The Lady Vanishes May 2024 Directed by Mark Pullin
Caerwys Town Hall. May 23rd 24th and 25th
1938
The political atmosphere of the inter-war years was sharply divided between those who thought
the extreme left could solve Europe's problems, and those who desired leadership from the
extreme right. There were very few moderates, and this situation kept the governments of Britain,
France, and Eastern Europe in constant turmoil, swinging wildly between one extreme and the
next. Extreme viewpoints won out in the form of totalitarian states in Europe and communism took
hold in the Soviet Union, while fascism controlled Germany, Italy and Spain.
The extremist nature of these disparate ideologies turned European politics into an arena for sharp
conflict, erupting in Spain in the form of the Spanish Civil War, after which Francisco Franco became
dictator. Romania was ripped apart by a military coup led by King Carol. Benito Mussolini became
the most powerful man in Italy and in Germany, Adolf Hitler's fascist Nazi Party annexed Austria
and prepared once again to make war on Europe. With Britain and France tied up in their own
affairs, the path to World War II lay clear.
Fairway to Heaven 2023
by Diana Raffle
Directed by Mark Pullin.
8th & 9th December 2023, @7.30pm
Caerwys Town Hall
Dilemma to disaster, this is a fast-paced farce with silly twists and innuendo.
Lady Fotheringham is hosting a party for her elderly friends in her stately home which she shares with her daughter, Cheryl, and son-in-law, Trevor. Trevor is facing the sack if he does not sell one big property before the end of the month. His friend, Bob, is trying to help him find a buyer, but all does not go to plan. What follows is a hilarious series of events, which will leave the audience in fits of laughter.
GIVE A LITTLE LOVE
2019
One Act Play Festival April 2019
Theatre Clwyd, Mold.
ABC took ‘Give a Little Love’ by Alan Stockdill to the Clwyd Community Theatre Association One Act Play Festival at Theatr Clwyd with the same cast.
The writer Alan Stockdill was in the audience for the performance.
The Adjudicator, Nick Wilkes gave the group’s performance a very positive review. It would have almost certainly made the Wales Final of the Competition had marks not been lost because it was over the maximum length. Sarah Dixon won the award for the best female performance in the competition and Alison Roberts was nominated in the same category.
ALICE THE WONDERLAND YEARS
2019
Wriiten and Compiled by Mick Hawes.
Lewis Carroll's classic ‘Alice in Wonderland' was published in 1865. Parts of the story and soe of the characters are familiar even to those who have never read it. The sequel ‘Through the Looking Glass' was published six years later. Charles Dodgson (Carroll's real name) was ordained as an Anglican priest.
This play takes the form of a radio interview with sone of the main characters in the story, interspersed with extracts from an 1898 adaption of the story into a play by someone known only as SSB.
Warning: Anyone wanting a serious appraisal of Alice in Wonderland or who might be tempted to say ‘most of this is totally irrelevant and some of the references are not even to the right Alice' should look away now !
CCTV
2018
CCTV by Derek Webb and an Evening of Words and Music
A one-Act Comedy set in the security control room of a large shopping centre, Just as Rich arrives for the night shift and Alex and Jane prepare to go home, after a hard day’s monitor watching, they have an unexpected and unwelcomes guest
PASSION WAGON
2018
When kind hearted Brian and his long suffering wife Stella treat his mum to a fortnights holiday in their touring caravan Wales, what could possibly go wrong?
It’s not just the stormy weather outside that makes tempers fray to breaking point. But will the bitter winds of mum-in-law Florrie chill everyone’s ardour or will passion prevail and have the last word in this racy caravan caper?
It’s 1993 and the action takes place in the touring caravan of Stella and Brian Watts, sited on a run-down coastal caravan park.
Today is the eleventh day of their holiday.
WHERE THERE'S A WILL
2015
“Where There’s A Will”
by George Gallagher.
The Cooper family, consisting of Granddad, his late son Fred, who had an unfortunate accident resulting is his untimely death, Mabel, Fred’s wife and their two sons, Mark and Spencer are gathering for Fred’s funeral. A chaotic day ensues whilst they desperately try to find his ‘last will and testament’ to see who will get the ‘Family
FETCH THE BREADKNIFE
2015
“Fetch The Breadknife”
by Mick Hawes and Peter Kennan.
An alternative memoir of Midwifery in the 1950’s.
Old Penny recalls when she was a young midwife in the 1950’s based in a Convent in the East End of London. If it goes well tonight, we are going to pitch it to the BBC as a Sunday evening drama series.
THE WAITING ROOM
2015
"The Waiting Room"
by David Grieve.
Harry stumbles into a nondescript waiting room with no idea how or why he got there. The only other inhabitants are a slightly frosty receptionist called Dolores, and Ged, an enigmatic man who also seems to be waiting for something. Gradually the picture becomes clearer with the entrance of Rita and confirms the unlikely conclusion that Ged has been forced to reach. However, the arrival of the absurd Jeremy and Alison force Harry to reconsider everything and ask himself "what's it all about?"
SEASONS GREETINGS
2014
Now we don't want to start Christmas like this, do we? Cheating at Snakes & Ladders, fighting over comic books…Christmas has arrived in the Bunker household along with family and friends. But as the children lurk just out of sight, it is the adults who are letting the side down. Presiding over the festivities are two warring Uncles, one a kindly, incompetent Doctor with an interminable puppet show to perform; the other a bullying retired security guard who dominates the TV, brings toy guns for his nieces and determines there is a thief in their midst.
The action takes place in the home of Neville and Belinda Bunker.
DRINKING HABITS
2012
The 2012 ABC Drama production, was performed at the Caerwys Town Hall on Thursday 8th November, Friday 9th and Saturday 10th November. The performances were a sellout for the three evenings.
Accusations, mistaken identities and romance run wild in this traditional, laugh out loud farce.
Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent's doors open but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancées, are hot on their trail.
They go undercover but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down.
Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.
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