Salad Days
Performances 13-16 November 2024, Betchworth Village Hall
Director: Lynda Barrett-Mercer
Musical Director: Ian Stone
Written in the 1950s by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds, Salad Days is a light-hearted and zany musical, combining memorable tunes such as ‘We Said we Wouldn’t Look Back’, ‘Look at Me I’m Dancing’ and ‘We’re Looking for a Piano’ with fast-moving comedy, drawing on panto and music hall traditions.
Just out of university, Jane and Timothy agree to look after a piano for a mysterious tramp, while Timothy’s family try to find him a suitable job, and Jane’s a suitable husband. The piano turns out to have magical powers, causing anyone who hears it to dance. A series of unexpected events follow, involving numerous eccentric characters, the disappearance of the magic piano and the appearance of a flying saucer
Tickets £15/£12 (concessions). Weds-Fri performances 7.30pm (doors open 7pm), Saturday matinee 2.30pm. An amateur production, presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd
Cast
The Tramp | Kelly Cross |
Jane | Jane Khan |
Timothy | Dee Coutts |
Timothy's Mother | Jane Straker |
Timothy's Father | Roger Nelson |
Lady Raeburn | Jane Seymour |
Nigel | Peter Telford |
Heloise | Eleanor Hubbard |
PC Boot | Stephen Tickell |
Rowena | Joanne Packham |
The Nun | Margaret Longes |
Troppo | Emoke Soproni |
Fosdyke | Stephen Tickell |
Sir Clamsby Williams | Peter Telford |
Inspector | David Longes |
Manager | David Longes |
Asphynxia | Emoke Soproni |
Uncle Zed | Roger Nelson |
Fiona | Christina Usher |
Augustine WIlliams | Julie Bickerdike |
Electrode | Margaret Longes |
Anthea | Eleanor Hubbard |
Aunt Prue | Julie Bickerdike |
Ambrose | David Longes |
Production Team
Director | Lynda Barrett-Mercer |
Musical Director | Ian Stone |
Musicians | Ian Stone, Tessa Lawn, Helen Greaves |
Choreographer | Gail Lowe |
Stage Manager | Diane Mayall |
Sound/Lighting | David Ames |
Set construction | Diane Mayall, Neil Mayall, Stephen Tickell, Neil Williams & the Company |
Costume | Lynda Barrett-Mercer, Julie Bickerdike |
Props/Furniture | Jane Flanders, Darryl Cross, Emoke Soproni |
Poster design | Lynda Barrett-Mercer, Josh Packham |
Front of House | Linda Slater, Trish |
Photography | Geoff Martin |