June 2014 – When We Are Married

  • Playwright – J B Priestley
  • Location – Harrogate Theatre Main House
  • Director – Brian Foster

Cast

  • Alderman Joseph Helliwell – Stuart Kellett
  • Maria Helliwell – Helen Emsley
  • Councillor Albert Parker – Chris Cowling
  • Annie Parker – Judi Kenley
  • Herbert Soppitt – Chris Rawson
  • Clara Soppitt – Sue Rawson
  • Henry Ormonroyd – John Colston
  • Ruby Birtle – Jenny Skinner
  • Gerald Forbes – Thomas Doyle
  • Mrs. Northrop – Joan Percival
  • Nancy Holmes – Eithne Veogh
  • Fred Dyson – Richard Naylor
  • Lottie Grady – Gill McVey
  • Rev. Clement Mercer – Ian Rattee

In the heart of Northern England, three respectable couples, married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony. Or so they think…

The happy celebrations are brought to a sudden halt by a shocking revelation – these pillars of the community aren’t quite as respectably married as they thought they were. As the home truths fly like confetti and conjugal rites turn to farcical fights, an evening of sparkling comic mayhem erupts.

With a photographer from the local paper due to arrive any second, a missing housekeeper and a doorbell that wont stop ringing, can the three couples keep a lid on their embarrassing secret?

Penned in 1938, this is a classic comedy that is a blessed union of laughs and surprises.