Amateur group sets wonderful example.(Amateur Theatre)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: June 21, 2000| Author: Slim, John | Copyright information

Amateur theatre, unfairly habitually derided by those who have either never seen it or have not seen enough of it to have any idea of the tremendous standards it often achieves, can be a hard task-master.

I have previously mentioned the resourcefulness of Rubery Drama Group, with its membership so small that in April, when it presented Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular, with its cast of six, it used up its entire membership on stage, apart from Wendy Pardoe, who was...

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