Loveplay (2005)

Poster by poster designer

by Moira Buffini

Directed by David Lomas

Performances: Wed 16th – Sat 19th February 2005, Prompt Corner

Introduction

Moira Buffini's "Loveplay" follows a tangled trail of seductions, transactions and encounters that take place in the same location in London from 79 AD to the present day. It is a funny but often desolate and unpredictable search for love across two millennia. The tone is mostly sharp, sassy and very entertaining, but there is also an undertow of darkness and sadness. Ten scenes in ten different historical eras depict couplings of many sorts - romantic and commercial, willing and forced, hetero- and gay, achieved and frustrated. Upon our tiny stage in Prompt Corner we will travel from Roman Britain to a Medieval convent, from scientific investigations of the C18th to a hilarious exploration of free love in the 1960's, from over-earnest attempts of the Renaissance to idealise love to the wild notions of the Romantic era.

Cast

• Marcus / Trevelyn / Man / Gwyn - Jason Lord
• Dorcas / Woman / Matilda / Lynne / Anita - Emma Hillman
• Herek / Llewellyn / Buttermere / Quinn - Simon Holland
• Eric / De Vere / Boy / Dieter - Matthew Fox
• Deric / Mr. Quilley / Peter - Stuart Flitton
• Gilda / Helen / Miss Tilly / Joy / Brigitta - Nicki Pruss
• Hilda / Roxanne / Rita - Alex Kapila
• Marianne / Millie / Flynn - Dee Fancett

(Listing taken from Backstage)

Crew

• Production Assistant/Stage Manager - Helen Smythe
• Lighting Design/Sound Design - Bob Callender
• Set Design - Simon Holland
• Costumes - Michelle Thomson
• Sound Operator - Helen Herman
• Lighting Operator - Mark Davies
• Assistant Stage Manager - Jai Campbell
• Rigging - Bob Callender, Anna York, Bernie Bullbrook
• Poster Design - Steve Marchant
• Front of House - Paul Hurley, Jai Campbell
• Publicity - Dee Fancett
• Props - Alan Buckman
• Photography - Phil Gammon

Special thanks to: Christopher Vian-Smith, Andrew Rickinson, Anton Krause, Beth Smith, Paul Hurley, The cast and crew of Fuente Ovejuna (2005), Lancasters, Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group.

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