ReAct NOW for the new season!

If you are interested in live theatre but find it expensive to attend all the plays you'd like to, or if you are studying literature and need to familiarise yourself with a wide range of genres, or if you'd just like some regular entertainment, then come and join our audience.

Each play has a unique Arranger. It is their job to familiarise themselves with the play, gather a troupe of actors from those volunteering, arrange props, scripts, sound etc. and have at most a couple of rehearsals.

What the audience see is the result of this preparation - a taste of the excitement of a production.

Date : Thursday, 14th November 2002 Play : Steaming Author : Nell Dunn Arranger : Jenny Evans Set in a dilapidated Turkish bath somewhere in East London, where five women of all conditions come to bare their bodies, souls and fantasies. A warm hearted, often humorous portrayal of women coming to know the nature of each other’s lives. Characters : M1, F6 (30s to 65)

Date : Thursday 30th January 2003 Play : Death Of A Salesman Author : Arthur Miller Arranger : Katy Rogers On its New York premiere, this play was hailed as the first great play to question the American consumer dream, and it remains a classic study of failure – the tale of the sixty-year-old Brooklyn salesman, Willy Loman. Characters : 9M, 5F (all ages)

Date : Thursday 6th March 2003 Play : The Dresser Author : Ronald Harwood Arranger : Carolyn Morley Sir, the last of the great, but dying, breed of English actor-managers, is in a bad way tonight. As his dresser tries valiantly to prepare him to go on stage as King Lear, Sir is having great difficulty remembering who and where he is, let alone Lear’s lines. Characters : M4 (30,40,60, old) F3 (young, middle-age, 50s)

Date : Thursday 5th June 2003 Play : Bazaar and Rummage Author : Sue Townsend Arranger : Sam Hill Gwenda, an ex-agoraphobic, leads a self-help group who have been unable to leave their homes for a variety of reasons. She forces them to help in a local bazaar, enlisting the support of Fliss, a trainee social worker. Characters : F6 (20s, 30s, middle-age)

Venue

Tickets : £4.00 adults; £2.50 concessions

All ReAct plays start at 7.45 pm

For more information about ReAct or the plays please contact

01628 635017 or react@themdg.fsnet.co.uk

Interested in being involved? Then sign up in the Book!

We're always looking for new people. If you've always wanted to get involved with live theatre, contact us on 01628 635017. At every ReAct you will find a book detailing future playreadings, where you can sign to indicate your interest in a particular play. The Arranger will contact you a few weeks before the playreading, when they make their plans.

How do I sign up?

Well, the simplest and best way is to come to a reading and introduce yourself to Anne and Carol, the ReAct Co-ordinators. Alternatively, you can look at the pages here and sign up by email to react@themdg.fsnet.co.uk. (All emails will be acknowledged, and then you will be contacted later by the Arranger, as above.)

Each play has a unique Arranger. It is their job to familiarise themselves with the play, gather a troupe of actors from those volunteering, arrange props, scripts, sound etc. and have at most a couple of rehearsals.

What the audience see is the result of this preparation - a taste of the excitement of a production.

When emailing us, please remember to tell us which play(s) you are interested in, your name and preferably phone number so that an Arranger can contact you, and your approximate "playing age" (i.e. what age -range you could realistically play, rather than your actual age).

Modified - 13 September 2002