Progressive Players Gateshead - All The Plays

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16 - 21 January 2012
Veronica's Room
Ira Levin
In 1973 Boston, a university student agrees to impersonate the long-dead sister of a mentally addled woman who, she is told, believes it is 1935.
PP 875, LT 734, Play 684
Thriller.

13 - 18 February 2012
Brassed Off
Paul Allen
When a Yorkshire coal mine is designated for closure, a thousand jobs and the continued existence of the colliery brass band are at stake.
PP 876, LT 735, Play 685
Drama.
Adapted from the movie "Brassed Off", screenplay by Mark Herman.

12 -17 March 2012
A Letter Of Resignation
Hugh Whitemore
A fictionalised account of how, in 1963, British prime minister Harold Macmillan is informed of the Profumo affair whilst attending a retirement party in Scotland.
PP 877, LT 736, Play 686
Drama.

16 - 21 April 2012
Lady Windermere's Fan
Oscar Wilde
In Victorian England, a lady believes her husband is having an affair and leaves him for another man, but is astonished when her husband's lover tries to save the marriage.
PP 878, LT 737 (Previously produced in 1964)
Comedy.

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