A comedy by Welsh playwright Frank Vickery.Performed by BATS at St. Teilo’s Church Hall, Bishopston on 29th & 30th April and 1st, 7th & 8th May, 2004. Tickets £4, senior citizens £3.
Synopsis
A summer evening’s barbecue is the setting for a meeting of the Trealaw and District Operatic Society. Next season’s play is being announced but Nick, the Society’s business manager, has promised a different show and the plum roles to four different people. As the evening progresses, each character’s foibles and talents are revealed and the complex relationships between players emerge, as moments of pure slapstick and farce alternate with ones full of real drama and pathos.
Director
- David Spear
Producers
- Heather Cooper & David Spear
Cast (in order of appearance)
- ‘Teddy’ ~ Stewart Hiorns
- ‘Joyce’ ~ Lynne Turner
- ‘Mona’ ~ Doreen Davies
- ‘Pearl’ ~ Julie Greenwood
- ‘Roz’ ~ Laura Sims
- ‘Jessica’ ~ Carol Rood
- ‘Derek’ ~ Tony Currell
- ‘Nick’ ~ Jaimes Cooper
- ‘Deirdre’ ~
- ‘Eddie’ ~ David Spear
Backstage
- Stage Manager ~ Alan Bailey
- Assistants ~ Barry Cooper, Ian Evans, Gareth Hughes, Joe Harper
- Prompt ~ Alison Shepherd
- Props ~ Eileen Winson, Chloe Trugeon, Heather Cooper
- Costumes ~ Chloe Trugeon, Heather Cooper
- Make-up ~ The cast
- Front-of-house, Refreshments ~ Barbara Spear, Maureen Bailey, Barry Cooper, Helen Gallagher, Dorothy Morris, Judi Porter, Alison Shepherd, Val Hiorns
Photos
The cast
Standing, left to right: Julie Greenwood (“Pearl”), Lynne Turner (“Joyce”), Stewart Hiorns (“Teddy”), D C (“Deirdre”), Tony Currell (“Derek”).
Front, left to right: Jaimes Cooper (“Nick”), Laura Sims (“Roz”), Carol Rood (“Jessica”).