By Peter Kemp
The Bakery at 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys
The play opens in Cutlers’ Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys grammar school in the north of England. Set in the mid-late 1980s, the play follows a group of history pupils preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge entrance examinations under the guidance of three teachers with contrasting styles.
Hector, and eccentric teacher, delights in knowledge for its own sake, but his ambitious headmaster wants the school to move up the academic league table and hires Irwin, a supply teacher to introduce a rather more cynical and ruthless style of teaching. Hector is discovered sexually fondling a boy and later Irwin’s latent homosexuality inclinations emerge.
Season: October 6 – 29. Bookings: 9758 3964
The Basin Theatre presents Gentlemen Incorporated
A slightly risqué Australian comedy by Deborah Mulhall and directed by Julie Cunningham.
Damien is a male escort who runs rather successful business that caters to the wealthy and successful women.
When his old friend Marc returns from backpacking around Europe, Damien talks him into ‘helping’ wit an over-tight schedule. But unbeknownst to Marc and Damien, Marc’s mother is one pf Damien’s clients. So is his girlfriend…
Season: October 6 – October 16. Bookings: 1300 784 668
Don’t forget CPP Community Theatre’s production of The Addams Family. Season opens October 7. Bookings: 0447 014 584 between 1pm and 3pm.
