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Office Suite by Alan Bennett

14th - 18th Jun 2022

Event info

Start Time: 7.30pm

Tickets: £15.00 Concessions: £13.00


Description

“Wonderful. Beautifully played by a very talented cast, petty humanity in Bennett glory. Great fun, grab a ticket!” - audience member

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It’s two for the price of one as we present a double bill of comic masterpieces from the pen of national treasure Alan Bennett.

In Green Forms, two women discover that their cushy niche in a large firm is about to be upset by a zealous new broom. Then in A Visit from Mis Prothero, the devious Miss P upsets the blissful retirement of her former boss with the latest workplace gossip. 

Reflecting the author’s fascination with women of a certain age, both pieces are laced with Bennett’s trademark dialogue of pithily incisive drollery, offering a wry snapshot of office life in the Britain of the 1970s.

The plays were a huge critical success when they were first broadcast on BBC TV in 1978, from which the writer adapted this theatrical production.

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This amateur production of Green Forms and A Visit from Miss Prothero is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.

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Cast

Green Forms -

Doreen Bidmead: Anna Dobson

Doris Rutter: Moira Valentine

Lomax: Mark Burden

Boswell: Oli Pages

Dorothy Binns: Maggie Childs

A Visit from Miss Prothero –

Miss Prothero: Ann Zunder

Mr Dodsworth: Steve Robertson

Production Team

Director: Sean Burnside

Assistant Director: Cat White

Stage Manager: Catherine Hope

Assistant Stage Manager: Panos Ioannou

Set Design: Ethan Forster

Set Builder: Sands Dobson

Set Consultant: Alan Potts

Lighting Design: Philip Bradley

Lighting Operator: Claire Brissenden

Sound Design: Tom Zunder

Sound Operator: Glen Maddison

Props: Maggie Childs

Wardrobe: Dianne Edwards

Rehearsal Prompt: Ioanna Pangou

Photography: Mark Burden

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