"Communicating Doors" by Alan Ayckbourn (21-22 Jun 2007)
PosterThe year is 2014 and Pheobe (Poopay), a prostitute specialising as a dominatrix, is summoned to a sixth floor suite in a London Hotel by an infirm elderly businessman, Reece, who wants her to perform an unusual service. He wants her to witness a document detailing the murder of his two wives by his business associate. When the killer walks in, Phoebe disappears through the nearest door and finds herself in an identical suite, but in the year 1994. Not surprisingly, the suite's occupant, Reece's second wife, Ruella, is sceptical about her explanation. When she too goes through the door and finds herself in the same suite in 1974 with Reece's first wife, Jessica, she decides to rewrite the future. The Hotel detective, Harold, meanwhile keeps a watchful eye on the proceedings.
"Communicating Doors" premiered in Scarborough in 1994. |
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CastJulian (Chris Hulatt)
Poopay (Miranda Skinner) Reece Welles (Mervyn Jupe) Ruella Welles (Bryony Wilman) Harold Palmer (James Davies) Jessica Welles (Teena Heer) |
CrewDirector (Dave Lye)
Stage Manager (Christopher Thompson) Lighting (Andy Rooney) Backstage (Sheila Churchill, Jane Gough) Set and Props (Dave Lye and members of the cast) Make Up (Jo Barrett) Business Manager (Christopher Thompson) Front of House (Christine Lee, Sue Darrieulat, Cecilia Coleshaw, Jane and George Atkinson) Poster and backdrop (Teena Heer, Matthew and Adi) Poster Artwork and Printing (Atkinson Associates (www.atkinsonassociates.co.uk)) |