Dennis is a hen-pecked IT manager stuck in a boring marriage until a business trip to Amsterdam opens his eyes to a world in which every sexual adventure is available. He has the time of his life and more business trips are in store. The ten roles are cleverly doubled and this comedy of sexual manners - sex versus love, women exploiting men or vice versa, natural or unnatural behaviour - has strong sexual language and verbal images.
Dennis is a hen-pecked IT manager stuck in a boring marriage until a business trip to Amsterdam opens his eyes to a world in which every sexual advent...
"John Godber is one of the unsung heroes of British theatre, reaching the giddy heights of number three in the most-performed playwrights league table, nestled in behind Shakespeare and Ayckbourn" - Guardian Teechers: "In a class of its own ... Godber takes a hard-hitting look at life in a modern comprehensive where class conflicts, teacher tantrums and cavorting chaos runs riot through the corridors" (The Express); Happy Jack: "Godber manages with an affectionate and unerringly accurate ear for the tongues of the pit village to turn these two into a Chaucerian kind of celebration of...
"John Godber is one of the unsung heroes of British theatre, reaching the giddy heights of number three in the most-performed playwrights league ta...
Fast-moving and highly entertaining, Teechers evokes life at a modern school. Using the format of an end-of-term play, the new drama teacher's progress through two terms of recalcitrant classes, synical colleagues and obstructive caretakers is reviewed. Disillutioned, he departs for a safer private school.
Fast-moving and highly entertaining, Teechers evokes life at a modern school. Using the format of an end-of-term play, the new drama teacher's progres...
Louise Underwood's life revolves around Pippins, the hamburger restaurant where she works, and Peppermints night club, where she spends most of her spare time. Then she discovers Judo. This play charts Louise's progress to Black Belt. Her personal journey involves numerous sacrifices, crises of confidence both major and minor, and battles with more experienced players who think she has no chance of success. we also meet Stuart, who keeps the club going despite the ever present threat of closure, Andy the dashing Humberside champion, Sarah - Andy's blunt, dangerous girlfiend, and Michele -...
Louise Underwood's life revolves around Pippins, the hamburger restaurant where she works, and Peppermints night club, where she spends most of her sp...
John Godber's striking, easily staged play explores the complex relationship between a thirty-three year old theatre studies teacher and his elderly parents. Martin Dawson has invited his parents, Joan and Len, to visit him in the Lake District. This 'enjoyable' weekend break evolves into an opportunity for the release of the pent-up frustrations of a lifetime. Godber successfully combines biting humour with serious intent in this thought-provoking comment on age, communication and life in general.
John Godber's striking, easily staged play explores the complex relationship between a thirty-three year old theatre studies teacher and his elderly p...