Burgess Hill production of The Graduate
After the success of Burgess Hill Theatre Club’s last production, The Ladykillers, they are putting on another classic, The Graduate adapted for the stage by Terry Johnson.
The Graduate will run at Burgess Hill Theatre, Church Walk in Burgess Hill from Wednesday, April 6 to Saturday, April 9 at 8pm. Spokeswoman Nicki
Plank said: “This dark comedy, based on the novel by Charles Webb, is a coming-of-age story that explores family dysfunction, crumbling marriages, disillusionment and love set against the backdrop of sunny California in the swinging 1960s.
“Director Carolyn Chinn and the cast and crew have been working hard over the last few months to produce what is going to be another fantastic production.”
Benjamin Braddock is a confused young man. Having spent four years achieving a brilliant scholastic record, upon graduation he finds himself adrift, uncertain about his future, disconnected from his purpose, and increasingly alienated from the upperclass, suburban, world of his parents. Fighting panic and boredom, he is deeply conflicted but ultimately willing when Mrs Robinson, the unhappily married, dangerously charismatic wife of his father’s business partner, tempts him into an affair.
Tickets at www. ticketsource.co.uk/burgesshill-theatre-club or call 01444 870412 or 07483 116873. The cast is Robson Ternouth (Benjamin Braddock); Adrienne
Chinn (Mrs Robinson); Sophie Davies (Elaine Robinson); Philip Hawkins (Mr Robinson); Archie Tipple (Mr Braddock);
Laura Witham (Mrs Braddock); Gemma Masters (maid, bartender, wedding guest); Andy Squires (porter, customer, priest); and Luisa Deas (hotel clerk, stripper, psychiatrist, wedding guest). More information at www. burgesshilltheatreclub.com.