Royalty Theatre To Perform Godber and Thornton's Classic Shakers
The Royalty Theatre are gearing up to perform their second studio play of the 2018/19 season, Shakers (Re-stirred), by John Godber and Jane Thornton.
The play follows the working lives of four bartenders working in Shakers, a cocktail bar. Director Corinne Kilvington says, “Shakers is a really great piece of theatre; it's stood the test of time. It's full of the characters you've seen down the town on a Saturday night. It’s funny, touching and full of memorable moments. The four actors play all of the different characters with real ease, moving from bar tenders to girls on a night out to the 'lads' out on the town. It's a great night out and a blast from the past with a great 80s soundtrack.”
A small but strong cast includes Helena Wildish, Tom Kelly and Royalty debutantes Jamie-Leigh Price and Rhiannon Gillibrand.
The play, by John Godber and Jane Thornton, began life simply as Shakers in 1985 before being ‘re-stirred’ in 1991. It subsequently became a 1993 TV movie and a 1996 musical and is now one of the best known of Godber’s works.
Performed in the intimate space of the Royalty’s studio theatre, seats are strictly limited to 52 per evening. All tickets are £6.50 and are available online at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sunderland/royalty-theatre .
I saw this play a few years back at another local venue. It is witty, incisive and still apt today (in my humble opinion). Anyone who has ever been to a cocktail bar after work...or worked in a cocktail bar... really ought to see it. Studio performances are always interesting as the audience is so close to the action. Corinne Kilvington is an experienced director, and Tom Kelly's comedic style should be just right for this role - and will be intense in such a small space, so it should all make for an entertaining night out. I would recommend purchasing studio tickets in advance to avoid disappointment as their last studio production, Mary Mary, sold out... DS
Photograph shows (left to right): Helena Wildish, Rhiannon
Gillibrand, Jamie-Leigh Price and Tom Kelly.
Credit: Royalty Theatre
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