Rookery Nook
Last Update 05-Mar-2008
From Monday 20th March 2000
To Saturday 25th March 2000
Director's Notes
Farce: "A play in which the action is trivial and mirth the sole purpose"This is the dictionary definition and few fulfil it better than Ben Travers. There is no deep, meaningful sub-plot or hidden emotions. It is a frothy soufflé of chinless wonders, harmless philanderers, innocent girls, a grumpy daily, an eccentric admiral, the odd ogre or two, not forgetting the dog and the cat; all bound up in the manners of the twenties.
The cast have had enormous fun and many fits of the giggles during rehearsals and our earnest hope is that you, our audience, will have as much enjoyment.
Ben Travers
A brilliant farce from the twenties. Prepare to be transported back to a time when there were such things as improper hours, hen-pecked husbands and innocent newly weds. Laughs galore as two young men struggle to prevent themselves being caught in anything like a semblance of compromising circumstances while a young girl flits in and out of rooms in a pair of men's pyjamas.It's fast! It's furious! It's all innocent fun!
Press Release 1
GOOD OLD FASHIONED FUNThe Nonentities' last two plays (Separate Tables and Skylight) have been serious dramas of love and pain so it's time for some fun! And what could be more obviously entertaining than the classic farce Rookery Nook by star comedy writer of the 1920s, Ben Travers? The latest in the Nonentities "best of British" season will take Kidderminster audiences back to the Upstairs Downstairs mentality of the early twentieth century and a time when young men needed to avoid too much familiarity with the opposite sex for fear of tarnished reputations and parental repercussions. Of course, in true farce style keeping up appearances is easier said than done and let's face it there is perhaps nothing more compromising than a young beauty slipping in and out of one's bedroom wearing only a pair of men's pyjamas when you're supposedly attached to another girl! How did she come to be there? What lengths will the two young men go to to ensure she isn't discovered? And what does her guardian think of all this? The hysterical, far-fetched answers to all these questions and a host of other daffy situations will be answered from 20th to 25th March at The Rose Theatre. Tickets start at £5. Reserve a seat for some high energy laughter on 01562 743745.
Press Release 2
BLAST FROM THE PASTAngry German step-fathers, witty dialogue, scantily clad maidens, nosy neighbours, henpecked husbands, improbable coincidences, hastily concocted excuses. Where else could we be but 1920s farce? The Nonentities next show will be the riotous Rookery Nook, one of theatre's chestnuts and crack comedy writer Ben Travers's most loved scripts. If you like your drama stylish but with just a hint of sauce, fast but not necessarily loose, but primarily fun in the form of situations careering out of control, furious exchanges, clean and innocent naughtiness, then catch the whole far-fetched but wildly funny story from March 20th to 25th at The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster. You wouldn't believe the bother caused by Gerald Popkiss renting a holiday house and having to start his vacation without his wife Clara who is looking after her sick mother. But then perhaps he shouldn't have gone away with his silly twerp cousin, Clive... Tickets for this popular crowd-pleaser are available from 01562 743745 from as little as £5. Laugh yourself silly for a flyer!