Theft

by Eric Chappell | directed by Shirley Fitch

February 27th - March 15th, 1997

Imagine returning from a pleasant anniversary celebration to find that your house has been burgled. In this witty thriller, the culprit is still in the house, and, for a while, he convinces the returning couples that he is a policeman. Unmasked as the thief, Spriggs reveals that he knows a number of uncomfortable truths that disrupt two seemingly happy marriages and one formerly strong friendship.

CAST

Trevor Farrington - David McCall
John Miles - Anthony Neasmith
Jenny Farrigton - Heather Crockart
Barbara Miles - Carol Shelbourn
Spriggs - Norman MacDonald

PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Manager - Lesley Batten
Assistant Stage Manager - Andrew LeClerq
Lighting Design - Chris Clark
Lighting Operation - Jenny Mulholland
Sound Engineering - Auto Productions
Sound Operation - Jenny Mulholland

Run for Your Wife

by ray cooney | directed by ray ainsworth

July 17th - August 5th, 1997

CAST

Mary Smith - Jo Okulski
Barbara Smith - Debbie Keyt
John Smith - Graham Eddie
Detective Sergeant Troughton - Stephen Mulholland
Stanley Gardner - John Hutt
The Standard Reporter - Alistair Mulholland
Detective Sergeant Porterhouse - John Avery
Bobby from upstairs - Martin Gibbs

PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Manager - Jenny Mulholland
Lighting and Sound - Alistair Mulholland
Lighting Design - Chris Clark
Sound Engineering - Auto Productions

What the Butler Saw

by Joe orton | directed by Stephen mulholland

May 15th - June 1st, 1997

The chase is on in this breakneck comedy of licensed insanity, from the moment when Dr Prentice, a psychoanalyst interviewing a prospective secretary, instructs her to undress. The plot of What the Butler Saw contains enough twists and turns, mishaps and changes of fortune, coincidences, and lunatic logic to furnish three or four conventional comedies. But however, the six characters in search of a plot lose the thread of the action - their wits or their clothes - their verbal self-possession never deserts them.

Hailed as a modern comedy every bit as good as Wilde's ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, Orton's play is regularly produced, read, and studied. "He is the Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility" (Observer)

CAST

Dr Prentice - Raymond Dunstan
Geraldine Barclay - Kate Hook
Mrs. Prentice - Jan Sheppard
Nicholas Backett - Daniel Haddon
Dr Rance - Maurie Betts
Sergeant Match - Derek Curd

PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Manager - Barbara Franks
Assistant Stage Manager - Nichole Wweinrich
Lighting Design - Chris Clark
Lighting Operation - Graham Eddie
Sound Engineering - Auto Productions
Sound Operation - Graham Eddie

The Buck Stops Here

by murray oliver | directed by charmaine hart

September 18th - October 4th, 1997

CAST

Joe Cunningham - Ray Ainsworth
Dee Clarke - Pat Benson
Doubtless Wright - Grant Siedel
Mrs Toni Cabrini - Carol Shelbourne
Ted Piper - John Konewka
Carol Gardiner - Tania MacPhee
Steve Thompson - Matthew B Kiely
Understudy of Dee and Carol - Emma Instrell-Walker

PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Manager - Barbara Franks
Props - Glenda Hutchinson
Set Designer - Ray Ainsworth
Lighting and Sound Operation - Alistair Mulholland
Projectionist - Emma Instrell-Walker
Voice Overs - Graham Eddie
Sound Engineering - Auto Productions