LINGERIE, peapod wine and woodland fairies will come together when a North-East theatre society stages two unique but equally enthralling plays on the same night.
This week, for the first time in its 74-year history, Bishop Auckland Theatre Society (Bats) will bring two one-act plays together for a production at Bishop Auckland Town Hall in County Durham.
The not-for-profit society, formerly known as Bishop Auckland Little Theatre Club, decided to try out the format to showcase the diverse subject matters the group explores, as well as giving newer members the chance to direct without having to take on a full length production.
The first play, Smalls Talk, is a comedy about a group of friends who attend a lingerie party and concoct a plan to win back one woman’s wayward husband.
Emma Westwood-Fulcher, who is co-directing the play with Karen Duffy, said: “When they open a bottle of homemade peapod wine tongues and wits sharpen with hilarious consequences.”
It will be followed by Singing in the Wilderness - a fantasy spin-off from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Directed by Peter Cook, it sees an ecologist and folklore specialist with conflicting motives embark on a project to observe fairies in mystical woodland.
The production runs from Wednesday, May 22, to Saturday, May 25, at 7.30pm.
Tickets cost £7 or £6 for concessions and can be bought on the door or by calling 01388-665177.
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