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A scathing and very witty examination of the public and private lives of so-called "cultural icons".

". "Sister George" is a beloved character on a popular BBC soap opera, a cheerful nurse who bicycles about the countryside singing hymns and doing good.

In private life, June Buckridge, the actress, is a swaggering, foul-mouthed, alcoholic lesbian in a long-term relationship with waifish Alice "Childie" McNaught. Due to low ratings, cutbacks and June's own bad behaviour, the BBC decides to "kill Sister George" on the series. A visit from Miss Mercy Croft, a no-nonsense network executive bearing the bad news, sends June into  meltdown.

What better way to kick off the Christmas celebrations than to spend a couple of hours in the warm embrace of one of the most famous, much loved, and most performed farces in British theatrical history. 

It has variously been described as:

"A comedic jewel"

"Indestructibly funny"

"Improbable and wonderfully comic"

"Delightfully funny"

"An Ageless classic"

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First performed in 1892 "Charley's Aunt" broke all historic records for plays of  any kind with an original London run of 1,466 performances.

 

It has had numerous subsequent productions all around the world, including many film and musical theatre adaptations.

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Jack Chesney                       Taylor Lewendon

Charley Wykeham                Patrick Machin

Brassett                                Lindsay Jones

Lord Fancourt Babberley     Topher Lynn 

Sir Francis Chesney              Chaz Davenport

Kitty Verdun                         Lauren Killham

Amy Spettigue                     Mica Sharples

Stephen Spettigue               Peter Court

Donna Lucia d'Alvadores     Chrissie Derrington

Ela Delahay                          Mairi Holmes

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A great favourite - a farcical, elegantly written comedy which secured Wilde's reputation forever.

The play's title serves a double function, referring to both the importance of honesty and truthfulness in human relations and to the fact that two men are displaying anything but those virtues when they  commandeer the name Ernest as a pseudonym to advance their own romantic causes.

                                            ‘A Handbag!’

A deeply-moving, mystical yet hilarious play in which the socially-inept Felix, a Cambridge research fellow, returns to his Cotswold family home after his father’s death to find that his mother, the appalling Flora, has disposed of all his father’s belongings, including his bees, and is contemplating re-marriage.

But what does string theory and the behaviour of bees have to do with all of this?

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Winner! 2000-2001 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Winner! The Critics' Circle Best New Play Award
Winner! The People's Choice Best New Play Award

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