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Spring Double Bill
Two one-act plays with an interval inbetween
where and when
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Our regular Spring 'Double Bill'
slot consists of two one-act plays performed at the Welsh Church
Hall. Additionally the plays are performed separately as part of
the Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre.
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The
Ruffian on the Stair
by Joe Orton
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Madam Life's a piece in bloom,
Death goes dogging everywhere:
She's the tenant of the room,
He's the ruffian on the stair.
Joe Orton's 1964 bleakly comic play is an unsympathetic peek into
the lives of Mike, an ex-boxer, and Joyce, a former prostitute.
When Mike and Joyce are visited by Wilson, a young man who has been
watching their movements, their pasts come tumbling out of the closet.
How does Joyce know Wilson's brother (of whom he is very fond)?
Are Mike's suspicions correct? And how does the goldfish fit into
all of it?
The master of black comedy, Joe Orton's grimy one-act play lifts the skirts of 1960s London and finds a real
stink underneath ...
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Bobby
Gould in Hell
by David Mamet
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Bobby Gould, the jaded Hollywood mogul from
Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, finds himself unexpectedly in the waiting room of Hell.
He is to be interviewed by the Interrogator, a devilish figure who would much rather be fishing and is not impressed with Bobby's protestations of innocence and goodness. Glenna, an ex-girlfriend who feels sorely mistreated by Bobby, is called as a witness for the prosecution but gets so carried away that she starts in on the Interrogator as well, and he and Bobby end up bonding over her hostility.
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W H E R E & W H E N & H O W M U C H
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D O U B L E B I L L P O S T E R
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design: Matt Firth
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F E S T I V A L F L Y E R
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Click on the flyer for festival details
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F E S T I V A L A W A R D S
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Awards
won by Woodhouse entries
to the 2011 Festival
Festival Award for
First Team
The Ruffian on the Stair
Romeril Award for Third Team
Bobby Gould in Hell
Arts Council Award for Best Actor
Chris Jefferies (Ruffian)
NOMINATION: Jim Killeen (Bobby Gould)
Arts Council Award for Best Actress
NOMINATION: Lucy Cork (Ruffian)
Guardian Trophy for Best Stage Presentation
The Ruffian on the Stair
Guy Gostling Award for Best Supporting Actor
Faye Baker (Bobby Gould)
Dick Williams Award for Comedy
Bobby Gould in Hell
NOMINATION: The Ruffian on the Stair
Roy Seammen Award for Adjudicator's Choice
Dan Usztan (for his direction of The Ruffian on the Stair)
NOMINATION: Bobby Gould in Hell
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