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Dateline:
21st April, 2005
Keswick Rep Programme
Keswick's Theatre by the Lake has announced its rep season for this
year. It runs from Friday 27th May to Saturday 5th November and consists
of six productions, three in the Studio and three in the Main House.
Performances in the Main House start at 8.00 and in the Studio at 8.15.
The reason for the later than usual starts is because they give the
tourists who form a large part of the audience the chance to come down
from a day's hill walking, have a bath and a meal, and then go to the
theatre.
Main House
Sat 28 May to Fri 4 November at 8.00pm Matinee at 2.00pm. (Preview
Fri 27 May)
Dick Barton: Special Agent
By Phil Wilmott
Directed by Ian Forrest
Only Dick and his stiff upper lip can prevent a dastardly plot as
the forces of EFIL (Evil Foreigners in London) threaten the entire
British tea supply. Will Dick foil the plans of rotten Johnny foreigner
or will the mad plots of the evil Baron Scarheart and the scheming
Marta Heartburn leave our hero in a bit of a tight spot?
Fri 10 June to Sat 5 November at 8.00pm; Matinees at 2pm (Preview
Thurs 9 June)
Gaslight
By Patrick Hamilton
Directed by Stefan Escreet
It is a foggy evening in Victorian London and all is not well in the
Manningham household. Pictures disappear, letters go missing and the
gas light unaccountably grows dim. Is Bella Manningham losing her
mind? Her husband seems to think so. What are the strange noises from
the attic? Who is that at the door? Does the house hold a terrible
secret?
Fri 22 July to Wed 2 November at 8.00pm, Matinees at 2pm (Preview
Thu 21 July)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
By Christopher Hampton, from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos
Directed by Ian Forrest
The Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont are ex-lovers,
with a casual view of morality. The Marquise encourages the Vicomte
to seduce an innocent young girl and the virtuous Madame de Tourvel.
His prize will be a night with the Marquise. But when the ultimate
rule is broken, the game becomes an even more sinister tale of betrayal
and revenge…
Studio
Sat 28 May to Fri 4 November at 8.15pm; Matinee at 2.15pm. (Preview
Fri 27 May)
Playhouse Creatures
By April de Angelis
Directed by Stefan Escreet
This bawdy historical drama tells a story of camaraderie and rivalry,
as England's first ever actresses try to survive on and off the lively
London Restoration stage. These feisty women are an instant sensation,
but are still forced to walk a fine line between fame and infamy..
Fri 17 June to Sat 5 November at 8.15pm; Matinees at 2.15pm. (Preview
Thurs 16 June)
Dead Funny
By Terry Johnson
Directed by Ian Forrest
The Dead Funny Society is a fan club dedicated to the great British
comedians of the past. Richard is obsessed with comic routines, but
for Eleanor it just isn't a laughing matter. She's more interested
in how to get Richard to perform in the bedroom. Lisa has just had
a baby, but Nick doesn't seem to be too happy about it...
Fri 29 July to Wed 2 November at 8.15pm. (Preview Thu 28 July)
A Number
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Stefan Escreet
Theatre by the Lake offers a unique two-part evening that will peep
behind the news headlines and consider the moral dilemmas of science.
The first half is a performance of Caryl Churchill's A Number. An
elderly man has a series of encounters with his numerous sons. They
are seeking their identity, but are they distinct, or just one of
a number? This clever, gripping play deals with the questions that
concern every parent and every child and what might occur if human
beings were cloned.
A Number is a play that you will want to discuss long after you have
left the theatre, and so the second half of the evening aims to add
to the debate. You will be invited back into the studio to hear rehearsed
readings from tEXtPERIMENT. These will
deal with the what-ifs and ethical dilemmas of science. There will
then be an informal post-show discussion of the evening's work and
subject matter.
Theatre by the Lake has also announced three other productions for
the end of the year:
Tue 22 to Sat 26 November at 7.45pm
Ony Available in Carlisle
By Charlotte Allan
In the Studio
Directed by Stephan Escreet
The funny, touching story of Alicia and how she deals with sex, parents
and a talking dog. Life as a teenage girl on the West Coast of Cumbria
isn't always much fun and on the eve of her sixteenth birthday Alicia
is under pressure - to lose her virginity, to cope with her volatile
mother and to find out the truth about her absent father.
Charlotte Allan is the joint winner of the New Cumbrian Play Competition
and author of Tramping
Like Mad, seen at the theatre last year.
Sat 3 December to Sat 21 January (Preview Fri 2 December) at 7.00
pm
The Wind in the Willows
By Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Alan Bennett
In the Main House
20/22/28/29 December at 10.15pm
Stories for Christmas
A collection of new short stories and poems from contemporary Cumbrian
writers, read by members of the Christmas company.
In the Studio.
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