OK, Boomer! will be showcased on Saturday 9 May at 2pm at DunsPlayFest26 Nearly 50 years ago…Had you lingered by the side of the winding ‘heads of the valleys’ road in the very early 80’s, you may have heard the laboured sound of a dilapidated ex-Post Office van and watched as it trundled around the various towns and villages of South Wales, on its way to fulfil one of its many ‘community theatre’ dates.   Inside this windowless vehicle, six actors, a handful of costumes, a few bags of...

Writing a play can be very arduous and quite lonely. By the time the final draft is written I’m usually sick of my own words having read them over again and again, agonising over whether “that line is funny enough?” and wondering “does that line convey the message I’m trying to put across?” Eventually I can’t even begin to look at it. But all that changes at the first readthrough when actors give voice to my characters and the words leap off the page, afresh and anew. Their deliveries and...

Having fun at DPF! Have you ever mused that it would be good to live in a city where there is so much going on? Concerts, theatres, dances, clubs, restaurants… I could be out every evening (and spend a fortune on tickets!) Living in rural Berwickshire we are much more restricted for choice but one thing is clear - things only happen when people step forward with ideas and enthusiasm and have the energy to carry them out. It’s no coincidence that Bob Noble’s fabulous play ‘Nothing ever happens...