Directed by Malcolm Bentote
May 13, 14 & 15, 2004

A Talk in the Park

Arthur	Ritchard Tysoe
Beryl	Sue Worker
Charles	Brian Beeston
Doreen	Barbara Williams
Ernest	Mark Brown

Mother Figure

Lucy	Patricia Hughes
Rosemary	Ann Taggart
Terry	Tag

Drinking Companion

Harry	Mark Kimsey
Paula	Alison Marshall
Bernice	Emma Kimsey
Waiter	Blair Taggart

Between Mouthfuls

Waiter	Blair Taggart
Pearce	David Bowers
Mrs. Pearce	Dorothy Bentote
Martin	Mark Brown
Polly	Sue Worker

Gosforth's Fete

Mrs. Pearce	Dorothy Bentote
Milly	Katy Clifton
Gosforth	Ritchard Tysoe
Vicar	Graeme Gibaut
Stewart	Mark Kimsey

Programme Notes        [Photographs]

As with many plays by Alan Ayckbourn, beneath the comic veneer there lies a darker message and these five plays are no exception. In each of these plays at least one character and sometimes more could be described as lonely or neglected.

Five people meet on four park benches and converse. We then meet Lucy who spends so much time at home with the kids, that she's started to treat everyone - even the next door neighbours - like children. Her errant salesman husband, Harry, is miles away in an hotel, and has other things on his mind - namely, the charms of Paula and Bernice. Their waiter also has other concerns - the rapidly deteriorating relationships of diners Polly and Martin, and Mr and Mrs Pearce, for instance. Mrs Pearce is invited to open a village fete - but can't possibly have any inkling of the mayhem which is about to ensue.

Confusions was last performed by the Players twenty-two years ago. Some members of that cast are appearing again in this production! Can you spot them? Some of them were quite young then!

The cast list shows twenty-two characters. 'Confusions' is frequently performed with a cast of five. Tonight we bring you a cast of sixteen.

We hope you enjoy our production.