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Community Event / Theatre

Play reading group

Monday 14 April 2025

Unleash your inner thespian! Would you like to read a part in a play? Would you like to listen to a play being read aloud? All ages and backgrounds are welcome at our play reading group. Play titles are shared in advance. It's more fun than a Book Group with no homework to feel guilty about forgetting. This month's play is The Ghost Writers, by Mo Spiller.

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Starts 7:00 P.M.

Free entry

Free but ticketed

Book online at any time, at the Lyme Regis Bookshop and Bridport Tourist Information Centre during normal opening hours, the Marine on Monday and Friday mornings 10 – 1, and over the phone on 01308 424901

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Unleash your inner thespian! Would you like to read a part in a play? Would you like to listen to a play being read aloud? All ages and backgrounds are welcome at our play reading group. Play titles are shared in advance. It's more fun than a Book Group with no homework to feel guilty about forgetting. This month's play is The Ghost Writers, by Mo Spiller.

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Tickets are available for both readers and listeners.

The Ghost Writers, by Mo Spiller

Two mismatched couples on a cruise ship find themselves playing out the lives of characters in a Noel Coward play. As it happens, the ghost of Noel Coward himself is on board along with that of Jane Austen. Their collective wit and wisdom is used to steer the couples around a complex situation.

A Message from the organiser Chris Gill

We have been running play readings once a month at the Marine Theatre since January 2023. The Theatre continues kindly to provide the venue free to support community drama. We have a small group of regular attenders and we are always pleased to welcome new people, whether they want to read or just listen. The selection for April to June includes two new plays harking back to old themes: one an adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes story, the other inspired by Noel Coward’s writings. If you want to go on our circulation list or have any questions about the meetings, please contact Chris Gill through the Marine Theatre.

Please remember to bring with you a paper or screen copy of the script if you wish to read. We are not able to provide copies.

We are departing from our usual style of reading on 26 May as this will be a rehearsed ‘script in hand’ performance of ‘Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ directed and performed by regular members of the group. Please do come and support this free event where the bar will be open, and you won’t be called upon to do any more than sit back and enjoy!