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ROLEPLAY
Wimborne Drama
Tivoli Theatre
Wimborne
March 2006

THEY say you can choose your friends but not your family. So it was with some nervousness that Justin and Julie prepared a dinner party that included Julie’s parents and Justin’s mother. All was running reasonably smoothly until the arrival of two unexpected guests from upstairs and then the fun began.
The larger than life Garden Centre owner Derek Jobson (Jeremy Austin) and his long-suffering wife Dee (Jean Dishington) made a good comedy team. The apple of their eye Julie-Ann was demurely played by Boo Feltham but the character suffered because at times she was too quiet that we missed a lot of her funny lines. As Justin's mother, Arabella, Jan Singfield was a delightfully drunken upper-class lady and had some of the best lines in the play.
Penny Pearson’s mouthy tart Paige Petite was just right and had some dance moves that would grace any lap dancing club.
Trying to hold the whole evening together as everything began to fall apart was Justin extremely well played by Stuart Glossop with all the confusion and desperation he could muster.
The play lacked pace and energy to begin with but gained momentum as the action progressed and was an enjoyable evening.

Michael Leigh
Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo


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