Albert Make Us Laugh
written by Jimmie Chinn
directed by Kevin Murray
Matinees Sunday 14 and Saturday 20 November at 2pm
No show Monday 15 November
Albert Nuttall, aged eleven - some would say he is backward and at first glance you'd agree - but Albert is special. He is a poet and a visionary who, as he grows to manhood, inspires unexpected depths of emotion in other people, notably his classmate Primrose, whose glorious future as an actress fails to materialise, and the lost and lonely young schoolteacher, Janet Partington.
This strange, touching and uplifting story - written to be enacted entirely by adults - is engaging and theatrically innovative, as one has come to expect from the ever popular Jimmie Chinn, author of Straight and Narrow.
Cast
Headmaster Tope
Enid Nuttall
Albert Nuttall
Primrose Macaveney
Miss Mint/ Lobelia Bottomly
Miss Hemsley/Nora Tooly
Miss Partington/Barbara Batch
Mr Leatherbottle/Shane Butterworth
Eric Smallshaw/ Charlie Shorrocks