c8 tribune october 21 1987 players comedy a sure hit by umh from my secret hiding place in the balcony im able to keep an eye on happenings at the uxbridge music hall and of course having been an actor myself some years ago my greatest interest lies in the productions of the uxbridge players so naturally i was delighted to see so many people come out in september to audition for the companys upcoming production ive heard its to be a hilarious comedy play on written by rick abbot it really was funny with the actors laughing so hard they could barely read their lines after waiting eagerly for the first rehearsal and the magic words on stage everyone and witnessing the first dry run i know future audiences will laugh until they cry at the nonsensical situations de picted in this play the main theme of the skit centres around a group of amateur players trying to put on a play written by local au thoress phyllis montague played by liz larter who ex asperates everyone by con stantly arriving with pages of new dialogue right up to the third day before dress re hearsal the patience of the plays director gerry dunbar gladys stephens is sorely taxed until she eventually puts her foot down much to the chagrin of the scatterbrained authoress and the delight of the actors the first act is an ordinary rehearsal of phylliss play the second the dress reheasal and the third the actual play where everything that can go wrong does audiences will love it ive heard monica bnggs who directed their last play ill be back before mid night is also directing this one however shell have a much larger cast this time with several newcomers the play opens with a din ner theatre on saturday nov 7 and again the following fri day nov 13 with show only on saturday november 14 after eavesdropping i learned the players had had two problems setting dates for their performances they couldnt open nov 6 because that is film night for local chil dren at the music hall and the caterer is not available to serve dinner nov 14 watching secretly from my perch in the balcony i am im pressed as always with the dedication of the ordinary men and women as opposed to professional actors who give so much of their time and effort to put on a play for peo ples enjoyment its not just the actors but all the unseen backstage workers as well mors on this next week be sure to a safety village at ma thursda 12 iioc friday 12 noc saturday 10 anij test your skill in identifyingj a diploma from honeybear tj r cfgikom stceair the paint and paper people paint upaperdow blinds off all wallpaper book orders firi quality wallpaper for every room in ihc home i5j0oo patterns in ihc latest home fashion colours ujwuiiiiuu ait pvc plain verticals off the book price fabric not included choose from 1000s of rolls of instock wallpaper i 1 i i largest selection of uishablc strippablc wallpaper in the latest patterns and fashion colours first quality no seconds liiammiuaumjuui i