The Barn Theatre, Southwick Community Centre
December 30, 31, 1997 – January 1 [+Mat], 2 & 3 [+Mat] 1998
The Adventures of Mr. Toad
by Kenneth Grahame
Directed by
Joan Bearman
Cast
John Garland – Toad
Rebecca Faggetter – Mole
Peter Thompson – Rat
Ray Hopper – Badger
Mike Medway – Chief Weasel
Jane Richards – Rosie
Betty Dawes – Magistrate
Brian Moulton – Policeman
Sheila Wright – Auntie
Bob Ryder – Horse
Frances Moulton – Riverside Animal
Rosemary Bouchy – Riverside Animal
Sheila Wright – Riverside Animal
Jane Richards – Riverside Animal
Tom Cullen – Weasel Gang Member
Annette Flavin – Weasel Gang Member
Amy Goddard – Weasel Gang Member
Jennifer Kite – Weasel Gang Member
Lindsay Kite – Weasel Gang Member
Nicola Kite – Weasel Gang Member
Faye Lovegrove – Weasel Gang Member
Roger Tabrah – Weasel Gang Member
Annette Thompson – Weasel Gang Member
Emma Wakely – Weasel Gang Member
Production Crew
Musical Director – Katalin Szeless
Choreographer – Sheila Neesham
Stage Manager – Dave Collis
Lighting – Trevor Langley
Sound – Frances Thorne
Set Construction – Dave Collis
Set Construction – Judith Berrill
Set Construction – Frances Thorne
Set Construction – Sheila Neesham
Set Construction – Dave Comber
Properties – Margaret Davy
Properties – Sue Whittaker
Wardrobe – Margaret Faggetter
Wardrobe – Judith Berrill
Make-up Design – Brian Moulton
Continuity – Margaret Ockenden
Box Office – Margaret Murrell
Front of House Manager – Peter Harrison
Foyer Decorations – Rosemary Biggs
Piano – Katalin Szeless
Bass – Bob Ryder
Drums – Les Ogden
Programme Note #1: The Adventures of Mr. Toad
JB wrote “This year we have chosen a Christmas show based on the children’s classic, Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows. We ask you to use your imagination and come and visit the animals who live on or near a riverbank somewhere in your dreams. This is a gentle tale of one in particular – the conceited, impulsive Mr. Toad whose faithful friends despair of reforming him but carry on trying. Then there are the other lot – ‘if you go down to the woods today’ – not teddy bears but weasels! Trouble! However, as in all good stories, the heroes are brave and the baddies are cowards and everything turns out for the best – or does it?”
