April 1991

The Show | Dramatis personę | The Production Team | The Orchestra

The action takes place in "Sleep-Tite" Pajama Factory in the town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during the mid-1950's.  The story is based upon the unlikely subject of a threatened strike in a pajama factory.

Hines

David Berridge

Prez

Michael Kerr

Hasler

Bob Gunning

Sid Sorokin

Rory Byrne

Gladys

Carla Tams

Mabel

Jean Day

Charlie

John Taylor

Babe Williams

Jan McMillan

Mae

Jane Forster

Brenda

Jane Watkinson

Poopsie

Joanne Branch

Salesman

Grant Burnham

Pop

Tug Wilson

"Sleep-Tite" Factory employees

Hilary Chapman, Helen Davies, Katy Davies, Angela Griffiths, Xanthe Johnstone, Clare McMillan, Sandra McNeill, Julia Martin, Yioda Panayiotou, Betty Rose, Anita Rowlands, Anna Sheehan, Carla Spencer, Karen Thorp, Helen Tunnicliff, Sue Tunnicliff, Marilyn Warminger, Joanne Westrop, Karen Wright

David Burgess, Jim Burgess, Mike Chapman, Richard Ellis, Tim Featherstone, David Fletcher, Iain Galley, Dominic Gunning, Arthur Harris, Peter Jones, David Pankhurst, Jim Parkinson, Barry Sawyer, James Shipp, Leonard Tilbrook, Russell Vincent, Don Ward

Producer & choreography

Valerie Fardell

Musical director

Clive Swan

Stage manager

Alan Baker

Assistant stage managers

Elizabeth Hornby, Charlotte Summerfield

Sound

Tony Ayre

Lighting

Mike Bean, Nicola Whinney

Stage crew

Pete Adkins, Keith Eaton, Mike Huckerby, Tony Leggatt, Swayne Martin, Peter Martin-Flavin, Mark Pearson, Bill Whittuck

Scenery

G. Guy of Lampeter

Properties

Lesley Duggan, Julie Eaton, Daniel Heath, Clare Marquis, Vicky Wilson

Properties & furniture

Keeleys Theatrical Hire, The Company of Ten, Radlett Light Opera Society

Factory furniture & equipment

L. S. & J. Sussman Limited

Wardrobe co-ordinator

Mary Myers

Wardrobe mistress

Jean Halsey, Barbara Bostock, Audrey Taylor, Janet Biggs, Margaret Baker, Jane Farrar

Costumes

Allan Scott Costumes, & the Society

Make up

Anne Butterworth, Eileen Coates, Joanna Dunstan

Rehearsal accompanists

Neil Buick, Rosemary Yates

Business manager

Lesley Dugan

Production secretary

Sarah Burbridge

Publicity coordinator

Michael James

Ticket secretary

David Berridge

Producer's assistant

Eve Davies

Prompts

Kate Brown

Front of House manager

Stan Owen

Stewards / Programme sales

Jeanie Owen

Photography

Michael James

Printing

Watford Printers Limited, The Furnival Press London

Flowers

"Mostly Roses"

Violins

Robert Wild, Ben Conover, Rachal Porteous, Chris Goldscheidder

Viola

Carl Hill

Cello

Phillip Aslangul

Trumpets

David Ward, Lee Butler

Trombones

Richard Hyams, Martin Smith

Double bass

Gaynor James

Guitar

Gareth Williams

Woodwind

Nick Moss, Gareth Brady, Mick Foster

Percussion

Graham Cole

 

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