Deathtrap
by Ira Levin
by Ira Levin
Performed; 21st-23rd March 2024
Cast
Sidney Bruhl – Andrew Lamb
Myra Bruhl – Claire Kennedy
Clifford Anderson – Jack Merriman
Helga ten Dorp – Kathryn Wilkinson
Porter Milgrim – Ian Passmore
Sidney Bruhl – Andrew Lamb
Myra Bruhl – Claire Kennedy
Clifford Anderson – Jack Merriman
Helga ten Dorp – Kathryn Wilkinson
Porter Milgrim – Ian Passmore
Understudies
Clifford Anderson – Stephen Bartlewska-Brown
Helga ten Dorp – Charlotte Wild
Porter Milgrim – Tira Teague
Clifford Anderson – Stephen Bartlewska-Brown
Helga ten Dorp – Charlotte Wild
Porter Milgrim – Tira Teague
Crew
Producer – Mary Shalvey
Stage Manager – Lloyd Coulson
Technical Supervisor – Stephen Bartlewska-Brown
Stage Crew – Alistair Babbington, John Baillie, Wai Chan, Lloyd Coulson, John Gray, Brian Marston and Michael Payne
Set Design & Scenic Art – Lloyd Coulson, Mary Shalvey & the company.
Props – Lloyd Coulson, Mary Shalvey & the company.
Costumes – Mary Shalvey & the company.
Make-Up – Alice Rayner, Mary Shalvey & the company.
Stunt Coordinator – Lloyd Coulson
Prompts – Katherine Gilboy and Charlotte Wild
Music – Elena Strefford-Caine
Producer – Mary Shalvey
Stage Manager – Lloyd Coulson
Technical Supervisor – Stephen Bartlewska-Brown
Stage Crew – Alistair Babbington, John Baillie, Wai Chan, Lloyd Coulson, John Gray, Brian Marston and Michael Payne
Set Design & Scenic Art – Lloyd Coulson, Mary Shalvey & the company.
Props – Lloyd Coulson, Mary Shalvey & the company.
Costumes – Mary Shalvey & the company.
Make-Up – Alice Rayner, Mary Shalvey & the company.
Stunt Coordinator – Lloyd Coulson
Prompts – Katherine Gilboy and Charlotte Wild
Music – Elena Strefford-Caine
Theatre Management
Box Office – Vivien Hughes
Front of House Management – Charis Varnavides
Stewards – Eliakim Benjamin, Carol Fearn, Janet Johnston, Karen Lamb, Ashlyn Lucas, Brenda Porter, Leon Prager and Sheila Telfer
Bar Staff – Sheana Dudley, Claire Kennedy, Tira Teague and Sheila Telfer
First Aiders – John Burgess, Max Dudley and Helen Lewis
Publicity Artwork & Materials – Andrew Lamb
Box Office – Vivien Hughes
Front of House Management – Charis Varnavides
Stewards – Eliakim Benjamin, Carol Fearn, Janet Johnston, Karen Lamb, Ashlyn Lucas, Brenda Porter, Leon Prager and Sheila Telfer
Bar Staff – Sheana Dudley, Claire Kennedy, Tira Teague and Sheila Telfer
First Aiders – John Burgess, Max Dudley and Helen Lewis
Publicity Artwork & Materials – Andrew Lamb
RoCo wishes to thank all those members and friends who have helped to make this production possible.
Synopsis
Once successful playwright Sidney Bruhl, has long suffered a series of box office flops and is struggling to break out of his ongoing rut. One morning he receives a script in the post from Clifford Anderson, a young would-be playwright, seeking his feedback and advice. Asserting that the play is a certain hit, an embittered and envious Sidney reassures his wife Myra that he is only joking, when he frightens her with suggestions that he'd like to kill Clifford in order to steal the script for himself.
For our production, the play was relocated to the UK, with the action taking place in Sidney Bruhl's study, a handsomely converted stable in the Bruhl home on the outskirts of York.
Photo Gallery
Here is a selection of photos taken during the rehearsals of Deathtrap, along with a selection of the publicity artwork produced for the production.
