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Tobacco Factory, Southville, Bristol
Friday, 22 July 2005, 8pm |
The Return
by Didier J Desmedt |
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CAST |
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MARIE ........................................................................ Lissa Carter |
TOBY ...................................................................... Wayne Fenton
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NEIL ......................................................................... Andrew Floyd |
JUNE ...................................................................... Laura Graham |
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| Musician: Steve Foster |
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| Directed by Vicky Vatcher |
| Stage Manager: Charlotte D'Arcy |
| Technical Manager: Derek Lee |
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| Didier J Desmedt (writer) studied English and American languages at Dijon University, France and was a teaching assistant at Clark University, Massachusetts, USA.
Work includes Shipwreck (rehearsed readings at the Battersea Arts Centre and at The Finborough Theatre, London), Un Homme Amoureux, a one act play in French. The Song Of Whales, a two act play. Cellmates, The Night Derek Left Me, two short plays and short pieces for the theatre. It is his hope that this reading of The Return will be an opportunity to develop the play further. |
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| Vicky Vatcher (director)
This is my third season of work with Southwest Scriptwriters. I trained as a director at Kent University and in America. I have worked as a performer in Theatre in Education and directed for various fringe groups in the south west. I teach drama and theatre at UWE, Bath Spa and City of Bath College. Contact Vicky on 07813 627999. |
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| Charlotte D'Arcy (stage manager) has been on a placement with the stage management department of the Nottingham Playhouse and at the Salisbury Playhouse. Recently graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School where she was the Stage Manager on The Front Page and The Witch of Edmonton tour, DSM on The Mysteries, ASM on Maria Marten, Sound Designer/Operator on A Small Family Business, and Construction Assistant on The Merry Wives of Windsor. She drives, has good music and score reading skills, and is looking for work in a Stage Management department. Email Charlotte at charlottedarcy@yahoo.co.uk. |
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| Lissa Carter (Marie) is a director/actor based in the southwest. She trained at New College and has an MA in Performance from Bristol University. She has worked extensively in collaboration with writers to develop new writing. Recent work includes playing Sarah in Soundings, a new play for Somerset. Contact Lissa on 07859 069416. |
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| Wayne Fenton (Toby) has worked within theatre for 20 years, both on and off stage. His stage appearances have included roles in Waiting for Godot, Richard III, Christie in Love, Me and My Friend, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Zoo Story to name but a few. Hailing from Portsmouth he has been in the city of Bristol for five years, which he loves for its vibrancy and fun. Wayne trained under John Dryden for a year at Chichester, before moving to the west country. |
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| Andrew Floyd (Neil) I have been involved in theatre work in Stroud since 1995. I started with the Performing Arts Course, appearing in Under MIlk Wood and Dancing at Lughnasa. I became a teacher on this course in 1998. I played in The Tempest, Wind in the Willows, A Winter's Tale between that time and when TaurusVoice Training Theatre was formed in 2002. Since then I have performed in Ted Hughes' Tales from Ovid, Neil Simon's The Good Doctor, and, most recently, the title role in King Lear. |
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| Steve Foster (musician) has been playing the concertina for two years. Although he mainly concentrates on English folk music, the music played tonight is mostly French in origin. He plays a variety of other instruments, including piano and flute. He is playing a Wheatstone Maccann concertina of the sort that would have been
played in the Victorian era. The introductory piece is Ganivelle by Frederic
Paris a modern composer who writes in traditional styles. |
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| Laura Graham (June)
trained at the Thamesdown Studios and the London Studio Centre. She has always been involved with the performing arts as an actress, dancer and singer and now teaches on the National Diploma at City of Bath College. She has performed in Shakers, Antigone, and Clara and most recently in Two at the Invention Arts Centre. Laura is also a singer in a local band. |
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