2007 – Season’s Greetings

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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