Gran-stand show from society
A group of dancing grannies from an amateur stage society strutted their stuff and stopped shoppers in their tracks with routines from their new show.
The high-stepping troupe from Llangollen Operatic Society staged a pop-up performance to showcase their latest production.
This month they will be staging the musical comedy version of Mel Brooks' Academy Award winning movie, The Producers, at their town hall.
Society members were already on a high after hearing a few days earlier that their last major production, the musical comedy about gangsters and nuns Sister Act, had been nominated for a trio of honours in the National Operatic and Dramatic Association's (Noda) 2015 awards – acknowledged as the amdram equivalent of the Hollywood Oscars.
And now they are looking to pick up similar accolades for The Producers which has taken Broadway and the West End by storm, winning a recordbreaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards.
The story centres on two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich by overselling interests in a Broadway flop.
Complications arise when the show unexpectedly turns out to be successful.
The humour of the show draws on ridiculous accents, caricatures of Nazis and many show business injokes.
Elen Mair Roberts, musical director for the show, said: "The grannies going through paces at Eagles Meadow in Wrexham have a major part in the show as the elderly female backers who'd do anything for dodgy producer Max Bialystock.
"Their routines are hardly what you'd expect from ladies of more mature years.
"Everyone was feeling great about the pop-up event because just a couple of days ago we heard from Noda that our production last year of Sister Act had been nominated for thee of its 2015 awards.
The Producers will be staged at Llangollen Town Hall from April 12 to 16, starting at 7.30pm, and with a matinee performance at 2.30pm on April 16.
Tickets are now available online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/llangollen operaticsociety
