Design by Lloyd Perry
The Magic Tower
Linda - Jessica Irwin
Jim - Cato Tallis-Lock
Mrs O'Fallon - Amy Wilson
Babe - Danielle Keene
Mitch - Ian Reed-Golden
Director - Ian Powell
Me & My Friend (Acts 1 & 2)
Act 1
Bunny - Steve Balchin
Oz - Andy Harker
Act 2
Robin - Liz Braithwaite
Julia - Catherine Russell
Director - Neil Bird
Production Team
Producer - Jackie Withnall
Stage Manager - Lynne Mackie
Assistant Stage Manager - Michelle Harris
Sound Design - Stephen Wess
Sound Operator - Cathy Love
Lighting Design & Operation - Kimber Wright-Renn
Props Manager - Oliver Judge
Front of House Managers - Sarah Flanagan
Thom Faulkner
Oliver Judge
The Magic Tower
In 1930s New York, Linda has left her job as a Vaudeville actress to marry Jim, a young struggling painter. She thinks herself blissfully happy, living in poverty, in their tiny, run down, studio apartment (their “magic tower”) but visits from their caustic landlady and two former colleagues push Linda towards re-evaluating her situation. When Jim returns home disconsolate after failing to sell any paintings to a dealer, Linda faces a stark dilemma about her future.
Me & My Friend (Acts 1 & 2)
Originally performed as a three-act play, the first two acts are also free-standing plays in their own right.
Me and My Friend is a black comedy exploring the relationships within two “odd” couples thrown prematurely out of hospital care. In Act 1 Oz and Bunny conduct fantasy interviews for jobs they will never get. In Act 2 Julia and Robin are trying to “make plans” as urged to by the hospital. Me and My Friend is a funny, moving and heartbreaking look at mental health issues set against the Care in the Community initiative of the late 1980’s.
Act 1
Act 2
