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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 BY Luke DIXON & Paul DART<\/td><\/tr>
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Anthony AIKMAN<\/td>EGEUS\/STARVELING<\/td><\/tr>
Abigail ARCHER<\/td>FAIRY<\/td><\/tr>
Lynn ARCHER<\/td>QUINCE<\/td><\/tr>
David BENEDICT<\/td>LYSANDER<\/td><\/tr>
Nicola COURT<\/td>FAIRY<\/td><\/tr>
Emma GRAY<\/td>FAIRY<\/td><\/tr>
Lynda GRAY<\/td>SNUG<\/td><\/tr>
Ross GREENWOOD<\/td>FAIRY<\/td><\/tr>
No\u00ebl GREIG<\/td>THESEUS\/OBERON<\/td><\/tr>
Dionne HAIRSINE<\/td>FAIRY<\/td><\/tr>
Lisa HAIRSINE<\/td>MUSTARD SEED<\/td><\/tr>
Arab LYONS<\/td>HERMIA<\/td><\/tr>
Emma O\u2019BRIEN<\/td>BOTTOM<\/td><\/tr>
Peter PALMER<\/td>BOTTOM<\/td><\/tr>
Tom PALMER<\/td>COBWEB<\/td><\/tr>
Janice PERRY<\/td>HELENA<\/td><\/tr>
Jessica ROBINSON<\/td>FLUTE<\/td><\/tr>
Gemma RUNNING<\/td>MOTH<\/td><\/tr>
Heike SCHURIG<\/td>HIPPOLYTA\/TITANIA<\/td><\/tr>
Christopher SEWELL<\/td>QUINCE<\/td><\/tr>
Nathan SEWELL<\/td>PUCK<\/td><\/tr>
Dorothy SMITH<\/td>SNOUT<\/td><\/tr>
Andrew SPENCER<\/td>FLUTE<\/td><\/tr>
Liz TURNER<\/td>STARVELING\/SNOUT<\/td><\/tr>
Elizabeth VARNEY<\/td>PUCK<\/td><\/tr>
Dick WARING<\/td>DEMETRIUS<\/td><\/tr>
Sarah WRIGLEY<\/td>PEASEBLOSSOM<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sarah AINSLIE<\/td>PHOTOGRAPHS<\/td><\/tr>
Quentin BLAKE<\/td>GRAPHICS<\/td><\/tr>
Lee BOXSHALL<\/td>TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT<\/td><\/tr>
Sandy BROUGHTON<\/td>PUBLICITY<\/td><\/tr>
Martin CARROLL<\/td>PHOTOGRAPHS<\/td><\/tr>
Bob GRAY<\/td>STAGE MANAGEMENT<\/td><\/tr>
Heather JOINER<\/td>COSTUMES<\/td><\/tr>
James MACDONALD<\/td>ASSISTANT DIRECTION<\/td><\/tr>
Jean NICHOLSON<\/td>ADMINISTRATION<\/td><\/tr>
Paul PARKMAN<\/td>COSTUME ASSISTANCE<\/td><\/tr>
Sue SMITH<\/td>GENERAL MANAGEMENT<\/td><\/tr>
Dominic TUCKER<\/td>COSTUME ASSISTANCE<\/td><\/tr>
Liz TURNER<\/td>ADMINISTRATION<\/td><\/tr>
Robert ZIEGLER<\/td>MUSIC<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\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:       Anthony AIKMAN EGEUS\/STARVELING Abigail ARCHER FAIRY Lynn ARCHER QUINCE David BENEDICT LYSANDER Nicola COURT FAIRY Emma GRAY FAIRY Lynda GRAY SNUG Ross GREENWOOD FAIRY No\u00ebl GREIG THESEUS\/OBERON Dionne HAIRSINE FAIRY Lisa HAIRSINE MUSTARD SEED Arab LYONS HERMIA Emma O\u2019BRIEN BOTTOM Peter PALMER BOTTOM Tom PALMER COBWEB Janice PERRY HELENA Jessica ROBINSON FLUTE Gemma RUNNING MOTH Heike SCHURIG HIPPOLYTA\/TITANIA Christopher SEWELL QUINCE Nathan SEWELL PUCK Dorothy SMITH SNOUT Andrew SPENCER FLUTE Liz TURNER STARVELING\/SNOUT Elizabeth VARNEY PUCK Dick WARING DEMETRIUS Sarah WRIGLEY PEASEBLOSSOM CREW:       Sarah AINSLIE PHOTOGRAPHS Quentin BLAKE GRAPHICS Lee BOXSHALL TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT Sandy BROUGHTON PUBLICITY Martin CARROLL PHOTOGRAPHS Bob GRAY STAGE MANAGEMENT Heather JOINER COSTUMES James MACDONALD ASSISTANT DIRECTION Jean NICHOLSON ADMINISTRATION Paul PARKMAN COSTUME ASSISTANCE Sue SMITH GENERAL MANAGEMENT Dominic TUCKER COSTUME ASSISTANCE Liz TURNER ADMINISTRATION Robert ZIEGLER MUSIC<\/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":51,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/799"}],"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}]}}