2005 – Farndale’s…A Christmas Carol

FarndaleFarndale … A Christmas Carol

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol

by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr

at The Plaza Centre, Thrapston, Northants

110th production

Produced and Directed by

Synopsis

In festive mood, the F.A.H.E.T.G.D.S. ladies mount yet another assault on the classics with their stage version of A Christmas Carol. Enthusiasm their middle name, and with the virile support of stage-manager Gordon, the cast present a dizzy array of characters from the Dickensian favourite (and a few which aren’t) under the ever-battling leadership of Thelma and Mrs Reece. Of course, no Farndale evening would be quite complete without those wayward touches of ingenuity for which the ladies are so justly famed, so, in truly sparkling form, Mrs Reece engineers some novel audience participation while bravely contending with the chattily-intrusive PA system. And, a real Farndale First: two specially-composed songs providing unique, show-stopping opportunities for the ladies to wrap their vocal chords and feet around.

Cast
Thelma (playing Ebenezer Scrooge)
Karen Chebatoris
Mrs Reece (playing Tiny Tim; Fred’s Wife; A Gentleman; Mrs Dilber; The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) Prudence Goss
Mercedes (playing Bob Cratchit; Belle; A Boy) Pat Garton
Gordon (playing Mrs Cratchit; Jacob Marley; Half of The Ghost of Christmas Present; The Ghost of Christmas Past; Mr Fezziwig) Grahame Nightingale
Felicity (playing Half of The Ghost of Christmas Present; Fred; Little Fan; Old Joe) Carrie Smart
Other parts played by members of the cast