The Stevenage Lytton Players are performing Sand Castles at The Lytton Theatre on Saturday 14th October as a mass World Première (part of the BT Biennial 2000 festival) simultaneously with about a hundred other groups around the country. We shall then do repeat performances from Wednesday 18th October 2000, until Saturday 21st October 2000.
BT Biennial 2000
BT Biennial 2000, the UK's largest amateur dramatics festival, is in full swing. On October 14th 'Sand Castles', a new play by top TV comedy writer Bob Larbey, will be premièred simultaneously at theatres across the UK.
BT Biennial provides new plays for local amateur dramatic groups across the UK, being designed to encourage them to perform new works and develop membership and audiences. The BT Biennial 2000 will be the fifth of the series and runs from 14-21 October 2000, when a specially commissioned play will be performed by amateur societies across the UK which have registered to take part. Stephen Serpell, head of BT's community partnership programme said "BT Biennial is the heart of our commitment to arts in the community, and we are delighted to be involved in promoting amateur theatre".
Sand Castles by Bob Larbey
Bob Larbey famously wrote 'The Good Life' (with John Esmonde). Other hits include the TV comedies 'A Fine Romance' and 'As Time Goes By', the plays 'A Month of Sundays' and 'Building Blocks', and the dramatisation of the 'Darling Buds of May'. Of 'Sand Castles', he says, "It's about chaos on a British beach, full of strong characters and hopefully a damn good laugh".
The Stevenage Lytton Players and BT BiennialThis is the second time that the Stevenage Lytton Players have taken part in the BT Biennial festival. Having participated some years back with Debbie Isitt's 'Nasty Neighbours', we are again taking part along with about a hundred other groups around the country.
Thanks to Mike Kennedy for sending me these articles, all of which appeared on the home pages of the Lytton Players at http://www.lyttonplayers.co.uk/.