Theatre is ephemeral. You can never replicate it and even if you record it you cannot capture the essence of what it is. That’s what makes it distinct from film, even though they share so many elements of storytelling. I also believe people enjoy theatre because the unexpected can happen at any moment. I love re-watching my favourite films and while I may discover new things as my perspective changes over the years, those visuals cannot be altered or changed. But live theatre is transformed by the very make-up of whomever is in the audience that particular performance. No audience laughs at the same moment the same way. No audience member has the exact same experience. Sometimes an actor’s impulse changes. And, of course, sometimes mistakes are made. It is always amazing to watch how actors handle those mistakes and the more facile they are at dealing with them, the more exciting it is to an audience. Get a bunch of theatre people together and there are endless stories of the mishaps and craziness that can happen in the theatre. So what better to open our season than with a small dramatic society trying to put on a play and handle the inevitable when things go wrong. There are a whole series of Farndale plays, where the Townswomen’s Guild try and try again to get it right each night and where we, the audience, get to laugh when they get it wrong. So join us on this trip back to the 80’s, to the community hall, in a little place called Farndale and let us entertain you.