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2022 February Hunt

By Fionnuala Kennedy Directed by Georgia Douglas-Brown. Hunt is about a group of teenagers playing their version of hide and seek. Their version entails 'borrowing' objects from their neighbours back gardens, and 'dumping' them at the 'box' without being caught,…

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1943 December I Have Five Daughters

By Margaret MacNamara Adapted from the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin 9th - 11th December 1943 Produced by Herbert A. White A Workington Playgoers' Club Public Production

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2022 April How to Spot an Alien

By Georgia Cristou Directed by Jane Douglas What do you do if you think your aunt is an alien? Twelve-year-old Jelly and her sister, Jonjo, have their suspicions. She won’t let them leave the house – or ask questions. And…

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2021 June The River

A mysterious and bewitching short play from Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem,  Mojo).  All is not as it first seems when a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabin where he has come for the fly fishing since he…

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2021 December Ben Hur

Directed by James Last. Ben Hur is renowned as both a great classic book and one of the greatest blockbuster films of all time.  Now this epic tale of love, betrayal, danger and redemption is brought to the stage by…

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2021 September Portavadie Gold

Written and Directed by Morgan Sweeney. Music Written and Directed by Brian Melville. A full-blown musical play with 12 new songs, a 6-piece Band, a cast of 20, and 10 singers in a Gospel Choir. A very brief moment of…

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2021 June Crusaders

Directed by Georgia Douglas-Brown A group of teens gather to take their French exam but none of them will step into the exam hall. Because Kyle has had a vision and he’ll use anything, even miracles, to ensure his classmates…

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2021 July Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me

An American, an Englishman and an Irish man are held captive by terrorists in Beirut. Their national biases and prejudices are intensified by their cramped confinement. Over time resentments and recriminations give way to acknowledgements to their character strengths and…

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