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"Moon Landing" nominated for TMA Best Musical Production award.

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The Killing of Sister George

By Frank Marcus
Directed by Cal McCrystal
13th September - 18th October 2008

Starring the Perrier Award winning star of "Grumpy Old Women", Jenny Éclair as ‘Sister George’, with Carla Mendonça, Catherine Hamilton, and Joy McBrinn.

The "killing" in the title is a metaphorical death — that of "Sister George," a smarmy apple-cheeked do-gooder who stars in a sentimental BBC series about village life. "George" is played in the series by June Buckridge, a brassy, bitchy, hard-drinking lesbian who’s the antithesis of the sickeningly sweet character she plays. In spite of the enormous popularity of George, her "death" is inevitable due to the constant embarrassments to the BBC of the woman who plays her. Her indecencies are quite public; they include enraged walkouts from the set, drunken binges, and most egregiously, an assault on two novitiate nuns in a taxi.

This rip-roaring black comedy will be directed by award winning clown and comedy director Cal McCrystal

“the brains behind some of the funniest theatre in Britain” the Independent

"A highly watchable & very adept production...Madam Xenia (Joy McBrinn) is like Mrs Doyle on acid....Jenny Eclair plays Sister George with great aplomb" BBC Radio Derby

"This is a show that deserves to bring back audiences....Jenny Eclairs powerful comic persona dominates....The fact that a new production is back on the Derby Playhouse stage is cause for celebration." Derby Evening Telegraph.

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