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Talking Heads

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Colchester Theatre Group was formed in 1953 and since then has mounted over 120 productions.

Each year we stage 3 or more productions, now mostly at the Headgate Theatre. Variety is the key to our choice of plays.

Our members take on the many roles and tasks that theatre requires – acting, directing, set construction, lighting, sound, front-of-house, costumes, publicity, properties and, last but not least, prompt.

We have celebrated many successes within our local theatre guild and several of our members have gone on to drama school and careers in the theatre.

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TALKING HEADS

Saturday March 29th was an ideal opportunity to get a full flavour of Alan Bennett's series of six TV monologues from 1986, among the linking themes being tablets, Ipswich, and men with tattoos

Starting off in fine fashion with Bed Among the Lentils, funny and slick, with a perfectly judged performance by Maggie Brush. James Potter enjoyed himself in A Chip in the Sugar, sharing the odd knowing glance with the audience to bring out much of the humour, as too did Sara Green, who stayed commendably straight faced during her many hilarious moments in a perfectly paced performance as A Lady of Letters.

Come the evening, and Giovanna Austin's touching and reflective Soldiering On, followed by Louisa McDonald giving it all for Her Big Chance. Parts of this performance reminded me of her recent Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth. The final coup de theatre came with Teresa Sales in The Cream Cracker Under the Settee, and the poignant sound of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata as she sat there, lonely and resigned to her fate, bringing CTG's Talking Heads to an unforgettable conclusion, which will stay with me for a long time

Joe Sales