SLT Show

Bleak Expectations

By Mark Evans

Date: 22 - 26 Oct 2024

Time: 20:00 - 22:15

Location: SLT Old Fire Station

Adapted from a BBC Radio 4 comedy series, Mark Evans' play has been described as the riotous story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin! And, crucially, had he lived for another 152 years.

Follow half-orphan Pip's extraordinary exploits with sisters Pippa and Poppy and best friend Harry Biscuit, as they attempt to escape the calculating clutches of the dastardly Mr Gently Benevolent, defeat the hideous Hardthrasher siblings, and deflect disaster at every turn! Will evil be vanquished by virtue?

Director: Tom Mathias

Cast:

Sir Philip Bin - Simon Gleisner

Pip Bin - Tom Mitchell

Pippa Bin - Flora Blissett

Poppy Bin - Aurora McLaughlin-Gouldhacker

Agnes Bin - Anna Callender

Harry Biscuit - Alex Watts

Gently Benevolent - Guy Jones

Hardthrasher - Jamie Bowman

Bakewell Havertwitch - Chris Gipson

Thomas Bin - Craig Norman