The Valley Troupers Northleigh
Formed in 1992, The Valley Troupers have staged a wide variety of productions at Northleigh's Village Hall. A one-night entertainment at the Harvest supper that year has grown into a regular annual production. We are always looking for members, so if you are interested in acting or helping behind the scenes, do get in touch. Rehearsals at Northleigh's village hall usually start at 7.45pm each Thursday evening from mid September until performance dates in late March or early April. Ask any member of the Troupers for details of the current production.
The Ghost Train 2008
was written in 1923 by Arnold Ridley, who much later played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army. The plot revolves around a party of passengers who find themselves stranded in the waiting room of an isolated station. The station master tries to get them to leave, citing the local legend of a ghost train that dooms all who see it to death. It is revealed later in the plot that the train is in fact smuggling arms and the story has been concocted to frighten away strangers.
Cast
Saul Hodgkin, the stationmaster
Richard Winthrop
Elsie, his wife
Charles Murdock, partner in family firm
Peggy Murdock his newly married wife
Miss Bourne
Teddie Deakin
Julia Price
Herbert Price
Dr.Sterling
Jackson, a policeman
Smith, a policeman
Production
Prompt
Properties
Set construction
Set painting
Sound and lighting
Special effects
Costumes
Make up
Ticket sales
Program design
Raffle
Bar
Director
Producer
Tim Bucknall
Mike Faraday
Judy Watts
Pat Conway
Jasmine Chugg
Amanda Furnival
Patrick McCaig
Susan Child
Mark Watts
Barbara Faraday
John Platt
Harrison Bricknell
Liz Lindsay
Pat Beard
Tim Bucknall, Richard Hare, Simon Potter
Graham Cole
Simon Potter
Richard Hare, Harrison Bricknell
Christina Summers
Liz Lindsay, Christina Summers
Pauline Knight
John Platt
Aurtur & Clodagh Stevens
Sports and Social Club
Tim Bucknall, Tara Huffman
Ba Faraday