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                                                             Seating

From next season we are introducing reserved seating, so all tickets purchased    will have specific seat number allocated. Season tickets can be obtained for £18       ( 4 plays for the price of 3) which entitles you to the same seat for each performance.   See our contact page for details.                                                

                                         Season 2008/2009                                        Click on the play title for details    

The Business of Murder  by Richard Harris                                                       Improbable Fiction   by Alan Ayckbourn                                                                     It's Never Too Late   by Ron Aldridge                                                                        Hay Fever  by Noel Coward

                  Success at The Leverhulme Festival

Our production of Neil Simon's 'Man On The Floor' on Friday went extremely well and adjudicator Scott Marshall was very complimentary on all the performances and the staging. On Saturday night he nominated Joe McKeown as Dr McMerlin for 3 awards : The Adjudicator's Award, Best Comedy Performance and Best Supporting Performance, and awarded him The June Butler Laureate Cup for Best Supporting Performance. Well done to Joe! and all the cast and crew. This was a great achievement as we were competing with 21 plays over the two weeks.

    Joe accepting the cup from Chairman David Oliver and Director Margaret Harland

                                        Brassed Off

Brassed Off sold out every night and was our most successful production for years. We had excellent feedback from those who attended on both the quality of the acting and of the playing by Port Sunlight Lyceum Brass Band.

New friendships were made between the band members and the cast and crew and hopefully we can work together again on a project in the future. The society would like to extend their thanks to all the band members and particularly to Mr Cyril Dare for all his hard work over the months both in rehearsal and also during the performances.                           

                                      MP visits 'ART'  

Our local MP Ben Chapman visited the theatre on Tuesday 14th August to get an update on society and the theatre. We showed him round the newly painted auditorium and showed him the new lights which are in the process of being hung and focussed. BDS made a donation of £4500 which paid for the majority of the new lights.  Ben then sat in at the rehearsal for 'Art' to see how the play was progressing. Below are two pictures of Ben with Chairman David Oliver and the lights, and Ben with the cast and director of 'ART' : Matthew King, David Crosby, William O'Neill and Joe McKeown.