Seasons Greetings
by Alan Ayckbourn
Wednesday 21st November to Saturday 24th November 2007
at The Plaza Centre, Thrapston, Northants
114th production
Produced and Directed by Pat Garton
Tickets £5 (concessions Weds. Thurs.)
Synopsis
Half-a-dozen relatives and friends are celebrating Christmas with Neville and Belinda. Various children are also there: though unseen, their presence is always felt and indeed seems duplicated in the adults. Petty, and not so petty, squabbles break out and Christmas presents are rifled. A final climax, resulting from the arrival of the young writer, Clive, leads to what appears to be tragedy as he is shot by the trigger-happy Harvey as a looter. Hilarious highlights include a chaotically incompetent puppet show and a midnight love scene that ends by setting up a fearful din among several mechanical Christmas presents.
| Cast | |
| Neville | Peter Laughton |
| Belinda, his wife | Hazel Jones |
| Phyllis, his sister | Carrie Smart |
| Harvey, his uncle | John Lillyman |
| Bernard, Phyllis’s husband | Frank Jenkins |
| Rachel, Belinda’s sister | Karen Chebatoris |
| Eddie | Martin Picken |
| Pattie, Eddie’s wife | Sarah Jones |
| Clive | Grahame Nightingale |
| Behind the Scenes | |
| Stage Manager | Terry Breedon |
| Set Design | Terry Breedon |
| Construction & Stage Crew | Peter Laughton, Pat Garton |
| Lighting | Ryan Wright |
| Sound | Peter Laughton |
| Properties | Pat Garton |
| Prompter | Shirley Haynes |
| Publicity | Viv Corbishley |
| Front of House Manager | Prudence Goss |
| Bar | Sue & Ray Dodds, Matt Chebatoris |
| Raffle | Michelle Mahoney, Viv Corbishley |
| Teas | TADS members and friends of the Society |
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