Overflowing with a much needed dose of the ‘feel good’ factor, ‘The Darling Buds of May’ bursts onto the stage of the Dolman Theatre next week. Probably best known as the television series which starred David Jason and launched the career of a young Catherine Zeta Jones, the stage adaptation of the story is packed with humour and frolics as we follow the fortunes of the irrepressible Larkin family.
Audiences will love the antics of Pop Larkin as he wheels and deals to provide for his large family, his buxom wife, Ma, who ensures all are well fed, and delightful daughter Mariette as she woos tax inspector ‘Charlie’ Charlton with trips to the Bluebell Wood. It’s a journey back to a nostalgic past, when the darling buds of May were blooming in an idyllic country paradise and all was right with the world – at least in the Larkin family!
‘The Darling Buds of May’ by H E Bates is at the Dolman Theatre from 17 – 21 February 2009 at 7.15pm with an extra matinee performance on the Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets are available by telephoning the theatre box office on 01633 263670 or 01633 656757. For information about joining Newport Playgoers Society phone or visit our website http://www.dolmantheatre.co.uk/
Audiences will love the antics of Pop Larkin as he wheels and deals to provide for his large family, his buxom wife, Ma, who ensures all are well fed, and delightful daughter Mariette as she woos tax inspector ‘Charlie’ Charlton with trips to the Bluebell Wood. It’s a journey back to a nostalgic past, when the darling buds of May were blooming in an idyllic country paradise and all was right with the world – at least in the Larkin family!
‘The Darling Buds of May’ by H E Bates is at the Dolman Theatre from 17 – 21 February 2009 at 7.15pm with an extra matinee performance on the Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets are available by telephoning the theatre box office on 01633 263670 or 01633 656757. For information about joining Newport Playgoers Society phone or visit our website http://www.dolmantheatre.co.uk/
