Quality theatre hits the road
On tour
SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN, VARIOUS VENUES March and April
Esk Valley Theatre has hit the road with John Godber’s bitter-sweet two hander September in the Rain.
It is the story of Jack and Liz from Yorkshire and their annual trip to Blackpool.
The stresses and strains of married life are brought into focus as the action moves from the 1980s back to the 1950s.
Mark Stratton plays Jack and Una McNulty, who was in Godber’s Muddy Cows at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, plays Liz.
It is directed by Sheila Carter.
“September in the Rain is a lovely two-hander, perfect for touring,” said Mark.
“There are two of us and a stage manager. That means we can go to small, out of the way places.
“We are getting to places that normally do not have theatre,” he said.
“We’ve tried to bring the same standard that you would see in a regional theatre to a village hall,” said Mark. “We can’t match it for scale but with our main season the production values have been high.”
The company’s summer play will be Larking with with Larkin with Women – a play about the poet Philip Larkin and three women who loved him.
“It is also essentially a universal story of three women in love with one man and how the influence they had on his work and the influence he had on them,” said Mark who will direct the play,
It runs at the Robinson Institute, Glaisdale, from Thursday August 10 to Sat- urday September 2, daily at 7.30pm.
Tour dates for September in the Rain are:
Friday March 31: Fylingdales Hall, Robin Hood’s Bay. Tickets also from Station Road Stores
Saturday April 1: the Milton Rooms, Malton. Tickets also from the Milton Rooms on 01653 696240
Monday April 3: Ingleby Greenhow Village Hall. Tickets also from Fawcetts Butchers
Tuesday April 4: Whitby Coliseum. Tickets also from the Coliseum on 01947 825000
Wednesday April 5: Charltons Community Centre: matinee 2.30pm. Tickets also from Mace, Boosebeck.
Thursday April 6: Evron Centre, Filey.
Friday April 7: Thirsk Town Hall. Tickets also from the Artist’s Palette on 01845 574457
Saturday April 8: the Robinson Institute, Glaisdale. Tickets also from Glaisdale Village Shop
York Theatre Royal from Tuesday April 11 to 15