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.
Murder in Play 2006
Boris is directing "Murder At Priorswell Manor", but rehearsals are not going well, with the cast getting on like a sackful of angry cats. Rather unexpectedly, Boris's wife, actress Renee is poisoned for real at the end of Act I - apparently by Boris's mistress Ginette. Undeterred, Boris rearranges all the parts and continues with the production. Not everyone is happy with the arrest and imprisonment of Ginette. Tim and Sophie are sure that she is innocent of the crime and hatch up a revised script to trick the real murderer into confessing, with all the suspicion pointing towards Boris. But they actually catch someone else...
Cast
Lady Dorothy Cholmondley
Major Rodney Pirbright
Lady Virginia Cholmondley
Mrs Puttock
Triggs
Mr Papadopoulos
Boris Smolensky
Pat
Production
Directors
Producer
Set design
Set construction
Set painting
Prompt
Properties
Wardrobe & make up
lighting and sound
Posters & programmes
Ticket sales
Front of house
Raffle
Refreshments
Barbara Faraday
Patrick McCaig
Amanda Furnival
Sue Child
Tara Huffman
Graham Cole
Mark Watts
Lindsey Gaden
Felicity & Peter Symes
Barbara Faraday
Tim Bucknall
Tim Bucknall, Richard Hare, Simon Potter
Graham Cole
Liz Lindsay
Judy Watts & Pat Beard
Nellie Marker, Christina Summers, Jasmine Chugg Simon Potter
John Platt
Pauline Knight
Mike Faraday, Members of Hall Committee
Angela & George Reed
Norma Rich & The Social Club