Lady In The Van Readings

Gillian Porter will be holding readings for 'The Lady in The Van' for the Festival on Tuesday 13th Dec and Thursday 15th Dec. Anyone interested should attend.

A synopsis of the play:..

When a decrepit Bedford van grinds to a halt opposite Alan Bennett’s house in Camden Town, little does the writer suspect that its next parking place will be his own garden, where its evil-smelling occupant is to remain for a further fifteen years.
The genuinely eccentric Miss Shepherd is a trained concert pianist, ex-nun and would-be Prime Minister, and is described by the author as “a bigoted, blinkered, cantankerous, devious, unforgiving, self-centred, rank, rude, car-mad cow”.
Forced to turn down his music to her complaints, recharge her van’s flat battery and become her reluctant carer, Alan Bennett uses his vivid observations to create a wonderfully funny play.

Details of readings for other productions, including the proposed summer play will be announced in due course.