2006 – Gasping

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by Ben Elton

Wednesday 22nd November to Saturday 25th November 2006

at The Plaza Centre, Thrapston, Northants

112th production

Produced and Directed by Pat Garton

Tickets £5 (concessions Weds. Thurs.)

Synopsis

Lockheart Industries are making serious money, but Sir Chiffley Lockheart is looking for the buzz given by a new way to make money where no money existed before. Philip, his pushy workaholic exec. suggests selling designer air – Perrier for the nostrils – as a privatised alternative to polluted urban fug. The marketing phenomenon of the decade has arrived and millions are quickly made! However, given the human penchant for “storing for a rainy day” oxygen runs low and new supplies have to be found. The Third World is plundered for its resources creating a greater divide between the “haves” and the “have nots”. The world starts gasping and only the biggest suckers survive…

Cast
Philip Frank Jenkins
Sir Chiffley Lockheart Peter Laughton
Sandy Vic Bassett
Kirsten Carrie Smart
Weather Girl & Air Hostess Sophie Hayes
Reporter Emma Lea
Behind the Scenes
Stage Manager Graham Charles
Set Design Terry Breedon
Construction & Stage Crew Peter Laughton, Rod Brown, Bryn Wright
Lighting Steve Westley
Sound Peter Laughton
Properties Pat Garton & Cast
Wardrobe Viv Corbishley
Prompter Shirley Haynes
Publicity Viv Corbishley
Front of House Manager Prudence Goss
Raffle Diana Charles, Emma Lea
Bar & Teas TADS members and friends of the Society

Reviews

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