WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT IT?

WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT IT? {4M:4F} – A COMEDY (115 mins) - See Review

The trustees of Felliscombe Museum are set to take a conference call in the local church hall in a last ditch attempt to get a grant to save their fire-damaged museum. But an argument with the Caretaker leaves their hopes in ruins in a ghastly ‘open-mic’ moment. Moreover, behind the scenes it seems that someone doesn’t want the museum to survive. When a remorseful Caretaker is led to believe that the trustees also play together as a pop group she offers them a way out – £10,000 to pass themselves off as her Dad’s defunct tribute band and play at a 30 year reunion event. A ‘Will-they-won’t-they?’ teaser tale follows as the most unlikely characters ever to comprise a rock group get drawn into pretending to be one and change their group dynamics in the process. Stuck between a 'Rock!’ and a hard up place – you’d be surprised how far people will go to save a local museum!

THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR

THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR {13M:4F} - A FIRST WORLD WAR DRAMA (115 mins) - See Review Based on the wartime roles of people from the Nidderdale area of Yorkshire - the drama pivots on two moments when a General is provided with the chance to avoid the needless slaughter of the men in the trenches. The symbolic class obsessions in the dining scenes in the General’s Chateau– the finer points of cigars and vintage wine – are intercut with the hellhole of the trenches, revealing the crassness of the hierarchy and the horrors of war. But this serves only as a framework for a much deeper analysis of the human condition in all its tainted glory as the usual Great War platitudes are cleverly subverted to take a closer look at the flawed nature of heroism. The General fails the men on the first occasion and only a gripping denouement prevents them from being failed a second time.

YARN BOMBERS 3/4M: 5/4F

Yarn Bombing noun the action or activity of covering objects or structures in public places with decorative knitted or crotcheted material, as a form of street art or protest. When the three elderly residents and keen knitters who occupy the 'Blue Day Room' in Bleak House Care Home learn that their High Street Haberdashery is to be closed - it's a call to arms. Their target, local Mayor Amy Spry, who is acquiring the shop for her 'Tour de Ridings' cycle race event. Unbeknown to them, the Care Home manager has also targeted the Mayor: as the only way to stop the Care Home being closed. She wants her goodwill; the Blue Room gang want her comeuppance. Something has to give, and it certainly does when the residents attack an event promoting the cycle race by 'Yarn Bombing' a sign the Mayor is unveiling. A sign erected in the grounds of Bleak House in an event arranged by the Care Home Manager to gain the Mayor's vote against closure. A sign that, courtesy ...

Keith Burton Playwright

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