Next month our latest production, 7 Ages of Man, will hit the road. As well as commemorating Shakespeare we are also honouring the tradition of travelling bands of players as we tour the highways and byways of Cambridgeshire (between Colne and Pidley) performing for the entertainment of the good folk of those parishes. This will be a somewhat different venture for all of us. Think of it, if you will, as “BaCStage unplugged” or “pop-up theatre”. You could even say “we’ll be going on a journey”.
Each actor will be playing sev’ral parts in various ages, performing a range of scenes and sketches both bardy and contemporary, on the theme of “infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantaloon and old age”.
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Nick
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Nick’s contributions are usually rather wooden; he is our set designer and chief constructionist. This will be his first on-stage appearance since an alleged incident involving a gorilla suit many moons ago.
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Denise
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As our resident stage manager Denise is more used to being behind the scenes. However, as we won’t have any scenes to be behind we will get to see Denise on-stage for once!
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Ron
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Ron recently played Good Gravedigger, Bow Street Runner and Maypole in ‘Virtue Triumphant’. He directed ‘Dick Whittington’ and ‘Murdered to Death’ and will be directing our next production, ‘Beauty and The Beast’.
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Peter
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Peter has recently played Rev. Canon Fiddle, D.D. in ‘Virtue Triumphant’ and Captain Tuna in ‘Dick Whittington’, and directed ‘Deborah’s Party’.
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Jackie
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Jackie has recently played Emmeline in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, directed ‘A Talk in the Park’, played Sister Hart in ‘Hero’ and Margaret Craddock in ‘Murdered to Death’.
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Steve
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Steve has recently played Arthur in ‘A Talk in the Park’, Jeremy in ‘Night at the (Brick) Museum’, and Colonel Craddock in ‘Murdered to Death’.
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Jess
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Jess has recently played Rose Maybud in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, Shirley in ‘In Need of Care’ and Bosun in ‘Dick Whittington’.
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Jane
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Jane has recently directed ‘In Need of Care’ and played Mrs Grimm in ‘Night at the (Brick) Museum’.
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Ross
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Ross has recently played Wicked Gravedigger in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, Nobby in ‘In Need of Care’ and Idle Jack in ‘Dick Whittington’.
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Becky
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Becky has recently played Mrs Maybud in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, Susan in ‘Night at the (Brick) Museum’, Beryl in ‘A Talk in the Park’ and Jeannie in ‘Dick Whittington’.
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Christine
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Christine has recently directed ‘Virtue Triumphant’, played Miss Harriet in ‘Night at the (Brick) Museum’, Queen Rat in ‘Dick Whittington’ and has numerous other directing credits including ‘Rumplestiltskin’, ‘Hero’ and ‘Robin Hood’.
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Tom
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Tom has recently played Richard Carruthers in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, Jeff in ‘In Need of Care’, Dick in ‘Dick Whittington’ and Private Underwood in ‘Hero’.
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Nicola
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Nicola is co-directing ‘7 Ages’ as well as appearing on-stage, and has recently played Mad Martha in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, Lola in ‘Night at the (Brick) Museum’, Wormtail Rat in ‘Dick Whittington’ and Joan Maple in ‘Murdered to Death’.
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Carol
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Carol is making a rare foray onto the stage; she was last seen as Nurse in ‘Rumplestiltskin’.
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Richard
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Richard has recently played Luke Tumbleweed in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, John in ‘Night at the (Brick) Museum’ and Ernie Bond Rat and Sultan Pepper in ‘Dick Whittington’.
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Lucy
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Lucy has recently played Rita in ‘In Need of Care’, Alice Fitzwarren in ‘Dick Whittington’ and Nurse Penfold in ‘Hero’.
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Kevin
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Kevin has recently played Old Harry in ‘Night at the (Brick) Museum’, Sarah the Cook in ‘Dick Whittington’ and Constable Thompkins in ‘Murdered to Death’.
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Cynthia
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Cynthia is co-directing ‘7 Ages’ as well as appearing on-stage, and has recently played Bessie in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, Tommy the Cat in ‘Dick Whittington’ and Elizabeth Hartley-Trumpington in ‘Murdered to Death’.
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Luke
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Luke has recently played Sir Septimus Grope in ‘Virtue Triumphant’, directed ‘Night at the (Brick) Museum’, also playing Lucky the Labrador, played Ernest in ‘A Talk in the Park’ and Inspector Pratt in ‘Murdered to Death’.
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7 Ages of Man performance dates: Friday October 14th 2016 (Colne), Saturday October 15th 2016 (Pidley). Tickets will be on sale soon.
And what about my debut as one of wishywashy’s chorus or Strong man one (Peter was No 2) in Sadie’s circus.
N
I’m going to use the “young person asked a history question on a quiz show” defence and say “that’s a bit before my time”. I don’t have any photos, although I believe the archaeologists excavating the Bronze Age site at Whittlesey uncovered some bog oak with stick figures on it that apparently depict the Strong Man scene.
Very good Luke but one little faux pas.. Jane directed ‘in need of care’ not Jess. Slip of the finger👆I’m sure…. Nicola
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I only put these deliberate mistakes in to see who’s paying attention…