Charley, Herbie, Joe and John by Derek Routledge

Background

Charley, Herbie, Joe and John is a play about five men who share a love of walking together, where they can escape for a while from the demands and commitments of their individual day to day. When an event which occurs on a trip together which changes the life of one of them, all their lives are altered. Their walking together is stopped. In the conflicts that follow they find things out that they never knew.

This is an ensemble play with pathos, comedy, conflict, and strong individual parts. The play has an all male cast. It requires a commitment to working together with two parts for actors in their 40s, one in his 50s, two in their later thirties to early forties.

The play is booked for Chapter Main Theatre for December 14th, 15th, 16th. The venue for the 12th and 13th is still being decided.

Auditions

Auditions took place at Chapter Everyman Clubroom on July 22nd

Award winning author!

Derek's play 'The War on Television' has been awarded the Runner Up Prize in the Cued Up Playwriting Competition run by the Off the Shelf Festival of Writing and Reading in collaboration with Sheffield Theatres and with sponsorship by hlw commercial lawyers.

The Judge was Samuel West, Artistic Director of the Sheffield Theatres. As part of the Festival both the winner and runner up will be performed in a rehearsed reading in the 400 seat Sheffield Crucible Studio Theatre at 7.30 on October 30th, before an invited audience and members of the public.

Tickets are available from the Sheffield Crucible Box Office. Derek would like to say a heartfelt thanks to all friends and members of Everyman Theatre who have given warmth, support and encouragement to his writing over recent years.

More News: Drama Association of Wales Award

The War on Television has also been awarded the DAW Award for Best Play for Youth Cast 16-25 Years.

The 2006 DAW this year received the largest number of entries in its history for this particular competition, from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland, along with France, Spain, Japan, New Zealand, the United States of America, Canada, and Australia.

Publication and promotion of the play is awarded as part of the Best Play Prize from the DAW.

Thanks again for support and help from Everyman Theatre, along with Script Yorkshire also.