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4Gulf Daily NewsTuesday, 25th June 2013Email: gdnnews@gdn.com.bhA talented cast brings the Sixties back to life...Iwas incrediblyimpressed by ManamaTheatre Club’sproduction of Be MyBaby.The production was onpar with the high-quality, medium-budgetplays often on in London.The play by Amanda Whittingdon is anaccount of four young girls who arepregnant out of wedlock, and are in ahome for young mothersto-be.Set in the early 1960s, itexplores the stark contrastBe My Baby, by Manama Theatre Club, British Club, Adliya, 8pmtonight and tomorrow night. Tickets, BD5 for club members andBD7 for non members, on sale at the club and the Great Deli Cafe,Najibi Centre, Saar. Call 17728245 for more information.and a news bulletin is read out, with eachscene change giving the audience a newtidbit about the era.It’s then followed by a top hit of the time,with 60s gems such as The Beatles’A Hard Day’s Night, TheCrystals’ Then He Kissed Meand Rory Orbison’s It’s Over.This stroke of genius meansthat you’re transported to theof the free love movementand the reality that despite By LAALA KASHEF ALGHATA 60s more fully, and has thepsychedelic music and bigera constantly reinforced inspeeches, girls were still being sent away your mind instead of relying on faultywhen they fell pregnant.memories and guesswork.The play focuses on Mary Adams (played Producers and directors Rory Adamsonby Palmyra Mattner), a 19-year-old girl and Marina Tadayon do a fantastic jobwho is seven months pregnant when her with utilising the stage and boosting themother (played by Rosemary Lee) takes actresses’ stage presence through someher to the maternity home.sequences that give each character theirShe is put under the guidance of prim,time to shine.no-nonsense matron (Julia Doorne), and The play is bolstered by the talent of itsmeets three other girls, Queenie (Hannah cast, as there wasn’t a single weak link inLynch), Dolores (Jenny Cairns) andthe chain.Norma (Hayley Furness).Palmyra did a wonderful job as theOne of the best aspects of the play was conflicted Mary, and Ms Cairnsn A scene from the playsomething not in the original script –often stole the show as the cheerful,and Ms Lynch completely embodied hera lovely touch born from an idea bysometimes slightly muddled Dolores. role as the heartbroken, dirty-mouthedassistant director Tony Wilson.Ms Doorne’s halting, primly-spokenrealist.During scene changes, the stage blacks out speech was pitch-perfect for the role, However, hats off to Ms Furness for reallyMan saved frombeing seven months pregnant andperforming wonderfully regardless –proving that the show certainly must goon!Teenager diesafter beinghit by truckBy Aniqa Haiderburning houseFIREMEN entered a burning housein West Eker to rescue a 65-yearoldman yesterday.Bahraini Hassan Ali was carried outof his home after his relatives ran to thestreets calling for help.He suffered from smoke inhalationdue to the blaze that broke out on theground floor of his home at around1pm.He was taken to hospital, where hereceived urgent treatment. However,By Aniqa Haiderno one was seriously injured in thefire.Passer-by Jaffar Ali, who called theCivil Defence, described the blacksmoke that filled the house, making itdifficult to enter.“I went to a nearby supermarketwhere I saw three women asking motoristsfor help,” he said.“They looked helpless as thereweren’t many cars. I pulled over andone of them started crying, saying thereis a fire in her house.“I immediately went to the house andthey asked me to enter and rescue MrAli, but I refused as I could see a lotof smoke.“I called the Civil Defence whoarrived and doused the fire on theground floor.“They then went to the first floor andrescued Mr Ali.”It was claimed that 10 people lived inthe house, including three children.Sources said the fire started whenchildren were playing in a room on theground floor.Civil Defence confirmed the incidenton its Twitter account.“Civil Defence personnel rescued anelderly from his house that caught firein West Ekar and prevented it fromspreading into other rooms,” it said.aneeqa@gdn.com.bhn A ceremony was held to award participants of Sri Lankan Club’s Symposium of Toastmasters. The event, at Seashell Hotel in Adliya, featured the distributionof appreciation awards to participants and was held under the patronage of Sri Lankan Ambassador Anura Rajakaruna. Above, Mr Rajakaruna, fourth from left,with other officials and club members.AN Omani teenager was killedwhen he was hit by a truck inManama yesterday morning.Ayoub Ali Ismaeel AlBaloushi, 18, was crossing theroad when a truck driven by anAsian man ran him over.It happened at around 7amnear the Central Market inManama.Police arrested the Asian,who was reportedly drivingwithout a licence, said sources.Mr Al Baloushi became the35th known person to havedied in traffic related accidentsthis year.Bahrainis Manal AdelQambar and Ramla AliAlaskari died on their waytowards Hamad Town whenthe car they were travelling incrashed through a metal barrierand plunged 15 metres to theground last Thursday.Survivor Sana Ali Awadh,26, was driving and is said tobe in stable condition.Court sets newdate for verdictLAWYERS have requested acourt to push back the verdictdate of a police lieutenant,who allegedly mistreated aninmate.The Lower Criminal Courtwas due to issue a ruling yesterdayin the case of the policewoman,who is facing an assaultcharge.However, defence lawyersrequested more time to submittheir final arguments. The judgeadjourned the case to July 10.The victim, opposition poetAyat Al Qurmozi, earlier testifiedagainst her alleged attackerduring a closed hearing.Ms Al Qurmozi was previouslyjailed for 12 months by theNational Safety Court for recitinga poem that incited hatredagainst the regime, but was laterpardoned.