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Everyman clubnight programme

Programme 2007

April 9

Beckett shorts - an opportunity to limber up on some of Beckett’s shorter plays while waiting for Godot to turn up in May

Clubroom 8pn

April 16

No Club Night tonight, so that members can support the production of Antonio Alessio’s The Zero Hour on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

April 23

A Grimm evening of folk tales.

Clubroom 8pm

April 30

For some light relief from Surrealism and Absurdism, come and join in an evening of melodrama with ‘Black-Eyed Susan’.

Clubroom 8pm

May 7

Eric Hadley will be giving members the background to his forthcoming production of Georg Buchner’s Woyzeck in November 2008 — including extracts from the text, a preview of some of the music specially written for this production, all you need to know if you are thinking of auditioning.

Clubroom 8pm

May 14

No Club Night this week; members support the production of Waiting for Godot in Chapter Theatre all this week.

Chapter Theatre 7:30 pm

May 21

With the local elections just behind us, this season’s Club Nights will end with a presentation of Denis Potter’s Vote,Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton.

Clubroom 8pm

History of the clubnight

The title Club Night was commonly used in the fifties and sixties by organizations in order to exploit a loophole in the law. The loophole allowed night-clubs and theatre companies to put on shows that were deemed not fit for public or theatre audiences as instructed by the Lord Chamberlain’s department. The performances had to be put on for free and only for the benefit of ‘friends’ and members of the company. Many well known plays like John Osborne’s A Patriot for Me started life in this manner.

The origins of Everyman’s own club night season stem from that period and the name club night (or clubnight) has remained ever since. Club nights are free for anybody to attend and you don’t have to be a member. They are held every Wednesday at 8:00 pm at Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd., Canton, Cardiff, from September to May unless otherwise stated.

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