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BLACK COMEDY
by Peter Shaffer

The Questors Studio
November 1985

Directed by Barbara Hutchins
Designed by Norman Barwick
Lighting by Richard Broadhurst
Sound by John Hadler
Costumes by Anne Gilmour

Programme
PHOTOS

 


Cast: Jillyann Healy, Michael Healy, Simon Higginson, John Hines, Wendy Megeney, Fiona Nicholson, Colin Pronger, Tony Worth

Production Team: Norman Barwick, Arthur Boardman, Richard Broadhhurst, Mandy Cunningham, Andrew Davie, Kate Dunning, Dave Ellis, Anne Gilmour, John Hadler, Tina Harris, Barbara Holgate, Barbara Hutchins, Andrew Maddocks, Gordon Miller, Jennifer Reid, Harriet Simon, Martin Stoner, Chris Sydenham, Mary Walker, Judy Ward, Brenda Wood


SAYONARA, MR SHAFFER!

In 1985 The Questors Theatre was honoured with an invitation from the YOKOHAMA THEATRE INSTITUTE OF JAPAN to participate in a Festival of Amateur Theatre. Our ten-strong touring company presented BLACK COMEDY. This was the first festival of its kind in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Tokyo, and involved amateur companies from Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Northern Ireland, the USA and West Germany, as well as two Japanese companies.

Black Comedy was chosen as the Questors' contribution because, quite apart from being an outstanding example of contemporary English theatre, the play has a strong visual impact, clearly an advantage in overcoming the language barrier.

   

LUNCH HOUR
by John Mortimer

The Questors Studio
November 1985

Directed by Michael Langridge
Designed by Norman Barwick
Lighting by Richard Broadhurst
Sound by John Hadler
Costumes by Anne Gilmour

Programme
PHOTOS

Cast: Maria Brusa, Lorna Duval, Michael Healy

Production Team: Norman Barwick, Arthur Boardman, Richard Broadhhurst, Mandy Cunningham, Andrew Davie, Kate Dunning, Dave Ellis, Anne Gilmour, John Hadler, Tina Harris, Barbara Holgate, Barbara Hutchins, Andrew Maddocks, Gordon Miller, Jennifer Reid, Harriet Simon, Martin Stoner, Chris Sydenham, Mary Walker, Judy Ward, Brenda Wood