Dinner is served, My lady! & Bedlam - Two One Act Comedies

Full ticket price £7.00 + £1.00 booking fee

Great Ayton Drama perform their spring 2025 show, which consists of two, one act comedies, in Christ Church Hall from Wednesday 28th May to Saturday 31st May, curtains-up at 7.30pm.

"Dinner is Served, My Lady!" by Tony Edwards

A comedy

Synopsis

"Snooty Mrs Clegghorn has the lead in the local play, written and directed by the vicar’s wife, mousy Mrs Connors. Aggie is offered the part as maid to Mrs Clegghorn, with just one line to say….“Dinner is served, my Lady.” However, Aggie believes this could be the start of something big and accepts.

Husband Frank and daughter Monica are not very happy with the situation because Aggie says she wants them to help her learn her lines….sorry…line! Frank thinks it’s all a waste of time, especially because it is going to affect his drinking time with his mate, Alf, and Monica because the only play she knows about is playing around with the local lads, so staying in each night is bound to affect her love life.

Aggie rehearses and works hard to perfect her part, only to be told a week before the play that she is no longer wanted because the person cast as the maid originally wants the part back – and it just happens to be Mrs Clegghorn’s sister. Aggie is devastated and even Frank and Monica think it unfair. However, with just a few days to go, something rather dramatic happens which culminates in Aggie having rather more than just one line to learn, which means all other social appointments are put on hold to help Aggie learn her lines!"

"Bedlam" by John Felton

A comedy

Synopsis

"A middle aged couple, George and Suzie, struggle with an ordinary, everyday event, in this case buying a new mattress. The ordering and paying last week was easy … now comes the hard part, waiting at home for the delivery man to arrive. When George finds out they’ve delivered it next door, his blood pressure takes a turn for the worse as neighbour Becky describes arriving home to find the mattress and headboard blocking both her stairs and the door into the kitchen - no toilet and no tea tonight!

George alternates between frustration and rage in his dealings with various members of the shop's staff in his attempts to get it redelivered, until he hits on a cunning plan to force their hand.

The comedy is true to life relating, as it does, a common problem, experienced by most of us!"

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Café style seating available at each performance, so bring something to nibble and bottle of your preferred tipple and sit back, relax and enjoy an evening of entertainment by Great Ayton Drama.

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