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This is the website of Betchworth Operatic and Dramatic Society, commonly known as 'BODS'. We are a friendly society with a long tradition of high-quality music and drama productions at Betchworth Memorial Hall (between Reigate and Dorking) as well as varied social events. Feel free to explore information here about our history, past productions and future plans. Then come and join us !
The Mikado
By W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Betchworth Memorial Hall, 9-12 November 2022
Director: Trevor Allen
Musical Director: Ian Stone
The ninth and probably most enduringly popular collaboration between Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado ran for 672 performances after opening in 1885. Inspired by contemporary interest in Japanese culture, the exotic setting allowed Gilbert to disguise in the lyrics his pointed satirical attacks on British politics and institutions of the time
Cast (to be finalized)
Mikado | Peter Thomas |
Nanki-Poo | Peter Telford |
Ko-Ko | David Longes |
Pooh-Bah | Colin Bousfield |
Pish-Tush | Stephen Tickell |
Yum-Yum | Jane Flanders |
Pitti-Sing | Linda Slater |
Peep-Bo | Jane Khan |
Katisha | Sarah Esser-Haswell |
Chorus | Jane Johnson, Christina Usher, Kathy Wilman, David Ames, David Eccles, Gerald Hulf |
The Government Inspector
Performances: Betchworth Village Hall 11-14th May 2022
Director: Diane Mayall
First staged in 1836, The Government Inspector is a play set in Russia, written by Ukrainian-born Nikolai Gogol, but its themes are timeless and without geographical boundaries. Over nearly 200 years there have been numerous adaptations and interpretations, and the story even inspired an episode of Fawlty Towers ! Alistair Beaton’s hilarious translation brilliantly captures the dazzling blend of preposterous characters in their all too real situations.
In a small far flung back of nowhere town corruption is rife, with the mayor and his cronies filling their pockets at the expense of the downtrodden citizens but their comfortable situation is thrown into chaos and panic when word comes of an imminent visit by a government inspector ‘travelling incognito’. A classic case of mistaken identity ensues and the hapless officials fall victim to their own stupidity and greed.
This amateur production of The Government Inspector is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French Ltd
Cast
Mayor | Roger Nelson |
Magistrate - Lyapkin-Tyapkin | Amy Mager |
Commisioner for Health - Zyemlyanika | Gerald Hulf |
Director of Education - Khlopov | David Ames |
Postmaster - Shpyopkin | Lucy Hamilton |
Doctor Hubner - Physician | Ian Stone |
Bobchinsky - Landowner | Stephen Tickell |
Dobchinsky - Landowner | Tracey Hulf |
Police Constable | Linda Peckham |
Police Superintendent | Jane Khan |
Anna - Mayor's wife | Linda Slater |
Marya - Mayor's daughter | Vicki Hodges |
Avdotya | Lucy Hamilton |
Osip | Ian Stone |
Khlestakov - a minor civil servant | Neil Mayall |
Waiter | David Eccles |
Mishka | John Mole |
Abdulin - Shopkeeper | Diane Mayall |
Shopkeepers | Linda Peckham, David Eccles |
Locksmith's Wife | Jane Khan |
Widow | Julie Bickerdike |
Khlopov's Wife | Julie Bickerdike |
Magistrate's Wife | Linda Peckham |
Korobkin | Julian Edney |
Rastakovsky | John Mole |
Gendarme | David Eccles |
Crew
Lighting | David Ames, Lee Upton |
Sound | Amy Mager |
Set Construction | Julian Edney, Gerald Hulf, Tracey Hulf, Neil Mayall, Stephen Tickell, Neil Williams |
Publicity | Stephen Tickell |
Programme | Lucy Hamilton |
Rehearsal Photos
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All Time Music Hall
Performances: Betchworth Village Hall 12/13th November 2021
For the first show since 2019, BODS presented a selection of Music Hall solo and company songs and monologues, together with some more contemporary music
Musical Director and accompanist: Ian Stone
Director: Julie Bickerdike
Lighting: David Ames
Cast: Lynda Barrett-Mercer, Julie Bickerdike, John Bryant, Carolyn Burnley, David Eccles, Vicki Hodges, Jane Khan, Jane Johnson, Diane Mayall, Stephen Tickell, Sarah Weston
FOH: Alison Cooper, Angela Terribile, Jane Flanders, Roger & Kathy Wilman
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