A Royal Threesome

By Sandy Trueman

Based on the true story of the worst-matched royal couple in history: a soap-opera of secret wives; scheming mistresses; spying courtiers and scandal galore. A marriage motivated, not by love, but by the Prince Regent’s colossal debts caused by scything his way through society ladies, as well as maids, cooks, prostitutes, and actresses. So pressing was his financial need, he was prepared to forget he already had a wife when he married his cousin! On his wedding night he was so drunk he slept with his head in the fireplace. However, he had underestimated Caroline’s willingness to fight back, and a royal battle ensued.

Note: Adult themes.

A Royal Threesome

By Sandy Trueman

Based on the true story of the worst-matched royal couple in history: a soap-opera of secret wives; scheming mistresses; spying courtiers and scandal galore. A marriage motivated, not by love, but by the Prince Regent’s colossal debts caused by scything his way through society ladies, as well as maids, cooks, prostitutes, and actresses. So pressing was his financial need, he was prepared to forget he already had a wife when he married his cousin! On his wedding night he was so drunk he slept with his head in the fireplace. However, he had underestimated Caroline’s willingness to fight back, and a royal battle ensued.

Note: Adult themes.

Animal Farm

by George Orwell adapted by­­­­­­ Ian Wooldridge

George Orwell’s classic tale of farmyard animals who rise up against their human oppressor, only to fall prey to one of their own, is sadly as relevant today as it was in 1945. It was originally written in response to the Russian Revolution of 1917, which was itself was caused by bad state management of a crisis (WW1) leading to a huge rise in the cost of living and food shortages.

To Britain in 2023, this sounds distressingly familiar.

Rabbit in Headlights

Larry & Casting Shadows

LARRY
Keith Drinkel stars as Sir Laurence Olivier in this solo show that has been performed extensively in London, the UK & France. In a New York hotel room, Olivier prepares for his first day of filming on ‘Marathon Man’.

‘Director Daniel Finlay keeps the two-act play zipping along with a good mix of actorish humour & glimpses into a life well lived’. (The Stage)

CASTING SHADOWS
A rehearsed reading of the BBC Radio 4 play adapted by its author from his original full-length stage play. It’s 1962 & Max Miller & Terence Rattigan have been invited by Laurence Olivier to spend a summer’s afternoon in his Brighton beach hut. With Keith Drinkel as Olivier, Julien Ball as Rattigan & Trevor Littledale as Miller.

‘A barometer of mid-twentieth century British theatre’. (Time Out)

‘My father would have loved this play’. (Tamsin Olivier)

Part of:  Retrospective: A Week Of Plays About Theatre, Actors & Writers By Mark Burgess – 24th-28th October 2023

Larry & Casting Shadows

LARRY
Keith Drinkel stars as Sir Laurence Olivier in this solo show that has been performed extensively in London, the UK & France. In a New York hotel room, Olivier prepares for his first day of filming on ‘Marathon Man’.

‘Director Daniel Finlay keeps the two-act play zipping along with a good mix of actorish humour & glimpses into a life well lived’. (The Stage)

CASTING SHADOWS
A rehearsed reading of the BBC Radio 4 play adapted by its author from his original full-length stage play. It’s 1962 & Max Miller & Terence Rattigan have been invited by Laurence Olivier to spend a summer’s afternoon in his Brighton beach hut. With Keith Drinkel as Olivier, Julien Ball as Rattigan & Trevor Littledale as Miller.

‘A barometer of mid-twentieth century British theatre’. (Time Out)

‘My father would have loved this play’. (Tamsin Olivier)

Part of:  Retrospective: A Week Of Plays About Theatre, Actors & Writers By Mark Burgess – 24th-28th October 2023