New play Talking a Chance on Love - a comedy-drama - premieres at Scarborough's Shakespeare Gallery in April - be the first to see it
Be the first to see it – Taking a Chance on Love, a comedy-drama with songs – premieres in Scarborough later this year.
Written by the Scarborough News entertainments writer Sue Wilkinson, the two-hander features musical theatre actress Jeannette DuPont and Pickering Musical Society’s John Brooks and is helmed and produced by performer and director Tim Tubbs.
Edie Smith, played by Jeannette, never made the big time. A lonely retirement looms for the singer Edie Smith as she prepares to give her farewell performance, headlining Scarborough’s annual Seaside Sparkle at a venue they are about to demolish.
Grieving widower Les Manning, John, attends the show and braces himself to charm the woman he’s admired for so long.
Is it too late to take a chance on love one more time?
The show features songs made famous by Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Fred Astaire and Julie London, including Star!, Fever, Top Hat, That’s Life, Cry Me a River, You Make Me Feel So Young and the title song.
Taking a Chance on Love is on at Shakespeare Gallery, St Helen's Square, Scarborough, on Friday April 10 at 7pm; Saturday April 11 at 3pm and 7pm and Sunday April 12 ar 3pm.
Tickets £10 in advance from Scarborough Community Box Office www.scbo.co.uk or on the door.
There will be a bar available before and after each show.