Archive | April 2013

18th Apr | Theatre Trip

‘Aycking’ with laughter!

Sixteen members of Capel Ladies’ Club thoroughly enjoyed the first night of Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Improbable Fiction’ production at East Bergholt.  The play, a comedy verging on a farce, was staged by the East Bergholt Dramatic Society in The Constable Hall.

The title is taken from a line in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: “If this was played upon a stage, I would condemn it as an improbable fiction.”

Improbable though the play is titled, the production and acting were more than probable and, judging by the gales of laughter, were a great success. Continue reading

4th Apr | A Royal Year – illustrated talk by Ken Stone

Capel Ladies’ Club was treated to a fascinating tour through a year in the life of Her Majesty the Queen by Ipswich Royal watcher Ken Stone.

The tour, of the 2012 Jubilee Year, was illustrated throughout by colour photographs, most of them taken at very close range. Continue reading