Scenes from CNTC's current production ...and details of CDS's next
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This is a digitised version of an article from The Cayman Compass's print archive. Occasionally, the digitisation process introduces transcription errors, or other problems.
See the article in its original context from May 1985.
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You may have wondered what happens to out of work actors (then again, you may not!). Well, wonder no more, good friends. They find their niche as journalists. This transition may at first seem strange but, moved by the burning desire to strike back at the source of the slings and arrows aimed at one's last performance, it is a quite natural move.
Not having to live with the censor, this correspondent can promise you the unabridged story of this production.
The cast is now hard at work, but with the combined experiences of being heard on a phone-in programme of London Broadcasting Corporation and an appearance on Radio Zambia (can one appear on radio?) between them, they should have no difficulty in putting this one to bed.
Colin Wilson had graduated from a toad to a werewolf and is concentrating so hard on perfecting his howling that he forgets to move "er, sorry, Tony, takes me a while, but I get there in the end" (hope no one gives him any gum to chew!). Deborah Walker is "dreadfully coarse" (heaven forfend I hear you cry, but there are epillets fit to make a parson blush, let alone the nun wearing the apparel to which she refers) according to sister-in-law, Sarah, played by Marilyn Osbourne who tries her long-suffering best to keep everyone in line.
"Well, if it's that, he's never asked for it and even if he did, he wouldn't get it". The "he" in this case is John Kitson, a vet who can't quite get into harness and who has been beaten to the draw (among other things) by Graham Cork, who plans to take Deborah to East Grinstead (yes! East Grinstead, Hastings was full) for the weekend (if his wife doesn't catch him).
The man obviously has class if not restraint "if was just wham, thump and there we both were on the rug". The stale biscuits seem to have taken over from sardines in this production. If you haven't quite grasp the story line yet, tune into this space next week for another exciting episode.
