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Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 8EE

2010 Season

^{22nd -27th
February}

^{One
Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest}

^{adapted by Dale Wasserman,
from the novel by Ken Kesey,}

Set in an asylum, a group of social misfits cower under the icy sway of Nurse Ratched who watches over them as if they were her children. Into this calm world of careful routine steps McMurphy, a lifelong rebel who thinks he is going to escape a harsh prison sentence by pretending madness.

It immediately becomes a power struggle between the two, a battle of wills for control of the institution, the outcome of which isn’t decided until the very end.

Full of savagely dark humour this study of the human spirit fighting against repression will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.

^{^{19th -24th
April}

^{Ladies’
Day}

^{by Amanda Whittington,
directed by Jenny Gore}

Life is a
dreary chore for four women who work in a
Hull fish factory, that is until one of them
finds tickets for Ladies’ Day at the Royal
Ascot at York. It gives them a chance to
throw off their hairnets and overalls, put
on their best bib and tucker and head for a
day at the races.

At first
they feel a bit like fish out of water
amongst the posh folk but their inhibitions
are soon removed with the aid of alcohol.

As the
champagne flows secrets begin to spill out
and as their horses keep on winning will the
last race mean a life-changing experience
for the foursome?

“It has
the warmth of a Calendar Girls or a Full
Monty,” Yorkshire Post.

^{14th-19th
June}

^{I’ve Been Here Before}
by J B
Priestley,
^{directed by Freda Kelsall}

In the
Black Bull Inn on the Yorkshire Moors the
guests are gathered for a homely,
Whitsuntide weekend. Into this calm arrives
a storm in the shape of a stranger – a
Doctor Girtler who seems to know more about
their lives and futures than they do. His
startling revelations tear apart the
tranquil atmosphere and puts all their
relationships under a strain.

This dark,
mysterious play is another example of
Priestley’s fascination with ‘time travel’
and explores the common feeling of ‘déjà vu’
contained in the title, ‘I have been here
before.’

^{4th -9th
October}

^{See How
They Run}

^{by Philip King, directed by
Alan Stockdill}

The play is set in the sleepy village of
Merton cum Middlewick under the shadow of a
Nazi invasion. Add four vicars, a bishop, an
uppity maid, a vicar’s wife who is an
ex-actress and a nosy parker determined to
expose her and an escaped German prisoner.
Throw in enough doors and a well-used broom
cupboard and you’ve got all the ingredients
for a classic British farce. With trousers
flying in all directions and a fantastic
chase scene the audience are guaranteed an
evening of rollicking, side-splitting fun.

^{29th
November-4th December}

^{The Devil At Midnight}

^{by Brian Clemens, directed by
Bob Morton.}

Liz Burns,
a psychoanalyst, receives an unexpected
visitor – Nicki a deeply troubled young
woman who has been the victim of child
abuse. Under investigation details of her
past life emerge which point the finger of
suspicion at Liz’s husband Jack as the
abuser. And Nicki is out for revenge…

The intimate atmosphere of
the Little Theatre is a perfect venue for
this gripping, psychological thriller, which
builds towards a riveting and unexpected
climax}