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Off The Page: Spring 2025 (Online)

Sociable online weekly play-reading workshops aimed at older adults

22 Jan – 19 Mar 2025

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Fancy reading a great play in the company of others from the comfort of your own home? If so, grab a coffee and join us on Wednesday mornings, 11am-12.30pm on Zoom.

No advance reading is required – enjoy finding out what happens each week!

Please note that there will be no meeting online on 12 March, instead we plan to attend a performance of A View From the Bridge at the Tron Theatre. Attendance is optional and tickets will be purchased separately to booking the course.

 

Booking will open at 10am on Wednesday 11 December. Please note that phone booking will not be available this term.

Online

22 Jan – 19 Mar 2025

90 min

£40 for 8 sessions

What we’re reading

This term we are exploring A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller.

Neil Packham, our Community Drama Director, shared why he chose this play:

“I know we’re going to have a great time looking at A View from the Bridge this term. It has all the elements that make for a compelling story: strong characters, intense emotions, and a lot of tension. It’s about family, loyalty, and justice, and it shows how things can quickly spiral out of control when people’s actions clash with their values.”

You will need a copy in advance of the first session. We will be using the Penguin Classics 2015 edition of the play (ISBN: 978-0141189963). It can be bought from a range of online stores including World of Books, Waterstones and WHSmith.

What participants say

It has been great fun, challenging and an unmissable part of the week.

It has been a major highlight of my week during lockdown, getting a social boost and some very stimulating and intellectual chat, as well as a lot of laughs…such a tonic!

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