Strike Happy

20th to 22nd November 1985

Performances took place at St. John’s Church Hall

Director - Peter Ansell

A comedy of errors centering around the home of union member Albert Hellewell, whose wife declares strike action herself and moves out, leaving Albert to cope with the arrival of glamorous variety actress Mrs. Flannel and her daughter, who get rather too comfortable in the Hellewell home.


Cast

Janet Bourne as Clara Helliwell
Karen Hickman as Elsie Helliwell, Clara’s daughter
Rob Pearson as Albert Helliwell, Clara’s husband
Malcolm Harrison as George Seegar, Elsie’s fiancé
Phillip Gibbs as Benjamin Tapeworth, a Civil Servant
Margaret Coleman as Mrs. Flannel, an ex-variety actress
Louise White as Rosie Flannel, Mrs. Flannel’s daughter
Pauline Hayward as Yvonne
Janet Gibbs as Estelle