BOOK TICKETS
IN THE BAR
Talking Heads (II) by Alan Bennett
Thursday 27 September – Sunday 30 September
Soldiering On
Her Big Chance
A Cream Cracker under the Settee
directed by Adam Bambrough.
Soldiering On
Muriel is a strong woman, and always has been – a pillar of the community,
a regular charity worker, and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels; and looking
after her mentally ill daughter, Margaret, has fortified her resolve – so,
after the death of her husband, Muriel is well-prepared to cope with the
crisis. However, given her son’s ineptitude (or dishonesty) with money, and
the vile secret behind Margaret’s illness, Muriel finds that she needs to
adapt in order to ‘soldier on.’
Her Big Chance
Lesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra
roles on television programmes such as Crossroads finds what she believes to
be her big break as the adventurous Travis in a new film for the West German
market. It is not clear to what extent Lesley understands that she is
appearing in a soft pornographic film.
A Cream Cracker under the Settee
Doris, aged seventy-five, is a tidy woman — and when she suffers a fall
after trying to clear up after her considerably less thorough home help,
Zulema, it becomes apparent that her constant nagging may have been responsible
for her husband’s early death. Alone and injured, she wonders whether the
only place left for her in society is a care home which she distrusts.
Resisting this with all her being, she decides she’d rather die on her own in
considerable pain than live in a care home ‘smelling of pee’.