Totley Operatic and Dramatic Society – or TOADS, as the group is affectionately known – is an amateur dramatics society dating back to 1946. They put on two shows a year at St Johns Church Hall on Abbeydale Road South. Join them for their next production this November: the quick-moving, hilarious Tons of Money.
Tons of Money started out as one of the Aldwych Farces in the 1920s and was revived and updated by Alan Ayckbourn in 1986 for the National Theatre.
Aubrey Allington is a failed inventor, who, along with his wife Louise, is submerged in debt. Luck would seem to be upon him when he gets news of an inheritance following the death of a relation. However, there is a sting in the tail of the gift. Should Aubrey die, whatever is left of the fortune will revert to his cousin George Maitland. Aubrey and Louise do not fancy the idea of having to use up all of the money paying their creditors. Believing George Maitland to be dead, they come up with the superb idea that Aubrey should "die" and come back as George Maitland, inherit the money and avoid paying his debts. Simple as this seems, in the best nature of farces, complications arise that will provide the audience with a night of great entertainment.
Performance times:
Evenings – Wednesday–Friday at 7:30pm
Matinee – Saturday at 2:30pm
To book tickets:
Call Jeff on 0114 235 1206 or email tickets@toads-drama.co.uk.
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