MURDER ON THE NILE
By: Agatha Christie

2nd - 6th March 2010

Cast:

1st Beadseller - Emily Egan/Daisy-Ann Brunskill
2nd Beadseller - Sophia Savva/Natalia Psalta
Steward - Les Arnold
Miss ffoliot-ffoulkes - Lou Scott
Christina Grant - Carol Page
Smith - Andy Fox
Louise - Linda Woods
Dr Bessner - Geoff Greavey
Kay Mostyn - Carol Page
Simon Mostyn - Tim Squirrell
Canon Pennefather - Terry Jones
Jacqueline de Severac- June Henderson

A group of tourists take a trip on a steamboat down the Nile. The characters -- an overbearing matron, her put-upon niece, a socialist who looks down on the rich, a clergyman, a foreign doctor, newlyweds and the jilted girlfriend. Each has a skeleton in the closet, and is any of them who he or she seems? When one of them turns up dead, it is Canon Pennefather who puts together the bits and pieces until the murderer is revealed.

'Murder on the Nile' was sponsored by Petz Stuff
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
By: Charles Dickens, Adapted by Shaun Sutton

1st - 5th December 2009

Cast:

Scrooge - John Davis
Bob Cratchit - Peter Sandwith
Fred - Tim Squirrel
1st Portly Gent - Geoff Greavey
2nd Portly Gent - Mike Crawshaw
Marley’s Ghost - Brian Randell
Ghost Christmas Past - Wally Openheim
Scrooge (Boy) - Rebecca Miller
Mr Fezziwig - Ian Morson
Mrs Fezziwig - Dawn Charman
Emma Fezziwig - Jezebel Groove
Fanny Fezziwig - Sophia Louise Savva
Marley (Young Man) - Brian Randell
Dora - Carol Page
Scrooge (Young Man) - Paul Minvalla
Ghost Christmas Present - Graham Ormiston
Tiny Tim - Drew Psalter
Agnes (Fred’s Wife) - Emily Egan
Ghost Christmas Future - Chrissie Jackson
Mrs Cratchit - Liz Pearce
1st Business Man - Les Arnold
2nd Business Man - Brian Randell
3rd Business Man - Ian Morson
Boy/Lad - Rebecca Miller
Belinda Cratchit - Katie Gillman
Sarah Cratchit - Natalia Psalter
Peter Cratchit - Daisy Brunskill
Martha Cratchit - Carol Page
Waits - Geoff Greavey, Mike Crawshaw, Maureen Moeton, Sue Stenning, June Henderson

The classic story: 4 ghosts visit the miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. The apparition of Scrooge's business partner Marley, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas As Yet To Come guide Scrooge along his loveless present and bleak future. The vision of his own headstone and the fact that no one will mourn his death force Scrooge to see the error of his "Bah! Humbug!" attitude towards both life and Christmas.
The primary recipients of Scrooge's moral rebirth are his poor clerk Bob Cratchit and his family, especially the crippled boy Tiny Tim. Scrooge awakens from his illusions and delivers a turkey to the Cratchit household, gives Bob a raise and reconciles with his nephew.

'A Christmas Carol' was sponsored by Oliver's Delicatessen: www.oliversdelicatessen.com
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BOEING BOEING
By: Marc Camoletti

6th - 10th October 2009

Cast:
Bernard - Terry Jones
Janet - Gail Stokes
Bertha - Flo Haire
Robert - Peter Sandwith
Jacqueline - Janet West
Judith - Judith Fox

Bernard, a successful architect living in Paris, thinks he can easily cope with his three air-hostess fiancées. It is all a question of timetables and a reliable, long-suffering housekeeper who reluctantly has the role of romantic air-traffic controller. When old college pal Robert arrives, Bernard relishes the chance to show his wide-eyed visitor his first-class operation at work. Unfortunately, when a new turbo-charged 'Super Boeing' is introduced, flights are delayed, schedules change and chaos ensues in this hysterical whirl of mayhem and matchmaking.

'Boeing Boeing' was sponsored by Ampersand Interiors: www.ampersandinteriors.eu
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TRIPLE TREAT (A Selection of One Act Plays)
29th April-2nd May 2009

DOUBLES (An extract from 'Alarms and Excursions')
By: Michael Frayn
Directed by: Mike Crawshaw

Cast:
Lawrence - Brian Randall
Lynn - Jan West
Miles - Ray Kilvington
Melanie - Gail Stokes

Two adjoining hotel bedrooms. Two couples, strangers. Miles a joker, Laurence – boring. Their partners, Melanie, Lynn, going quietly mad. They go to dinner, return, pull the others to pieces, eavesdrop – leading to misunderstandings. The night is eventful, and embarrassing. Come the morning, balcony meetings bring more embarrassments. At the end, each couple feels unable to leave their room – for ever???

ALARMS (An extract from 'Alarms and Excursions')
By: Michael Frayn
Directed By: Ian Morson

Cast:
John - Terry Jones
Jocasta - Emma Nicolaou
Nicholas - Andy Fox
Nancy - Denise Richards

A dinner party with two couples soon shows all the hallmarks of classic farce. Frayn throws in a defective smoke alarm,a buzzing kitchen timer, a renegade phone system and a lethal corkscrew for good measure – and endless laughter.

THE FAT LADY SINGS IN LITTLE GRIMLEY
By: David Tristram
Directed By: Les Arnold

Cast:
Gordon - Steve Vincent
Margaret - Penny
Joyce - Linda Woods
Bernard - Geoff Greavey

Gordon, Margaret, Joyce and Bernard are back to tackle yet another threat to their survival - this time in the shape of a rival am-dram group, newly-formed in their village, determined to upstage them with an award-winning musical. The querulous quartet pull together to devise an ingenious military-style plan that doesn't, well, go quite to plan. When their subterfuge is discovered by the rival society's psychopathic front-of-house manager, he's none too pleased. Add in a few emotional complications for Gordon, and things look a little grim for Little Grimley. Could this finally be the end of their society? ---- Don't be so sure. It's never over...until the fat lady sings.
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CROWN MATRIMONIAL
A Royal Family Drama by Royce Ryton
3rd - 7th March 2009
Directed by: Ian Morson

Cast List:
Queen Mary - Sue Crawshaw
David, King Edward VIII - Peter Sandwith
Bertie, Duke of York - Les Arnold
Elizabeth, Duchess of York- Liz Pearce
Mary, Princess Royal - Judith Fox
Princess Alice - Gabbi Hughes
Maybell, Countess of Airlie - Brenda Miller
The Hon. Margaret Wyndham - Lou Scott
Walter Monckton, KC - Geoff Greavey
Queen's Page, John - Tim Squirrel

Crown Matrimonial focuses on the crisis that faced the nation when Edward VIII declared his deep love for Wallis Simpson. Unswayed by the prospect of public scandal, family upheaval and even abdication, he is insistent that he will marry the woman he loves.Set in Marlborough House in 1936, this insight into the domestic life of the Royal Family shows the volatile relationship between Queen Mary and her son King Edward VIII caused by his love affair, and mirrors the other great royal constitutional crisis in 1997 portrayed in the film 'The Queen'

'Crown Matrimonial' was sponsored by the UKCA (Paphos) Limited: www.ukca.com.cy
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CINDERS, The True Story
A Family Pantomime by David Tristram
30th November - 6th December 2008
Directed by: Cathy Asater and Penny Meakins

Cast List:
Hairy Fairy - Ray Kilvington
Cinders - Emma Moir
Dotty - Dawn Charman
Potty - Jan Clarke
Prince Charming - Gabriella Hughes
Dandini - Lisa Remick
Baron Hardup - Ralph Taylor
Baroness Hardup - Jackie Matthews
Buttons - Cody Dahler
Chorus - Rebecca Miller, Daisy Brunskill, Eva Bell, Sophie Savva, Willie Clarke, Andy Fox, Judith Fox, June Henderson, Barbara Lewis, Liz Pearce, Brian Randell, Suzanne Stenning, Richard Taylor, Linda Woods, Pamela Williams, Maggie Wright.

Once upon a time, there was a hard-working young girl called Cinders. Everybody loved Cinders because she was gentle, shy and unassuming - NOT!
The time has come for the real story of Cinderella to be told, warts and all!
This hilarious Panto puts an interesting twist on an old familiar story, and gives us a Cinderella for the 21st Century. With all your favourite characters including Potty and Dotty, two sisters who will need a lot more than an extreme make-over to make them beautiful, a Baroness who makes Professor Snape (from the Harry Potter movie) look like a nice guy and a Fairy Godmother who, well…, has a bit of a problem!

'CINDERS, The True Story' was sponsored by Olivers Delicatessen: www.oliversdelicatessen.com
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ON GOLDEN POND
by Ernest Thompson
30^th September- 4^th October 2008
Directed by: Ian Morson.

Cast List:
Norman Thayer, Jnr - Mike Crawshaw
Ethel Thayer - Florence Haire
Chelsea Thayer Wayne - Gail Stokes
Charlie Martin - Les Arnold
Bill Ray - Brian Randell
Billy Ray - Cody Dahler

An ageing couple, Ethel and Norman Thayer arrive at their summer place on Golden Pond. Soon, their estranged daughter Chelsea shows up with her boyfriend Bill and his thirteen year old son Billy. Conflicts between Norman and Chelsea, which have been going on for years, further develop upon her arrival at the lake. Billy is eventually responsible for the resolution of the conflicts between father and daughter.

'ON GOLDEN POND' was sponsored by ProACT Partnership: www.proactpartnership.com
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THE ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION)
by Neil Simon.
13^th- 17^th May 2008
Directed by: Caroline Harman Smith

Cast List:
Olive Madison - Liz Pearce
Florence Unger - Jan West
Sylvie - Gail Stokes
Renee - Sue Crawshaw
Vera - Dawn Charman
Mickey - Christine Jackson
Manola Costazuela - Peter Sandwith
Jesus Costazuela - Ian Morson,

A group of friends assemble for Trivial Pursuit in the apartment of divorced Olive Madison. The apartment mess is a good indication why her husband left her years earlier. Late to arrive is Florence Unger who just became separated from her husband. Since she is very tense, they fear that she might commit suicide. As life would have it, the slob Olive and the neat Florence decide to move in together - with hilarious results. The patters of their own disastrous marriages begin to reappear in this new arrangement.
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SAME TIME NEXT YEAR
by Bernard Slade.
4^th- 8^th March 2008
Directed by: Penny Meakins

Cast List:
Doris - Lisa Remick
George Peters - PeterSandwith

After a one-night stand at a country inn, happily married (but not to one another) George and Doris decide to meet again the next year, and soon they are as committed to their annual weekend together as they are to their own spouses and families. This romantic comedy covers the growth of their friendship and love over the course of a 24-year relationship, and the inevitable changes in their lives and the world around them. Same Time Next Year captures the joy, pain, and humour that typify daily - or annual - human existence.
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