Written By
Derek Benfield
Where and When
10th – 12th October 1985 @ The Allendale Centre, Wimborne
The Plot
Set in the romantic atmosphere of a sun-drenched hotel on the Italian Riviera, the peace of the holiday makers is shattered by the arrival of a determinedly outspoken widow, Agatha Hepworth and her timid spinster sister, Fiona Francis.
Ticket Info
- Adults – £1.50
- Senior Citizens and Children – 80p
Cast
- Brigadier Hubback – David Green
- Mrs Hubback – Pam Feltham
- Marisa – Rosemary Woodward
- Dora Cowley – Christina Barnes
- Agatha Hepworth – Barbara Trebilco
- Fiona Francis – Raymonde Grenville
- Mr Mallet – Hugh Brasnett
- Julian Whittle – Jim Ruegg
- Len Barrett – Tony Feltham
Creative Team
- Director – Yvonne Goodman
- Stage Manager – Joe Brooks
- Front of House – Daphne Young, Carolyn Woodward and Mavis Hazleden
- Lighting – Roger Grenville
- Prompt – Jan Stevenson
- Decor – Muriel Brooks and Margaret Pope
- Sound – Muriel Brooks
- Properties – June Goulbourn
- Publicity – Carolyn Woodward
Gallery
Reviews
Even fish out of water can learn to swim …
Wimborne Drama Club are in their element with Derek Benfield’s salty comedy Fish Out Of Water at the Allendale Centre this week. On opening night the players put plenty of spirit into the show and were rewarded with an appreciative audience response.
The setting is an hotel terrace on the Italian Riviera and the characters a mixed bag of English visitors plus a red-haired Italian waitress. As soon as the curtain rises it is evident that Fish Out Of Water involves in the plural case of the species. David Green as the amply proportioned retired Brigadier worries about the cricket scores back home while his wife played with a starchy stiffness appropriate to the circumstances by Pam Feltham would obviously find a bridge party more to her liking than the company she has to keep.
Not so the game for anything Agatha played with unflagging energy by Barbara Trebilco. Agatha, one suspects, is more accustomed to the brash glitter of Clacton-on-Sea than blue Italian skies but she is nothing if not adaptable and soon has even our Brigadier doing what those who do like to be beside the seaside do under a Clacton heaven.
As for Raymonde Grenville in the role of Agatha’s sister, well, she has a few cards up her sleeve and the fun breaks out when she plays them. Hugh Brasnett shuffles onto the stage as a poor lost soul but we discover that though he may look like a fish out of water he can swim with the best of them.
Rosemary Woodward has a more demanding role than that normally associated with a waitress and makes the most of it while Tony Feltham gives a first class performance as the Cockney youngster with a roving eye. Christina Barnes as the Lancashire lass seeking romance is as charming as a girl in her predicament should be and Jim Ruegg as the travel frim rep is also on the mark.
Producer Yvonne Goodman and the back-up team have every reason to be satisfied with their work. The final performance is on tonight.
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