FOR its next production, Ruislip Dramatic Society returns to the Compass Theatre with a comedy set around a village cricket team and the antics both on and off the pitch.
The group will be performing Richard Harris’ Outside Edge.
Picture a perfect summer's day, a cricket green and pavilion, a match about to begin and a splendid tea on the agenda...but stormy weather is forecast for this team, along with their wives and partners.
The captain, Roger Dervish, is determined to keep everyone together and lead them to triumph both on and off the pitch. But can he succeed, or will he be out for a duck?
There’s Bob who’s supposed to be playing but may now instead need to visit his first wife while carefully avoiding his second one!
Kevin with a blister on his spinning finger and a wife more interested in bricklaying than watching cricket.
Dennis, who is more focused on the ladies present than the game itself, and Alex who is just there for himself but brings his current girlfriend along simply to watch and admire him.
So, Roger must do all he can to keep his team on track, ably assisted by his wife Miriam and her exceptional cricket teas!
Outside Edge has remained a hit since it was first performed in 1979 with both a film adaptation and three TV series based on the play, starring Robert Daws, Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall and Josie Lawrence.
The original Outside Edge series led to the playwright receiving the 1994 prize for best sitcom from the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain.
May 14-17, 7.45pm, OUTSIDE EDGE by Richard Harris, Compass Theatre, Glebe Avenue, Ickenham. Tickets: £16 or £15 concessions (Wed/Thu only). Book at www.ruislipdramatic.org and https://discover.hillingdon.gov.uk
Tel. RDS on 01895 632300 or the Compass on 01895 250615.
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