Extra date added for award-winning play
Friday November 13 at 7.30pm Scarborough’s Cresta Amateyr Dramatic Society presents performances of its latest play 9.15 for at Woodend.
The first performance on November 7 has sold out so an extra performance on Friday November 13 at 7.30pm has been added.
The play triumphed at the Sedgefield Drama Festival, where the production won five awards.
The six-hander is written and directed by local dramatist and actor Sue Wilding.
It won Best Original Writing (Sue Wilding), Best Actor (David Irwin), Best Supporting Actor (Tim Tubbs), Best Actor Under-21 (Hugh Stanway) and Runner-up Best Production. The cast also includes Rae Yaldren, Dean Daley and Philip Gunton.
“I’m very proud of the cast and the performance,” said Sue.
The play is about Neville, who is old school. He comes to work every day, arrives and leaves on time, and gets on with his job in between. Popular joker Dennis
sees Neville as an opportunity to play pranks. The Stephen Joseph Theatre has announced casting for its sparkling festive production Hansel and Gretel in Scarborough this Christmas.
This storytelling feast will be brought to life in the theatre’s in-the-round setting with new and returning faces, an acapella soundtrack and food glorious food.
Husband and wife Peter Basham and Elinor Lawless wwill be playing brother and sister in the title roles.
Also new to the company is Eithne Browne appearing as Mother and the Wicked Witch and, following the summer production of Neville’s Island, Jamie Chapman returns to play both Father and a giant mouse.
Associate director Henry Bell directs a unique adaptation by award-winning writer Mike Kenny, featuring music by Oli Steadman from the band Stornoway and design by Lucy Weller.
It’s dinner time and a family gathers round the table as usual but today, instead of grumbling about the food, they begin to tell the tale of Hansel and Gretel.
The story comes to life as Mum’s knitting becomes a witch’s outfit, the tea cosy a mouse, and Mum, Dad and their two children sing, laugh, quake and cry their way through Grimms’ fa- mous tale. Director Henry Bell said: “I’m thrilled to welcome new faces and fresh talent to the Stephen Joseph Theatre as well as bringing back Jamie Chapman who I loved working with this summer.
“All four cast members are exceptionally skilled performers and I can’t wait to start exploiting their many talents in rehearsals. I’m also happy that Peter and Elinor will spend Christmas together - separating married couples over this time can get directors in all sorts of trouble.”
On stage Peter Basham has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Love’s Labour’s Won and Love’s Labour’s Lost in 2014, previously at the Stephen Joseph Theatre with the Tobacco Factory in the national tour of As You Like It and on screen in the box office hits Skyfall and Inception, Channel 4’s Utopia and the BBC series of Sherlock.
Elinor Lawless comes to Scarborough fresh from Bakkhai at London’s Almeida Theatre, she was also seen in Stone Cold Murder at The Mill at Sonning and A Fatal Secret and The Roaring Girl at Shakespeare’s Globe.
A regular on the Liverpool circuit, Eithne Browne has performed numerous times in the city and most recently in Mam! I’m ‘Ere!, Night Collar and Special Measure at the Royal Court and Tartuffe at the Playhouse. Television appearances include the BBC series Waterloo Road and ITV’s The Royal and Emmerdale.
Summer audiences will recognise Jamie Chapman from the SJT’s revival of Tim Firth’s hit comedy Neville’s Island where he played Roy. Other theatre credits include Noises Off, Taking Steps and The Norman Conquests and, for television, Catherine Tate’s Nan and the BBC series Extras.
Tickets are available online at www.sjt.uk.com and from the box office on 01723 370541. Times of performance Thursday December 10 – 10am and 1pm; Friday December 11 – 10am; Saturday December 12 – 2.30pm and 7pm; Monday December 14 – 10am; Tuesday December 15 – 10am and 1pm (relaxed performance); Wednesday December 16 – 10am; Thursday December 17 - 10am; Friday December 18 – 7pm; Saturday December 19 – 2pm and 5pm; Monday December 21 – 2.30pm and 7pm; Tuesday December 22 – 2.30pm and 7pm; Wednesday December 23 - 2.30pm ( followed by a family friendly question and answer/meet the cast); Thursday December 24 – 2.30pm; Saturday December 26 – 3pm and 6.30pm; Sunday December 27 – 3pm