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“It’s very well written,” says Sandra. “It’s about someone who is slightly dysfunctional. It happens to all of us. There’s always a first time when someone very close to us has died.”
Sandra is lucky enough to have one of Sevenoaks’ best known actresses, Sue Johnson, who played Dotty in Noises Off, taking the part of Flora. “She is a little bit of a monster, but by the end she does mellow,” says Sue. “She is a little bit short and sharp but discovers her true feelings towards the end.” Sue has played leading parts in many local productions, including Educating Rita, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Tonight at 8.30, School for Scandal and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Her director sums her up: “Sue is very experienced and very versatile. She can play someone very stupid or very intelligent. She will give this play the right tone and the audience will feel sympathy for her, which is a very difficult thing to do.”
Felix is played by Chris Howland, who directed the company’s smash hit musical A Chorus Line last October. He’s delighted to be back on the other side of the footlights. “I prefer acting to directing. It’s a lot easier, and you only have to worry about what you’re doing, not the lighting and the sound.” He says Felix is a strange character.
“I’m still trying to work out if he is as awkward as his mother or whether he is more like his father, a genuinely nice guy. He’s kind, but obstinate and a bit spoiled.” He says that because the actors know each other and their director well, the cast are feeling confident. Also in the cast are Don Short, Lynsey Moore, and husband and wife Stuart and Elizabeth McCreadie, who are also well known to local audiences.
This should be a treat for fans of live theatre in Sevenoaks, which has been thin on the ground over the past year because of problems at the Sevenoaks Playhouse. The Ship Theatre, in Walthamstow Hall School, is an intimate venue whose thrust stage offers perfect sight lines for every audience member.
BUY TICKETS
Humble Boy runs from 26–31 May at 8 pm in the Ship Theatre, Walthamstow Hall School, Sevenoaks. Tickets cost £9.50.
Box Office number 07787 724440
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 May 2008 )
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