Performed in a new venue, the Clayton Community Centre Theatre, Peridot

Theatre presented their 2022 One Act Play season. The evening’s four plays

were eclectic in style and theme, offering two dramas and two comedies

that ranged between an emotionally charged piece of modern history and

a farcical two-hander set in a restaurant.

Directed by Colin Morley, ‘Embers’, by local playwright…

As you know, Neil Simon is a celebrated writer, partly noted for his nuanced approach to human relationships and family life in all their tortuous forms – love, hate, misunderstandings – often with a mixture of comedy and pathos. In ‘I Ought to be in Pictures’ the writer focuses on the lives of three Americans: Herb, who split with his wife 16 years ago, his girlfriend Steffy who visits for a passionate encounter once a week, and his 19-year-old daughter Libby who suddenly reappears and makes dramatic changes to Herb’s life.

It all begins with an idea.