One Act Plays

Every year, LADS competes in the Montgomeryshire Community Drama Association One Act Drama Festival - an arena in which we have had many triumphs, including qualifying for last year's Welsh final and coming away with the Best Actress (Wales) trophy for Rebecca Smith.

This year, we have two entries. Our home audience will be able to enjoy these plays on 14th and 15th April at Llanymynech, before we take them to the competition at Berriew (20th-22nd April). 

First up is 'The Attic', written by Robert Scott and directed by Keith Clarke. 'The Attic' is a modern ghost story, mixing a contemporary couple with a strange Victorian past - do you dare watch? Starring Callum Langston-Bolt, Rebecca Smith, and Judith and Robert Townsley. Guaranteed to give you chills!

'Choice', written and directed by Marg Kynaston, is our second play. A young chancer thinks he's found an easy target in Dorothy and Eileen, but will he get his way? Someone is not going to like the choice they have to make. Marg has previously won multiple Festival awards for her writing and is on top form with this taut and darkly-funny drama. Taking part are Marg, Suzannah Smith and Richard Kipling

Dead On Time

What a fabulous time we had! Our 30th anniversary production, 'Dead On Time', drew in audiences new (at Montford) and loyal (at Llanymynech) to celebrate three decades of theatrical adventures for the LADS. Here's to the next thirty years! 

NEW YEAR WORKSHOP

It's that time again...
 
Time for our TOTALLY FREE AND FABULOUS NEW YEAR WORKSHOP!
Join us on Sunday 8th January 1.30pm till 4pm at Pant Memorial Hall SY10 9QG for a make-up masterclass. The wonderful Fiona Ashby of The Attfield Theatre will share amazing tips and tricks:
◽️ How lighting can affect your make-up
◽️ The difference a base colour makes
◽️ How to look brighter and fresher (not just for stage use!)
◽️ How to age yourself in minutes (no toddlers involved!)
 
Refreshments and a warm welcome guaranteed. 

30th anniversary production

Come and join us as we bring together LADS members old and new for a thrilling murder mystery…

DEAD ON TIME

It’s 1948 and not much is happening in the sleepy village of Little Monkton. The only big news is whether someone has extra butter for sale…until death comes to call.

Can you sort the red herrings from the genuine clues and solve the mystery before the police? With suspects a-plenty and a few surprising twists, this tale of murder and deception will keep you gripped until the final curtain.

Adapted and directed by Alison Utting (‘Under Milk Wood’, ‘Far From The Madding Crowd’)

Tickets are £8 (U18s £4) and are available from Ticket Source, local outlets, and by phoning 01691 830558.

Montford Parish Hall            Fri 18th, Sat 19th November 7.45pm

Llanymynech Village Hall      Fri 2nd , Sat 3rd December 7.45pm

                            and Sun 4th December 2.30pm matinée

Rehearsals well underway at Farndale Castle

WHILE we swelter in the current heatwave, the LADS are swapping steak and sausages for set-building and stagecraft, practising their blood-curdling screams as they rehearse the late summer production.

The Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook at Farndale Castle is a fast-paced comedy and spine-chilling mystery that combines murder, mayhem … and Tupperware.  Imagine the love child of “Rocky Horror” and “The Play That Goes Wrong” and you won’t be far off the mark.

Once again, the ladies of the Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society make a spectacle of themselves. Sympathise with their hapless producer as he does his best to impose order. Attempt to make sense of the enthusiastic sound effects. Learn the importance of a good cleansing and moisturising regime!

With multiple role and costume changes, inept prompting and luggage with a mind of its own, this show throws up challenges for everyone – cast, backstage and especially the director!

Director Julia Thomas explains, “I have directed a number of plays and they have all brought their own challenges, but The Haunted Through Lounge takes challenging to a whole new level. The demands of synchronising set changes and scripted set failures, entrances and exits, complex lighting and myriad sound effects and props are ‘differently challenging’ to say the least!”

How will they fare? You have to wait until September to find out.

Evening performances will be held at Llanymynech Village Hall at 7.45pm on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd September, with a family-friendly matinee at 2.30pm on Sunday 4th. 

Tickets are on sale now and are available from:
TICKETSOURCE.CO.UK/LADSTHEATRE
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Llanymynech Village Shop
Or by calling Marg on 01691 830558

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