What's On
February 2010: The Relapse by John Vanbrugh
March 2010: Official Theatre Opening by Sir Trevor Nunn
5-9th October 2010: Much Ado About Nothing
Set in Edwardian England, this production of Much Ado About Nothing throws pantaloons, penny farthings and Votes for Women into Benedict and Beatrice's fiery cauldron of wit and desire. Passionate Claudio longs for the beautiful Hero. Don John's got a dastardly plan afoot. A pair of spectacularly incompetent constables are hoping for the best, while Beatrice and Benedict just don't know what to think.
16-20 November: DDS proudly presents Donkeys' Years by Michael Frayn
***Auditions will take place in the first and second week of October***
Michael Frayn's "gorgeous farce" about a university reunion premiered in 1977 at the Globe Theatre, London. It returned to the West End in 2006 in a sparkling new production featuring David Haig and Samantha Bond. It remains a classic comedy.
Twenty years after graduation, six former students return to their Oxbridge college for a reunion dinner. While their lives may have had varying degrees of success, all are connected by a common past. Once locked in college for the night, the graduates begin to relive their youth, and old friendships, feuds-and the much-desired but absurdly proper Master's wife-come tumbling back into the present.