BUMS ON SEATS - by Michael Snelgrove
In a tatty provincial theatre, a new play called 'Fecund' is being staged. This uproarious adult comedy introduces everyone involved in a series of hilarious scenes linked by a chorus of usherettes. The stage manager has a blinding hangover, the leading actors range from pretentious to bitter to plainly incompetent, the new marketing assistant used to work for British Rail, the author is lecherous and unscrupulous and the others are just as outrageous. The second act centers on the audience, an equally mixed and unharmonious group. Chaos erupts just as the theatre's major sponsor arrives. Funny, satirical and technically inventive, Bums on Seats is a treat for theater fans from start to finish.
Friday 28th September 7:30pm – St Blaise Church, Milton
Saturday 29th September 7:30pm – Harwell Village Hall
Friday 5th October 7:30pm – Hagbourne Village Hall
Saturday 6th October 7:30pm – Northbourne Centre
Tickets:
Adults £10
Concessions £5
Call 07769 674927 or request via contact below
Young Playwright Competition
Are you a budding playwright aged between 14-18 living in the Didcot area ?
In a bid to draw out young playwrights in the area, Award winning Didcot Phoenix
Drama Group is launching a competition to find an original play. The winner of the
competition will have a chance to work with the group to polish the final play and
perform at a drama festival in spring 2019.
After the closing date of the 30th November 2018 the committee will choose the best 3
plays that will be performed as rehearsed readings by the group in front of an audience.
After the readings there will be a vote on the overall winner.
The winner will be allocated a mentor to work with in order to polish the script (if
needed) and assist the group in the casting and production of the finished article. This
will then be performed in front of an invited audience and entered in a festival in the
Oxfordshire Drama Network Festival in Abingdon 2019
To receive an entry form please email : didcotphoenixdrama@hotmail.co.uk
Awards 2018
" The Bench at the Edge” by Luigi Januzzi
Henley
• Runners up - won
• Best Single Sex play - won
• Best Actor – nominated (Dan Shipman-Toon)
• Best Actor – nominated (Dave Cooke)
ODN- Abingdon
• Called back for final night
• Punters Prize – 3rd Place
Corn Exchange - Wallingford
• Winners
• Best Actor – nominated (Dan Shipman-Toon)
• Best Actor – nominated (Dave Cooke)
• Magic Moment - nominated
"Primrose Way" by Ron Nicol
Henley
• Best Supporting Actress – won (Daisy Norton)
• Best Actress – nominated (Faye Rowe)
ODN - Abingdon
• Called back for final night
Corn Exchange - Wallingford
• Magic Moment – nominated
• Best Actor – nominated (Daisy Norton)