Events in Bury - Theatre

Summerseat Players present "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" by Frank McGuinness.

When this play originally premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1992, it was just months after the release of British journalist John McCarthy and Irish teacher Brian Keenan, who had been held hostage together for several years by the Islamic Jihad.
But although playwright Frank McGuinness spoke to Keenan after his release, he hasn’t provided a documentary account of their internment but offers instead a powerfully imagined dramatic portrait of the strategies of human survival and resilience that three men cast in a similar situation might employ.
It is alternately tense and tender study of an American doctor, an Irish journalist and an English university lecturer who are being held hostage in the Lebanon.

The cast: Chris Balmer, Richard Higson, and Bob Howells,

Directed by Garyk Barnett

Bookings from 12 March by contacting the box office on 01706 826760 between 7pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and between 10am and noon on Saturday.

The preview will be on Thursday 18 March.

The play runs every night excluding Sunday 21 March.

Tickets:
Monday to Thursday £7.50
Friday and Saturday £8.00
Concessions (Monday only) £5.50
Preview £5.00

Members of Whitefield Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (WADOS) will perform biblical musical Godspell — 19 years after the group originally put it on the stage.

Director Hilary Eastwood will take charge of a 12-strong cast, Scott Unsworth will take on the role of Jesus, while Mark Wood will play Judas.

Tickets are still available for all four shows, priced at £6.50 for the opening night and £7.50 for any of the other three.

Tickets £6.50 for the opening night and £7.50 for any of the other three

Summerseat Players present "The Titfield Thunderbolt" by Philip Goulding from the Ealing Comedy Film written by TEB Clarke

The branch line between Mallingford and Titfield is losing money and British Rail is intent on closing it down. In desperation the villagers exploit the 1947 Transport Act and decide to take charge and run it themselves - with a train resurrected from a local museum! As well as convincing the railway authorities that they are competent to work the line, they have to face problems from Vernon Crump who is set on providing a competitive bus service. All aboard for a rollicking evening of hilarious nostalgia!

The cast: Helen Birtwell-Franklin, Geoff Sword, John Garvey, Ian Webster, Chris Balmer and Jennie McConkie

Directed by Peter Larkin

Bookings from 30 April by contacting the box office on 01706 826760 between 7pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and between 10am and noon on Saturday.

The preview will be on Thursday 6 May.

The play runs every night excluding Sunday 9 May.

Tickets:
Monday to Thursday £7.50
Friday and Saturday £8.00
Concessions (Monday only) £5.50
Preview £5.00