Cayman Drama Society’s “Club Night” plagued with problems
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Cayman Drama Society's Club Night, organized by P Anthony White and Penny Phillips, was not all that well-organized. However, considering several adverse factors, like microphone trouble, last-minute cancellations and additions to the acts, and a strong wind that blew props off stage, whistling annoyingly through the mikes and making things generally awkward, it was a fairly good show.
Dave Moir started the evening with a few numbers on his guitar. He then introduced Geoffrey and Sarah Bourne-Taylor, Jan Barwick and John Martin. They performed a skit, written by Geoff and Sarah, patterned after the old Dragnet series.
Between microphone and prop trouble (the balloons didn't "bang" when they should have) and forgetting lines, they still kept the audience laughing with adlibs that were almost better than the script.
"Mystic and Lulu" amazed the crowd with a few magic tricks. A dove appeared out of an empty bag, a scarf turned into a wand, and white rum disappeared when poured into a folded newspaper, only to be poured back out as creme de menthe.
Other acts in the first half included Wayne Hassan on the guitar and P Anthony White and Toni Parker with an excerpt from "The Time of Your Life" by William Saroyan.
In the second half, after most of the audience left, Wayne, Dave, Anthony and Mystic all made reappearances. New acts included a monologue of a housewife by Penny Phillips and a skit taken from Lillian Hellman's "The Autumn Garden" by Carol Duncan and Val Watts.
The whole show was nothing spectacular, but it did have its amusing moments. For a club night with no rehearsals of the show, what could you expect? However, the performers did quite well with what they had.
It did, though, make you appreciate professional theatre all the more.
