Lady in the Van

Our next festival play “The Lady in the Van” will be performed on the amended dates of 9th, 10th and 11th of March in the Canon Lyndsey Hall of St Bartholomew’s church on the Stranmillis Road.

Our cast list is as follows.

Miss Shepherd – Barbara Jeffers
Alan Bennett – Norman Turkington
Alan Bennett 2 – James Burns
Mam – TBC
Rufus – Terry McDermott
Pauline – Lynne Taylor
Social Worker – Louise McWilliams
Underwood – Alan Martin
Mam’s Doctor – Barney Gadd
Miss Shepherd’s Doctor – Michael Fee

Other parts to be played by members of the cast.

Cast list for Mother Goose

MOTHER GOOSE


Cast list

Fairy Queen Barbara Jeffers
Queen of Hearts June Silcock
Idle Jack Garvin Tohill
Old Woman Who lives In a Shoe June McDermott
Mother Goose ?????
Knave of Hearts ???????
Jabberwock Norman Turkington
Mad Max Alan Martin
Catchem Donal McReynolds
Skinnem Terry McDermott
Ermyntrude Kerry Burns
Gertrude Louise McWilliams

Jill Lisa Henderson
Man in the Moon Ron Elsdon

· Moon Monsters - The Leader - Brendan Fegan
o Ed Flanagan
o Michael Fee
o Barney Gadd


The parts of Knave, Jill and Gertrude will be played by Lisa Henderson and Louise McWilliams and someone else! I have tried to give parts to people as far as possible, who were not so busy last year. Queen of Hearts has been written in and the moon monster parts have been extended.

Rehearsals begin on Thursday 29th September.

Tomb with a View 2005

June Silcock has kindly sent various pictures taken during the recent production of "A Tomb with a View" and they can all be viewed by clicking HERE

Christine Martin has kindly sent me the following cast list and information on the production as follows:

CAST

Hamilton Penworthy Barney Gadd
Lucien Tomb Michael Fee
Dora Tomb Lynne Taylor
Emily Tomb June Silcock
Agatha Hammond Anne Maitland
Marcus Tomb Edward Flanaghan
Anne Franklin Louise McWilliams
Peregrine Potter Norman Turkington
Ermyntrude Ash Olivia O'Kane
Monica Tomb Gemma Hughes

The play was a comedy whodunnit and centred around the eccentric Tomb family who gathered for the Will reading of their deceased father Septimus Tomb. One by the one the characters are killed off and at the end of the play only two remain alive.

We played to our own audience in April and took the show to Portrush in August where it was well received. The cast had a great time at Portrush and it would be good to encourage others to produce for Portrush.

I enjoyed producing this play and the cast were terrific and we had good fun. It was a little tiresome keeping rehearsals going from April to August for Portrush but all the Barties took it in their stride and Portrush made it all worth while.

Good luck with the site.
Regards Christine.

If you have anything to add about "Tomb with a View" - photos, stories or additions to info already posted here, please e-mail me - mark.mcguire@btinternet.com