A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
Originally produced on Broadway by Harold Prince
Produced by Aileen Waite.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of NEW YORK
Wednesday 15th - Saturday 18th February, 2012. 7.30pm
East Kilbride Village Theatre
Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone: A comedy tonight!
The plot hinges on three Roman houses next door to each another. One is the home of Pseudolus' masters: the philandering Senex, his domineering wife, Domina and their handsome but empty-headed son, Hero. The second house is a brothel belonging to unctuous procurer Lycus. The third house has long been empty, in that its owner, the senile Erronius has gone on a long journey to find his children, who were kidnapped in infancy by pirates. Other characters include Pseudolus' fellow slave, the aptly named Hysterium a vain warrior Miles Gloriosus who marches triumphantly into Rome declaring "I am a parade!"; and the virginal Philia, a resident of Lycus' "domicile" who is loved by Hero but who has been promised in marriage to Miles Gloriosus. There are also acrobats, transvestites and a phony funeral!
CAST
Pseudolus GEORGE WAITE
Senex JOHN SHAW
Domina LYNNE ELAND
Hysterium ALFIE NEWTON
Hero ALAN DAVIE
Lycus NEIL COX
Philia LOUISE SCOTT
Erronius TOM MATTHEW
Miles Gloriosus DAVID LEGGE
Tintinabula HEATHER JOHNSTON
Panacea MARIE DUNLOP
The Geminae JEAN ARMSTRONG, LORRAINE MUIR
Vibrata RACHAEL LOFTUS
Gymnasia FIONA CHAPMAN
The Proteans SUSAN HUNT, KIRSTEN McHUGH, LILIAN BROWN, ALAN DALZIEL, GEORGE ARMSTRONG
PRODUCTION & TECHNICAL
Producer AILEEN WAITE
Musical Director HAZEL BROWN
Courtesans' Choreography JEAN ARMSTRONG, HEATHER JOHNSTON
Stage Manager GEORGE ARMSTRONG
Deputy Stage Manager JEAN MACMILLAN
Sound CRAIG JOHNSTON, GARY NELSON
Set Design GEORGE WAITE
Costumes HAZEL BROWN
Properties KATHERINE NEWTON
Prompt EILEEN McKENNA
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