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Shakespeare\u2019s most popular play was the obvious and perfect choice for a large-scale community production. There was an open call for anyone in the town who wanted to take part, whether on stage, backstage or front of house. No one would be turned away. There were recruitment evenings at the Astor Theatre, notices in the local paper and the library, and word was spread. A team of professional theatre makers came down for the summer, the play was cast with amateurs and professionals on an equal footing, and the design team began the task of transforming the theatre and creating the elements of the procession to the pier that would make for a spectacular last night. It was a true community project, involving children, adults, entire families, and many for whom this was their first experience of live theatre as participant or audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DIRECTED & DESIGNED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke DIXON & Paul DART<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EGEUS\/STARVELING: Anthony AIKMAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUINCE: Lynn ARCHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LYSANDER: David BENEDICT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAIRIES: Abigail ARCHER, Nicola COURT, Emma GRAY, Ross GREENWOOD,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dionne HAIRSINE,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SNUG: Lynda GRAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THESEUS \/ OBERON: No\u00ebl GREIG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MUSTARD SEED: Lisa HAIRSINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HERMIA: Arab LYONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOTTOM: Emma O\u2019BRIEN \/ Peter PALMER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COBWEB: Tom PALMER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HELENA: Janice PERRY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FLUTE: Jessica ROBINSON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MOTH Gemma RUNNING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIPPOLYTA \/ TITANIA: Heike SCHURIG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUINCE: Christopher SEWELL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PUCK: Nathan SEWELL \/ Elizabeth VARNEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SNOUT: Dorothy SMITH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FLUTE: Andrew SPENCER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STARVELING \/ SNOUT: Liz TURNER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEMETRIUS: Dick WARING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PEASEBLOSSOM: Sarah WRIGLEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASSISTANT DIRECTION: James MACDONALD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT: Lee BOXSHALL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAGE MANAGEMENT: Bob GRAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COSTUMES: Heather JOINER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COSTUME ASSISTANCE: Paul PARKMAN \/ Dominic TUCKER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAIRY MINDER: Siobh\u00e1nn TIGHE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PUBLICITY: Sandy BROUGHTON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GENERAL MANAGEMENT: Sue SMITH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADMINISTRATION: Liz TURNER \/ Jean NICHOLSON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MUSIC: Robert ZIEGLER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHOTOGRAPHS: Sarah AINSLIE \/ Martin CARROLL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRAPHICS: Quentin BLAKE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shakespeare\u2019s most popular play was the obvious and perfect choice for a large-scale community production. There was an open call for anyone in the town who wanted to take part, whether on stage, backstage or front of house. No one would be turned away. There were recruitment evenings at the Astor Theatre, notices in the local paper and the library, and word was spread. A team of professional theatre makers came down for the summer, the play was cast with amateurs and professionals on an equal footing, and the design team began the task of transforming the theatre and creating the elements of the procession to the pier that would make for a spectacular last night. It was a true community project, involving children, adults, entire families, and many for whom this was their first experience of live theatre as participant or audience. DIRECTED & DESIGNED by Luke DIXON & Paul DART CAST EGEUS\/STARVELING: Anthony AIKMAN QUINCE: Lynn ARCHER LYSANDER: David BENEDICT FAIRIES: Abigail ARCHER, Nicola COURT, Emma GRAY, Ross GREENWOOD, Dionne HAIRSINE, SNUG: Lynda GRAY THESEUS \/ OBERON: No\u00ebl GREIG MUSTARD SEED: Lisa HAIRSINE HERMIA: Arab LYONS BOTTOM: Emma O\u2019BRIEN \/ Peter PALMER COBWEB: Tom PALMER HELENA: Janice PERRY FLUTE: Jessica ROBINSON MOTH Gemma RUNNING HIPPOLYTA \/ TITANIA: Heike SCHURIG QUINCE: Christopher SEWELL PUCK: Nathan SEWELL \/ Elizabeth VARNEY SNOUT: Dorothy SMITH FLUTE: Andrew SPENCER STARVELING \/ SNOUT: Liz TURNER DEMETRIUS: Dick WARING PEASEBLOSSOM: Sarah WRIGLEY CREW ASSISTANT DIRECTION: James MACDONALD TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT: Lee BOXSHALL STAGE MANAGEMENT: Bob GRAY COSTUMES: Heather JOINER COSTUME ASSISTANCE: Paul PARKMAN \/ Dominic TUCKER FAIRY MINDER: Siobh\u00e1nn TIGHE PUBLICITY: Sandy BROUGHTON GENERAL MANAGEMENT: Sue SMITH ADMINISTRATION: Liz TURNER \/ Jean NICHOLSON MUSIC: Robert ZIEGLER PHOTOGRAPHS: Sarah AINSLIE \/ Martin CARROLL GRAPHICS: Quentin BLAKE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}