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Spring and Port Wine- Cast and Production Team announcement

25/3/2015

The cast and production team for Spring and Port Wine has been announced.

The Cast
(in order of appearance)

Daisy Crompton: Tessa Brown
Florence Crompton: Hoffi Munt
Betsy Jane: Louise Nilsson
Wilfred Crompton: George Wilson-Evans
Harold Crompton: Niall Madden-Blain
Hilda Crompton: Roushka Westall
Rafe Crompton: Neil Padgen
Arthur: Shaun Blake

The Production Team
Director: David Clayton
Asst Director: Jane Munt
Stage Manager: Laura Fairchild
Set Design & Build: Tony Jones
Costumes: Ros Kitson
Continuity: Jane Munt
Sound Design: Paul Hyde

Director, David Clayton, would like to thank everyone who auditioned.

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Players Production 2015: Spring and Port Wine

12/3/2015

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Synopsis

Written by Bill Naughton, the story is set in 1960s Bolton and centres around the Crompton family.
The head of the household, Rafe Crompton, is very particular in the way his house is run and his wife and four children struggle to keep to his ideals. The drama of the play revolves around an incident when the family's youngest daughter, Hilda, refuses to eat a herring for dinner and the tension this creates. The family is left with the choice of separating, with its members going in opposite directions, or to find a new way to continue together.

The Characters

Rafe Crompton- The head of the household. Although loving towards his family he is set in his ways and has strong ideas of how his household should be run.

Daisy Crompton- Rafe's wife. She is gentle and easygoing. She struggles to uphold Rafe's ideals but won't confront him about it.

Harold Crompton- The family's eldest son. Light-hearted, quick to point out problems with Rafe's ideology behind his back but not to his face.

Florence Crompton- The family's eldest daughter. Prudish. Keen to please her father. She shows little interest in her fiancee, Arthur.

HIlda Crompton- The family's youngest daughter. The only one of the Crompton children that openly rebels against Rafe. Young and vibrant.

Wilfred Crompton- The Family's youngest son. Asthmatic. He tends to team up with Harold and, like Harold, is terrified to stand up to Rafe.

Arthur- Florence's fiance. As an outsider to the family he is less under the thumb of Rafe and tries to stand up to him. He is quite matter-of-fact and unromantic towards Florence.

Betsy-Jane- The family's neighbour. She comes from a more chaotic household than the Cromptons. She borrows money off Daisy at the beginning of the play.

Auditions for Spring and Port Wine will take place on Monday 16th March from 8pm at Herongate Leisure.

Audition Pieces

Rafe page 62
Arthur page 48
Florence page 30
Daisy pages 1/2
Harold pages 10 , 30/31
Wilfred pages 44/45
Hilda pages 28/29 50/51
Betsy Jane pages 4/5

Thanks for an excellent turn out at the read through.
Learning the audition pieces by heart is a great idea but use of the script is okay on this occasion. However, please try to avoid having to have your nose in the book all the time, it is difficult to get a reasonable idea of your potential performance.

Many thanks and Good Luck - David Clayton, director of Spring and Port Wine

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Easter Prize Bingo!

12/3/2015

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We are hosting an Easter Prize Bingo to raise money for the theatre company.

29th March 2015
at The Royal British Legion, Hungerford
Doors open at 2pm
Eyes down 3pm

If you have any suitable, quality prizes that you would like to donate please bring them to rehearsals on Monday night between 6:30-10pm at Herongate Leisure

Similarly if you can give up some time to help with this event on the Sunday, set up will be from 1pm, please get in touch.

or simply come along to play to support your theatre company.

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Hoffi has been part of The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company for fourteen years and is an active member of the committee. She regularly performs in both the Town Show and The Player's productions. Five years ago Hoffi started to assist with directing and she now directs both the Children's Theatre and the Youth Theatre. She has a masters degree in creative writing and writes the script for the Young Performer's production each year. _

Spring and Port Wine- Cast and Production Team announcement

Players Production 2015: Spring and Port Wine

Easter Prize Bingo!

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