Confusions: 5 Interlinked, 1 Act Plays
By Alan Ayckbourn
By arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd
Season 21-31 August 1991
Venue Belconnen Theatre
TheStory
Confusions, five interlinked one act plays, had its Scarborough premiere in September (it did not reach the Apollo Theatre, London, until May 1976). Each of the five plays deals riotously, but with sharply pointed undertones, with human eccentricities and the human dilemma of loneliness; a mother unable to escape from baby talk, a disastrous fete, an unsuccessful seduction attempt, a fate-fraught dinner encounter - the final play sums up with five self immolated characters on park benches.
ProductionTeam
| Director (Mother Figure) |
Michael Thomas |
| Directors (Drinking Companions) |
John Stabler and Pam McManus |
| Director (Between Mouthfuls) |
John Alsford |
| Director (Gosforth's Fete) |
Eileen Boyldew |
| Director (Talk in the Park) |
Janine O'Dwyer |
| Production Managers |
Roger Nicholls and Kelda McManus |
| Stage Manager |
Stephen Crossley |
| Assistant Stage Manager |
Deborah Woodyard |
| Set Design |
Kelda McManus and Philip Russell |
| Costume Design |
Judith Duffy |
| Lighting Design |
Roger Nicholls and Stephen Crossley |
| Sound Design |
Malcolm Tompkins and Stuart Diener |
Cast
Mother Figure |
| Lucy |
Kelda McManus |
| Rosemary |
Shara Popple |
| Terry |
Mark Drury |
| Harry |
Peter Benisch |
Drinking Companions |
| Harry |
Peter Benisch |
| Paula |
Siobh'an Boyldew |
| Bernice |
Shelly French |
| Waiter |
Richard Niven |
Between Mouthfuls |
| Waiter |
Richard Niven |
| Mr Pearce |
Mick Bower |
| Mrs Pearce |
Pam Kelly |
| Martin |
Simon Clarke |
| Polly |
Kate Tricks |
Gosforth's Fete |
| Milly |
Jenni Mersiades |
| Mrs Pearce |
Pam Kelly |
| Gosforth |
Michael McCarthy |
| Stewart |
Philip Russell |
| Vicar |
Chris Boyldew |
A Talk in the Park |
| Arthur |
Mick Bower |
| Beryl |
Anne Beard |
| Charles |
Peter Benisch |
| Doreen |
Kate Tricks |
| Ernest |
Simon Clarke |
