Performances
Wednesday 25th March 2009, 7.45pm
Thursday 26th March 2009, 7.45pm
Friday 27th March 2009, 7.45pm
Saturday 28th March 2009, 7.45pm
Lords and ladies gather for afternoon tea and brilliant banter
at an idyllic English country estate. For young Gerald Arbuthnot and his mother,
the assembled not-so-polite company hold the keys to happiness in love and life.
In this comedy of serial seducers, moralizing monogamists, secret pasts and
simmering heartbreak, how will the Arbuthnots choose between social advancement
and painful truths spoken from the heart?
In 1895, the year that saw the debut of Wilde's The Importance of Being
Earnest, the playwright lost everything when he was convicted of "gross
indecency" and sentenced to two years in prison. A Woman of No Importance
had premiered two years earlier and anticipated the forces that would strike him
down. Of British society, he said, "To be in it is merely a bore. To be out of
it is simply a tragedy."
This is a razor-sharp study of a world that values image above integrity. Don't
miss Wilde's stylish and typically witty exposé of the Victorian Establishment.
Our director appeared on Tony Barker's Theatre Show on Canalside Community Radio (102.8FM) on Thursday 12th March.
You can download an MP3 of the broadcast here. (2.4MB, 5 minutes)
Awards
This production won the Margaret Thomas Salver for Best Costume at the
Cheshire Theatre Guild Full Length Play
Awards 2008-2009 season.
Tony Barker did a brief article about it on his Theatre Show on
Canalside Community Radio (102.8FM) on
Thursday 18th June, including a short interview with
our wardrobe manager.
You can download an MP3 of the broadcast
here. (1MB, 2 minutes)
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