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Forthcoming Events
Below is a summary of forthcoming events, clicking each event name will provide more details.
Junior Actonians Present
Wednesday 23rd October - Iron Acton Parish Hall at 7:00pm
Can You See It From Here?
Written by
Geoff Bamber
Directed for Junior Actonians
by
Sarah Godsell
& Di Pardoe
Synopsis
A science fiction comedy set in a galaxy of differently coloured planets on the brink of war with one another
Gallery
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Credits
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Autumn 2024
Thursday 21st November - Iron Acton Parish Hall at 7:30pm
Friday 22nd November - Iron Acton Parish Hall at 7:30pm
Saturday 23rd November - Iron Acton Parish Hall at 7:30pm
Black Comedy
Written by
Peter Shaffer
Directed for Actonians
by
Sue Anstey
Synopsis
Sculptor, Brindsley Miller, has ‘borrowed’ the antique furniture from his neighbour’s flat whilst he is away to impress his fiancee’s overbearing father and a wealthy art dealer who is interested in his sculptures. However, a blown fuse plunges the flat into darkness and his neighbour returns unexpectedly. Brindsley then desperately tries to return the ‘borrowed’ items before light is restored but this is hampered by unexpected visitors and events. (In an interesting reversal of light and dark conditions, the stage is dark when the flat is lit and then lit when the fuse has blown!)
Gallery
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Credits
Cast | |
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Role | Person |
Bamberger | Nick Pearce |
Carol Melkett | Alex Holmes |
Colonel Melkett | Rob Pardoe |
Brindsley Miller | Joe Marshall Evans |
Harold Gorringe | Nick Sharp |
Schuppanzigh | Stewart White |
Clea | Rachel Taylor |
Miss Furnival | Rebekah Grose |
Crew | |
Role | Person |
Stage Manager | Mike Schofield |
Sound and Lights | Peter Carlin |
Prompt | Di Roper-Marshall |
Set Design | Maureen Blake |
Set Construction | Steve Anstey |
Props/Set Dressing
|
Ann Aplin
Gaynor Clarke |
Unexpected Item in Bagging Area
Written by
Lynn Brittney
Directed for Actonians
by
Lin Bowden
Synopsis
It is 2008 and self-service tills have arrived in the local supermarket, bringing with them a raft of problems for the staff.
Edie reckons it's just a matter of time before there are job losses; Janice tries to concentrate on her knitting, which is a second source of income; whilst Kelly has found God and wants everyone else to join her. Suddenly there is yet another case of "till rage " in the shape of distressed customer Dawn. What follows is a bitter-sweet indictment of the advance of technology and how it has made the already difficult lives of these women much harder.
Gallery
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Credits
Cast | |
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Role | Person |
Dawn | Jenny McDowell |
Edie | Di Pardoe |
Janice | Sarah McMahon |
Kelly | Sarah Godsell |
Voice over Tannoy | Nick Pearce |
Crew | |
Role | Person |
Stage Manager | Mike Schofield |
Sound and Lights | Peter Carlin |
Prompt | Angie Croome |
Set Design | Maureen Blake |
Set Construction | Steve Anstey |
Props/Set Dressing | Debby Ashton |
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Recent Events
Details and photographs of our most recent past events can be found below. Older events may be found in the archive linked from the menu.
Spring 2024
7:30 pm 16th May at Iron Acton Parish Hall
7:30 pm 17th May at Iron Acton Parish Hall
7:30 pm 18th May at Iron Acton Parish Hall
We Happy Few
Written by
Imogen Stubbs
Directed for Actonians
by
Sarah McMahon
Synopsis
This play follows a group of female actors touring Shakespeare and other classic plays, all around the country during World War II.
It is based on Nancy Hewins' touring group, the Osiris Players and its title quotes the St Crispin's Day Speech from Henry V. They toured their set and costumes in a 1922 Silver Ghost Rolls Royce, sometimes did 4 shows a day and slept on hall floors! In total they did about 1,500 performances.
Nancy lived in Willesley (near Westonbirt ) during her latter years.
As they performed in schools, village and town halls in hugely different locations in Britain, the setting is perfect for our village hall.
Tickets are £11 each with a booking and processing fee of £0.70 making £11.70 in total
Credits
Cast | |
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Role | Person |
Hetty | Sue Anstey |
Flora | Jenny McDowell |
Helen | Rebekah Grose |
Rosalind | Gemma Perrett |
Charlotte (Charlie) | Nic Harvey |
Jocelyn | Margaret Bulmer |
Ivy | Alex Holmes |
Joseph | Joe Marshall Evans |
Gertrude | Lin Bowden |
Reggie | Stewart White |
Lady | Pat Stimson |
Man | Nick Pearce |
Leonard | Steve Anstey |
Maureen | Rachel Taylor |
Keith | Mike Schofield |
Mayor | Stewart White |
Bert | Nick Sharp |
Sharon | Christine Rogers |
Elsie | Rachel Taylor |
Henrietta | Gaynor Clark |
William | Nick Pearce |
Crew | |
Role | Person |
Assistant Director | Ann Aplin |
Stage Manager | Alison Horner |
Costume | Marion Hill |
Sound | Peter Carlin |
Prompt | Di Roper-Marshall |
Lights
|
Mark Whitehouse
Mike Schofield |
Set Construction
|
Steve Anstey
&co |
Props
|
Gaynor Clark
Christine Rogers |
Painting | Maureen Blake |
Original Music | Rob Pardoe |
Front of House Manager | Di Pardoe |
Avon Short Play Festival 2024
6th, 8th and 9th March 2024
Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
We entered two of the segments from London Suite (Spring 2023) into the festival: Going Home and Man On the Floor, with the same casts as our main production.
Sarah Godsell received a nomination for best Actress as Mother in Going Home
Lin Bowden and Rachel Taylor received nominations for best supporting performance as Annie and Doctor McMerlin in Man On the Floor
Gabriel Marriage received a nomination for the adjudicator's award as Bellman in Man On the Floor
Nick Sharp won best actor as Mark in Man On the Floor
Ann Aplin won best director for Man On the Floor
And Man On the Floor won the Alexander Trophy for best overall performance
Autumn 2023
7:30 pm 23rd November at Iron Acton Parish Hall
7:30 pm 24th November at Iron Acton Parish Hall
7:30 pm 25th November at Iron Acton Parish Hall
Bleak Expectations
Written by
Mark Evans
Directed for Actonians
by
Nick Sharp
Synopsis
The story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin.
An hilarious, chaotic caper, featuring dastardly villains, preposterous names, pulse-quickening romances, heart-rending death scenes, and, of course, a happy ending.
Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.
Credits
Cast | |
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Role | Person |
Sir Philip Bin | Rob Pardoe |
Agnes Bin | Di Pardoe |
Thomas Bin | Mike Schofield |
Pip Bin | Gabriel Marriage |
Pippa Bin | Dee Mason |
Poppy Bin | Sue Anstey |
Skinflint Parsimonious | Sarah Godsell |
Gently Benevolent | Stewart White |
Bakewell Havertwitch | Mike Schofield |
Headmaster Wackwell Hardthrasher | Steve Anstey |
Harry Biscuit | Sarah Godsell |
Reverend Praygood Hardthrasher | Steve Anstey |
Broadly Fecund | Godfrey Laundy |
Ripely Fecund | Rachel Taylor |
Flora Dies-Early | Gemma Perrett |
Miss Chastity Hardthrasher | Lin Bowden |
Judge Solomon Hardthrasher | Sarah McMahon |
Boy | Jenny McDowell |
Crutch Person | Sarah McMahon |
Passer by/Mrs Convenient Exposition | Di Pardoe |
Man | Godfrey Laundy |
Woman | Jenny McDowell |
Queen Victoria | Sarah McMahon |
Court Official | Sarah McMahon |
Reverend | Godfrey Laundy |
Crew | |
Role | Person |
Stage Manager | Mark Whitehouse |
Lighting and Sound | Peter Carlin |
Prompt | Di Roper-Marshall |
Set design and painting | Maureen Blake |
Set construction
|
Steve Anstey
Richard Stanway |
Props
|
Alison Horner
Sue Anstey Cast |
Costumes
|
Marion Hill
Ann Aplin Bristol Costume Services Cast |
Bar Manager | |
Front of House Manager | |
Box Office
|
Di Pardoe
Sarah Godsell Sarah McMahon |
Photographer | Ray Bulmer |