The ADC Theatre, our usual
venue, will be closed
from April until October 2008
for refurbishment works to complete the
theatre's
improvement programme.
Our Summer
production will be presented
at The Corpus Christi Playroom, St Edward's
Passage, Cambridge
Our Christmas 2008 production will be at the ADC Theatre.
July 2008
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Cast |
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| Dick Barton / Snowey White | GUY HOLMES | |
| BBC Announcer | NICK WARBURTON | |
| Baron Scarheart | DAVID FOYLE | |
| Marta Heartburn | MEG DIXON | |
| Jock Anderson | MIKE MILNE | |
| Daphne Fritters | KATHY WHOLLEY | |
| Colonel Gardiner / Rodger | RON MEADOWS | |
| Sir Stanley Fritters / MC / Wilco | KEN EASON | |
| Lady Laxington | SALLY MARSH | |
| Boboo | HIMSELF | |
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Hacks, Convicts, Thugs, Guards, Cabaret Girls, Criminals |
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| played by Members of the Cast | ||
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Production Team |
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| Director | COLIN LAWRENCE | |
| Design Consultant | TONY BROSCOMB | |
| Stage Managers | JOYCE FENTON & JUDY HANSON | |
| Costume Design | LYN CHATTERTON | |
| Sound Design | GRAHAM POTTER | |
| Lighting | MARK EASTERFIELD | |
| Wardrobe Assistant | JUDY HANSON | |
| Publicity Artwork & Programme | COLIN LAWRENCE | |
| Finance | ANDY WALLER | |
| Front-of-House Arrangements | ROSEMARY EASON | |
| Marketing | LYN CHATTERTON | |
| Photographs | SOPHIE WILSON | |
With the kind permission of the author, Phil
Willmott, Bawds has adapted the script of
the original full stage production.
The play will be presented in the intimate setting of The Corpus Christi Playroom by recreating a 1940s BBC recording studio. The actors will play out the events in a similar fashion to the original recordings with live and recorded sound effects and the famous Dick Barton theme music, ‘The Devil’s Gallop’.
Gaberdine collar up, trilby
at a rakish angle, intrepid sleuth Dick Barton faces arch enemies
Baron
Scarheart and Marta Heartburn in an action packed adventure,
aiming to rid the
world of evil in the name of decency and patriotism.
Based on the 1940s
BBC radio serial, Phil Wilmott's critically acclaimed and deliriously
funny
version of DICK BARTON - SPECIAL AGENT pokes fun at the
English hearts-of-oak
heroics with all the attendant class
distinctions and tender regard for the
little woman.
Walks a very fine line
between homage and camp spoof.
The result is something that captures all
the patriotic fervour of Hun-hating post-war Britain
even as it sends it up
rotten.
(Lyn Gardner, Guardian)
For further information contact Colin Lawrence
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