Spring Productions 2007 - "Expert in Flowers" by Krista Jaquet, "Shop for Charity" by Charles Mander, "The Celebration" by Anton Chekhov

Producer: Suzan Wilson

Venue: Theater Schönes Haus, Nadelberg, Basel

4/5/6/8/10/11/12 May 2007

"Expert in Flowers" by Krista Jaquet, directed by Krista Jaquet.

Four mid-lifers dealing with the sudden death of their wife / close friend, Vivi. They are shaken; the shock pushes them out of their familiar behaviours and roles.

Cast:

Vivi - Deirdre Hertog-Buurman

Pascal - David Cox

Sonya - Zuzana Cox

Larry - Michael Clarke

Tammy - Sasha Buff

"Shop for Charity" by Charles Mander, directed by Diana Zuger.

This amusing play is about the value of charity shops: do they really help the Third World or are they a sop to the consciences of the middle-class people who run them?

Cast:

Hilda - Susan Aeschbach-Jagger

Doris - Penny Rettig

Brenda - Joy Scherer

Mrs. Pike - Valerie Walder

Mr. Galbraith - Eric Collino

In this play, Mr. Galbraith was holding a banner: "MOAB SHALL HOWL OVER NEBO".

This is a quotation of the bible - Isaiah 15:2, translating: He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: "Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off."

"The Celebration" by Anton Chekhov (translated by Eric Bentley), directed by Jamie Sievert.

Chekhov wrote a number of one-act plays. They are generally farces and "The Celebration" is no exception. A bank president is derailed in his attempt to celebrate the bank's anniversary by an insolent employee, a frivolous wife and a demanding client.

Cast:

Kuzma Nikolayevitch Hirin - Andrew Thompson

Andrey Andreyevitch Shipuchin - Chris Morrison

Tatian Alexeyevna - Deirdre Hertog-Buurman

Nastasia Fiodorovna Merchutkin - Natacha Berthelon

Bank Board Member - Peter Hilton

Bank Board Member - Bernhard Rytz