A play written by
Robert Harling
Presented with kind
permission from Samuel French Ltd
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Truvy
- Kath Thompson
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Annelle - Claire Jordan
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Clairee
- Stacey Ghent
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Ousier
- Valerie Dawson
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Shelby
- Ashley Lamb
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M'Lynn
- Margaret Smith
PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY BILL ALLEN
The close-knit women at
Truvy's Beauty Salon, the unofficial hub of Chinquapin La.,
have lots of time to gossip. Their husbands - absent,
depressed, or dead - have made sure of that.
Consequently, visitors to the salon get more than a wash and
cut.
The wise-cracking Truvy, with the help of her new
glamour
technician Annelle, dispenses shampoo with liberal doses
of free advice and gossip to the town's curmudgeon, Ouiser;
an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, and the local town
social worker, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby, is on the
verge of marriage.
Alternately hilarious and touching, the play focuses on the
comaderie of these six Southern women who talk, gab, gossip,
chitchat, needle and harangue each other through the best of
times - and cry, caress, comfort and repair one another
through the worst. They're soul mates in a rarefied way that
assumes a cult of femininity - sisters come hell and high
water. Pushing laughter and pain together, Steel
Magnolias pulls tears from even the most cynical eyes.
The women at Truvy's beauty parlour are the steel magnolias
of the title: Southern belles, flowery on the outside, but
strong enough inside to survive any challenge, many of which
are presented through the course of the narrative.
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Sunday
7th September at 7.30pm
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Monday 8th September at 7.30pm
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Tuesday 9th September at 7.30pm
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Tickets
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price tickets)
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Truvy
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TBC
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Annelle
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TBC
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Clairee -
TBC
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Shelby -
TBC
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M'Lynn -
TBC
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Ouiser -
TBC
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Sing! Swing! Sing!
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A Night To
Remember
