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Recent Events
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Spring 2022
Synopsis
This comedy is set in the home of Anita and Clive Debanks who have been married for 28 years and the passage of the play covers a six-week period leading up to Clive’s 50th birthday. Clive endeavours to recapture his youth with a foray into a “Lonely Hearts columnâ€. Meanwhile, his wife, Anita, enters the loveless couple into a competition for the perfect married couple, to win a Caribbean cruise, without telling her husband. The grand finale is reached following several complications, misunderstandings and coincidences which form an integral part of this farce.
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Credits
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Role | Person |
| Anita Debanks | Jenny McDowell |
| Clive Debanks | Mike Schofield |
| Jack Reynolds | Stewart White |
| Claire Murphy | Lin Bowden |
| Tracy Barton | Michelle Pawley |
| Annabel Wickson | Debby Ashton |
| Mavis Leggett | Pat Stimson |
| Emily Roberts | Sue Anstey |
| Henry Clarke | Nick Pearce |
| Crew | |
| Role | Person |
| Stage Manager | |
| Prompt | Angie Croome |
| Set Design and Art Work | |
| Construction | Steve Anstey |
| Lighting | |
| Sound | Peter Carlin |
| Costumes | |
| Props | Ann Aplin |
| Front of House | Di Pardoe |
Dates:
- 19th May 2022 7:30pm at Iron Acton Parish Hall
- 20th May 2022 7:30pm at Iron Acton Parish Hall
- 21st May 2022 7:30pm at Iron Acton Parish Hall
Juniors Autumn 2021
Alice in Wonderland
Written by
Lewis Carroll
Adapted by
Richard Coleman
Directed for Junior Actonians
by
Sarah Godsell
, Sarah McMahon
& Di Pardoe
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Credits
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Role | Person |
|
Story Tellers
|
Joseph Grubb
Dylan Thomas Abigail Hatherell |
| Alice | Fern Flynn |
| White Rabbit | Elliot Case |
| Old Clock | Rosie Wright |
| Mad Hatter | Theo Foote |
| Dormouse | Rosie Wright |
| March Hare | Abigail Hatherell |
| Tweedle Dum | Haydn White |
| Tweedle Dee | Joe Taylor |
| Queen of Hearts | Rose Webber |
| Footman | Oli Blanch |
| King of Hearts | Ollie Curtis |
| Knave of Hearts | Ben Webber |
|
Guards
|
Dylan Thomas
Alex Thomas Sophie Blanch Evie Todd |
| King of Clubs | Alex Thomas |
|
Chess Pieces
|
Evie Todd
Sophie Blanch Oli Blanch Ollie Curtis Ben Webber |
| Crew | |
| Role | Person |
| Prompt | Bertie Woodward |
|
Set
|
Sue Anstey
Steve Anstey |
| Lighting | Peter Carlin |
| Sound | Rob Pardoe |
| Other | |
| Role | Person |
| Costume Loan | Sodbury Players |
Dates:
- 1st December 2021 7:30pm at Iron Acton Parish Hall
Autumn 2021 - Welcome Back
An evening of two one-act plays separated by a 30 minute interval.
Synopsis
The play works on the idea that the characters in the play are actually watching the audience, expecting them to perform. The playwright of the 'play' Kate is also in the audience and is anxiously willing the show to go well. The comedy ensues when Frayn holds a mirror up to the audience and they see their own foibles as audience members. The characters are Joan, an elderly woman not entirely focused on the play, accompanied by her daughter Helena. The Usherette who gets things wrong, more times than right. Charles pays more attention to his companion than the play. His companion, Amanda, is terrified of seeing anyone that she knows with Charles. Bobbie is an American lady who is with her dozy American husband Merrill. Quentin is a drama teacher who is with a drama student Lee, who doesn't want to be there. Eileen, Reginald and Wendy are a family, who disrupt proceedings in a comic fashion. Wendy the awkward teenage daughter, does not want to be there but it is her birthday 'treat'.
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Credits
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Role | Person |
| Amanda | Sarah Godsell |
| The Usherette | Rachel Taylor |
| Joan | Christine Rogers |
| Charles | Mike Schofield |
| Quentin | Nick Pearce |
| Helena | Gaynor Clarke |
| Lee | Elliott Case |
| Merrill | Nick Sharp |
| Bobbie | Lin Bowden |
| Reginald | Rob Pardoe |
| Eileen | Di Pardoe |
| Wendy | Bertie Woodward |
| Kate | Sue Anstey |
| Crew | |
| Role | Person |
|
Assistant Director
Stage Manager
|
Sarah McMahon |
| Prompt | Di Roper-Marshall |
| Sound | Peter Carlin |
| Lighting | Mark Whitehouse |
Synopsis
Lucy has the difficult job of looking after the children whilst her husband is away. Concerned that he can't contact his wife, her husband asks their neighbour Rosemary, and later Terry, to check that all is well. Lucy, who is all-consumed with child rearing seems to have forgotten how to interact with adults!
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Credits
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Role | Person |
| Lucy | Debby Ashton |
| Rosemary | Jenny McDowell |
| Terry | Godfrey Laundy |
| Crew | |
| Role | Person |
| Stage Manager | Sarah McMahon |
| Prompt | Angela Croome |
| Sound | Peter Carlin |
| Lighting | Mark Whitehouse |
Dates:
- 26th November 2021 7:30pm at Iron Acton Parish Hall
- 27th November 2021 7:30pm at Iron Acton Parish Hall