GamePlan
by
Alan Ayckbourn
November
2009
SYNOPSIS
Sorrell buys herself a mobile phone and advertises herself on www.lovechicks.co.uk as Mandy, a latex and leather corseted call girl - who in reality is barely able to breathe in her outfit.
The first client is Leo, a dapper forty-something who appears less interested in sex than in talking about his late wife. Following some increasingly desperate attempts to get Leo into the bedroom, Sorrel eventually drags him in, telling Kelly to intervene if she screams. Unfortunately, Kelly mistakes Sorrel’s rather enthusiastic moaning for screaming and nearly knocks Leo out with a vase. Sorrel and Leo continue their transaction and after they finish,a well-satisfied Leo steps into the living room and promptly dies from a massive heart-attack.
Once Lynette has gone to bed, Sorrel and Kelly move Leo’s body from a hiding place and together they tip him over the balcony into the Thames below.
Two weeks pass and Sorrel and Kelly believe they have got away with it all; until the police arrive at the flat. They have traced Mandy via Leo’s computer and assume Lynette is Mandy. They ring a number advertised on Sorrel’s website and her mobile rings. Sorrel tries to explain but the police ignore her.
Despite no charges being pressed, Lynette is shunned by her neighbours and Sorrel is bullied at school. Together they prepare to escape to Doncaster, when a journalist arrives to persuade Lynette to sell her story. He makes an offer to which she adds a nought to the end. Abashed, he goes back to the office for advice. The journalist returns shortly afterwards and gives his answer, which is…."
DIRECTOR
Valery Niggli
CAST
Lynette Saxon
Christine Eusebio
Sorrel Saxon
Celeste Graf
Kelly Butcher
Sandra Guyer
Leo Tyler
Martin Russell
Dan Endicot
Colin West
Grace Page
Karen Siber
Troy Stephens
Jamie Langridge
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
BEHIND THE SCENES
Production Coordinator
Claudia Wicki
Stage Managers
Daniele Dagani, Angela David
Set Design
Firman Burke, Janine Campbell
Lighting Design
Andreas Stahl
Lights Crew
Enel Miller, Kerstin Preuschoff, Dustin Rees
Sound Design
Paul Standerwick
Sound Crew
Susan De Paul, Florence Razoux, Deborah Somers
Prompters
Lynda Klomann, Irene Lautenbach
Props
Tiina Palojärvi, Marianne Alewine, Tania Araman
Props Crew
Colette Clavadetscher, Janet Evard, Myra Walder, Claudia Wicki
Costumes
Claudia Bodmer, Isabella Sorg
Make Up
Maureen Grimm, Paul Day, Sylvia Day, Anouscha Schodjai
Front of House
Tricia Schmid, Members of the Club
Lobby Photography
Firman Burke, Janine Campbell
Box Office
Nicholas MacCabe
Title Artwork
Paul Bilton
Programme Editor
David Roscoe
Programme Design
Peter Schietinger
Programme Photography
Mike Bingesser
Stage Photography
Firman Burke, Janine Campbell
Publicity
Martin Russell