Tower Theatre Company : Past Events

Virtual Tower : Season 2

The second series of "Virtual Tower" commenced in September 2020.

[Here's the link back to Season 1].

20
Harlem Renaissance
22nd September 2020

Cast List

The Chip Woman's Fortune by Willis Richardson
Silas Green : Sam Bulgin
Liza : Nancy P Touzé
Emma : Marie-José Fulgence
Aunt Nancy : Trudi Dane
Jim : Axel Kengne
First Man : Fiyin Ifebogun
Second Man : Bianca Curacao

Poker by Zora Neale Hurston
Nunkie : Trudi Dane
Too-Sweet : Bianca Curacao
Beckerwood : Axel Kengne
Black Baby : Fiyin Ifebogun
Sack Daddy : Tyan Archer
Tush Hawg : Sam Bulgin
Aunt Dilsey : Saria Babiker

Production Team

Director : Landé Belo
Assisted by : Angelika Michitsch

The Chip Woman's Fortune by Willis Richardson

Poker by Zora Neale Hurston

21
Quiz Night
5th October 2020

An online quiz hosted by Stephen Brasher, with 8 rounds interspersed with poems and monologues from plays - which or may not have been connected with the questions!

The winner was Rosanna Preston, who was presented with the Virtual Trophy.

Production Team

Produced by : Stephen Brasher
Assisted by : Matthew Ibbotson and Richard Pedersen

The Readers

Ailsa Dann
Jon Gilmartin
Myriam Laurent
Richard Pedersen

Quiz Night - Clockwise from top left : Quizmaster Stephen Brasher, Readers Richard Pedersen, Myriam Laurent, Jon Gilmartin, Ailsa Dann, and the engraved trophy!

Zoom and Zoom Again

20th October 2020

Cast List *Zoom* by Lynda Twidale Ed Timberlake : Marie-Jose Fulgence Lyle Johnson : Jonathan Wober Magnus : John McSpadyen Tom : Matthew Ibbotson Spacey : Tyan Archer The Alien : Matthew Ibbotson *Zoom* by Marie-Jose Zuurbier and Tess Townsend John : Matthew Ibbotson Madame Pascale : Janet South Tristram : Rob Hebblethwaite Tamsin : Clare Janew Giles : Jonathan Wober Cheryl : Angelika Michitsch Fatima : Tyan Archer Serena : Samantha Wright *Revenge Is Sweat* by Lynda Twidale Fiona : Katie Smith Sacha : Marie-Jose Fulgence Lawrence : John McSpadyen Jimbo : Matthew Ibbotson Mel : Angelika Michitsch		Production Team Director : Rob Hebblethwaite Assisted by : Matthew Ibbotson
Zoom by Lynda Twidale, with Jonathan Wober and Marie-Jose Fulgence
Revenge Is Sweat by Lynda Twidale, with Marie-Jose Fulgence, Angelika Michitsch and Katie Smith

The Assembly Women by Aristophanes

3rd November 2020

Cast List Praxagora : Ciara Robley First Woman : Sangita Modgil Second Woman : Fiyin Ifebogun Third Woman/Leader of Chorus/Old Woman : Angelika Michitsch Chorus: Clinartete : Saria Babiker Chorus: Sostrate : Vanessa Wilson Chorus: Philaenete : Sarah Assaf Chorus: Melistice : Niki Mylonas Chorus: Geusistrate : Rosanna Preston Blepyrus : Matthew Ibbotson Chremes : Jon Gilmartin A Man/A Citizen/An Old Man : Carlos Fain-Binda		Production Team Director : Lyla Abass Assisted by : Landé Belo

Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen in a new adaptation by Simona Hughes and Sara Odeen-Isbister

17th November 2020

Cast List

Alfred Allmers, a man of property & letters : Ben Grafton
Rita, his wife : Sara Odeen-Isbister
Eyolf, their son (aged nine) : Louis Denton
Asta Allmers, Alfred's younger half-sister : Emily Carmichael
Borghejm, an engineer : Matthew Ibbotson
The Rat Wife : Alison Liney

Production Team

Director : Simona Hughes
Assisted by : Sara Odeen-Isbister

Sara Odeen-Isbister	Ben Grafton	Emily Carmichael
Alison Liney	Louis Denton	Matthew Ibbotson

Dinner Date : three short plays

1st December 2020

Trifles by Susan Glaspell

Directed by Julia Collier

Cast List

Narrator : John Chapman
George Henderson, Attorney : Nick Edwards
Henry Peter, Sheriff : Paul Willcocks
Lewis Hale, a neighbouring farmer : Jonathan Wober
Mrs Peters : Niki Mylonas
Mrs Hale : Landé Belo

	Niki Mylonas	Landé Belo
Paul Willcocks	Nick Edwards	Jonathan Wober

Kick Kick Kick Snare written and directed by Emily Carmichael

Cast List

Kitty : Jasmine Rachelle
Ollie : Isaac Insley
Hannah : Annemarie Fearnley
Sandy : Colin Guthrie
Ruby : Pam O'Brien
John : Matthew Vickers
Juliet : Ailsa Dann

Jasmine Rachelle

Isaac Insley

Ailsa Dann

Annemarie Fearnley

Colin Guthrie

Pam O'Brien

Matthew Vickers

Zoom - The Second Wave by Marie-Jose Zuurbier and Tess Townsend

Directed by Rob Hebblethwaite

Cast List

John : Matthew Ibbotson
Giles : Jonathan Wober
Cheryl : Angelika Michitsch
Serena : Samantha Wright
Patience : Marie-Jose Fulgence
Tamsin : Clare Janew
Tristram : Rob Hebblethwaite
Fatima : Tyan Archer
Madame Pascale : Rosanna Preston

Top : Clare Janew, Samantha Wright, Rob Hebblethwaite
Bottom : Tyan Archer, Jonathan Wober, Angelika Michitsch

Matthew Ibbotson

Rosanna Preston

Marie-Jose Fulgence

Co-ordinator and technical support for all three plays : John Chapman

Cast List *The Chip Woman's Fortune* by Willis Richardson Silas Green : Sam Bulgin Liza : Nancy P Touzé Emma : Marie-José Fulgence Aunt Nancy : Trudi Dane Jim : Axel Kengne First Man : Fiyin Ifebogun Second Man : Bianca Curacao *Poker* by Zora Neale Hurston Nunkie : Trudi Dane Too-Sweet : Bianca Curacao Beckerwood : Axel Kengne Black Baby : Fiyin Ifebogun Sack Daddy : Tyan Archer Tush Hawg : Sam Bulgin Aunt Dilsey : Saria Babiker		Production Team Director : Landé Belo Assisted by : Angelika Michitsch
The Chip Woman's Fortune by Willis Richardson
Poker by Zora Neale Hurston

An online quiz hosted by Stephen Brasher, with 8 rounds interspersed with poems and monologues from plays - which or may not have been connected with the questions! The winner was Rosanna Preston, who was presented with the Virtual Trophy.		Production Team Produced by : Stephen Brasher Assisted by : Matthew Ibbotson and Richard Pedersen The Readers Ailsa Dann Jon Gilmartin Myriam Laurent Richard Pedersen
Quiz Night - Clockwise from top left : Quizmaster Stephen Brasher, Readers Richard Pedersen, Myriam Laurent, Jon Gilmartin, Ailsa Dann, and the engraved trophy!