Two Amazing Double Bills & The Caper Trail.
Blue Orange Arts present –
iHands: A Life Less Lived
A new absurdist comedy based on the popular web-series
(contains strong language and sexual references, suggested age 15+)
18, 19, 21-23 August 2023
TheSpace –
Surgeons Hall, Haldane Theatre.
iHands: A Life Less Lived
Join self-proclaimed ‘theatre impresario’ and ‘metteur en scène’, Israel Hands as he brings his own unique touch to his latest production ‘A Life Less Lived’, starring the hapless Richard Bridgerton.
Against Israel’s wishes, Haina, the theatre manager has invited a small audience to watch the dress rehearsal but the play is far behind schedule – which is not helped by Israel’s unreasonable demands and constant bickering with Ben, the technician.
With exclusive access from page to stage – Izzy delivers (in his humble opinion) a masterclass in theatre production.
Based on the popular web series iHands which can be found on youtube.com/blueorangearts
To watch the series please click here: YouTube.com/blueorangearts
Join Izzy on his various social media accounts:
Israel Twitter: @theiHands
Facebook: facebook.com/IHLegend
Instagram: @theisraelhands
TikTok: @theihands
Blue Orange Arts present –
Carry On Carrying On
A new play about one man’s desire to carry on making carrying-on films.
18, 19, 21-23 August 2023
TheSpace –
Surgeons Hall, Haldane Theatre.
Carry On Carrying On
“Certain sections of the press seem to have sore misgivings about my plans. I told them to put some talcum powder on them. It’s time to Carry On Regardless!”
An aging film producer has the chance to resurrect his past cinematic successes by revitalizing the Carry-On franchise with a brand-new film. Saucy seaside humor, double entendre, and cheeky sexual innuendo. Just what a millennial audience wants, right?
Haunted by past successes, and friends and colleagues long since gone, he determines to secure his legacy and pull off one of the biggest cinematic comebacks of all time – a brand new Carry On film!
But should the past be revisited? Or is the Carry On brand better left alone – the product of a bygone time?
A new play about aging, the human spirit, and changing attitudes, and of course an affectionate tribute to the Carry On films, one of the most successful film franchises in British cinema history.
Blue Orange Arts Present:
The Caper Trail
Or how not to pull off a jewel heist!
Written by Ben Mils-Wood
4-5 & 7-8 August 2023
TheSpace –
Surgeons Hall, Haldane Theatre.
The Caper Trail
A charming yet slightly overconfident cat burger plans to pull off his final job – stealing a cursed ruby on the night before his wedding! The only things standing in his way are an officious but suspicious night watchman, an occasionally amnesiac escaped convict who is out for revenge, and an alarm system that has a mind of its own!
A fast-paced knockabout farce that will keep you guessing if anyone is actually who they say they are and who has got the real cursed ruby!
Blue Orange Arts present –
Arthur Conan Doyle –
Sherlock Holmes: The Specked Band
4, 6-7, 9-12, 15, 17, 21, 23-26 August 2023
TheSpace – Surgeons Hall, Haldane Theatre.
Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band
“Oh, my God. It was the band. The speckled band!”
A dying woman’s mysterious last words and a plea for help from her sister, lead Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to a crumbling country house. How did a young woman die there with no obvious cause of death, and why does her sister believe she will be next? With a seemingly locked room mystery on his hands, Holmes must solve one of the darkest and most baffling cases of his career. Adapted from the short story by Arthur Conan Doyle this is Sherlock Holmes at his finest!
Blue Orange Arts Present –
Edgar Alan Poe
The Murder in the Rue Morgue
The original detective story.
5-6, 8-12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24-26
August 2023
TheSpace –
Surgeons Hall, Haldane Theatre.
Edgar Alan Poe – The Murder in the Rue Morgue
The original detective story.
Two women are found brutally murdered in their Parisian home in the Rue Morgue – one body, virtually decapitated, the other thrust head downwards up a chimney. The Police, baffled by the apparent lack of any possible egress by the killers, strange voices heard just after the blood-curling screams of the woman, and the lack of a motive – not for the murders themselves but for the savage nature of the crime – arrest a seemingly innocent man. In steps, C. August Dupin investigates the seemingly impossible events.
In Dupin, Edgar Alan Poe created the first modern detective all others were based including Sherlock Holmes, Arsene Lupin, Miss Marple, and even Jessica Fletcher.