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"...
a well observed, modern comedy
with some
serious issues at the heart
of it" |
Michael
Williamson, NODA Eastern
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excellent, a really good comedy.
I thoroughly enjoyed the play
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Marion
Todd, Mayor of Peterborough |
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 It's
darts time again at the Frog and Duck in downtown
Barnsley (or wherever). The girls' team have
made the final again and the lads, well the
lads are struggling.
The excitement of the competition is overshadowed
when a routine medical examination jeopardises
the rock-solid marriage of landlord Alan and
his wife Kath. Kath is pregnant, but Alan
has had a vasectomy. Could it be that someone
at the pub other than the darts team has been
playing away?
 On
the lads team, it's honesty time for Gary,
when he has to face the truth about himself,
and it's crunch time for compulsive liar Danny,
when he meets his match in socialite Tara
Smythe-Hamilton. Meanwhile on the girls team,
Dawn realises that years of unrequited love
are finally over.
Throw in an interfering mother-in-law for
Alan, an unintelligible Irish man and the
town's worst dieters and you have the recipe
for a night of hilarity fused together with
just the right amount of pathos. |
"The
Hampton
Amateur Theatre Society
had great fun performing 'Playing
Away' and we received a fantastic
review both from our NODA Rep and
from our special invited guest,
the Mayor of Peterborough. The audience
said it was our best production
yet!"
Giselle
Rawlins, HATS Secretary &
Publicity Manager
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| Danny - 18-30
years old, a local at the pub |
| Alan - mid
40's, landlord of the Frog And Duck |
| Kath - 39,
Alan's wife |
| Claire - 18-30
years old, a local at the pub |
| Dawn - 18-30
years old, a local at the pub |
| Gary - 18-30
years old, a local at the pub |
| Simon - 18-30
years old, a local at the pub |
| Sarah - 17-18
years old, the daughter of Alan and Kath |
| Joyce - 30-50
years old, a barmaid. |
| Velma - 30-50
years old, a barmaid. |
| Gwen - 60-65
years old, a snob, knows her own mind, doesn't
suffer fools gladly |
| Seamus - 40-50
years old, Irishman, a local at the pub, admires
Velma |
| Tara - Danny's
posh new girlfriend. Mid 20's, a 'sloane ranger' |
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| Duration |
: 95 mins |
| Acts |
: 2 |
| Principals |
: 5m, 8f |
| Sets |
: 1 |
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