Last night I found another of Winton/ Moordown's little gem, the Bournemouth Little Theatre. I can remember when they used to perform in the Town Centre and I have been searching for some real drama ever since. It is great to have so much entertainment in the theatres but the majority is music and dance, that is fine, I am very fond of both, but not an unrelieved diet of it. When we first came to Bournemouth, nearly 50 years ago, there was a season of serious drama in the winter, livened up with some Gilbert & Sullivan and of course the panto at Christmas. There were nearly always full houses and it was part of the entertainment scene. Of course in the summer the theatres catered for the visitors in addition to the Aquashow at the old Baths, on the sea front, and the Ice Show in Westover Road. Not to forget,of course, regular Concerts with the BSO. What a rich diet of entertainment we had then. Where has the serious drama gone? I am so happy to have found it alive and well at the BLT. Last nights production of Accrington Pals was both thought provoking and sad, but was well acted and produced with imaginative use of stage settings and props to produce a real sense of the period.
Their next production is Trap for a Lonely Man by Robert Thomas 11th to 16th April. Catch it if you can.
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