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Common Ground Theatre Company Present<br />
A Season of Mirth,<br />
This <strong>Autumn</strong> & Xmas<br />
For several years now, Suffolk-based Common Ground Theatre<br />
Company have been bringing their distinctive brand of music<br />
theatre - with powerful stories, good jokes, strong emotions and just<br />
a touch of the surreal, to venues across East Anglia.<br />
This autumn and winter, they'll be presenting two brand new<br />
comedies. From Sept 13, they'll be touring A Sidecar Named<br />
Despair! by Pat Whymark & Julian Harries, featuring Harries and<br />
Dick Mainwaring, reprising the roles they created for Common<br />
Ground's 2013 comedy, Stuff In The Attic. “Pat Whymark’s latest<br />
play is very funny indeed” (East Anglian Daily Times).<br />
"It's about the fall-out when two misfit brothers are forced to houseshare<br />
- with all the "life-baggage" they bring with them", explains<br />
Julian. "My character has a shady past involving dubious small-time<br />
gangsters, which is about to overtake both their lives. One of the<br />
big challenges is to create a comedy motorbike/car chase in small<br />
theatres". Julian and Pat, the creative forces behind Common<br />
Ground, relish such challenges, having produced many weird and<br />
wonderful Xmas shows for Eastern Angles Theatre Co.<br />
This year though, they're presenting their own Xmas show,<br />
"Sherlock Holmes & The Warlock of Whitechapel", a hilarious<br />
musical spoof on Conan Doyle's much loved detective stories, with<br />
Holmes & Watson investigating dark mystical rites and nefarious<br />
goings-on among the wharfs and sewers of East London.<br />
Dick Mainwaring & Julian Harries in Sherlock Holmes & The Hooded<br />
Lance (2017)<br />
A Sidecar Named Despair! tours throughout East Anglia from Sept<br />
13 to October 26.<br />
"Sherlock Holmes & The Warlock of Whitechapel" runs from<br />
December 12 to January 19, playing at Harkstead VH (Dec 12)<br />
Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge (Dec 13-14), John Peel Centre,<br />
Stowmarket (Dec 15-17), Headgate Theatre, Colchester (Dec 19-<br />
21), St Marys Hall, Walton (Dec 26-28), Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall (Jan<br />
1-3), Diss Corn Hall (Jan 4), Wolsey Studio, Ipswich (Jan 8-18) &<br />
Zinc Arts, Ongar (Jan 19).<br />
For full tour details and booking, call 07807 341364, or visit their<br />
website: www.commongroundtc.co.uk
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