• Production News, Productions, Theatre

    Posted on January 23rd, 2014

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    Arsenic and Old Lace

    Written by Joseph Kesselring, it is not only a classic comedy - it is a superb black comedy, described as “frenzied, hilarious and madcap”.
    A drama critic learns on the day of his engagement that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family. The aunts, Abby and Martha, have a [...]

  • Auditions, Production News, Productions, Theatre

    Posted on November 22nd, 2013

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    Arsenic & Old Lace

    Arsenic & Old Lace

    Auditions: Wednesday 27th November at 7.30pm
     
    The Nomad spring production will be the classic black farce, Arsenic and Old Lace, written by Joseph Kesselring and described as “ frenzied, hilarious and madcap”. You may never have seen the stage play but most likely have watched the famous Cary Grant film, included in the best 100 films [...]

  • Theatre

    Posted on October 10th, 2013

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    The Time has Come

    The Time has Come

    March Nomad Production

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    Sadly, the Amateur performing rights for this play have been withdrawn so that we are unable to present it as planned.

  • Production News, Reviews, Theatre

    Posted on May 7th, 2013

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    The Love of Four Colonels - Review

    The Love of Four Colonels – Review

    THE LOVE of FOUR COLONELS Peter Ustinov. Review by Polly
    This was my first encounter with this play. What a wonderful script! Those who admired Ustinov in life could hear his voice in every line. If only all the actors had had his diction!
    As always, the costuming, setting and lighting were of excellent quality, so visually [...]

  • Productions, Theatre

    Posted on May 1st, 2013

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    The Love of Four Colonels

    The Love of Four Colonels

    By Peter Ustinov - Directed by Alan Wiseman
    Four colonels, from the occupying forces in post war Germany, meet and bicker arguing about why soldiers cannot reach a distant castle. Two fairies, in modern guise, one wicked, one good, tempt them with a trip to the castle to try their luck with the Sleeping Beauty inside. [...]

  • Production News, Productions, Reviews

    Posted on February 1st, 2011

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    The History of Mr Polly

    The History of Mr Polly

    By Helen Mills SE Area NODA Rep
    Adapted from the Novel by H G Wells
    I was very much looking forward to coming and seeing this new play written and directed by the author. Alan has, as he admits, fifty years experience in the theatre but this is a new venture for him which I hope he [...]

  • Production News, Productions, Theatre

    Posted on January 6th, 2011

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    The History of Mr Polly

    The History of Mr Polly

    Mr. Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife’s nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman’s outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground and killing himeslf.
    Unexpected [...]

  • Production News, Productions, Theatre

    Posted on August 10th, 2010

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    OCTOBER SHOW

    OCTOBER SHOW

    This fascinating play is set in a New York hotel room in 1953. A famous physicist is working on calculus, a Senator tries to persuade him to give public evidence, an actress escapes from a film set, a baseball player comes looking for his wife. Although not named they represent: Albert Einstein; Joe McCarthy, notorious [...]

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