Trips & Readings

Play Readings

We have a monthly programme of play readings, simply for the enjoyment of reading new plays without any of the pressures of performing. These take place from 7.45pm on the second Monday each month in the Eddie Isle room at the Memorial Hall. We often choose for readings plays that would be difficult for us to do - eg because of a very large cast size or complicated staging problems - but sometimes we use play readings to try out plays that we're considering for the next season.

The next readings in 2010 will be:

Monday 11th January: 'The Ghost Train' by Arnold Ridley

Monday 8th February: 'Blithe Spirit' by Noel Coward

Monday 8th March: 'Ghosts' by Henrik Ibsen

Monday 12th April: 'The Admirable Crichton' by JM Barrie

Monday 10th May: 'Private Fears in Public Places' by Alan Ayckbourn

No need to book your place - simply turn up! If you are considering becoming a member and would like to come along to an informal play reading to see what the group is all about, please do come along or contact Bernard Riley on 0113 230 0312 or email him at membership@adel-players.org.uk so that he can arrange to meet you at the door.

Trips

Annual Dinner

Adel Players' Annual Dinner 2009 was a jolly night out for members of the group with good food, fine wine and lots of laughter.

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We also organise regular theatre trips with good group discounts for members and their friends and family. Contact Bernard and Pat Riley on 0113 230 0312 or at social@adel-players.org.uk for tickets and further details.

Future trips include:

Saturday 13th March 2010 - The Crucible theatre is re-opening after being shut for two years for re-furbishment and we are planning a theatre trip (with minibus travel to and from the theatre if enough people want this) on, to see Sir Anthony Sher in Ibsen's Enemy of the People. The theatre describes this production as follows:

"It's boom time in the spa town. Investment in the public baths is paying off handsomely. Visitor numbers have never been higher. But one man knows the toxic secret underlying the town's new-found wealth. His concern is for the health of the people. So how can he be their enemy?

Artistic Director Daniel Evans directs double Olivier Award-winner Antony Sher in Henrik Ibsen's searing play, in a version by Christopher Hampton."

We have 20 tickets for the evening performance and the cost per ticket will be £19. Contact Bernard and Pat Riley for more details and to book your ticket (members and guests only).

Saturday 4th April 2010 - Trevor Baxter's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' starring Gary Wilmot. Tickets £26.50 each. Contact Bernard and Pat Riley for more details and to reserve your tickets (members and guests only). Tickets need to be reserved before the end of February 2010.

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These trips are available, often with group discounts, to members of Adel Players and a spouse/partner/guest per person. For more details and tickets please contact Pat and Bernard Riley on 0113 230 0312.