Theatre by the Lake - 2006
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Synopsis: On honeymoon in the French Riviera with his wife Sibyl, the last person Elyot Chase expects to meet is his ex-wife. However, that's exactly what is about to happen: Amanda is honeymooning in the suite next door with her new husband, Victor Prynne. What ensues, following a chance reunion on the balcony, is a "highly comic and unpredictable battle of wills ... [by] the Master of 1930s comedy." (source). Did the two warring partners make the right decision to divorce?
Cast: Polly Lister, Guy Parry, Ella Vale, Kieran Buckeridge and Marilyn Cutts.
Director: Ian Forrest
Designer: Martin Johns
Dates: 26th May 2006 - 3rd November 2006 (full schedule)
Reviews:
"Completing the excellent cast is Marilyn Cutts as Amanda's maid, her dialogue entirely in French, giving a well-timed and perfectly controlled performance of bewilderment and anger ...."
~ © Copyright Anne Hopper, The Stage
Synopsis: A ten year old girl leaves home to visit her grandmother and never returns. Her mother, Nancy, waits frozen in time until the confirmation that Rhona was abused and murdered comes 20 years later. Having confessed to his crimes, Ralph has become the subject of a study into the minds of serial killers. In spite of opposition from his psychologist, Agnetha, Nancy is determined to meet Ralph....
Cast: Marilyn Cutts, Kate Layden, Guy Parry and David Tarkenter.
Director: Sarah Punshon
Designer: Elizabeth Wright
Dates: 15th June 2006 - 4th November 2006 (full schedule)
Reviews:
"As the psychiatrist, Agnetha, Marilyn Cutts cleverly establishes the characters' own demons and her clinical detachment from real life."
~ © Copyright Anne Hopper, The Stage
"Marilyn Cutts is entirely credible as a highly strung expert in the criminal mind."
~ © Copyright Alfred Hickling, The Guardian
Synopsis: "When you're between any kind of devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea sometimes looks very inviting." - Hester Collyer.
Hester Collyer is passionately and desperately in love with Freddie Page, the man for whom she left her husband. However, life with the younger ex-fighter pilot hasn't turned out as she expected. Increasingly isolated by Freddie's indifference Hester struggles with her new found 'freedom' and when Freddie carelessly forgets her birthday, Hester takes drastic action.
Cast: Marilyn Cutts, Kieran Buckeridge, Dominic Gately, Kate Layden, Peter Shorey, David Tarkenter, Ella Vale and Robert Whelan.
Director: Ian Forrest
Designer: Martin Johns
Dates: 20th July 2006 - 1st November 2006 (full schedule)
Reviews:
"Marilyn Cutts gives a strong performance in the leading role, admirably suggesting a desperate woman who can see everything she needs to control slipping away."
~ © Copyright Anne Hopper, The Stage.