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OUR AUTUMN 2019 TOUR

A Sidecar Named Despair - web image squa

TOUR SCHEDULE

Harkstead Village Hall

(IP9 1DG)

Friday 13th September - 7.30pm

Adults £10. 21 yrs & under/unwaged £7​

07807 341364

Chappel & Wakes Colne Village Hall
(CO6 2BX)
Saturday 14th September - 7.30pm

Adults £10. 21 yrs & under/unwaged £7​

07807 341364

Headgate Theatre, Colchester

(CO2 7AT)

Tues 17th, Weds 18th & Thurs 19th Sept

7.30pm    Adults £12. U21s/unwaged £7​

01206 366000

Diss Corn Hall

(IP22 4LB)

Friday 20th Sept, 7.30pm

Adults £12. U21s/unwaged £7

01379 652241

The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth

(IP19 8BY)

Saturday 21st September, 7.30pm

Adults £12. U21s/unwaged £7

0300 3033 211 / boxoffice@newcut.org

John Peel Centre, Stowmarket

(IP14 1ET)

Wednesday 25th Sept, 7.30pm

Adults £12. U21/unwaged £7

01449 774678 

Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich

(IP1 2LQ)

Thursday 26th & Friday 27th, 7.30pm

Saturday 28th Sept, 4pm & 7.30pm

Adults £12. U21s/unwaged £7​

01473 211498

Laxfield Village Hall

(IP13 8EW)

Thursday 3rd October, 7.30pm

Adults £10. 21 yrs & under/unwaged £7

07807 341364

Honington & Sapiston Village Hall

(IP31 1RU)

Friday 4th October, 7.30pm

siripp@live.com / 01359268880  

St Mary's Hall, Walton

(IP11 9BH)

Saturday 5th October, 7.30pm

Adults £10. 21 yrs & under/unwaged £7

Syleham & Wingfield Village Hall

(IP21 4LT)

Thursday 10th October, 7.30pm

Adults £10. 21 yrs & under/unwaged £7

07807 341364

Cast

Emily Bennett - Mandy

Julian Harries - Julian

Dick Mainwaring - Dick

Charles Davies - Nibley, Mrs Dawson

 

Direction, music, costume - Pat Whymark

Lighting design, technical manager - Philip Rawe

Set design, marketing - Julian Harries

Set Construction - Julian Harries & Dominic Eddington

 

Thanks to Penny Griffin, Steve Cooney and all at Eastern Angles Theatre Company,

John Davey at Davey Brothers Motorcycles,

Janice Leat, Maurice Gifford

Photos © Mike Kwasniak

Dick Mainwaring in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!
Emily Bennett & Dick Mainwaring in A SIDECAR NAMD DESPAIR!
Dick Mainwaring & Charles Davies in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!
Julian Harries & Dick Mainwaring in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!
Julian Harries, Emily Bennett & Dick Mainwaring in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!

Woolpit Festival

Friday 11th October, 7.30pm

Tel: 01359 240866

email: info@woolpit-festival.com

Polstead Village Hall

(CO6 5AL)

Saturday 12th October, 7.30pm

Adults £10. 21 yrs & under/unwaged £7​

07807 341364

Julian Harries in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!
Charles Davies in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!

Little Gransden Village Hall

(SG19 3DP)

Thursday 17th October, 7.30pm

01767 677906  ssulledit@aol.com

Tickets - £12/£10 (Aged 18 & under)

Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge

(IP12 4JH)

Friday 18th October, 7.30pm

Adults £12. 21 yrs & under/unwaged £8​

07807 341364

Dick Mainwaring, Charles Davies & Julian Harries in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!

Gt Hockham Village Hall

(IP24 1NT)

 Saturday 19th October, 7.30pm

Adults £12. U21s/unwaged £7​

01953 498447

or boxoffice@greathockham.org

Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall

(IP15 5BN)

Thursday 24th October, 7.30pm

Adults £12. U21s/unwaged £7​

01728 454884

(also from Aldeburgh Cinema)

Emily Bennett in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!
Julian Harries in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!

Zinc Arts Ongar

(CM5 0AD)

Friday 25th October, 7.30pm

Saturday 26th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £15

07887 556206
Proceeds to St Clare Hospice, supported by
The Rotarians of Kelvedon Hatch & Villages.

Dick Mainwaring & Julian Harries in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!
Charles Davies, Emily Bennett, Dick Mainwaring & Julian Harries in A SIDECAR NAMED DESPAIR!

By Pat Whymark & Julian Harries

Touring East Anglia from September 13th to October 26th

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Take a ride up the comedy freeway with a tale of mobsters, missing gems and a mashed-up motorbike.

 

Dick’s quiet suburban life is shattered when his brother Julian returns suddenly from The States, for “health” reasons. But his shady American “associates” have unfinished business with him, putting both their health at risk. Their dad’s old bike and sidecar, which Dick has been “doing up”, might come in handy as their getaway vehicle!

 

A black comedy with original music by Pat Whymark & Julian Harries and starring Julian and Dick Mainwaring - reprising the characters they created for Common Ground's 2013 comedy, Stuff In The Attic  (“Pat Whymark’s latest play is very funny indeed” East Anglian Daily Times, “Good music and plenty of well-judged comic touches” In Suffolk, “Moments of pure farce alternate with real conflict” What’s on Stage). Expect "The Odd Couple" versus the Mob!

 

Common Ground have been bringing their distinctive brand of  music theatre - with strong narrative, strong emotion and a touch of the surreal – to venues across East Anglia, since 2008.

 

Running time - 2 hours (including interval)

 

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