Auditions have taken place and we have several new members taking parts in Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood which will be staged at the delightful Parish Church of St Bartholemy in Sainte-Dode (28th February), the Foyer Rural in Cazaux-Villecomtal (1st March) and the Salle des Fêtes in St. Arailles (2nd March).
Our cast of 14 readers are sharing the 60 or so character rôles in Thomas's funny ‘play for voices’ about a day in the life of a quirky Welsh village. It is a beautifully written poetic ballad that pokes fun at a range of village characters such as the Reverend Eli Jenkins, twice-widowed Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard, blind Captain Cat, drunkard Cherry Owen, nosey postman Willy Nilly and the allegorically named Polly Garter, Lily Smalls and Nogood Boyo. Together their dialogue sparkles to paint a raucous vision of the bawdy, lovelorn, disgruntled, affectionate and tragedy-tinged lives of those who live in the fictional Welsh village of Llareggub.
Our cast of 14 readers are sharing the 60 or so character rôles in Thomas's funny ‘play for voices’ about a day in the life of a quirky Welsh village. It is a beautifully written poetic ballad that pokes fun at a range of village characters such as the Reverend Eli Jenkins, twice-widowed Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard, blind Captain Cat, drunkard Cherry Owen, nosey postman Willy Nilly and the allegorically named Polly Garter, Lily Smalls and Nogood Boyo. Together their dialogue sparkles to paint a raucous vision of the bawdy, lovelorn, disgruntled, affectionate and tragedy-tinged lives of those who live in the fictional Welsh village of Llareggub.