D.T.S. NEWS
IT'S CHRISTMAS. RELATIVES YOU HARDLY EVER SEE AND WHO NOW VERY DIFFERENT FROM YOU, ARRIVE AT YOUR HOUSE FOR THE FESTIVITIES.NO-ONE RECEIVES A PRESENT THAT IS APPROPRIATE. CULINARY DISASTERS ABOUND. LONG-BURIED RESENTMENTS REAR THEIR UGLY HEADS AS THE ALCOHOL FLOWS AND TONGUES ARE LOOSENED.AND THE PLUMBING GOES WRONG...
IF ANY OF THIS REMINDS YOU OF YOUR TYPICAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS, THEN YOU WILL FIND ..
COMFORT AND JOY. MIKE HARDING'S NEW COMEDY, PAINFULLY-BUT ALWAYS AMUSINGLY-FAMILIAR. UNTIL THE VERY END, ANYWAY- FOR HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED BY ALIENS!!!
THE ACTION OF THE PLAY TAKES PLACE IN THE FRONT ROOM OF THE HOME OF MARTIN AND MARGARET DUGGAN, IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.
IT IS THE EARLY EVENING OF THE 23rd. DECEMBER....it's peaceful and then...
DIRECTED BY........ NATALIE STEELE.
CHARACTERS
GOFF.....................ANDRE DORE
MARGARET.................FRANCES MANSELL
HELEN....................SIMONE MONROE
MARTIN...................LES BURSTOW
FIONA....................PAM STRINGER
JIMMY....................MALC STUART
CHAPMAN..................ANDY STRINGER
MONICA...................CAROL CLARK
CRISPIN..................PHIL SALTER
KATHY....................ZOE GUNN
PAT......................WENDY COOPER
HUGHIE...................MARK WINROW
