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.
Tomb with a View 2013 by Norman Robbins was first performed in 1977. The sinister, dysfunctional Tomb family awaits the reading of their father's will, involving many millions. Disconnected from the world outside, each member is positively barking: Lucien conducts horrid experiments, Dora delights in killing off visitors with her poisonous brews, Marcus is Julius Caesar, Oliver is a werewolf and Emily a selfish, greedy, loud-mouthed bitch. Even the family solicitor, Agatha the housekeeper and the luscious Monica Tomb are increasingly menacing. All have their own twisted reasons for wanting the money, but as the plot develops, corpses begin to out-number those left alive. Apart from outsiders Freda and Perry, the sweet-natured nurse Anne alone seems to have any humanity in her ... but one could be dead wrong!
Philip Goddard
Mike Faraday
Amanda Furnival
Tara Huffmann
Harrison Bricknell
Ba Faraday
Charlotte Furnival
Liz Lindsay
Matt Shaw
Susan Child
Cast
Hamilton Penworthy
Lucian Tomb
Dora Lucretia Tomb
Emily Tomb
Marcus Tomb
Agatha Hammond
Nurse Anne Franklin
Freda Mountjoy
Peregrine Potter
Monica Tomb
Production
Director / Producer
Stage Management &
Special Effects
Prompt
Make-up
Wigs
Set construction /
Dismantling
Set painting
Lighting and Sound
Ticket sales & publicity
Bar
Programme
Ba Faraday
Richard Hare
Linda Mayne
Angel Marker
Maureen Pendrick
Richard Hare, Tim Bucknall, Harrison Bricknell, Mike Faraday, Philip Goddard, Alan Mayne
Graham Cole, Tara Huffmann
Alex Woodruff
Pauline Knight, Norma Rich
Sports and Social Club
John Platt