J.M. Barrie's Quality Street

Tue 17 Mar to Sat 21 Mar 2020

CANCELLED

This show was cancelled in line with official Government advice stipulating the closure of theatres to help slow the spread of Coronavirus, for more information click here.

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Phoebe Throssel lives on Quality Street, the bustling hub of a quaint northern town where she runs a school for unruly children.

Ten years since a tearful goodbye, an old flame returns from fighting Napoleon. But the look of disappointment on Captain Valentine’s face when he greets a more mature, less glamorous Phoebe, spurs our determined heroine to action.

She becomes the wild and sparkling Miss Lily, a younger alter-ego who soon entraps the clueless Captain. As their romance is rekindled, can she juggle both personas? Or will her deception scandalise the town and wreck any future with the man she loves?

J.M. Barrie’s delicious farce, written years before his now much-loved Peter Pan, was so well known in its day that it gave its name to the UK’s most popular chocolates, made in Halifax since 1936. 

In Laurie Sansom's directorial debut for Northern Broadsides, this rare revival also features a commentary from the Quality Street™ factory workers, whose own stories of hapless romance and growing old disgracefully give the show a playful Yorkshire twist.

Cast

Jessica Baglow - Phoebe Throssel

Jessica Baglow

Phoebe Throssel

Dario Coates - Valentine Brown

Dario Coates

Valentine Brown

Jim English - Fanny Willoughby/Arthur

Jim English

Fanny Willoughby/Arthur

John Gully - Recruiting Sergeant/Spicer/Georgy

John Gully

Recruiting Sergeant/Spicer/Georgy

Claire Hackett - Patty

Claire Hackett

Patty

Louisa May Parker - Susan Throssel

Louisa May Parker

Susan Throssel

Alicia McKenzie - Mary Willoughby

Alicia McKenzie

Mary Willoughby

Sophie Mercell - Charlotte Parratt

Sophie Mercell

Charlotte Parratt

Gabriel Paul - Ensign Blades/Isabella

Gabriel Paul

Ensign Blades/Isabella

Company

Director Laurie Sansom

Designer Jessica Worrall

Lighting Designer Joe Price

Sound Designer/Composer Nick Sagar

Casting Director Sarah Hughes CDG

Puppet Maker Beka Haigh

PRODUCTIONS

Trailer

J.M. Barrie's Quality Street
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