One of the short plays written through the Anyone Can Write programme was premiered on stage at HfC yesterday afternoon. With Cornwall's WI holding their conference here, we felt it was an excellent opportunity to stage one of the short plays written by one of their members who took part in the writing programme.
"On With the Show" was a hilarious short play written by Jane Curnow who was in the auditorium to see her play come to life. It followed the course of a small committee meeting to decide the "theme" for their stall. There was a hint of "Vicar of Dibley" about the proceedings and much of the humour clearly struck a chord with audience members who recognised aspects of the characters that will be familiar to many; the nervous, officious chairperson, the well intentioned "helpful" person willing to donate anything from a whistle to a racehorse and the inevitable committee member who forgets to switch off their mobile.
Alongside the important business of the meeting there was some sharply scripted and funny gossip, including the women who had "gone out" after "finding him on the internet". This was the subject of much discussion as he was far too big for her, and grey! Only after some clever double entendre do we discover they are talking about a greyhound, not a man off a dating site!
"On With the Show" had a cast of four actors, including Kate Edney who played Princess Jill in last year's panto at Hall for Cornwall. Kate met up with Jane before the play for a photo (above) and told her the actors had really enjoyed working with the script which had had them falling about with laughter. It was certainly very well received by the WI.
ANYONE CAN WRITE has benefited from funding from FEAST and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. We are also grateful to our stakeholders, Cornwall Council and Arts Council, England, for their ongoing support.
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