Treading the boards... the editor’s pick of local theatre
Editor’s Note
Please note - at the time of going to press our wonderful theatres have temporarily closed and forward dates are likely to change. Please check websites and support them when you can.
Babbacombe Theatre
babbacombe-theatre.com Editor’s pick SUPERSTARS Show runs to 21 October (Tues & Wed) Enjoy this fast-moving family variety show with lots of favourite songs from show soundtracks like Les Miserables, 9-5, Jersey Boys and The Blues Brothers plus popular songs from the superstars like Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Tony Christie, the Spice Girls and Dolly Parton. There’s also lots of side-splitting comedy and wonderfully choreographed dance routines.
Palace Theatre, Paignton
palacetheatrepaignton.co.uk Editor’s pick AGATHA CHRISTIE’S SPIDER’S WEB 9 June - July 30 Coming this Summer... One of Agatha Christie’s most successful mysteries. The wife of a Foreign Office diplomat discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent. Anxious to dispose of the body before her husband gets home with an important politician, she asks her three house guests to help. There’s plenty of hilarity when the detective arrives and they try to hide the evidence.
Little Theatre, Torquay
toadslittletheatre.co.uk Editor’s pick ALLO ALLO 3, 8 AUGUST THEN TUES, WEDS & THURS TILL 17 SEPTEMBER Enjoy TOADS performance of the beloved ‘Allo ‘Allo story of wartime resistance. Rene Artois owns a small cafe in France during World War II. While his cafe is used as a safe house for British airmen, he also runs covert operations, flirts with women and keeps his wife happy.
What’s New
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Little Theatre... An exciting new format for the 2020/2021 season ‘Those of you who ‘ave been paying attention’ may have noticed from our Club Membership Booking Form on the previous page that this season we will be presenting 9 Toads plays, plus the Tadpoles Youth production instead of our usual 10.
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Our first play of the season, the wonderful ‘Allo! ‘Allo! directed by John Miles, will run from Monday 3rd to Saturday 8th August, with a matinee on Saturday, and then every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday up to and including the 17th September. This will give you plenty of opportunity to enjoy the hilarious happenings in Café René...
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By Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft Directed by John Miles AUGUST Mon 3rd / Sat 8th then every Tues, Wed, Thurs
A COMEDY All is not well at ‘Café René’. It’s 1942 in France and the ‘conquering heroes’ have disrupted the peaceful village of Nouvien to such an extent that René Artois, our genial host, doesn’t know which way to turn. Ever since the invasion, he has been forced to be nice to the occupying forces and at the same time try to keep up his standing as a patriot. René juggles to keep the peace, and fails.
