Kindly Leave the Stage 2016
Touring April - June 2016
Baroque Theatre Company Presents
“Kindly Leave the Stage”
By John Chapman
Directed by Adam Morley
Produced by Claire Bibby
Sponsored by Clarian Ltd
Presented by arrangement with Film Rights Ltd
The show is a celebration of fun, mayhem and thespian mischief and is of a similar format to ‘Noises off’ a play within a play. The ensemble go head to head as they play the characters in the play and the actors who are in the play…. sound confusing, well it’s not! – It’s a fast-paced farce which is easy to watch and a lot of fun! You’ll see jealousy, revelations and the precious actor’s egos revealed. Some crisp writing and hilarious ‘double entrendres’ from John Chapman. The marriage of Rupert and Sarah is on the rocks and their friends Charles and Madge, both of whom are lawyers, agree to handle the divorce. After the curtain has been up a few minutes, Rupert forgets his lines, has a brain storm and threatens to kill Charles in full view of the audience because he's been having an affair off stage, with Rupert's real wife, Madge. Quite true as it happens. The rest of the cast try to ignore the incident and forge ahead with the original play but Rupert picks up a knife and advances on Charles, who is forced to take cover in a large cabin trunk which is on the set at the time. A real life marital comedy now evolves. The situation is further complicated when the actor playing the old father, Edward, makes his entrance. He is an ageing Shakespearean star, once famous for his King Lear but now an alcoholic on the skids. He happens to have asked his new agent to the performance that night. Edward is blissfully unaware that the play has switched from art to life. Out of loyalty to a fellow actor, the rest of the cast do their best to accommodate the poor chap, but he gradually begins to crack up, especially as some of his cues are coming from a cabin trunk. The play is a light hearted tilt at the complete theatricality of stage folk. |
Tour Dates:
Playhouse Theatre Whitstable, Kent
Box Office: 01227 272042
www.playhousewhitstable.co.uk
Alkham Village Hall, Alkham, Kent
Box Office: Geoff 01303 892878 or Brian 01304 824969
www.alkham.org
Camberley Theatre, Camberley, Surrey
Box Office: 01276 707600
www.camberleytheatre.biz
Sunday 10th April 7.00pm
The Broadway, Barking, Essex
Box Office: 020 8507 5610
www.thebroadwaybarking.com
Bonington Theatre, Arnold Leisure Centre, Arnold, Notts
Box Office: 0115 901 3640
www.boningtontheatre.co.uk
Braintree Arts Theatre, Essex
Box Office: 01376 556 354
www.braintreeartstheatre.com
Pavilion Theatre Gorleston, Norfolk
Box Office: 01493 662832
www.gorlestonpavilion.co.uk
Thursday 5th May 7.45pm
Lichfield Garrick Theatre & Studio, Staffordshire
Box Office: 01543 412121
Masham Town Hall, North Yorkshire
Box Office: 01765 680200
Saturday 7th May 7.30pm
Seaton Delaval Arts Centre, Whitley Bay, Northumberland
Box Office: 0191 237 5460
Beccles Public Hall & Theatre, Beccles, Suffolk
Box Office: 01502 770060
Box Office: 01449 774678
The Acorn, Penzance, Cornwall
Box Office: 01726 879500
theacornpenzance.com
Saturday 21st May 7.30pm
Grampound Community Hall, Cornwall
Box Office: 01726 883874
www.grampound.org.uk/hall
Monday 23rd May 8.00pm
The Regal Theatre, Minehead
Box Office:01643 706430
Friday 27th May 7.30pm
Blackfriars Theatre & Arts Centre, Boston, Lincs
Box Office: 01205 363108
www.blackfriarsartscentre.co.
Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, Norfolk
Box Office: 01603 620917
www.maddermarket.co.uk
Swindon Arts Centre, Wiltshire
Box Office: 01793 524 481
swindontheatres.co.uk
Thursday 2nd June 7.30pm
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter, Devon
Box Office: 01392 277189
cygnettheatre.co.uk
Sterts Theatre & Arts Centre, Liskeard, Cornwall
Box Office: 01579 362382
www.sterts.co.uk
The Robinson Theatre, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Book Online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/hillsroadsixthformcollege
Saturday 18th June 7.30pm
The Atrium Theatre, North Walsham, Norfolk
Box office: 01692 218060
Book online: www.artsnorthnorfolk.
In person at No. 1 Market Place
Tuesday 21st June 7.30pm
The Guild Hall & Charter Theatre, Preston, Lancashire
Box Office: 01772 804444
www.prestonguildhall.com/events/view/352
Thursday 23rd June 7.30pm
The Beggar’s Theatre, Millom, Cumbria
Box Office: 01229 775677
Box Office: 01427 676655
microsites.lincolnshire.gov.
The Guildhall, Leicester
Box Office: 0116 2532569
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/