Event info
Start Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £16.00 Concessions: £13.50
Description
" ... it's going to be a winner to do a much-loved classic sitcom, but the Peoples Theatre does it with style, flare and a belly full of laughs"! - NE Theatre
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"Don't panic!"
Join us for a nostalgic evening full of laughs with Walmington-on-Sea’s Home Guard, led by the pompous Captain Mainwaring and his effacing deputy Sergeant Wilson.
Whether they’re battling the Germans, local ARP Warden Hodges or their own incompetence, the platoon are never far from a disaster in this classic wartime comedy.
Original writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft adapt their beloved BBC sitcom for the stage, and all of the well-loved characters are present and correct from “stupid boy” Pike to “doomed, we’re all doomed” Fraser!
And there might be a bit of Morris Dancing in there too!
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Audience information: the production contains a loud bang, some flashing lights, haze, and an e-cigarette is smoked on stage.
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This amateur production of “Dad’s Army” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
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Cast
Cpt. Mainwaring: Steve Robertson
Sgt. Wilson: Roger Liddle
Pte. Godfrey: Kevin Gibson
LCpl. Jones: David Cooper
Pte. Frazer: Andrew De’Ath
Pte. Walker: Mark Buckley
Pte. Pike: Joe McLaughlin
Pte. Sponge: Stewart Dives
Pte. Hancock: Diji Solanke
Pte. Day: Alan Potts
Pte. Cheeseman/Colonel: Steve Hewitt
U-Boat Captain: Daniel Magee
ARP Warden Hodges: Jim Boylan
Mr Yeatman: Andy Aiken
Vicar: Oskar Avery
Mr Gordon: Steve Strouzer
Mrs Fox: Ann Zunder
Mrs Gray: Helga McNeil
Ivy Samways/ U-Boat Sailor: Rachel Lydon
Edith Parish/ U-Boat Sailor: Helen Doyle
Mrs Pike/ U-Boat Sailor: Jane Hilton
Waitress/ U-Boat Sailor: Hannah Backhouse
Girl/U-Boat Sailor: Molli Lloyd-James
Miss Ironside/ U-Boat Sailor: Alisha Peart
Mrs Prosser/ U-Boat Sailor: Barbara Edmundson
Ensemble/ U-Boat Sailor: Emma Jones
Ensemble/Serviceman: Rob Wilson
Ms Hart: Tracey Lucas
Production Team
Director: Tracey Lucas
Assistant Directors: Ruth Gibson Ryan Smith
Stage Manager: Lesley Heckels-Thompson
Assistant Stage Manager: Laura Arlow
Lighting Design: Claire Brissenden Joseph Ingram
Sound Desig:n Kate Scott
Sound Assistants: Alastaire Wu Sam Armstrong
Set Design: Sands Dobson
Set Build: Sands Dobson Matthew Baines Alec McKenna Joseph Ingram Andrew De’Ath
Set Painters: Maggie Childs Stewart Dives Lesley Heckels-Thompson Tracey Lucas Caspin Reeves Alan Potts Jane Hilton Jim Boylan
Military Advisor: Oskar Avery
Gun Build: Stewart Dives
Wardrobe: Dianne Edwards and team
Props: Rachel Potts Hope McDonald Cathrine Moore
Wigs: Wiggy
Rehearsal Prompt: Maggie Childs
Photographs: Paul Hood
