by Emma Simpson | Mar 9, 2019 | News
We’ve Gone Digital I hope 2019 is turning out to be a good year for you. I just wanted to keep you all updated on what is happening with the club. We have now successfully set up an on-line ticket system for booking your tickets and the ability to download them as...
by Emma Simpson | Dec 1, 2018 | 2018, Past Productions
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War Gainford Drama Club performed ‘The Accrington Pals’ – an excellent choice to commemorate and remember all those who lost their lives in that most devastating of military...
by Emma Simpson | Apr 26, 2018 | 2018, Past Productions
The classic 1955 black comedy film, The Ladykillers, was adapted for the stage by Graham Linehan (co-creator of Father Ted) in 2011. It may or may not be the greatest of the Ealing comedies, but it is certainly the one that immediately suggests itself as...
by Emma Simpson | Nov 28, 2017 | 2017, Past Productions
Not Now Darling is a traditional farce with all the regular hallmarks – people hiding in cupboards, spouses coming and going continuously and a wealth of mistaken identities and innuendo. Firmly based in the 1960s, the script by Ray Clooney and John Chapman...
by Emma Simpson | Apr 9, 2017 | 2017, Past Productions
Ten strangers are summoned for a long weekend to the remote Soldier Island off the coast of Devon, under variously different pretexts. Characters arrive individually and in pairs, having travelled to the island to see Mr and Mrs Owens; the hosts of this group holiday...