Separate Tables
Two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd
Performances 14-17 May 2025, Betchworth Village Hall (Saturday matinee)
Director: Diane Mayall
Bournemouth 1954, The Beauregard Hotel is a genteel respectable establishment proudly run by the steady and kind Miss Cooper. In addtion to the casual guests, it is also the permanent home to an eclectic mix of retired 'regulars' who elect to live at the hotel and occasionally share one another's company albeit at 'Separate Tables'. But this quiet idyll is shaken when not everything and not everyone is quite what they seem.
Two plays brilliantly linked as one, Separate Tables is a wonderfully written, beautiful study in human nature. Heartfelt, poignant, intense, funny and touching.
Cast
| Miss Cooper | Joanne Packham |
| Mrs Railton-Bell | Linda Slater |
| Miss Meacham | Jill Day |
| Lady Matheson | Jane Hogg |
| Mr Fowler | David Ames |
| John Malcolm | Neil Mayall |
| Anne Shankland | Emoke Soproni |
| Jean Tanner | Kelly Cross |
| Charles Stratton | Kieran O'Neil |
| Doreen | Dee Coutts |
| Major Pollock | Roger Nelson |
| Sibyl Railton-Bell | Jane Khan |
Production Team
| Director | Diane Mayall |
| Lighting Design | David Ames |
| Stage Manager | Diane Mayall |
| Sound/lighting operator | Julie Bickerdike |
| Prompt | Jane Straker |
| Costume | Tracey Hulf, Julie Bickerdike, Diane Mayall |
| Props | Diane Mayall, Jane Hogg, Tracey Hulf |
| Set Design | Stephen Tickell, Diane Mayall |
| Set Construction | Gerald Hulf, Tracey Hulf, Daryl Cross, Stephen Tickell, Neil Williams and the Company |
| Front of House | Jane Seymour, Julie Bickerdike, Trish Finch, Selena Edney Kathy Wilman, Roger Wilman, Christina Usher, Paul Packham, Christina Coutts, Jack Coutts, Racheal Graham, Peter Telford, Sarah-Jane Weston, Kevin Wood |
| Poster design | Josh Packham |
| Programme | Josh Packham, Emoke Soproni |
| Photography | Geoff Martin |
Photos by Geoff Martin
