@IlkleyPlayhouse until 28 June,#LabourofLove: the narrative encompasses national, local &personal issues with intense, witty dialogue, covering the historic ups & downs of the #LabourParty from 1990 - 2017 ( when the play was written) Clever video montage, brilliant acting!
Flowers??? For me??? Yes David Lyons MP - It's your Opening Night tonight!!! Knock 'em dead and have a ball and break theatrical legs etc etc etc 🥳💐💐🍾
Best of best wishes to cast and crew of Labour of Love!
Opens tonihgt - Thurs 19th and runs to June 28th. Don't miss it! 1/2
Meet the cast: 2. Yvette Huddleston is Elizabeth Lyons, wife of MP David Lyons. Not happy to be landed in this backwater constituency will she stay? will she go? Yvette directs (Enemy of the People) & acts (Things I Know to be True) & is Co-Artistic Director @IlkleyPlayhouse 1/2
Sunday funday! Actors workshop in the morning then Labour of Love in all afternoon for final rehearsals & finishing touches. Opens Thurs! Don't miss James Graham's brilliant, laugh-out-loud play - a night of theatre that proves politics might just be the best sitcom of them all!
David: New Labour reformer: charm ambition shiny London suit (soon!) Jean: straight-talking loyal to her working-class roots; more than capable of cutting him down to size.Together they navigate elections leadership changes & dodgy printers with warmth wit & a lot of sarcasm! 1/2
Wednesday - All systems go here @ilkleyplayhouse 🥳
Tonight - open evening - open doors all areas
Tomorrow - Thurs - Ilkley Players rehearsals
Fri- rehearsals upstairs + music rocking out The Wildman Studio - Elvis & Roy Orbison classics from the renowned Oliver Harris Band
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It's #NationalVolunteersWeek this week so let's shout out thanks to the many volunteers who keep everything going here @IlkleyPlayhouse 🥳👏👏💐
Come & say hello at our Open evening on weds - there's an Open rehearsal of The River plus tours backstage & chats in the bar & cafe
Oooh - sneak peep at Labour of Love rehearsals! The crew have been snapping from the seats! Headshots mainly from photographer Deb Comer
Why not come along to the Playhouse Open Night on Weds (June 4th) have a tour round backstage & see for yourself! 1/3 https://t.co/ELrSmRoLq2
📣The deadline to apply to be part of our new research project Rehearsal Room Writing is fast approaching 🗓️
If you teach a Year 5 class and are interested in the project please visit https://t.co/Z2o2ZmQ83T
📸by Sara Beaumont (c) RSC
Posters show who's busy in the building.
Labour of Love (June) - set-builders & costume in tonight to crack on with their wizardry. Actors elsewhere learning lines - or having a night off!
The River (July) - rehearsals starting.
Toast (Sept) - auditions this Sat!
Come play! 1/2
all change . from the feather to the rose . from 80 seats downstairs in the Wildman Studio to 145 upstairs in the Wharfeside Theatre . from 200 years ago to recent & living memory - for some of you!
Waving goodbye to Brontë & waiting to welcome you back for Labour of Love. 1/2
@HYWEL_ROBERTS "Spool!"
How one word can hold so many possibilities and carry such weight whilst being delivered in a range of voices! We saw this a couple of weeks ago. D