March 2006 – Barefoot in the Park

  • Playwright – Neil Simon
  • Location – Harrogate Studio Theatre
  • Director – Frank Moorby

Cast

  • Corrie Bratter – Kim Cattaneo
  • Telephone Man – Gavin Smith
  • Paul Bratter – Michael Garside
  • Mrs Banks – Sue Rawson
  • Victor Valasco – Alan Harwood

Paul and Corrie Bratter are newly-weds.

After spending six days and six nights in their honeymoon hotel, they move into a tiny apartment in Greenwich Village, New York — on the fifth floor, requiring an ascent of Everest proportions for any caller. There’s no heat, there’s a hole in the skylight, the bathroom has no bath and there’s a bedroom with just enough room for the bed.

Into this recipe for a harmonious start to a marriage steps Corrie’s Mother, Ethel and an odd-ball neighbour upstairs cooking eels… oh, yes, and there’s a telephone man.