Arts Diary: Will Marriot

To save time, please imagine the word "apparently" being said in a sarcastic tone at the end of each of the following sentences, which we are printing directly as they were sent to us. Ratatat Theatre Company has gradually become aware that they may have an uninvited extra in ghostly form with their production of The Wind in the Willows, coming to Square Chapel this Sunday June 27.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Jun 2010, 14:56 BST
Updated 25th Jun 2010, 14:58 BST

"It started on our first night in a tiny village hall. I turned round in my "dressing room" (the village hall kitchen) to see a gorgeous young man in a white 'Hamlet' type shirt. He had long curly dark hair. He carried a pair of fine leather gloves and was checking the lace cuffs on his sleeves; he looked vaguely 17th century…." said Stephanie Preacher, the actress playing Mole. "Sadly, he vanished by the time I'd got the other actors' attention."

Since that "visit", which Stephanie took to be a lucky omen for the rest of the tour, various items have been "moved around' on the props table without explanation.

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The tour arrived at The Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond, last week and there things took a strange turn. In the middle of the performance, Mole and Toad fell with a sickening crash to the floor of the stage from the platform they were acting on, bringing with them a heavy pine table.

"The force that pushed us both and the heavy table was so sudden and quite violent, yet we all landed safely," says Dominic. "We can only hope our touring ghost is better behaved for the rest of the tour."

Truck Friends members are laughing all the way to the box office this week as they are first in line to snap up tickets for the top comedians heading to Hull in the autumn.

Hull Truck Theatre has just announced its comedy programme for the autumn-winter season – and members of Truck Friends have been invited to make

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the most of their priority booking, one of many benefits of the scheme.

Truck Friends have this week to book in advance, before tickets for acts including Chris Addison and Shappi Khorsandi go on general sale from Monday.

Sheffield bands are fighting to keep one of the city's oldest theatres alive. Sheffield promoter Joolz Vernon has decided to take the city's premier unsigned night, Soundclash, to the Abbeydale Picturehouse, and will be donating all profit to the restoration fund to help keep the venue open.

On Saturday July 17 Sheffield acts Dead Like Harry, Neil Mcsweeney, Feelix and Scoundrel will take to the stage at Abbeydale Picture House for a special one-off show to raise money for the ongoing restoration of the building, which celebrates its 90th birthday this year. Tickets

at www.abbeydalepicturehouse.co.uk

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