The 1812 Theatre presents Confusions
Thursday saw the opening of The 1812 Theatre’s opening production for 2023, Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn.
An interesting play consisting of five short plays slightly linked together.
The 1812 Theatre used a revolve stage which was excellent in handling the different scenes, while one scene was seen by the audience the other two scenes were being set.
The opening play was Mother Figure. A story about a mother whose husband is a travelling salesman and who is completely wrapped in her children. Two neighbours arrive as the mother’s husband rang them worried about his wife. The result is hilarious.
The second play was Drinking Companion where a sleazy commercial traveller tries to do a line with first one young lady then with her friend. Another great success.
The third play was Between Mouthfuls. A restaurant scene with two couples not realising that they are known to each other.
The scenes were excellently set with play one a typical untidy room with toys scattered about. Play two was a bar scene with two tables, bar stools and a well set bar.
Play three was in a restaurant, well executed with meals coming in.
Interval was next followed by Gosforth’s Fete. An amusing story of what can happen in an English fete when the weather turns nasty and everything that can go wrong does.
The last play was in front of a curtain with the players sitting on a park bench. There were four benches and five players.
The players for all scenes were Jan Howden, Elani Beveli, Daniel Parton, Mark Caile and Josiah Bilbig.
This series of plays is a great challenge for actors. They have many parts to play and different characters to represent. This is no easy task as one has to be absorbed in the role to do it justice. The cast at The 1812 Theatre lived up to the high standard always set by The 1812 Theatre and comments were heard from the audience about the good acting.
It was a successful evening of theatre and one looks forward to the year’s season.
The production finishes on 4 March and bookings 9758 3964.
