New Directors' Showcase (2002)

Tuesday 7th - Saturday 11th May THE CAGEBIRDS

By David Campton

This classic oneact offering by playwright David Campton captures, in one extraordinary moment in time, the surreal existence of seven ladies The Cagebirds- Kept in a secure and controlled environment by The Mistress (Chris Theophilus - Vinegar Tom ) the already fragile lifestyle of the birds is interrupted and threatened by the introduction into their midst of The Wild One (an acting debut at SLT for Sarah Owen).

The destiny of The Wild One rests not only in the hands of The Mistress, but with the six existing cohabiting birds .. The Regular Thump (Maggie Kruger - Les Liaisons Dangereuses & Stars in the Morning Sky ), The LongTongued Gossip (Kellie LaBelle - Stars in the Morning Sky ) and, also in their acting debuts at SLT, The Great Guzzler (Helen Morris), The Constant Twitting (Deirdre Jackson), The MirrorEyed Gazer (Kara Tobin) and The Medicated Gloom (Ingrid Palm)---- Frustration, anger, sadness and much humour weave through this play leading, ultimately, to an inevitable but unexpected outcome.

And THE MONKEY'S PAW

Adapted by Jonathan Holloway from the short story by W.W. Jacobs, "It does things in a peculiar way."

IT is a cold and stormy night in the late 1940s. Mr and Mrs White and their son Herbert are waiting in the kitchen for their good friend, Sergeant-Major Morris, to arrive for dinner. When he finally arrives he has an unexpected present: a monkey's paw - is it just a good luck charm or something far more sinister?

The Monkey's Paw is a fast moving, supernatural play that has been adapted for radio, TV and the big screen.

Come along and let the cast, made up of Marian Buss, Clive Russell, Joe Williams, Bob Callender and ..., work its magic on you.