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 8.00pm Lingo Theatre Co presents Tattoo by Brian Kimberling Three strangers meet in a tattoo parlour, each of them seeking an unusual design. As they argue whether it is better to have a trombone or an aardvark tattoo, their identities begin to emerge and together they confront some surreal but serious problems. An offbeat comedy from Bath-based playwright Brian Kimberling. Directed by Vicky Vatcher. http://www.lingotheatre.co.uk  8.00pm Sally-Anne Hayward & Bea Roberts presents Sally-Anne Hayward + The Canal Café by the performers Stand up from Sally-Anne Hayward plus The Canal Café presents the best of new writing and sketch comedy, featuring new work from Bea Roberts and sketch trio The Grandees Sally-Anne Hayward has relationships... ...and other things. An hour of funniness from award winning comedian Sally-Anne Hayward. She's got a relationship CV and spends hours pouring over it in her own time. She's bringing it with her for her show... but don't worry she talks about other stuff as well. 'Fabulous' BBC ****One 4 Review The Canal Café Presents Up-and-coming talent Bea Roberts presents her new work in progress (7th and 8th only) The Grandees – sketch greatness in a heady mix of comedy, drama and lycra. A surreal brand of fantastical hi-jinx. Whoosh! ***** Perfectly executed comedy, Edinburgh Evening News (9th and 10th only)  8pm, Sat 2.30pm Theatre West in association with Angelhair Productions presents Blavatsky’s Tower by Moira Buffini TOP PLAY 2009 - Venue (Gripping, dark, hilarious, nerveless and emotional, brilliantly staged and acted.) The Alma is delighted to welcome back Theatre West whose 2009 production of this darkly funny piece played to sell out audiences last March. Three hundred feet in the air, the Blavatskys live their lives with their heads firmly stuck in the clouds. Whilst Dada sees angels all around, Roland endlessly watches soaps and Ingrid gardens on the roof. Moira Buffini takes dysfunctionality to a whole new level with the Blavatskys who choose to shun the modern world and live their lives at the top of the tower block built by their tyrannical father architect and visionary, Hector. Although blind and bed ridden, he rules his odd little brood with an iron fist. Sanity enters in the form of an outsider, or one of "the crushed" as they refer to the rest of civilisation. But is letting light into the darkness always a good thing?  8pm North Wilts Theatre Company presents CRIMINAL INTENT: Lost Property & Recidivists by Paul Tonkin & Matthew Clift Following on from last years sell out season of Hamlet, NWTC return to the Alma with a double Bill of new One Act Plays that looks at the themes of crime and punishment. Expect dark comedy, theatrical imagination and memorable characters as two sets of criminals are put under the microscope…with some surprising results! (Not suitable for under 16’s) £10.00 / £8.00 concessions  |
