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NEW SEASON

 

I know you of old

writer : DAVID FAIRS / adapted from MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

13 Jun - 1 Jul 2017 at 7.45pm

7.45pm & 2.30 Matinees on 21, 24, 28 June & 1 July

£15/£12

Tues to Sat. No shows Sun & Mon

 

Using only Shakespeare’s original text, David Fairs re-orchestrates Much Ado About Nothing into a new, parallel dark comedy: I Know You Of Old. Join the legendary Benedick and Beatrice as they stalk the midnight shadows of this secluded chapel – their battles of wit are as sparkling as ever, but is there a darkness at the heart of the Merry War…?

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting for charlie

writer: ANDREW MADDOCK

25 - 26 Jun 2017

7.45pm

£15/£12

 

It’s been a rough six months for Bobby, but his mate’s turning him vegan and he’s just started a new job.

 

Now, if only he could stop waiting for Charlie.

 

Then life would be really sweet.

 

A new play about friendship, vegan cheese and dealing with life’s lemons by award nominated playwright Andrew Maddock, recently named as one of The Independent’s playwrights to dominate 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

torn apart (dissolution)

writer & director : BJ MCNEILL

4 - 22 July

7.45pm£15/£12

 

Tues to Sat. No shows Sun & Mon

 

“I fell in love once. With the wrong woman”

 

This is a love story. A love story set in three different times and three different bedrooms…

 

TORN APART (DISSOLUTION) puts women centre stage and deals with issues such as feminism, immigration, male repression, fate, homosexuality, but above all it explores the most painful aspects of human conditioning.

 

 

 

 

odd man out - double bill

26 Jul to 12 Aug 7.45pm

£15/12

 

Ripley Theatre in association with Black Coffee Theatre are proud to present ODD MAN OUT; two beautiful stories of two people that don’t quite fit in.

 

RABBITSKIN by Dominic Grace

 

Joe can name his twenty favourite authors straight off the top of his head and quote his favourite books perfectly. He’s a master storyteller like his father, a man who can make the ghosts and monsters of Irish legends seem as real as the rabbits he skins and cuts up on the kitchen table. But when Joe tries to tell his own story he finds it difficult to keep on track. All stories must come to an end eventually, but that’s the bit that Joe doesn’t want to tell.

 

DIARY OF A WELSHCAKE by Lesley Ross

 

The story of an elephant abroad: a reluctant Welsh hero who will discover unexpected love in the mountains of Hong Kong. Prepare to be taken half way round the world, to laugh, to cry and to throw things at the actor in front of you.