Wayne Sheridan, Grace Bishop, Jane Buckland and Helen Scott in BLT’s October 2014 production of ‘RolePlay,’ directed by Debbie Griffiths.
Fri 10 – Sat 18 October 2014 at 7.45pm (not Sun 12)
RolePlay
by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Debbie Griffiths
Justin and Julie-Ann, both in computers and hopelessly mismatched in love, are about to introduce their respective parents to each other over dinner: Justin’s upper-crust alcoholic mother from Surrey and Julie-Ann’s bigoted Yorkshire father and prim mother. Into this doomed scenario drops, literally, via the balcony upstairs, Paige Petite, a former lap-dancer with suicidal tendencies and her thick, gun-toting minder who is employed by her violent boyfriend. They proceed to wreak havoc on the meticulously planned evening, but the brilliantly orchestrated mayhem is tempered by subtle insights into family relationships and class distinctions.
CAST:
Justin Lazenby : James Mercer
Julie-Ann Jobson : Helen Scott
Paige Petite : Grace Bishop
Micky Rale : Wayne Sheridan
Derek Jobson : David Scott-Lucas
Dee Jobson : Sue Williams
Arabella Lazenby : Jane Buckland