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Am Dram Man »
Banbury Cross and Brassed Off..........
Posted on 11:02am Sunday 6th March 2011
No one can accuse Banbury Cross Players of lacking courage when it comes to choosing their productions.
Am Dram Man »
A Christmas Carol: Cratchit if you can.........
Posted on 10:06am Wednesday 1st December 2010
Ventured out last friday night to Lain’s Barn to witness the Domino Players take on A Christmas Carol. What finer production for this time of year? Review herewith: A Christmas Carol, the timely seasonal offering from Domino Players centres round old miser Ebenezer Scrooge who refuses to accept the Christmas spirit and generally spreads gloom and misery in his wake with money as his sole purpose for living.
Am Dram Man »
I may not know a lot about Mozart but I know what I like.......
Posted on 9:31am Wednesday 24th November 2010
Review of Banbury Cross Players' Amadeus by Peter Shaffer. For their first offering of the 2010/11 season, Banbury Cross Players chose Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, the highly fictionalised story based on lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri.
The Page Turner »
A twinkling in his eye
Posted on 2:14pm Wednesday 28th July 2010
"Would you like to sit on my knee?"
Am Dram Man »
Neville's Island's a shore fire hit......
Posted on 10:26am Sunday 25th July 2010
Went to see Neville’s Island staged by the Banbury Cross Players last week and I have to say they made a great job of it.
Am Dram Man »
The party's over, it's time to call it a day.......
Posted on 10:30am Friday 9th July 2010
Nearly three weeks since my last blog eh? Why is that? I hear you cry. Well I’ve been contemplating my navel along with much gnashing of teeth and finally came to the decision not to renew my subscription to the Drama Group. Before another scribbling under the heading of Am Dram Man I thought I had better sort things out drama wise. Now bearing in mind I have been a member since 1972 this was no easy conclusion to come to.
Am Dram Man »
If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all.....
Posted on 10:38am Sunday 20th June 2010
Thursday matinee and we’re sat in the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham watching the Calendar Girls. I thought well I saw the film and enjoyed it so let’s see how they do it on stage. The answer is they did it very well. Tim Firth’s excellent and comic script transfers very well to the boards and the show was one of the best I have seen on the stage.
Am Dram Man »
Oh dear, what can the matter be......?
Posted on 5:50pm Sunday 13th June 2010
Well I didn’t get to the Unicorn Theatre in the end to see any of the ODN festival for reasons I won’t bore you with. I understand our play ‘The Summer of my Thirtieth Year’ is now to be put on as part of the Wallingford festival this week. I shall hopefully be able to write a few lines about our performance and at this and the ODN festival soon. We used to get a brief synopsis each week as to what is happening at group headquarters but no more it seems. Surely I won’t have to attend a club night?
The Page Turner »
Antics at Hay
Posted on 11:34am Monday 7th June 2010
I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to the Golden Valley for the Hay Festival and I'm happy to report that I enjoyed it just as much as last year if not more.
Am Dram Man »
Evening Parking in Oxford is Twilight Robbery.............
Posted on 5:13pm Monday 24th May 2010
As mentioned last week six intrepid souls trekked to Oxford on Wednesday night, pooled our resources to buy a car parking ticket, (how they justify taking this kind of money for parking in the evening I don’t know. The last time I was robbed at least they had the courtesy to wear a mask). Anyway I digress, the point of the exercise was to see Fun Run at the Old Fire Station by local playwright Joe Graham.
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