Playgoers, I bid you welcome.
This has certainly been an experience... Not an easy one, casting sixteen characters from our small company, over the Easter period, on top of music rehearsals for the learning of Sondheim music and lyrics (which are extraordinarily difficult). Finding furniture and props from anywhere we can, then putting the whole thing together. I leave you to judge if we have made ‘A Comedy Tonight’.
I would like to introduce another newcomer to our company, Hattie Lonsdale.
I thank you for your support.
-- Sophia Kennedy, Director.
Synopsis
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a fast-paced farce.
Taking straight from the roots of comedy, Forum combines the ancient comedies of Plautus with a vaudevillian delivery.
Pseudolus schemes to win the heart of the beautiful virgin, Philia, for his young master, Hero. In exchange, Hero will grant Pseudolus his freedom once and for all. However, things are never as easy as they seem.
Chaos ensues with hair-brained schemes, cases of mistaken identity and convoluted plot twists.
The Cast
| Harry Kennedy | Prologus An Actor |
| Bill Platt | Senex An Old Man |
| Sarah Sherwood | Domina His Wife |
| Edward Lawton | Hero His son (in love with Philia) |
| Roger Barlow | Hysterium Slave to Senex and Domina |
| Harry Kennedy | Pseudolus Slave to Hero |
| Jon White | Miles Gloriosus A Warrior |
| Bob Almquist | Erronius An Old Man |
| Mike Finnigan | Lycus A Buyer and Seller of Courtesans |
| Hattie Lonsdale | Tintinabula A Courtesan |
| Paula Keen | Panacea A Courtesan |
| Annie Lamb | Vibrata A Courtesan |
| Anne-Marie Lonsdale | Gymnasia A Courtesan |
| Ceri Clarke | Philia A Virgin |
| Bob Almquist Tom Lloyd Jonathan Rees | The Proteans |
Production Team
| Director | Sophia Kennedy |
| Musical Director | Ian Sherwood |
| Violin | Caitlin Sherwood |
| Drums | Penny Murison |
| Stage Manager and Properties | John Newton |
| Prompt | John Newton |
| Lighting and Sound | Andrew Poole |
| Front of House | John Atkins Keith Phillips |
| Programme and Ticket Design | Sarah Sherwood |
| Programme Sales | Louie Atkins Tracey Wallace |
| Raffle | Jane Lloyd Joe Lloyd Cathy Lloyd |
| Bar Managers | George Dutton Noreen Dutton Norman Wythenshawe Sue Lake |
Our sincere thanks to Normal Wythenshawe for transporting the seating and Mike Finnigan for the construction of the seating.