The Archives: Not tweed, but hardly an improvement...

Our Day Out

Friday 27^th and Saturday 28^th March 2010

Cast

Mrs. Kay … Nadine Hossent

Mr. Briggs … Dan Creedon

Colin … David Stevens

Susan … Isabella Hill

Carol … Charlotte Whitaker

Reilly … Zak Jones

Digga … Brendon Moore

Jackie … Bethany Sly

Linda … Hazel Willock

Shopkeeper … Mary Harding-Scott

Milton … Milly Bianchini

Andrews … Jack Tudor

Zoo Keeper … Zebulun Samson

Les … Ross Bayliss

Girl 1 … Gabrielle Dowsing

Girl 2 … Georgia Whitehead

Headmaster … Billy Joyce

Bus Driver … Mark Wiselka

Bored Girls … Olivia Choudhury

                         Olivia Mellor

                         Alice Doyle

Maurice … James Cooper

Ronson … Richard Goodchild

Jimmy … Michael Noon

Kevin … Sam Smith

Little Kid … Harvey Bayliss

Parent … Matthew Green

Other Kids … Josh Chalk

                       Amelia Eatough

                       Chanel Foster

                       Kyrie Green

                       Ryan Green

On my second theatrical experience at The Little Theatre, I appeared in a play I had got some prior knowledge of, having had to perform an excerpt of it for my Drama class in Year 9. Once again, I managed to get the role I auditioned for and once again had to endure a rather peculiar coat (not tweed this time fortunately) and a different accent (Yorkshire rather than Irish).

This time the play was 'Our Day Out' by Willy Russell, with musical additions. I didn't quite see the necessity of said additions but as I got several lines, I wasn't about to argue, especially as I had to perform them whilst being swooned over by two teenage girls. While rehearsals pushed many of us to the breaking point, particularly with the year combining the senior and junior groups, the experience made me wish that I had been able to continue into the next year. Unfortunately a change of director (who also played Mrs. Kay in a last minute casting change) and an elevation of the admission fee meant that this was not to be.