Shine
A heartwarming tale of friendship and redemption
Dates:
Friday 6th October 2023 @ 7.30pm
Saturday 7th October 2023 @ 7.30pm
Friday 13th October 2023 @ 7.30pm
Saturday 14th October 2023 @ 7.30pm
Venue:
Harden Congregational Church
Shine tells the story of a group of six strangers who come together to serve a community payback sentence given to them for various offences they have committed. Their payback project is to build the set for a forthcoming production of The Importance of Being Earnest by the Bidworth St John Players. Over the course of the play, through good times and bad, the group forms a bond that ultimately helps each of them achieve something they never thought possible.
The Players, working under a new director, begin the process of auditions and rehearsals for the play, with newcomers joining in alongside old hands. Tensions emerge as old and new ideas come together, leaving the production in a precarious position.
Shine is an uplifting story of redemption. It will make you laugh, cry, sing, and dance, leaving you with the ultimate feelgood factor.
Cast
Ivy Dunne: Jane Fenwick
Beth Jones: Vicky Foster
Mark “Jonno” Johnson: Adam Butt
Jo Thompson: Kate Ainsworth
Jim Perez: Nick Parker
Sebastian Chalmers: Antony Shenton
Debbie Wilson: Sarah Whistlecraft
Michael Pratt: Piers Hill
Barbara Manners-Armstrong: Amanda Petyt
George Postlethwaite: John Hamilton
Gillian Devaney: Gilly Wilkinson-Rogers
Julia Butterworth: Charlotte Revill
Police Office: Nick Parker
Police Detective: Gilly Wilkinson-Rogers
Voice of Judge: Bernard Stern
Voice of Jeffrey: Paul Addy-Armitage
Crew
Stage manager: Lisa Firth
Lighting: Philip Goode
Sound: Mark Anslow
Set building manager: Ian Hales
Set construction: Ian Hales, Lisa Firth, Mark Foster, John Hamilton
Choreography: Jane Fenwick
Prompt: Patricia Parker
Publicity: Ksenia Butt, Lisa Firth, Rachael Lee
Programme design: Lisa Firth
Programme printing: Ernest Cummins Printers
Box office: Rachael Lee, Ksenia Butt, Anne Haley, Pauline Stern, Harden Post Office
Producers: Rachael Lee, Ksenia Butt
Writer/director: John Hamilton
Assistant director: Sheila Shenton
Character development: Charlotte Hamilton
