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FourPlay

New directors’ showcase

30th June - 14th July 2007 (The Ron Barber Studio Theatre)

Our FourPlay mini-season is a chance to get a taste of what some of The Crescent’s new directing talent has to offer.

Four different one act plays to see over a fortnight. Four different directors.

Lunch Rehearsal pictureLunch, by Steven Berkoff

Sat 30th June - Wed 4th July, Sat 14th July, (Matinée - Sat 14th July)

When two strangers meet on a park bench, their honesty with each other and with themselves leads them to question what it is they really want from their lives.

Read the Lunch blog

There's also a site about Steven Berkhof at www.iainfisher.com/berkoff/berkoff-news.html

PgotographsCopies of production photographs are available for purchase

Apollo of BellacThe Apollo of Bellac, by Jean Giraudoux, (adapted by Maurice Valancy)

Sat 30th June – Wed 4th July, Sat 14th July, (Matinée - Sat 14th July)

A young woman encounters a charming yet unsettling man from Bellac at “The International Bureau of Inventions” who claims to have a secret that will enable her to become ‘Empress of the World’.

PgotographsCopies of production photographs are available for purchase

Lunch and The Apollo of Bellac are performed together as a single billing

Love PlayLove Play, by Moira Buffini

Thu 5th July - Sat 7th July.

Moira Buffini explores love through the centuries with a trail of seductions, transactions and affairs that take place over 2000 years at the same address.

Directed by Ian Nicholson - www.authorizedtheatre.com

PgotographsCopies of production photographs are available for purchase

Hearts and Minds  promotional pictureHearts and Minds, by Matthew Banwell

Tue 10th July - Fri 13th July (Tue, Thurs & Fri sold out and others going fast - book now!)

Hearts and Minds BlogWe are at the wedding reception of Dan and Caroline, two beautiful 20-somethings. Much to the surprise of the assembled guests – not least his new wife – Dan confesses he has made a big mistake in getting married. The next day Dan has gone missing.

Hearts and Minds is a new play and Matthew has set up an extensive blog regarding the development of this piece with much more detail about the play and the characters.

Read the blog at http://www.heartsandminds.info.

PgotographsCopies of production photographs are available for purchase

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