'the lady vanishes' by derek webb

We're delighted to introduce our production for 2023 - The Lady Vanishes.  A Comedy Thriller adapted by Derek Webb from the novel by Ethel Lina White.

the lady vanishes

On a train in Europe, headed for England, are a mixed group of travellers.  A young socialite called Iris Carr is suffering from sunstroke after standing for some time on the platform waiting for the train.  Once on board, she is befriended  by the kindly Miss Froy who is sharing her carriage, along with a haughty Baroness, a shady doctor, and a suspicious honeymoon couple.  Iris falls asleep after luncheon, and wakes to find that Miss Froy has disappeared!  The other passengers ominously deny she ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with the help of two other travellers, Max Hare and the Professor.  The trio uncover more questions than answers and Iris begins to question her sanity as the evidence stacks up against Miss Froy’s existence.  Who is the strange patient in the compartment next door?  What influence does the Baroness have over the passengers?  How does Iris prove she isn’t mad?  Why does the waiter look familiar?
Join us at the Church Hill Theatre to find out!!
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This play is based on the original novel ‘The Wheel Spins’ by Ethel Lina White.  In 1938 the novel became the subject of a classic film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock and was renamed ‘The Lady Vanishes’.  With the best of both the novel and the film, this play adaptation is wonderfully funny and gripping!
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The Lady Vanishes Poster

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Performance dates are 11th - 13th May 2023, 7.30pm nightly plus 2.30pm Saturday Matinee
Our performance venue for 2023 is the Church Hill Theatre.
Tickets available from cast and ticketsource.co.uk/threepenny-theatricals

production team

Artistic Director
Production Manager
Stage Manager
Lighting Designer
​Sound Designer
​Properties
Assistant Stage Manager (Book)
Set Construction

Fiona Main
Ross Main
Rene Hogg
Mike Pendlowski
​Neil French
Fiona Main/Gillian Robertson
TBA
Alastair Delaney

Meet the cast (click the pics for more info)

Rebekah Lansley as
Iris Carr

Dorothy Johnstone as
Miss Evelyn Flood-Porter

Larry Weil as
Todhunter

Andrea Linhova as
Frau Kummer

Rae Lamond as
Miss Froy

Liz Landsman as
Miss Rose Flood-Porter

Fiona Main as
Mrs Todhunter

Greg McCaffery Thomson as
Max Hare

Scott Thomson as
Reverend Barnes

Simon Boothroyd as
The Doctor

Geoff Lee as
The Professor

Gillian Robertson as
Mrs Barnes

Susanne Horsburgh as
The Baroness