Stage2 presents...
Our Town By Thornton Wilder
Wed
18th - Sat 21st July 2012 at 7.30pm
at
the Crescent Theatre, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B16 8AE
Tickets
just £9!
Since it was written in
1938, Our Town has been embraced as an
American classic, but Stage2 aim to bring the
beautifully written play to new audiences across the West Midlands in our
traditional portrayal of this literary treasure.
Our Town...a play in 3 acts.
This play is a story
about ordinary people living their ordinary lives in the ordinary little town
of New Hampshire. The play is delivered to us by the stage manager (played by
four actors in our production) who gently guides and creates the scene for us
upon the stage.
In the first act – ‘daily
life’, we see the lives and activities of the people in Grover’s corners. The
post- and milkmen doing their daily routine and the two main families on which
the story will focus -the Gibbs and the Webb’s with their children- George and
Emily -rushing off to school; We watch the choir sing their harmonious songs
and many more genuine characters that bring to life the 1900’s new Hampshire
town.
In the second act - Love and marriage, we see George and Emily evolving into mature adults and the act culminates with their beautiful, uplifting wedding.
Finally, we arrive at the third act - death and eternity. As we watch this act we see that quite a lot of things have changed in Grover’s corners. We learn some important lessons while the act unfolds; essentially that nothing is ordinary in life! Emily tells us: 'Oh, earth you're too wonderful for anybody to realise you. Do any human beings ever realise life while they live it?’
During the play the
Stage Manager explains that he is putting a copy of Our Town in a time
capsule...
“So people a thousand years
from now’ll know a few facts about us. This is the way we were: in our growing
up and in our marrying and in our living and in our dying” Thornton Wilder’s drama
is its own time capsule allowing the audience to glimpse turn-of-the-century
New England. As nostalgic as Our Town appears, the play also delivers powerful
life lessons, relevant to any generation:
1-Everything changes
(gradually)
2-Try to help others
(but know what cannot be helped)
3-Love transforms us
4-Carpe Diem (seize the
day!)
This promises to be a
stunning production of this classic text and is suitable for the whole family
so; why not use your imagination and let this play and these characters come
beautifully, charmingly and touchingly to life?
“Our claim, our hope, our despair are in the
mind- not in things not in ‘scenery’.
All tickets are at a great value of only £9.00 and
are on sale NOW! You can book via the crescent box office: 0121 643 5858 or www.crescent-theatre.co.uk
For more information on Stage2 visit our website www.stage2.org , email us on info@stage2.org or call us on 07961 018 841
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