Audience with Murder - March 2012
by Roger Leach and Colin Wakefield
At Hasland Theatre, we like to think that we know our public. And we know that our audiences like nothing better than a good thriller.
This is a complex domestic multiple murder mystery, with a strong comic element, based on the relationships between two couples. Just as you think you've figured out what's going on, you will find yourself to be mistaken and having to revise your ideas.
So, keep your wits about you, prepare yourselves to be surprised at every turn and come along to see if you can solve the riddle of "Audience with Murder".
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - May 2012
by Dale Wasserman (and based on the novel by Ken Kesey)
Many of you will be familiar with the film of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which cemented the cinematic reputation of Jack Nicholson. It started life, however, as Ken Kesey's novel, published in 1962. The following year, it was adapted by Dale Wasserman as a stage play for Broadway. Randle McMurphy escapes criminal justice by faking insanity. He is duly sent to a mental institution for evaluation. He soon establishes himself as a an authority figure with the other inmates and eggs them on in a series of capers and attempted break-outs, to the increasing consternation of hospital staff.