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Present Laughter

Present Laughter

  • <i class="fa fa-users" aria-hidden="true"></i>: Lyndhurst Drama and Musical Society
  • <i class="fa fa-building" aria-hidden="true"></i>: Vernon Theatre, Lyndhurst
  • <i class="fa fa-pencil-square" aria-hidden="true"></i>: Anne Waggott
  • <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i>: 19 July 2018
At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, say both his estranged wife and long-suffering secretary, to be having numerous affairs. His line in harmless, infatuated debutantes is largely tolerated, but playing closer to home is not; just before he escapes on tour to Africa the full extent of his misdemeanours is discovered – and all hell breaks loose. On a hot and sultry summer evening in the intimate and compact venue of Vernon Theatre, there is much to enjoy in this production of Noël Coward’s light-hearted and witty comedy. Director
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Murder in Play

  • <i class="fa fa-users" aria-hidden="true"></i>: Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society
  • <i class="fa fa-building" aria-hidden="true"></i>: Vernon Theatre - Lyndhurst
  • <i class="fa fa-pencil-square" aria-hidden="true"></i>: Lloyd Perry
  • <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i>: 26.10.17
When the lights fall dark at the end of a rehearsal (or during!) how different are the actors in real life? What are their relationships? How do actors interact with each other and the director? What would push you into murdering the leading actress? These were all the questions that Lyndhurst Drama and Musical Society are asking in their latest offering, Murder in Play, a murder mystery comedy by Simon Brett. Without wanting to give too much away, the play focuses on the murder of the leading actress, Renee Savage (Hilary Causey) in Boris Smolensky (Richard Barnett), a budding Director’s,
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Blood Brothers

  • <i class="fa fa-users" aria-hidden="true"></i>: Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society
  • <i class="fa fa-building" aria-hidden="true"></i>: Vernon Theatre - Lyndhurst
  • <i class="fa fa-pencil-square" aria-hidden="true"></i>: John Newth
  • <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i>: 20.07.17
Like half the western world, I am familiar with the musical version of Blood Brothers. What I did not realise is that Willy Russell originally wrote it as a straight play, with no music, for a Merseyside youth theatre group. It is the play that Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society are offering, which gives the evening added interest because it raises the questions of how much the addition of music changes a play, and whether it is for the better. ‘Hugely’ is the answer to the first question (think Pygmalion and My Fair Lady), while the second is as irrelevant
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Sleighed to Death

Sleighed to Death

Lyndhurst Musical and Dramatic Society    The Vernon Theatre, LyndhurstDarren Funnell 31 January 2026 There is a particular kind of reassurance that comes from arriving at the Vernon Theatre and realising, almost instantly, that the set is going to be the smartest thing in the room. Lyndhurst Musical and Dramatic Society’s Sleighed to Death greets you with a country-house interior by Rob Davis and Brian Buck that doesn’t so much suggest the 1930s as confidently manspread across them. Velvet wallpaper, a chaise lounge of real authority, and an overall sense of inherited wealth make full use of the Vernon stage and quietly
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