Roleplay
- Jul 14th 2011 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm
- Jul 15th 2011 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm
- Jul 16th 2011 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm
SOUTHFIELDS THEATRE GROUP (STG) a go-ahead local drama society, ups the ante with its seventh production since 2009. Its choice of Ayckbourn’s ROLEPLAY takes it into the league of high comedy that is not mere farce, but demands subtlety of character that stretches the acting and direction skills of its ever more sophisticated members.
RolePlay is the third of Ayckbourn’s ‘Damsels in Distress’ trilogy and is widely acclaimed as the best. It finds Justin and Julie-Ann, both in computers and hopelessly mis-matched in love, about to introduce their respective parents to each other over dinner – Justin’s upper crust alcoholic mother from Surrey and Julie-Ann’s bigoted Yorkshire father and prim mother.
Into this doomed scenario drops, literally, via the balcony upstairs and the river, Paige Petite, a former lap-dancer with suicidal tendencies, and her thick, gun-toting minder who is employed by her violent boyfriend. They proceed to wreak havoc on the meticulously planned evening but the brilliantly orchestrated mayhem is tempered by subtle insights into family relationships and class distinctions.
Performances start – 7:30pm
Dates – Thursday 14, Friday 15 and Saturday 16 July 2011
Venue – St Barnabas Church, Southfields, London SW18 5EP
Location – corner of Merton and Lavenham Roads
Tickets – £8, children and concessions – £5 at www.southfieldstheatregroup.org.uk or by phone – 020 8870 9515 or 07535 117 169
Editors – for more information, contact
Louise Temple
press [dot] stg [at] gmail [dot] com
The Cast
Julie-Ann Jobson – Naomi Cornwell
Justin Lazenby – Marq English
Paige Petite – Annalisa Foster
Micky Rale – Raj Rajendran
Derek Jobson – Chris Hutton
Dee Jobson – Louise Bartlett
Arabella Lazenby – Louise Temple
The Production Team
Director – Simon Paul
Assistant Director – Dovile Mickalauskaite
Production Manager – Tony Martin
Sound and Lighting – Martin Armstrong, Steven Martin
Stage and Props – Liz Sumners
Wardrobe – Lisa Peatfield
Make-up – Morag Crichton
Box Office – Martin Armstrong
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