Fallen Leaves
30th October to 11th November 2018
Our production marks the armistice at the end of the First World War. It includes popular songs/music hall of the time, the war poets, letters from the trenches and sketches, culminating in a moving finale. The final performances will be this week at the East Riding Theatre, Beverley, on the 11th day of the 11th month.
Audience comments so far: “Stunning” “I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house at the end” “A masterpiece of writing by Gordon Meredith” “Wonderful singing” “Faultless” “Absolutely terrific play impeccably delivered impeccably by the cast” “Thought-provoking and poignant, yet brought a smile” “Amazing – so important that we never forget” “Thank you for a lovely evening” “The horror of war, along with humour and real life stories” “I wish I could see it again” “So much research must have gone into the writing” “A fitting tribute” “Very moving” “Beautiful” “Tremendous and moving performance””Excellent”
The schedule (all performances to commence at 7.30pm)
Tuesday 30th October Monk Fryston Village Hall
£9.50 For reservations ring 01977 682334
Wednesday 31st October Sheffield EPPiC Theatre
£8.50/7.50 For reservations ring 0114 240 2624
Thursday 1st November Howden Shire Hall
£12/10 For reservations ring 01430 432510
Friday 2nd November North Dalton, The Old Chapel
£15 (including supper)
For reservations ring 01377 217625/219135
Saturday 3rd November Hutton-le-Hole Village Hall
£9 For reservations ring 01751 417372
Sunday 4th November Bishop Burton Village Hall
£10 For reservations ring 01482 862752
Tuesday 6th November Bridlington Spotlight Theatre
£11 For reservations ring 01262 678258
Wednesday 7th November Hookstone Village Hall
£9.50 For reservations email ruthturk@hotmail.com
Friday 9th to Sunday 11th November Beverley, East Riding Theatre
£14/13/£12 For reservations ring 01482 874050
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Plans for 2019 include a production of Nick Darke’s
Landmarks
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During July 2018 we toured with
Bottom’s Dream
The first half of the evening surprised and delighted audiences with views of Shakespeare drawn from his sonnets, the American humorous writer James Thurber and other sources. The second half was a rollicking presentation of the comic antics of Bottom and his merry band of brothers as they clashed, hilariously, with the unseen, unheard power of the Fairy Kingdom. The show, an adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Clive Kneller, received its world premiere somewhere in the middle of nowhere north of the Azores on the Queen Mary 2 and was, as one that occasion, again directed by Clive.
‘The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen!’
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During the first half of 2017 we mounted platform performances of Dylan Thomas’s
Under Milk Wood
at the East Riding Theatre
All performances were sold out, but we plan revivals there and/or a tour of East Riding villages.
Watch this space
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In Spring 2015 and Autumn 2016
we toured with Patrick Garland’s
Brief Lives
a highly amusing one-man show which follows a day in the life of
John Aubrey
the seventeenth century diarist
See audience reaction at http://otherlives.org.uk/brief-lives-comments-reviews)
“Everything is here – wit, farce, tragedy, pathos – often bawdy, frequently uproariously funny. A truly delightful entertainment.”The Guardian
Old John Aubrey takes his audience by the hand and, with a twinkle in his eye, leads you through a day late in his life, launching into wicked tales. He regales you with tales of his contemporaries – Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, Nell Gwyn – and stories gleaned as a child from folk who knew the likes of Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh. By turns he is a stand-up comic, a philosopher, a lodger in a garret room suffering crying babies and other noisy co-tenants. Once he starts speaking to you he is like the Ancient Mariner – you cannot choose but hear.
Funded by the Arts Council of Great Britain
and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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In February 2016 Other Lives Productions presented a short tour entitled
WINTER WARMERS
A fireside entertainment of tales to chase away the last of Winter
Readings and semi-dramatisations,
including a guest appearance from the past
Featuring Richard Avery
(formerly of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
and
Neil King
(John Aubrey in Brief Lives)
Funded by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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In September and October 2016 Other Lives actors Richard Avery, Neil King and Gordon Meredith appeared in the East Riding Theatre’s production of Hamlet
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If you would like news of our forthcoming shows, do email us on otherlivesproductions@yahoo.co.uk and we’ll place you on our e-circulation list
