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Blackadder Goes Forth Directed by Nick Webb ‘Goodbyeee’ Captain Edmund Blackadder ACT 1 Goodbyee ...................................................................... Women in White Blackadder Goes Forth Directed by Nick Webb ‘Goodbyeee’ Captain Edmund Blackadder ...................... Rufus Kendall Lieutenant George Colthurst .................................. Jo Smith Private Baldrick ................................................... Rod Sharp Captain Kevin Darling .................................. Jonathan Neil General Melchett ....................................... David Burnham Field Marshal Haig ...................................... Neil Hardinge FIRST INTERVAL Main Course served at your table ACT 2 – During WW1 Narrators .......................................... Jo Smith & Dil Williamson-Smith ‘Women in White’......... Wendy Downs, Pru Harrold, Penny McKay Jill Turner, Mel White, Dil Williamson-Smith Ethel Bilbrough .................................................................... Angela Berry Patrick Blundstone ......................................................... Simon Fairhurst Emily Chitticks.......................................................................... Mel White Flora Thompson ....................................................................... Zya White Interjections ................................................ Louis Clist & John McGregor Keep the Home Fires Burning .................................... Women in White Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser................................ Male chorus Shade of the Old Apple Tree .................... Wendy Downs, Pru Harrold Penny McKay Sunshine of Your Smile .......................................................... Mel White Bad Times Just Around the Corner .................................... Male Chorus When This Lousy War is Over ....................................... Rufus Kendall The Battle of the Somme ..................... Barbara Parry & Pete Stephens The Band Played Waltzing Matilda ........................... David Burnham Flanders Field ............................................................................ Rod Sharp No Man’s Land .............................................................. Deb Williamson At The Going Down Of The Sun ................................... Charlie Berendt Poppies ...................................................................................... Nick Webb Armistice 1918 ...................................................................... Penny McKay Headley WW1 Memorial Tribute ... Tiana Howard, Victoria Kendall Holly McGoldrick, Emma Worman The Last Tommy ...................................... Barbara & Pete lead the cast Musicians .................................. Jo Levy, Barbara Parry, Pete Stephens David Burnham, Deb Williamson, Nick Webb SECOND INTERVAL Your Dessert will be served at your table and the Raffle will be drawn ACT 3 – CELEBRATIONS AFTER THE WAR Suffragettes’ Anthem ................................................. Women in White Let’s All go Down the Strand ............................................... Pru Harrold Burlington Bertie ..................................................................... Nick Webb Don’t Dilly Dally .................................................. Dil Williamson-Smith Trafalgar Square ......................................................................... Jo Smith Lambeth Walk ........................................................................ All the Cast Singalong with the Cast Rule Britannia .................................................................. Tina Wareham Jerusalem ............................................................................. Penny McKay There’ll Always be an England ............................................. Mel White Land of Hope and Glory ............................................... Deb Williamson Production Crew Directors Jo Smith Dil Williamson-Smith Musical Director Jo Levy Musical Arrangements Barbara Parry , Jo Levy Peter Stephens Stage Management Janet Hardinge , Ellie Pope and Props Sound Tina Wareham Lights Martin Wellen Catering Pru Harrold Front of House Members of the Club Special Thanks to: Phoenix Theatre for loan of equipment Tina’s Hairdressers for selling tickets for the show Izzy Emeney for allowing us to use “The Last Tommy” Forthcoming Productions 2018 Tuesday 17 July - 8pm: Read-through of Fawlty Towers - all welcome Tuesday 24 July - 8pm: Auditions for Fawlty Towers - all welcome September 28/29 & October 5/6 - Two more episodes of Fawlty Towers ('A Touch of Class' and 'Waldorf Salad') 2019 January 11/12 & 18/19 - Toad of Toad Hall Visit the Headley Theatre Club website www.headley-village.com/drama If you are interested in attending or being in one of our productions, please contact Dil Williamson-Smith on 01428 712892 .
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