Good-humoured play set to bring the laughs to
Tyneside audiences
GSOH
By Peter Drake
Gateshead Little Theatre
Tuesday 18th - Saturday 22nd June 2019
Set around the millennium, Peter Drake’s
play, GSOH, follows three clueless middle-aged men finding their way
through the minefield of the personal ads, always a rich source of
entertainment for the casual reader. Colin is an easy-going widower with a
taste for adventure, Geordie is a much-divorced lorry driver, who doesn’t mince
his words and Charles is a pedantic teacher with an outdated vision of romance.
Against all the odds, this ill-assorted trio
decide to set themselves up as an escort agency. After a spectacularly
unsuccessful first endeavour, they decide to enlist the help of a manager, the
polished, professional (and terrifying) Maxine. Then the fun really begins….
The play is produced and directed by Peter
Drake who wrote the script at
the Tyne Theatre and Opera House.
Colin is played by Stephen Stokoe, a familiar face from
musical theatre and pantomime in the region, most recently seen as Nathan
Detroit in Guys and Dolls at the Tyne
Theatre and Opera House.
Maxine is played
by Shirley Spoors, who started her stage life at age 14 performing with Youth
Connection Theatre Company and regularly played at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival. More recently, she has been involved in musical theatre and
has performed in a number of venues across the North East. The
highlight of her stage career to date was playing Lady Cravendale in Calendar Girls alongside the fabulous
North East actress Leah Bell.
Rob Pegge, who plays Geordie,
earned his
degree in Drama at Northumbria University. His acting credits are extensive but
he was most recently seen in the 2016 Plays in the Park season in Sunderland
playing Lord Capulet in Romeo
and Juliet, The King in George
and the Dragon and Baptista in
The
Taming of the Shrew, all for Theatre Space North East.
Jonathan
Cash, a veteran of musicals and plays throughout the North East, is playing Charles. He was most recently seen
touring in Tom Kelly’s play Love Songs with Baby Love Productions.
They will be touring again in September.
Tickets:
The play is presented by Runningwater productions and runs
from 18-22 June at Gateshead Little Theatre at 7.30 p.m.
Tickets, priced at £10, and £8 for concessions, are
available from the theatre on 0191 478 1499 or online from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=GSOH.
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