Archives - Season’s Greetings

by Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Keith Bridgeman

Saturday 30th December 1989 – Saturday 6th January 1990 in the Auditorium

Christmas is a time of joy to all mankind, but an Ayckbourn Christmas…

Poor Bernard’s earnest contribution is this year’s puppet show, the latest in a long line of excruciating entertainments that the children loathe even more than the adults; meanwhile his wife flambés the kitchen. The two sisters both fall for the ingenious young writer Clive and the midnight love-making scene amongst the noisy presents leads to a hilariously embarrassing climax after which he is shot by trigger-happy Harvey.

An amusing and well-observed glimpse of the English family Christmas.

Season’s Greetings by Alan Ayckbourn - Poster

Part of the Barn’s 1989/1990 season

Presented by The Barn Theatre Club

Cast

Neville	-	Dick Breeze
Belinda	-	Wendy Bage
Phyllis	-	Jo Davies
Harvey	-	Alan Francis
Bernard	-	Brian Carman
Rachel	-	Hazel Halliday
Eddie	-	Mike Smith
Pattie	-	Jenny Miles
Clive	-	Alan Southgate

Creative team

Director	-	Keith Bridgeman
Design	-	Michael McKever
Lighting Design	-	Andrew Baker
Sound	-	Stephen Wilson
Sound	-	Michael Merry
Stage Manager	-	Norman Merry
Assistant Stage Managers	-	Peter Merry
Assistant Stage Managers	-	Simon Wallace
Prompter	-	Frances Chown
Lighting Assistants	-	Trevor Wallace
Lighting Assistants	-	Graham King
Costumes	-	Anne Classey
Properties	-	Jean Amato
Properties	-	Iris Marshall
Set Construction	-	Michael McKever
		Dennis Petch
		Pat Finch
Backstage Coffee	-	Jane Gordon
Puppets and their Theatre Created	-	Isla Petch
Puppets and their Theatre Created	-	Dennis Petch
Production Secretary	-	Lilian Allman