BARNES COMMUNITY PLAYERS
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An Amateur Dramatic Society
Our upcoming productions
Performances:
16th - 20th March 2022
8pm Wed - Sat (+3:00pm Sat Mat, +4:30pm Sun Mat)
at The OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Yes, Prime Minister is an updated full length stage production of the popular TV sitcom. This telling satire on unscrupulous government reduced previous audiences to helpless hilarity.
BCP's 2022 version introduces Gemma Hacker as a female PM desperately attempting to deal with the machinations of Sir Humphrey Appleby whilst simultaneously trying to save the planet!
The UK is in crisis: debt is spiralling, unemployment is on the rise and the fragile coalition cabinet, led by Prime Minister Gemma Hacker, is at breaking point. But salvation may exist in the form of a complex pipeline deal with the oil-rich country of Kumranistan that would entitle the government to a multi-trillion pound loan. When the Kumranistan Foreign Secretary makes a shocking request of Gemma’s Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, moral considerations collide with the economic future of the nation. But how will Gemma and her team: Bernard, Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby, and Special Adviser Claire Sutton, reconcile the two? Political machinations, media manipulation and an appeal for divine intervention ensue.
From the writers of the original television series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, comes the equally sharply satirical stage version, seen at the Festival Theatre, Chichester in 2010 and the Gielgud Theatre, London, in 2011, followed by a tour in 2012.
Yes, prime minister
Abigails Party
Performances:
Weds 27th - Sat 30th July 2022
At the OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
TICKETS COMING SOON
Thurs 4th - Sat 13th August 2022
At Fleming Theatre, Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
TICKETS COMING SOON
Beverly and Laurence are entertaining their new neighbours, Angela and Tony as well as Susan, whose teenage daughter, Abigail is having a party to which Susan has been dis-invited. Over drinks and snacks, cliches and fatuous small talk abound. The tension escalates as the marital strain between both couples surfaces. Susan's anxiety over Abigail's party accelerates as rock music permeate the room. As Beverly and Angela offer some supremely tactless remarks, reality breaks through the smugness when Laurence collapses.....
This is your trial
DATES AND TICKETS COMING SOON
The OSO becomes a courtroom for the BCP’s 'This Is Your Trial'.
When you come to our court, your role is that of a juror. You decide the guilt of those accused. In addition, you may be called to deliver evidence, present a witness statement, or be put on trial yourself!
This Is Your Trial is an interactive and improvised comedy show. You decide your level of participation. If you are facing charges, you’ll be provided with the best legal defence your ticket price can afford!
