Welcome to One Act Wonders
Two one act plays designed to bring you a witty and wonderful winter’s night of wingdinging!
A Kind of Vesuvius is written by Gillian Plowman and is directed by Players stalwart Serena Jones. Serena was last seen playing Norah in The Allotment (also written by Plowman) at Bonnytoun Farm last September. In the play, set in the 1990’s, three men down on their luck meet in very unusual circumstances over an Encyclopaedia Britanica as their lives spiral into chaos. David, Derek and Ian teeter on the brink of a ‘kind of Vesuvius’, each in his own way trying to cope with unemployment. The play is heady mix of touching moments and manic humour with the occasional dance thrown in.
Lockdown in Little Grimley is a comedy by critically acclaimed writer David Tristram and directed by Sue Vizard. This is a welcome new addition to the very popular Little Grimley series which follows the antics of a hapless Amateur Dramatic Society. The Players are no strangers to the Little Grimley characters, having performed Little Grimley presents Strictly Sex Factor (on Ice) back in 2018. This time around, Little Grimley is in lockdown and the Chairman Gordon calls an emergency meeting to discuss his idea for their next production when restrictions ease - a touching love story set in a hospital, with all profits destined for the NHS. But based on their previous efforts, will the NHS actually end up worse off?
Please join us for our first indoor live performances since panto in January 2020! Thank you to all of you who joined us for our online Armchair Theatre event in November 2020 and our outdoor production of The Allotment and Wild Swim in September 2021. We loved receiving all your positive feedback and hope to see you again for One Act Wonders.
Please note that both plays are performed each night so just pick your night, buy a ticket and come along!
Please note that both plays are performed each night so just pick your night, buy a ticket and come along!
How to book
Please use the link above to our ticket booking site. Please use this if you can as it’s the easiest way for us to keep in touch with you should we need to. There’s no booking fee. Alternatively, call us on 07849 448999. Seating will be unallocated, but we will seat people in groups according to the booking, so please get in touch via the ticket booking site or box office if your party size changes or for any other seating requests. Online sales will close at 5.30 pm prior to each performance. After this, you can phone our box office for late availability or check on the door.
Encore
This will be our first live indoor production since our pantomime in early 2020. We hugely enjoyed your support for our first online venture, Armchair Theatre, in November 2020 and our Al Fresco Theatre event in a field in September 2021. Thank you for all the positive comments you sent us following those events. We look forward to welcoming you back in February and hope you’ll join us!
You can contact us at armchairlinlithgow@gmail.com or you can call us on 07849 448999 if you’ve any questions.
Encore une fois!
This year The Players will be entering our production of “A Kind of Vesuvius” into the Scottish Community Drama Association’s Festival of One Act Plays. This is a national event with the first round at District level taking place in early March in Killin. From there the winning entrants progress to a Divisional and then Scottish Final and the Scottish winner proceeds to the British final. It’s a great opportunity for those involved to get feedback on the production and see others plays performed. Please feel free to support us in Killin, weekend of 4th and 5th March. Details to follow...
Covid 19 Guidance
We’ll be following current Scottish Government guidance at our performances.
Specifically:
• please take a Lateral Flow Test before attending.
• please don’t attend if you’ve any symptoms of coronavirus, had a positive LFD or PCR test result, or if you’ve been told to self-isolate because you’re a close contact of a positive case.
• face coverings must be worn when seated and when moving around the venue, unless exempt.
• to help with ventilation we’ll have the windows open!
• on arrival we’ll collect contact details (phone number or email address) from everyone in your group. We may be asked to provide these to NHS Test and Protect for up to 21 days following the event to help them identify people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. We’ll retain the details collected no longer than is needed for this purpose.
Other things we’re doing:
• We’re limiting the number of tickets available for each performance to 100.
• While there’s no longer a requirement to have physical distancing between different groups in indoor public places, we’ll be organising our seating to allow space between different booking groups.
• We’ll place hand sanitiser at various points throughout the venue.
• We'll be asking our casts to test before each performance.
We’ll send you an email in the week of the show confirming full details of the arrangements in place. For up-to-date information on all Scottish Government guidance please visit https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/
This amateur production of A Kind of Vesuvius and Little Grimley in Lockdown is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Please use the link above to our ticket booking site. Please use this if you can as it’s the easiest way for us to keep in touch with you should we need to. There’s no booking fee. Alternatively, call us on 07849 448999. Seating will be unallocated, but we will seat people in groups according to the booking, so please get in touch via the ticket booking site or box office if your party size changes or for any other seating requests. Online sales will close at 5.30 pm prior to each performance. After this, you can phone our box office for late availability or check on the door.
Encore
This will be our first live indoor production since our pantomime in early 2020. We hugely enjoyed your support for our first online venture, Armchair Theatre, in November 2020 and our Al Fresco Theatre event in a field in September 2021. Thank you for all the positive comments you sent us following those events. We look forward to welcoming you back in February and hope you’ll join us!
You can contact us at armchairlinlithgow@gmail.com or you can call us on 07849 448999 if you’ve any questions.
Encore une fois!
This year The Players will be entering our production of “A Kind of Vesuvius” into the Scottish Community Drama Association’s Festival of One Act Plays. This is a national event with the first round at District level taking place in early March in Killin. From there the winning entrants progress to a Divisional and then Scottish Final and the Scottish winner proceeds to the British final. It’s a great opportunity for those involved to get feedback on the production and see others plays performed. Please feel free to support us in Killin, weekend of 4th and 5th March. Details to follow...
Covid 19 Guidance
We’ll be following current Scottish Government guidance at our performances.
Specifically:
• please take a Lateral Flow Test before attending.
• please don’t attend if you’ve any symptoms of coronavirus, had a positive LFD or PCR test result, or if you’ve been told to self-isolate because you’re a close contact of a positive case.
• face coverings must be worn when seated and when moving around the venue, unless exempt.
• to help with ventilation we’ll have the windows open!
• on arrival we’ll collect contact details (phone number or email address) from everyone in your group. We may be asked to provide these to NHS Test and Protect for up to 21 days following the event to help them identify people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. We’ll retain the details collected no longer than is needed for this purpose.
Other things we’re doing:
• We’re limiting the number of tickets available for each performance to 100.
• While there’s no longer a requirement to have physical distancing between different groups in indoor public places, we’ll be organising our seating to allow space between different booking groups.
• We’ll place hand sanitiser at various points throughout the venue.
• We'll be asking our casts to test before each performance.
We’ll send you an email in the week of the show confirming full details of the arrangements in place. For up-to-date information on all Scottish Government guidance please visit https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/
This amateur production of A Kind of Vesuvius and Little Grimley in Lockdown is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
