Separate Tables
Two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd
Performances 14-17 May 2025, Betchworth Village Hall (Saturday matinee)
Director: Diane Mayall
Bournemouth 1954, The Beauregard Hotel is a genteel respectable establishment proudly run by the steady and kind Miss Cooper. In addtion to the casual guests, it is also the permanent home to an eclectic mix of retired 'regulars' who elect to live at the hotel and occasionally share one another's company albeit at 'Separate Tables'. But this quiet idyll is shaken when not everything and not everyone is quite what they seem.
Two plays brilliantly linked as one, Separate Tables is a wonderfully written, beautiful study in human nature. Heartfelt, poignant, intense, funny and touching.
Cast
| Miss Cooper | Joanne Packham |
| Mrs Railton-Bell | Linda Slater |
| Miss Meacham | Jill Day |
| Lady Matheson | Jane Hogg |
| Mr Fowler | David Ames |
| John Malcolm | Neil Mayall |
| Anne Shankland | Emoke Soproni |
| Jean Tanner | Kelly Cross |
| Charles Stratton | Kieran O'Neil |
| Doreen | Dee Coutts |
| Major Pollock | Roger Nelson |
| Sibyl Railton-Bell | Jane Khan |
Production Team
| Director | Diane Mayall |
| Lighting Design | David Ames |
| Stage Manager | Diane Mayall |
| Sound/lighting operator | Julie Bickerdike |
| Prompt | Jane Straker |
| Costume | Tracey Hulf, Julie Bickerdike, Diane Mayall |
| Props | Diane Mayall, Jane Hogg, Tracey Hulf |
| Set Design | Stephen Tickell, Diane Mayall |
| Set Construction | Gerald Hulf, Tracey Hulf, Daryl Cross, Stephen Tickell, Neil Williams and the Company |
| Front of House | Jane Seymour, Julie Bickerdike, Trish Finch, Selena Edney Kathy Wilman, Roger Wilman, Christina Usher, Paul Packham, Christina Coutts, Jack Coutts, Racheal Graham, Peter Telford, Sarah-Jane Weston, Kevin Wood |
| Poster design | Josh Packham |
| Programme | Josh Packham, Emoke Soproni |
| Photography | Geoff Martin |
Photos by Geoff Martin
Anger Management
A one-act play by Robert Scott, presented by arrangement with Lazy Bee Scripts
Performance 24th February 2025, Southern Counties Drama Festival
Director: Stephen Tickell
A group anger-management session takes an unexpected turn when Dr Clarke asks the participants to act out the events which resulted in them being sent on the course
Neil Mayall was nominated for the SCDF Best Actor award
Cast
| Dr Clarke | Gerald Hulf |
| McGowan | Neil Mayall |
| Polston | Tracey Hulf |
| Knifton | Dee Coutts |
| Losh | Kelly Cross |
| Ford | Linda Slater |
| Miller | Roger Nelson |
Stage Manager - Diane Mayall
Sound & Lighting - Stephen Tickell
Prompt - Trish Finch
Photos Mike Sutton (SCDF) and the cast
Captain Noah and his floating zoo
A Cantata by Michael Flanders and Joseph Horowitz
Performance: 31 August 2024, Betchworth Village Hall
Director: Alison Cooper
Musical Director: Vicki Hodges
Accompanist: Ian Stone
A 'come and sing' fundraising event consisting of a rehearsal, tea & cakes, and a performance, with additional monologues by Sarah Esser-Haswell and Stephen Tickell. Soloists were rehearsed in advance !
| Noah | Peter Telford |
| Narrator | Jane Khan |
| God | Peter Thomas |
| Mrs Noah | Jane Flanders |
| Mrs Shem | Eleanor Hubbard |
| Mrs Ham | Jane Johnson |
| Mrs Japhet | Emoke Soproni |
| Shem | David Brown |
| Ham | Stephen Tickell |
| Japhet | Neil Williams |
Salad Days
Performances 13-16 November 2024, Betchworth Village Hall
Director: Lynda Barrett-Mercer
Musical Director: Ian Stone
Choreographer: Gail Lowe
Reviewed for NODA by Graham Botterill
Written in the 1950s by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds, Salad Days is a light-hearted and zany musical, combining memorable tunes such as ‘We Said we Wouldn’t Look Back’, ‘Look at Me I’m Dancing’ and ‘We’re Looking for a Piano’ with fast-moving comedy, drawing on panto and music hall traditions.
Just out of university, Jane and Timothy agree to look after a piano for a mysterious tramp, while Timothy’s family try to find him a suitable job, and Jane’s a suitable husband. The piano turns out to have magical powers, causing anyone who hears it to dance. A series of unexpected events follow, involving numerous eccentric characters, the disappearance of the magic piano and the appearance of a flying saucer
An amateur production, presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd
Cast
| The Tramp | Kelly Cross |
| Jane | Jane Khan |
| Timothy | Dee Coutts |
| Timothy's Mother | Jane Straker |
| Timothy's Father | Roger Nelson |
| Lady Raeburn | Jane Seymour |
| Nigel | Peter Telford |
| Heloise | Eleanor Hubbard |
| PC Boot | Stephen Tickell |
| Rowena | Joanne Packham |
| The Nun | Margaret Longes |
| Troppo | Emoke Soproni |
| Fosdyke | Stephen Tickell |
| Sir Clamsby Williams | Peter Telford |
| Inspector | David Longes |
| Manager | David Longes |
| Asphynxia | Emoke Soproni |
| Uncle Zed | Roger Nelson |
| Fiona | Christina Usher |
| Augustine WIlliams | Julie Bickerdike |
| Electrode | Margaret Longes |
| Anthea | Eleanor Hubbard |
| Aunt Prue | Julie Bickerdike |
| Ambrose | David Longes |
Production Team
| Director | Lynda Barrett-Mercer |
| Musical Director | Ian Stone |
| Musicians | Ian Stone, Tessa Lawn, Helen Greaves |
| Choreographer | Gail Lowe |
| Stage Manager | Diane Mayall |
| Sound/Lighting | David Ames |
| Set construction | Diane Mayall, Neil Mayall, Stephen Tickell, Neil Williams & the Company |
| Costume | Lynda Barrett-Mercer, Julie Bickerdike |
| Props/Furniture | Jane Flanders, Darryl Cross, Emoke Soproni |
| Poster design | Lynda Barrett-Mercer, Josh Packham |
| Front of House | Linda Slater, Trish Finch |
| Photography | Geoff Martin |
