I've just got back from rehearsals, and it occurs to me that I have yet to begin advertising the latest show being put on by Purple Theatre. So, as it's is now one month until the show I feel it is really time to start letting you all know about...
The play itself is set over a few months in 1939 and tells the tale of the ancient Curse of the Cardingtons, an old family with strong ties to the Old Gods. According to legend, many generations ago Sir Hugo Cardington created a blood drinking teapot to aid in summoning the Old Gods back into the world; a teapot that has taken the lives of the all the eldest males of the family ever since. Now, when the mysterious death of Sir Charles Cardington leaves his nephew Henry as the last living descendant, we join a series of amateur sleuths, as they look into the mysteries behind the family legend.
The play is in four parts, each one set in a different time and a different place telling a different part of the story as the mystery unfolds. None of the characters are exactly how they seem, but all of them are affected in some way by the dark curse and the forces behind it.
Well that's the shpeel. I'm looking forward to this show. I've managed to get the role of Sir Henry, which is essentially the closest thing to a lead role the play has, so I'm feeling smug about that. The annoying this is with the way the plot moves around between the four parts I can't say too much about the character without giving things away that the audience shouldn't know about until they see the play. This is annoying as I want to boast about the fun I'm having with him. Hopefully over the next few weeks I'll find creative ways of doing so without giving anything away.
Tickets are on sale now, direct from the Compass Theatre, and the full details are on the Purple Theatre website, but here are the details in full:
Too Clever By Half
by Edgar Harrison
A dark, mystery comedy set in the world of H.P. Lovecraft's fiction, with elements of Arther Conan Doyle, '60s spy television shows and many English detective novels. For those of you unfamiliar with Lovecraft's work, it's a world of gothic horror, where the Great Old Ones, ancient, horrific creatures that ruled the world before mankind was born, are constantly attempting to find a way back to our world, aided by strange creatures and ancient, diabolic cults.by Edgar Harrison
The play itself is set over a few months in 1939 and tells the tale of the ancient Curse of the Cardingtons, an old family with strong ties to the Old Gods. According to legend, many generations ago Sir Hugo Cardington created a blood drinking teapot to aid in summoning the Old Gods back into the world; a teapot that has taken the lives of the all the eldest males of the family ever since. Now, when the mysterious death of Sir Charles Cardington leaves his nephew Henry as the last living descendant, we join a series of amateur sleuths, as they look into the mysteries behind the family legend.
The play is in four parts, each one set in a different time and a different place telling a different part of the story as the mystery unfolds. None of the characters are exactly how they seem, but all of them are affected in some way by the dark curse and the forces behind it.
Well that's the shpeel. I'm looking forward to this show. I've managed to get the role of Sir Henry, which is essentially the closest thing to a lead role the play has, so I'm feeling smug about that. The annoying this is with the way the plot moves around between the four parts I can't say too much about the character without giving things away that the audience shouldn't know about until they see the play. This is annoying as I want to boast about the fun I'm having with him. Hopefully over the next few weeks I'll find creative ways of doing so without giving anything away.
Tickets are on sale now, direct from the Compass Theatre, and the full details are on the Purple Theatre website, but here are the details in full:
28th April to 1st May 2010
7:30pm
Tickets: £12.50 (£10.50 cons. and opening night)
7:30pm
Tickets: £12.50 (£10.50 cons. and opening night)
1 comments:
Looking forward to it Thomas. Don't forget to tell Phoebe. Also why not try to get Sam, Kate and Rachel interested.
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