Return of the Prodigal by St John Hankin.
Synopsis: it's the bible story all over again except that there's no happy ending (Hankin, Shaw and Glasworthy didn't believe in such things). It's smoothly written classic Edwardian comedy. .. successful revivals ...

Quartet by Ronald Harwood.
The four characters in this play are all former Grand Opera singers, distinguished top-flight ones at that. Now they are old and find themselves in a twilight home for ageing artistes. The original three are joined by the ex-wife of one of the men, much to his consternation. She is now in pathetically reduced circumstances but finds it infinitely painful to abandon her role as the grande dame. Each in their own way is having to come to terms with the loss of their great talent and to face growing decrepitude. Gloomy? Not a bit. Touching and sometimes sad, yes. But when they take on a final performance, hilarious'. There'something in there for all of us!

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Stiletto –  A play in One Act by Peter Harley.
A widow travels to Italy to take revenge on her late husband’s mistress. Their meeting degenerates into a viscious scrap as the two women compete to emerge clutching trophies for honesty and dignity, and with their behavior justified.

Sophie – A play in One Act by Marjorie Dickinson.
Three generations of women live in an old house: Sophie, her grandmother, Emily, and her busy professional mother, Barbara. The play begins with a man’s scream. It is of Sophie’s father whom, we learn in time, died through a fall down the stairs after a violent quarrel with Barbara. This catastrophe haunts them all. The story unfolds with a high degree of psychological realism and the conclusion points to an ominous outcome.

No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre.
No Exit (Huis Clos in French) is a one-act, four-character play written by Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, writer, literary critic, social and political activist and leader (with Albert Camus) of the existential movement. The play was first produced in 1944, on D-Day! It has become an all-time world classic mainly because Sartre, with this short play, manages in a simple and clear manner, to explain what Existentialism is. The dialogue is brilliant (who never heard of "...L'enfer, c'est les autres.../...Hell is other people"? a sample of his dark humour) and particularly suited to a playreading. So come and discover (or re-discover the play and enjoy this evening. The characters will be interpreted by (in order of appearance) : Howard Hornfeld, David Lewis, Annette Schütt and Sue Leather

The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
A black comedy first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London in 2001.

This play does for the Irish Troubles what Blackadder Goes Forth did for the First World War. That is, it takes a serious and tragic circumstance and reveals its absurdity by means of mordant satire, pointed wit and outrageous slapstick. The story takes place on the remote island of Inishmore, off the west coast of County Galway. The fearsome Padraig, expelled from the IRA for being too extreme and having quit the INLA because they were too soft, is returning to see his beloved wee cat, Tommy. His terrified father and his neighbour, Davey, await his arrival with trepidation since they have been less than careful in looking after the said feline. The winsome Mairead, who shoots the eyes from cattle to sabotage the meat trade and some shadowy vistors from the mainland spiral in to the final denoument. But as the bullets fly and the bodies are dismembered, we must remember that this play is, first and foremost, about a cat.