last update 11/5//2012 BDC has 6 great plays for you this summer. There is a brief synopsis of each at the end of this page.
6th & 7th July "Oleanna" by David Mamet
Produced by Company - D
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20th & 21 st July "Mating Season" by Sam Cree
Produced by Rosemary Drama Group
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27 th & 28th July "Widow's Paradise" by Sam Cree
Producted by Abbey Players
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3rd & 4th August "Death by Fatal Murder" by Peter Gordon
Produced by Theatre 3
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9 th,10th & 11th Aug. "Lay Up your Ends" by Martin Lynch
Produced by Bangor Drama Club
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17th & 18 "Don't lose the Place" by Derek Benfield
Produced by Holywood Players
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"Oleanna" 6/7 July
In this controversial, two-person, play the audieunce is taken on a stormy and at times uncomfortable journey into the very modern issue of sexual harassment, gender roles and stereotypes. As in life things are rarely black and white.
Oreanna presents both sides of an epic power struggle and allows teh audience to decide who is right andf whois wrong. Is Carol simply a better student? Or has John, a university professor, let his position go to his head?
"Mating Season" 20/21 July
Factory owner Sidney Gillispie's plans to propose to storekeeper Stella. His family attempt to stop him. This clash provides side-splitting misunderstandings and mix-ups in classic Sam Cree style!
"Widows Paradise" 27/28 July
This is set in a caravan somewhere innNorth Antrim. Five ladies arrive to sapend the weekend to get away from men (though some of te group maybe actually looking for men). They begin their testimonials about their suffering at the hands of those awful creatures. "We shall call for wnat of a better name MEN."
Sam Cree creates a laugh every three lines and a belly laugh in every age of this battle of the sexes.
"Death by Fatal Murder" 3/4 August
Chaos reigns supreme when Inspector Pratt, aided and abetted by Miss Marple and Constable Thompkins, returns to Bagshot House and finds himself embroiled in another mystery!!
"Lay Up Your Ends" 9/10/11 August
Set in York Street Mill, Belfast, in the early years of the 20th Century it is a story of 5 women engaged in the 1911 mill workers strike. A valkient action which transformed the social history of Belfast in the era of Home Rule and the fated Titannic.
Harsh new rules forbade workers from talking, singing, even stopping to fix your hair at work. A vicious system of fines was the final straw for many poorly paid workers and a spontanious strike ensued. Led by the courageous Belle Thompson, eventually almost 2,000 female workers downed tools.The female strike was revolutionary. Inevitably the male-dominated establishment was outraged and with the helpof the press the strike was defeated. But not the spirits of Belle, Eithne, Lizzie, Florrie and Mary. Their Belfast humour shines through the play.
"Don't lose the Place" 17/18 August
When Sylvia's boyfriend walks out on her she decides on rather an unconventional method of finding a replacement. Determined not to be letr down a second time she carefully arrages a timetable in order to "try out" various assorted lovers and assess their suitability before making her final choice of a potential husband. But Timetables have a habit of going wrong..... A torrent of confusion and mistaken identity inevitably arise as Sylvia and her friend Jemma, hilariously, try to prevent a confrontation of the three trial husbands.