saturday 13th March, 7.30pm

Father Goose

Adapted for stage by Hugh Farey from the screenplay of the Oscar winning movie
During the Pacific war South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to stay on an island and spot Japanese aircraft for the Allies. An embittered and mysogenistic loner with a fondness for whisky, Eckland is rewarded for each sighting with directions to hidden bottles of whisky. On a trip to a neighbouring island Eckland discovers a teacher and seven of her pupils stranded there and has no choice but to take them back to his island. Consequently, he finds himself trapped on a desert island with a fastidious French teacher and seven little girls, with hilarious results.
Wednesday 24th, Thursday 25th, Friday 26th & Saturday 27th March, 7.30pm

Rumours

By Janet Hugman
Imagine a foggy Cornish cove, a boat and a visiting journalist from a Newspaper stumbling upon .... rumours .... or the truth? Find out more in this one-act play written especially for the All England Theatre Festival 2010. Rumours will be joined by another (surprise) one-act play for this performance!
Saturday 10th April, 8pm

The Big Blues Tribe

Following a terrific first visit to Bromyard last year we welcome the return of The Big Blues Tribe, a full nine-piece blues band in the style of BB King, Ray Charles and, more recently, Jools Holland’s R&B Orchestra. With a five piece brass section and four excellent voices, the Big Blues Tribe brings good-time big band blues to life. Fronted by Oliver Carpenter, one of the Midlands most experienced blues singers, and featuring top musicians on every stand, the band – regulars on the UK festival circuit - combines musical quality with an infectious sense of fun and a 100% commitment to blues music from the first shuffle to the last jump.
“This is a hell of a band…. certain to blow your socks off ….. one of the greatest singers we’ve produced.” - Blues in Britain magazine, March ‘07
Saturday 17th April, 8pm

Tales of the Country

The award winning Pentabus Theatre tell the story of Brian Viner and his family as they move from a terraced house in north London to a rambling grange in rural Herefordshire. Inspired by his popular weekly dispatches from the country in The Independent and based on the wildly successful book of the same name,Tales of the Country is a heart-warming chronicle of the pleasures and pitfalls that await a family from the city chasing a rural idyll. A world premier from the company that brought you last year’s acclaimed ORIGINS.
'BRILLIANT. SPARKLES WITH ANECDOTES, GOOD JOKES AND HILARIOUS OBSERVATIONS' Daily Mail
'THE EXCELLENT PENTABUS' Guardian
Friday 30th April, 7.30pm

Films

FILM: The Great Ziegfeld

Oscar winning film about the ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld, famed producer of extravagant stage revues. This movie still sets the standard for what musicals should be. The larger-than-life career of stage genius Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is aptly celebrated in this marvelous musical biography.
THEATREBUS AVAILABLE WITHIN TOWN BOUNDARY
Free refreshments at 10am
Running time: 176 minutes
Wednesday 17th March, 10.30am

FILM: Bright Star

London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. Ben Whishaw stars as John Keats in this romantic drama based on the intensely absorbing romance between the 19th century poet and his unlikely lover. Together they rode a wave of romantic obsession that deepened as their troubles mounted. Only Keats's illness proved insurmountable for them.
Running time: 119 minutes
Certificate PG
Friday 2nd April, 8pm

FILM: Shadowlands

Set in England in 1952, Shadowlands is the tender and deeply moving true story of the love affair between CS Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) and Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham and allows himself the possibility of love.
THEATREBUS AVAILABLE WITHIN TOWN BOUNDARY
Free refreshments at 10am
Running time: 131 minutes
Wednesday 14th April, 10.30am