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Saturday 28 November

We staged a rehearsed reading of Alan Ayckbourn’s play Gizmo in an old folks home in Edgware.

Simon played Ben, a young barman severely disabled in a terrible attack. He is partly cured by a miracle device developed by a team of top doctors, played by Joan, Carla and Cathy. Ben is only just on the road to recovery when he gets involved in another crime and has to face two thugs, played by Jess and Michael. However, help is at hand from Cevril, a vampish under-cover policewoman, played by Lina. Finally the head of police, played by Maureen, rewards Ben and Cevril for their bravery in fighting crime.

Lina and Carla both made their Madhatters debuts with Gizmo. Review.

We plan to do more work on Alan Ayckbourn plays in the new year.Watch this space for details.

31 October

We put on a special Halloween performance for the local tennis club on Coles Green Road, NW2. 70 people packed into the club house, all dressed as ghosts and witches. Very scary! At the request of the tennis club, we put on a repeat of Andrew Sachs’ tragic melodrama, The Wages of Sin. This is a very funny play, with two murders, a suicide, an accidental death, plus a bit of adultery. Not surprisingly, it went down a storm.

Cathy once again took the lead as Lady Priscilla Fortune Mint, with excellent support from Joan as the chair and Martin as the bent butler. We’re especially grateful for the help of Michael Fay and Michael Toohig, who stepped in to take the parts of Lord Fortune Mint and Mr Brown. They both managed to die very dramatic deaths. The Halloween poems and songs also went down a storm, especially the all-join-in Twelve Nights of Halloween, based on a well known Christmas carol. Many thanks to Martin for his hard work in finding these poems and songs and congratulations to Lina, who made her Madhatters stage debut with two very scary poems. Special thanks to Janet and all at the Tennis Club for their hard work in organising the party.

We’re planning an evening of carol singing, with mulled wine and mince pies, at the tennis club over Christmas..

And of course we’re already looking forward to next year’s Halloween party!
 

July 2009 - Gladstone!

2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of William Gladstone, four times Prime Minister of the UK, who spent many happy summers enjoying the rural peace of Gladstone Park, Dollis Hill. Michael Redston and Amy Bonsall (picture left) wrote us a play and Sian Thomas directed it. This was a very jolly romp with music and dancing, played out in different parts of the attractive pleasure garden of Gladstone Park. Actors from the local Madhatters Theatre Club played supporting roles to the professionals and our very own Martin Redston and Jess Abbo designed and painted the scenery.

Review1 Review2

 
May 2009
Boom and bust - The Recession Revue

A celebration in drama and verse of the theme of boom and bust - the big topic of the moment.

Photos © PP 2009
More photos by Phil
Photos by Simon
Review
November 2008

An Evening of Melodrama

We performed two short Victorian melodramas:

The Wages of Sin
and
Black-eyed Susan

Review


May 2008
Treasure Island.
This was a completely up-dated and localised version of the classic children's novel, ably adapted by Michael Redston and Amy Bonsall - Amy also directed it, with the help of Sian Thomas. This was a very jolly romp played out in different parts of the attractive pleasure garden of Gladstone Park in Dollis Hill. Actors from the local Madhatters Theatre Club played supporting roles to the professionals, notably the incompetent pirates.
Review

 

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