|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The uncut X-Beacon files May 1999
PaDS Trapped in a Web of Intrigue!I am sometimes accused of creating a sensational headline that has nothing to do with the article it headlines. The Most Organised One gets most irate about this. "Why can’t you just have a headline like: PaDS to present Agatha Crispie at the Institute on May 14th and 15th?" fumes The MOO. "And then just write a few lines about how good it is and that you can get tickets from Londis, The Post Office and The Shetland Shop." In vain I argue the importance of creating a certain frisson of dramatic intrigue to catch the eye of the reader. "Well, I just think you’re being very silly!" is her response. Mind you, that is her response to most of the things I do…(How I sympathise with her! – Editor) Anyway, this month I am happy to stand foursquare behind the headline because - thanks to Louis Nayegon, our resident cyber-luvvie - PaDS now has its own Web site! Just surf on over to:
and you’ll find all manner of fascinating titbits about PaDS, the ephemera of past productions and even a complete, uncut and unexpurgated set of PaDS Beacon articles! (Incredible though it may seem, there is often even more of this drivel than we actually publish. So we cut it. Be thankful for small mercies – Editor). The Web site also includes full details of our intriguing next production, Agatha Crispie at the Institute on May 14th and 15th. Apparently, some of you have been confusing Agatha Crispie (a murderously funny play about a budding writer of mystery stories) with a certain Agatha Christie. Please do not be confused! Agatha Christie – in real life Mrs Mallowan - wrote Murder on the Orient Express, Witness for the Prosecution and The Mouse Trap. By contrast, our Agatha – in real life, Mrs Walloman – wrote Murder on the Orpington Express, Witness for the Defence and The Mouth Trap. And whereas Agatha Christie used a Belgian detective called Hercule and a dotty old English spinster to solve her murders, our Agatha features a Belgian detective called Hercule and… a dotty old English spinster. Hmm… Come to think of it, there do seem to be some strange parallels. How intriguing! Jack Burgess PaDS |
|
|
|
