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Macbeth 2008

The Troupe’s second fully-staged, indoor Shakespeare production directed by Peter Baldock with John Marwick as Macbeth and Fran Baldock as Lady Macbeth. In the Wellington District Theatre Federation full length play competition for 2008 the play won best the award for best sound (Rae Dickinson) and lighting (Peter Baldock). CAST Weird sister Florence McFarlane Weird sister Sandra Gillespie Weird sister Sue Jones Duncan Laurie Atkinson Malcolm Theo Nettleton Donalbain Mike McJorrow A Soldier Dan Milward Rosse Chris O’Grady Macbeth John Marwick Banquo Damian Reid Lady Macbeth Fran Baldock Servant Billy Miskimmin Fleance Charlie McFarlane Porter Ed Hickey Macduff Will Clannachan Gentlewoman Carol Thompson Old Man

Beauty and the Beast

The Troupe presented Beauty and the Beast - a pantomime by David Swan in July 2013 directed Florence McFarlane. Publicity 2013 The show is a typical fun family pantomime set in the Village of Cabaret and the Enchanted Castle, where the traditional struggle of good over evil takes place. The princes are identical twins, one good and the other bad. The evil prince puts a curse on his brother and turns him into The Beast so he can take the crown. The Widow Bonbon, the dame who runs a sweet shop, comes to the rescue by starting a revolution to get rid of the bad

Pygmalion

Florence McFarlane directed Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw in June 2015. Check out the marvellous video of our production of Pygmalion - thanks to Hayden Rogers. Director’s Notes May 2015 “Pygmalion” rehearsals are well under way with all scenes now covered. I’m working with a great cast committed to bringing this classic to today’s audience with all the freshness of its first showing in 1914. When GBS wrote the play travel was still the prerogative of the ‘well-to-do’ and thus Professor Higgins could place a person’s place of birth within a mile in London with the utmost confidence, knowing that they lived and died without venturing