Curtain up on Scarborough playwright's latest work One of Us at Burniston and Cloughton Village Hall
Scarborough-based theatre company Bananadrama is bring a new play – One of Us – to Burniston and Cloughton Village Hall later this year.
The comoany is once more teaming up with experienced guest director Duncan Lewis to bring the new full-length play to the stage.
One of Us is written by Scarborough-based Shari Gledhill, who has been writing plays for more than 25 years.
It tells the story of three sisters who are preparing to bury their mother.
After the funeral, they meet to discuss a family secret that has been kept hidden for many years.
At last, they can celebrate a new member of the family – at least until another, darker secret threatens to blow the family apart.
Will they be able to reconcile with their new reality? And what will happen to anyone who gets in their way?
Th cast is Chris Parrinder, Lisa Goodfellow, Rachel Emerson, Kate Woodward-Hay and Bette Davis.
Shari was the first recipient of the Russell Whiteley Award for New Writing at the 42nd Sedgefield Drama Festival.
She won this award for her play These Are the Days, which she also directed.
Other Successes include the Originality Award at the Sedgefield Drama Festival for her play De-Friend. She took her play Histoy Man to the event last year.
She is a co-director of Bananadrama, which specialises in producing original work.
One of Us is part of this year’s Scarborough Fringe event and is on at Burniston and Cloughton Village Hall on
Tickets are available from Thursday June 11 to Saturday June 13, daily at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £10 and are available on the door and online at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/oneofus