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Don't Blame It On The Boots & Last Tango In Purley Oaks - 2010

by Nick Warburton and David Tristram
3rd-5th June 2010

Synopsis

Don't Blame It On The Boots

No one would have blamed it on the boots if only Kate had produced Macbeth instead of Hamlet or Ophelia hadn't been so attractive and naive or Eric had smaller feet and wasn't the drama group's prize flirt or Liz's father hadn't been an actor who once trod the boards at Stratford in those self same boots. But Kate does produce Hamlet and Eric flirts outrageously with the impressionable Ophelia. Liz insists that the Ghost wear the boots. On the last night the boots are worn but not, as everyone thinks, by Eric. He is trapped in his dressing room. So who gave such an impressive performance as the Ghost? This witty comedy is simple to stage and offers excellent casting opportunities.

Last Tango In Purley Oaks

The Purley Oaks Amateur Dramatic Society is in trouble. The membership has dwindled to four – the audiences aren’t much bigger – and if they don’t come up with some rent money soon, they’re going to be thrown out. So their Chairman comes up with a plan. Working on the premise that’s there’s only one thing that really sells plays – Sex - for their next play they will put a simple warning on the poster “ADULTS ONLY ! THIS PLAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT SCENES OF NUDITY WHICH MAY OFFEND” and then give the usual nice little farce

Thus begins the chaotic and hilarious build up to an evening of extraordinary home-grown drama. An evening the locals would never forget!

Cast

Don't Blame It On The Boots by Nick Warburton

Ophelia: Catherine Reid
Kate: Catherine Roberts
Eric: John Desbottes
Liz: Jill Fortune

Last Tango in Purley Oaks by David Tristram

Gordon: Nigel Fadden
Bernard: John Randoll
Joyce: Dot Reid
Margaret: Jill Fortune