This year the programme consists of three short plays.
First up is 'Bed Among the Lentils' which is taken from the popular television series 'Talking Heads' by Alan Bennett.
Next comes 'The Right Person' by Philip MacKie. He originally wrote this mysterious piece as a Television drama, then adapted it for the stage and later rewrote it for a highly successful Hammer Film.
Finally there is a somewhat more controversial piece 'Untimely Ripp'd' by Maurice McLoughlin. It is the 1960's; Janet Logan is sixteen and she is pregnant. What are her options? Set in an approved school for girls, Janet receives conflicting, but well-intentioned, advice from the doctor, the reverend mother and a local councillor.
Each year this slot offers the opportunity to experiment. This may be with new writing, new styles of presentation, new directors, new performers.
This year, whilst the plays themselves may be of a more traditional type there are several debuts.
Two long standing members, Wendy Hall and Hedley Thomson, are making their BNT Directorial debuts as is highly experienced professional director Nigel Rideout (who recently directed BLOC's Sound of Music and 'fills in' with this production whilst completing his latest book and before returning to the UK).
On stage there will be three newcomers to BNT. Samantha Sonter, John Shaw and, the youngest, Alexandra McLaren who joins her mother Mary-Rose McLaren (a long-term BNT performer) in the final play.
Other returning regulars featured in the season include Pam Maiden, Michael Zala, Lesley Hale, Marg Jarvis, and Liesl Vanderkley, who returns after an extended period in Canada.
