New comedy finds its station

BADAPPLE Theatre Company’s new comedy, The Last Station Keeper, premieres in Easington, on Friday, September 23, and tells of the station house at Honeypot Holt which is under attack and not just from the resident bees.

As the summer days drone on, the threat of closure creeps nearer and nearer as the new high-speed rail link threatens the bumbling ways of the station master and the railway cottage that has stood at the centre of the village for as long as anyone can remember. Thanks to Badapple’s resident writer Kate Bramley, it will be up to those watching to vote to save or sacrifice the old Station House.

“Voting has been at the forefront of people’s minds this year, so no doubt some of the comedy will resonate,” says Bramley. “I came across an interesting article about a lady who is living like it’s the 1940s and has basically ripped out all the modern elements of her house to live a retro lifestyle. It started me thinking on what it means to renounce our high-speed society.”

The production stars Fiona Organ (Reform Theatre Company, Theatre Mill and Pocket Panto).

Original songs and music are written by Sony award-winning singer songwriter Jez Lowe, recently nominated for two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Tour Schedule: September. 23 Easington Community Hall HU12 0TU 01964 650337 7.30pm £9/£5 u16s; 24 The Wilson Centre, Long Newton TS21 1DD 01642 583002 7.30pm £8.50/£5 u16s; 25 Fylingdales Village Hall YO22 4RA 01423 339168 7.30pm £9.50/£5u16s; 28 Frampton on Severn Village Hall GL2 7ED 01452 740258/01423 339168 7.30pm £9.50/£5 u16s; 29 Century Theatre, Coalville LE67 3LN 01530 278444 7.30pm £10 adv./£12; 30 Hunsingore Village Hall LS22 5HY 01423 358516 7.45pm £12.50 inc. supper.

October. 1 Ripley Town Hall HG3 3AX 01423 860340/01423 339168 7.30pm £9.50/£5 u16s; 2 Kirkby Malzeard Mechanics Institute HG4 3RS 01423 339168 7.30pm £9.50/£5 u16s; 4 Green Hammerton Village Hall YO26 8AB 01423 339168 7.30pm £9.50/£5 u16s;

5 Dalton le Dale Parish Hall SR7 8QP 0191 581 3726 7.30pm £9/£5 u16s; 25 Marton cum Grafton Memorial Hall YO51 9QY 01423 325179 7.30pm £9.50/£5 u16s; 26 Sand Hutton & Claxton Village Hall YO41 1LL 01904 468376/468195/468001 7.30pm £9.50/£5 u16s; 27 Gilling West Village Hall DL10 5JG 01748 823556 7.30pm £9.50/£5 u16s; 28 Yarm Fellowship Hall TS15 9BT 01642 888786 7.30pm £9.50/ £5 u16s.

Viv Hardwick