The reviews said:-

"...in Angela Truby's delightfully idiosyncratic Then They Came for Me, impassioned socialist Barbara Castle may be dead but she haunts single mum Shona with terrifying vigour"

Then They Came for Me

Oh You Pretty Things

Bill Maxsted's Most Excellent Adventure

Angels Never Leave Heaven

Baby Look at Me

Maire McKenna's Ordinary Life

Cherry Ice Cream Smile

Much Too Young

Gwen's Stockings

Commissioned by Yellow Leaf Theatre Company.
Toured 21st April to 7th May 2005.

Soon after Bill retires his wife leaves him to his vast vinyl collection because he's boring, he's stuck in 1972 and he's never learnt to text. Where did he go wrong? Then he meets Maggie – a force of nature – and Bill becomes her pet project. Together they embark on an adventure that forces them to face their demons and brings a new life for them both.

Set to a backing track of Bills music this play will make you laugh, make you cry and most of all make you wish you still had that special edition copy of Rubber Soul with the extra track on side two.

The reviews said:-

“Deserved every clap and cheer for it's terrific script and eminently likeable characters.”

“…Hugely enjoyable production with an abundance of laughs…warrants every round of applause it gets.”

New Tour Dates

Sept 30th  -  Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston

Oct 1st      -  Otley Courthouse , Otley

Oct 18th   -   Stafford Gatehouse Studio

Oct  21/22  - York Theatre Royal, Studio

The Pomegranate Theatre presents a story of Robinson's Angels.
Original Performance dates 11-15 th May 2004.

What unfolds tests the friendship between Irene and Beryl to breaking point. Gladys ends up in trouble she cannot get out of. And Edna finds courage when it's needed most.

A slice of life from a time when you paid your subs to the perm club, a glass of compo cured your ills and you carried the pain of separation every day.

The reviews said:-

 “Truby's well researched script and four talented actors re-create the world in affectionate detail.”

 “The audience loved every minute.”

 


Toured

The Palace Theatre, Mansfield on the 1st and 2nd June 2005.

The Theatre, Middlesbrough on the 4th June 2005.

The Civic, Doncaster on the 8th June 2005.

The Sheffield Crucible from the 9 – 10th June 2005 (included a Saturday matinee)

Behind the Scenes Photo Montage

Take a look at the rehearsal process of this tour...click here...

Commissioned by New Perspectives Theatre Company for their youth theatre.

Original performance dates May 6th 2003 for New Perspectives. 5th and 6th June 2004 for Pomegranate Senior Youth theatre.

This play was formed from a collaboration between 25 12-15 year olds and actress and director Carole Copeland. Influenced by Pop Idol, Pop Stars and Fame Academy , Baby Look at Me is the story of a talented singer/songwriter Charlie and how she must decide between Danny ‘The Starmaker' Diamond's offer of fame and money or succeeding the hard way by being true to herself.

Baby Look at Me examines talent over chutzpah, hard work over easy street and ultimately what really matters in life love and friendship or fame and money.

Shortlisted for broadcast by BBC Northern Ireland.

An every woman story of Northern Ireland. Maire McKenna puts her life back together after losing her husband Gerry and like her Province she must come to a decision. Should she leave behind her old life and begin again or should she retain her old ideals to the detriment of herself and all those around her.

Shortlisted for the Pomegranate New Playwrights Competition.

It's 1983. Anna and Leanne are two15 year olds who blag their way into the NEC to try and meet Duran Duran. But that day changes both their lives and neither returns from Birmingham the same girl.

Laura and Theo work in the same office. He's 21, has travelled the world and is temping. She's 19, engaged to be married and has never left Derby . Theo decides this situation has to change. But can Theo persuade Laura to ditch her fiancée and travel to Australia ? And should Laura really trust him and go?

Gwen's had the same stockings stall on Chesterfield Market for years. During the 2 nd world war she monitors the selling of her stockings with an iron rod. As the young girls beg, cajole and abuse Gwen develops a system to identify the truly needy. Because if there's one thing Gwen knows above all else it's true love.