Time To Kill by Leslie Darbon

Northern Theatre Studio2
Nov 15-17 1996

Accused of causing the death of a local woman Alan is put on trail by Maggie and three of her neighbours. There follows one of the most bizarre trials ever enacted in a ‘court’. But is Alan as guilty as he seems?

Cast

Don Parkes

Iain Buckley

Maggie Parkes

Ailsa Oliver

Helen Francis

Mandy Green

Alan Sexton

Dave Pearson

Jane Abbott

Jenny Stewart

Liz Thomas

Joanne Coates

Directed by Helen Robinson

Murder (Not) In The Title

After three successive 'Murders' we had 'Kill'. Close but no cigar.

Was I In That One?

Once we got Mandy on stage there was no stopping her. But this was Iain’s final appearance which came as no surprise after his (very) regular absences from rehearsals which didn't endear him to the rest of the cast.

Maggie finally confronts Alan with the ‘evidence’
Judge, jury and executioner
Quote, Unquote

Not much remains in my memory of this one, I'm afraid. Probably the fondest memory I have is of all the ridiculous things Helen had put in the suitcase to make me smile when I was supposed to be finding 'costume' for Dave to change into. I always think if I can't remember much about it, then it must have been ok! Ailsa
A real girly play with a good twist Mandy
This was a bit different and a good cast to work with; enjoyable Joanne
This relied too heavily on stupid characters making stupid decisions for no other reason than that the plot would have fallen apart if they hadn't. If only Alan had told those four self-righteous harpies where to get off we could all have got to the pub earlier. An obvious dénouement David
Cast did well but the play was predictable and too long Sharon