By David Williams, directed by Sandie Campbell As at 2022, this was Theatre 62’s last pantomime. CastDracula John OakenfullDame Plasma Howard JamesBuffy Vikki RedgraveFred Ian-Paul MundayRema Ruth AylwardDr Paul Bearer Rob ChambersProf Van Helsing Pieter SwingeMarquise de Sade Del StoneBuster Blood Vessell David KinchHans Peter BidwellAndrex Sisters Nikki Packham, Janet Clark, Heather LondonInspector Ventrical Dennis…
Category: 2005-2009 Productions
Blithe Spirit | October 2009
By Noel Coward. Directed by John Heather. Coward wrote Blithe Spirit in 1941. The action takes place in the late 1930s in the living room of Charles Condomine’s House in Kent. Charles Condomine: Brian John Ruth Condomine: Janet Sharrock Doctor Bradman: Simon Waterfield Mrs Bradman: Pauline Whalley Madame Arcati: Carolyn Taylor Elvira: Pat Adams Edith (maid): …
Angels in Love | June 2009
By Hugh Mills. Directed by Noel Rands. Family feuds, mistaken identity and true love abound when Mrs Fauntleroy attempts to enlighten her now 25 year old married son – the ‘Little Lord’ – on the facts of life. Her hilarious efforts are complicated by mistaken identity, a poisoned teacup and a parlour maid’s naughty novels…
The Accrington Pals | April 2009
By Peter Whelan. Directed by Eve Stone. The story of men from the industrial town of Accrington who enlisted for service in the First World War. They did not enlist for mere patriotism – military service provided a guaranteed income, regular food and clothing. This is a local and social history of the men at the…
Curtains | February 2009
By Stephen Bill. Directed by Muriel Kidd. A mother’s 86th birthday tea is a desperate affair. She is racked with pain and feels that she has lived too long, and her daughter feels guilty at not being able to help. After the party all the old family prejudices are forced out into the open in a…
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge | December 2008
By Mark Brown. Directed by Janet Clark. The continuation of Dickens’s Christmas story sees Scrooge one year after he learned the lesson of goodwill to all. Now the setting is a court of law, where he has sued the ghosts for kidnapping, breaking and entering, trespassing, stalking and emotional distress. This is a family comedy…
Our Country’s Good | October 2008
By Timberlake Wertenberger. Directed by Patricia Melluish. Set in Australia in the late 1780s, convicts are offered humanity by participating in the production of a play, ‘The Recruiting Officer’. The convicts are sent by ship to Australia by the British and over time become animalistic – or so they seem to some of the officers guarding them. Captain…
The Importance of Being Earnest | June 2008
By Oscar Wilde. Directed by Paul Marshall. Worthing and Moncrieff invent the name Ernest for their alter egos. Worthing becomes Ernest when visiting Gwendolene in London, and Moncrieff when visiting Worthing’s young ward Cecily in the country. Eventually they end up together in the country trying to bluff it out but their deceptions are discovered. …
Sugar Daddies | April 2008
By Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by John Oakenfull. Sasha’s chance meeting with a Father Christmas (a near hit-and-run victim) develops into a long, tender and increasingly sinister relationship. The awkward girl from the country meets a guardian uncle who turns out to have a past (and possibly even present) which all but destroys her. The action takes…
The Ghost Train | February 2008
By Arnold Ridley. Directed by Ray Harris. Six passengers stranded at a remote station of the South Cornwall Joint Railway decide to stay the night in the cheerless waiting room. They soon regret their decision because they discover it is the anniversary of a terrible disaster; they soon see some ghostly and not-so-ghostly apparitions. The action tales…
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