Triple Helpings!
(In Room Five Hundred and Four / The Spelling Of Coynes / Trip of a Lifetime)
by
Jimmie Chinn / Jules Tasca / Bill Cashmore and Andy Powrie
April
2008
SYNOPSIS
In Room Five Hundred and Four:
Sitting in a seedy boarding-house room in Skegness, Edie (Edith) is reminiscing over the past. Out of her memory step a younger Edie and Harry on their wedding-day in February 1942. Together they discover the uncertainties of their relationship and wartime in the span of one night; the next day Harry will leave for the front, never to return.
The Spelling of Coynes:
A house painter in his forties schemes to marry an 80 year old woman to inherit her money. His fiancée is reluctant at first, but succumbs to his "how long can she last" refrain when she finds out the old woman is worth millions... A long overdue funny look at greed.
Trip of a Lifetime:
Barry, thirty nine and recently divorced, sets off around the world on the trip of a lifetime. His travelling companions are his parents, whose cheery optimism and all too visible romantic attachment drive Barry to distraction. “Trip of a Lifetime” is an ingenious comedy, acted out with three chairs, music and lots of imagination.
DIRECTOR
Anni Fuchs (In Room Five Hundred and Four)
Peter Schietinger (The Spelling of Coynes)
Dorothy Nauer (Trip of a Lifetime)
CAST
In Room Five Hundred and Four:
Manageress
Lynda Klomann
Harry
Paul Day
Edie
Sylvia Day
Older Edie
Joan Bridgman
The Spelling of Coynes:
Maria Saldo
Valery Niggli
Goldie Dibbs
Marianne Alewine
Louie Coynes
Jamie Langridge
Female Chorus
Helen Hauser, Chris Eusebio
Male Chorus
Dustin Rees, Jan Sinstadt
Trip of a Lifetime:
Norman Pollard
John Gysin
Sheila Pollard
Sheila von Arx
Barry Pollard
Martin Russell
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
BEHIND THE SCENES
Stage manager
Claudia Wicki
Assistant Stage Managers
Gonzalo de la Vega, Brett Swander
Production Co-ordinator
Claudia Wicki
Set Decoration and Custumes
Claudia Bodmer, Karen Siber, the Directors
Lighting Design
Andreas Stahl
Lighting Team
Florencia Arteaga Vonarburg, Luke Walker
Sound Design
Terry Menard
Sound Team
Matías Ameriso, Fabio Trutenau
Properties
Susan De Paul, Janet Evard, Karen Siber
Stage Crew
Karen Siber, Members of the Club
Prompters
Noeleen Blaich, Alan Bridgman, Daniele Dagani, Irene Lautenbach
Make-up and Hair
Maureen Grimm, Yael Teitler
Costumes
Claudia Bodmer
Front of House
Members of the Club
Photography
Leslie von Arx
Title Artwork
Paul Bilton
Programme Editors
John Bennett, Bouqui Stautmeister
Programme Design
Peter Schietinger
Publicity
Martin Russell