Our winter production this year is going to be the hilarious Flint Street Nativity by Tim Firth (author of Neville’s Island).

The eight-year-old pupils of Flint Street Primary School, all played by adults, perform the nativity play for their parents. The story is based on real events, collected over a period of ten years from members of Tim Firth’s family and friends who were teachers.

“Exposes what an ungodly snake pit of paediatric power-politics the staging of your average Nativity play can be… There are moments w
hen you may wet yourself laughing.”

 

Director – Wendy Turner

Cast List
Narrator – Steve Corrall
Mary – Lauren Scott
Gabriel – Claire Withnell
Herod / Joseph – Jamie Wright
Wise Frankincense – Sue Spencer
Wise Gold – Moira Davies
Innkeeper – Garry Withnell
Ass – Ian Stewart
Star – Jake Matthieson
Angel – Steph Ferguson
Shepherd – Judy Barker
Shepherd 2 – Liny Mullins
Sheep – David Todd

Rehearsals so far have been so much fun – the script is brilliant and we can’t stop laughing.

Tickets on sale now though our Box Office. 

Our newsletter with details of everything that’s been going on at The Barony Players and The Barony Youth Theatre is attached.

Please do take a moment to read through it to find out what we’ve been up to over the past few months and what we have planned for the future.

There are lots of ways you can offer your help with the running of the theatre – so do please consider helping out; and pass the word round.

Newsletter – Spring 2017

The Barony Players’ are delighted to announce that our spring production will be the hilarious one-act play, The Real Inspector Hound  by Tom Stoppard, directed by Craig Lowe.

The plot follows two theatre critics named Moon and Birdboot who are watching a ludicrous setup of a country house murder mystery, in the style of a whodunit. By chance, they become involved in the action causing a series of events that parallel the play they are watching. It is a parody of the stereotypical parlor mystery in the style of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” as well as of the critics watching the play, with their personal desires and obsessions interwoven into their bombastic and pompous reviews.

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CAST LIST

Character	Character description	Played by
Moon	A second-string theatre critic	John Knox
Birdboot	A theatre critic and a womaniser	Steve Corrall
Mrs Drudge	The maid of Muldoon Manor	Judy Barker
Simon Gascoigne	New arrival to the neighbourhood of Muldoon Manor	Roddy Bain
Felicity Cunningham	A beautiful, innocent, young friend of Cynthia’s	Liny Mullins
Lady Cynthia Muldoon	Widow of Lord Albert Muldoon	Claire Withnell
Major Magnus Muldoon	Lord Albert Muldoon’s crippled half-brother	Keith Hewitt
Inspector Hound	Local police inspector	Garry Withnell

 Directed by Craig Lowe

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Tickets are available from the Barony Box Office – cost £8 / £6.

Under the direction of Amy Grieve, The Barony Youth Theatre are deep into rehearsals and preparations for this year’s BYT production of Sixteen in 10 minutes or less by Bradley Howard.

“The lives of seven teenagers become intertwined in this humorous and oftentimes bittersweet collection of ten minute plays. From extracting a gummy bear out of a new set of braces to coping with bullies, these characters share their innermost hopes and fears with each other, ten minutes at a time. As the audience drops in on these intimate moments, they will come to understand that being sixteen isn’t always easy.”

Not only are our wonderful BYT youths on stage performing, but we also have a BYT youth technical team – Stella and Kya who are busy making the props and designing the sets for each of the scenes. Lots of paper mache and paint on the go.

Tickets are available now from the Barony Box Office online or by calling the Box Office number on 07541 346639.