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Bold Productions & Aberystwyth Arts Centre present TALKING HEADS |
Talking Heads is a stage adaptation of the BAFTA award winning BBC series of the same title created by Alan Bennett. Bold Productions are delighted to return to Aberystwyth Arts Centre and Bridgnorth Theatre On The Steps to be present three of these incredibly popular and timeless pieces full of repression, denial and dramatic irony. 'Her Big Chance' After appearing in a series of small, unimportant roles, aspiring actress Lesley is thrilled to be cast by a West German filmmaker, until she discovers she will be appearing in soft pornography. 'A Chip in the Sugar' Graham, a closeted middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, finds his life upended when his aging widowed mother, on whom he dotes, is reunited with an old flame who is his exact opposite. When he unearths a secret about the man's past, he triumphantly confronts his mother with the information and restores the status quo and his comfortable life but destroys her chance of happiness in the process. 'Bed Among the Lentils' Susan, the alcoholic wife of a vainly insensitive vicar, distracts herself from her marriage by conducting an affair with grocer Ramesh Ramesh. 'These stories are immensely funny yet heartbreaking.It is difficult not to be moved by the devastating loneliness of these characters' lives which drives them into a denial so deep that it borders on the absurd. It is especially heartbreaking when you consider that even when one lives in total denial, there are inevitably moments when one has to admit the truth to oneself and then quietly make the decision whether or not to carry on with the illusion.' Aberystwyth Arts Centre Wednesday 28th March - Friday 30th March @ 7.45pm Bridgnorth Theatre On The Steps - Saturday 31st March @ 7.30pm www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre www.theatreonthesteps.co.uk www.boldprod.co.uk |
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
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