AGES OF THE MOON
by Sam Shepard
Comedy 2M Exterior set
A gruffly poignant and darkly funny play, Ages of the Moon finds old friends Byron and Ames re-united by mutual desperation. Ames' marriage has broken down and he rings Byron in desperation. Byron travels for three days to see Ames, and over bourbon on ice, they sit, reflect and bicker until fifty years of love, friendship and rivalry are put to the test at the barrel of a gun.
by Sam Shepard
Comedy 2M Exterior set
A gruffly poignant and darkly funny play, Ages of the Moon finds old friends Byron and Ames re-united by mutual desperation. Ames' marriage has broken down and he rings Byron in desperation. Byron travels for three days to see Ames, and over bourbon on ice, they sit, reflect and bicker until fifty years of love, friendship and rivalry are put to the test at the barrel of a gun.
KICKING A DEAD HORSE
by Sam Shepard
Comedy 1M + horse Flexible staging
Written for the Abbey Theatre and the celebrated Irish actor Stephen Rea, Sam Shepard's striking play tells the story of one man's quest for authenticity when Hobart Struther, an urbane art dealer, attempts to revisit his roots by striking off into the desert, only for his horse to pack up and die leaving him stuck in the desert with his gear and a dead horse, which he feels obliged to bury. Struther, exasperated and contemplative by turns, talks to himself and the audience, gradually revealing how he amassed wealth exploiting Americana, married a glamorous woman, became estranged, and now finds himself in late middle age searching for authenticity and, yes, the true west.
by Sam Shepard
Comedy 1M + horse Flexible staging
Written for the Abbey Theatre and the celebrated Irish actor Stephen Rea, Sam Shepard's striking play tells the story of one man's quest for authenticity when Hobart Struther, an urbane art dealer, attempts to revisit his roots by striking off into the desert, only for his horse to pack up and die leaving him stuck in the desert with his gear and a dead horse, which he feels obliged to bury. Struther, exasperated and contemplative by turns, talks to himself and the audience, gradually revealing how he amassed wealth exploiting Americana, married a glamorous woman, became estranged, and now finds himself in late middle age searching for authenticity and, yes, the true west.
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
by Jill Hyem
Three women of a ‘certain age’ gravitate to Paris. There’s Nancy, a retired headmistress determined to throw off the shackles; Anna, recently widowed – and free – after years of nursing a sick husband; and Raquel, a divorcee in search of eternal youth and a new boy toy. A feel-good play with laughter and tears, the promise of romance, friendship and anger, and the advantages and disadvantages of growing old. Perhaps not La Vie en Rose, but We’ll Always Have Paris is certainly a play that will leave audiences charmed, amused, thoughtful – and singing!
by Jill Hyem
Three women of a ‘certain age’ gravitate to Paris. There’s Nancy, a retired headmistress determined to throw off the shackles; Anna, recently widowed – and free – after years of nursing a sick husband; and Raquel, a divorcee in search of eternal youth and a new boy toy. A feel-good play with laughter and tears, the promise of romance, friendship and anger, and the advantages and disadvantages of growing old. Perhaps not La Vie en Rose, but We’ll Always Have Paris is certainly a play that will leave audiences charmed, amused, thoughtful – and singing!
A HEALTHY GRAVE
by Simon Brett
Robert and Hilary Travers, a childless married couple in their seventies, have had careers around the world as academics, but now in retirement their horizons have shrunk to a small cottage in the Cotswolds. Robert, once the life and soul of lecture hall and Senior Common Room, is now reduced to an audience of one, his wife – and she’s heard all his stories before. The play, alternatively hilarious and heart-breaking, is a study of marriage in old age.
by Simon Brett
Robert and Hilary Travers, a childless married couple in their seventies, have had careers around the world as academics, but now in retirement their horizons have shrunk to a small cottage in the Cotswolds. Robert, once the life and soul of lecture hall and Senior Common Room, is now reduced to an audience of one, his wife – and she’s heard all his stories before. The play, alternatively hilarious and heart-breaking, is a study of marriage in old age.
CASTRO’S BEARD
by Brian Stewart
On the eve of Fidel Castro’s historic visit to the United Nations Assembly in 1960, a clandestine meeting takes place in Washington DC – a CIA think tank is hastily assembled whose sole aim is to take down the Castro regime. From the beginning, no idea is too far-fetched for this group, as the tactics switch from destabilising the Cuban government to outright assassination. Suggestions range from poisonous snakes in the mail to exploding underwater sea shells, even putting poison in his socks to make his bear fall out, thus stripping Castro of the symbol of his power. A plan involving hired mafia hit men is also considered, and of course, an exploding cigar. But as Castro’s United Nations visit looms ever closer, the stakes continue to rise in this satirical tale of desperate government responses to foreign provocation, probing an issue as resonant today as ever.
by Brian Stewart
On the eve of Fidel Castro’s historic visit to the United Nations Assembly in 1960, a clandestine meeting takes place in Washington DC – a CIA think tank is hastily assembled whose sole aim is to take down the Castro regime. From the beginning, no idea is too far-fetched for this group, as the tactics switch from destabilising the Cuban government to outright assassination. Suggestions range from poisonous snakes in the mail to exploding underwater sea shells, even putting poison in his socks to make his bear fall out, thus stripping Castro of the symbol of his power. A plan involving hired mafia hit men is also considered, and of course, an exploding cigar. But as Castro’s United Nations visit looms ever closer, the stakes continue to rise in this satirical tale of desperate government responses to foreign provocation, probing an issue as resonant today as ever.
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