IT was pleasing to see an almost full house for P&P on Thursday evening, particularly given that the temperature was far more conducive to a night curled up by the fire, but this company’s reputation is such that audiences know they are unlikely to be disappointed. And indeed we weren’t, with three very different plays providing a great evening’s entertainment.
FOR reasons too complicated to explain I found myself reviewing the dress rehearsal of this production rather than an actual performance, but luckily there were enough of us watching for the performers to get at least some audience reaction – and very positive it seemed too.
BEING my first visit to the Little Theatre, I was immensely impressed at not only the full house, but the facilities it provides. What a wonderful venue for a community to have; these gems I find so inviting and just wish that more such places existed.
THERE seems to be a fashion at the moment for ‘plays within a play’ and P&P, who decided against their original choice of Calendar Girls when they learned how many other local companies would be performing it this season, are consequently very much in fashion with this production.
THIS popular, yet extremely challenging comedy by Richard Harris covers several months in the life of a beginners tap-dance class in a North London church hall. An ex-professional dancer, accompanied by her pianist, tries to instruct 8 “students”, with varying degrees of ability, in the basics of tap-dancing in preparation for an upcoming recital. The students all have their own reasons for being there and the class forms the backdrop for the real focus of the play; the lives, relationships and interaction of these ten, very different, people.
