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SLTC Member 1970's then 1980s - SLT Present

Acting Roles

• Attendant in The Merchant of Venice (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Achille de Rosalba, the Comptesse's cousin in An Italian Straw Hat (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• in A Celebration of Christmas (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Fox in Pinocchio (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Signor Chapuys, the Spanish Ambassador in A Man for all Seasons (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Mr Emanuelli in Once a Catholic (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Norman in The Dresser (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• 'So I'm not in alphabetical order - but it looks so humble to put myself at the bottom' in 'Arf 'n' 'Arf (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in Cowardy Custard (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in Another Celebration of Christmas (1984) (Prompt Corner)
• 'What can I say? Answers on a £5 note please' in Just Another 'Arf (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Pop/Kringelein in Gypsy (1986) (Bell Theatre
• Percy & Horace in Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Lord Fancourt Babberley in Charley's Aunt (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Dr Rance in What The Butler Saw (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• Harry in Harry Christmas (1989) (Prompt Corner)
• Mr Padger in Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• Narrator in Broadway! Broadway! (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in Clappers (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• Robert in A Life in the Theatre (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Hebble Tyson in The Lady's not for Burning (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Justice Shallow in The Merry Wives of Windsor (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Arthur Pullen in Shut Your Eyes and Think of England (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• First Waiter in Filumena (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Waiter in Drinking Companions (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Waiter in Between Mouthfuls (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Butler in Pass The Butler (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Donald Duck in Blue Remembered Hills (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Boyle in Prin (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Alan Turing in Breaking The Code (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Patrick O'Reilly in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Uncle Vanya in Uncle Vanya (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Old Ma Treacle in Bad Day at Black Frog Creek (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in Stage By Stage (1996) (Prompt Corner)
• Master of Ceremonies (EmCee) in Cabaret (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Michael in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Professor Christopher Riley in Shadowlands (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Sidney Bruhl in Deathtrap (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Charlie in You Never Know Who's Out There (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• The Duke of Venice in The Merchant of Venice (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Dogberry, A Police Inspector in Much Ado About Nothing (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Moon in The Real Inspector Hound (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Mr Kite in Sandcastles (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Herbert Brookshaw MA in Latin (2001) (Prompt Corner)
• Malvolio in Twelfth Night (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Lucetta in Two Gentlemen of Verona (2002) (Prompt Corner)
• Ensemble in On Stage Write (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Men's Chorus in Spectacular! Spectacular! (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Widow Twankey in The Stolen Princess (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Trinculo in The Tempest (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Fox in Fall (2004) (Prompt Corner)
• Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Dr Rank in A Doll's House (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Chairman in Between Worlds (2005) (Prompt Corner)
• Mr Peach in The Farndale ... Macbeth (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Dame in The Sleeping Beauty (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Carnival Of Sin / Emperor / Puppeteer in Dr Faustus (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Harold Goringe in Black Comedy (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in The Parting Glass (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Smith in The Dice House (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Roscoe in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Sigmund Freud / Uncle Pino in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Der Führer des Großdeutschen Reiches, Adolf Hitler in Schweyk in the Second World War (2009) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Director & Designer

• 'Arf 'n' 'Arf (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Dames at Sea (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• 84 Charing Cross Road (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• The Farndale ... Murder Mystery (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• Broadway! Broadway! (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The Lady's not for Burning (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• The Odd Couple (female version) (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Prin (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• When We Are Married (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Habeas Corpus (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Sandcastles (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• The (12) Daze of Xmas (2000) (Bell Theatre) from 'A Christmas Parcel'.
• The Memory of Water (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Dead Guilty (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Between You and Me (2003) (Prompt Corner)
• The Farndale ... Macbeth (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Tomfoolery (2006) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Director

• Cowardy Custard (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Just Another 'Arf (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Charley's Aunt (1986) (Bell Theatre) with Leslie Lidyard
• Clappers (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The Lady's Not For Burning (1992) (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Confusions (1994) (Prompt Corner) ('Mother Figure')
• Bad Day at Black Frog Creek (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• The Farndale ... Christmas Carol (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• On Stage Write (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• The Farndale ... Macbeth, 2005, Bell Theatre
• Tomfoolery (2006) Bell Theatre
• Play 3 (2000) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Designer

• The Merchant of Venice (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• An Italian Straw Hat (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• The Dresser (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Da(1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Pygmalion (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Kaleidoscope '85 (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Educating Rita (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Fings ain't Wot They Used t'Be (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Passion, Poison and Petrifaction and Angels' Visits (1986) (Prompt Corner)
• What the Butler Saw (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• Passion Play (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• Sweet Charity (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• City Sugar (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• The Passing Out Parade (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Antigone (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Come into the Garden Maud, Shadows of the Evening & Ways and Means (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Joking Apart (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Death of a Salesman (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• The Maintenance Man (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• For the Love of the Nightingale (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The Anniversary (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Betrayal (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Lear's Daughters (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Bury the Dead (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• My Mother Said I Never Should (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• The Gingerbread Lady (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Uncle Vanya (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Stags and Hens (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• The Mother Tongue (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• The Golden Door (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Deathtrap (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Faith Healer (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Chapter Two (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Billy Liar (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• The Real Inspector Hound & The Actor's Nightmare (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Hard Times (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Pride at Southanger Park and Cinderella from 'A Christmas Parcel'.
• Lettice and Lovage (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Passion Play (2002) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Playwright/Writer

• Just Another 'Arf (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Angels' Visits (1986) (Prompt Corner)
• The (12)Daze of Christmas (1989) (Prompt Corner)
• Clappers (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The (12) Daze of Xmas (2000) (Bell Theatre) from 'A Christmas Parcel'.
• Between You and Me (2003) (Prompt Corner)
• Play 2 (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Play 3 (2000) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Stage Manager

• Carmilla (1982) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Set Designer

• Pinocchio (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• A Man For All Seasons (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Green Julia (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• The Elephant Man (1984) (Bell Theatre) with Jill Clark
• Treats (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Angels' Visits (1986) (Prompt Corner)
• Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• What The Butler Saw (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• City Sugar (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• The Real Thing (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• Shakers (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• Kaleidoscope '90 (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• Broadway! Broadway! (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• Happy Families (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The Lady's Not For Burning (1992) (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Shut Your Eyes and Think of England (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Filumena (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Pass the Butler (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• My Mother Said I Never Should, 1994, Bell Theatre
• Same Time Next Year (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• An Evening With Gary Lineker (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Nasty Neighbours (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• The Visit (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Stage By Stage (1996) (Prompt Corner)
• Portrait of a Woman (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Between Worlds (2005) (Prompt Corner) with Mark Bullock
• Much Ado About Nothing (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Deckchairs (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• New Morning (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Other People's Money (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• The Cagebirds and The Monkey's Paw (2002) (Bell Theatre) New Director's Showcase
• The Marriage-Go-Round (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Stepping Out (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• The Miser (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Fall (2004) (Prompt Corner)
• Footprints in the Sand (2005) (Prompt Corner)
• My Night With Reg (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Dr Faustus (2007) (Bell Theatre) with Maria Bates
• Black Comedy (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Darwin in Malibu (2010) (Prompt Corner) Concept only.

Set Construction on

• Sweet Charity (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• 84 Charing Cross Road (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• The Passing Out Parade (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Antigone (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Joking Apart (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Death of a Salesman (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• The Maintenance Man (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• For the Love of the Nightingale (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• The Odd Couple (female version) (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Pass the Butler (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• An Evening With Gary Lineker (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• The Gingerbread Lady (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Nasty Neighbours (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Stags and Hens (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• The Visit (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• The Mother Tongue (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• When We Are Married (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Deathtrap (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Naked (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Billy Liar (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Deckchairs (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• The Real Inspector Hound & The Actor's Nightmare (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• New Morning (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Latin (2001) (Prompt Corner)
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Twelfth Night (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• The Memory of Water (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• The Custard Cavalier (2002) (Prompt Corner)
• Passion Play (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Lettice and Lovage (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• The Marriage-Go-Round (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Stepping Out (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Romeo and Juliet (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• A Doll's House (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• The Farndale ... Macbeth (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Between Worlds (2005) (Prompt Corner)
• My Night With Reg (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Black Comedy (2007) (Bell Theatre)

Rigging on:

• Roberto Zucco (2005) (Bell Theatre) with Bernie Bullbrook & Mike Elliott

Productions as Ladies Costume Designer/Maker

• The Elephant Man (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Dames at Sea (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Anatol (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988) (Bell Theatre) White Witch's Costume
• Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• The Merry Regiment of Women (1993) (Prompt Corner)
• Lear's Daughters (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Bad Day at Black Frog Creek (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• When We Are Married (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• The Merchant of Venice (1999) (Bell Theatre) Portia and Nerrisa
• Naked (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• The Other Cinderella (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Macbeth (2004) (Prompt Corner) Lady Macbeth's dress.

Productions as Costume Designer

• Aladdin (1977) (Main Stage)
• Medea (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Boston Marriage (2005) (Prompt Corner) with Val Williams, Dave Hollander, Philip Hinton, Carole Coyne

Productions as Costume Maker

• The Merchant of Venice (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• An Italian Straw Hat (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Cabaret (1996) (Bell Theatre) MC and National costumes.

Costumes on:

• Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad (1989) (Bell Theatre) with Val Williams
• The Lady's not for Burning (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Just a Song at Twilight and Blue Remembered Hills (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Twelfth Night (2001) (Bell Theatre) with Jenny Newstead and Val Williams
• The Stolen Princess (2003) (Bell Theatre) with Marian Buss & Stuart Draper
• Hamp (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• La Bete (2009) (Prompt Corner)
• The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Dick Whittington (2009) (Bell Theatre) with Val Williams, Rachel Judge, Hazel Hindle, Penny Allen, Lian Stephens, Lisa Thomas, Debs Gowans, Caroline Doyle, Shona Doyle, Gavin Parker & James Hough

Puppet-maker on:

• Bury the Dead (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• The Tempest (2003) (Bell Theatre) with Val Williams

Productions as Dialect/Language Coach

• Cabaret (1996) (Bell Theatre)

Props

As SLT Prop Master Alan has provided props for many (if not all)SLT productions in recent years.

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