At Sheringham town community newspaper. North Norfolk England UK.

"Living Together" Stage Direct's production of Alan Ayckbourn's "Living Together" opened in Sheringham's Little Theatre on Thursday 7th November and ran until Saturday the 9th November 2002.

This play is the second of the Norman Conquests trilogy. The action and main story is centred on Norman (played effortlessly by Matt Warrington) and his affections for three women (his wife Ruth and his two sister-in-laws Annie and Sarah). This unlikely "Love Rat" attempts to seduce Annie (played by bubbly little Janice Marron) by persuading her to go on a dirty weekend break with him to East Grinstead. Annie's sister-in-law Sarah (played by the buoyant Alison Bonnington) and brother Reg (played by John Hodgkinson) are drafted to help with the unseen "mother" for the said weekend. However Norman's plans fall through, and Norman decides to drown his sorrows in a drunken stupour and falls asleep in the house. Revelations are afoot throughout, and poor Tom the dim vet (played by Nigel Manson) is somewhat confused with all the advice he is receiving, and is eventually drawn out of his "passive shell" by the turn of events as they unfold. Reg tries in vain to unite the family by trying out his new "home-made game". Norman's affections turn secondly to Sarah and finally back to his wife (played by Val Bull). We are, at the end, left feeling triumphant, yet as with many plays of this type there is a bitter sweet taste as to what might have been should the attempted betrayal lead to fruition. In this rendition, Sarah the aloof woman of the piece sets the pace. With the others falling effortlessly and beautifully into line around her. Each of the individual strengths of the actors were explored and truly tested with light, shade and timing. As with Ayckbourn's plays, strong characterisations of different demeanours are essential, adding pathos and depth. Stage direct's casting was well defined with the irony of the play well staged. The set was superbly, convincingly built and well designed adding to the overall ambience. The play was exceptionally well choreographed by the director Derek Bull and staged managed by David Bonnington. In all, this wrapped up yet another extremely successful run in this wonderful provincial theatre.

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Saturday November 30th Auction Sale Begins 11am Entries and viewing -Fri 29th 6pm - 9pm & Sat 30th 9am - 11am Salvation Army Hall: Cremer Street

The Two Lifeboats Hotel
The Two Lifeboats Hotel are now taking bookings for Christmas functions and parties Why don't you pop in and discuss your requirements with either Stephanie or Christine

2 The High Street, Sheringham. NR26 8JR Tel: 01263 822401 Fax: 01263 823130 Email: info@twolifeboats.co.uk

The Link Network Update
As a follow up to our article in issue one about the new Link Network for the youngsters of this town we thought we should bring you up to date with the progress. Some people believed our article to be critical of the project and that we were implying the Council is being underhand. We would like to state here most categorically, that this is MOST DEFINITELY NOT the case, we are in full support of this scheme. We realise exactly how much hard work is being put into this project on our behalf and the amount of time it takes to organise. Where the safety of our young is at stake, there is a lot more to it than just booking a bus! The project is still in it's infancy and when it does start, which will be very soon, it will continue to evolve, like all good schemes do. We will be bringing you updates at regular intervals, but meantime, volunteers are needed, please SUPPORT THIS SCHEME, it will benefit all of us, NOT just parents.