Well done to Anita Shaw, James Lilley and Max Lilley for their performances in the Glitter With Stars show on the 3rd September. With over 100 performers, showcasing dance, music and drama, this brought together all the organisations that regularly use the Thwaites Empire Theatre.
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Rehearsals are well under way for ‘A View From The Bridge’. It promises to be a very good production. Book your tickets now!
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On the 10th September, Blackburn Drama Club took part in the one-act play section of the Lytham St Annes Arts Festival, with a two-hander called ‘Address Unknown’ by K. Kressmann Taylor. We were very successful and came away with a number of awards.
Friendship / Betrayal / Murder / Revenge – this one-act play has it all! Plus a chilling history, as the political and social situation that is presented here in 1932 became a reality for many over the following war years.
Originally a radio play, it is set (and was written) at the beginning of the second world war and is about 2 friends, an American and a German, whose friendship changes dramatically as the Nazis gain power.
It consists of an exchange of letters between Max, a Jewish owner of an art gallery in the USA and his former business partner and friend, Martin, who has returned with his family to his roots in Germany after an affair with Griselle, Max’s niece. It is 1932 – Martin joins the National Socialist Party and his son becomes a member of the Hitler Youth. This is of great concern to Max in San Francisco as he begins to learn of the treatment of the Jews in Germany. When Griselle, an actress, appears on stage in Germany, she is tormented because she is Jewish and, subsequently, seeks help from Martin. First published in 1938, it was banned in Nazi Germany but gained high praise in the USA and much of Europe.
The two roles were played by Andrew Smith and Steven Derbyshire and the play was directed by Dorothy Perkins.
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