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[[Image:CHANGETHISNAME.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]
 
[[Image:CHANGETHISNAME.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]
  
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by [[A Playwright]]
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by [[Various]]
  
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Directed by [[Val Elliot]]  
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Devised & Directed by [[Valerie Elliott]]  
  
 
Performances: Sat 21st & Sun 22nd January [[1984]], [[Prompt Corner]]
 
Performances: Sat 21st & Sun 22nd January [[1984]], [[Prompt Corner]]
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== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
  
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A revue based on the nine ages people pass through between nursery and maturity - from nappies to A.O.P. Bus Pass. Poems, lyrics, songs, dances games and a playlet.
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Dedicated to Theo Semple
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A revue based on the nine ages people pass through between nursery and maturity - from nappies to OAP bus pass. Poems, lyrics, songs, dances, games and a playlet.
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Act 1
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*Introduction
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*Baby's Drinking Song
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*Morning Song
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*Infant Song
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*Old Man in the Well
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*A Child Half Asleep
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*Mucky Kid
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*My Parents Kept Me
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*Children's Song
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*Mime - Non Verbal Education
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*The Puzzle
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*I Don't Wanna Be Nice
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Interval
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Act 2
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*La Belle Dame Sans Merci
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*Monster From Outer Space
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*This City Never Sleeps
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*The Official
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*The Liberal Christ Gives An Interview
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*The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
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*Whether Opposing Cloudy Skys Ends Them
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*Having
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*Ten Ways to Avoid Learning
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*Burning Sky
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*Little Boxes
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*Old People
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*Let Me Die A Young Man's Death
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*When I'm Sixty Four
  
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
  
  
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*[[Nikki Packham|Nikki Hogg]]
 
 
*[[Jeanette Hoile]]
 
*[[Jeanette Hoile]]
 
*[[Frances Johnson]]
 
*[[Frances Johnson]]
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*[[Jenni de Haart]]
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*[[Jeni de Haart]]
 
*[[Christine Dodds]]
 
*[[Christine Dodds]]
 
*[[Gillian Condon]]
 
*[[Gillian Condon]]
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== Crew ==
 
== Crew ==
  
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*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
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*Lighting - [[Roger Taylor]]
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*Lighting Design - [[Designer Name]]
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*Sound - [[Brian Fretwell]]
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*Lighting Operator - [[Operator Name]]
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*Production Assistant - [[Wendy Jones]]
  
 
== Reviews ==
 
== Reviews ==
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"What are little girls made of?" Hardly, one would have thought, the matter contained in the title of Val Elliott's all-female review... in SLTC's Prompt Corner, "Sugar and Spice".
 
"What are little girls made of?" Hardly, one would have thought, the matter contained in the title of Val Elliott's all-female review... in SLTC's Prompt Corner, "Sugar and Spice".
  
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The performers in this fast-moving cradle to grave syposium were, in alphabetical order, Gillian Condon, Jeni de Haart, Chrissie Dodds, Jeanette Hoile, Frances Johnson, Wendy Jones, Alva Semple, Anita Sollis and Julie Swain. The show charted not so much as the Seven Ages of man as the nine of women, by means of poems, songs, mime and sketches.
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The performers in this fast-moving cradle to grave symposium were, in alphabetical order, Gillian Condon, Jeni de Haart, Chrissie Dodds, Jeanette Hoile, Frances Johnson, Wendy Jones, Alva Semple, Anita Sollis and Julie Swain. The show charted not so much as the seven ages of man as the nine of women, by means of poems, songs, mime and sketches.
  
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Childhood was a dark, mysterious landscape of witches and lurking devils, and the perils of education were enacted in an impressive three-handed mime....I was rather mystified by the treatment of Keat's "La Belle Dame Sans Mecri", but enchanted by the bizarre "Monster from Outer Space", with the chorus making lnee-jerk responses to one of the strangest love stories ever told.
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Childhood was a dark, mysterious landscape of witches and lurking devils, and the perils of education were enacted in an impressive three-handed mime....I was rather mystified by the treatment of Keat's "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", but enchanted by the bizarre "Monster from Outer Space", with the chorus making knee-jerk responses to one of the strangest love stories ever told.
  
 
I loved the content of "The Liberal Christ Gives an Interview", though I certainly quarrel with the adjective. Liberalism has a bad enough name already without being identified with a Christ who won't walk on water without proper insurance or feed the multitudes without adequate media coverage!
 
I loved the content of "The Liberal Christ Gives an Interview", though I certainly quarrel with the adjective. Liberalism has a bad enough name already without being identified with a Christ who won't walk on water without proper insurance or feed the multitudes without adequate media coverage!
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Sherd points were made in the piece wherein the planners' well-meant dream turns into a nightmare, and in "Ten Ways to Avoid Lending".
 
Sherd points were made in the piece wherein the planners' well-meant dream turns into a nightmare, and in "Ten Ways to Avoid Lending".
  
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Director Val Elliott has now gone to live in Liecester. Her departure will certainly be SLTC's loss.
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Director Val Elliott has now gone to live in Leicester. Her departure will certainly be SLTC's loss.
  
 
From the March 1984 issue of SCENE, which quoted parts of Don Madgwick's review published in The Croydon Advertiser, with permission.
 
From the March 1984 issue of SCENE, which quoted parts of Don Madgwick's review published in The Croydon Advertiser, with permission.
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[[Category:Productions]]
 
[[Category:Productions]]
 
[[Category:Prompt Corner Productions]]
 
[[Category:Prompt Corner Productions]]
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[[Category:Reviewed by the media]]

Latest revision as of 14:00, 7 November 2011

Poster by Poster Designer

by Various

Devised & Directed by Valerie Elliott

Performances: Sat 21st & Sun 22nd January 1984, Prompt Corner


Introduction

Dedicated to Theo Semple

A revue based on the nine ages people pass through between nursery and maturity - from nappies to OAP bus pass. Poems, lyrics, songs, dances, games and a playlet.

Act 1

  • Introduction
  • Baby's Drinking Song
  • Morning Song
  • Infant Song
  • Old Man in the Well
  • A Child Half Asleep
  • Mucky Kid
  • My Parents Kept Me
  • Children's Song
  • Mime - Non Verbal Education
  • The Puzzle
  • I Don't Wanna Be Nice

Interval

Act 2

  • La Belle Dame Sans Merci
  • Monster From Outer Space
  • This City Never Sleeps
  • The Official
  • The Liberal Christ Gives An Interview
  • The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
  • Whether Opposing Cloudy Skys Ends Them
  • Having
  • Ten Ways to Avoid Learning
  • Burning Sky
  • Little Boxes
  • Old People
  • Let Me Die A Young Man's Death
  • When I'm Sixty Four

Cast

Crew

Reviews

"What are little girls made of?" Hardly, one would have thought, the matter contained in the title of Val Elliott's all-female review... in SLTC's Prompt Corner, "Sugar and Spice".

The performers in this fast-moving cradle to grave symposium were, in alphabetical order, Gillian Condon, Jeni de Haart, Chrissie Dodds, Jeanette Hoile, Frances Johnson, Wendy Jones, Alva Semple, Anita Sollis and Julie Swain. The show charted not so much as the seven ages of man as the nine of women, by means of poems, songs, mime and sketches.

Childhood was a dark, mysterious landscape of witches and lurking devils, and the perils of education were enacted in an impressive three-handed mime....I was rather mystified by the treatment of Keat's "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", but enchanted by the bizarre "Monster from Outer Space", with the chorus making knee-jerk responses to one of the strangest love stories ever told.

I loved the content of "The Liberal Christ Gives an Interview", though I certainly quarrel with the adjective. Liberalism has a bad enough name already without being identified with a Christ who won't walk on water without proper insurance or feed the multitudes without adequate media coverage!

Sherd points were made in the piece wherein the planners' well-meant dream turns into a nightmare, and in "Ten Ways to Avoid Lending".

Director Val Elliott has now gone to live in Leicester. Her departure will certainly be SLTC's loss.

From the March 1984 issue of SCENE, which quoted parts of Don Madgwick's review published in The Croydon Advertiser, with permission.

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