Alan Buckman

SLTC Member 1970's then 1980s - SLT Present

Acting Roles

• Attendant in The Merchant of Venice (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Archille de Rosabla, the Comptesse's cousin in An Italian Straw Hat (1982) (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)
• Percy & Horace in Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Cowardy Custard (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Dr Rance in What The Butler Saw (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• Narrator in Broadway! Broadway! (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• Robert in A Life In The Theatre (1992)
• Hebble Tyson in The Lady's Not For Burning (1992) (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Butler in Pass The Butler (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Alan Turing in Breaking The Code (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Patrick O'Reilly in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Master of Ceremonies (EmCee) in Cabaret (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Professor Christopher Riley in Shadowlands (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Sidney Bruhl in Deathtrap (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)
• Herbert Brookshaw MA in Latin (2001) (Prompt Corner)
• Widow Twankey in The Stolen Princess (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Trinculo in The Tempest (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• 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)
• 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)
• The Parting Glass (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)
• Habeas Corpus (1998) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Director

• Cowardy Custard, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Dames at Sea (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Broadway! Broadway! (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The Lady's Not For Burning (1992) (1992) (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)
• The Dresser (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Deathtrap (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Billy Liar (2000) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Playwright

• Angels' Visits (1986) (Prompt Corner)
• Between You and Me (2003) (Prompt Corner)
• Play 2 (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Play 3 (2000) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Set Designer

• A Man For All Seasons (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)
• Broadway! Broadway! (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The Lady's Not For Burning (1992) (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Pass The Butler (1994) (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• My Mother Said I Never Should, 1994, Bell Theatre
• Much Ado About Nothing (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• New Morning (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• My Night With Reg (2005)
• Dr Faustus (2007) (Bell Theatre) with Maria Bates

Set Construction on

• Deathtrap (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• New Morning (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Latin (2001) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Ladie's Costume Designer/Maker

• The Elephant Man (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• The Merchant of Venice (1999) (Bell Theatre) Portia and Nerrisa

Productions as Costume Designer

• Aladdin (1977) (Main Stage)
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2001)

Productions as Costume Maker

• The Merchant of Venice (1982) (Bell Theatre)

Props

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