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Autumn 2005

Two one act plays

'INCIDENT AT VICHY'

INCIDENT AT VICHY earned a nomination as best drama in the NODA awards.

We were not the outright winners but a nomination puts us up there amongst the best

By Arthur Miller

Director: Jill Ross

Performance dates: Thursday 27th - Saturday 29th October at 7.30 pm

The play is set in Vichy, France in 1942. A motley group of people suspected of being Jewish are arrested and brought to what is described as 'a place of detention'. One by one they are summoned for interview/ interrogation and not seen again, except ……… As they wait, and the tension rises, of course they talk to one another. The conversation leads to a new self knowledge for some which results in a moving and highly dramatic climax.
The play was written for an all male cast. However, our production will have an all female cast, as race is the issue here, not gender, and the characters are interesting as individual human beings with varying beliefs, ideals, aspirations and fears, not as representatives of their sex.
Despite the apparently grim subject - the matter of the play 'Incident at Vichy' is ultimately an affirmative piece of theatre which has something serious and worthwhile to say about human nature and the human condition.

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'THERMAL UNDERWEAR'

By Andrew Davies

Director: Keely Beresford

Performance dates: Thursday 27th - Saturday 29th October at 7.30 pm

A comedy about a Ruby Wedding Anniversary. A daughter arranges a celebration for her parents' 40th wedding anniversary. A couple of guests fail to arrive, while all is not well in her own marriage and a creaking floorboard steals the show! It has a cast of 3 men and 3 women - one female 60-ish, one male 60-ish, two females 30-40s, two males 30-40s. The characters are fairly normal! Although the 60-ish male and female are quite a couple, think Victor Meldrew meets Hyacinth Bouquet...

Cast:

Incident at Vichy
  
Thermal Underwear
LeBeau, a painter Freda Ferne   Elaine Helen Sanders
Waiter Beryl Baggs   Bob Les Harris
Marchand, a businessman Callie Smart   Mum Jo Tillion
Von Berg, a prince Jenny Riddle   Dad Les Wilkinson
Bayard, an electrician Nadine Comba   Shirley Barbara Proctor
Major Baranie Millais   Gareth Gareth Leake
Professor Jo Tillion      
Leduc, a doctor Barbara Proctor      
Gypsy Frances Hopwood      
Monceau, an actor Sue Bolden      
Old Jew Maggie Moat-Dobson      
Boy Rosie Pearce      
Police Captain Angela Womersley      
1st Detective Tricia Parkes      
2nd Detective Becky Harris      
Police Guard Fiona Sultana      
Ferrand, a cafe proprietor Callie Smart      
Other parts played by members of the cast

Thanks to everyone who helped in anyway, before or during and after production week.

 

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