Tickets are available for both readers and listeners.

Blue Remembered Hills, by Dennis Potter

It’s a hot summer’s day in 1943 and seven children play, laugh, sing and cry somewhere in
the woods just before tea-time. In a whirl of constant activity, their lives are brim-full of joy
and horror, anxiety and delight. Dennis Potter’s affectionate study captures the traumas of
childhood beneath the apparently innocent surface. He reminds us that adults are children
who have simply substituted subtlety for spontaneity. That rose-tinted nostalgia for the ‘blue
remembered hills’ of our youth is not always justified. The children are traditionally played,
unapologetically, by fully grown adults.

A Message from the organiser Chris Gill

We have now established a tradition of reading a play once a month at the Marine Theatre, which is kindly providing the venue free to support community drama. We will take a summer break in August, but we are pleased to present details of the next two events in July and September.

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 have already gathered a group of regular attenders, but we are keen to encourage anyone interested in drama to participate, so please come whether this is your first or seventh time. If you have any ideas about readings of future plays, please contact Chris Gill through the Marine Theatre.