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MHDS ~ Season 2009/2010

Our season runs from September through to June with six main plays (which are staged entirely by MHDS) plus various visiting productions, Octagon Films cinema nights, and a variety of special events and activities. The list below includes forthcoming events which have been booked thus far, and new items will be included as they become scheduled - watch this space. Evening performances normally start at 7.45 (doors open 7.15), matinees at 2.30 (doors 2pm). There are some exceptions, but these showtimes are printed on posters and tickets.

November 3rd - 7th 2009 Strangers On A Train by Craig Warner Two young men meet on a train. As the train rolls along, they speculate on what it would be like to commit the perfect murder. Little do they know that their lives will soon become fatally linked forever. (Adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith.) Tickets on sale from 7th October January 12th - 16th 2010 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Set in America, about a woman who clings to yesteryear. She lives with her son and her crippled daughter, whose separation from reality increases until she is like one of her glass collection, too fragile to move from the shelf. A very tender play. Tickets on sale from 7th December March 2nd to 6th 2010 April in Paris by John Godber Bet and Al lead a quiet, hum-drum life, until Bet wins a 'Romantic Breaks' holiday in Paris ~ their first trip overseas. They cope with French cuisine, their phrase book, and fend off would-be muggers on the Metro in this hilarious depiction of the English abroad. Tickets on sale from 3rd February April 26th - May 1st 2010 Translations by Brian Friel In County Donegal, a detachment of the Royal Engineers is sent on behalf of the British Army to make the First Ordnance Survey. A British soldier falls for an Irish peasant girl. His murder causes the British Army to seek revenge. (Gala Night on Monday 26th.) Tickets on sale from 22nd March June 15th to 19th 2010 Farewell, Farewell Eugene by Rodney Ackland A comedy set in Edwardian London. Two sisters, daughters of the vicarage, live in genteel poverty, making a meagre living composing uplifting verses for greetings cards, but send most of the proceeds to missionary work in Africa. (Based on a story by John Vari.) Tickets on sale from 17th May

And don't forget these special attractions . . . .
Octagon Films On most Friday evenings the Octagon Films club turns our theatre into a modern digital cinema, presenting new films, block-busters, lesser-shown pieces, and old favourites too. For details of films and membership, make contact with Pete Mitchell on MH 466234.	Visiting Productions Throughout the year we are a venue for productions by other performance art groups ~ amateur and professional. Examples from previous seasons include Fraser Hooper, a children's entertainer, Mikron Theatre, a touring drama company, Northampton Festival Opera, Joanne Woodcock School of Dance & Theatre, Parsnips Drama, David Kent, Lynn Robertson Hay, Drew Webb, and the Enderby Wind Band.
Ha Ha Harborough! Regular sessions of Stand-Up Comedy return to the theatre lounge, hosted by Alan Seaman.