IT HAS all the makings of an evening to relish – a tender, warm-hearted comedy in the hands of one of Huddersfield Thespians’ most accomplished directors and featuring some of the society’s most experienced actors.
Ivan Menchell wrote The Cemetery Club in 1990 and brought together three middle-aged women who shared a common bond, the loss of their husbands. All three widows meet monthly before visiting the cemetery.
One is a woman dedicated to the memory of her husband and wouldn’t think of dating a new man. A second is flirtatious, out to enjoy life and particularly the company of men. The third in the trio is beginning to realise that she still has a life to live.
Menchell’s trump card is to throw an eligible man into the mix and watch as emotions come to the surface and sparks begin to rekindle.
Keith Royston, vastly experienced actor and director, is the man in charge of this new Thespians’ production which opens at the Lawrence Batley Theatre on Tuesday November 27.
He’s got a cast to envy.
Kenneth Greenwood, one of the society’s best-known talents, plays the man at the centre of this trio of widows and the ladies are played by a line-up of the area’s most accomplished actresses, Christine Davies, Norma Featherstone and Moyra Miller.
The play itself proved so successful that its creator used it as the basis of a screenplay for a film which provided a vehicle for the well-known actress Olympia Dukakis.
The show will be staged in the intimate surroundings of the LBT’s Cellar Theatre and runs every evening until Saturday at 7.45pm. There is also a Saturday matinee at 2pm.
Box office is on 01484 430528.
