Abingdon Drama Club

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Next productions

Thérèse Raquin, 24th to 27th March, 19:30
By Leslie Sands adapted from the novel by Émile Zola. Zola's classic thriller is a grippingly suspenseful tale of adultery and murder. This adaptation of the 19th Century novel adds a special twist to Zola's original ending. It is a tale of retribution and provides a penetrating study of sexual obsession and guilt. The play tells the story of the secret affair between Therese Raquin and her husband's best friend, Laurent, and reveals the strength of the passion which incites them to murder. The murder, however, leads to neither happiness nor liberation, but to the destruction of their relationship and their eventual downfall. Plunging straight into the passionate relationship between Therese and the artist, Laurent, the play compresses the carefully constructed preamble to the central crime, the couple pass from a stimulating clandestine indulgence through a chilling climax to the wastes of destructive circumspection.

Peer Gynt, 7th to 10th April, 21:00 at the OFS Studio, Oxford
Devised by the company, based on the play by Henrik Ibsen. A multimedia adaptation of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, using movement, music, soundscapes and projected imagery to tell the story of a fantasist who lives a life based on avoidance. A journey through nightmares and adventures, from youth to old age. Peer Gynt is the first production that ADC have created for the Oxfringe festival.

An Experiment with an Air Pump, 14th to 17th July, 19:30
By Shelagh Stephenson. This tension filled and emotionally powerful play is inspired by the painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright. Two groups of characters are in the same house but two hundred years apart. In 1799 on the eve of a new century, the house buzzes with scientific experiments, furtive romance and farcical amateur dramatics. In 1999 in a world of scientific chaos, cloning and genetic engineering, the cellar of the house reveals a dark secret buried for 200 years. The play explores changes in gender roles and the moral questions surrounding scientific breakthroughs. It is also a fantastic detective story with a heartbreaking sting in its tail.

Where

Unicorn Theatre, Medieval Abbey Buildings, Thames Street, Abingdon. Click here for a map.

Tickets

The Bookstore, Abingdon Precinct or ADC Ticketline: 01235 524538.

Previous productions

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 15th to 17th and 21st to 23rd January 2010
Dr Faustus, 16th to 19th September 2009
Betrayal, 24th to 27th June 2009
The Jungle Book, 23rd May 2009
Lies on their Lips: The Abingdon Murders, 31st March to 4th April 2009
Pride and Prejudice, 19th to 22nd November 2008
Improbable Fiction, 2nd to 5th July 2008
Separate Tables, 16th to 19th April 2008
Blue + Black and Blue Rooms, 12th to 14th March 2008
Jack and the Beanstalk, 11th to 12th and 17th to 19th January 2008
The Cripple of Inishmaan, 4th to 7th July 2007
The Owl and the Pussycat, 12th May 2007
Blinded by the Sun, 14th to 17th March 2007
The Glass Menagerie, 15th to 18th November 2006
Street Child, 8th April 2006
Macbeth, 29th March to 1st April 2006
The Prince and the Mermaid, 13th to 15th and 19th to 21st January 2006
The Memory of Water, 21st to 24th September 2005
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 6th to 9th July 2005
Amy's View, 16th to 19th March 2005
Pygmalion, 17th to 20th November 2004
The Canterbury Tales, 7th to 10th July 2004
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, 31st March to 3rd April 2004
Rapunzel, 8th to 11th and 15th to 17th January 2004
Breaking the Code, 24th to 27th September 2003
A Woman of No Importance, 16th to 19th July 2003
The Taming Of The Shrew, 19th to 22nd March 2003
Blood Wedding, 13th to 16th November 2002
Not Now Darling, 17th to 20th July 2002
We performed Effie's Burning at the 2002 Abingdon (ODNTF) drama festival and the Wallingford Festival, where we won the Punters' Prize.
Philadelphia, Here I Come, 20th to 23rd March 2002
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 11th to 13th and 17th to 19th January 2002
Effie's Burning and The Last Bread Pudding, 28th and 29th September 2001
This Happy Breed, 11th to 14th July 2001
The Provoked Wife, 21st to 24th March 2001