Tight Fit Theatre in the Community presents a trio of
Alan Bennett’s
Talking Heads
- Bed among the Lentils
- Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife, distracts herself from her
ambitious, insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an
affair with a nearby grocer, Ramesh Ramesh, discovering something about
herself and God in the process.
- Her Big Chance
- Lesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra
roles on television programmes such as Crossroads, finds what she believes
to be her big break as the adventurous Travis in a new film for the West
German market. It is not clear to what extent Lesley understands that she is
appearing in a pornographic film.
- Cream Cracker under the Settee
- Doris is a tidy woman - and when she suffers a fall after trying to clear up
after her considerably less thorough home help, Zulema, she wonders whether
her tidying was responsible for her husband's early death and whether the
only place left for her in society is a care home which she distrusts.
Resisting this with all her being, she decides she'd rather die by her own
means than within their care.
The Bucks Free Press said of Tight Fit Theatre's Talking Heads in 1999 :
“a close to perfect blend of comedy and drama”.
Please note: all three monologues will be performed each evening with two short intervals. The order of the Talking Heads listed here and elsewhere does not necessarily refflect the order in which they will be performed on any particular evening.
