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Season: 2008-2009
15th – 23rd May 2009 at 8pm An Experiment with an Air Pump
By Shelagh Stevenson
Directed by 
Karen Janes

It’s 1799 and on the eve of a new century, a Northern English house buzzes with scientific experiments, furtive romance, and farcical amateur dramatics. Skip forward to the present day; in a world of scientific chaos and genetic engineering, the same house reveals a dark secret buried for 200 years.

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CAST

Ellen/Susannah
Emma Williams
Fenwick
Chris Janes
Armstrong
Andy Nash
Roget
Alex Brace
Maria
Emily Burnham
Harriet
Jo Manser
Isobel
Darcie Allen
Phil
Mark James
Tom
Roger Wallsgrove
Kate
Julia Ryan

CREATIVE TEAM


Stage Manager
Jo Burnham
Set Design
Chris Janes
Properties
Angela Reiss, Jo Burnham, Sue McGill
Wardrobe
Shelagh Maughan, Chris Smith
Lighting
Richard Dodwell
Sound
Paul Morton, Pippa Morton
Prompter
Jean Walker
Set Construction
Mike Day, The Monday-Nighters
Production Secretary
Claire Hall
Fight Arrangement
Chris Janes

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