Trips, Jan to Apr 2020
ADVANCE NOTICE FOR THEATRE TRIPS IN 2020
Matinee starting at 2.00pm on Thursday, 23 January – Cheltenham Everyman
Price £25.00 each, booking deadline is 30 November 2019
“The Croft” starring Gwen Taylor. In the remote Scottish Highlands two women arrive at a former Crofters Hut in the deserted village of Collie Ghille, when suddenly the weekend getaway takes an unexpected turn. Cut off from the modern world, Laura and Suzanne find themselves drawn into the dark history of the Croft and the lives that passed before them.
Matinee starting at 2.30pm on Wednesday, 29 January – Malvern Theatre
(Yes I know it’s less than a week since the previous one but I thought this was too good to miss!)
Price £40.50 each including transport to and from theatre and driver’s tip. Deadline for booking is 18 December
Noel’s Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” starring Jennifer Saunders as Madame Arcati. Don’t think I need to add anything else to this – it should be great!
Don’t forget to tell me your pick-up point when you book this one. Pick-up times are as follows:
Highnam 11.00am Castlemeads 11.10am
Brunswick Road 11.15am London Road 11.25am
Royal Oak 11.30am Top Shop 11.35am
Matinee starting at 2.00pm on Thursday, 5 March – Cheltenham Everyman
Price £33.00 each, booking deadline is 13 January
Kay Mellor’s “Band of Gold” which was a ground-breaking crime drama first shown on ITV. This nail-biting murderous thriller revolves around a group of women – Carol, Rose, Anita and Gina – as they battle to survive whilst working in a notorious red-light district.
Matinee starting at 2.00pm on Thursday, 20 April – Cheltenham Everyman
Price £26.00 each, booking deadline is 28 February
Ian Heslop and Nick Newman’s (who were the chaps who wrote “Wipers Times”) new play entitled “A Bunch of Amateurs”
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of Shakespeare but a sleepy Suffolk village and instead of starring alongside Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from ruthless developers.
As usual, please make cheques payable to Gloucester U3A and send them to Ann Williams,
7 Lloyd Baker Court, Cornfield Drive, Hardwicke, Gloucester, GL2 4TN by the closing dates shown above (and individual cheques for each one please, I can’t get the books right if one cheque covers more than one theatre trip). Please send me stamped addressed envelopes if you want me to post your tickets to you.
Any questions, please give me a call on 723901.