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Allo Allo
22 - 24 November 2007
Directed by Bernard Paveley
Allo Allo
Start The laughter rang so loudly that I'm sure it carried halfway up the M11. End
Start A first rate production. Very funny throughout. 10 out of 10. End

Listen very carefully ... we shall say this only once! Following their successful production of 'Dad's Army' last year, WOADS are once again re-visiting World War II as portrayed in classic British sit-com.

Based on the hugely popular TV comedy series, the stage version of Allo Allo follows the adventures of Rene, the hapless cafe owner in war-torn occupied France, as he and his wife, Edith, striggle to keep for themselves a priceless portrait stolen by the Nazis and kept in a sausage in their cellar. Rene is hiding two British airmen and is endeavouring, with the help of the Resistance, to repatriate them. However, communications with London through a wireless disguised as a cockatoo add to the many embarrasements he endures in the company of his patrons. Matters come to a head with the news that the Fuhrer is to visit the town and the cafe becomes filled with tricksters intending to impersonate Hitler before the event. Rene will need all the wit he can muster to save his cafe and his life . . . !

Cast
Rene
Steve Liversedge
Edith
Marilyn Dennant
Yvette
Janice Mansfield
Michelle
Laura Wetherley
Mimi
Pam Macdonald
Colonel
Malcolm Woodfield
Helga
Gill Newlyn
Alberto
Martyn Stewart
Flick
Rob Mynott
Crabtree
Glyn Norris
Leclerc
Foster Barnett
Gruber
Jim Noon
Schmelling
Colin Lewis
Soldier
Roger Goffee
Cafe Patrons
Sylvia Woodfield
John Jones
Susan Persky
Julian Mansfield
Jo Shore
For WOADS
Production Assistant
Mary Lowe
Stage Manager
Kate Smith
Lighting Design
Rob Michell-Gears
Lighting Operation
Liz England
Sound Design and Operation
Sarah-Jane Gray
Set
Grant Alvarez
Properties
Mo Jones
Wardrobe
Peggy Callaghan
Maureen Tribe
Additional Costume
Vicki Roberts
Georgina Welford