Programme Notes - Running Order - Crew
...to this, 2007, the Carlton's 80th dramatic year of entertaining and edifying the good people of Merton (and the rest of them). Carlton Showcase LXXX is the first in what is bound to be a string of fantastic 80th birthday celebrations.
In April is the exclusive invitation-only 80th Party, featuring a packed programme of talent, nostalgia, jazz and cabaret entertainment, with some very special guests.
Then of course we have our usual programme of top-class productions, starting with Joe Orton's Fred 'n' Madge in June. Watch our ever-growing website for more details!
But here, now, tonight, this evening, sit back, relax, pop the cork/crack the can/twist the top, pour a glass and enjoy yourselves. The 80th is upon us!
| ACT I | |||
| The Night I Appeared As Macbeth | by | William Hargreaves | details |
| Praying Mantis | by | Neil Kelly | details |
| The Waitress | by | Victoria Wood | details |
| The Writing's On The Wall | by | Jason Rodericks | details |
| Billy Liar | by | Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse | details |
| The Sea | by | Edward Bond | details |
| Shark-infested Waters | by | Mike Norman-Smith | details |
| ACT II | |||
| Can't Buy Me Love | by | John Lennon & Paul McCartney, adapted by Peter Sellers | details |
| Holiday Acquaintances | by | Mike Norman-Smith | details |
| The Reporter | by | Victoria Wood | details |
| There are Smiles | by | Ring Lardner Junior, adapted by Jil and David Hall | details |
| The Country Wife | by | William Wycherley | details |
| The Late-running Relationship Counselling Service Has Been Cancelled | by | Neil Kelly | details |
A short poem on the trials and tribulations of an amateur actor playing Macbeth.
| An Amateur Actor | ~ | James Grayston |
Peggy's husbands always seem to expire in the most unlikely ways. Is there something she's not telling us?
| Peggy | ~ | Kathie Arundell |
| Vic | ~ | Neil Kelly |
| Waitress | ~ | Tori Heggs |
| Man | ~ | Andrew Candish |
| Woman | ~ | Naomi Nicholson |
| The Singer-songwriter | ~ | Jason Rodericks |
| Billy | ~ | Jason Rodericks |
| Rita | ~ | Cecile Dippnall |
| Albert | ~ | Neil Kelly |
| Barbara | ~ | Jo Crabtree |
The play The Sea is a play set in 1900 in a remote coastal village. The sea seems to surround the village, inescapable and ever-changing. A local man drowns in the sea leading to fear and madness as the villagers contemplate what it might mean and what changes the new century may have in store. Right at the end of the play Evens, once a member of the upper class but now a drop-out living on the beach, reflects on how nothing stands still in the universe, and how life is much bigger and richer than anyone in the village has ever thought.
| Evens | ~ | Andrew Candish |
Just when you thought it was safe...family harmony in a holiday paddling pool is disturbed by an intruder.
| Georgie | ~ | Ruth Brooks |
| Grandmother | ~ | Alison |
| Morag | ~ | Anna Parker |
| Alli | ~ | Mike Norman-Smith |
| Carol-Anne | ~ | Jo Crabtree |
He'll give her anything if she'll say she loves him...
| Mr Kite | ~ | Alun Goodman |
| Lovely Rita | ~ | Ruth Brooks |
Relaxing on a holiday sundeck in a Canaries hotel, you never know who your fellow guests may be.
| Holidaymaker | ~ | Michael Mangroo |
| Nick | ~ | Mike Norman Smith |
| The Reporter, a Reporter | ~ | Tori Heggs |
| Butch, a Photographer | ~ | Andrew Candish |
| Widow Smith, a Widow | ~ | Naomi Nicholson |
'There are Smiles' has been adapted from a short story by an American humorist, Ring Lardner Junior and is set in New York in 1927 – some 80 years ago. It seemed an appropriate piece to celebrate Carlton’s anniversary. The play is a sometimes funny, sometimes poignant little piece about a jovial traffic cop who develops an attraction for a young female motorist who drives too fast...
| The Narrator | ~ | Netty Piper |
| Ben Collins | ~ | Brian Aris |
| Edith Dole | ~ | Jo Forest-Jones |
| Grace Collins | ~ | Sara Erne |
| Tim Martin Drivers Radio Voice |
~ | Alun Goodman |
This bawdy Elizabethan comedy sees the naive country girl, Margery, married off to the mean old Mr Pinchwife. Thrown headfirst into heady city life, Margery finds herself caught between the jealousy of her husband and the (not altogether unwelcome) attentions of the rakish Mr Horner...
| Marjery Pinchwife | ~ | Naomi Nicholson |
That absolute rotter Sir Percy has tied poor Miranda to a railway track. Will dashing young Henry arrive in the nick of time to rescue his comely wench?
| Sir Percy | ~ | Jeremy Wray |
| ~ | Ruth Brooks | |
| Henry | ~ | Alun Goodman |
| Producer | ~ | Kristen McGorry |
| Sound | ~ | Simon Harris |
| Stage Manager | ~ | Alison Raffan |
| Assistant Stage Manager | ~ | Louise Blackman |
| Lighting | ~ | Kristen McGorry |
| Programme and Website |
~ | Matthew Petty |
| Front of house | ~ | Cindy Graves & friends |
| Raffle prizes | ~ | Cast and crew |