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Henley-on-Thames Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

Next production

The Boyfriend, 16th to 18th and 22nd to 24th April, 19:45 but 16:00 on Sunday 18th
Polly Browne, the original "poor little rich girl", and her school chums are dreaming about boys and the fancy dress ball that is to be held that evening, at Madame Dubonnet's finishing school that they are attending on the outskirts of Nice. However, Polly’s father, wealthy and widowed Percival Browne, has forbidden her to date for fear that all boys are after is her money, so Polly has invented an imaginary boyfriend that writes to her from Paris. As the hour of the ball draws nearer, Polly is in a panic as she will have to produce her Parisian boyfriend sooner or later or be proven a liar. A chance encounter with a delivery boy could be the answer to her dilemma, but all is not what it seems to be and Polly gets herself further and further into a muddle. Polly finds an unexpected ally in Head Mistress Madame Dubonnet, who is not above dreaming of lovers herself, for when she gets a letter to say that Polly's father will be visiting that very morning, she begins to wonder if he is handsome and rich and available! Of course, everything works out perfectly in the end for everyone, especially Polly and her imaginary boyfriend, who turns out to be very real indeed. With such delightful songs as I Could Be Happy With You and A Room in Bloomsbury, this show is perfect family entertainment.

Where

The Kenton Theatre, New Street, Henley-on-Thames. Click here for a map.

Box office

01491 575698.

Previous productions

Return to the Forbidden Planet, 15th to 21st November 2009
Fiddler on the Roof, 19th to 25th April 2009
Titanic - The Musical, 16th to 22nd November 2008
West Side Story, 20th to 26th April 2008
Stepping Out - The Musical, 11th to 17th November 2007
Calamity Jane, 13th to 21st April 2007
An Inconvenience, 14th January 2007
Pickwick, 17th to 25th November 2006
Tom Jones, 8th to 12th August 2006; outdoor production at Thamesfield
Summer Holiday, 31st March to 8th April 2006
Amadeus, 12th to 19th November 2005
Happy as a Sandbag, 23rd September to 1st October 2005
Oliver!, 15th to 23rd April 2005
Billy, 14th to 20th November 2004
Romeo and Juliet, 20th to 24th July 2004
Jesus Christ Superstar, 16th to 24th April 2004
Singin' in the Rain, 14th to 22nd November 2003
The Pirates of Penzance, 4th to 12th April 2003
The Beaux' Stratagem, 24th February to 1st March 2003
Oklahoma!, 25th October to 2nd November 2002