Talking Heads

Our Main House show will now be Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads featuring three of Bennett’s brilliant and much-loved monologues:

A Chip in the Sugar: Directed by Dan Armour

Mild, middle-aged Graham Whittaker finds life becoming complicated as his mother, with whom he still lives, reunites with an old flame named Frank Turnbull. Graham becomes increasingly jealous when Mr Turnbull takes an ever-growing hold on Mam, especially when Frank proposes marriage while simultaneously suggesting Graham moves out of the house to a hostel. But Mr Turnbull is hiding a secret…….

Featuring: Drew McGurren

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Her Big Chance: Directed by Dan Armour

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 German market. It is not clear to what extent Lesley understands that she is appearing in a soft pornographic film…..

Featuring: Megan McGery

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Bed Among the Lentils:Directed by Pauline Armour

Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar’s wife who has to travel into Leeds to go to the off-licence because of her debts with the local shop keeper, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an affair with a nearby grocer, Ramesh Ramesh the third, discovering something about herself and God in the process….

Featuring: Maxine Edwards

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