Canoeing for Beginners
by Mike Yeaman
9 - 14 September 2024 7.15pm
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Frank Tyler has gone missing at sea; the assumption is that he has died in a tragic canoeing accident, leaving his widow Beryl and their two adult children, Carol and Keith, to grieve.
It seems an open and shut case until DS Andy Watts of Northumbria Police takes a particular interest; does Beryl know more than she is letting on? Spoiler alert: the answer is ‘Of course, yes!’
The scene shifts from South Shields to a shabby hotel in Havana, Cuba, where Beryl and Frank (for it is he!) begin their new life in the sun. But the unexpected arrival of DS Watts, Carol, Keith, and the intrusive attentions of an eccentric Cuban official, see Frank and Beryl’s plans start to unravel. A fast-paced comic take on a familiar story; but as playwright Mike Yeaman insists; “any similarity to persons living or pretending to be dead is entirely coincidental”
Director
Tim Clark
Cast
Nicola Bache
Nathan Butterfield
Edward Martin Collins
Colette Knowles
Matthew Mélone
Production Team
To be confirmed
About Mike Yeaman
Mike Yeaman was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and lives in Northumberland. He has an extensive background as an actor, having appeared in such TV favourites as Coronation Street, Byker Grove and The Dumping Ground. He has also written for Spitting Image and Smack the Pony. Besides writing he works as a tutor of drama and role-play training, as well as producing and directing. His play Lucky Numbers won the People’s Theatre People’s Play award in 2008, and was staged by the Progressive Players in 2017.
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Running time approximately 2 hours 25 minutes.
