Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard
23rd - 26th November 2017
at Victory Hall
This wonderfully witty play by one of our greatest living playwrights transports us between events in a grand country house in 1809 and the present day when two writers struggle to interpret these events using what evidence they can find, each hoping to further their own academic credibility. Everything is here, from sheer farce to intellectual debate. Throw into the mix a motley assortment of brilliantly drawn characters, a tortoise, Fermat's last theorem, a hermit and the history of landscaping and we have an absorbing, challenging and entertaining play. Best to keep a clear head and save that drink at The Greyhound until after the show!
Cast
Thomasina Coverly, daughter of the house - Poppy Wooddissee
Septimus Hodge, her tutor - Ben Savage
Jellaby, the butler - Ken Towlson
Ezra Charter, a poet - Ian Howarth
Richard Noakes, landscape architect - David Bickley
Lady Croom - Jane Alsop
Capt. Brice, RN - Glenn Morris
Hannah Jarvis, an author - Suzanne Smith
Chloë Coverly, daughter of the house - Sarah Carter
Bernard Nightingale, a don - Andy Alsop
Valentine Coverly, son of the house - Chris Fairhurst
Gus/Augustus Coverly, sons of the house - Aaron Everton
Crew
Director - Jane Fosbrook
Stage Manager - Maggie Smith
Set - Ian Howarth, David Bickley
Light/Sound Designer - Sarah Carter
Light/Sound Operator - Steph Haynes
Costumes - Sue Hay, Suzanne Smith
Properties - Anna Wright, Mike Davenport
Prompt - Ann Bickley
Artwork - Elizabeth Thompson, Margie Crathorn
House Manager and Box Office - Martin Smith
Front of House and Refreshments - Rita Dudek, Members of the Society
Site Manager - Mike Smith
Period Costumes - Birmingham Costume Hire
Music - Michael Roth