Posted October 10, 2021 by aitrix 2021-2022 Productions

Barefoot in the Park | October 2021

Monday 4 – Saturday 9 October 2021

This was Theatre 62’s first production since February 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon. This is a romantic comedy. A newlywed couple live in an apartment on the fifth floor of a block in New York City. Whilst Carrie is positive about their exciting future, Paul is anxious about the various flaws in the apartment, such as a hole in the skylight, their cupboard which leaks and so on… After their six-day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Carrie’s mother and decide to ‘set her up’ with their neighbour, Mr Velasco…. where everything that can go wrong does go wrong…

Setting: February 1964, Greenwich Village, New York

Cast

Carrie Bratter	Laura Gamble
Paul Bratter	Robert Chambers
Victor Velasco	Ian Evans
Mrs Ethel Banks	Janet Edden
Telephone Man	Bernard Harriss

Backstage

Stage Manager	Ian & Pauline Wathen
Rehearsal Prompt	Jan Stockwell
Properties	Sue Hicks
Set Design	Alan Matthews
Set Construction Lead	Ian Saunders
Sound Design	Ian James
Lighting Design	Jon Lewis
Costumes	Margaret Uzzell, Diana Quinn, Valerie Polydorou