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2010-11 season: The Company of Ten
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17th-25th September 2010
Company of Ten
Hay Fever
By Noel Coward
Main theatre
A sparkling, witty comedy by one of our most famous and successful playwrights. It is the 1920s, and the self-absorbed Bliss family is hosting an unconventional house party. Everyone has invited a guest for the week-end -- but without consulting the others. Of course the situation rapidly becomes complicated, with delicious shades of farce, when the family starts trying to seduce one another's guests.
Now booking

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29th Sep-2nd Oct 2010
The Extras
Audience; and
Black Comedy
Audience: by Michael Frayn; Black Comedy: by Peter Shaffer
Main theatre
Two modern one-act plays, which turn our expectations upside down.

Amateur youth production by pupils of St Columba's College and Princess Helena College.

Booking opens 6 September on 01727 855185 ext 250.

Booking from 6th September 2010

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15th-23rd October 2010
Company of Ten
Three Tall Women

Studio
Three women, who turn out to represent three aspects of the same woman, look back on a rich and eventful life with a mixture of pleasure and regret. The deft interweave of experiences offers a profound insight into the nature of life.

Moving, witty and thought provoking, this award-winning partly autobiographical drama is a superb example of the best of modern American theatre.

Booking from 1st August 2010

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28th-30th October 2010
Theatrix
Shakesperience

Main theatre
The special guest at the Theatrix birthday celebration is William Shakespeare. Theatrix actors and tutors present a pacy review of our great bard's work. Exploring his timeless themes they speak his words 'trippingly on the tongue', sing his songs, fight his fights and fall in love his way.

Not The Complete Works, but a Shakesperience for an audience of all ages to enjoy.

Booking on 01727 860217 or admin@theatrix.co.uk.

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12th-20th November 2010
Company of Ten
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Adapted by David Edgar from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Main theatre
Autumn 1885: amid London's swirling mists, we watch, fascinated and horrified, as the double life of Dr Jekyll unfolds. Stevenson's Gothic thriller comes to vivid life in David Edgar's drama, which retains all the energy and power of the original.

Victorian anxieties about immigration, unemployment, radical politics and loose morals still have vibrant echoes today.

Most of the characters have something to hide but Jekyll's struggles with his own demon have a gripping and poignant intensity.

Booking from 1st September 2010

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16th-28th December 2010
Company of Ten
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens Adapted by Anthony Peters
Main theatre
Bah! Humbug! Ebenezer Scrooge learns to abandon his life-long habit of meanness and his loathing for the rest of humanity, and to embrace the spirit of giving.

Meet the long-suffering Bob Cratchit and his loving family, Scrooge's nephew Fred, and the jolly, generous Fezziwigs. Witness the supernatural visits from Jacob Marley and those famous Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Enjoy the festive atmosphere at the Abbey Theatre, where this lively, colourful family production really will get you into the Christmas Spirit!

Tickets from £5. Performances at 5:30 and 7:30 pm

Booking from 1st August 2010

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21st-29th January 2011
Company of Ten
Hello and Goodbye
By Athol Fugard
Studio
Booking from 1st November 2010

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11th-19th February 2011
Company of Ten
Flat Spin
By Alan Ayckbourn
Main theatre
Booking from 1st December 2010

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25th Mar-2nd Apr 2011
Company of Ten
The Father
By August Strindberg
Studio
Booking from 1st January 2011

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13th-21st May 2011
Company of Ten
Rock 'n' Roll
By Tom Stoppard
Main theatre
Booking from 1st February 2011