Stewarton Drama Group Autumn Production

Stewarton Area Centre

Thursday 7 October

Friday 8 October

Saturday 9 October

7.30pm

Tickets £7.00

The Odd Couple Comes to Stewarton

...but with a twist!

The award-winning Stewarton Drama Group are all set to bring the hugely popular stage play of Neil Simon's 'The Odd Couple'  to Stewarton this Autumn ........but with a twist!

In 1986, Neil Simon re-wrote his original Tony Award winning script of ‘The Odd Couple' to create a brand new FEMALE version, replacing original male flat-mates, ‘Oscar' and ‘Felix' and transforming them into two fabulous new FEMALE lead characters ‘Olive' and ‘Florence'!

And it's this alternative rewrite of the classic comedy play that the Stewarton group have chosen to bring to their audiences this Autumn!

Tickets are expected to sell out fast for the hit show which will be presented in the theatre in the Stewarton Area Centre at 7.30pm on Thursday 7th, Friday 8th & Saturday 9th October 2010.

The play follows the escapades of cynical, wise cracking, divorcee Olive (Linda Wilson) - a laid-back tomboy slob of a woman, who detests housework and cooking - as she takes pity on her friend, the totally neurotic Florence (Caren McLean), and invites her to move into her apartment after the breakdown of Florence's marriage. Florence is fussy, manically obsessive, and a house-proud hypochondriac. There can be no Odder Couple!

The result of their union, is a highly entertaining battle of wills that mirrors their own failed marriages, and tests their friendship to the limit.

The four best friends of Olive and Florence - the sarcastic Sylvie (Fiona Rowley), trendy Renee (Michelle Barnett), loopy Vera (Suzie MacLeod) and New York City cop Mickey (Ann Burley) - feature strongly throughout the play, as each of the women is slowly driven mad by the doomed flat sharing arrangements of their mismatched, incompatible friends, the Odd Couple!

The chalk and cheese relationship of Olive and Florence is a comedy treasure trove, culminating in a fabulously funny but disastrous double dinner date with the two Spanish brothers who live in the upstairs apartment - Manolo (Johnnie McPherson) and Hayzoos (Ryan Lynch). The catastrophic evening is packed with laughs and comedy misunderstanding as the foursome try, and fail, to overcome the language barriers.

Director of the show, Laura McPherson said:
"If you're looking for an entertaining evening of sheer escapism, this play could prove just the ticket!

"The Odd Couple is a fun-filled, feel-good tale of the triumph of female friendship, featuring endearing characters and some stand out comedy moments.

"Neil Simon's witty New York dialogue is slick, sharp and funny - very similar in style to the modern American sit-coms. In fact....you could say we're bringing our very own brand of "Friends" and "Desperate Housewives" to Stewarton !"

The evening will include a 20 minute interval, during which a licensed bar will be on sale.
All tickets for the show are priced at £7.00 each.

Tickets are on sale every day at Stewarton Library and Candy Chace, the coffee shop in the town's High Street.

Ticket reservations are also being taken by emailing Stewarton Drama Group.

Don't miss your chance to see local theatre at its best !