Actonians Drama Group

Synopsis

A love story depicting the emotional challenges & eventual loss of a family touched by dementia.

Synopsis

This Comedy of Manners starts in a 1920s postwar rainy February in London where two women see an advert for a villa to rent in southern Italy for the month of April. 

They club together with two other women for a woman only holiday.

We follow them into a glorious Italian spring - and so do three men!

'Enchanted April’ is adapted from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, a remarkable woman often known as ‘Elizabeth in her German Garden’.

Synopsis

Treasure Island is an exciting adventure story about a young boy, Jim Hawkins, who comes into possession of a secret treasure map and decides to set sail with his family and friends to find the buried treasure.

On the voyage, Jim is befriended by the ship's cook, the charming but piratical Long John Silver, who plans to lead the crew in a mutiny to steal the treasure for themselves and maroon Jim on the treasure island.

Jim must be brave and clever to outsmart the pirates, find the treasure, and return home safely.

Synopsis

For four nights only we are transforming Iron Acton Parish Hall into a pub! We will perform eight very short plays to entertain you throughout the evening.  It will be a relaxed, informal setting with drinks and bar snacks on sale.  And at the end of the evening you can vote for your favourite play.  

Due to the seating arrangement for these evenings ticket numbers will be limited and so it is important to buy your tickets early to guarantee a seat!

The following plays will be performed:

• 'The Intricate Workings of a Sherbet Lemon' by Stuart Lee
  A woman is stuck in a remote railway waiting room after her connecting train has been cancelled. She is joined by a fellow traveller who warns her about a serial killer who has been operating in these parts.
• 'Up Close and Personal' by Anne Graham
  Roz decides to track down the woman who has obsessed her husband, to a Singles Night at a local pub.
• 'The Granny Case' by Doc Watson
  A young woman, dressed all in black, seems to be waiting for something to happen. Then she is interrupted by the arrival of a suspicious looking man with some kind of agenda.
• 'Two Woofs for Yes' by Neil Walden
  With the help from Psychic Ted, an animal psychic, Brenda wants to contact her dead pets in the hope that they have witnessed where her late husband has concealed the proceeds from a big robbery.
• 'Driving Mr Diddy' by Mandy Bannon
  Margaret and Brian are on their way to their Line-dancing class when they get caught up in a getaway from a robbery.
• 'Mrs Thrale Lays On ... Tea!' by Rob Taylor
  Mrs Thrale, the celebrated literary hostess, prepares to entertain the well known man of letters, Dr Johnson.
• 'Vent' by Gavin Harrison
  Lisa and Derek are on a first date but Lisa is surprised to find that Derek has brought his rather strange friend along with him.
• 'Custardy' by Neil Walden
  Following a failed robbery at a circus, Terry has taken a clown hostage. As they await the next move, the two realise that they have more in common then they first thought.

Voting Results:

Wednesday - Two Woofs for Yes

Thursday - Mrs Thrale Lays On ... Tea

Friday - Driving Mr Diddy

Saturday - 

Overall - 

Synopsis

Sculptor, Brindsley Miller, has ‘borrowed’ the antique furniture from his neighbour’s flat whilst he is away to impress his fiancee’s overbearing father and a wealthy art dealer who is interested in his sculptures. However, a blown fuse plunges the flat into darkness and his neighbour returns unexpectedly. Brindsley then desperately tries to return the ‘borrowed’ items before light is restored but this is hampered by unexpected visitors and events. (In an interesting reversal of light and dark conditions, the stage is dark when the flat is lit and then lit when the fuse has blown!)

Synopsis

It is 2008 and self-service tills have arrived in the local supermarket, bringing with them a raft of problems for the staff.

Edie reckons it's just a matter of time before there are job losses; Janice tries to concentrate on her knitting, which is a second source of income; whilst Kelly has found God and wants everyone else to join her. Suddenly there is yet another case of "till rage " in the shape of distressed customer Dawn. What follows is a bitter-sweet indictment of the advance of technology and how it has made the already difficult lives of these women much harder.