Uniting Productions will present its latest play, Day of Reckoning, for a limited season from February 10-18 at the Uniting Church hall in Gosford.
Directed by Fran Kendall and Karen Rowe, the appealing snapshot of life in a small village features a range of the Coast’s best-known performers including Judi Jones, Helen Herridge, Chris Cherry, Kirra Stallard, Lianne Haddock, Amanda Benson, Karen Pendleton and Rob Hickey.
The play sees a committee meeting on a winter’s night to arrange the summer village fete.
As protocol gives way to bickering and gossip, the personalities of those present emerge: busybody Ethel; Pauline, the vicar’s long-suffering wife; careworn Gloria; horsey Majorie who is very attentive to the shy new teacher, Angela; elderly Mavis and Sally, the brisk Army wife.
Six months on, the cathartic events of the fete are related with humour and pathos, and the upbeat ending affirms the enduring value of village life.
Tickets are available through Stickytickets.
Terry Collins