Baby with the Bathwater (2004)
Directed by Bob Callender
Performances: Tue 20th – Sat 24th February Production Year, Prompt Corner
Contents
Introduction
Text about the play
Cast
- Helen - Helen Herman
- John - John Thompson
- Nanny - Chris Loft
- Cynthia - Laura Cariola
- Kate - Iva Dacheva
- Angela - Ronae Jolliffe
- Headmistress - Chris Theophilus
- Miss Pringle - Emma Hillman
- Voice - Chris Vian-Smith
- Young Man - Chris Learmonth
- Susan - Nora Szilagyi
Crew
- Director - Bob Callender
- Production Assistant - Nora Szilagyi
- Stage Management - Jess Osorio, Phillip Ham, Jacqui Cox
- Set Design - Emma Connolly
- Sound Design - Chris Vian-Smith
- Sound Operator - Chris Vian-Smith
- Lighting Design - Anna York
- Lighting Operator - Lynette Aitken
- Costume - Emma Connolly
- Make-up - Nora Szilagyi
- Set Constuction/Painting - Nora Szilagyi
Reviews
Posted on the SLT Notice Board by David Lomas: Enjoyed the show a lot last night and I thought Bob and his fearless cast successfully pulled off a deeply weird, difficult piece. Full-tilt raucous panto absurdity in the first half (with Helen Herman's admirably sustained manic mother the highlight) and some extremely dark, uncomfortable moments after the interval, in which the play's main theme took centre stage concerning the madness and hurt handed on within the family unit from all-powerful parents to their hapless children (an element of which abuse exists in all families, I think Durang was saying). Chris Learmonth made Daisy's ultimate bewilderment, anger and dysfunction real and disturbing. Lots of extremely enjoyable cameo moments too, for me most particularly newcomer Laura Cariola's understated baby snatcher (her low key barkingness contrasting nicely with the high-voltage lunacy going on around her), Emma Hillman's earnest and exasperated teacher and Ronae Jolliffe's mother on the park bench, whose particular brand of damage and lunacy I won't spoil by revealing but which is a pure and unexpected delight when it happens. Recommended!
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