Our November 2015 production is The Teahouse of the August Moon by John Patrick, based on the novel by Vern Sneider, directed by Gill Lucas.
This is a light-hearted comedy about the American occupation of Japanese islands after the Second World War; it features a misfit captain sent to ‘Americanise’ a village and the wily village head man assigned to him as interpreter, who runs rings round him. Instead of building a pentagon-shaped school, the villagers inveigle the captain into building a teahouse, and instead of touristic merchandising, the captain happily comes up with a plan to mass-produce the local hooch, and sell it to the American bases. Fun and games ensue, amid the attentions of a graceful Geisha, and it is an open bet how the ‘Americanisation’ pans out.
Performance dates: 8pm on Thursday, 26th November, Friday, 27th November and Saturday 28th November at the Riddell Hall, Walton on the Hill. Doors and bars open at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Box office: 01737 812 703.
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