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Theatre Royal

The Good Person of Szechwan By Bertolt Brecht

23 to 27 Jan 2018

Jolly musical parable from the master of C20th drama. The gods come to earth in search of a truly good person. They find Shen Te, a kind-hearted but penniless prostitute. Despite the gods’ help, her goodness brings only ruin. Can a person remain good in an evil world?

The Hollow By Agatha Christie

26 to 30 June 2018

An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell. When one of the guests is shot dead the list of romantic associations grows, as does

the list of suspects. Nearly everyone has a motive but only one of them did the deed...

Tickets — www.theatreroyal.org.uk

2017/18 Season

Did you know that BTW also provides a costume and property hire service? See our website for details, call 07710 972945 or email scr2008@hotmail.co.uk

Bury Theatre Workshop is a community theatre group

formed in February 2012 from a group of theatre

enthusiasts, actors, writers and directors, eager to give

voice to the creative and dynamic performing spirit of the

community of Bury St Edmunds and its surroundings.

Through our lively programme of plays, workshops and

readings we offer opportunities to learn from each other

and to develop our community’s experiences of theatre

both as audience members and as participants.

With over 50 members, from 16 years upwards, we

produce two plays a year at the Theatre Royal, three in our

‘Studio venue’ of the Unitarian Meeting House and our now

well established ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ production in the

Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, and at the Museum of

East Anglian Life, Stowmarket. Have a look through our

varied programme for 2017/18 and hopefully you’ll find

something you’ll enjoy!

Membership fees are kept to the absolute minimum in

order to encourage all members of our community. So, if

you enjoy theatre why not come along and take part?

Whatever you have to offer, either on or off stage, you will

be more than welcome!

Chair: Tim Lodge 01359 259361 tim@agrostis.co.uk Secretary: Susan Richardson 07710 972945 scr2008@hotmail.co.uk Treasurer: Brian Purnell 07720 897836 bripur262@gmail.com

Bury Theatre Workshop

Arcadia, June 2017 As You Like It, July 2017

Anna Karenina, January 2017

Tartuffe

By Moliere

5,6 & 7 October 2017

One of Moliere’s best known comedies, Tartuffe

is an entertaining tale of hypocrisy, trickery and

comeuppance. First performed in 1664 for Louis

XIV at Versailles, the play was originally banned

because the central figure feigns moral and reli-

gious virtue for his own ends. Enchanting period

drama from France’s own ’Shakespeare’.

Tomb with a View

By Norman Robbins

16, 17 & 18 November 2017

In a sinister old library, presided over by the por-

trait of a grim-faced, old man, a dusty lawyer

reads a will to an equally sinister family... Are

they all what they seem? The plot twists and

turns to its surprising conclusion in this comedy

thriller, perfect for the long, dark evenings.

Studio Productions and Workshops Unitarian Meeting House

Tickets for all Studio productions and Shakespeare in the Park are available from our website—burytheatreworkshop.org.uk

Churchgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RH

31 July—4 August

Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds

‘The quality of mercy is not strained…’

Shakespeare in the Park 2018

Our 7th outdoor Shakespeare production, now a regular and much loved feature of the West Suf-folk theatre goer’s calendar. Bring a picnic and enjoy classic Shakespeare in beautiful surround-ings. The Merchant of Venice is Shakespeare’s classic tale of love, law and the perils of short term, high interest borrowing. The play is a hugely entertaining drama performed in the ‘original’ early C17th style. Best enjoyed with family and friends and a glass of something in the sun-shine...

Animal Farm By George Orwell, adapted by Sir Peter Hall

12, 13 & 14 April 2018

After the Animal Revolution, the pigs lead the rest

of the farm against attack from the outside (man)

and within (dissent). One pig rises to the top and

reorganizes the government. But how does his

edict, ‘all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others’ really work? Entertaining satire

and a ‘fusion of political and artistic purpose’.

Workshops

Mondays, once a month

See website for details.

To join BTW as an actor, or to get involved in any

way, why not come to one of our two

‘Recruitment Workshops’?

Mon 27 November 2017, 7.30

(Casting for Animal Farm, The Hollow and Mer-chant of Venice)

Mon 30 April 2018, 7.30 pm

(Casting for autumn/winter 2018/19 productions)

The Merchant of

Venice

Tybalt and Mercutio fight. Romeo and Juliet, July 2015