Curtain Up by Peter Quilter
Plot
Based on the author’s earlier Respecting Your Piers, Curtain Up! is the hilarious story of five women who inherit equal shares in a dilapidated theatre and plan to bring it back to life again. They try various fund-raising schemes but their most ambitious is to hold a concert featuring local talent and a world-famous star who agrees to appear for no fee! However, their plans go awry…
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Cast list
Theresa (daughter of deceased)
Pam (Theresa’s mother, ex-wife of deceased) Sharon (executive assistant to deceased) Betty (Pam’s mother-in-law) Jackie (the other woman) |
Frederica Everett
Lynn Lunn Janet Duchesne Barbara Laird Alison O’Neil |
Back stage
Director | Rosemary Gillett |
Stage Manager | Chrissie Robinson |
Choreography | Rosemary Gillett, Barbara Laird, Chrissie Robinson, Janet Duchesne and members of the cast |
Prompt | Antoinette Mehra |
Set, Poster and Programme Design | Jo Compton |
Set Builders | Tony Woodliffe, Steve Knowlden, Will Lunn and Kevin Swaine |
Costume | members of the cast |
Props | Chrissie Robinson |
Stage Crew | Stephen Knowlden and Kevin Swaine |
Projection Operator | Stephen Knowlden |
Lighting Operator | Peter Horwood |
Sound Operator | Tony Woodliffe |