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Beautiful Thing (2007)

2009-01-28T16:25:28Z

195.92.101.11: /* Crew */

[[Image:BeautifulThingPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Stuart Draper]]]]

by [[Jonathan Harvey]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Tue 4th – Sat 8th September [[2007]], [[Bell Theatre]]

Summer, 1984. It's hot - and it's about to get a whole lot hotter!

Jonathan Harvey's critically acclaimed play, Beautiful Thing, comes to the SLT stage, in a lavish production to mark the theatre's 40th birthday celebrations.

With the Bell Stage transformed into a Thamesmead housing estate (complete with a bedroom that miraculously appears as if by magic) get ready for the feelgood, make you wanna clap your hands and dance up and down phenomenen that is Beautiful Thing - An Urban Fairytale.

Jonathan Harvey's best-known play was first staged at the fringe Bush Theatre in 1993, then went on to become a big West End hit and was filmed in 1996.

The title refers not to gay love as such, but to the first love experienced by two 16-year-olds, Jamie (David Clements) and Ste (Tom Bucher), one summer on a council estate in south-east London. Jamie bunks off from sport at school, while Ste is renowned for his all-round sporting prowess, but when Ste stays over one night after a violent argument with his father and brother, their mutual attraction develops into sexual awakening and romance blossoms.

Jamie's mother, Sandra (SLT newcomer Fiona Cullen), is too preoccupied with her shift work as a barmaid and with her dope-smoking artist boyfriend Tony (Chris Learmonth) to notice what's going on, but the Mama Cass-obsessed girl next door, Leah (Rita Goodhead), soon realises why Ste hasn't responded to her advances.

[[Image:Rainbow_back_thumb.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
Much has changed since the play was written - including the repeal of the discriminatory Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act forbidding the 'promotion of homosexuality', the lowering of the homosexual age of consent to 16 and, most recently, the introduction of 'civil partnerships' for gay people - but Beautiful Thing has dated well because it is more romantic than polemical. This tender comedy of adolescent love retains its charm.

Jonathan Harvey's tale of love blossoming between two teenage boys in a Thamesmead council block still retains all the humour and emotional clarity that it did when the original opened over a decade ago. Great writing stands the test of time - the voices are still true.

== Cast ==

*Jamie - [[David Clements]]
*Ste - [[Tom Bucher]]
*Leah - [[Rita Goodhead]]
*Sandra - [[Fiona Cullen]]
*Tony - [[Chris Learmonth]]

== Crew ==

*Producer - [[Stuart Draper]]
*PA/Choreographer - [[Brendan Murphy]]
*Stage Manager - [[Graham Clements]]
*Assistant Stage Manager - [[Jennifer Campbell]]
*Lighting Design - [[Stuart Draper]]
*Special Effects - [[Neil Carmichael]]
*Set Design - [[Charles Doyle]], [[Graham Clements]]
*Set Painting - [[Hazel Hindle]]
*Sound Design - [[Stuart Draper]], [[Neil Carmicheal]]
*Fight Director - [[Anton Krause]]

== Reviews ==

[http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Theatre-Review/beautiful-thing-south-london-theatre Preview on indielondon.co.uk]

"With Beautiful Thing, the SLT celebrated its 40th anniversary. If they keep producing plays of this standard, they should be around for another 40 years at least."

[http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/whatson/story.aspx?brand=bmlytonline&category=whatsontheatre&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=whatsonbmlyt&itemid=WeED12%20Sep%202007%2017%3A10%3A43%3A603 Bexley Times Review]

[http://www.extraextra.org/Review_Beautiful_Thing%20-07.html extraextra.org Review]

[http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=7190&forum=2 Review on the SLT discussion board]

== Gallery ==

<gallery caption="Photos by [[Mark Davies]]" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="4">
Image:Bt 009.jpg|[[David Clements]] and [[Rita Goodhead]]
Image:Bt 016.jpg|[[David Clements]] and [[Chris Learmonth]]
Image:Bt 027.jpg|[[David Clements]] and [[Tom Bucher]]
Image:Bt 030.jpg|[[Rita Goodhead]]
Image:Bt 034.jpg|[[Fiona Cullen]] and [[David Clements]]
Image:Bt 044.jpg|[[Tom Bucher]] and [[David Clements]]
Image:Bt 049.jpg|[[Fiona Cullen]] and [[Rita Goodhead]]
Image:Bt 062.jpg|[[David Clements]] and [[Tom Bucher]]

</gallery>

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

The last performance on Saturday evening (8th September 2007) was attended by the actress Tameka Empson, who played Leah in the movie of the play.
A few of the cast & crew knew before hand, but we made it our mission to keep it quiet from Rita, until after the performance.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==

== External Links ==

*[http://www.myspace.com/mybeautifulthing SLT Beautiful Thing production on MYSPACE]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Thing Beautiful Thing on Wikipedia]

*[http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0115640/ Beautiful Thing on imdb]

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]
[[Category:40th Anniversary Events]]

Beautiful Thing (2007)

2009-01-28T16:24:57Z

195.92.101.11: /* Crew */

[[Image:BeautifulThingPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Stuart Draper]]]]

by [[Jonathan Harvey]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Tue 4th – Sat 8th September [[2007]], [[Bell Theatre]]

Summer, 1984. It's hot - and it's about to get a whole lot hotter!

Jonathan Harvey's critically acclaimed play, Beautiful Thing, comes to the SLT stage, in a lavish production to mark the theatre's 40th birthday celebrations.

With the Bell Stage transformed into a Thamesmead housing estate (complete with a bedroom that miraculously appears as if by magic) get ready for the feelgood, make you wanna clap your hands and dance up and down phenomenen that is Beautiful Thing - An Urban Fairytale.

Jonathan Harvey's best-known play was first staged at the fringe Bush Theatre in 1993, then went on to become a big West End hit and was filmed in 1996.

The title refers not to gay love as such, but to the first love experienced by two 16-year-olds, Jamie (David Clements) and Ste (Tom Bucher), one summer on a council estate in south-east London. Jamie bunks off from sport at school, while Ste is renowned for his all-round sporting prowess, but when Ste stays over one night after a violent argument with his father and brother, their mutual attraction develops into sexual awakening and romance blossoms.

Jamie's mother, Sandra (SLT newcomer Fiona Cullen), is too preoccupied with her shift work as a barmaid and with her dope-smoking artist boyfriend Tony (Chris Learmonth) to notice what's going on, but the Mama Cass-obsessed girl next door, Leah (Rita Goodhead), soon realises why Ste hasn't responded to her advances.

[[Image:Rainbow_back_thumb.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
Much has changed since the play was written - including the repeal of the discriminatory Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act forbidding the 'promotion of homosexuality', the lowering of the homosexual age of consent to 16 and, most recently, the introduction of 'civil partnerships' for gay people - but Beautiful Thing has dated well because it is more romantic than polemical. This tender comedy of adolescent love retains its charm.

Jonathan Harvey's tale of love blossoming between two teenage boys in a Thamesmead council block still retains all the humour and emotional clarity that it did when the original opened over a decade ago. Great writing stands the test of time - the voices are still true.

== Cast ==

*Jamie - [[David Clements]]
*Ste - [[Tom Bucher]]
*Leah - [[Rita Goodhead]]
*Sandra - [[Fiona Cullen]]
*Tony - [[Chris Learmonth]]

== Crew ==

*Producer - [[Stuart Draper]]
*PA/Choreographer - [[Brendan Murphy]]
*Stage Manager - [[Graham Clements]]
*Assistant Stage Manager - [[Jennifer Campbell]]
*Lighting Design - [[Stuart Draper]]
*Special Effects - [[Neil Carmichael]]
*Set Design - [[Charles Doyle]], [[Graham Clements]]
*Set Painting - [[Hazel Hindle]]
*Sound Design - [[Stuart Draper], [Neil Carmicheal]]
*Fight Director - [[Anton Krause]]

== Reviews ==

[http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Theatre-Review/beautiful-thing-south-london-theatre Preview on indielondon.co.uk]

"With Beautiful Thing, the SLT celebrated its 40th anniversary. If they keep producing plays of this standard, they should be around for another 40 years at least."

[http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/whatson/story.aspx?brand=bmlytonline&category=whatsontheatre&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=whatsonbmlyt&itemid=WeED12%20Sep%202007%2017%3A10%3A43%3A603 Bexley Times Review]

[http://www.extraextra.org/Review_Beautiful_Thing%20-07.html extraextra.org Review]

[http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=7190&forum=2 Review on the SLT discussion board]

== Gallery ==

<gallery caption="Photos by [[Mark Davies]]" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="4">
Image:Bt 009.jpg|[[David Clements]] and [[Rita Goodhead]]
Image:Bt 016.jpg|[[David Clements]] and [[Chris Learmonth]]
Image:Bt 027.jpg|[[David Clements]] and [[Tom Bucher]]
Image:Bt 030.jpg|[[Rita Goodhead]]
Image:Bt 034.jpg|[[Fiona Cullen]] and [[David Clements]]
Image:Bt 044.jpg|[[Tom Bucher]] and [[David Clements]]
Image:Bt 049.jpg|[[Fiona Cullen]] and [[Rita Goodhead]]
Image:Bt 062.jpg|[[David Clements]] and [[Tom Bucher]]

</gallery>

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

The last performance on Saturday evening (8th September 2007) was attended by the actress Tameka Empson, who played Leah in the movie of the play.
A few of the cast & crew knew before hand, but we made it our mission to keep it quiet from Rita, until after the performance.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==

== External Links ==

*[http://www.myspace.com/mybeautifulthing SLT Beautiful Thing production on MYSPACE]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Thing Beautiful Thing on Wikipedia]

*[http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0115640/ Beautiful Thing on imdb]

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]
[[Category:40th Anniversary Events]]

John Lyne

2008-11-05T11:09:21Z

195.92.101.11: /* Acting Roles */

[[Image:Glen2.jpg|thumb|300px|John Lyne as Shelly Levene in [[Glengarry Glen Ross (2000)|Glengarry Glen Ross]] - Photo by [[Tim Hinchliffe]]]]

John Lyne is a longstanding member of SLT, having performed in almost 100 productions to date. He is married to [[Pam Lyne]] and father of [[Matthew Lyne]], both of whom have also been involved in many [[SLT Productions]].

A portrait of John (as Marley in [[A Christmas Carol (2006)|A Christmas Carol]]) currently hangs in the [[SLT Members' Club Bar|SLTC Members' Club Bar]]!

== Acting Roles ==
* Percy Elliot in [[Epitaph For George Dillon (1972)]]
*Rough in [[Gaslight (1972)]]
*Fred in [[Present Laughter (1972)]]
*Mortimer Brewster in [[Arsenic and Old Lace (1973)]]
* Mr Purdue in [[Habeas Corpus (1978)]]
* George Sedley in [[Straight Up (1978)]]
* Richard Winthrop in [[The Ghost Train (1978)]]
* Walter Franz in [[The Price (1979)]]
* Mr Gilbey in [[Fanny's First Play (1979)]]
* Brigadier Albert Rayne CB CMG MVO in [[Breath of Spring (1979)]]
* Older Man in [[Intimate Strangers (1979)]]
* Headmaster in [[Gimme Shelter (1979)]]
* Headmaster in [[Forty Years On (1980)]]
* William Blore in [[Ten Little Indians (1982)]]
* Various Characters in [[The Last Day Of November (1983)]]
* Various Characters in [[The Last Day Of November (1984)]]
* Sam in [[The Homecoming (1985)]]
* Drumm in [[Da (1985)]]
* William Collyer in [[The Deep Blue Sea (1985)]]
* Frederick Cochran in [[Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (1986)]]
* "Baron", Clive & Judge in [[Masterpieces (1987)]]
* Stewart in [[Pack of Lies (1987)]]
* Mr Martin in [[84 Charing Cross Road (1988)]]
* Seamus Shields in [[The Shadow Of A Gunman (1989)]]
* Egeon in [[The Comedy Of Errors (1996)]]
* Cooper in [[A Month of Sundays (2000)]]
* Shelly Levene in [[Glengarry Glen Ross (2000)]]
* Jorgenson in [[Other People's Money (2001)]]
* ??? in [[New Directors' Double Bill (2003)|Come into the Garden, Maud (2003)]]
* Bill in [[Between You and Me (2003)]]
* Sigmund Freud in [[Hysteria (2004)]]
* George S. Aronovitz in [[New Directors' Showcase (2004)|The Duck Variations (2004)]]
* Old Man in [[Macbeth (2004)]]
* Old Gentleman in [[Roberto Zucco (2005)]]
* Plummer in [[The Farndale ... Macbeth (2005)]]
* Cleaner in [[New Writers' Showcase (2006)|The Departure Lounge (2006)]]
* Jake Manheim in [[Chinese Coffee (2006)]]
* Giles Corey in [[The Crucible (2007)]]
* The Emperor Min Sing in [[Aladdin (2007)]]

== Productions as Crew ==
* Prompt for [[Plaza Suite (1978)]]
* Prompt for [[On Monday Next (1980)]]

== Interests ==

== External Links ==
[[Category:People|Lyne, John]]

After Juliet (2005)

2008-09-23T16:45:27Z

195.92.101.11: /* Cast */

[[Image:AfterJulietPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]

by [[Sharman McDonald]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Tue 6th – Sat 10th September [[2005]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

Text about the play

== Cast ==

*Roslind - [[Jenny Travell]]
*Benvolio - [Sam Freeman]]
*Gianni - [[Kester Hynds]]
*Lorenzo - [[Tom Bucher]]
*Helena - [[Siobham Campbell and Flora ?]]
*Bianca - [[]]
*Character 3 - [[Actor 3]]
*Character 3 - [[Actor 3]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[Jess Osorio]]
*Lighting Design - [[]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Chris Liddle]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

[[IMG_0706.jpg]]

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==

== External Links ==

*'''[http://www.someplace.com/thisplay This play on the web]

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]

After Juliet (2005)

2008-09-23T16:42:06Z

195.92.101.11: /* Crew */

[[Image:AfterJulietPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]

by [[Sharman McDonald]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Tue 6th – Sat 10th September [[2005]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

Text about the play

== Cast ==

*Character 1 - [[Actor 1]]
*Character 2 - [[Actor 2]]
*Character 3 - [[Actor 3]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[Jess Osorio]]
*Lighting Design - [[]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Chris Liddle]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

[[IMG_0706.jpg]]

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==

== External Links ==

*'''[http://www.someplace.com/thisplay This play on the web]

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]

Elaine Heath

2008-07-29T10:26:46Z

195.92.101.11: /* Acting Roles */

[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1993 to present

== Acting Roles ==
*Fraulien Kost in [[Cabaret (1996)|Cabaret]] ([[1996]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Nancy in [[Play It Again, Sam (1997)|Play It Again, Sam]] ([[1997]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])
*Satan (Stan) in [[Praise Be To Gordon (1998)|Praise Be to Gordon]] ([[1998]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Penny in [[A Slice Of Saturday Night (1998)|A Slice Of Saturday Night]] ([[1998]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Angelica in [[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[2005]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

== Productions as director ==
*[[A Month of Sundays (2000)|A Month Of Sundays]] ([[2000]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[2001]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[2002]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[2003]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[2004]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[2005]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[2006]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[2007]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164 Elaine] on [http://www.myspace.com MySpace]

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]
[[Category:Directors|Heath, Elaine]]

Privates on Parade (2002)

2007-10-10T15:45:29Z

195.92.101.11: /* Cast */

[[Image:PrivatesPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Stuart Draper]]]]

by [[Peter Nichols]]

Music by [[Denis King]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Sat 31st August - Sat 7th September [[2002]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

A subversive comedy about an army entertainment corps stationed in South East Asia in 1948, Privates on Parade charts the journey of young Steven Flowers, who is thrown into the Song and Dance Unit South East Asia, deep in the Malayan jungle. By evoking the great stars of the time, from Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to Carmen Miranda and Noël Coward, he achieves a spectacular rite of passage with a little help from the outrageous Captain Terri Dennis.

Peter Nichols's 1977 revue-style portrait of Army life, set in 1940s Malaya and documenting the frenetically sexual, mostly gay, often desperate antics of a song-and-dance unit, attached, as one soldier drawls, to 'the Queen's Own Middlesex Regiment'.

The show has eleven musical numbers, most of them pastiches of styles of the day, such as "Could you please inform us how we came to lose the war" a homage to Noël Coward, and "Sunnyside Lane" a Flanagan and Allen number.

The play is largely based on Nicols's own post-wartime experiences as a member of C.S.E or Combined Services Entertainments, where he shared a stage with none other than John Schlesinger, Stanley Baxter and Kenneth Williams. The outfit, under command of "stiff-upper-lip" Major Giles Flack, is a performance unit called SADUESA: Song and Dance Unit, South-East Asia. The company is also under the command of an outlandish theatrical queen, Dennis. Together, the unlikely duo of Flack and Dennis have to prepare the troupe for the tour of the war zone. They are accompanied by a psychotic Sargent-Major, who's involved in selling arms to rebels; and a young officer, recently transfered from the Intelligence Corps.

== Cast ==

* Sergeant Major Reg Drummond - [[Bob Callender]]
* Sergeant Steven Flowers - [[Simon Holland]]
* Acting Captain Terri Dennis - [[Joe St Johanser]]
* Major Giles Flack - [[Alan Jarvis]]
* Sergeant Charles Bishop (??) - [[Stuart Flitton]]
* Sergeant Len Bonny - [[Richard Watkins]]
* Acting Lieutenant Sylvia Morgan - [[Elinor Morgan Jones]]
* Sergeant Eric Young-Love - [[Andrew Naussbahm]]
* Lee - [[Mark Davies]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
*Lighting Design - [[Designer Name]]
*Sound Operator - [[Brian Fretwell]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==
<references/>

== External Links ==

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]
[[Category:Musical Theatre and Revue]]
[[Category:Gala Productions]]

After Juliet (2005)

2007-08-08T16:41:13Z

195.92.101.11: /* Gallery */

[[Image:AfterJulietPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]

by [[Sharman McDonald]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Tue 6th – Sat 10th September [[2005]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

Text about the play

== Cast ==

*Character 1 - [[Actor 1]]
*Character 2 - [[Actor 2]]
*Character 3 - [[Actor 3]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[Jess Osorio]]
*Lighting Design - [[Designer Name]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Operator Name]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

[[IMG_0706.jpg]]

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==

== External Links ==

*'''[http://www.someplace.com/thisplay This play on the web]

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]

Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)

2007-07-31T12:43:12Z

195.92.101.11: /* Cast */

[[Image:lizpost1.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Nick Mansley]]]]

by [[Dario Fo]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Tue 4th – Sat 8th April [[2006]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

An irreverent, bawdy, hilarious, peek into the boudoir of Elizabeth I, this wonderfully written and heroically translated Fo has been wittily described as "History on drugs". An aging Elizabeth is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her young beau, the Earl of Essex. In order to prepare for this tryst, she has summoned an outrageous beautician, Dame Grosslady, who appears to speak a peculiar language all of her own. Nothing goes to plan, would-be assassins appear out of the woodwork, and something very interesting is found in the queen's bed. If you thought Blackadder's Elizabeth was fun, you haven't seen anything yet...<ref>Director's note from the [http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/productions/2006/elizabeth/ main SLT site]</ref>

== Cast ==

*Elizabeth I - [[Anne Greenslade]]
*Dame Grosslady - [[Dermot Jones]]
*Edgerton - [[Peter Judge]]
*Assassin - [[Guy Jones]]
*Guards - [[James Hough]], [[Steve Imrie]]
*Young Man - [[Deaglan Whelan]]
*Martha - [[Jenny Travell]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
*Set Design - [[Dave Hollander]]
*Lighting Design - [[Chris Liddle]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==
<references/>

== External Links ==

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]

Hysteria (2004)

2007-07-31T12:40:46Z

195.92.101.11: /* Cast */

[[Image:hysteriaPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]

by [[Terry Johnson]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Tue 2th to Sat 6th November [[2004]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

From the author of "Dead Funny", "Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick", "Insignificance" and "Hitchcock Blonde" and set in the Hampstead consulting room of Sigmund Freud during wartime, this fascinating and highly original play takes the actual meeting of Freud, the father of modern psychoanalysis and Salvador Dali, the deeply eccentric surrealist artist as a starting point. Throw in a scantily dressed young woman with a hidden agenda, Freud’s Jewish doctor – a man with a mission, and the unseen presence of Freud’s daughter Anna, and anything can happen...

== Cast ==

*Sigmund Freud - [[John Lyne]]
*Jessica - [[Ronae Jolliffe]]
*Abraham Yahuda - [[Alan Jarvis]]
*Salvador Dali - [[Jonathan Storey]]
*Girl - [[Siobhan Campbell]]
*Vison of Freud's Father - [[Norman]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
*Lighting Design - [[Designer Name]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Operator Name]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==
<references/>

== External Links ==

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]

Privates on Parade (2002)

2007-07-31T12:27:35Z

195.92.101.11: /* Cast */

[[Image:PrivatesPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Stuart Draper]]]]

by [[Peter Nichols]]

Music by [[Denis King]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Sat 31st August - Sat 7th September [[2002]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

A subversive comedy about an army entertainment corps stationed in South East Asia in 1948, Privates on Parade charts the journey of young Steven Flowers, who is thrown into the Song and Dance Unit South East Asia, deep in the Malayan jungle. By evoking the great stars of the time, from Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to Carmen Miranda and Noël Coward, he achieves a spectacular rite of passage with a little help from the outrageous Captain Terri Dennis.

Peter Nichols's 1977 revue-style portrait of Army life, set in 1940s Malaya and documenting the frenetically sexual, mostly gay, often desperate antics of a song-and-dance unit, attached, as one soldier drawls, to 'the Queen's Own Middlesex Regiment'.

The show has eleven musical numbers, most of them pastiches of styles of the day, such as "Could you please inform us how we came to lose the war" a homage to Noël Coward, and "Sunnyside Lane" a Flanagan and Allen number.

The play is largely based on Nicols's own post-wartime experiences as a member of C.S.E or Combined Services Entertainments, where he shared a stage with none other than John Schlesinger, Stanley Baxter and Kenneth Williams. The outfit, under command of "stiff-upper-lip" Major Giles Flack, is a performance unit called SADUESA: Song and Dance Unit, South-East Asia. The company is also under the command of an outlandish theatrical queen, Dennis. Together, the unlikely duo of Flack and Dennis have to prepare the troupe for the tour of the war zone. They are accompanied by a psychotic Sargent-Major, who's involved in selling arms to rebels; and a young officer, recently transfered from the Intelligence Corps.

== Cast ==

*[[Bob Callender]]
*[[Simon Holland]]
*[[Joe St Johanser]]
*Lee - [[Mark Davies]]
*Stuart Flitton
*Richard Watkins

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*Sound Operator - [[Brian Fretwell]]

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Tom Bücher

2007-07-31T12:25:44Z

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[[Image:tom-bucher.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Tom became a member of the SLT youth group in 2005 and has appeared in a number of youth and adult shows since.

== Acting Roles ==

*Lorenzo in [[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[2005]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Shout in [[The Sleeping Beauty (2006)|Sleeping Beauty]] ([[2006]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Aaron in [[Stay With Me (2006)|Stay With Me]] ([[2006]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])
*Catesby in [[Richard III (2006)|Richard III]] ([[2006]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Benedick in [[Supanova (2007)|Supanova]] ([[2007]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Ste in [[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[2007]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
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* Tom subsequently reprised the role of Aaron in the transfer of [[Stay With Me (2006)|Stay With Me]] to Greenwich Playhouse.
[[Image:Angels-white.jpg|thumb|300px| [[Tom Bucher]] and [[David Clements]] in [[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]]]]

[[Category:People|Bücher, Tom]]

Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:41:46Z

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[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1993 to present

== Acting Roles ==
*Fraulien Kost in Cabaret (1996)
*Nancey In Play in Again Sam (1997)
*Satan (Stan) in Praise Be to Gordon (1998)
*Penny in Slice of Saturday Night (1998)
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre
*Angelica in After Juliet (2005)

== Productions as director ==
*A Month of Sundays (2000) (Prompt Corner)
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

Elaine on Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]

Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:39:32Z

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[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1993 to present

== Acting Roles ==
*Fraulien Kost in Cabaret (1996)
*Nancey In Play in Again Sam (1997)
*Satan (Stan) in Praise Be to Gordon (1998)
*Penny in Slice of Saturday Night (1998)
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre
*Angelica in After Juliet (2005)

== Productions as director ==
*[[A Month of Sundays (2000) (Prompt Corner)
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

Elaine on Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]

Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:37:25Z

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Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:36:18Z

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[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1994 to present

== Acting Roles ==
*Fraulien Kost in Cabaret (1996)
*Nancey In Play in Again Sam (1997)
*Satan (Stan) in Praise Be to Gordon (1998)
*Penny in Slice of Saturday Night (1998)
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre
*Angelica in After Juliet (2005)

== Productions as director ==
*A Month of Sundays (2000) (Prompt Corner)
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

Elaine on Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]

Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:29:35Z

195.92.101.11: /* Productions as director */

[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1994 to present

== Acting Roles ==
*Fraulien Kost in Cabaret
*Nancey In Play in Again Sam
*Satan (Stan) in Praise Be to Gordon
*Penny in Slice of Saturday Night (1998)
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre
*Angelica in After Juliet

== Productions as director ==
*A Month of Sundays (2000) (Prompt Corner)
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

Elaine on Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]

Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:27:51Z

195.92.101.11: /* Acting Roles */

[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1994 to present

== Acting Roles ==
*Fraulien Kost in Cabaret
*Nancey In Play in Again Sam
*Satan (Stan) in Praise Be to Gordon
*Penny in Slice of Saturday Night (1998)
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre
*Angelica in After Juliet

== Productions as director ==
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

Elaine on Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]

Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:27:31Z

195.92.101.11: /* Acting Roles */

[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1994 to present

== Acting Roles ==
*Fraulien Kost in Cabaret
*Nancey In Play in Again Sam
*Satan (Stan) in Priase Be to Gordon
*Penny in Slice of Saturday Night (1998)
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre
*Angelica in After Juliet

== Productions as director ==
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

Elaine on Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]

Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:26:57Z

195.92.101.11: /* Acting Roles */

[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1994 to present

== Acting Roles ==
Fraulien Kost in Cabaret
Nancey In Play in Again Sam
Satan (Stan) in Priase Be to Gordon
Penny in Slice of Saturday Night (1998)
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre
Angelica in After Juliet

== Productions as director ==
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

Elaine on Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]

Elaine Heath

2007-07-27T17:25:17Z

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[[Image:elaine-heath.jpg|thumb|300px| Picture: Phil Gammon]]
Member, 1994 to present

== Acting Roles ==
*Elvira in [[Blithe Spirit (1999)|Blithe Spirit]] ([[1999]]) ([[Bell Theatre
== Productions as director ==
*[[Kindertransport (2001)|Kindertransport]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Privates on Parade (2002)|Privates on Parade]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Stevie (2003)|Stevie]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[Hysteria (2004)|Hysteria]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[After Juliet (2005)|After Juliet]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Beautiful Thing (2007)|Beautiful Thing]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== External Links ==

Elaine on Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193738164

[[Category:People|Heath, Elaine]]