The Green Room nominated for top awards
Carlisle’s Green Room Club have been nominated for several NODA awards recently. The National Operatic and Dramatic Association are prestigious prizes that acknowledge high quality productions nationwide.
In 2016 “A Chorus of Disapproval” was nominated for best drama and Seb Coombe was nominated for best actor while another production, “One Man Two Guvnors” was awarded the runner up prize in the same year, which was a fantastic achievement.
Last year’s production of “Holiday Snap” has received three further nominations. The production is up for best drama, while Caroline Robertson is nominated for Best Actress and John Metcalfe nominated for Best Actor.
The nominations are proof that a great night out awaits those who venture into the West Walls Theatre.
The next production is the classic comedy “Allo Allo” from the 13th to the 18th of May. Adapted from the long-running TV series, Allo Allo centres around Rene Artois, the cowardly café-owner with an eye for the ladies who gets caught up in the madcap escapades of the French Resistance. All the while desperately trying to ingratiate himself with the occupying forces.
The stage adaptation features the familiar gags and all your favourite characters such as Edith, Rene’s tone deaf wife, Officer (good moaning) Crabtree, Michelle (I will say this only once) of the resistance and Gestapo officer, Herr Flick. Allo Allo is a broad comedy, with elements of farce, physical comedy, visual gags, ridiculous fake accents and sexual innuendo. What’s not to like?
‘Loot’ will follow later in the summer from the 1st to the 6th of July. It’s a black farce that follows the fortunes of two young amateur thieves, Hal and Dennis. They have robbed the bank next door to a funeral parlour and have returned to Hal’s home to hide-out with the loot. Hal’s mother has just died and the pair conceal the money in her coffin. The plot thickens in this topsy-turvy comedy which will have the audience in stitches. The play has been called a ‘Fruedian nightmare’, sporting with superstitions about death and life.
Tickets for all performances are available from Carlisle Tourist Information Office for £9 (concessions £8). Drop in to book or call 01228 598596 to book.
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