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Wedding Bells at Notre Dame Date: 02/02/2010 In February students from the Theatre Studies dept mounted a production of Brecht’s ‘A Respectable Wedding’ as part of the enhancement programme The play is set in a tiny flat for the wedding reception of the Groom and his very pregnant Bride. With all the embarrassment of a (very drunk) Best Friend, A Father who won’t keep his mouth shut, a Mother who keeps wheeling in plates after plates of food, a Sister who keeps disappearing to the kitchen with a Young Man and the constant yet comical bickering of a Husband and Wife all accompanied by a frenzy of ever-breaking furniture. This is one party you would never want to go to! 
The production was rehearsed in just four weeks and was directed by Becki Fox and Emily Sait two U6 students. "Working with the cast and crew of 'A Respectable Wedding' has been an amazing experience. Said Emily “I have really developed my understanding of theatre through directing and though the whole process was challenging from day one, I think everyone will agree that the result on performance night was well worth all the extra lunchtimes and long evenings!" The cast was lead by Lawrence Uziell Hamilton and Janina Engler as the happy couple with James Clarke providing some very comic moments as the groom’s friend. Charlotte Bindels as you’ve never seen her before and Tom Lewis were the misbehaving young couple and Lily Stead and Joel Grogan gave convincing and detailed characterisations of the parents. Molly Shevlin’s nagging wife and Barnaby Callabys long suffering husband also provided plenty of laughs. Lighting design was by James Silkstone and Naomi Stead produced the sound. Caitlin Lewis Ogden created some authentic costumes and the collapsible set was designed and constructed by Paul Graeme the Dept production manager with some help from some chairs from Ikea. |
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