Retro Comedy Comes to Sheringham
A hit West End comedy from the 1980s is coming to Sheringham Little Theatre this June. Described by The Guardian as ‘the most enjoyable piece of theatre seen in months’, One O’clock from the House revolves around the increasingly hilarious events immediately following the unexpected death of the head of a dysfunctional family.
Frank Vickery’s rich dialogue, and beautifully drawn comic characters, soon weave their spell as the audience is taken on a journey featuring almond-free almond cakes, a pet shopping trolley called Rover, and a cruel posthumous joke. Audiences as far and wide as Australia have been thoroughly entertained watching this ordinary family gradually fracture, as it becomes progressively consumed by selfishness and greed!
‘One O’clock from the House’, is being presented by local amateur theatre company, Stage Direct who recently mounted the successful production of ‘Miss Marble Takes a Break’ at the same venue.
Performances will be 16th-18th June commencing at 7.30pm: tickets are available from the Sheringham Little Theatre box office and online at www.sheringhamlittletheatre.com. This production is a fundraiser for the Little Theatre!
For further details, contact Nigel Manson of Stage Direct via solo.hair@virgin.net
North Norfolk u3a ‘Summer Happenings’
time in your life (not necessarily chronological) when you can undertake learning for its own sake. Members are certainly not working towards qualifications they’re simply learning for pleasure. There is no distinction between learners and teachers – everyone could take a turn at being both if they wished.
The North Norfolk ‘u3a’ is 30 years old this year and to celebrate it is holding three events to mark the occasion.
Because the North Norfolk ‘u3a’ covers a large geographical area they will be spread out over the county: Fakenham in May, Sheringham in July and Cromer in September.
If you didn’t know the ‘U3A’ started in France at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Toulouse in 1973. The UK ‘u3a’ movement is based loosely on the French model and aims to encourage groups of people in their third age to come together and continue their enjoyment of learning in subjects of interest to them.
Members of the u3a will be invited to one of the three informal gatherings which will provide the opportunity to socialise with old friends, meet with new and enjoy afternoon tea. The National ‘u3a’ organisation, the Third Age Trust, came into being forty years ago so it’s a great opportunity to celebrate the ‘u3a’ both locally and nationally.
Contact: Paul Milner m: 07834-600665 e: membership@northnorfolku3a.org.uk www.northnorfolku3a.org.uk
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Sheringham Independent May 2022