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Our next production
Curtain Up on Murder
A thriller by Bettine Manktelow
Produced by Andrea Varnavides
"An amateur drama company is rehearsing in the theatre at the end of a pier. Storms rage overhead and the doors are locked - they are trapped! Events take a sinister turn when a mysterious, ghostly presence passes across the stage, and when the Assistant Stage Manager falls to certain death through a trapdoor, the remaining actors are thrown into disarray. Their panic increases when one of the actresses is poisoned and it becomes evident that a murderer is in their midst - a murderer, it soon transpires, who will not stop until they are all dead…"
“an engaging and entertaining thriller, and a skilfully written piece of suspense.”
Performances will be held at the Memorial Hall, St Andrew’s URC, Shaftesbury Avenue, Leeds 8 on
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
20, 21, 22 November 2008 at 7.30pm
Tickets are £4 adult, £2 child
Contact the Box Office for tickets
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Wyrd Sisters
This review of RoCo's production of Terry Pratchett's WYRD SISTERS
appeared in Discworld Monthly
(www.discworldmonthly.co.uk)
After seeing this [an advert for Roco Dramatic Society's production of Wyrd Sisters - Ed]
advertised in Discworld Monthly, my wife and I decided to go and see this production.
We were there on the Friday night, 25th November. With 23 scenes, this play could have gone wrong
but thanks to the excellent performances by the cast, it came over very well. Strong performances
from the three witches (Andrea Varnavides as Granny Weatherwax, Pauline Pitman as Nanny Ogg and
Emma Falcão MacFadyen as Magrat Garlick) held the whole play together.
The right balance between the disparate characters of the witches was achieved throughout.
Lee Wallace was good in his cameo roles of the Sergeant and ghost of King Verence and particular mention
must go to Chris Hoyle who played the part of The Fool with much gusto and got the most from the
audience of some 100 souls.
This is a difficult play to put on as the many scene changes can leave the
audience wondering what is going on. However Stephen Briggs' adaptation manages to convey the
gist of those goings on not portrayed on stage.
Anyone who has read the book itself would have no trouble following the plot.
My wife, who has spent many a long night on duty with St John Ambulance at AmDram productions,
rated this one as the best she had seen. 8/10.
Paul Bezler
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