Our Next Production- Nell Gwynn- October 2024
The Lane End Players are delighted to announce our cast for the Autumn production of Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale.
Nell Gwynn is a witty and lively play with music and dance about the life of Nell Gwynn, the celebrated orange seller who became one of the first women on the English stage and the mistress of King Charles II. Virtually all the characters are real people from history, and the events in the play are based, with embellishments, on real life.
We have a great cast- a strong team of experienced actors, including some new and nearly new faces and some who have been treading the Lane End village hall boards for some time.
Box office opens at 9am on Saturday 31st of August. As well as our evening performances, we are also putting on one matinee show on Saturday 19th of October and an additional evening performance on Thursday 10th of October.
Here is the cast:
Nell Gwynn- Jody Cook
Rose Gwynn - Becky Valentine
Nancy - Ellen Burnett
Old Ma Gwynn-Jossy Pearce
Barbara Castlemaine - Kate Tysoe
Queen Catherine - Rhiannon Langan
Louise de Kéroualle - Ali Scott
King Charles - Alan Paterson
Charles Hart - Leeroy King
Thomas Killigrew - Peter Rose
Edward Kynaston - Ben Sansum
John Dryden ~ Nigel Bacon
Lord Arlington- Sam Thanvi
Ned Spigget - Alex Lewis
Ensemble-Lauren Cubitt, John Nicolson, Erick Madrona, Sophie Koziol.
Nell Gwynn is a witty and lively play with music and dance about the life of Nell Gwynn, the celebrated orange seller who became one of the first women on the English stage and the mistress of King Charles II. Virtually all the characters are real people from history, and the events in the play are based, with embellishments, on real life.
We have a great cast- a strong team of experienced actors, including some new and nearly new faces and some who have been treading the Lane End village hall boards for some time.
Box office opens at 9am on Saturday 31st of August. As well as our evening performances, we are also putting on one matinee show on Saturday 19th of October and an additional evening performance on Thursday 10th of October.
Here is the cast:
Nell Gwynn- Jody Cook
Rose Gwynn - Becky Valentine
Nancy - Ellen Burnett
Old Ma Gwynn-Jossy Pearce
Barbara Castlemaine - Kate Tysoe
Queen Catherine - Rhiannon Langan
Louise de Kéroualle - Ali Scott
King Charles - Alan Paterson
Charles Hart - Leeroy King
Thomas Killigrew - Peter Rose
Edward Kynaston - Ben Sansum
John Dryden ~ Nigel Bacon
Lord Arlington- Sam Thanvi
Ned Spigget - Alex Lewis
Ensemble-Lauren Cubitt, John Nicolson, Erick Madrona, Sophie Koziol.
Our Last Production- Beat the System - July 2024
Our last production was something we have never put on before: an original musical!
Always keen to push the boundaries we were delighted to stage the ‘world premiere’ of Beat the System: The Musical. Written by Mike Watson our resident drummer and composer and directed by Tom Everitt, actor, panto dame and director of our summer shows, the duo are not strangers to working together. (E.g Joseph, Wycombe Arts Centre 2018).
In typical Lane End Players style you got a great production with super sound, lush lighting, plus brilliant acting, song and dance. But what was captivating was the story.
Dexy is settled in a proper job but is challenged by her Grandfather to take the message of the power of drummng and music to the world. She unites with Dru who provides drum therapy sessions at the Trees Care home, where Grandad is resident. They face ruthless opposition from Barbara Jones, the new selfish CEO of the Care Home Group. She is in cahoots with Ronald Smythe a narcissistic pharma capitalist intent on world domination. They take Dru and Dexy to court to stop their emerging drum therapy business. Why? Because if the impact of drumming and music on people’s wellbeing becomes common knowledge if could ruin their plans for their business empire.
Always keen to push the boundaries we were delighted to stage the ‘world premiere’ of Beat the System: The Musical. Written by Mike Watson our resident drummer and composer and directed by Tom Everitt, actor, panto dame and director of our summer shows, the duo are not strangers to working together. (E.g Joseph, Wycombe Arts Centre 2018).
In typical Lane End Players style you got a great production with super sound, lush lighting, plus brilliant acting, song and dance. But what was captivating was the story.
Dexy is settled in a proper job but is challenged by her Grandfather to take the message of the power of drummng and music to the world. She unites with Dru who provides drum therapy sessions at the Trees Care home, where Grandad is resident. They face ruthless opposition from Barbara Jones, the new selfish CEO of the Care Home Group. She is in cahoots with Ronald Smythe a narcissistic pharma capitalist intent on world domination. They take Dru and Dexy to court to stop their emerging drum therapy business. Why? Because if the impact of drumming and music on people’s wellbeing becomes common knowledge if could ruin their plans for their business empire.
