Gilbride, Andy

Treasure Island

This year's panto sees us meeting outside the Admiral Benbow Inn owned by Aunt Sally Forth, assisted by her son Jack and his sister Mary. In on the tide comes Long John Silver who holds one half of a treasure map. With him are his merry band of henchmen, Jolly Roger and Blind Pugh & Israel hands and Ben Gunn;

Jim Hawkins, joins the above mentioned along with Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey, not forgetting Spot the Dog and together we all sail off on The Hispaniola in search of the long lost treasure. Sally Forth holds the other half of the map and Silver tries to get his hands on it any way he can by hook or by crook!

Arriving on the desert island everyone goes off in search of the treasure which leads to much skull duggery. Who will find the treasure, and will we have a happy ever after?




The Yellow On The Broom

Betsy Whyte was born into a traveller family in 1919 and brought up in the age old tradition of the 'mist people' - constantly moving around the country and settling down in one place only during the winter. It was while the family were 'housed up' at this time of the year that she received her education, attending a number of village schools before winning a scholarship to Brechin High School, where she was the only traveller child. She gave up the traveller life when she married in 1939 and started writing about her childhood in the 1970s.

The Yellow On The Broom is the first part of her autobiography. Not only is it a fascinating insight into the life and customs of traveller people in the 1920s and 30s, it is also a thought proving account of human strength and weakness, courage and cowardice, understanding and prejudice by a sensitive and entertaining writer.




Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Our annual pantomine for 2006 is "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by Stephen Duckam. As usual this show will take place in Carnoustie High School's Theatre.

Snow White is eighteen and to Queen Malevolent’s rage is pronounced ‘fairest in the land’ by the Spirit of the Mirror. Handsome Prince Rupert arrives at court and is instantly attracted to Snow White...




Sequinned Suits and Platform Boots

Shakey Threwer invites the audience to take a trip back with him to the early seventies to the era of his youth, when he and his 14 year old friends tried to form a glam rock band. Poor Shakey's life (like any other 14-year-olds) doesn't quite go to plan.

The play is linked together with music of the time.

This Show was put on as a charity event for the following local societies and charities

Panbride Youth Group , Innes Wilson Trust , Tayside Special Olympics , Explorer Scouts , Carnoustie Walkers , Diabetics UK [Angus Branch] , Carnoustie Girl Guides




One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is set in the day room of a state mental hospital. It deals with the change in status quo when an inmate of the local prison feigns insanity to escape the work farm. Randle P McMurphy's arrival on the ward has a dramatic effect on his fellow inmates and life on the ward will never be the same again.

David Cheape chose the above play, based on the best selling novel by Ken Kesey and perhaps best remembered as an iconic film of the 1970’s starring Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd and Louise Fletcher, as his 3rd production for CTC .

The original play premiered on Broadway in 1963 starring Gene Wilder and Kirk Douglas. It was revised from three to two acts in 1971 and ran for 1,025 performances, helping launch Danny DeVito into the public eye. In 2004 the play took the Edinburgh Festival and then the West End by storm starring Christian Slater, Mackenzie Crook and Frances Barber.

 








Peter Pan

Peter Pan, like its namesake, is a tale which never ages. Children and adults alike have all fallen under the spell of Neverland, a place where children can fly and exciting, and frightening, adventures happen every single day.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of J.M. Barrie Carnoustie Theatre Club, were delighted to present the stage version of his much loved book "Peter Pan".
In 1985 Piers Chater Robinson adapted JM Barrie’s book for the stage. Piers' innovative Peter Pan musical score is well known and loved, performed in professional and amateur productions world-wide. The ever loved favourites are still there – Peter Pan, Wendy, John, Michael, the dastardly Captain Hook, pirates, fairies and death defying feats of flying!