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Next Production : CHARLEY'S AUNT by Brandon Thomas

Directed by Tim Fearon

10th - 14th December 2024

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What better way to kick off the Christmas celebrations than to spend a couple of hours in the warm embrace of one of the most famous, much loved, and most performed farces in British theatrical history. 

It has variously been described as:

"A comedic jewel"

"Indestructibly funny"

"Improbable and wonderfully comic"

"Delightfully funny"

"An Ageless classic"

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First performed in 1892 "Charley's Aunt" broke all historic records for plays of  any kind with an original London run of 1,466 performances.

. It has had numerous subsequent productions all around

the world, including many film and musical theatre

adaptations.

 

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About The Playwright

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Brandon Thomas was an English actor, playwright and songwriter.

Born in Liverpool to a family with no theatrical connections,

Thomas worked in commerce, and as an occasional journalist, before

achieving his ambition of becoming an actor. After a succession of minor

roles, he became increasingly sought after as a character actor.

He wrote more than a dozen plays, the most celebrated of which was

Charley's Aunt and although he never repeated its prodigious success,

he maintained a career as an actor and dramatist until his death, acting

mostly in comedy, but with occasional serious roles in the plays of 

Shakespeare and others.

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