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Don't Understand The Plot
First
up was The Unfortunate Cup Of Tea with murder and
mayhem at Montcalm Manor as Lily is ensnared in the evil
machinations of oily foreign nobleman Baron Xímeca
de Chá and his attempts to destroy the great British Cuppa
and plunge the Empire into chaos. In One For The Pot Lily’s
night at the theatre is ruined as flamboyant
tea-swilling magician Signor Tetera is murdered on
stage. Can Inspector Hardy expose the vaudevillian
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Director's
Commentary My first (and last) attempt at
directing - harder than it looks; in difficult circumstances, i.e. an empty butcher's
shop. Wonderful cast, when they turned up, but not always all at the same
rehearsal! Jenny |
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Shouldn't
It Smell Of Beef? As the
Lonsdale Community Centre was closed for
building work we rehearsed this production
in a disused butchers shop just round the corner
which was freezing cold and smelled
of fish. |
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Author!
Author! An author always has mixed
feelings watching the first production of his
work. First there's pride that the group thought
this was good enough to put on in the first place, and then there's
the nail-biting terror of waiting for the audience
reaction. Very positive with laughs in most of the right places - to my great
relief (not to mention surprise). Simon Kibblewhite was magnificent. I'd never
envisaged Inspector Hardy as an ultra-seedy combination of Columbo and Rigsby but now I can't think of him
any other way! Edgar |
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Can't Believe It's Not Samuel French
One
audience member couldn't get their head round
the fact that this was written by a member of
the group as it was "too good". Now is
that a compliment, or what?! |
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Was
I In That One? New arrivals in the shape of Dermot, Simon
and Matti. Matti hailed from Finland and made his Chameleon debut as an
English speaking Spanish nobleman. Now there's versatility for you. Simon was
a real comic discovery so it was a shame he only did two more plays with us. |
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We
Don't Want To Peak Too Early On the final
dress rehearsal of One For The Pot, we missed out two whole
pages of dialogue including the vital clue that forces the
murderer to confess, making the plot even more convoluted than it already was!
We almost did the same thing on the Sunday night as well. |
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Quote,
Unquote Simon as Inspector Hardy – what else can I say! The trench coat has never
recovered. Brilliant debut from Edgar Harrison Sharon
"Oh no", the hardest part I've ever done!
Andy
Simon's performance was... er... unique Ray
Inspector Hardy - what more can I say Mandy
I haven't laughed at the theatre so much for ages
Joanne |
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