Friday, December 19

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Flint Street Nativity – St Hilda’s Church
North West

Flint Street Nativity – St Hilda’s Church

They say never work with children or animals! Well, as you can imagine, directing a nativity performed by a class of seven-year-olds is enough to test the patience of even the calmest of people. Mizzis Horrocks and her class, with their squabbles and specific interests trying to be stubbornly squeezed into the birth of the baby Jesus, culminates in one excellent comedic musical which is bound to get you in the jolly spirit of Christmas. Woolton Drama Group present to you 'The Flint Street Nativity' directed by Georgina Anwyl and Andrew Parsons. Stage Management by Charlotte Titley. An assemblage of diverse characters takes to the stage to entertain and delight you for the evening. Firstly, let's start with the angelic perfectionist Mary herself (Jenny Snell), there's one in every cla...
The Dice House – St Hilda’s Church Hall
North West

The Dice House – St Hilda’s Church Hall

What with cast members in their undies, an unorthodox mix of gore-y horror and Carry-On slapstick, and random acts of murder, the good Lord may have wished to avert his heavenly eyes from the on-stage shenanigans arising in the innocent church hall of St Hilda’s. The Dice House, by Paul Lucas, is a very black comedy in which under the conceit of research, psychiatrist Dr Ratner, pursues ‘Dice Therapy’ – where every decision, from the clothes you eat to the people you choose to be intimate with, is based on the roll of the dice. When a rival psychiatrist, Dr Drabble, attempts to infiltrate the centre to rescue (or kidnap, depending on your point of view) his wife, with the aid of the slightly witless Matthew, all hell quickly breaks loose. What is an intriguing premise, inviting a...