DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS PRESENT
ROLEPLAY
14th-16th August 2014
From Ayckbourn’s trilogy ‘Damsels in Distress’, RolePlay is a laugh out loud play with dark undertones; a vintage dinner-party from hell.
A young well-to-do couple, living in a posh docklands apartment, have planned a civilised occasion where they hope to introduce their respective parents and also announce their engagement. The tense situation escalates with the arrival of two unexpected guests, a feisty lap-dancing gangster’s moll and her burly gun-toting minder. What her parents (a bigoted northern stereotype and his dim twittering wife) and his mother (a toy-boy chasing lush) find when they arrive reveals that the bourgeois guests, under their respective veneers, are far more frightening than the gate crashers.
Ayckbourn is a master at handling people divided by class, accent, habits and race and here we see each of his characters playing a role to escape reality with hilarious effect.
Directed by Kerry Gardner
Produced by Tracy Jane Murrey
Starring: Conrad Hornby, Celia Muir, Rebecca Legrand, Julia Savill.
Evening Performances: Thur, Fri, Sat – 7.30pm
Saturday Matinee: 2.30pm
Tickets: £12.00 Cons £10.00 (Sat Matinee Only)
Box Office: 01202 885566
or buy online: www.tivoliwimborne.co.uk
