Concerns Penelope Keeling, a woman now in her later years, who's prized possession, a painting by her father called The Shell Seekers, proves pivotal in a tangled tale of family life, love and loss.

The Gin Game

Directed by Tony Edwards

Presented by The Moot House Players

Venue:  Moot House,

The Stow,

Harlow, Essex CM20 3AG

Thurs 15^th – Sat 17^th May 2008

Tickets £8.00 (concessions £6)

For groups of 8 people or more a 10% discount applies.

To make a reservation please Tel 01279 639170 use the contact box on the website  http://www.moothouseplayers.com/page10.htm

Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance.  Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other’s company.  Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins.  Weller’s inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia beomes increasingly confident.

While playing their games of gin, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world.  Gradually, each conservation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games, as each player tries to expose the other’s weaknesses.

Closer

Written by Patrick Marber.

Directed by Paul Johnson

Presented by Harlow Theatre Company

Thur 19^th – Sat 21^st June 08 at 8pm

At The Victoria Hall Theatre, Bury Road, Old Harlow

Tickets £7.50 (£6.00 concessions)

Reservations (01279 420062)

Email: victoriahalltheatre@mac.com

Anna, Alice, Larry and Dan are four twenty and thirty somethings from apparently disparate backgrounds.

Through chance meetings, their developing relationships become irrevocably linked and the politics of sex, desire, love and lust play themselves out with sometimes disturbing, occasionally funny, but undeniably compelling consequences for each of their characters.

Please note this play contains frequent strong and occasionally explicit language.

The Gin Game

Directed by Tony Edwards

Presented by The Moot House Players

Venue:  Moot House,

The Stow,

Harlow, Essex CM20 3AG

Thurs 15^th – Sat 17^th May 2008

Tickets £8.00 (concessions £6)

For groups of 8 people or more a 10% discount applies.

To make a reservation please Tel 01279 639170 use the contact box on the website  http://www.moothouseplayers.com/page10.htm

Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance.  Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other’s company.  Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins.  Weller’s inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia beomes increasingly confident.

While playing their games of gin, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world.  Gradually, each conservation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games, as each player tries to expose the other’s weaknesses.