Category: News
Patsy Blackmore
Little Gaddesden Drama Club has learnt with great sadness of the death, on 5 February 2020, of our President Patsy Blackmore. Patsy has been a great friend to the Drama Club over many decades, and we will all miss her. We send our sympathy and best wishes to Patsy’s family. Please feel free to leave […]
Thicker than Water – a note from the author
Rehearsals are now well underway for our performance of Thicker than Water, written by local playwright and LGDC’s very own Patrick Isherwood. A brilliant cast and crew are hard at work bringing to life this comedy drama which explores family relationships, adoption and questions of nature and nurture. Here, Patrick provides a bit of an […]
“WIXIT means WIXIT!” listen to our latest radio play
WIXIT! is the sixth in a series of short plays by local author Trisha Wood under the general title Extraordinary Women. Written between 2008 and 2019 many of the plays have been performed in Little Gaddesden, both by the WI and Little Gaddesden Drama Club (LGDC). In 2013 the first five plays were recorded by […]
Dangerous Corner – some words on the cast
As the curtain closes on the final night of our performance of J.B. Priestley’s Dangerous Corner, we’d like to thank everyone involved for making it such a memorable and enjoyable experience. In his latest blog, Patrick Isherwood shines a light on the cast. One of the attractions of going to see an amateur production, […]
Some thoughts on Dangerous Corner
Our upcoming performance; J.B. Priestley’s Dangerous Corner is often described as a timeless classic. In his latest blog, Patrick Isherwood contemplates why this story has endured the test of time so successfully as well as some of the not so timeless elements of the play. Some things J.B Priestley’s play Dangerous Corner was first performed […]
And then it was done
And then it was done. The end of a production always produces mixed feelings. On the one hand there is relief that it is over, that one doesn’t have to worry about forgetting lines or otherwise messing up on stage. On the other there is a sadness at what has been lost, the camaraderie and […]