Charles Cheetham

SLTC Member 1967 - 1985

Charlie as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd the Barber. Photograph by photographer's name

Acting Roles

• Bill in Everything in the Garden (1968) (Theatre)
• Furse in Angels in Love (1968) (Theatre)
• Vendor in A Streetcar Named Desire (1968) (Theatre)
• Harpagon, the Miser in The Miser (1968) (Theatre)
• Stanley Webber in The Birthday Party (1969) (Theatre)
• Sosie in Amphitryon 38 (1969) (Theatre)
• Geordie in Close the Coalhouse Door (1969) (Theatre)
• The Hermit in Next Time I'll Sing to You (1970) (Theatre)
• Henry in The Anniversary (1970) (Theatre)
• Ernest Butler in Kilroy Was (1970) (Theatre)
• George in Him A-Laying Bare (1971) (Theatre)
• Delivery Boy in Barefoot in the Park (1971) (Theatre)
• Ensemble in The Hollow Crown (1971) (Theatre)
• Henry Ormonroyd in When We are Married (1972) (Theatre)
• Orderly in Press Cuttings (1972) (Main Stage)
• Harry in Staircase (1972) (Main Stage)
• Dr Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace (1973) (Main Stage)
• Player King in Hamlet (1973) (Nettlefold Hall)
• Leslie Edwards in The Sponge Room (1973) (Main Stage)
• Oscar in The Odd Couple (1973) (Main Stage)
• Baron Bolligrew in The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (1973) (Main Stage)
• Julian in 'Silver Wedding' in Mixed Doubles (1974) (Main Stage)
• Albert in The Signalman's Apprentice (1974) (Main Stage)
• Waiter in Servant of Two Masters (1975) (Main Stage)
• Hoolihan in The Patrick Pearse Motel (1975) (Main Stage)
• Dr Grimwig in Oliver! (1975) (Main Stage)
• Davies in The Caretaker (1975) (Bell Theatre)
• Porter in There's a Girl in My Soup (1976) (Main Stage)
• Ken in Say Goodnight to Grandma (1976) (Main Stage}
• Widow Twanky in Aladdin (1977) (Main Stage)
• Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd the Barber (1977) (Main Stage)
• Mr Ryan in A Night Out (1978) (Prompt Corner)
• Saul Hodgking in The Ghost Train (1978) (Main Stage)
• Lion in The Wizard of Oz (1979) (Main Stage)
• Det Sgt Pape in Breath of Spring (1979) (Main Stage)
• Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1980) (Main Stage)
• Bluebelle (Ugly Sister) in Cinderella (1981) (Main Stage)
• A Corporal of the National Guard in An Italian Straw Hat (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• in A Celebration of Christmas (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Gepetto in Pinocchio (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• George Chudleigh in Harlequinade (1983) (Prompt Corner)
• Chairman in Music Hall (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• James in Streuth (1984) (Prompt Corner)
• The Golux in The Thirteen Clocks (1985) (Prompt Corner)
• Tuppy Wadlow in Hobson's Choice (1985) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Director

• The Schoolmistress (1970) (Theatre)
• The Murder of Maria Marten (or The Red Barn)(1971) (Theatre)
• Epitaph for George Dillon (1972) (Prompt Corner)
• A Village Wooing (1972) (Main Stage)
• Rattle of a Simple Man (1973) (Main Stage)
• Forget-Me-Not-Lane (1974) (Main Stage)
• Blithe Spirit (1975) (Main Stage)
• Play It Again, Sam (1979) (Main Stage)
• Move Over Mrs Markham (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Playboy of the Western World (1981) (Bell Theatre)
• The Monkey's Paw (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Zoo Zoo Widdershins Zoo (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Moby Dick (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Music Hall (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Outside Edge (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Streuth (1984) (Prompt Corner)
• Abigail's Party (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Fur Coat and No Knickers (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Pack of Lies (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• The Turn of the Screw (1990) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Director & Designer

• My Fat Friend (1976) (Main Stage)
• Time and Time Again (1978) (Main Stage)
• The Collector (1980) (Main Stage)

Productions as Designer

• The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (1973) (Main Stage) with Deidre Shaw

Productions as Assistant Stage Manager

• The Meter Men (1967) (Theatre)
• Hedda Gabler (1969) (Theatre)
• Twelfth Night (1969) (Theatre)

Productions as Set Designer & Constructor

• How's the World Treating You? (1976) (Main Stage)

Productions as Set Designer

• The Playboy of the Western World (1981) (Bell Theatre)
• The Caretaker (1975) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Lighting Operator

• The Fire Raisers (1970) (Theatre)
• The Turn of the Screw (1990) (Bell Theatre) with Mike Mattey

Productions as Sound Recordist

• The Caretaker (1975) (Bell Theatre)
• Play It Again, Sam (1979) (Main Stage)

Set Construction on

• The Marriage-Go-Round (1968) (Theatre)
• Lysistrata - Scenes and A Night Out (1969) (Theatre)
• Waltz of the Toreadors (1969) (Theatre)
• The Schoolmistress (1970) (Theatre)
• The Skin of Our Teeth (1971) (Bell Theatre)
• Barefoot in the Park (1971) (Theatre)
• Noah (1972) (Nettlefold Hall)
• The Servant (1973) (Main Stage) as Assistant Set Constructor
• The Sponge Room (1973) (Main Stage)
• Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1975) (Main Stage)
• The Lion In Winter (1976) (Main Stage)
• My Fat Friend (1976) (Main Stage)
• Straight Up (1978) (Main Stage)
• The Ghost Train (1978) (Main Stage)
• A Taste of Honey (1978) (Main Stage)
• Plaza Suite (1978) (Bell Theatre)
• Gimme Shelter (1979) (Main Stage)
• Play It Again, Sam (1979) (Main Stage)
• The Price (1979) (Main Stage)
• Butley (1979) (Main Stage)
• Forty Years On (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Collector (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Bed Before Yesterday (1981) (Main Stage)
• The Playboy of the Western World (1981) (Bell Theatre)
• The Offshore Island (1981) (Bell Theatre)
• Female Transport (1982) (Prompt Corner)
• Slag (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Outside Edge (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Abigail's Party (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Fur Coat and No Knickers (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Pack of Lies (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• The Turn of the Screw (1990) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Company Manager

• Lunch Hour and Black Comedy (1971) (Theatre)
• Him A-Laying Bare (1971) (Theatre)

Other SLTC Roles

• Director without Portfolio 1987 - 1988

External Links

• This member's Web Site.