Appointment with Death
by Agatha Christie
Directed by Andy Kabanoff
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An assorted group of travellers find themselves thrown together on an expedition to the rose-red city of Petra. At the centre of the group are Mrs Boynton and her three step-children who never leave her side. This apparent devotion however is actually a facade for something far more sinister. Sarah King, a young English doctor, and her colleague, the eminent psychologist, Dr Theodore Gerard, find themselves embroiled in a battle to free the children from the sadistic grasp of a tyrannical woman. This chilling play offers a unique take on the classic murder mystery, where Christie explores the realms of the sadistic mind and the devastating effects of long-term psychological abuse.
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CAST
Mrs Boynton . . . . . . . . . SHARON HOGAN
Ginevra Boynton . . . . . . MADI LEIDICH
Lennox Boynton . . . . . . DALE HUXLEY
Nadine Boynton . . . . . . MEGAN KOBELEFF
Hotel Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . LYNN McMULLEN
French Girl . . . . . . . . . . . AMELIA GREEFF
Alderman Higgs . . . . . . JAMES CHAMBERS
Arab Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . IBRAHIM HALAK
Lady Westholme . . . . . . CHRISTINE CHERRY
Miss Amabel Pryce . . . . KELLY McBRIDE
Dr Theodore Gerard . . . DUNCAN MITCHELL
Dr Sarah King . . . . . . . . . GEORGIA MARTIN
Jefferson Cope . . . . . . . GAVIN FRYER
Raymond Boynton . . . . . JOSHUA ARMITAGE
Dragoman . . . . . . . . . . . BRENDAN ABELA
Merchant . . . . . . . . . . . . ROGER SMITH
Colonel Carbery . . . . . . . ROGER SMITH
CREW and CREATIVES
Stage Manager . . . . . . . FRANCES ARMSTRONG
Assistant Stage Manager CHRIS McDARMONT
Acting Coach . . . . . . . . . DUNCAN MITCHELL
Director's Assistant . . . . AMELIA GREEFF
Props Manager . . . . . . . KATE CLARK
Set Design . . . . . . . . . . ANDY KABANOFF, JAMES CHAMBERS
Costume Design . . . . . WENDY POTTER
Sound Design . . . . . . . . DALE HUXLEY
Lighting Design . . . . . . ANDY KABANOFF
Lighting Operator . . . . . JOHN CZERNIECKI
Sound Operators . . . . . . ANNE TUCKER, RAYLENE LEHTO
Original Music . . . . . . . DALE HUXLEY
Live Music . . . . . . . . . . . IBRAHIM HALAK (drums)
Graphic Design . . . . . . . NIKKI DeVRIES
Program production . . . GEORGIA MARTIN
Rehearsal prompt . . . . . . FRANCES ARMSTRONG, LYNN McMULLEN
Set construction . . . . . . . JAMES CHAMBERS, PAUL SALMON, KEITH CHERRY and team
Set painting /decoration AMANDA ARMITAGE, LACI WEIDLICH, KATE CLARK and team
Restoration of set pieces BRUCE GIBBS
Props construction . . . . . BRUCE GIBBS, KEITH CHERRY, JAMES CHAMBERS
Hair stylist . . . . . . . . . . . . KELLIE MORTIMER, KATE CLARK
Photography . . . . . . . . . . ANDY KABANOFF
Publicity / promotion . . . PATRICK WELLS, KATE CLARK
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PERFORMANCE DATES
Friday August 23 7.30pm
Saturday August 24 2pm; 7.30pm
Sunday August 25 2pm
Wednesday August 28 2pm
Friday August 30 7.30pm
Saturday August 31 2pm; 7.30pm
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ANDY KABANOFF - DIRECTOR
Andy is a retired English / Drama teacher and an experienced actor, director and playwright. Most of his theatrical work has been in the Blue Mountains and Western Sydney. He has been on the Coast since 2011.
Since then he has appeared in many plays for Wyong Drama Group (including Prospero in 'The Tempest', Colonel Mustard in 'Clue', and Judge Taylor in 'To Kill a Mockingbird') and for Woy Woy Little Theatre (including Humphrey Mountcliff, the prosecuting barrister in 'The Perfect Murder', Dad in 'When Dad Married Fury' and Doctor Mead in 'Ladies in Lavender').
For Wyong Drama Group he has directed 'Sepia Secrets' and 'End of the Line' (his own plays), Lillian Hellman's 'The Children's Hour' and Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.
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