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SUMMARY:Bleak Expectations
DESCRIPTION:by Mark Evans\n																\n															\n10th-17th May 2025 7.30pm\nA joyfully anarchic journey through Dickensian London and beyond\nThe story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin… Follow half-orphan Pip’s extraordinary exploits with sisters Pippa and Poppy and best friend Harry Biscuit, as they attempt to escape the calculating clutches of the dastardly Mr Gently Benevolent, defeat the hideous Hardthrasher siblings, and deflect disaster at every turn! Will evil be vanquished by virtue? Can love triumph over hate? Mark Evans’ stage play Bleak Expectations is a hilarious, chaotic caper, featuring dastardly villains, preposterous names, pulse-quickening romances, heart-rending death scenes, and definitely, probably, hopefully a happy ending. \n Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, the play opened at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury, in 2022, directed by Caroline Leslie.\nIt transferred to the Criterion Theatre in London’s West End in 2023, where it featured a medley of many well-known actors and comedians. It offers rich opportunities to amateur theatre companies looking for a gloriously daft Dickensian romp which will have their audiences joyfully transported and begging for more.\nBased on the award-winning radio series by Mark Evans, Bleak Expectations takes you on a joyfully anarchic journey through Dickensian London and beyond. Follow the heroic misadventures of young Pip Bin as he battles mistaken identities, contemptible conspiracies and surreal plot twists in his quest to save his family and find true love.\n																\n															\nCast \nNarrator … Martin WadsworthPip Bin … Kelsie WeavillPippa Bin … Kiah LeesPoppy Bin / Ripely Fecund … Kaytee Mackensie-PilotHarry Biscuit … Joe DoughtyAgnes Bin / Flora Dies Early … Angela WalshThomas Bin / Bakewell Havertwitch / Broadly Fecund … Mark HobsonGently Benevolent/ vicar/ Harlan J Trashcan … Duncan RossThe Hardthrashers x4 : Whackwell, Reverend Praygood, Miss ChastityJudge Solomon … Mark Rosenthal\nSkinflint Parsimonious … James Riley\nHand of Lily … James Riley\nEnsemble parts\nSt. Bastard School boysCrutch PersonLondon VendorRubbish dumpersRubbish collectorsCourt Official\nThe cast plus Peter Dignan, James Riley, Heather Taylor\nCrew\nDirector…. Verity Mann\nPA…  Haether Taylor\nSet…Sally McKee, David McKee, Chris Bannatyne\nLighting… Mike Lawlor\nSound… Andrew Mann\nSinging Coach & Organ… Stella Woods\nCostumes… Sarah McKensie-Pilot, Verity Mann, Sue Lund, \nProps … Lynda Hoyle, Heather Kershaw, Victoria Slater, Prompt … Anne WrightStage Manager .. Kellie Cross-DoughtyAssistant SM … James Riley Publicity … Andrew Mann , Alan Gorst\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n														\n							\n																		Matin Wadsworth as Sir Philip Bin\n									\n							\n																		Kelsie Weavill as Pip\n									\n							\n																		Kaytee MacKenzie-Pilot Poppy\n									\n							\n																		Kiah Lees as Pippa\n									\n							\n																		Mark Rosenthal as Hardcastle (s)\n									\n							\n																		Duncan Ross as Gentley Benevalent\n									\n							\n																		Mark Hobson…Father\n									\n							\n																		Angela Walsh as Agnes\n									\n							\n																		James Riley as Hand of Lily plus  Ensemble\n									\n							\n																		Peter Dignan as Vicar and Ensemble\n									\n							\n																		Heather Taylor as Ensemble\n									\n																\n															\n		https://millgateartscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Bleak-Expectations-short-FB-Video-SQ.mp4 ( https://millgateartscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Bleak-Expectations-short-FB-Video-SQ.mp4 )\n
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CATEGORIES:Millgate Arts Centre 2425,Saddleworth Players,Saddleworth Players 2425
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