Frank Vickery returns to the all three Rhondda Cynon Taff venues this Autumn in the rootin’ tootin’ hilarious cowboy comedy Tonto Evans. Catch this ingenious comedy at The Coliseum Theatre Aberdare Wednesday 30 September – Saturday 3 October, at The Park & Dare Theatre Tuesday 13 – Saturday 17 October and at The Muni Arts Centre Pontypridd Monday 19 – Saturday 24 October. The plot of this laugh out loud comedy joins Ray ’Tonto’ Evans, an ex-miner, country and western fanatic, given to dressing up as a Native American, at the news that he has come into money. He dreams of visiting the Wild West and eating beans by the campfire, but Mair, his long suffering wife of 30 years has other ideas. They argue non-stop, while their son and his dozy wife prepare for a trip to Disneyland with their share of the windfall. But all their plans are put on hold by a murder inquiry conducted by the other son who happens to be the overly enthusiastic local plod. Where will it all end? And ’How’!? This is one of Frank’s most ingenious comedies, packed with laugh out loud one-liners and moments of pure slapstick. ‘I love this play’, Frank comments, ‘I enjoyed writing it, rehearsing for it, and starring in it – and not just because I spend the whole time on stage in bed! It’s definitely one of my funniest comedies – I’m sure the audience will love it!” Frank Vickery started writing whilst still in school and had his first major success at the age of twenty-one when his first comedy ‘After I’m Gone’ won the Howard De Waldon Trophy for the best one act play in Great Britain. Frank now writes extensively for the theatre, radio and television and was recently the subject of a major documentary by BBC Television called ’On Show: Kiss and Tell’. Now considered to be Wales’ most popular playwright, he is also a talented actor, his writing and performances have achieved widespread critically acclaim and confirmed his place as a leading name on the Welsh touring circuit since the early 1990’s. Tickets for this excruciatingly funny comedy cost £10, Concessions £8.00. Special Offer – Two tickets for £12.00 for the matinee performance. Call the Coliseum Box Office on 01685 881188, The Muni Box Office on 01443 485934 or the Park & Dare Box Office on 01443 773112. |
| web site: www.rct-arts.co.uk |
| e-mail: sian.e.thomas@rctcbc.gov.uk |
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
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