Anyone For Breakfast Review by : Ian Clarke
paper : EDP - 8th March 2007
Tuck in to this tasty production
Take a superbly written script ready mixed with farce, irony and humour, add in six talented performers and sprinkle on the great simplicity of a single set.
And you've got the perfect recipe in the form of Dereham Operatic Society's spring play.
Newcomer Sally Escrader (Shirly) blended in excellently with Joan Syrett (Jane), Lee Johnson (Mark), John McInnes (Gilbert), Marea Smith (Helga) and Doug Hartley (Roger) in the hilarious production set around their various marital mishaps.
The success of such a farce set in one room relies on great teamwork and impeccable timing and the opening-night performance had both in abundance.
The great shame was that the Memorial Hall was only about a third full when the talent on display deserved much more.
So if "same old rubbish" on teh TV is leaving you feeling hungry, then I'd thoroughly recommend tucking in to some tasty live theatre.
Anyone For Breakfast
a farce by Derek Benfield
Produced by : Trevor Thurston
Stage Manager : Sue DuPont Cast List
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Dereham Operatic Society is a charitable Trust and was formed in 1948 to offer the local community education and enlightenment in amateur dramatic arts. A very grand way of saying that DOS was formed to entertain the people of Dereham and Norfolk!
Our Shakespearian motto "Mere folk who give distraction are we" comes from Cole Porter's musical "Kiss Me Kate", which we first performed in 1970, and is based upon one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays "The Taming of the Shrew".
We at Dereham Operatic Society, or DOS as we are affectionately known, stage three productions a year (not including the productions of our youth group) including a major musical in the autumn, a pantomime over the Christmas period and a play in the spring. So, as you can see, there is something for everyone.
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