Past Performances, 2006

The Lympton Cat (a murder mystery)

Suspects and victim (Angela Anderson, Anne Lodziak, Audrey Harris, Hannah Burns,

James Sharpe, Nick Beale and Seb Anderson)

Claire Mayne

 

The Lympton Cat (a murder mystery) by Frances Bartram

Cheree, Angela Anderson, Doreen, Anne Lodziak, Connor, Sebastian Anderson, Abigail, Hannah Burns, Bill, James Sharpe, Clare, Audrey Harris, Henry, Nick Beale.

Hostess (announcer), Claire Mayne, Stage Manager, Jenni Sinclair, Lights, Christina Bartram, Sound, Graham Potter.

Directed by Frances Brownlie.

Performances:

Saturday 14th January at Ickleton

Friday 10th February at Stapleford

Saturday 18th February at Cambridge (private party)

Friday 24th February at Abington

Friday 10th March at St Mary's Church Hall, Sawston (Sawston Players own presentation)

Saturday 11th March at Melbourn Village College

 

 

Once A Jolly Farmer (One Act Drama Festival entry)

 

Once A Jolly Farmer by Frances Bartram

Charles, Seb Anderson, Marian, wife of Charles, Samantha Billing, Dad, father of Charles, Nick Beale, Trisha (on work experience), Emily Pumfrey, Customer 1, James Sharpe, Customer 2, Claire Mayne, Customer 3, "Jenny" Sharpe.

Setting: A farm shop. Time: The present.

Stage Manager, James Sharpe, Lights, Christina Bartram, Sound, Graham Potter.

Directed by Frances Brownlie.

Performances:

Thursday, March 23, 2006 at the Sawston Drama Festival (Sawston Youth Centre, New Road, Sawston, Cambridgeshire)

Friday, April 28, 2006 at the Cambridge Drama Festival (Mumford Theatre, East Road, Cambridge)

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at the Haverhill Drama Festival (Haverhill Arts Centre, Haverhill, Suffolk)

Friday, June 9, 2006 at the Welwyn Drama Festival (Campus West Theatre, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire)

 

 

 

Ladies In Retirement (Full Length Drama Festival entry)

Anne Lodziak, Rosemary Eason

Audrey Harris, Rosemary Eason, Lorraine Baker

Ane Lodziak, Lorraine Baker, Audrey Harris

Jean Schofield, Rosemary Eason

Jean Schofield, Nick Beale

Claire Mayne, Nick Beale

Lorraine Baker, Nick Beale, Audrey Harris, Claire Mayne

 

Ladies In Retirement by Edward Perry and Reginald Denham

Lucy Gilham, Claire Mayne, Leonora Fiske, Jean Schofield, Ellen Creed, Rosemary Eason, Albert Feather, Nick Beale, Louisa Creed, Lorraine Baker, Emily Creed, Audrey Harris, Sister Theresa, Anne Lodziak.

The scene is set in the living room of an old house on the marshes of the Thames Estuary. It is some ten miles east of Gravesend.

Act 1: Scene 1: A June morning in 1885; Scene 2: An afternoon in the following September; Scene 3: Late afternoon, a week later. Act 2: Scene 1: Saturday night in mid-November. Interval. Scene 2: Sunday morning. Act 3: Scene 1: The following Wednesday night; Scene 2: Thursday morning.

Stage Manager, Sebastian Anderson, Assistant Stage Manager, Jenni Sinclair, Lights, Christina Bartram, Sound, Graham Potter.

Directed by Frances Brownlie.

Performances:

Sunday, April 23, 2006 at Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at Hertford Theatre Week 2006 (Castle Hall, Hertford).

Sunday, May 28, 2006 at the 56th National Felixstowe Drama Festival (Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe, Suffolk).

 

 

Lympton Players Christmas Dinner (a murder mystery)

 

Lympton Players Christmas Dinner by Frances Bartram

Clare Williams, Lorraine Baker, her daughter Nymphadora Williams, Angela Anderson, Sheree Norton, Claire Mayne, Doreen Trimble, Anne Lodziak, Dwayne Trent, James Camp, Maureen Howe, Sue Groves, Suzy Franklin, Audrey Harris, Sid the Barman, Nick Beale.

Members of Lympton Players arrive for their Christmas Dinner in the village pub on a cold November evening.

Stage Manager, Jenni Sinclair, Lights, Christina Bartram, Sound, Graham Potter.

Directed by Frances Brownlie.

Performances:

Saturday November 18, 2006 at Wilburton

Friday November 24, 2006 at Stapleford

Sunday November 26, 2006 at Whittlesford (Sawston Players own presentation)

Saturday December 2, 2006 at Ickleton (Maureen Howe played by Frances Bartram)

(More performances in 2007)