Whitby Network

Title: Stephen Joseph Theatre: A Number / Twenty:20 (Double-Bill)
Location: Whitby Coliseum

Date: Thursday 2nd & Friday 3rd September, 8pm

The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company present a double bill of plays on two days (both plays performed on both days) at Whitby Coliseum.

A Number by Caryl Churchill + Twenty:20 by James Quinn

A Number by Caryl Churchill

Bernard’s life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers he has been cloned. Questioning his father, Salter, Bernard delves into his past to reveal a series of unpredictable twists and turns and decisions which have had irreversible consequences for him and his ‘brothers’.

What is it like to be one of a number? And are they truly identical? Is it possible to capture something perfect?

Set in the near future, this intriguing play explores the ‘nature versus nurture’ debate and dares to ask the unanswerable questions that strike at the very heart of what it means to be human.

“What a tremendous play this is, moving, thought-provoking and dramatically thrilling“
The Daily Telegraph

From the award winning author of Top Girls, Cloud Nine and Serious Money.

Twenty:20 by James Quinn

Featuring the voice of David Lloyd (Bumble)

“What do they know of Cricket, that only Cricket know?”
CLR James

Headingley Carnegie. July 2013. Ace Yorkshire batsman Rick Fielding has been called up at the eleventh hour to represent his country against the old enemy: Australia. The problem is that whilst Rick is a superstar of ‘Twenty20′ cricket, he’s never played a test match in his life. Can he possibly squeeze in a match winning innings between a celebrity photo shoot for ‘Hello’ and the quarter finals of Strictly Come Dancing?

This hilarious one-act play takes the audience on a whirlwind tour of today’s short attention span world, where Tweeting has replaced the art of conversation, and all we can hope for is 24 hours of wall to wall reality TV.

Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September, 8pm.
Tickets £8, Concessions £6.50 available direct from The Coliseum

Coliseum Box Office and Enquiries Tel: 01947 825000

Title: Back to the Land Girls (The Land Girls of Yorkshire)
Location: Whitby Coliseum

Badapple Theatre Company Presents: ‘Back to the Land Girls’ (The Land Girls of Yorkshire)

A comedy written and directed by Kate Bramley (ex-Hull Truck Theatre), inspired by the wartime reminiscences of local Land Army Girls, with original music by Jez Lowe (Radio 2 Sony Academy Award Winner)

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” ‘Some girls just aren’t cut out for farming…’

It’s 1942, and there are some new arrivals in the village. They’re turning heads and breaking hearts as the fine girls of the Women’s Land Army take to the hills.

Buff is a city girl dreaming of being ‘just like Vera Lynn’, while Biddy is a country girl who is ‘now’t but a hopeless romantic’. Join them on a journey of blisters, back-ache and banter as they learn all there is to know about working on the land.

This brand new show is the latest comedy two-hander from Badapple’s resident writer as she celebrates the highs and lows of the wonderful women who helped keep Britain fed during World War II, set against a backdrop of glorious music of the age, as well as new tunes by songwriter Jez Lowe.

Although a fictional tale this play owes much to the reminiscences of a number of Land Army Girls who contributed their own personal stories to this exciting new comedy.

“This is a production brimming with creativity and talent. If you get the chance to go and see this do, as it is a joyful and uplifting experience” York Press “One of the region’s brightest lights in touring theatre.” NORTHERN ECHO “

Badapple Theatre Company

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Saturday May 1st, 7:30pm.

Tickets: £8.50 (£7.50 conc.)

Contact Whitby Coliseum on 01947 825000 for bookings and further details or visit http://www.badappletheatre.com for further information on the performance tour.

Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2010-05-01