Our latest production
Hamlet as it Never Was
"Easy Stages" &
"Don't Blame it on the Boots" written by NIck Warburton
directed by Mike Dawes
Kate is struggling to direct “Hamlet” while Eric, playing (badly) the Ghost of Hamlet’s Father, flirts with Ophelia. Liz insists that Eric wears her actor father’s old boots, which are too small for Eric. Then, on opening night, Eric finds himself trapped in the dressing room…
Characters: ERIC (Actor, not a good one) KATE (Director) OPHELIA (Actress) LIZ (Costumes)
Don't Blame it on the Boots
Easy Stages
The stage hands insist on coming on stage at inopportune moments, the producer keeps adding new ideas to the set and one crew member manages to destroy the stage manager’s precious chart containing all the stage directions and notes!
Characters: GERRY (Stage Manager) KATE (Producer) MARTIN (Stage crew) ALICE (Stage crew)
PATSY (Stage crew) GILL (Stage crew) SID (Stage crew)
The cast
Don't Blame it on the Boots Easy Stages
Eric John Kingston Gerry Charles Pepperrell
Kate Anna Steward Kate Anna Steward
Ophelia Eleisha Harvey Martin Nick Forder
Liz Tanya Isaiah Alice Jamie McLean
Patsy Anne MacCormack
Gill Ruby Acquaye
Sid Harry Sadler
The Education of Skinny Spew
A surreal, blackly comic and politically satirical farce,
managing to cross all these boundaries in under twenty-five minutes.