{"id":2797,"date":"2024-03-17T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2024-03-19T07:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T07:46:20","slug":"still-life-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/?p=2797","title":{"rendered":"Still Life &#038; Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two brilliant but markedly different one-act plays influenced by the Great British rail network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first, Still Life, is the Noel Coward drama that became the framework of the much-loved film Brief Encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second, more modern thriller with a psychological twist, dark themes and strong language, is Train, written by Sean Colledge who is also directing both plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Performances <a><\/a>come hot on the heels of DD&#8217;s sell-out run of Arsenic and Old Lace, so early booking is recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see both plays at Broadmayne village hall (DT2 8EW) on Saturday, April 20 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm, and at St Mary&#8217;s Community Hall, Edward Rd, Dorchester on Saturday, April 27 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are \u00a310 plus booking fee are available from the link on the website<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Poster-for-Sean-online-low-res_1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Poster-for-Sean-online-low-res_1.jpg?resize=604%2C853\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Poster-for-Sean-online-low-res_1.jpg?resize=725%2C1024 725w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Poster-for-Sean-online-low-res_1.jpg?resize=212%2C300 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Poster-for-Sean-online-low-res_1.jpg?resize=768%2C1085 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Poster-for-Sean-online-low-res_1.jpg?resize=1087%2C1536 1087w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Poster-for-Sean-online-low-res_1.jpg?w=1241 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two brilliant but markedly different one-act plays influenced by the Great British rail network. The first, Still Life, is the Noel Coward drama that became the framework of the much-loved film Brief Encounter. The second, more modern thriller with a psychological twist, dark themes and strong language, is Train, written by Sean Colledge who is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/?p=2797\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Still Life &#038; Train<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5MaE2-J7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2807,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions\/2807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}