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See How They Run by Philip King is a classic British farce centred around a quiet English vicarage, a nosy parishioner, and a cascade of mistaken identities. The main characters are the Toop household, their visitors, and the chaotic figures caught in the middle.

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Production dates - 2nd to 6th February 2027​

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Audition date 30th October 2026, 7.30pm Christ Church Hall, Christchurch Road, Northampton NN1 5LL

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The Toop Household: 

• Penelope Toop: The vicar's spirited, slightly rebellious wife and a former actress. Her modern behaviour and theatre background constantly clash with village expectations.

• The Reverend Lionel Toop: The earnest, straight-laced, and slightly naive vicar who adores his wife but is often bewildered by her antics.

• Ida: The Toops' quick-witted, saucy Cockney maid who is highly observant and loves American movies.

The Visitors & Intruder: 

• Lance-Corporal Clive Winton: An old friend of Penelope’s from her acting days. His impulsive decision to dress up as a clergyman to sneak out with Penelope is the catalyst for the entire farce.

• The Intruder: An escaped German prisoner-of-war on the run who disguises himself by stealing clerical clothing.

• The Reverend Arthur Humphrey: A mild-mannered, bumbling visiting clergyman who arrives to preach the Sunday service—and whose identity (and clothing) is repeatedly stolen.

• The Bishop of Lax: Penelope's dignified and authoritative uncle who arrives unexpectedly. He becomes hopelessly confused as multiple "vicars" appear in the house.

The Law: 

• Sergeant Towers: The local police officer who arrives to hunt down the escaped POW, only to find multiple men dressed as clergymen and a house full of chaos.

The Parish: 

• Miss Skillon: A highly proper, uptight, and gossipy parishioner who despises Penelope's acting background and constantly draws the wrong conclusions about what is happening in the vicarage.

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*****

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The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Performance 6.4.27 - 10.4.27    Audition: Friday 8.1.27

Co-directors Georgina Pearson, Giles Mooney
6 male, 7 female

Reverend Samuel Parris - minister of the church, a widower - austere and controlling

Betty Parris - youngest of the afflicted girls who joins the group of girls crying witchcraft

Ann Putnam – wealthy landowner, haunted by the loss of her children, embittered but in control

Abigail Williams - the manipulative ringleader. Impulsive, strong willed, passionate and fiery

Mercy Lewis – a serving girl and one of the girls who joins the group crying witchcraft

Mary Warren – a timid servant girl easily influenced by those around her.    

John Proctor - a local farmer; independent, forthright, opinionated

Rebecca Nurse - an elder of the Salem community - kind, patient and virtuous

Giles Corey – an old farmer - salt of the earth, plainspoken, hardworking

Reverend John Hale - respected minister and expert on witchcraft

Elizabeth Proctor - John Proctor's wife - honest, proud, faithful, and principled

Ezekiel Cheever – officer of the court, a role he takes very seriously - jobsworth

Judge Danforth – the judge who presides over the trials - absolute, commanding, relishes his own power

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*****

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Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel

 

Performance 8.6.27 - 12.6.27      Audition: Friday 19.03.27

 

Director Ben Knight

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5 female, 3 male

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Widely regarded as Brian Friel’s masterpiece, this haunting, nostalgic, warm and evocative memory play is the playwright’s tribute to the spirit and valour of the past. In a small Irish village in 1936, five unmarried sisters live together in a spirit of familial unity. These women raise the narrator, Michael, the illegitimate son of one of the sisters, who reminisces on one fateful year amidst the celebrations of the festival of Lughnasa. 

That summer, his elderly uncle returns after serving for 25 years as a missionary priest in an Ugandan leper colony. The sisters also acquire their first radio, whose music transforms them from correct Catholic women to shrieking, stomping banshees in their own kitchen. And he meets his father, a charming Welsh drifter who strolls up the lane and sweeps his mother away in an elegant dance across the fields. From these small events spring the cracks that destroy the foundation of the family forever.

The Mundy Sisters

• Kate (Catherine): The eldest sister and the household's strict moral compass. She works as a schoolteacher and tries to hold the family together financially and socially.

• Maggie: The second eldest, known for being humorous, sharp-witted, and fond of joking, despite underlying hardships.

• Agnes: A quiet, hardworking sister who knits gloves to earn a meager living alongside Rose.

• Rose: The gentle, vulnerable sister who is deeply attached to Agnes and struggles with the outside world.

• Christina (Chris): The youngest sister and the mother of the narrator, Michael, born out of wedlock. 

Other Key Characters

• Michael: The adult narrator who looks back at the summer of 1936 when he was seven years old; he is also present as a child character in the memory scenes. 

• Father Jack: The sisters' older brother, an aging Catholic priest who returned home after 25 years in an Ugandan leper colony, having grown frail and sympathetic to pagan rituals. 

• Gerry Evans: Michael's charming, unreliable Welsh father, a roguish dancing teacher and gramophone salesman who visits intermittently.