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An Eric Chappell comedy, Passing Strangers, is the opening production of the 2019-20 season for the Brough-based Petuaria Players. In this play, Malcolm discovers how true his words are when he takes his friend, Clive, to a singles' evening. Clive, a hospital porter masquerading as a doctor, has been left by his wife while Malcolm is a confirmed bachelor and says he is "big in imports" - translated as a market stall trader. In the deserted hotel bar, they meet two recent div

Brough’s Petuaria Players switch from comedy to a crime mystery for their season finale. Jimmie Chinn’s Take Away the Lady is the offering from this week. Director Jayne Hewson says: “I was intrigued – I read it and enjoyed it and so submitted it to the group,” she said, and was pleased to find that the reading went well. “Everyone seemed to enjoy it and it was well received by everyone including our more youthful members so it was nice to see that it could be appreciated by

East Yorkshire group the Petuaria Players are challenging themselves with a modern comedy about darts this January. Double Top is a modern life-comedy about a ladies darts team in Hull and if this rings a bell for anyone that’s because it was produced at Hull Truck in the glory days of John Godber and Gareth Tudor-Price et al. The Players say it pushes a few boundaries for them. It contains adult themes and has some true to life language in it – not excessive – but if you pre

Brough's Petuaria Players re-visit Neil Simon’s comedy, Odd Couple, as their curtain-raiser to the 2018/19 season in the East Yorkshire village. The Odd Couple is a classic of stage, cinema and TV. A story about two mismatched roommates, it premiered on Broadway in 1965 and was made into a film in 1968 with Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. A popular TV series followed in the 70s starting Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. Less well known, however,