The Handy Book of Unscripted Plays

Book excerpt: The Curtain Up Players have been in existence for eight years. We are a group of people in the over-50's age group who enjoy coming together to improvise scenes, sketches and plays that include serious topics, such as dementia and family relationships, as well as Christmas pantomimes. Our founder, Dr. Ron Wiener, is a world-renowned sociodramatist, and a community theatre director. We work with: Kirklees Council SSD, Huddersfield University, Kirklees Dementia Action Alliance, Age U.K., and community organisations such as luncheon clubs, care homes and different disability groups. "This book offers some of the scenarios and scripts created by the Curtain Up Players ... They will be useful as starting points for amateur theatre groups as well as school, college and university sessions and group workers of many persuasions." Franc Chamberlain, Professor of Drama, Theatre and Performance, University of Huddersfield