FromeDrama are thrilled to return to the stage with two plays that explore the complex relationships between couples in quite different ways.
There will be performances of each play on alternate nights, and now they are holding open auditions.
Constellations by Nick Payne will be performed on 16th and 18th June and will be directed by Andy Cork.
Andy says, “Have you ever wondered how your life could have turned out if those key events in your life had been different?
“What would your life have been like if you had gone to a different school; had different teachers even?
“The slightest change in circumstances can have the most profound effect. Constellations is the play that takes to those possibilities; makes you think about your own life. In the play we see the same scenes played out with different outcomes. Marianne and Roland meet at a barbeque but depending on which universe what happens is different.
“You will be profoundly moved as we see their relationship unfold over time; become engaged and moved as events take over their lives leaving them in different places. A magnificent play.”
Two by Jim Cartwright will be directed by Calum Grant and will be performed in 17th and 19th June and will be directed by Calum Grant.
Calum said, “It is seven years to the day since tragedy hit a small pub. The landlord and landlady are husband and wife but have each kept mute over the tragedy for seven years. The nicest things they throw at each other are insults. The very issue they try so desperately to avoid comes to a head in the final confrontation of the play.
“The landlord and landlady’s story is played out alongside a series of vignettes that show the different costumers who drift in and out of the pub. Every vignette shows a different aspect of relationships and love. Some are very funny, some are much darker, but the play ends with a positive conclusion.”
Auditions will be on 13th and 15th April.
Before lockdown FromeDrama were all set to perform for Frome Festival, God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, directed by Richard Thomas – that didn’t happen – but now they are planning to bring it to this year’s Festival in July.
FromeDrama say, “When two little boys have a fight it’s up to their parents to act like the adults. What should be a mature discussion rapidly unravels amid social awkwardness. What happens to the thin-skinned world of adulthood under the strain of social posturing, implicit threats of legal action and that damned mobile phone?
“Yazmina Reza’s award-winning follow-up to ‘Art’, God of Carnage is an hilarious examination of the child in us all: dressed in adult clothing but always waiting for the moment to strike.”
Performance dates to be confirmed. Auditions will be on 1st and 6th April.
More information about the auditions can be found on: www.FromeDrama.com
