Hello again from Barnsley.\u00a0 We had another great evening at the Lamproom\u00a0although the audience was again rather small.\u00a0 They don’t know what they\u00a0are missing!<\/p>\n
Service Players, winners of MADF’s One Act Play Festival, Isle of Man\u00a0presented \u00a0“Is This Seat Taken?” with great verve and good comic timing but also with warmth, conveying the feelings of their characters with sensitivity. The\u00a0whole gamut of emotions, anger, frustration, sympathy and love were\u00a0portrayed with unaffected naturalness which made the characters totally\u00a0believable in their desire to act out their overlapping role playing with\u00a0conviction.\u00a0 This provided a wonderful spectrum of contrasts amidst this\u00a0comedy of confusion. The adjudicator seemed full of praise for the\u00a0performance and also highlighted the authenticity of the good stage set\u00a0(chairs and tables loaned by The Empress Hotel, Douglas, Isle of Man and\u00a0the bar originally built by David Daugherty and Lindsay Riordan for Service Players’ production of ‘Allo ‘Allo).\u00a0 A most enjoyable experience for all\u00a0concerned.<\/p>\n
The second half of the evening was a reading of the winning play of the new\u00a0playwriting competition – A Frank Exchange by Nicholas Marsh.\u00a0 Without\u00a0giving too much of the plot away (for those who may be lucky enough to see\u00a0a fully staged version in the future) this was set in WW2 Amsterdam in the\u00a0office of a German Officer in charge of finding collaborators and in the\u00a0home of his Dutch secretary.\u00a0 The interplay of emotions and the buildup to\u00a0the somewhat startling ending was very well conveyed.\u00a0 We were fortunate to\u00a0be able to speak with the author after the reading and were able to convey\u00a0our appreciation of an extremely well written and interesting play.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow we will be entertained by the relatively local team from Wakefield\u00a0and are looking forward to that.<\/p>\n
Hello again from Barnsley.\u00a0 We had another great evening at the Lamproom\u00a0although the audience was again rather small.\u00a0 They don’t know what they\u00a0are missing! Service Players, winners of MADF’s One Act Play Festival, Isle of Man\u00a0presented \u00a0“Is This Seat Taken?” with great verve and good comic timing but also with warmth, conveying the feelings of … Continue reading British All Winners Festival \u2013 Night Three<\/span>