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Over the years the Peterborough SF Club has been to see many plays and shows, ranging from the excellent to the downright dodgy ('Murders in the Rue Morgue' springs to mind). Amongst the styles we've seen, there have been musicals, ('Rocky Horror Show', 'Metropolis', 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'Return to the Forbidden Planet' and 'Bride of Frankenstein'); comic book capers, ('American Eagle' and 'Superheroes'); those involving puppetry, ('Jabberwocky', 'The Ghost Downstairs' and 'Wax'); and even an opera, ('The Roswell Incident'). Other plays were adaptations from famous stories and books; these included 'The Woman in Black', 'Gormenghast', 'Lord of the Rings', 'Jekyll and Hyde', 'Northanger Abbey', 'Brave New World', 'A Clockwork Orange', 'The Third Policeman', and the very bizarre 'The Moth'. A format that has always impressed is the solo show, a single performer reciting their lines with no cues to spur them on. These include 'Burroughs!', 'Rogue' and 'Love and Virtual Style'. What has proved popular with Club members are those plays which feature audience participation, for instance the memorable 'Creature'. This ties into the intimacy of the theatre and the physical nature of contemporary mime, as was excelled by the pair who presented 'Thunderbirds F.A.B.' In the theatre, restrictions of money and facilities mean that even simple special effects are difficult, so the audience have to work with their imaginations. This makes the theatre closer to radio drama than to film or television in many respects.
Last years visits to the theatre started in February with us going to the Stamford Arts Centre to see 'Bloody Poetry'. This was the story of Byron, Shelley and circle and the political background to such novels as 'Frankenstein' and 'The Vampyre'.
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