Old and New in A Couple of Poor English-Speaking Poles

A Couple  of Poor English-Speaking Poles opens Monday 1st March.

Progress Blog popped into the technical rehearsal last weekend and met one of our new members and one of the older ones (longer standing!) .

Lucy Daly plays a shop assistant, police woman and four angry citizens. She joined Progress earlier this season when she was cast in Much Ado About Nothing. She played the barmaid - if you saw it you will remember the wig! After leaving Portsmouth university Lucy moved back to Reading a couple of years ago. She decided she'd like to have a go at acting and last year enrolled on a beginners acting course with the City Academy in London. She is now putting it into action on the Progress stage.

Playing the part of the driver is Chris Bertrand who joined Progress in 1972 when he started running the youth group. His first production was The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams in 1975 where he played the gentleman caller. Chris also mentioned the beer crates. Anyone who has been involved with productions at Progress will know about the store of wooden beer crates that have been used in many shows as props and part of scenery. Audience members may not be so aware of them as they are often disguised and used in ingenious ways - but keep a look out. These crates were already in use when Chris joined the theatre nearly 40 years ago.  It just shows that new technology in the theatre is great but you can't beat a simple box and imagination.

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Coming up ….

A couple of poor English-speaking Poles by Dorota Maslowska runs from 1 - 6 March 2010.

Progress Youth Theatre present The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Mon 22nd & Weds 24th March 7.45 pm and Travesties by Tom Stoppard Tues 23rd & Fri 26th March 7.45 pm

Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn 14 - 24 April 2010

See www.progresstheatre.co.uk for more details of all our productions and auditions.