Forthcoming - Way Upstream, March & April 2009

The Hamble Players present : Way Upstream, by Alan Ayckbourn

Each evening from 31st March to 4th April 2009

Auditions will be held on 5th and 8th January 2009 in the Hut (behind the Memorial Hall), Hamble-le-Rice at 7.45 pm.

Scripts are available from Martin Crawley, phone 07595 047706.

Way Upstream is, in some ways, a typical Ayckbourn play. On the surface it's a lively and funny comedy - but there is a darker side too.

Two couples, Keith & June and Alistair & Emma, embark on a river cruise. Right from the start there are tensions. June doesn't really want to be there, as it's 'beneath her', and her husband, Keith, assumes command. It becomes quickly apparent that he knows nothing about boats. Alistair, his business partner, goes along with it all - anything for a quiet non-confrontational life and an easy holiday - but his wife, Emma, is increasingly annoyed with his back-seat approach. She encourages him to be more assertive and not let Keith walk all over him.

Things are not helped when word reaches them, via Mrs. Hatfield (this was in the days before mobile phones), that there is a strike at the novelty goods factory that Keith and Alistair own in partnership; tensions begin to rise and tempers fray.

Then they run aground! Fortunately, Vince is on hand to rescue them and invites himself on board....

Evening performances begin at 7.30pm; doors open at 7 pm

Matinee performances begin at 3pm; doors open at 2.30 pm

Tickets, £7.50 (£6 Concessions) are available from :
Coronation Parade Post Office,
or telephone 02380 462533

Please note that tickets at concessionary prices will be offered, exceptionally, throughout the Pantomime season