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"A very humorous and imaginative production"
It's that red glow, the dilated pupils, that rush of
swoon, that ahhhh moment.
Ain't love grand? It can be, it's been proven, it's
a fact, it makes the world go round.
St Nicolas Players have other ideas. Bunch of
cynics! By the time we left the theatre we all had
something to think about!
'Cole Porter' suggested 'Let's fall in love' and
Beverley Moore convinced us we could.
That was soon short lived when Arline Evenden
decided Alan Bennett's monologue 'Bed Among the
Lentils' about a Vicar's wife whose passion for the
sherry and alter wine and an even bigger passion for
a young Indian shop owner would serve us up a
different helping of love and it did.
The love at first sight, the fairy tale ending, the
honeymoon period we never want to end, the girl next
door, and the 'Alphaman' typical Mills & Boon hero.
'I could feel my flush deepen as our eyes met across
a crowded room. I longed to feel the touch of his
lips on mine, his caress igniting a deep passion in
my loins!'. Got the message? Good!.
St Nic's selection of short plays, love songs and
poems allowed an evening of raw truth. From David
Ives 'A Sure Thing' Through to Shakespeare's Romeo
and Juliet. A generous helping of genius from all
our actors/actresses.
I
have to say Karl Gernert's performance from Les
Miserables
'Empty chairs at Empty tables' was brilliant, as
indeed was the whole company performing Victoria
Wood's 'Ballard of Barry & Freda'
A
very unusual fresh evening performed with a passion
(excuse the pun) that exercised the believer and the
cynic to look again at romance. Love touches us all
in many ways, what could be, will be, has been. St.
Nicolas Players left no stone unturned, a very
humorous and imaginative production.
June Atkins |