Our Next Production:
Set in Oxford University in 1890s, Jack and Charley are both in love and plan to propose to their respective girlfriends, Kitty and Amy. They invite the girls over to meet Charley’s millionaire aunt, Donna Lucia d’Alvadorez of Brazil, who is about to visit Charley for the first time.
Chaperones for single girls were essential in the Victorian era, so when the aunt cancels at the last minute, the boys enlist feckless friend, Fancourt 'Babbs' Babberly, dressed in costume as a woman for an amateur play, to impersonate Charley’s aunt and clear the way for the boys’ marriage proposals.
However, Babbs, as Charley’s aunt, finds himself dealing with fawning admirers and fortune-driven advances of two would-be suitors. Then the real Donna Lucia turns up - incognito…..
Cast
Jack Chesney .......................... Phil Davies
Charley Wykeham ................. Michael Fielding
Lord Fancourt ....................... Laith Bahrani
Brassett .................................. John South
Sir Francis Chesney ............... Michael Saunders
Spettigue ................................ Daniel Evans
Kitty ........................................ Caro Armstrong
Amy ........................................ Helen Scurr
Donna Lucia .......................... Rita Butler
Ela .......................................... Emma Rees
Production
Directors ......................... Helen McCutcheon & Rita Butler
Stage Manager ............... Martin Leckie
Sound ............................. Chris Hawes
Lighting ........................... Ian Shears
Set construction ............. Guy Gilks
Costume & Hair............... Tracy Lasan & Penny Gilks
Props .............................. Claire Leckie, Jane Davies
& Ann Powell
Poster Design ................... Laith Bahrani
Publicity ........................... Michael Fielding & Rita Butler
General Assistance .......... Louisa Feilding
Front of House ................. Jean Betteridge
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