Acting Edition S.
6 total works
The Farndale Avenue ladies attempt lift off with their Dramatic Society's unique production of a sci-fi thriller. Needless to say, high-tech effects going awry and the limited talents of some group members ensure that the cast remains firmly on the ground some more than others. As ever, the resourceful Mrs. Reece brilliantly circumnavigates pitfalls as she steers the company into orbit and through space to genteel tea on Mars, where the nail biting action is interrupted to present the Flower Arranging Award. The tear-jerking culmination has hysterical audiences on the edges of their seats.
"Superb, minutely observed spoof with some hilarious set pieces." - The Guardian
"'Hilarious' cried the blurbs; 'I laughed till I cried.' I did." - Guernsey Evening Press
"Some marvelous, almost surrealist moments." - What's On
We Found Love and an Exquisite Set of Porcelain Figures Aboard the S.S.Farndale Avenue
by David McGillivray, Walter Zerlin, and Walter Zerlin Jr
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery
David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin JnrFull Length, Comedy
Revised Version
Characters: 1 male, 4 female
1 set
Every drama group has experienced the horrors of what can go wrong on the night and the ladies of the F.A.H.E.T.G. Dramatic Society are no different, with the possible exception that almost everything that could happen does. The scenery collapses, cues are missed, lines forgotten, and the sound effects take on a strange note at times, as the ladies present their ambitious evening's entertainment with the cunning whodunit, "Murder At Checkmate Manor". And just in case the audience should get bored there's a Film and Fashion Show and Murder Mystery Quiz complete with Prize. The crunch comes in the denouement when the "murderer", about to be revealed, has to rush home to bandage up an injured daughter. But Mrs. Reece, doyenne of the group, rises above the slings and arrows of outrageous dramatics to save the situation and provide the final inventive twist.
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of "A Christmas Carol"
by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin
Characters: 4 females and 1 male
Scenery: Simple set
In a festive mood, the ladies mount another assault on the classics with their stage version of A Christmas Carol. They enthusiastically portray a dizzy array of characters from the Dickensian favorite (and a few which aren't), engineer some novel audience participation while bravely contending with an intrusive PA system and a real Farndale first rap their vocal cords and feet around two original, show stopping songs.
