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Don't Dress for Dinner

Godspell

Arcadia A Christmas Carol

 

Don't Dress for Dinner
 
by 

 1999

Directed by

 Ralph Dawes

 
 
Cast
 
Kevin Isaac - Bernard
Heather Richards - Jacqueline his wife
John Garland - Robert his friend
Claire Wiggins - Suzanne his mistress
Zoe Edden - Suzette the cook
Andrew Cregeen - George her husband
 
Production Team
 
Stage Manager - Dave Comber
ASM - Margaret Ockenden
Lighting - Mike Medway
Set Design - Ralph Dawes
Set Construction - Brian Box, Mike Davy, Mark Flower, Marc Lewis
Set painting - Sheila Neesham, Frances Thorne
Properties - Margaret Davy, Sue Whittaker
Costume Manager - Margaret Faggetter
Front of House Manager - Mark Flower
Press & Publicity - Rosemary Bouchy, Judith Berrill, Rosemary Brown, Frances Thorne
Box Office - Margaret Murrell & The Barn team
 
Acknowledgements
 
'Flowers by Clare' - foyer flowers [01273 594687]
 
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Godspell
 
by 

 1999

Directed by

 Betty Dawes

 
 
Cast
 
Anthony Muzzall - Jesus
John the Baptist / Judas - Adrian Kenward
with
Hannah Collis
Roland Ham-Riche
Joanna Hopper
Julie Le Manquais
Jane Richards
Hazel Starns
Peter Winstone
 
Band
 
Keyboards - Kate Szeless, Andrew Stewart
Bass and Acoustic Guitar - Bob Ryder
Percussion - Jonathan Dawes
 
Production Team
 
Musical Director - Katalin Szeless
Choreographer - Trudy Nash
Stage Manager - Dave Collis
ASM - Joan Bearman
Designer - Amanda Evans
Lighting - Ralph Dawes
Set Construction & Painting - 
Brian Box, Dave Collis, Dave Comber, Mike Davy, Mark Flower, Sheila Neesham, Frances Thorne
Properties - Margaret Davy, Sue Whittaker
Sound - Dave Hill, Frank Child, Greg Stams
Front of House Manager - Mark Flower
Press & Publicity - Rosemary Bouchy, Judith Berrill, Rosemary Brown, Frances Thorne
Box Office - Margaret Murrell & The Barn Team
 
Acknowledgements
 
Sussex Stationers for the window display in Southwick Square
 
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Arcadia
 
by Tom Stoppard

 1999

Directed by

 Bob Ryder

When Arcadia opened in 1993, an extremely rare thing happened - audiences and critics were at once convinced they were witnessing a new play which was going to rank among the classics of world theatre.  So far that judgment has held up, 'officially', with Arcadia shooting effortlessly into the pop charts of English and Drama syllabuses around the globe.

What makes it so special? Probably a combination of things.  there is an extraordinary range of ideas and 'movements' - the science of creation and the chaos of the natural world, the order of classicism and the inspired disorder of romanticism  -  just to be going on with.  But all this clever stuff is presented in perfect theatrical form, through great characters caught up in a fascinating story line - or two related story lines, as the events of the past and the present continually intertwine.  And then there is the sheer dexterity of the language and the comedy which Tom Stoppard uses to create both high entertainment and serious emotion.

And it's the element of emotion, perhaps, that puts Arcadia onto a new level of achievement among Tom Stoppard's works.  To enjoy Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead,  or Jumpers, or Travesties, it's not necessary to feel particularly involved in the feelings of the central characters.  But with Arcadia, we are drawn closely into caring about the future of Thomasina and Septimus, for example, and about Hannah's gradual piecing-together of the truth about their lost lives.  Stppard's play were once accused of being full of wit and short on 'heart'.  Arcadia has both, in plenty.  Along with his subsequent 1997 play The Invention of Love (about the poet and scholar A E Houseman) it sets a new high water mark.  
Cast
 
1809 - 12
 
Lucy Tickner - Thomasina Coverly
Jim Calderwood - Septimus Hodge
David Goodger - Jellaby
Rols Ham-Riche - Ezra Chater
Kevin Isaac - Richard Noakes
Derek Fraser - Captain Brice
Judith Berill - Lady Croom
Tom Griffiths - Augusta Coverly
 
The present day
 
Katie Brownings - Hannah Jarvis
David Creedon - Bernard Nightingale
John Garland - Valentine Coverly
Hannah Collis - Chloe Coverly
Tom Griffiths - Gus Coverly
 
Production Team
 
Assistant Director - John Garland
Stage Manager - Marc Lewis
ASM - Jean Porter
Lighting - Mike Medway                                            
Sound control - Rob Stuckey
Set Building - David Comber, Dave Collis, Brian Box, Mike Davy, Marc Lewis, Mark Flower
Set Painting - Sheila Neesham, Frances Thorns
Properties - Sue Whittaker, Margaret Davy
Costume - Margaret Faggetter, Judith Berrill, Adrian Kenward
Press & Publicity - Rosemary Bouchy, Frances Thorne, Rosemary Brown
Design & Graphics - Judith Berrill
Box Office - Margaret Murrell & the Barn Team
Front of House Managers - David Pierce, Betty Dawes, Mark Flower
 
Acknowledgements
 
Royal Shakespeare Company for additional costumes
Royal National Theatre for additional props.
Greg Starns for digital sound recordings
Nicki Dunsford for choreography
Jenny Sweet for rehearsal tortoise
 
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A Christmas Carol
 
by Charles Dickens

December 18 - 22 1999

Directed by

 
Tony Brownings

 
 
Cast
 
David Goodger - Ebenezer Scrooge
Bob Ryder - Bob Cratchit
Kevin Isaac - Fred  Scrooge's nephew
Peter Thompson - Portly Gentleman [1]
John Barham - Portly Gentleman [2]
David Creedon - Marley's Ghost
Judith Berrill - Ghost of Christmas Past
Tom Cullen - Scrooge  as a boy
Jane Richards - Belle
John Garland - Scrooge  as a young man
Helen Ames - Fran
Peter Winstone - Dick Wilkins
Ralph Dawes - Mr. Fezziwig
Joan Bearman - Mrs. Fezziwig
Laura Isaac - Lotty Fezziwig
John Barham - Ghost of Christmas Present
Margaret Pearce - Mrs. Cratchit
Stuart Isaac - Peter Cratchit
Liz Nowak - Belinda Cratchit
Becky Hodge - Martha Cratchit
Christopher Brownings - Tiny Tim
Julie le Manquais - Agnes  Fed's wife
Jane Richards - Maude  her sister
John Garland - Topper
Margaret Ockenden - Old Meg
Diane Robinson - Charwoman
Rosemary Bouchy - Laundress
David Creedon - Undertaker's Man
Judith Berrill - Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
David Brownings - Beggar Boy / Ignorance
Annette Thompson - Beggar Girl / Want
Tom Cullen - Young Boy
Businessmen - Mark Flower, Ralph Dawes, Peter Winstone, Peter Thompson
Carol Singers - Derek Fraser, Nick Ryder
Bell Ringers - Jane Richards, Joan Bearman
Cit Folk - Ralph Dawes, Rosemary Bouchy
Party Guests - Julie le Manquais, Lynda Mostyn, Valerie Bray
 
Production Team
 
Musical Director - Katie Szeless
Stage Manager - David Comber
ASMs - Olive Smith, Marc Lewis, Dave Collis
Lighting - Mike Medway
Set Construction - David Comber, Dave Collis, Brian Box, Mike Davy, Marc Lewis
Set Painting - Frances Thorne, Sheila Neesham
Properties - Sue Whittaker, Margaret Davy
Costumes - Frances Moulton
Press & Publicity - Rosemary Bouchy, Frances Thorne, Rosemary Brown
Design, graphics & photography - Judith Berrill
Assistant to the Director - Betty Dawes
Box Office - Margaret Murrell & the Barn Team
Front of House Managers - Davis Pierce, Brian Moulton
 
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