Confusions
Confusions, a series of plays for four-to-five actors, typifies Alan Ayckbourn’s particular brand of black comedy on human behaviour. The plays are alternately naturalistic, stylised and farcical, but underlying each is the echoing problem of profound loneliness.
From a devoted and isolated mother, to her unfaithful travelling salesman husband, through a solicitous waiter to well-heeled diners and an utterly shambolic garden fete; human frailty is laid bare as one hilarious situation after another unfolds.
From high farce to poignant observation; the laughs, however dark, keep coming.
Directed by David Mears
Cast:
Terry – Barry Purchase-Rathbone
Charles – David Derrington
Doreen – Margot McCleary
Beryl & Polly – Vicki Jamieson
Arthur – Kevin Hand
Lucy Compton – Zoe Mortimer
Rosemary – Charlotte Froud
Harry Compton & Gordon Gosforth – David Mears
Paula – Jemima Davis
Bernice – KristiyanaPetkova
Waiter – Elliot Gear
Donald Pearce – Graham Tyrer
Cllr Emily Pearce – Jane Grafton
Steve Bizley – Martin
Lily Skinner – Milly
Justin Osborne – Stewart Stokes
David Gresham – The Reverend John Braithwaite
Running time: 2hrs 20mins including an interval.
No performance on Sunday 3 or Monday 4 April.
Performance Dates
1 - 9 April 2022
7:30pm (2:30pm matinee 9 April)
Venue
The Bear Pit Theatre
Cast
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Kevin Hand
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Barry Purchase-Rathbone
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Vicki Jamieson
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David Derrington
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Margot McCleary
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Zoe Mortimer
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Charlotte Froud
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David Mears
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Jane Grafton
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Graham Tyrer
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Lily Skinner
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David Gresham
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Justin Osborne
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Steve Bizley
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Jemima Davis
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Kristiyana Petkova
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